Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-12

barracks their clothes, food and equipment. It furnishes no place for recreation and comfort
 The Y. NJ. c. A. furnisheS the only keep the home fires burning in a very direrent sense than that song indi- cates when we support the work of the Y. M. c. A. in the midst of the boys. -s9-
 Letters in every hand tell of the ap- preciation of the work of the Y. NJ. C. A. A young man went to Aver from Norwich. He was advised to ao4to the Y. M.- c. A.-and he went. He. wrote back telling how lonesome he was when he first went there. But he had lost it all since he had got in close touch with the Y. NJ. C. A. T tell you," he said, "its the un>S place to go.''
 The Y. NJ. c. A. has charge of rest places in the French Alps where they are planning to care for our boys DC on furlough. The Freuch and Eng fish boys can go home. The American great hotels in Paris. and are preI5ar- ing to care for the boys who visit in Paris.
 I was astounded to know that the
 fHuts' as they are called, were not all found in the safe rear, but many Of them in the very front of the battle line. where they are serving the men on duty.
 An answer to the challenge of God iv. They serve tea coffee, and cocoa free Tn a three weeks drive, fhe were none per cent. A great shell had burst over 2. Hut J1d one of the secretaries came scrambling out of the dirt. One of. the soldiers on his way to the rear said. T wouldn't have your job for ten thousand dollars a day The secretary replied "Neith- ed would I.' He wasn't serving for
 Military authorities agree that
 morale" or the fighting spirit fs q great asset for an army. They also tertinments afforded ivy the Y. NJ. c. A. is one of the. greatest agencies to keep up the morale of our army. Gen eral Scott said: T do not know what we would do without the Y. M. c. A < The temptations in army life are terrible, most of all because the boys are away from home and without the Y NJ. C. A. would have nothing to oc- Wine are the Devils greatest destruc tica agencies They will ruin more men than the enemies shot and shell. ! In my judgment. the Young Mems greatest piece of constructive life saving work ever attempted since Cre- ation's dawn.
 Let me relate an instance which took ;zly cold rain. A young man and his wife stood under tree having farewell visit. The rain was drip ping hard upon them, but they didn't move. & The secretary of the associ- ation invited them into the building and gave them one of the offices that they might have an -unGisturbed vfs- it. The young man came around the next day with heartfelt thanks for the kindness. He said that they had only been married a month. and the separation was hell. He joined the Pocket Testament League and wanted to buy a testament for his wife that they might read together.
 There are probably not less than 500 000 men in France. They expect to have 100000 men there by July 1st and another million men in the cantonnents on our shores. These must be cared for.
 : Besides our own task, Italy, France and Russia have all asked for our work. Then there are millions of men in the prison camps of Europe. If there is one place on earth more needy of christian service than another it is in the prison camps. = do not feel it necessary to ask you to give to this cause. know you will if it is at all possible. What I waEt to urge upon you is the spirit of self sacrifice. We must give till it cuts. Our boys are giving their lives --one year, two years, three years, 1 their whole life if necessary. Shall we hold back our money from this great 1 est service?