Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-12


 I was packed to capacity when the To- cal committee in charge of the cam paign for Norwichs allotment of the s35 ,000,0o0 '. M. c. A. fund for work and the men of the allied armies, held a mass meeting for the furtherance of the campaign.
 President James L. Case was chair man of the meeting which opened with the singing of a hymn. followed by scripture req ding by Rev. $. IT. Fowe. D. D. The double quartette of the Bass-Clef rendered the Mar fered prayer. The GevernoTs Proclamation.
 Secretary Edwin Hill read the gov- [ernor's proclamation setting aside Nov. II as War Work Day. Secre- tary Hill also told of the Y. NJ. c. A. work at Camp Devens. saving that at the camp are IA Y. M. c. A. huts One of the officers at the camp has said that what the f1reside is to the home the I. M. c. A. is to the camp It is a great and glorious work and bit
 An offering to defray the expenses 0 ftne theatre and other incidentals of the meeting was taken up while music at the meeting played an offer tory.
 Bishop Aeheson Speaks.
 James L. Case with a few brief re- marks, introduced Judge Gardiner Greene who in turn introduced the Campion Aeheson of Middletown, say ing that the people of Norwich have shown a great interest in the Y- M A. % work and ana pIoved ih,,1ad tnls interest sa generously to the building fund. The association is a public institution and in military camps where there is no home influence the Y. M. C. A. is do rnaintainance of this work at the Y. M. c. A. is now asking for money. Bishop Acheson, who is to address us this afternoon is one who understands, S, one himself at one time in Canada, where he greatly distinguished him. self by rescuing- a. comrade.- There they called him the Fighting Parson and ever since he has been fighting in a spiritual cause. I take great pleas ure in introducing Bishop Acheson.
 Bishop Acheson spoke as follows: It Is a pleasure for me to address a Norwich audience and I consider a year not well spent when do not spend some time in this city. I often mediate on the demands of this county upon us. What is this country that calls us? Surely the call of the U. S. A. must be different than the call of Germany to her people.
 Came Not For Conquest.
 When this country was founded it was season of freebooting. Drake and other great men of that time were no more or less! than pirates. This country was founded at this time by worshipers of God even in the period of unrest. The first people came to this land not for conquest but to set tie and make homes. The first thing theY 1lo ths atan Tne men wove their own clothes and help cd in the fields. A welcome was ex- tended to all. Taxes were self inn type of man came out of this exist cnce. A man who went out to England and the European countries recognized q new being: The civilization extend ed far to the west. Then an army was sent over here and these people who had known freedom fought against tyranny and freedom and Liberty were born. Again in 1912 the freedom of the country was "inperi1ed but again the men came to the front saved And yet again in 1861 when the liberty of the country was at stake true men came to her aid and she was preserved.
 For, years and years the eyes of the foreigner has been turned toward this country as a haven of refuge where they might enjoy the rights of human beings. There has been steady in- f1ux of foreigners and they have pro gressed and become citizens in the land of the free.
 A Peace Loving Nation.
 We have been a peace loving nation with no thought of war, our navy and army have been small. The only thing we have had to fight has been the seffishness and greed of certain factions. We have been slow in getting into this war. Don't blame congress, for being slow, for they must take time to look at things and conditions from all sides. We must go forward and God will go forward with us. There is not another nation of the earth to which the immigrant may look for freedom.
 On the other hand take Germany Her spirit is entirely opposite to that of this country. Her history shows while the pastor was at Pleasant View