Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-22

tional, and it was the good priest who pronounced the benedictien.
 When the war is over and the great blessings are sorted from the great sorrows, perhaps we may find among the joys new assurance that after all, when it comes to worshiping God its a. long, long way we can go to- gether!
 Depressing Letters.
 Let me speak a word of caution in connection with Chaplain Twichen. | One of the worst things that the chaplains have to fight he said. lone of the hardest duties the thing that causes us and the officers more trou- l hle than anything else, the hardest thing that the enlisted man has to bear. are those letters from home. 1 Mothers, sweethearts and sisters write to their boys at camp and tell them how sorry they are that they cannot be home. They write disgracefui let ters, which depress the men greatly They tell the soldier how much they miss him, and how they grieve that he is not with the family at home ' This is a great mistake.
 l This phrase lover the top" is the order given to charge the German lines
 and it means the putting forth of the
 very last ounce of strength in any contest. Connecticut in every crisis has done this. This war has forced the states and the United States to ex-
 anime itstitle deeds as to rights, priv iieges and duties. Mankind has dur ing all the ages been going "ever the top" in the fight for liberty. History is made up of the story of these wars
 The history of Connecticut is very
 Instructive. We have the first writ. ten constitution and in the early years of the colonies Connecticut led thu way in forming safe, secure, eenstitu
 tienal government. Enduring, saft
 government making the world safe fo
 democracy demands certain easily de lined characteristics.
 Significance of State Flag. II want to call your attention to tn, !. state flag of Connecticut. You vii , notice the three vines which Lieut. Kumphries, aide de camp. of Washing ton, says signify Knowledge, Liberty Religion. These lie at the foundation of our state. Let us examine thes
 principles of our civil and political life
 Knowledge, that which facilitate
 self-cenquest, intensifies individuality unfolds and uplifts manhood, breed habits of thinking, feeling, doing emancipates, hu1ibles, and civilizes. I searches for truth, loves the beautiful desires the good and does the best We see this carried out in our ire , public schools, our free churches an our free press and free speech Liberty, that freedom of action, pub ] lie and private. which permits tn ] highest development of the individua 5 Religion, that vision splendid whicf revealing the brotherhood of mar ? links him also with the Divine, an
 raises him into relation with the Inf
 l mite. These three must not be separ
 ated. They must grow together, fo knowledge without liberty or religion : becomes torment and man is a pris
 ener chafing against his bars. Libert without knowledge or religon, degen crates into license and anarchy. Re
 ligien without knowledge and libert
 becomes bigetry and superstitutinn. Connecticut Proven True. !, Men actuated by these principle 7 cannot fail to carry on a safe govern f ment. In any test Connecticut ha
 proved true. In the war of the revo [, lution when liberty was in dange < Connecticut under Governor Trumbu U furnished more men and more none s in proportion to population than an U other colony.
 e Under our splendid war soverno z William A. Buckingham of NorwicI . Connecticut in 1S61-4. furnished mol s men and money in proportion to popu . lation than any other state,
 Equal to Governor Trumbull or Gov r iernor Buckingham in energy, resource tt and splendid 100 per cent. patriotisr
 our noble war governor, Marcus 1
 Holcomb, has placed Connecticut !: the front rank of all the states in W; il measures. It may be truthfully sa IS that the state of Connecticut has do1 le efficiently everything it has been cal d ed upon to do-and more.