The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-03-28
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this land, as well as to save the life
of our country.
AS these men have heard the call
of God through the voice of the ma
ton, the question comes to every one
who cannot go to the battlefront,
What am l doing to help bear my
share of the burden and stand be-
hind these men and the nation, to ease
the suffering of the soldiers and the
sailors, and to equip them to the ut
most extent Oh science and money to
make effective their work upon the
battlefelds?
What am doing to equip them with
guns, and explosives, and to feed and
clothe them, to build ships to carry
foodstuffs, or to conserve foodstuffs
for them?
These men are offering their lives to
save me and all that | hold dear on
earth. Shall l be a coward, mentally,
physically or financially. Shall be
Stacker and stand back and let these
men suffer and die, hoping that l may
( live in peace and comfort?
Shall be so lost to all that is true
and noble in life as to be spurned by
my own conscience and by my own fell
lowmen if they could see my failure
to measure up to the call of duty? Or
shall I be a man or a woman into
whom God has really breathed the
breath of the larger and the diviner
life?
! These are some of the questions
which every man and woman must be-
fore God and his own conscience ask
| themselves.
The men who have gone out from
that household and this household, in
every part of the land, went out to
save from destruction the people at
home just as much as if they had
rushed into burning house and, risk
ed their lives to save the women and
children, or seeing some brute attack
ing women or children had rushed to
their defense: counting not the cost.
Shall any man or woman who has
the spark of life, who has any
thought of nobleness, or honor, of hap
piness here or life beyond the grave,
prove Stacker in this the supremest
hour since upon the Cross Calvary
the Son of God died to save mankind?
Judas, who betrayed his Lord, finds
many imitators in this hour which
tests the very soul of men and women.
They may not, perchance, for thirty
pieces of silver have the same oppor-
tunity to betray their Lord and Mas
ter, but in their hearts is the same
spirit of covetousness which would
cause them to betray their country
and to betray these men who, follow
ing the example of Christ Himself,
have offered their lives as sacrifice
to save others.
No man has right to accumulate
wealth during this awful world TRACE
dy. 1t is the duty of every man to
work to the utmost limit of his ability
in order to earn as much as possible
and then invest it in Liberty Bonds
and in contributions to the Red Cross,
the Y. M. c. A., and kindred activities.
He who is a Stacker in this hour of
fearful suffering and sorrow has no
right to look with an honest eye into
the face of any fellow-being This is
the testing time of all the world of
ALL human history. 1t is the time
when all that is good and true must
come to the front, and all that is bad
and vile should go to the scrapheap
AS the government calls for the pur-
chase Of Liberty Bonds that it may
! fight this battle for your salvation and
mine and the nations from eternal
damnation under Germanyis power, it
has a right to sell for cofsecration of
time and money to its work as great
as the conservation of the soldier to
his task and his sacrifice.
1t is impossible to comprehend how
any man or Wonlnn can think of this
matter in any other light, or to I'M