Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-25
WILLIMANTIC

1 sight and sympathy of Jefferson the patient wisdom of Lincoln, will not have been in vain in teaching us what cur country is and may become. Shall we catch sight of something higher than selfishness, higher than ma tertal gain higher than the triumph of brute force which alone can lead na- l tion LID to those high places that become l sacred in history. and from which infiu- ence descends in mighty torrent to re- 1 fresh, to vivify, and inspire all mankind l This great nation demands greater men l The man Of action must support the man 1 of thaleht And in the worlds history, 1 behind the philosopher and the states- 1 man, stands the church, the inspiration of 1 God. l We talk and think much about democ- racy, but democracy in itself is no more safe than monarchy. It is man that is
 sacred man made in the image of his 1 Creator. I wish I could force that truth i into tho brain of every man, woman and | l child, for in it and from it comes only | conception of true greatness and good | government. We cannot serve God and l
 man by proxy.
 What this nation needs is not gloriflca- |
 tion but salvation. What our own town
 needs today is applied personality in willing and noble service on the altars of , | | to remember that by the constant, un- Tagging efforts of Washington's soldiers
 there were established not only our own freedom but the freedom of France and , tho democratic sovereignty of Great
 Britain And I thing sometimes English liberty is American independence. 7 For democracy America stands; signal ly before the nations, we are to chasten,
 uphold, defend that idea. wide as the ] earth and deep as the sea. Let us set our house in order, as we cannot evade the q duty and we dare not sell the blessing ] | To retreat, to retract. will be to relin- l quish the glorious opportunity of which t this great nation is & trustee, not to ex- h ploit q continent, but to uplift a world. !? Is 1t not enough to make our cheeks r flush with honest pride when we remem- o Der God and liberty Is our birthright? l. Christ is our Leader, as we hear the II shout of hundreds of millions shaking the r very earth in honor of the guns of Lex e ington. In His name, Son of Man and ig Son Of God, tho Great Emancipator has d power to execute judgment upon all op- B. pression. May He lead and save rsr ,? country and the world by the light ai- V vine.
 ,f There is no way in which man can d do so much for his country as being IT known as a consistent Christian. Every
 1 true patriot should be a follower of s, Christ. You ask me how to save our l. country? By plying moral and religious o- forces nightly. By being men true to ,r ourselves, true to our God, and then we r. shall be true to our country.
 n And so shall the Ieaven of Christ's zs doctrine Of human brotherhood tend more ,e and more toward it's longed-fo rconsum- IS nation. The realization of the divine i'd ideal in the affairs of men; when 1t may Ie be said not only that an injury to one $. is to be the concern O. all but that the e. good of all is the constant concern of it everyone.
 h. Brief News.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank L. Alpaugh and ii MT and Mrs. George M. Graves spent or Thanksgiving in Hartford
 ir MT. and Mrs. P L. Hills of The Ridges lg spent Thanksgiving with relatives in East ne Hampton.
 H. Miss Marion Afford of New Haven as spent the holiday with her sister, Miss 1T, Alice Afford.
 t, Miss Winifred Tracy of Hartford 'n spent Thanksgiving with her parents, MT. Id and Mrs. J. c. Tracy.
 Iu Miss Josephine Congdon, student at
 Simmons college, and Miss Mae Congdon ,o of Hartford spent the holiday with their q parents, MT. and Mrs. F. W. Congdon. ni David L. Mason is visiting with friends -u in Brooklyn, N. Y. for the week end. Miss Marguerite Pearce, a student at !, Columbia university, and a cIassmate, 1rs 1 Miss Marion Ryder, of Michigan, are ,d spending the week end with Rev. and v, Mrs. John Pearce.
 in Judge and Mrs. Otto E. Robinson en- a. tertained & number of relatives for .. Thanksgiving. Their son, George Rob- nj inson, and two friends from Hartford m also spent the day with them. ad MT. and Mrs. F. L. Vaughn of Worces-
 ! MoCS fha
 of MT. and Mrs. Clarence A. Bowen BY Mrs. Carolyn D. Gilman of Swamp of scott. Mass, is visiting her son and h. daughter-in-law, MT. and Mrs. G. B. Gil no man, of Maple avenue. Other Thanks ng giving guests were MT. and Mrs. H. w " Eaton and son David of Worcester. al Miss Mary Jordan of New Haven spent To Thanksgiving at the home of Mir and se Mrs Carlton S. Pollard.
 an Harold Ladd of the U. S. submarine
 base spent his Thanksgiving furlougr 7, with his mother, Mrs. Hattie Ladd, o1 da Park street
 1 Miss Mabel Jenkins of Duxbury, Mass d,, Mrs. William Addy of Forest Hills, Md. s. Dr. and Mrs. J. P. McKenna and son i'll James, Jr, of Providence spent Thanks a+ giving at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vii ns liam L. Jenkins.
 MT. and Mrs. John A. Gibson are visit --e ing friends in Boston for the week end. MT. and Mrs. Charles F. Risedorf spen @ Thanksgiving at the home of Mrs. Rise
 dorfs sister in Middletown.
 Mir. and Mrs Edwin l. Sumner enter
 tained for Thanksgiving their sons, Stan
 ley of Yale university and Fred Sumnel
 of Pailadega, Pa, also NIT. and Mrs. Fret
 E. Jackson of Summit street
 One of the largest Thanksgiving fam
 fly gatherings in Willtmantic Thursday
 was that at the home of Mrs. Charles E
 Pomeroy of South street. when s2 assem