Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-01

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They unfurled it against the dead
mortal man. They planted it over
the ramparts, trained as no soldiers
had ever been trained Before.
Now listen: They brought that
flag beck to our free shores, radiant
with victory and covered all oven
with the glory Of their valor. That
flag waves over more than one hun
dred millions Of free men. We in 81
saved this country to liberty and
equality. You boys in the great
World war upheld the traditions Of
your fathers and saved the world for
Democracy.
II don't know but what 1t is SO,
perhaps the ministers can tell us. 1t
is Gods eternal decree that there is
no remission Of sins without the
shedding of blood. It was so when
the worlds Redeemer walked be-
meath the bending palms of Pales-
tine. 1t was so in 1861. We were
wickedly keeping millions Of human
beings in slavery. The moaning
waves Of distress came yelling up
from the outraged hearts of millions
of slaves, until they saw the lower
ing clouds of Gods avenging wrath
and they felt the crimson shower Of
war.
Revolutionary War. the War Of
War, the World War. all caused by
sin. At one stage the world had be-
come wicked. The good book tells
US God saw the wickedness of man
was great in the earth and that every
imagination of the heart was only
evil continually. And it repented the
Lord that he had ever made man on
the earth, so the flood came and de-
stroyed all but Noah and family.
But the Lord said he would never
do this again. 1t has seemed to me
sometimes that the Lord may have
been sorry he made that promise to
Noah, when he has beheld the wick
edness of the world since, like thai
OF the cause of the World War.
sometimes / am askuc, why did we
go into the World WARP" 1t was that
great love Of freedom that sent our
boys across; 1t was the love of JUS
tice that finds it's habitat in the
hearts of free men.
1t was that great spirit of Democ-
racy that whispered words Of hope
into the ears Of men before Aaron
was priest, or David a king that
spirit that survived the battle axe
of the Romans, the inquisition of the
Spaniards and the cannon Of Great
Britain; that spirit that lived to
kindle the fires on every altar erect
ed to human liberty; that spirit that
loosened the shackles of the slaves;
that wrote the declaration of indie
pendence and lowered over the era
die of our Republic; that spirit that
animated our Boys in blue. That's
why we went into the World War.
Mr.. Commander and friends I
would be greatly remiss in my duty
and do violence to my feelings If I
did not on this occasion and in their
presence pay equal tribute to the
women Of this country with the men.
During the Civil war a great fair
was held in the Patent Office in the
City of Washington for the benefit
of the sick and wounded. President
Lincoln attended it one night and
was asked to address the people
there. This is what he said:
Mrs. President have never stud
led the art of paying compliments
to women, have never studied the
language Of eulogy, but if an that
has been said by orators and written
the world began, was said in favor of
by poets in praise of women; since
the women of the North in this war,
1t would not do them justice" And
that language might we'll be applied
to the women of America during the
world war. that the care taken of
the sick and wounded in the world
war far exceeded that possible in
the Civil war was due largely to the
EFFORTS of womens organizations, Red
Cross, etc. Time would fail to call
attention to what the women have
done for our country and suffering
humanity. Votes for women? Yes,
We will have a purer American life
as a result.
Il have lived as you have lived
through some of the grandest scenes
of time. We have seen human joy
and human misery. We have seen
human strength contend against
human weakness, and we have
learned to appraise the different
qualities of the human heart, the DIFF
ferent things that are great and
grand in the world.
have seen the towering mountains
rise, summit on summit, until the
tops were wrapped in eternal snow,
and | thought that was grand
l have seen the glorious praries of
our mighty West, extend league af-
ter league, in undulating beauty as
far as the human eye could see and
then onward. fit for human habita-
ton, fit for habitation for countless
millions yet unborn; and I thought
that was grand.
l have seen the ocean in calmness
when the gentle zyphers famed nv
cheek, and again in the majesty of
the storm, and cast waves mountains
high, until mans mighty Leviathans
seemed as mere toys, and / thought
that was grand.
I have sat under the spell of the
great orators of America, of the pull
pit, the bar. and the forum, and con-
sidered how nearly Divine is the
mind, the spirit, the personality of
man, when nobly exercising the moo
lest attributes of oratory, and l
thought that was grand.
But the grandest thing have ever
seen, is a good woman and mother,
humbly walking in the paths Of duty
as they conceived it under the guild
ance of Almighty God and giving of
heart and service.
The poet said truly
1.-THE greatest battle that ever was
fought
Shall I tell you where and when
On the map of the world you will
find 1t not
It was fought by the mothers of
men,"
"Nof say it is a shame that the
mothers, the widows of the old SOL
der are not given pension enough
to make them comfortable in their
old age. Now I am a disciple of st.
James, he said or wrote this. it is
in the Bible: HE that won't provide
for his own and especially those of
his own household has denied the