Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-16

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! speaking. l, is the utterance Of the kind
ness Of the world.
Organization is the device Of efficiency.
, Organization made the trusts. makes gov
eminent. makes war The Red Cross is the
principle OF organ izstion applied TO the be-
nevolent impulse Of the world
The Red Cross is humanity doing, by
modern methods and in . modern way for
good. as much as other organizations are
doing FOR prof: or for evil.
Two great passion groups are contend.
ing for the world, the White Passions for
greed, power and prestige. and the Red
! Passions, which are the humanities In the
, end it will be the humani,ies that viii ex-
tinguish war forever. Without these oil de-
vices of sta,ecraft or alliances, and even
world government. itself, would lack com.
pellins power. And just at present the Red
Cross is the finest forthputtire Of the hui
nlanities
The Red Cross is the fines. symbol Of
ihe common denominator of ali religions. 1t
is not sectarian. 1t knows no creed Its
, benevoience is wide Is that of Gods,
Who is the Father OF all men.
The Red Cross is the one organization
. that cannot possibly be too great nor too
strong. nation may become so powerful
as to be menace. A corporation may
need to be curbed. Any institution may
grow too rank but not this. For" said
Bacon. the desire Of power in excess caused
angels to fail; the desire of knowledge in
! excess caused man to fall but in charity
there is no excess; neither angel nor man
come in danger by it,"
We cannot all believe alike. we cannot
all unite in politics. we cannot all speak
with the tongue of angels, nor write per
suasively. nor contribute great sums Of
, money nor make war, but through the Red
! Cross We can all help,
! Though The struggle OF law and equity
and freedom against anarchy and inius-
tice and slavery is age long, and though the
former has seemingly been ranQushed in
many fight. presently democracy will be
, triumphant, building up the Kingdom on
earth As il is in heaven. The impulse OF
democracy is identical with the ceaseless
effort of human nature itself" Self
fee, not self-assertion, the giving of love,
not the claiming power, that is the re.
deeming thought Of the world
, The spirit and purpose Of democracy and
Christianity, Of fraternity and brotherhood,
is represented by the Red Cross The whole
! world is marshalled under the banner OF
! this society to whose powerful and peaceful
sigh, the world looks for sympathy inspira
ton and help, Wherever men fight, wher
ever the glare and roar Of war are heard
) this white banner with its red cross goes,
carrying with it the heart of the Man Of
! Gaillee. the principle of the Sermon on the
Mount 1t is today the one symbol in the
! world that holds the minds and hearts and
wills of struggIn. humanity close to the
heart Of God it win yet save Christianity
! and civilization.
! The Call of the Red Cross
| One year ago, 100000 Americans be
! came members OF the Red Cross. Today
When the light Of victory begins to cover
n horizon that has long been dark, the Red
| Cross, looking forward to greater need
! and a greater labor asks for . new and
+; even moro earnest answer to its roll call
! 1t asks every person in our citizenship to
goodwill
The Christmas Roll Call for this yeai
| is the one great and universal call to the
people OF the United States to enroll them
! selves in the greatest ministry Of service
! that the world has ever known
! In answer to the call Of humanity, the
lighting power CT the nation was unified
/ foi the defense Of Liberty and the rights
! Of men.
| The man power of America was gathered
/ by millions.
. The money power OF the nation was Civ
! en- unstintedly for the prosecution of the
I war.
! The producing power Of the nation has
| drawn up a solid serried line of great cor
porations. immense factories vast industries
! The labor power OF the nation has given
| the quick and loyal army Of millions Of
skilled and willing workers. Brain and
! hrawn. capital and labor We'd with each
other in instant response to the call that
| chae aged them to the stern task Of win
/ ming tho war.
! Not that we loved war Our passion
, was for peace. But We found ourselves
forced back into the jungle, face to face
i with the law of fang and claw---where ne
had to fight or be destroyed-ard because
we did not choose to be destroyed-to see
Liberty and Justice perish among man
we chose to fght-until the foul thing that
! dared 10 stand across the path of human
progress was beaten and broken and buried
forever from sight.
F.! The United States entered the war fol-
/ the vindication Of an ideal The Red Cross
: is founded on that ideal
| 1t is the greatest Mother i'll the World
because i. is the embodiment OF unselfsl
: merry-and unselfshness is the test Of
Bro he rhood--as Brotherhood is the test OF
. Democracy.
! With suddenness that is in itself a
tragedy, the whole fabric of German mill
tarism is crashing 10 defeat
The Kaiser has joined the ranks OF the
few who have sought world empire-and
! found disaster.
/ Civilization. stunned, gashed bleeding
but still free--faces the mgh,iest task in
human history.
The Red Cross Stands BY
! War. in all bu. infinite Madness has left
the world filled with ruin. Peace must re-
! store, rebuild, reconstruct. recrea.e wha,
war has destroyed.
! We have 100000 men overseas, flung