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COLONEL KING TALKS
TO MEN AT NO. 79
Tells of Scenes Witnessed by
Him in France. Capt. Spencer
Leads Trench Songs. Sec
retary M'l lr -’ Goes to Chap
lain’s Hut.
BUILDING NO. 79.
(Serving Motor Mechanics Signal Corps.)
Building Secretary, C. TL Harring
ton, Collingswood, N. ,T.
Religious Director —Dr. Orlo J. Price,
Lansing, Mich.
Physical Director —E. B. Peterman,
Youngstown, Ohio. ,
Educational Director Frank R.
Mean, Harrisburg, Pa. . ,
Business Secretary —Hubert N Dukes
Sandersville, Ga.
Assistant Secretary—G. L. Trevor.
The lifting of the quarantine on the
Second Regiment of Motor Mechanics
doubled the number of men attending the
building.
Dr. Ewers addressed the weekly relig
ious meeting and his powerful evangel
istic appeal made deep impressions. The
sericsuness of all that, is going on in this
present world is definitely reflected in the
attitude of the men who crowded the
building to hear Dr. Ewers.
On Friday evening we had the distinc
tion of having as our guest of the even
ing Lieut. Col. King, chief of staff of
the Twenty-eighth Division. Friday
evening was Company A night and to add
to the pleasure of the evening Col. King
consented to talk to the boys. He told us
of some of the scenes and sights of his re
cent trip to the battlefields in France and
Flanders. The disastrous storm of Friday
evening kept the attendance down, to 500.
yet everv one who heard Col. King tel!
some of the thrilling things he saw over
there would be willing to brave a dozen
such storms to hear him again.
Sunday was again a big day for us. dur
ing which we held two meetings and four
Bible classes. The evening service was
made especially delightful because of the
presence of the 110th Regimental Band.
The band led the crowded building in the
singing of some of the great patriotic
and religious songs, and how the boys did
sing! In looking over the crowd, it seem
ed that, every voice was raised in song to
God and country, Better singing could
not be produced by any body of men any
where.
Building No. 79 is a “singing institu-
tion” for on Saturday evening Captain ■
Spencer led a huge crowd of men in the
singing of the new trench songs. They
say that a singing crowd is a fighting
crowd. If so. then the bunch that congre
gate at No. 79 muet be elegant scrappers,
for they can sing to beat the band.
Mr. L. D. Milier returned from his
furlough and immediately took charge of
the ‘'Hut” of the 110th Regiment, under
the direction of ('ha plain Schall of that
regiment. The field which Mr. Miller has
entered upon is an entirely new one,
nothing like it .being attempted in any
camp in the United States, and we there
fore are mighty anxious to have our
friend. Mr. Miller, demonstrate that regi
mental work is not an idle piece of en
deavor.
Program for Week Englind Jan. 21, 1918.
Tuesday.
7:3oLecture, Dr. Lytell.
, Wednesday.
7:3o—Song service and address by Dr.
Price.
Thursday.
7:30 —Moving pictures.
Friday.
7:3o—Company B, One Hundred and
Ninth Infantry night.
Saturday.
7:3o—Trench songs by Captain Spen
cer.
Sunday.
o:oo—Morning devotional hour.
2:3o—“Drop-In” Bible classes.
7:3o—Evening sojig service and ad
dress. .
Monday. S»
7:3o—Moving pictures.
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TENT NO 231.
(Serving 109th Field Artillery, 103rd
Trench Mortar Battery, 103rd'Ammuni
tion Train and Base Hospital).
Building Secretary, M. F. Hausmann
Erie, Pa.
Physical Director —F. I). Sherwood,
VVausan, Wis.
Religious Secretary W. R. Owen.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Assistant Secretary—A. O. Germain,
New York City.
Assistant Secretary—lV. 11. Mcln
tyre, Greensburg, Pa.
The unusual weather conditions of
the past week have made the work at
Tent No. 231 very difficult.
Sunday, January 6fh, Mr. Owens
s'anted a Bible Class w'th a_very good
attendance. In the evening we had our
regular religious service with Mr. Bix
ler of No. 75, in charge.
Thursday night Mr. Owens conduct
ed t ’ “ services.
I » ly night in the storm, after los
ing our tent and moving into our liv
ing shack, imagine bur surprise and
dismay to lose the roof of our shack.
Dad Mclntrye went “over the top” with
out hat or coat. After a trip across the
fields to the Administration Building,
that seemed like crossing the Saraha
nr a sand storm, we managed to secure
accommodations for the .light.
Saturday through the help and kind
ness of the boys of the Trench Mortar
Battery our lent was again erected and
Mr. Zebley had the roof of the shack
replaced and spiked securely to pre
vent it again talcing wings.
We are now serving the boys from
our living shack and are looking for
ward to the time when we can move
into our new building and feel as
I though we had a real home again.
JOHN RAY EWERS
AT CAMP HANCOCK
Dr. John Ray Ewers, of Pittsburg, one
of the leading pastors of the Christian
church, is in Camp Hancock for a thirty
days campaign. It is proposed to have
Dr. Ewers speak practically every even;,
ing of his stay, and at as many, day serv
ices as can be arranged. An effort
is made to give continuity to these
services, so that there will not be so
many independent meetings, but will
constitute a scries, all of them directed
to the same end. With this in view, the
entire Y. M. C. A. staff is lining up be
hind Dr. Ewers and his works. While
the staff of each building will feel espe
cial responsibility for the meetings held
in that building, it is also interested
in the meetings held in other buildings,
and the members of each staff are ex
pected to do ail they can for the suc
cess of the meetings in every other build
ing. The purpose of these meetings is
to bring the men to a definite committal
of their lives to Jesus Christ.
Dr. Ewers is a man’s man. His long
experience as an evangelistic pastor and
as a frequent speaker in shop meetings
is of great aid to him in meeting the ex
acting demands of successful camp
preaching. This is not to suggest that
the men in camp require a different gos
pel from that required for other people,
but that they require a new simplicity
and directness in the gospel message. Dr.
I Ewers’ work justifies great expectations
I for the success of the campaign. He has
been well received in every building where
I be has spoken, and a goodly number of
decisions have been secured in each of the
services which he has conducted. There
is great need for personal work in this
campaign, and it is desired and expected
that we have the assistance of all the
Christian soldiers in camp. In these days
of intensive training, let us not lose sight
of the paramount importance of spiritual
development.
"Among the first patients in a Red
Cross dispensary in France was an under
fed boy from Lens. His family of seven
had been living two and a half years
hi the cellar under their totally wrecked
house valued at 100.000 francs. The fam
ily was evacuated last April to Luxembmg
•and lived seven in one room. ■ \ g
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Jan. 16, 1918.
A PRAYER
FOR USE IN WAR TIME
By EDWARD I. BOSWORTH
Almighty God. Father of -ail man- |
kind, have mercy upon us. Forgive I
us that hitherto we have not looked
with humility, self-sacrifice and de
votion upon the lot of those less fa
vored than ourselves in our own and
other lands. We now fegl the, stern,
loving pressure of Thy will upon us.
Therefore, we pray Thee, purify our
souls and fit them for the times and
tasks that face us.
We offer ourselves and all that we
have to Thee. ■ m life and
death to bring a larger life to all men
of every race. May those of us who
arc cared to take up arms in the
battle for a better world be every
where trim followers of Jesus Christ.
In camp may our hearts be kept pure
and the Gospel word be often on our
lips. In the fierceness of fighting
may we be quiet and unafraid. May
What Will You Do In a Crisis ?
A man may get to the place where he
can predict with a certain degree of ac
curacy precisely what he will do in a
given crisis. A gentleman of my ac
quaintance suddenly woke up to face a
burglar in his house and his reaction
was exactly that which lie before de
termined upon. Here is a true story of a
Western bank robbery. In a bank in a
small Minnesota town the president of the
institution sat reading the morning paper
while, his only cashier was preparing to
open for the day. “Look lieife, .Tint.” he
called, “What do you think of this?”
And then he read the story of a bold
robbery in an adjoining town. It seemed
that the robbers had quietly ridden up to
the bank at high noon, when the little
burg was sleepily spending its noon hour.
Two men sat on horses outside the bank,
while two others entered and flashing
guns at the cashier demanded that the
safbs be opened. In a panic the cashier
did as he was t Old with the result that
the robbers hastily put the money into
sacks and easily made a good getaway.
Nothing had been heard from them since.
The posse, slowly organized, bad failed to
get a clue.
Turning to his cashier the president
said, “Jim, what would you, do in a case
like that?”
”i don’t realty know, sir,” was the hon
est replv.
The resident went away and thought.
. more about it. but Jim while receiv
ing the small deposits of the hard-work
ing men and women of the little town,
made up his mind. (What an expression
that is. “to make tip your mind.”) Weeks
went drowsily by in the frontier village
and even Jim had forgotten bout his
conversation with the owner e bank,
when suddenly one noontim ■ light
ning out of a blue sky, the robbers
in the same way entered his bank and
thrust their revolvers through the cash
ier’s window at him, demanding instantly,
upon the penalty of his life, the opening
of the vaults with their treasures. There
was no time to think. Jim did, in the
crisis, what he had once made up his
mind he would do. He flatly refused.
The robbers did not argue, they shot and
Jim fell to the floor, apparently dead.
But the shots alarmed the town and
there was only time to grab coin on the
counter and hastily ride away amid a hail
of bullets fired by the towns people. The
vaults weer unmolested; the slowly ac
cumulated fortunes of, the poor people
were safe. That Jim recovered is no es
sential part of t his real story, save that
one likes to have t.h,e hero come off well;
the point of the narrative is that Jim did
in a crisis precisely wha.t he had made
up his mind he would do.'
You have said to yourself regarding
some temptation, “Just wait until I get a
good chance —then watch me—or rather
dos’t watch me.” It may be regarding
any temptation to which you are sub
ject-gambling, laziness, drinking, lust or
any other temptation—you will do when
all of a sudde nthe temptation presents
itself, exactly what you had planned.
In this way you may foretell your future
action.
In that splendid little book entitled,
“Friend or Enemy,” by Dr. Exner, the
great sex expert, is a striking story con
firming the position of this article. An
engineer upon a fast passenger train
suddenly swept around a curve to see
that a freight had buckled throwing two
cars over on his track. There seemed to
be no time to think—to stop was impos
sible —what, did he do? There were ten
coaches behind him filled with men, wo
men and children —all of those lives hung
upon his swift action.. He yelled to his
fireman to du<k low, while he pulled the
throttle wide open. The engine leaped
ahead—smashed the two freight ears into
splinters—dashed the obstacles aside—
stopped a full half mile beyond—all on
board were safe and sound. When asked
afterward how he decided so quickly and
so acvruately what to'do lie replied, “I
made up my mind on that ten years ago.”
This camp is full of young men being
carefully trained to go overseas and fig!:
the Germans. Every care is being taken
to prepare them for every emergency.
They are being taught how to use bay
onets; how to throw hand-bombs, how to
dig trenches, bow to protect themselves
in every wav. Would it not be the part
of wisdom to teach these stgme choice
and valuable young men, upon > whom
America and the world depends, how to
protect themselves from the vicious temp
tations that will surely seize them upon
their arrival abroad? This is the value
of hitching your wagon to,a star, of
having high ideals, of committing (that is
the word) of committing yourself to God's
way. This is the point at which religion
I those of us who wijl die in battle
I find the Lord of life with us in the
i death hour. M'y those of us who will
bring our brothers to death do thi
deed without bate, eager to meet them
again, sometime and smpewhere to do
the will of God together.
Grant to those who minister in hos
pitals power to bring not only heal'np
to the bod’eg but peace to the souk
of the sick and wounded far from
i home.
Give patience to all who in suspense
wait and pray at home and fortif;
their souls for whatever message ma;
come.
(live peace to the nations in Thin
. own time, O God.
■i In the name of Jesus Christ ou
' Lord, the Savior of the world.
I Amen.
JOHN RAY EWERS
enters. There are thousands of youn
soldiers who have the highest ideals at
who Jive up to them reasonably we'
Here is an interesting illustration: Kn I
hearted people in Paris desired to ei<c.
tain the Poilus at the front who were s
bravely defending their land; so they sen
up theatrical troups to put on shows. A
last they sent up some p'retty raw par
ties who put on smutty, rotten perform
an as. It wag then that the Fien
i’o'his sent this word back to Paris: "W!
ARE NOT P’GS— SEND US NO MOR
ROTTEN PLAYS.” Camo life brings on
the stuff in a man he either meekly fol
lews the crowd or he asserts his ow
stout ideas. There is no reason why
soldier should not tie himself to H.H
ideals and every reason why he shout
For the sake of himself, for the sake ■
hiu country, for the sake of that girl '
left behind him, for the sake of being :
good fighting unit he should commit him
self to the best. Such a soldier will sav
“When tempted—l will not yield—no pow
er on earth can make me yield—-I sha’
keep my own Sfelf-respect.”
MAKE IT YOUR MIND WHAT YO
WILL DO IN A CERTAIN SET OI
C'RCUMSTANCES AND I ('AN TEl.i.
YOU WHAT YOU WILL DO. Your fu
ture is then certain.
BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL
“In a large measure the success whlc.
attended the work of the Army Y. M. C
A., is due to the training and leader-hj
furnished by the Blue Ridge Association, ’
according to Executive Secretary Ackley.
“It would have been practically impel,
sible to have manned our camps withou'
the assistance of Blue Ridge Summe
school in training 163 secretaries for wai
work during 1917.”
Before mid-summer it will be necessary
to train approximately 600 Army Y. M. C.
A. workers in the Southeast, and about
1.000 new secretaries for city association
work, classes to be conducted at Blue
Ridge Association, Asheville, N. C. This
institution serves the South as the train
ing center for religious leaders and Y. W.
A. secretaries, as well as Y. M. C. A.
workers. Its present indebtedness total:
‘t'tO.ooo. and the additional $36,000 whicn
Y. M. (’. A. and Evangelical church lead
ers in the South are being asked to g:vo
is to be used largely in improving the
grounds arid enlarging the bui’ding equip
ment. The campaign opens Febrary 3rd
Organized in 1911 the Blue Ridge Asrc
ciation now owns property valued a
$219,016.21 buildings and 1,191 acres o'
land located in one of the most beaut.ifr
scenic, spots in the Blue Ridge Motr
tains.
_Y COME UP SMILING
Any one who daily comes into contact
with the lives of the soldiers at Camr-
Hancock cannot help but be impressed
with the cheerfulness with which they g.
abqut the various necessary disagreeable
tasks incident to camp lif". T >e .•'•u 1
there a grumbler may be found but the
great body of the men accent these udtie.-
as a part of the game and go about the
wor k with alacrity and good grace.
That these tasks are no respect or of
persons was discovered by the writer
when he started out on a hunt for some
camp talent for an entertainment om
day last. week. A member of a famous
quartette was found in one of the com
pany stables acting as maid-of-all work
for some mules. An equally famous mim
ic, known on the vaudeville stage
throughout the United States and Gan
ada, was fireman for an incinerator
where the kitchen refuse is destroyed. A
well-known concert violinist was just re
turning from sesVeral weary hours of
guard duty' at a lonely post. A favorite
Scotch comedian was found engaged h,
he homely task of washing his trousers.
But they were all accepting it as a part
f the program of army life, as of course
it is. These tasks are inevitable, they
are a part of the service which is to b;
rendered 1o one’s country and, like true
philosophers.’ they proceed to make the
best of it. It is the true spirit of service
WUFF!
A jolly old fellow named Funk
Found a kitten when he was quite dru*'.
He went home that night
And he started a fight,
For the kitten he found was a skunk.
—Luke McL’uke.
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