FOR THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE USE OF OUR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS + WITH Bible Readings and Hymns BISHOP WHITE PRAYER BOOK SOCIETY 1918 ANDOVER-HARVARD THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGH: Mass. This edition is printed for and distributed by THE WAR COMMISSION 14 Wall Street, New York Eighth Edition-20,000 copies Previously printed and bound 137,000 copies THE MOTIVES AND OBJECTS OF THE WAR. "ET us be very clear, and make clear to all the world what our motives and our objects are. We are glad to fight for the ultimate peace of the world, and for the liberation of its peoples, the German peoples included; for the rights of nations great and small, and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. . . ... without rancour, ... We fight shall wish to share with all free peoples. ... this war only where we are clearly forced into it, because there are no other means of defending our rights, in armed opposition to an irresponsible government which has thrown aside all considerations of humanity and of right, and is running amuck. . . . The day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her she can do no other."-President Wilson, OUR UR help standeth in the Name of the LORD, who hath made heaven and earth.--Psalm 124. |