Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-06
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY.
General Pershing Makes a Notable
Thanksgiving Address.

hankSgNtn9 ADDRESS,.
The feature OF Thanksgiving day III
general headquarters in France was an
address by General John j. Pershing.
cummandcr-in- chief of the American
forces. In his address. Gen. Pershing
gave God credit for the triumph of
American arms and remembered the
owS and orphans and bereaved moth =
crS. The text of his splendid address
is as follows:
Fellow Soldiers: Never i'll IN" his
pl". come together with such full hearts
as on this greatest of all Thanksgiving
dayS. Th" moment thrOhS with emo
tiun. seeking Ia lind full expression. Re-
rr,.s,.utinI. the first ideals of our cUun-
trymrn and ChcriShin@ In" spirit ot our
for,r,thcrs who first celebrated this i"s-
tiyaI uf Thanksgiving. "" are proud TO
have rrraid the debit Ia gratitude To the
land OF "a Fuy"tt" and hay" lent our a!d
I'm saving civilization from destruction.
The INSCRIPTIONS invader has been
driven from the devastated scenes OF
his unholy conquest. The title Of con-
flict which during tn" dark days oi
mid Summcr-thrcatcncd To Ov"rwh"lm
thu. Allied forces has been turned INTO
glorious victory. AS tn" sounds OF bat
ia. die AWAY and the beaten foe hur-
rirs from the field il is fitting that IN"
conuucring armies should pause to give
thanks to the God of battles VIII" has
guided our cause Alright.
Hard WON Gift.
"Vic,ory was our goal. II is Il hard
won u,ilt OF the soldier To his country.
Only the soldier knows the cost oil Il
Gift w, now present To the nation. AS
soldiers inspired by every spiritual
sentiment, we have each silently pray
ed that the success of righteousness
should be ours. Today with thank
fulness we humbly acknowledge that
His strength has given us the victory
We are thankful that the privilege
have. been given TO us TO serve in such
a cause.
I'm this hour of thanksgiving our
cntcrnal gratitude goes ont To those
heroes who loved liberty better IMAM
life. who sleep yondcr where thcE i'H'
to the manned whose honorable scars
testify stronger than words to their
splcndid valur. and TO the brave lcl-
lows whose strong. relentless blows
finally crushed the encmy'S power.
All Are Remembered.
Nor in our prayers shall We forget
the widow who freely gave the nus
band. more precious than her lie. nor
those who. in hidden hcroism. nav" I'M
po\rrished themselves to enrich the
cousr, nor our comrades who in more
obscure posts here and at home have
furnished their toll to the soldiers al
the front.
"'To MANY fame has come. New
names have been inscribed on the roll
of thu. immurtalS. To all has come a
nrw outlook on life. 4 clearer pcrspcc-
tive. regarding it's obligations. moro
exalted conception OF duty and honor
and deeper sense Of responsibility To inc
nation and To the God.
New Vision.
"May we give thanks that unsclfish
service has given uS this new vision;
that We are able TO return to our hre-
side and our country with higher aims
and 4 ilrmcr purpose alike ennob!inG
to ourselves and to those who have
held long vigil and have prayed Tor us
that we might wOrthily represent them.
This spirit that has won the victory
is to become Il permanent and indls-
pCnSahlc mainstay of peace and happi-
ness IL is not Il matter OF indlrldual
choice. but OF obligation. that we should
proudly carry il back, with us. II the
glory OF our military service has bcrn
n spontaneous Offering of loyalty. II
is too priceless to he cast aside by in
diligence and too sacred not to he cher
ishcd always.
Our nation awaits the return OF its
soldiers. believing in the stability or
character that has come from
sclf-disciplinc and self sacrifice. Con-
fidcnt Of the new power that the stern
school of war and discipline has
brought to each OF us. American moth
crs await with loving hearts their gal
liant sons. Great cause, indeed. have
we 10 thank God for trials successfully
met and victory won. Still more did
we thank Him for the golden future
with it's wealth of opportunity and its
hope OF n permanent universal peace.