Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

see and realize appreciate and ad-
mire; but their duty is the duty OIL
force. The duty of the Red Cross Is
the duty of mercy and succor anu
friendship.
Must Serve One Another.
Friendship is the only cement that
will ever hold the world together. Ana
this intimate contact of the Red cross
with the peoples who are suffering the
terrors and deprivations OF this war
is going to be one Of the greatest III
strumentalities of friendship that the
world ever knew, and the center or tue
heart Of all, if we sustain it prop
erly, will be this land that we SO dear
" love.
"My friends, a great day of duty
has come, and duty finds mans soul
as no kind Of work can ever find it.
MAY I say this-the duty that faces
us all now is to serve one another
and no man can afford to make Ior-
tune out Of this war. There are men
amongst US who have forgotten tnat'
if they ever saw it.
Should Give Freely.
"And your relation to the Red Cross
Is one Of the relations which will re-
live you of the stigma. You can't
There is law Of congress against ac-
the United States; it won't accept 1t.
give anything to the government OF
cepting even services without pay.
The only thing that the government
will accept is a loan, and duties per-
formed; but it is a great deal better 20
give than to lend or to pay, and your
great channel for giving is the Amerl-
can Red Cross.
Down in your hearts you can't take
very much satifactiOn, in the last
analysis, in lending money to the gov
eminent of the United States, because
the interest which you draw Will burn
your pockets !; it is commercial trans
action, and some men have even dared
to cavil at the rate of interest, not
knowing the incidental commentary
that constitute upon their attitude.
No Favors to Come.
"But when you give, something OF
your heart, something of your SOUL
something Of yourself goes with the
gift, particularly when it is given IN
such form that it never can come back
by way of direct benefit to yourself.
You know there is the old cynical def
milton of gratitude, as 'the lively e2-
pectation of favors to come
"Well, there is no expectation or
favors to come in this kind Of giving.
These things are bestowed in order
that the world may be q filter place to
live in, that men may be succored, that
homes may be restored, that suffering
may be relieved, that the face OF the
earth may have the blight Of destruc-
ton taken away from it, and that
wherever force goes, there shall go
mercy and helpfulness.
"And when you give, give absolutely
all that you can spare, and don't con-
slider yourself liberal in the giving.
"And think what we have here! We
call it the American Red Cross, but 1t
is merely branch of great inter-
national organization which is not
only recognized by the statutes of each
of the civilized governments of the
world but it is recognized by inter-
national agreement and treaty as the
recognized and accepted Instrumental
ity Of mercy and succor. And one OF
the deepest stains that rests upon the
reputation OF the German army is
that they have not respected the Red
Cross.
Members of Great Fraternity.
"That goes to the root of the mat
ter. They have not respected the In
strumentality they themselves partlcl-
pated in setting up as the thing which
no man was to touch, because it was
the expression of common humanity.
We are members. by being members
of the American Red Cross, of great
fraternity and comradeship which ex-
tends all over the world, and this cross
which these women bore today is an
emblem of Christianity itself.
81 heard n story told the other day
that was ridiculous, but it is worth
repeating because it contains the germ
of truth. An Indian was enlisted in
the army. He returned to the reserva-
ton on furlough. He was asked
what he thought Of it. He said: No
much good too much salute not much
shoot Then he was asked: Are you
going back? Yes
"'Well, do you know what you are
fighting forY Yes, me know; fight
to make whole damn world democratic
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