Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-08

the world safe for democracy.
There are now between 100000
and 100000 men Of military age
and physically fit who are in the
British army. Mothers of boys who
are of military age and are physl-
cally fit are ashamed of them If
they are not in khaki, even the
girls send them white feathers
Eat Too Much Here.
you Americans eat too much.
When l came here and saw white
bread. l thought of Britain with its
two ounces of bread to each per-
son for one meal. 80 per cent of it
wheat, the other 80 per cent,
don't know what it is. The king
of England was the first 10 put his
household on the rations- Three
quarters Of a pound Of meat a
week for one person is all that is
allowed, four ounces Of fats, IN
Guiding butter. lard and dripping
and cooking included, two-sevenths
ounce of sugar including cooking
and we do not drink milk as a bev-
erage. We are putting our ships
at liberty to bring your boys to
France, instead OF bringing us the
food. 1t is sin TO waste i
crumb."
Rev. Smith gave a graphic pic
ture Of preaching to the boys who
gathered IN his trench dugout.
Il have been through four gas
attacks" said he Il have lived
under shell fire for a month at j
time I talked to those boys that
month once, twice, three times,
four times and five times a day.
There was no need of coaxing them
to come-they simply came And
you should have heard them sing
Cover my defenseless head with
the shadow of thy wing singing
it with a gas-bag on their necks
open and ready for use. While
was talking l held my gas bag
close to me so it was ready If it
was needed. Sometimes while we
were singing or praying or talking
a shell would fall close to us and
knock things around unComforta-
( bly,, but that. was only a part OF
the program.
why, 1 preached the gospel be-
and l didn't put my head down
when the bullets were flying, eth
er, for that wouldn't have done
because there is no use preaching
to boys about the perfect love that
casts out fear, and then flop No
you've got to take your own physic
And never for a moment was
afraid-never.
Allies to Win.
AS an illustration of their ac-
ceptance of the Christian faith he
cited the story of a youngster who
had been wounded in a particu-
larly sanguinary engagement:
Here was a dear boy on a
stretcher-I had led him to Christ
He was so broken l took the blan-
ket and lifted it from his face, and
then l got down and kissed him,
and my lips and hands got COW
cred with his blood. 1 kissed him
for his mother, for l knew she
would never kiss him. ] thought
he was unconscious, but he asked
me: Gypsy, Gypsy, does it mean
Blighty% for Blighty means home
and mother, or does it mean West p
and West means death.
so l said: 1t means West; you
are too far gone for Blighty; you
will never see mother again Can
l tell her anything" and he said
to me: Tell her l am not afraid
to die; l have found Christ 1t is
great to die for freedom And
then he pointed to his head and
said to me: Yes, it is battered
and broken, but it will be all right
when l get the crown
THAT is the kind of boys God
has given u., men and women.
Your boys are dying for the frea-
dom OF the world, don't you fail
them-dont you fail theml Put
in all you have-consecrate all
your power, every hour, every day,
every fibre, every dollar, TO tho
good Of the world, for the freedom
OF the race"
Cheers Are Given.
In a body the audience rose and
gave three cheers for the famous
evangelist. In return the Gypsy
asked that we give three cheers for
the boys, which the audience did
with much enthus hsm. At one
point the Gypsy sang the famous
song known to all allied fighting
men, Smile, Smile, Smile"
In conclusion, DR.. Stevenson
thanked the Gypsy and expressed
the appreciation of the tri-cities
for his coming. He left immedi-
ately after his address for Mime
apolis, where he delivers another
address this evening.
During the evening Gypsy Smith
introduced his partner, w. Gordon
Spriggs OF the Y. NJ G. A training
London, who has
1een touring this country with
him