The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-10
Hall Game Praises America

, common rrnund "f adversely. Anl' r"'
= nuw standing by the sid" at "ii tha'
: high"$, and best among the free ma
! lions of Europe. In that fact. ana us
| sequel! lies III" *upr"m" spiritual conn
/, r"n~ti"n If lhl$ awful var Again ann
! nIain in the agony Of our S"rf"" anu
! loss. and III" deep unfaIhomrhl" HFS-
| r"ry of it. "" have cried ont NJ ""'
bruised and wounded hearts,. What Is
| cod doing IN THIS world of HIS 'h'i-
dr"n"" lsuI now VIZ SEQ. In his m
| srrutahl. way II" is healing all tho "'i
! wounds ~ lhr nations: He is drawing
together tho races Of men who nav"
: been too long ASundrr: out Of Inc
! storm "r hatllr Ilr 10 bringing forth Il
.r":tt ur"thrrh"nd Of His scattered p""-
; rI"& such as the world never seen nc
! fore.
a New ComradeslIp.
| "'rh" friends thou hast and their
! adoption tried. Iripplr them I" my
| soul with htrlks of steel" just ms war
notwithstanding all it's hrutaliirH. IL
/ creating Il nov rumradcship among 'he
: mrn whoarc lighting al the front. ;"
! that. canning out OF every class anu
| condition. I'll distinctions haN" dlSap
prarcd with tho civilian clothes 'h"E
hnv" taken of ana ;ht soldiers unli"Fm
;thry hav" put un and nothing r"rhii'hS
| tn The weii-tn-.n man and III" workman.
! ihr highly-hUrn and Tho l"Wly-hHfI. INC
educated md IN" illltrr1kr. perhaps t"G
! cx-cnnyicr and the "x-rlerpyman. OK
rent Tho brotherhood In which they
daily face sudden md untlmrly deA'h
| standing shoulder Ia shoulder in Lac
same trenches. sleeping sid" by SIDE III
! tho Same dug outs. and thus sharing To-
grlhrr the biggest things they can 40
and give" their duty and their lives.
even 80 the organized harbhrity "" ca
war is binding together the clNll>I"u
nations into q great new spiritual lcl-
lowship.
Tho friendships that nr" horn In mis-
fortune last longer than those that arc
horn In happiness" Let us pray that
tho fellowship of the free peoples which
the war has brought 10 pass may not
end until il has laid IN" foundations OF
n lasting peace With no lower nope
than that could We keep our souls alive
in the midst Of all this suffering. IT
VIC had 10 believe that what VIC our
selves are going through would nave
to h" gone through again BY our chill
drcn and our grandchildren. who ar"
now living in tho fullnhss OF th"Ir
childish Joy. the whole world would ne
broken hearted Rut orr hope is sure
and our expectation will not FAIL. Inc
might has been long and dark. ana
rchoing with cries Of pain. hut on the
forehead Of the future VIC think VIC sec
tho light Of tho dawn. And when the
day comes We know what ii will he. II
will be n yet greater day than that o.
seven score yrars ago whom America
founded on her fnr-off continent ma
tinn that was crnSecrated to liberty
and dediratrd to the equal rights OF NIL.
II, will hr tn" day of freedom from
tho shudow of tho sword which has
Idarkcn"d the sleep OF man for moro than
n thousand years. II will hr the day
lot liberation from tn" tyranny OF the
strong. from the cnslavcmcnt "f the
weak. from the suhjughtion Of tho ST.
lent masses that have shed their blood.
age after age, AZ tho feet Of inc
crowned criminals who have sought FOR
nothing hut their selfish dominion ana
gained nothing hut thrIr guilty glory.
lIt will be the independence day Of the
world
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