Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-15
PATRIOTIC SERVICE AT
 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Keep the Home Fires Burning, Says
 Rev. George H. Strouse.

"Keer the Home Fires Burning was the topic for the address given at the service Sunday night at the First Baptist. church by Rev. George H. Strouse, who had invited the Sunday school Young Peoples society and other special organizations to attend the service.
 He spoke in part as follows:
 Let me suggest that first we keep the fires burning in our homes. It isn't possible to overestimate the part the homes of America are going to play in the winning of this war. We have given our boys, but that is not sufficient; we must give ourselves. There must be an indissoluble bond of love and suffering between us and them. The fires of courage and deter mination and sacrifice must never be permitted to go out. When we greet our soldiers with a hearty handshake and send them letters, let us never for moment suggest any sorrows or dis comforts. From the homes of America there must flow mighty stream of confidence and good cheer that shall empty into the great sea of army life in the somewhere" across the sea- Thus will our soldiers be kept con- scious of the righteousness of the cause for which they are going over the top and for which they are mak- ing the supreme sacrifice"
 Second. Let us keep the fires burn ing in our fair city. The fires of jus tice and righteous indignation. When law is violated, let justice be meted out on the guilty. We must keep the | fires of righteous indignation. burning against all those who are scheming to get rich at the expense of the morals and the morale of the boys who wear the uniform of Uncle Sam. Para sites there are in human society but the fires of, public sentiment and righteous indignation must wax hot until the suckers of human blood are destroyed. Keep the fires of respect burning. Our city is a part of the whole body polite and we can only 1 have clean land as we have clean cities.
 Third. We must keep the nations 1 fires burning. The fires of loyalty l sacrifice and patriotism-for unless we | do our cause is lost. This is not the time for 5o50 loyalty. In these days when mems hearts are being sorely 1 tried. We need to swear anew our Joy | atty and allegiance to the land we love and to the flag. which floats in beauty over our heads and will wave in holy and righteous triumph in the days tc l come
 The fires of sacrifice must not burn out. We must have our Nathan Hales who not only regret they have but one 1 life to give for their country but who regret they have but one fortune to place upon the altar. It isn't fair to ask our soldiers to do all the sacrifc- ing. We must all do our bit.
 l Fourth. We must keep the religious l fires burning. Oh, that in this darb
 hour there may be a mighty move ment Godward on the part of our
 whole nation. The saddest loss that
 could possibly overtake any nation. is the loss of God. A nation never rises l above. it's religion. The Turk is bloody 1 because Mohammedanism has made him so This is my own personal ey-
 perience in Africa and India. Ger.
 many is lusting for world dominion and determined to win it at whatever
 cost because Germany has lost Coo
 and the nation is now permeated witt l German brand of religion. Let us re.
 1olce in our vast material resource.
 put let Us rejoice even more in the Lord our God who made the heavens
 and the earth and who will marshal al
 the seen and unseen forces of the uni.
 verse, when the hour strikes ina
 truth and justice may triumph in the l earth.