Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-11-10

the Beyer Small ONCE on water
! st.ee.. ANY surplus after the expenses
of the meeting are met, will be turn
ed over to the Red Cross.
Music was then given by the Ma
! tional Coldiers' Home Band.
! Hon. Benedict r. Maher
| Hon. Benedict F. Maher was the
next speaker. He spoke as follows:
| 1t is not merely timely but impera-
! tive that upon the great holyday of
christendom the true spirit of the
| great holiday Of civilization should
! be sought. caught and said by ALL
Sunday must have lost it's signifi-
canoe had there been no triumph
! such as victorious armistice day pro-
/ claimed.
! Tonight we think of the surrender
of Lord CORVALLIS at Yorktown, and
rejoice that the birth Of a represen
! tative republic of freemen should
! century and a half later prove the
, safety of the then vanquished, and
; the glory of the victor-July 4-has
, 6, lustre even we did not perceive.
! Tonight we think of Lee at Apo
matoX Court House and thrill to the
! thought that the ages will sing
! paeans of joy because our nation en-
! 'dured all free. The memorials of
, May Goth are for boys in blue and
! boys in gray-whose spirits guide,
guard and bless US today.
| Tonight our thought flashes across
the span of year and the space Of
| the seas and again We are all on
/ <f
. in fact, all OF US in heart: And what
did that day mean?
From the chaos and the confusion
and the carnage comes calm-and
! the men over there saw victory
! each in his separate star" The
i, Frenchman saw from the dirt and
stencil and tie djscord Joan of Are
i in the clouds, and his spirit sang be-
cause France was free.
The Biitisher relaxing his stolid.
dogged grip saw upon white
charger ST. George ride down his
front and gloried that no Hun should
ever stand on London Bridge and
behold the rims of St. Paurs.
And our boys. these blithesome
lads whose courage had been our
safety, as their glory will he our joy
who had been born blessed by the
/ Fates unknowing to walk immortal
! ways. these lads themselves fresh
from the schools. had with their
= lives written another chapter Of his
tory for their children's children TO
! con; the American saw so down TO
! the dust of defeat that herrid thing
which had been blocked at York
town. rebuked at AppamattoX and
vanished at the Marne--the slavery
of despotism-ard across the eternal
heavens III blazing letters Of fire read
!, the spirit of America-"Liberty un
der the law to be henceforth the
formula of civilization.
! Then to the boy over there came
| the thought of YOU. over here. and
/ the sad. sweet longing for dear old
, home.
| And then we over here for them,
! over there. had hearts near breaking
! with joy-and we can never again
/ know the wild estate surge that
! victory bore. The imperative lesson
that hour taugh: and which must not
be forgotten is that the JOY came as
a reward for a victory won wherein
| the efforts made were for principle
and not for a price.
! When pause is had and thought
! taken of the stupendous happenings
since August, 1914. that man or wo-
man who is not more keeniy appre-
! eiative of the basic. vital facts of
! life has lived in vain. That one who
| is not awakened to the broader and
| deeper significance of the reciprocal
dues and duties of man to man, and
! nation to nation, men to nations and
nations TO men, has missed the
magic. mystic moving force Of
events And for the individual or
group. not inspired to higher and
better efforts in the discharge of OBJ
legations of the hour the war has
been a waste and the sacrifice a
sacrilege
| From the harmony Of peace wo
! have passed through the din and
roar of conflict and out of victory
; can now help sound a symphony of
success.
! The measure of our success is de-
pendent upon the motives of our
men and the methods of our move
ments.
There has been no epoch since
time began more fraught with OPP
portunities than this day of ours.
There has been no opportunity 50
pregnant for veal OF woe as our pre-
sent,
| There has been no era when man
and his measures meant more.
| Because civilization as we know
! ii was the stake and having been
preserved by the ordeal of battle
that civilization must prove worthy
i of the sacrifice and adequate for
human needs. or it must perish.
! The personal part we each Of us
must play in the drama of life may
seem small. but in the blending Of
the hopes and hearts. and fears. and
acts of the many is the soul of the
nation. and the whole is no great
er than the sum of it's parts.
, In the material order there will
come greater chances for profession
al. commercial and industrial and
mercantile achievement than man
| has hitherto known.
Our duty is clear in thi; regard-wa
must he active living. willing. rroduc
tive agents for our own prosperity and
, n ank.nd's good. There is no room for
/ the human Crore. He does not fit in
: the economy of nature.
But We must keep ever in sight thai
ma erial prOsaerit,- ia eysent'al as n