Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-27
army. He said: II shall salute the tri-

while they were waiting before the
| outbreak and he saw ships and ships
| There were more ships than one man
could count in week. They stood
| ready with their noses pointing to-
ward the kiel canal as if saying:
! Germany. where's your navy" And
! Germany's navy was where no prop
! er navy should be. The next day Mr..
| Smith took tea with that Englishmdn
f. who lost 40 pounds in weight during
| that wait. AS he looked out over the
! ships. MI. Smith said. That's woa-
| derful.' The man said. do YOU know
| what 1t means to wait four years?
! wish to God they'd come and have 1t
F.; over. II it hadn't been for the Eng
| lish fleet, Mr.. Smith said he believed
that the German fleet would have
been hammering at Maine harbors-
! Are We going back to the old sor-
did life? Mr.. Smith told OF IA man
! in New York who ran an amusement
! place, not u very bad place either
One day he saw this man and the
man said. when this war started he
| thought that they were going TO
! close him out for good, but right
| after the armistice the old gang all
came back. God have pity if that's
picture of the nation" We can
, look at the sun and then look away
and see the BLACKLIST object before
+, us. Have we only gone through all
| this to drop back into the old lines:
| What will make for fundamental
permanence in the patriot nation:
Guns only clear the deck to new
ideals. If we are To form new
F, cold, materialistic aggression in our
| hearts then there will he anothe.
| war Our grandsons and great
| grandsons may have to fight
! In his fervant soul stirring way
Mr. Smith said, God of the human
race grant that there may never be
another such war 1t was a war
which cost II million lives. the des-
truction Of 121 billions of dollars
worth of property and 50 million
! persisted by attending conditions
His wish was that our flag may wave
for thousand years unsoiled. not
| to brag but for the good We may do
the world. For it is better to serve
than be served better to give than
! receive and better to minister than
to he ruinistered to.
! WI hat is the difference between
Germany and England? What is the
difference between political Ger
many and political England? Mr..
| Smith said that he had been many
! times in Germany and that some Of
| his dearest friends We're there. In
! 1889 he was in Germany and he
J nv va,
great Englishman said it was at tile
beginning OF the Hague meetings,
, that the English were afraid Of the
! peace conference. concerning the
neutrality &C the buffer states. But
the German delegates wrote the
clause concerning the neutrality. The
/ English We're suspicious of it. The
| Germans proposed it, The ma jority
ruled. They all signed it. In 1914
that same political cult wanted 10
eros Belgium and they did and they
called the treaty only scrap of
paper. England said they didn't vote
for it but they names were attached
TO tt,e bottom and they WI fight
for it.
! Have no dirty tricks in politics he
Sei4 ia EIoSlHS. Any man III nO1ltlCS
! who Goes dirty tricks ought to be shot.
Have no dirty tricks in business. Nor
atty means religion. The hope Of
I winning the war is that the nation
! should build morality sound to thu.
! core Morality is religion and religion
is Christianity
! Who is the greatest one in Maine
/ who Won the war? When long wears
i have keen told the man in the state Of
! Maine to win the war is the one who
/ has done the most for the Kingdom OF
God and the soundness of morality
! There are jobs for the Young men in
! the warp and hoof of the lives. For
the young men in the job of setting
the world free. IF We do we have won
the war. God forbid. If We don't we've
so: to fight again." And the Sunday
evening and final meeting of the Conf
munity Efficiency Conference for 1919
was brought to a close.
, Only those who have been in Angus
IA for the pas. three days and who
! nave listened to the wonderful AL
dresses can reaiizze to a degree the
ultimate good which such an enterprise
, must bring about. If the seeds which
the sewers of the truth have sown have
/ fallen on fertile ground, the minds OF
the thinking men of the State. then the
| state will indeed be enriched and bv
| being so enriched do it's part in the
reconstruction period which now con-
fronts the world.
| South Parish Congregational Church
| 4 Know that My Redeemer Liv
eth" was the text that Fred L. Smith
! of New York took Sunday morning
at the South Parish Conversational
| church. His address was a most in
| spring one and q record attendance
was present. Building upon the Won
! derful words taken from the book
! of Job. Mr.. Smith told for what
Christianity has stood. through all
the ages; it has proven great thing
in life. Three points in faith-zone.
| action and command-are what
makes our Christianity. The church,
! the Bible and prayer are necessary
in life. The great work done by the
| church was touched upon by Mr..
+, Smith in his discourse The faith in
| God is seen at all times. A great
many visitors were present at TIE
morning meeting. Fine music was
offered by the church quartet COM
! posed Of Mrs. Melvin Sawtelle, so
pranO. Mrs. John Erskine, alto. Mr..
+, Anderson. tenor and Mr.. Goodwin.
bass.
Winthrop Street Baptist Church