The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-11-28
The canon City Record Thursdsy Noyember 2s 1918.
A TRIBUTE 10
OUR SOLDIERS
BY Rev. Don Frank Fem.


BY Rev. Don Frank Fem.
j What day OF Thanksgiving this
Sunday should be for all the people
of thIs United States a. we'll AZ of the
whcde world. Never should this week
be forgotten for II marks the bsgfn.
ming Of peace that win never he
broken With what joy and thanks
giving should We address ourselves
TO God for His inestimabie mercy IN
bringing this war to an end with
triumph for his righteousness and
freedom And let us remember to
whom. under God. the chief glory IL
due.
We have all striven to do our best
to help win this war. We have bought
some government securities and we
have given to various welfare and re-
lief organizations. But. at the most,
IL has been little that we could do.
Ultimately. we must realize that the
men who have won the war for US are
those who enlisted in the service.
those who have willingly offered to lay
down their lives that we might live
and that freedom and righteousness
might not perish from the earth
We must remember. In our rejoicing.
the glorious dead. those who were not
only willing. but who have actually
paid the supreme price, The men who
thought SO little OF their own personal
value that they willingly died upon a
bloody battlefield saat the nation.
which they loved and which they con-
sidered as more important than them
seives, might live To them, as they
rest in eternal peace, should our
Thanksgiving arise as we gratefully
remember their service before the
Father.
And may we not forget those splen.
did men, with perfect bodies and clear
eyes and clean souls. who. in the sun.
riDe Of their life, have suffered mutila.
tion. who have been lamed and blinded
and who have had their bodies riddled
with disease brought on by exposure
In their service They will be last.
ing memorial of our eternal obligation
to the brave boys who have given us
the victory. May we never forget
them in our prayers. may we never
fail to reverence and honor them
Thousands OF splendid men are
now resting from their labors In shell
shattered towns and hamlets IN
France. They have fought and they
have won and God has spared them
With thanks TO him We look for their
lu1umpnant return Tney nave been
martyrs In their viii. even as those
who have laid down their lives. They
were willing to die. And they have
suffered; they fought in battles. the
horror OF which We cannot conceive
They have lived under the ground like
rodents. They have lived in all man
ner Of nth and dirt. OF necessity, be
cause they loved us and our country
May We thank them with unfeigned
hearts and never cease to ask that God
would blees them
Other Thousands OF men are In ON
czntonments today. ready 70 be senl
across the wnters. 70 oRer the same
sacrifices a. those We have menticned
From our own county. seventy -thre<
men act out but were turned By . mil
itary order. Our gratitude should b
none the less fervent and sincere, be
cause they had not had the opportun
ity Of heroic service that was given e
others- All. all OF our valiant men
those who have suffered. those wh<
were willing to suffer. all are worthy
OF our heartfelt gratitude and praise
II we forget our obligation to them
we will deserve to be forgotten In the
last day.