Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-11-23
Addison Mill Observed ARMS
tice Day.

spoke in part, as follows:
Friends, am glad that / know SO
many of you and l wish that | knew
every one of you and wish to assure
YOU that it gives me great pleasure
to stand before you and talk or
speak a few words in behalf of No
vember 11th.
have been very busy, though, for
the past few days and, when MIR.
Hightower asked me few minutes
ago if l would make talk, I felt just
as the little verse of poetry goes:
81 wish I were a little rock,
A'sitting on hill,
Adding nothing all day long
But just asitting STILL
That is about the way feel.
It is not speech that l am going
to make, but in my honest opinion
the 18th day of November, 1918, is
the creates day without exception,
f-,a, ,asiptT-- -oiuc'ctT othtiw ffixxx
that the history of the world has ever
known since the Star of Bethlehem
guided and directed the Wise men Of
Eygt to the Christ. True the cruci-
fxion is day of no mean impor-
tance. Again there are other great
days; the day of our own indepen-
dence, July 4th, 1776, when we
founded and established our govern
ment. All these are great. It was d
great day with France and Germany
and England and with Italy and
Spain and with all of the countries of
the east when they fought and won
their famous battles. But there has
never been in the history of the whole
world since the birth of Christ a day
that has meant SO much like the day
of November II, 1918.
Now, that is rather broad state
ment to make but I think everyone
of you will agree with me that it is
true. believe that it is true, not only
in America but with France, Eng
land, Spain and Belgium as we'll. l
think it very important that we set
apart these brief minutes to rever-
ence, honor and bow in the most
reverend thanks to God because of
the glorious victory with which he
has SO greatly blessed US.
We have now a past, present and
future. Let US bear that in mind.
This country is not going to pieces.
i Our government shall never be bur-
led so long as this world stands. This
is the greatest and richest govern
ment that stands upon the earth. Do
you realize that the American nation
is the greatest nation, then if we sink
if our government sinks, what, l
ask in the name of God, in all rever-
ence, will become of the nations 9TH
er than America?
The soldier boys haye taken care
of the past, the heroes, our own boys
who went to France across the Death
Sea-yes, / say Death Sea, as the
German submarines were lurking
there to send cargo of men-Amer-
lean boys-doyn without one mo-
ment's notice. Now these boys have
gone. There are many of them, re-
gret to say that have died, have been
killed and destroyed, and yet should
I say 1 regret? We have won this
great world war and are proud OF
the fact. No, we should feel like
President Roosevelt, that they were
martyrs for a great cause.
Now we have the present. The
present is the time that we are to
take care of. Let's don't talk about
the past, but let's don't bury it but
experience by the past for there are
no teachers equal to experience, Let
us profit by the past and then we will
have better and brighter present.
Don't think that we are going to
pieces. God still reigns and it gives
me great pleasure to say that he is
ever willing and ready to help US.
We not only have a great Christ but
a great God, and why should we feel
that we are going to pieces?
Now the future is before US. That
is the principle issue which we are
to look forward to. The present is
with us only few minutes then fu-
ture is the time that is before US. Let
us give much thought to the educa-
ton of our children. Germany's great
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