Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-10-17

those bloody days at Gettysburg; the
same kind that was with Farragut
when he sailed up Mobile Eay: the
same that was with Dewey at Manila
and Hobson at Santiago. 1t II this old
American spirit, when once aroused,
that will give and sacrifice and die for
this country, and out of this war may
come wonderful things to us. I heard
a gentleman, who had been over there
and just came back, say he believed
it was the end of civilization, do not
believe it. l believe we will have a
better civilization after it is all over.
I do not want to give up my hope, my
faith, in the old doctrine that I have
always chung to, that God Almighty is
directing the affairs Of the world;
! that there is great destiny that He
is working out. 1t is hard to see it
that way; it cerainly is. Difficult to
understand, but we must not give up
our faith that God Almighty rules. Out
of this may come to our nation more
brotherhood and sisterhoOd, more re-
gard for the rights OF others. less
thought about ourselves, and more
thought about our country. That will
be something that will be worth while.
1t may be the birth of a greater, more
splendid civilization than the world
has ever known. We want to do our
best and our share to bring it about.
My friends, it is the Gods truth that
today the worlds civilization Is de-
stroyed, unless our country saves It,.
and that it is the duty that God has
placed upon us, a great free, liberty
loving, God-fearing people. Now you
step in and save forever the civiliza-
ton Of the world. Isn't 1t worth
while to give our dollars, to invest
and 60 in partnership with this gov
eminent of ours? Oh we talk about
loving this country as man loves his
mother. l wish we could! Oh, God,
what would we do for our mothers;
We would give everything we had: we
would give our lives. Let us love this
country as we love our mothers. and
do for it as we would Cor our moth
ers. This old ship Of state of ours is
being reconstructed; it is being made
strong to weather these storms upon
the seas where it is sailing. There
are plenty of storms confronting 1t:
there are plenty of rocks along the
shore; we are making it strong by
J martialing all the forces of our ma
ton for the one great purpose of WIN
ming this war. Come up here and feel
that you have done a good work by
taking a lot of those Liberty bonds
You can go home with more grace and
look your place over tonight, and
when you kiss your wife you will be
prouder Of yourself than you have
been for long while. Oh, friends,
we have got to do this thing. I
haven't any right to say that unless
am willing to sacrifice myself. l took
$4,000 worth of Liberty bonds In the
first issue, and have been borrowing
money to pay for it, and today I took
$4,000 of this, and I am poorer than
any man here who has got a good
half-section of Iowa land. We have
got to do it, until it pinches, so we will
get that old ship Of state in good
shape. We are going to win this con-
test. We have got to win or there
is nothing left, got to do it, or else the
kaiser has got the whole cheese, If you
prefer that. These words that follow
of our American poet-they are an
inspiration, hope and a prayer, and
they are descriptive of our situation
You remember we learned them in
boyhood days:
Thou, too, sail on, o ship of State.
Sail on. o Union. strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years
Is hanging breathless on thy fate!
We know what master laid thy keel,
What workmen wrought thy ribs OF
steel,
Who made each mast. and sail, and
rope,
What anvils rang, what hammers beat,
In what a forge and what heat
Were shaped the anchors Of thy hope!
Fear not each sudden sound and
shock
'Tis of the wave and not the rock
IT'S but the tapping Of the sail.
And not a rent made by the gale!
In spite Of rock and tempest roar.
In spite of false lights on the shore,
Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea!
Our hearts. our hopes are all with
thee!
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our
tears,
Our faith triumphant Ger our fears.
Are all with thee-are all with thee"