Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05
SEEKS RED TRIANGLE WORKERS
Rev. F. C. Wright of Hartford Urges Enistmens in Norwich at Special Service at Central Baptist Church General Secretary Hill Wants 10 to Enist-Thomas Parkinson Is the First.

stop the murder and rapi0o of a l
 wicked people. When we have broken |
 the last German cannon and disarmed |
 thelr last soldier a vastly greater task |
 lies before us in destroying the false 1
 philosophy which values only the man 1
 With power. This spirit is rooted deep
 in the life and religion of the people of
 the Central Powers. For years no pro-
 lessor has held chair in a German
 university Or preacher held pulpit m Germany who did not teach the doctrine laid down by those in au- thority.
 believe that we have in General Fershing one of the greatest men of the age. l have heard talk of the inn moral condition of our army in France had the pleasure Of hearing a mem Der Of the F'osdick commission tell of his experiences in France and they | lead me to believe that we have the 1 best and cleanest and greatest army
 that has ever been gathered on the
 face of the earth. Dr. R. E. Saillens. a
 great French doctor, said at a recent meeting, "Y ou boys are missionaries to France. In the parts ot my country where the wine flows like water your boys drink only water. have not seen one under the influence of liquor.
 Some of our women have lost all re- l.spect for themselves but your boys l shame them with their respect for them as women The social diseases l among the Americans are but minor condition
 1 -Laymen, am speaking to you. It is not only for the ministry to serve our boys. Here is a chance in the Y. M. C. A. to serve your boys in France II you consider Jesus Christ essential it is necessary that He be carried to our boys. All conditions Of men are doing humble service in the great
 ranks of the Red Triangle workers that they may have a small part in
 making the boys in our army fit to
 die for liberty. I would not for -the
 world detract from the honor of those boys who are giving their lives in the
 cause of>human liberty ir France but II will say that a glory as grea tas
 theirs is that of the man CT woman
 who gives up his or her life in the cause of Christ.
 1 Our boys in France are dying to
 put an end to autocracy. We must
 live here to put a stop to the growth of autocracy after the war. Some times it is an easy thing to die. It is often a far harder thing tc live ana
 sufftr and sacrifice.
 I was asked to speak tonight in be- half of the drive for Y. M. C. A
 workers. J. A. Wyhe, a member of . my church ir Hartford gave up a
 million dollars a year business to en- , ter this work. He has two boys in !, the service and felt that he must dc something before he died. Taking the F '. M. c. A. as opportunity he left his ; business, his wife and small daughter and entered the service. The man ir , the ''Y'' service has no riore of d snaI . than the soldier or sailor. He is ir the trenches with the boys. He hands : out hot chocolate to the boys as they T march up to go over the top. He is | there when they come back, wounded , ard weary He hands out hot drinks | and cheery words, and if necessary in. ;. jeCts into them a stimu.ant.
 What have you done 70 make you life write its record of nobility? l. -' there a maa here tonight who feel - that he has heard the call telling min : that he wants to do something? H. } cannot enter the Y. M. C.. A. work un ' less he is over draft age IS there { T woman here tonight who is wiling tt e go anywhere and do anything in orde | that she may be of service:
 e- MT Case closed the service by say e ing that three members Of the loca y '. NJ. C. A. force had entered the ser Q vice and he knew how Secretary Hil . lnnged to go across but felt that h e was doing mere good at the local asso . citation. MT, Case asked that anyon
 who wished to enter the service han T in their namc to him as Mir. Fill wa l. leaving for his vacation. The commit tt tee in charge of the recruiting her e comprises Edwin Hill. chairman. ( y Edward Smith and Herbert W. GalluI a MT. Case said after the service tha of Thomas Parkinson. bass singer of tn le choir of the Central PaptiSt Churcl a had already handed in his applicatio is and Chairman Hill of the recruitin ,e committee said that he knew of seV
 eTal people who were considering en to tering the work.