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Cuba. ot those. who. under that h'h
pcr Red Cro-, TN peace ~ wen ~
in vnr-ravc ,uccor 10 the sick ana
tbc distressed. the wounded and the
diving; and. also. of those sturdy pa
triots who extended the arts oi peace
acrn,. mountain and PLAN, from the
Atlantic Ia the Pacific, and made IL
po.,iblr that Nou and ! could louh'
.our home- m the tar Southwe-i
NV incnd-. It ha been oni Gus
tom 900 thi- country Tor MANY years
nu tins day to cease from lah"r0 To-
spend % hort time N similar retro
-prrtion. However, It h. particularly
lifting that We do $40 thl- daN Tor
ooain ~, are at war. aud We have
not the godllke sweep OF vision l'
know waht the coming year or YEAR
may brine
I'VE see at this tune hundreds "i
thousands of our Young men gong
into training To- - INTO the trenches
over there lo defend the honor anu
the traditions OF our country Those
same principlcs ot hhcrt, and Tree
dom for which our father and grand
father. gave their live.
The fate of nations "i our 10"
lun- T. m the balance. II I- Time q"
remember our duty ro the home, li O.
the hour To- think of our duty 10 the
nation. and 50 II L. the hour Tor u-
10 stand nv our government al Wash.
ngton. m word and IN deed, llll the
whole world is mbued with American
LOYALTY tn the American government
"From thi- hour, hcucctorth, the
flag must be- the symbol of all man
Kind he Flag!
FLAG of the free heart hope and
home,
By Angel hand to yalor given,
Thy star. have lit the wcIkln dome,
And all thy huc- are born in
Heaven
Forever wave that standard sheet,
Where broalhes he foe but fall
before IL,
With freedom soil beneath our feet,
And freedom banner streaming Ger
u.s.
Some one ha- -aid that good
has come uul If ull war. believe
that this l- true of all of our war,
and ! hope 1t Is true of every war
for It seems too terrible To- think that
ANY Of the sorrow, that any ol the
misery aud blood,hcd and dcStruc
Ilofi'cau-cd bv war should have been
suffered IN vain.
VERY briefly stated. ~ YOU all
know, the good that came out of the
war ul the Revolution wa, our indc-
peudcncc; ont of the war ot 1872
with England, the freedom ui the
seas. ont of the war between the
States, that of ~ nation conceived
IN liberty could endure oul of the
war with SPAN, to insure that lib
rrtN, which We ourselves ENJOY, To- om
sister nations upon tins hemisphere.
Only upon a large scale this war with
the Imperial German government ha,
for it, purpose all of the objects 81
all uf our former war;. and the
good that shall come out of it Is to
strike the tyranny and autocracy OF
Mluau-m forever from the face of
the globe.
MAY the memory of the deeds of
>alor and of the unScliishnrss low
atty and devotion of those whom We
have tins daN come To honor be- "om
h"llcr pillar Of light by day and om
pillar of fire by night" To inspire u~ To-
pres, forward with foritudc un-
daunlcd to victory" "hoping ever,
praying always for the advent of that
day when the mountain OF the Lord
House shall be established in the ton
of the mountain. when sword, shall
be beaten into plowshares and spear,
into pruning hooks when Nation
shall not lift up lis sword against
Nation, neither shall they learn war
amy more, when the reign of the
Blessed Emmanuel the Prince of
Peace, the Great Captain of our Sal
Walton, shall have become UNIVERSAL
and eternal