The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-17


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$ qr rom NJ r-.er gsal ID tie c1sg.
0ae G tie con- or tniaIs.
say, Il c'.c s1-k S taa1 he. yoa Esas
ic-viiy torn upon CO yoI viz el..
e IS arrays there az Re Goes ro.
fo.seke YOU. But or d2ty in tss
i.u-t he IS CT tc p.,a"ae2 ne 70 ais.
We col,d Of aa.1sg'n our sta adaa,.
til ire oit.ters o, or army nor wits,
Z y men Il oa~ duty vas on.y Il r1s-
- men To- ccsta. | vart t. 81.
tbs to YOU, tat the chsp,s.4s tls--
nccs IS the same as that Of tie coros
commander, tae bzigal.er. the bstta.-
ION and r!atcoa commander; and his
-ac.G business IS to make his nel IN
to better fighting men. l voader if yoa
r~r that vas concerned that thos.
EignlaeGe-s Of mi,e, hen they want.
S2 70 the frort Enes-becaase that 81
"i7. Trey we're there for-shouIi
SLOW ilen 'front.', s-ca 8 ccEs -5-.,
sue. G~~otio1 to duty as would cas-
=, t7aM though aay kiaf eg Ga,gs4
Ia, q leaci, acd IN lae lkins
were ont there to win. | do not
Ink ROY yol feel about it, but ! l,av.,
made religion on its practical side, as
Is creedal side, into very simple
tang. The man who holds to God, I.
VII. take my chances with; the MAJ
Who docs his duty, | will take nv
chances with Ny business as chap
ain was to help to make a man n
better fighter, to put into his hear
the thing that would take the fears
away. God knows these fears are an
4 pai.ing. any soldier who comes bac1
to you here and Says that he was nor
7fra;d is either liar or fool, one or
the other. So / say that my business
was to fill man up with the great
big thoughts and give him a sense
, tN7t h. was working With and for
loi, lat God was somewhere around
him, closer than the sergeant major,
and that nothing matters so long as he
kept things right between him ami
God. That is why, sir, the o. G..
Commander wants to have his chap.
lain; because his chaplain works with
him, suppo; is him, and helps to tone
up his men. Brethren, when l 90
ONE, a great many Young ministers
come to me and say, 30, wish could
80 out there; it does not seem right tc
be staying at home. would like t.
90 to the front" That is the way they
| al feel, They would Ike to 90 out in
\ a-fghting @@~as u -h1 always sAA.
this to them; that there il only onA
/ kind Of chaplain. but two kinds Of ar
mics. There is the army in the front
Inc, with its chanlain there. His ereay
business is to make that first line the
I greatest fighting machine that can be
made Of it. Then there is anotha,
army at the base with rs chen.a,Y.
and he has a great business there.
4 General Joffre said that the war was
to be won not by the front line men,
but by tire army Of the base. believe
that is true, especially in France and
britain. If the people Of France had
not thrown themselves away, thrown
their possessions away, thrown their
/ lives away; if those women of France
had not pushed their men out to the
front, and taken their mems places ct
home, France would never be holdinp
her line today. If the women of Brit
ain had rot pushed their men out to
the front and rushed in millions to
supply their places in the factories
and machine shops. Britain would new
er be holding her line today. Her ar
mics would have been wiped out two
years ago. So / say that the business
OF the chaplain at home is to keep the
heart Of the nation beating steady,
quiet strong and resolved, in tune
with the mighty heart beat that comes
from above That is what you must
DO, brethren, if this nation is going 10
be worthy Of its traditions and Their.
is no eff" about the matter. | would
like to take an hour to tell you what
we Canadians think CT you Americans
now. | will just say this: once we
called you cousins; then there was
time, bad, black time, when we were
ashamed to call you anything: but
row We call you brothers. | will say
to you ministers that you have the big
job of the war, Now, believe me. |
am speaking seriously and earnestly. /
and if ! had thousand generals and
colonies around me here, | would pick
out the ministers ard say to them
brethren, you have the big Job of the
war" Why? The financial men will
get the money. That is important, but
not the biggest thing. The military
| men will get the fighting mon and