The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-11-14
Four Minute Appeal
by Rev. ID. r. Fem

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open our purses. Aid this time it
comes with no selfish motive to help
it across. This is not an Investment
the returns from which rnsy be count
ed in the coin of the realm. No in
terest will be paid in dollars and cents.
The principal is not paid back at the
face value of bond which is as good
as money. But there Is an Investment
which is made. When we give 1t to
the Y. NJ. c. A., the Y. W. A., The
National Catholic War Council, The
Jewish Welfare Board. the War Camp
Community Service, The American
Library Association and The Salvation
Army, we are investing In the souls
and bodies of men. We are investing
in thing which cannot be built up
with money, but only by the personal
ministrations of those agents of these
organizations, supported by. the money
that we give. Yes. we are investing
in the most valuable and most impor-
tant thing in which we can invest. the
souls. and bodies of men and women.
And we will receive interest. unset
fish interest in the blessings which
our soldiers and sailors and women
will call down upon our heads. for the
love and devotion tina we. have shown
towards them. Because we have not
been satisfied to provide the bare ne
cessities of life. food, clothing. am
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thought enough of them to give that
they may have the blessings of re-
ligion. the comfort off personal con-
sultation with clean men and women,
the comforts of clubs and entertain
ments, and education. In q word, that
we have thought of the higher side
of their life as well as the lower. We
will draw that interest, not only now,
but when things are at normal again
after the war.
Not only will we receive interest.
but we will receive back the principal
of that in which we invested We will
receive back. not bodies and souls
riddled with disease and vice, not
minds dulled by the horrors Of war.
But we will receive back MEN with
clean bodies. clear eyes. clean souls,
and minds freshened and sharpened by
the knowledge that they have done
their duty towards their nation and.
by the help of these organizations OF
relief, have come back ready and equal
to the opportunities OF civil life once
more.
| That Is an investment that is worth
WHILE That is an Investment. that
while 1T may not bring us riches In
a worldly sense. while II may not pay
grocery bills. yet it ia an investment
which will bring eternal satisfaction
to our souls. Men and women, we
must not fail to give to the utmost to
the organizations which are seeking
for our support that they may minister
our funds to the boys
If there should be four million mer
in the Service during the coming year
as there surely will be. II win cost just
about six dollars to man toggive to
them the advantages that these organi
cations give to them Six dollars a
year for the souls and bodies OF men
Is 1t worth six dollars? OF course II
is. That is why we are going to
oversubscribe this fund largely when
we are given the opportunity next
week in te United War Work Drive
Everyone wants to get in on this, you
and and all the rest. Push. pull and
shove over the top to success.