The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-23

and difficult as it may seem We shall
say to Germany in answer to- her re-
quest for indemnity, which she has said
that she would demand, America never
did and never will lie at the proud feet
of a conqueror There is only one
place for any American-he is either TOT
his country or against 1T.
sYou are here tonight to hear one or
your fellow countrymen ask you not
to give-hut to loan--to your mother your
money upon security that the worid
has never known before. l speak here to-
night for imperial Illinois and for Amer
ica And from you will come the an
swer that you will now awaken and re-
spond-this I know that you Will do
for that is Alabama. I shall tell IL
linois that this is a country by the peo-
Pile for the people and that Alabama
says it shall never perish, praise God"
Following Senator Lewis speech GYPSY
Smith. who had entered the church IN
company with committee headed by
F. M. jackson, he having concluded his
address at the First Methodist ehuren,
was introduced as THE Man OF God,
who has been with the boys Tor three
wears. and he spoke for about 40 minutes,
telling stories touching and heartening
from across the sea, where the lghting
men are bravely bearing the brunt Oh the
burden. He spoke earnestly, pleading
with the men-the real men-to get in.o
the fight telling them that they had TO
either with their guns or their dollars
FIGHTING FOR YOU
..Your boys-our boys-who are fight-
ing and dying for us on the pioou-
stained fields of France are the braVest
hovs that God ever made-wiil you ana
I be worthy of them?" was the question:
hurled with every ounce of strength that
Gypsy Smith could muster, and who, Tor
more than an hour, held ms auoIenoo
spellbound by his vivid accounts OF the
life of the boys who are wasms eho
fight and of the people for whom they
are fighting. Horrible word pictures OF
the atrocities of the Hun in his ruin
less course of destruction were drawn,
pathetic instances of the sufferings OF
the Belgian children left motheress,
fatherless and homeless in the wake OIL
the Boche troops were reclted'
How can we forget France IN her
agony and this hour of darkness salu
the speaker when he resumed ms MARIA
tive of tile trench life. 1--WE do not know
how many have been lost from the hoiile9
Of France who will never again return.
There is hardly a home in France that
is not continually in mourning.
I'VE weren't ready when we entered
the war but our navy was ready, tnanh
God If 1t hadn't been for our navy
Germany would have overfun Grea.
Britain and would have been mistress
of Europe today. When war proke out
we had 10000 troops landed In Francs
within two weeks. The call was sent
out for volunteers and it was answered
from every part of the dominion. Aus
tralia, Canada, India, the possessions IN
Africa, all sent men to wage the patties
of God and humanity until an army OF
over 100000 men had gathered. Iney
came in answer to the call TO save tho
race.
ut was as much your fight the first
day of the war as it was ours-it IS
not a fight of France, of England, or
Russia, but it is fight for right ana
humanity.
Germany was a fool when she got
America into this war" he said. "She
thought that the submarines would 40
the trick Finding them failure she
is now trying to hit fatal blow before
the Americans can get into the fleld.
But she will never do it.
LET me tell you that we have pray
ing army over there over 5Oo,ooo
pledges TO God have been signed by the
officers and men at the front IT is
wonderful, the atmosphere over there.
They write to their mothers and fathers:
i never felt nearer God in my life.' 1t
| is Gods fight there Is a God atmos-
phere about it all the time.
EVIL FACILITIES
There are more facilities in America,
| in London, in your own town here to go
to the devil than there are in ths
| trenches" continued the speaker. There
are tens and hundreds of thousands OF
men who are living honorable. straight
forward, clean. magnificent lives IN the
Trenches.
| II am not here by choice" stated the
| speaker in telling of his mission in this
country and giving the reason for leav-
| ing the hattlefields. but | am here by
a supreme command. | am here to bring
story from the boys in the trenches,
and as soon as it is told am going
back" lie then narrated some of the
I experiences that he had undergone in
preaching behind the Lewis guns and
of the .iownpour of shot and shell whils
i the sermons were in progress.
Don't think that you have done
+! YOUR bit when you have bought $50
bond-you have only begun. One has
not done his bit until he has done all
that is within his power to win this
war Make up your minds that yop
are going TO give and do YOUR all--and