The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-16
RELIGION COMES
TO MEN At WAR;,
SAYS CApT.pR|cE
Of Commerce Guest
Tells Of Spiritual Change,

An audience of nearly 500 Chamber o.
members and their guests
heard Capt J t. Price Of the British
military mission speak on HE in the
lftnchc, this noon at a special luncheon
at the chamber at which Captain Price
was the guest Of honor.
Captain Price set aside ofatoD and
yiyidne,, NJ description IN an earnest
effort to describe to the attentive
audience the mental outlook and the
spirited regeneration which, a. his
observation has taught him inevitably
comes 10 the thoughtful soldier.
Money Seems Trivial.
money seems a u,ele'sly trivial
thing when one Is isolated off In the
trenches At tho front" said Captain
Price. 81 heard Of a man who lost
the equivalent Of a thousand dollars
at a gambling game asked him II
hr icll sorry, and he wa 10 calm about
It | wondered that he did not look
sorry.
"'Not at all the man replied to me.
The loss Of that money does not 80
much matter 10 me YOU see | am
5000 miles from my home, ain at
least UO miles from any place where
tpnld spend money and enjoy my
self may di. IN attack tonight.
You can see, the loss Of this $1,000 does
not at all matter for here where we arc.
money is without value, Il almost
seems
IN God We Trust"
when | came to Washington direct
from the trenches In my change the
first day | received a bright new silver
dollar fresh from the mint. ! admired
the beauty OF It's workmanship and its
design thought II about the most
beautiful coin ! had ever seen. And
then on the coin was this inscription,
In God We Trust To the man who
gave it to me In change | held up the
coin and said, DO you' Tie could not
understand me. lie thought me mad
II asked an American officer abou,
this simple and beautiful motto on your
coinage, In tod We Trust lie said
to me, 1t really is not quite complete,
Ono word Is left out II should read,
In This God We Trust
MY friends ! refuse to believe that
You must realize that in the twenty
minutes | have talked TO you, sixty
soldiers have died over across. They
arc dying at the rate Of at least three
each minute, often times tftre is
higher death rate.
Religion Of Service.
81 come to you almost direct from the
trenches. In a few weeks | must gf
back to France and perhaps after tina
| shall not be going to France again
have seen these men die and th'
change that came TO them living among
deaths. They have died for a cause
IA cause. my friends that is greater
than what the beautiful coin OF your
country signifies Theirs has been a
religion Of service.
"You will see why ! refuse to believe
your motto is, In This God We Trust
You arc too noble a people that from
among you your sons should go Ia
France and die for a cause they believed
holy, and you, back in your hearts,
should know was dross. Your youth
is not to die for dross or for the silver
coin That some Of you may live, others
among YOU will die and some to be IN
that frame Of mind of the boys in the
trenches, so many OF whom know,
that their death has not so much mat
tered as the fact that from It, the cause
Of a. the world was saved"
MI! ..,t. LII ur,uy ,n ,.eaIlI