Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-05

Sunday evening at the Central Bap- tist church Rev. Peter C.. Wright of Hartford, former pastor of the cnurch made a stirring appeal for Y. NJ. C. A. workers, in connection with the campaign for 3 09O men to en- ter the Red Triangle service as Y. M. C. A. secretaries.
 Before the opening of the service, James l. Case, president of the local Y. M. c. A., said a few words, telling Of the work of the association and tell ing Of the Boston conference He said that in the German advance of month ago 13e '. M. c. A. huts were wiped out. These will be replaced by yelun- tary contributions from Boston busi- ness men bat the taMts are no use with out men to man them. This meeting ton: ght is that we may learn the con- ditions and that the appeal for more workers may touch some heart and send another worker into the ranks of those who are helping our boys.
 Before reading the scripture lesson Rev. MT. Wright said that he had chosen the passage from Paul.s letter to the Philippians, as it told of the conservation of a man to Christ s work
 Secretary Hill of the |. NJ. C. A. in l troduced MT. Wright.
 He said: I can think Of nothing which would appeal to any man or woman more than the Red Triangle work. IL is even closer to my heart now as my boy has just completed his first week at Camp DeEens. We are sad at his absence but we are glad 1 that he is serving his country. He i with many other boys will sio doubt
 soon go overseas and I would sooner 1 st thousand times that he stained the l soil of France with his blood and was 1 buried in an unknown grave than that he return home without q wound bunt unclean. The last llnf of the '. M. c l 4. service chain was forged when the 1 transport service was inaugurated l Now the I. M. C.. A. has made the l boast of one of it's workers, We take 1 the boys when they leave home, while 1 they are away we are home to then and then we sring them home l again"
 1, Mir. Hill read a copy of the dispatch 1 which was on The Bulletin board CT | Sunday evsning telling of the allied victory and said that the victory wa: l made possible chiefly because of tht
 morale of our army. This morale
 which military authorities say consti
 tutes 75 per cent of the strength O
 an army is due almost wholly to tht
 '. NJ. C. A. Let us hope that Nor wi.Il can furnish at least ten men fo
 this work and half as many women
 Mir Wright chose as his topi
 Christ in World Service" and sait 1 in part:
 l l am interested in the service fo
 the army and navy from many point
 of view. one of which is very person
 al as l have a boy in the navy. Whel
 We were in Philadelphia last spr.n
 my son, Eugene, wanted 10 enlist. bu
 as conditions around the Philadelphi
 navy yard did not seem good to me
 persuaded him to wait. After spendin
 the winter and this spring Tn the yves he enlisted and is now at Newport.
 am only acquainted with one nav yard, that ct Newport and l can Sd that the life there is not all righ
 There are no comforts and the regu
 latiops do not make for an easy tim
 in the matter of work. Life in the nav
 is no snap. The first time I went {
 see my son l took him out to dime at one of the hotels and he told m that it was the first time he had sa down to a mea! since he had left hom
 At Newport they feed an immens
 number of men in short time : means of bread line. The boys al : seldom satisfied and many prefer tax ing the risk of being detected to tn 2 chance of securing more food by CT tering the line again.
 l The comforts of the life in generi : aren't to be emphas zed but the '. \ | C. A. is the one place in the yatd tn; Il stands for home to tBa boys. Thel u 1 they are entertained and there the can always be sure of finding : 1 friend My first thought was . 1 speaking to you of service i1 u u u army at home and it seemed to be Il ] good one. The '. NJ. C. A. work 2 but one phase of the Christian servi,
 of today in the great crisis
 You and I are not in this war