Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-29

Secretary Floyd, had sent the United States navy ito the uttermost parts
 of the earth.
 The cry of four million slaves had
 the way for their de'iverance. Abr1- ham Lincoln had been elected presi-
 dent and the time had come for him
 to leave his home in Illinois, to take
 the responsibility of president of the
 United States. A large number of
 people had assembled at the station to
 bid him farewell, and to listen to bis
 farewell to them. My friends he
 said, mo one not in my position can
 appreciate the sadness I feel at this
 am. Here I have lived for more
 than quarter of a century; here my children have been born, and here one
 of them is buried. I know not how devolves on me which Is greater per haps than has devolved upon any oth- CT man since the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded ex- cept for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. T feel that I cannot succeed without the aid of the same Divine Being which sustained him, and on the same Divine Being, I place my reliance for SUD- port: and I hope you my friends will pray, that I may receive that divine assistance without which I cannot succeed, but with which success is certain
 I remember the following day some editorials, criticising MT. Lincoln, call ing him weakling, not having any confidence in himself, not knowing his own mind, etc.
 The clouds were darkening, Fort Sumter was fired upon, and the war seemed to be losing ground, till f1n- ally the constitution was amended, and Lincoln issued his emancipation proclamation" and the slaves were free. Their cry had been heard, and deliverance was certain. After this we lost no more battles. and peace was restored. State sovereingty. was said to be the cause of the war, b:-.: in slavery has been abolished forever But here again the seeds were left fo- another war, and this is not confined to the United States.
 The cry of millions upon millions of women and children all over the earth are fighting the Germans. but in real ity we are fighting principalities and powers; and the Germans are only instruments in the hands of a higher power
 John 9-44 In addressing the Scribes and Pharasees, who had boasted of their ancestry Christ, told them "Ye are of your father the devil. and the ,uStS Of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, a liar and the father of it." By their fruits ye shall know them" Yes, the Germans fill the bill. The Kaiser is very loyal to his god.
 Nevertheless God makes use of bad men to punish the people for wick sdness. Almost every country has made an effort to remove the curse of from their midst, and like the effort Of the northern states, 10 remove slavery, they tried to do it oy the votes of the people and did not succeed. It was finally accomplished T., a war measure. Shall we In like manner wait for deliverance from the cri ime of drunkenness. until it shall not be prohibition, but abolition, as d var measure. Do we fully realize who $ at the bottom of this liquor traffic The same influence which animates he kaiser, is behind it. Drunkenness s crime No other crime Is gre1A,r. We have become so used to it that many people give it little thought
 To the citizans of Connecticut: A solemn responsibifty rests upon each ,ne of us. No man can be neutral If | man votes for license. he becomes accessory before the fact with any ,rirne which may be committed, and IS before stated. no crime exceeds the ,rinne fo drunkenness. It destroys botr body and soul of man. If a. man says ,e is neutral, and votes neither for nor