Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-06
religion OF MARSHAL FOCH
General Is Called the Gray Man OF
Christ
HIS GUIDANCE is FROM ON High
Wonderfully Interesting Story OF the
Spiritual and Personal Side OF tne
Great Leader Of the Allied, Forces
Had Absolutely No Doubt OF Final


Triumph.
Th. religion Of William HohcnZ"ll-
,yu has been one of In" actiN" topics
az I'm. whole. war. 1t has been only IN
his very latest utterances that the i"f-
,ucr German monarch has not couple"
Colt with himself as an equal ana
ahcttOr, or perhaps Il servant. Oh'
pIctur" of the kaiser sent out hy 'h'
wttchful Roswell. Karl ROsn'r' Snow
cd William in the act OF communion
and we are distinctly told that III tha'
Eclglan church with waiting auui-
dIcncc of German officers the wor-
shiucr never bent the knee. There ~
a strong contrast between him ana thv
figure the Los Angeles Times draws Oh
his ronuucrOr. General f"rdlhah"
L'u..h the Gray Man Of CHRIST. MS
has been Cnrist's war" says The Times
CHRIST OH one side, and all that sloou
upposi,e 10 Christ Oh the other Siue'
And the GcncraliSsimO. IN supreme
command OF all the armies that ioush'
nm TN. side OF Christ. Is 'hfiS'
man
Lest readers 'hink this Il strange
statement for "A secular newspaper u
make" The Times brings forward inc
remainder that IT IS tn" business "l
urNsuap,.r to get at facts, ana II inc
facts are. of Il supcrnal nature. II Is
stuI the business OF the newspaper l"
gel at them and 10 record th'ti'
When ihIs Was written the iulI span Vi
General Foch's achievements hau ho'
hr,u covered. hut the end was thch
clearly IN sight. We read:
"'rne deeper We question as 10 VINO
Loch ~. the clearer is the tG.s"er Iiia'
i'm every act of his life and III ever!
though, of his brain he is CHRIST ;
man.
If you were TO ask him. Are you
,hrist's man" hc would answer Yes.
"It seems To hc beyond all shadow "l
doubt that when the hour came III
which all Christ stood for was 10 ei'h-
,.r stand or fall, Christ raised up Il man
10 lead the hosts that battled Tor hihi'
when the hour came i'll which tru'h
and right. charity. brotherly love- JUS
,ice. and liberty were either 10 'ri-
umuh or TO be blotted out of the world
Christ came again upon the road 10
Damascus
.Whocvcr does not realize this ana
see IL clearly as a fact, he does pu'
blunder stupidity.
There will be a crowding company
OF critics when the war Is ended ana
they will he filled with the ego OF ther
own conclusions. They Will attempt
TO explain the genius OF Foch WIFI
mans and diagrams. But, while they
,r,. doing so. If you will look for Foch
in some quiet church. II IS there tha'
me- will be found humhly giving Goa
the glory, and absolutely declining 10
attribute il to himself.
"Can that kind of Il man win war
Gan Il man who Is Il practical soldier
be also IL practical Christian" And Is
Foch that kind of Il man" Let us see.
The secret OF where Foch used TO go
for strength and magical power 10
hiring home the marvellous victories
was surprised by California boy. II
was not published by any organ Oi
France, to show the world how re
hgious" its leader was:
"A California boy. serving as SOL
dier in the American EXpcdltionary
forces In France, has recently written
q letter To his parents III san Bcfhar-
dino in which he gives. as we'll as any
one else could give. the answer To the
question we ask.
This American boy--Evans by name
tells OF meeting General Foch al
close range in France.
Evans had gone into an old church
to have Il look at it. and as he stood
there with barred head satisfying his
respectful curiosity. u gray man with
the eagles uf a general on the collar OF
his shabby uniform also entered the
church. only one orderly accompa-
MED the quiet. gray man. No glitter-
ing stafr OF officers, no encourage of
gold laced aides. were with him: no
body but just an orderly.
Evans paid small attention at first
TO the gray man. but was curious to
see him kneel in the church. praying,
The minutes passed until full three
quarters OF an hour had gone by be-
fore the gray man arose from his
knees.
Then Evans followed him down the
street and was surprised to see soldiers
salute this man in great excitement,
and women and children stopping in
their tracks with awe-struck faces as
he passed.
1T was Foch. And now Evans, OF
San Bernardino. counts the experience
as the greatest in his life. During that
three-quarters of an hour that the gen.
eralissimo of all the Allied armies was
on his knees in humble supplication in
that quiet church. 10000 guns were
roaring at his word on Il hundred hills
that rocked with death.
Millions OF armed men crouched in
trenches or rushed across blood
drenched terraces ut his command.
generals. artillery. cavalry. engineers.
tanks, fought and wrought across the
map OF Europe absolutely as he COM
manded them TO do. and In no other
manner. as he went into that little
church TO pray.
Nor was II an unusual thing for
General Foch to do. There is no day
that he does not do the same thing II
there be church that he can reach.
He never fails to spend an hour on his
knees every morning that he wakes
from sleep: and every night it is the
same.
Moreover. II Is not new thing with
him. He has done II his whole long
life.
IT young Evans could have followed
the general on to headquarters. where