The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-11-01

| san SNic Srei kSSSrife, !. as She sent
ava ENhcr YONG frEsbacd .oith smiles
" 1"a - % ~ g. Ssa 49,, ST.:
mother. II M fsENG reatcf hSin:s
! whose T., ei9tota SEfS56 Me GeSman :
battlesh.s bSln ASSS. s>fN3IanalS
and safegiaIa sSos y. Ss5ASaie, >>Ne,E
York aud HaIoSs SrSSS3SifesnSshc
silver dollar : StJseSlI ISIS .esN>
God we trust, :. SYNS AZ .sxaeHn Her SlsfsS
of the dollar S.Sts.e IS sSr$iEf y lSirS c
IN Eneland's Nass Ss' SIS
liberty is on our klS2s<saSeA d 5sc,i.S
the wheels from tie. % lSL<N 49, o%
Enemies OF Truth anSlStSsE S lATilH
dying German officer I&kE 81 - !:
cd the genius of a niotSlSsxHN ~ = : n
into few words Wounded, IA EsirS}ss
ter through the spinal cGT. III kjc
10 move the lower part of Tx - 50
Tor weeks he waited for deTth<.T 49,,
aged French women cared ~ III -
dying man. Little By little the SvinSH
OF the Angel OF Death famed .aNaSA.
the mist before his eyes One daWta ~
German oihcer sent for the NM Se3e.
priest aad told him THAI Won HAM i
burg lne was nearly complete :.,kh0p !.
INC order 10 retreat had been gNe,eJS
that the home OF aged women Wh.oxe
had cared Tor him SO tonderly would, 40
be burned; that not one churGpe
mouse, barn, vineyard or orchaxsENl'
would DC Lest The news crushed tHNoS
old priest In his dying hour riglAp. i
eouS wrath filled the heart OF thsS
German prisoner These are his Ia sxS
words as | transcribed them fromcta
ne lips al that man of God, stands'
ing one day IN Noyon: Curses uD-a
on TINS army Curses upon our kais- -
CIR aud his War Staff. Ten tborsanJ Il
curses upon my countryl Either God 4
IS dead, or Germany is doomed" The
i'ncCr had come Ca understand that
soon or late the wheels of God VIII
grind 10 noihingness those Who
wrong Gods children. Woe unto
the man who oifcrds one OF Ny Little
ONES Il were better for HIM that 4,
iniilstone were hanged about ifs
neck and that he were drowned in
the depths OF the seas"
Vision OF JGet and Lasting Peac.
Setter days are coming We mav
have to enter tho wilderness, but
out soon or late the pilgrim host will
enter the Promised Land aud hang
out the signals OF victory. Truth Is
stronger than error liberty Is strong
or than despotism; God is stronger
than satan; right makes might. and
must prevail In this faith we must
strive on Tor a peace that will SAFE
su@9u democracy, defend the front
toSIacy i)uring the January SHOWS
: dSaf TREND and noble surgcon at
ne mead OF hospital at the front
wrote me a letter which stavs No.
neart as the anchor the shin IN time
Of storm, fhe ground was deem with
NOW, many wounded men had been
'arried IN from the field. but al mid
liShl, when his work was done. The
physician wrote me this letter: "This
var IS OF God. Sometimes IL is oearc
nat IS hell. The soldiers life /,
he OF poverty, obedience. self ss,r;-
Ice; we know what the ciVili.u's
tlte 49, But for the chassisemenf ri
this war, Bcrlin and Vienna. lon-
Ion aud Paris would have descended
INTO hell within three generations
once spoke in your Plymouth on
the blessings Of peace ii ever agsi1
! nave that privilege. / shall spcsl.
on the blessings OF war. never
dreamed that men could be so noble.
Fhf tfrce months / have slcpt on
nc stone; tor three months before
maj ~ te0t; for six months have
iot been ~ a bed; but | have never
zen so happy ! have acquired the
me freedom OF dog, like a dog.
wear metal tag around NV necL
q ihat tncy may know to whom [
belong when il happens thai I can
40 longer speak. And never was
man engaged in a cause so nobie L
1 nave seen Belgium; | have seen -
ainb torn by the wolf; am on the /;
iide OF the lamb. ] know the exn.ara- -
IONS TIC Woit has to offer--they do u
ne at this battle for your own good. s
or right here al this western front IA
ms war will be decided, just where !,
All the great wars of history have AL 4
ways been decided 1t il decided al lii
ready, but will take the enemy some nj
time yea TO find il out"
What docs this noble scholars
mean? History makes that meaning"
plain No wine until the purple elus Il
ters are crushed. No linen until tho,
lax Is bleeding and broken. No re-
ienlption without shedding OF bIood9at
No rich soil for mems bread untSl d,
,he rocks are ploughcd with ice glac-
crs and subdued with fire billow<N3
rive forms OF liberty achieved llya q
tdlHSio y iOl WHICH lHcy pafu over
5000 battlefields, blood down. ThGcy
was was not brought by God. bute /
having come, let us believe that lis
providence can oyerrulc it for the
destruction Of all war. When Ger31f
many is beaten to her knees, be-
omes repenant, offers to make reSJf
tuition tor her crimes, then, arEtc
iot till then, can this war stop. Au-
tocracy, too, must go. There is fioh
room left in the world for a kajscr0 al
n a sultan. The hangmans moose
awaits the peasant murderer, ,andgy-
already the hemp is grown to twist b.
into the moose for Kaiser's neck,
At all cost and hazards, we fiSuSt 3
light this war through to a success
,ul issue Our children must not be9't
made to walk through all this hleosL 4.
and mock. The burden Of mlitariisfn :
must be lifted from the shoulde r&f,
of Gods poor. Any state that will notf
forever give up war must beitshaEhS
out OF the worlds clearing hons a.