Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-14
GOD WILLS VICTORY FOR AMERICA
Is Ringing Message of President of Holy Cross College Public War Rally Under Auspices of Knights of Colu- bus-Captain Oliver Hezzlewood of Canadian Forces Speaks For Red Cross = Teegrams From Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels.

tULdt ol oVU.uUu men.
 He spoke of Canadian battalions, the Princess Pats and others, which had | suffered fearful losses, especially at ] Ypres, where 12,0eG were in battle, l and saved the day, but only 2.oe8 sur l vIved to line up to receive the com nendation of General French
 Speaking of the Red Cross directly, he said that 97 per cent. of those Canadians rescued by the Red Cross have their lives saved by this service. The Red Cross asks you to give to them that they may succor those who are fighting the battle for our fiber ties. What sacrifice ought we not to be willing to make in this cause?
 He made strong appeal for team play here behind the lines in the spirit of sacrifice to back up the men at the front. It is our part to come to the rescue, not with guns and bullets, but with bandages and service, which if we do not furnish we are just as traitorous as the soldiers who shirk from doing the utmost on the battle front
 After the singing of America the Beautiful by the male chorus, Rev. Father Keefe introduced Rev. Joseph s. Dinand S. J., president of Holy Cross college at Worcester, speaking in ringing phrase of the significance of the cross of Christ in the progress of the world and showing that it was one of the first moves on the part of German kultur to tear from the hearts of its people that love that is symbol ized by the cross of Christ It is the record of Holy Cross college that the 1 boys it sends out stand second to none
 1n their loyalty and patriotism. | Holy Cross President Speaks. i After hearing the moving address | by Captain HeZzlewood. said President ! Dinand, and the fervid introduction by l Rev. Father Keefe, he felt as if he were under great handicap In fact, ! he felt as if he had never before been
 under such handicap except when l he was born of Irish parents, and he
 didn't know that that was such a handicap after all.
 The Holy Cross president went on
 to speak in part as follows:
 The United States of America. has
 ever found in the Catholic Church of
 America the champion of her liberties the defender of her authority and the
 oulwark of her safety in peace and in
 war
 The times are iron times. The un-
 real, the superfuous. the sham the hypocritical things of life have gone with the waking of this nation tc tduty's call. Superstitions of a life time have been thrown away in a mo- ment-forever. Prejudiees nurtured as a part of ones very self have been
 in this hour hurried out of sight as
 things unworthy of ones better self Only the realities of life count today land how this nation is crying out for the realities of life!
 The mind of tha n9 9tion-aSOncia1lI 1lI the nation in khaki is demanding tt
 know the truth-the soul of the ma
 tion-especially the nation in khak
 is demanding to possess the strengtl
 lin this hour of sacrifice.
 I Seeking the Truth.
 Creeds have been winnowed on tn
 threshing- floor of the world today The fail of war has separated tn ehaff from the wheat Negations o
 doctrines cannot satisfy the mind truth is the object of the mind o man and just as naturally sought. The mind demands truth-the real , ity of truth and only the reality 0 l truth can and will satisfy To b opened up. to be instructed, to be en : frightened, to be made to understand : to be completely satisfied, to be, con
 vincingly answered to that eterna f why? in life-that is what the mind i demanding today. Truth must com to the mind with the certainty c ) eternity, truth must come to the min 3 with the brightness of day, truth mus : come to the mind with the authorit
 of God.
 s Truth that teaches us the mysterie g of life, where lies the right, where tn I wrong, that lightens up the darknes e of death, that enuntiates the dogma e of faith-truisl that can never chang f whatever be the tribe, the tongue { the cycle of men.
 Truth must be the needle in tf
 compass box of the sea-and North
 -unchangeable- eternal. T Soul Hungering For Realities. If the mind of the nation today
 hungering for the realities of Tiff how much more so the soul of u
 nation. that endowment of creatio n that raises man above the brute, tn; 9 kingly gift that makes him like ti God-after whose image and likene: n he is. The soul-that is the breat v of God in earthly tenement of cla = that living principle of life, inmo e tai that it shall mock at death, rt c deemed by a God-man's sacrifice; = far above things of earth. as eterni Il, is above tine-this spirit-tle ma n hungers for the strong, the real z. life.
 6 Shall then this soul gifted wi - heavens choicest blessing-freedou
 shall it be thrown out upon creation
 breast to work out it's own destin unaided, unguided and alone? Shs 'u it know no saving restraining powe ls Shall it know no strength in veal lu ness, no comfort in sorrow, no joy y- sadness?
 The soul is mans greatest posse -s sion and today more than ever it hungering for the realities of life. n Supreme Test of Our History. W The supreme test in all our histo ly is being made today in the minds al It, souls of our people. Never befo J. have we been brought face to ia Lg with such a crisis in our national Ii ts and never has the nation stood in ne Is of clearer vision and stronger cou
 age than in this hour.
 D. Today the very flower of our Anne 1e fcan manhood-our bravest, our be n are leaving home-the workshops. t " Continued on Page Seven, Col. Fly sd MAN AND WOMAN ne ARE UNDE RARREi