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Show I ARMISTICE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14. Declaring November 14 to be Armistice Sunday .in order thai tin religV'Us services held on that day may be given an especial note remembrance for the heroic dead. President Woodrow Wilson, in statement, said : "'November 11. 1018. will always be memorable as the beginning of the end of the most terrible and destructive of all wars. Our be-loved be-loved country took a noble part in hastening the arrival of the ila i hailed by the whole world as the dawn of peace, but close Upon tin day of victory followed realization of loss and the anniversary will bring with it solemn thoughl to the minds of everj American, memories memo-ries of brave men who fell, sympathy for their living relatives, and , those religious reflections in which nations, like individuals, must I seek hope and consolation. That November 14. this year being the Sunday immediately following ihe anniversary, should be observed in all our churches b suitable memorial services for the heroic Ameri can soldiers, sailors and marines who gave their lies to their COUll-1 try in the world war seems to me eminently fitting and proper, and I commend the suggestion to those who conduct such services The suggestion undoubtedly will be accepted by all the churehi -of America November 11, 1018. was the most momentous day. with one exception, ex-ception, in all history There never was an event involving the welfare wel-fare of so many people or conveying a message of such gripping import im-port as that of Armistice day. when the great machines of war sud denly stopped in their awful grinding and crushing out of the lives of men. On Thursday, November 11, the people Will celebrate, perhaps in a rollicking nois way. On the following Sunday they maj gather in their bouses of worship and there Lrie Bolemn thoughl to the meaning mean-ing of life, as they commune with their dead or give thanks that the horrors of war ended before- America suffered as did the countries of Europe. These occasions set aside for meditation are conducive Jo higher citizenship as they invite reflection that stir the emotions. |