Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-17
sunday at the Churches
AdJ.-Gen. Presson at
Methodist Church

Methodist Church
io'ie services were held at he
frotestant-Catholic church =, s.
oaS forenoon. in accordance with :,
program laid out by the Nation,i
service Commission of Churci,es
mere were patriotic songs and rec.
iaaeions and a powerful address ON
Inc churches and the Moral Aims
OF the war by the pastor Re.
/ Langdon Quimby. D. d.
| AT the First Baptist cburcbt n, >
cioch' 'here was an interesting pa
triotlc service with a patriotic dis
course by the pastor. Rev. T. j.
I "lhsiaoe, a feature of this service
pelng the unfurling of the service
nag or the church, bearing three
stars Tor the following young men
IN the service: Leland S. Hopkins,
Charles w. Howard and Charles Rid
| ley.
Al the Cniversalist church Chi
drens day was observed and the
morning worship given over to the
children who gave an interesting pro
gram of songs and recitations. The
| intere sting part of the service.
| AT the Highland avenue Methodist
! church the services were also of a
patriotic nature and in the evening
ADJ. en-. g. Mel. Presson was pres
cnt and delivered the address. The
| occasion was the unfurling of tho
| church service Tag containing H.
stars for the following young men
! Walter f. Roberts, Charles F. Ston-
Ter, Ray w. Hartman. Ray Marshall
Harold r. Tuttle. Fred A McMas-
ter, Wilbur F. Roberts, 4. Wilson
| Roberts, Arthur L. Purdy, Eugene
illespie, Everett H Maxcy, Percy T.
Cobb and John Thompkinson. Ms.
+. ;. Smith was the donor of the Has
! y considerable number of the com
! rades of Heath Post, 6. A. r.. We're
present and occupied seats at ,te
! front.
Gen. Presson opened by remarking
that somewhere in France was d
| field destined to go down in history
as the field where autocracy received
t its death blow, for German military
ISM is destined to go down IN defeat
for the unseen had Of God is still IN
control. In their blindness the Ger
mans think they have reached the
peak of victory, but the conquerin-
| of the world is too great a task tor
any nation, for when men are fighting
! for their firesides, their wives and
their children they fight Ike devils
and angels combined. The hcadWaN
that the German hordeS are maliiu.
| is 3ut another step toward their oWI1
! destruction. If the German .rulers
| could see things IN their true Ugh,
! they would SEQ that the end of the
! German empire was dra Wing near.
| The allies arc constantly getting
stronger Tor every hour bring, in
creased aid from America and the
| allies are now hearing the shrill
scream Of the American eagle. AM
erica has renewed the battle OF Lex
ineton, even as she did in the days
OF 'oI and for every kick, every
blow and every death Germany will
be obliged to pay a thousand fo!d.
! Every American now knows that the
! policy OF non-resistance will not
avail Historians have recorded
our great battles but they have failed
to record that our wars have been
prolonged by lack OF judicious prep
aration and a diciplined army.
The speaker told OF the bnfits de
rived from universal military train
physically unfit and the farmer lad
ranks no better in this respect than
does the boy from the city. We
should be prepared for the food tide
through military training and listen
TO longer to the peace at any price
friends. He said that he believed
that America was fast getting into
a like condition to ancient Greece
and Rome, through commercialism.
We were forming classes i'll this
country: we have been growing
away from true democracy and now
we are going to get back to it by
giving our young men both physl-
cal and mental training,
He told of the rapid strides made
in training by recruits who had been
| nthe service but two months. They
are doing a wonderful stunt and
! they arc doing it because they are
the cream of the earth. Now. for
the first time in our history. we have
really democratic army. where the
poor man and the son of the mil
lionaire stand in the ranks shoulder
to shoulder. Gen. Presson cited
Japan as a nation whose rise has ben
brought about by democratic army
and navy and said that Germany
had been able to accomplish what
she had through universal military
training.
The speaker paid glowing trib-
uae to the work Of the Red Cross,
the work of the Y. NJ c. A. and the
Knights of Columbus and gave them
as illustrations OF the fact that we
are getting together, working to-
gether and keeping together. He inn
pressed upon his auditors the i'm
portance of cheerfulness when the
boy leaves for training camp and
the Importance of cheerful letters.
Food Conservation day in Maine will
be observed in this city this evening.
ihrary pa,, W., Wood