The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-08-03

The hour is very nearly here when the Headquarters Ar
county boys who have v vol ,aasiiy Enlisted en- Sss"i f% service snV efi in the
crisis that now c9nfronts this country, must leave the sacred
and dear their hearts, and go where immediate preparations
will be made for active duty across the ocean. These men will
ones, friends and countrymen. If there were not sadness and
aching of hearts; if there were not tears and anguish at the
going of these young men it would NEEDED be a serious refec-
ton upon their mothers, fathers and other loved ones. For
the eyes not to water and the heart of those who must remain
at home need to bleed would indeed be a poor testimonial to
the ties these young men have made during all these years.
But %,; it hath eyer ever beer bes thus nus. Our grandparents made similar
to sustain their country's honor and it's flag when there was
comfort of the soldiers that there is today. The government
is making the life and the health of the soldiers today its first
Yet all this will not compensate. We love these boys. They
are Re close to US; We shall think Of them BY day and by night:
many earnest pleas for their welfare, guidance and ,preserva-
His reaches: where our strength fails; His begins; where our
1 vision u ceases eases His His opens opens; oyer and above the affairs Of this
may not fail to do their part in keeping in touch with Him
realize that the Savior is ready to walk by their side on the
battle line as we'll as in the field, in the shop, in the office or at
church or in the Sunday School. He is the most important
Man is a very Insignificant creature. He forgets most of
But we ca can not 70 fail to r realize that we e are all % part ' of the he'u ms.
chinery the Divine Architect has for working out the purposes
US that it maketh little difference as to how or when ie the h call a
comes. This life is but the vestbule to another. Our fate in
responsibilities of this. N'0" "'~' 'e N'"e' ""O 'e
we live IN what we believe is the greatest country in all
the world and under the best form of government ever or
gained. But how did we get this? Who gave us this country
and who worked out and set on foot this government? We
did not do it, yet we enjoy all of its rights and benefits. This
government did not come by chance. 1t was not thrust on
our forefathers, but we have it because of the conflict of arms
because there were battles after battles and because there
was sacrifice of blood and thousands of men. History tells
us that those who fought and won the war that made this
nation possible, were poorly fed much of the time, and that
they oftentimes walked through the snow and tread the frozen
fields without shoes and when the blood of their frozen feet
stained the ground behind them. Thus it seems that it is
hardly possible for mankind to make a greater sacrifice than
was made to give us the rights and benefits of civilization we
have today. The proposition, therefore, seems up to us: Is
TINS government worth maintaining; is the government our
great-grandparents bled and died to win worth perpetuating
do we revere sufficiently the bravery and the honor and mem,
or shall we act the part of Liliputians or cravens and allow a
foreign government to snatch away what has been left to us?
we know there is not an American throughout the length and
breadth OF all this land who will answer these questions mega
lively. With one voice, the country says, Preserve the honor
and integrity OF the United States, keep what our fathers
lett US" But those whom we have chosen to sit at the head
of the Nations council table tell us that there is but one way
loving men are mistaken, they are just honestly mistaken, but
they are on deck, and we must follow their leadership. We
can not honorably do otherwise if we would. Then the best
way to do what they tell us needs to be done is to do it whole
heartedly, cheerfully and periodically. We owe somebody
for the rights and benefits of civilization we enjoy, we are
undoubtedly indebted to our government for its protecting
arm, for what it has done to make our homes safe, for what
for the privilege we enjoy of pursuing our varied vocations
free and unmolested. We have enjoyed these incompatible
blessings so long that we have become to believe that thew are
ours, Just as the air we breathe is our, but it is not so. Those
who lived before our f~orefathers wrought out this government
did not go about their daily duties free and unmolested. thew
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