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Show DR. VANCE'S DAILY ARTICLE j By Dr. James I. Vance It Is a beautiful custom to deck ihe BOldlerB' graves wiih 'lowers on Me mortal lay. but shall v.e let it go at that? Should there not be on the walls of every church in the land trom which young men weal out to fight and die an enduring tablet i f bronze or mar hie o remind the llvins and hand on to the fut'ire the fame of these lad. who made the name of America flame In glory during ihe World War? They made the supreme sacrifice, and belong to that company of rnd I ant spirits who gather about iho Per 'son of the Great Captain Who laid down His life for us. Christ leads the host of white souls whoso heroism did not halt at any I price, whose courage did not shlcr Idown In presence of any peril, and I whose gallant and valiant spirit a have pone on through every haard until Mho plain was reached where lay the I slain who die that men may live I 1 do not mean that the more act of 'dyint: can of Itself make atonement lit 11 a mistake to preach so foolish land fatuous a creed I have talked with many Of them about It, and have yet to flail a soldier who believed that by dvinK on 1he field of battle he would square his life with God There i- only On? Who can atone fr sin the Hero of Cah an Yet when could men ever be In bener mood lo accept the Bavlpr Who sows thf trail to such ; glory than in the hour when they themselves are making the supreme, sacrifice? DOubtleefl many who had not found' Him before sought Him then j;nd were j BhriVen of their sins, and crossed the ( phntom river to see their Leader face, to face and be satifled. We need a memorial of these great souls' that will speak to us, not when the flowers bloom In the springtime, but In the high hours when our own spirits meet for worship We need a tablet In the church that will preach j Irom Sunday to Sunday to us and to j the generations who follow us. stirring to noble deeds and keeping heroism alive. We hope and pray the world may never again be cured by war. We i rust that young men at the door of i heir life-work may not soon again be asked to lay down tool and pen and take up gun to march away to war. But should It be. they must be ready. ' nd should it ever be, there arnj nnrO battles to be fought with issues IBS tremendous, and calling for heroism I as great. These tablets to our soldier dead on the church walls will furnish us against such an hour |