Christian herald . that comeout for that. Silhouetted against theriver-fog. there was outlineda big building. It lookedmuch like the halls erect( din the MidrWesI lor countyfairs; the walls sloped up andin, and a long and ratherhigh gable rose, to slope intoa peak once more. The build-ing was an attractive brown,almost black, relieved bybroad stripes of white atwindows and doors. Thefamiliar deep-red circle andtriangle of the Y stoodforth, a beacon of welcome,while, more cheering the windows then-blazed a broad flood of yellowlight. Soldier-forms in khakiovercoats came from every
Christian herald . that comeout for that. Silhouetted against theriver-fog. there was outlineda big building. It lookedmuch like the halls erect( din the MidrWesI lor countyfairs; the walls sloped up andin, and a long and ratherhigh gable rose, to slope intoa peak once more. The build-ing was an attractive brown,almost black, relieved bybroad stripes of white atwindows and doors. Thefamiliar deep-red circle andtriangle of the Y stoodforth, a beacon of welcome,while, more cheering the windows then-blazed a broad flood of yellowlight. Soldier-forms in khakiovercoats came from every-where near. Inside the place wascrowded with soldiers. En-deavorers gradually gather-ing at one end near the plat-form. A monster fireplaceheld a crackling log-fire, thatfilled the room with delight-ful warmth. We. too. step-ped down toward the plat-form, with its little reading-stand and large motion-picture screen. The clock struck six; and Ulll ,! - _ Christian Endeavor in Army Camps iiiwiBMiiimn mm i gamum i m. The fellow who wont loosen up when a log fire crackles in the open fireplace well, he isnt in the army in counted some fifty or more soldiersgathered for Christian Endeavor ser-vice. A soldier took charge; Y. M.(. A. officials were at hand; and theprogram was one of which the Chris-tian Endeavorers of anychurch might be proud. Only war, perhaps, couldhave brought such widelyassorted typ< - of men to thisremote point in an upland\alley of the Kentucky two seat-mate-, fromthe same point; probably notwo. when in civil life, of thesame profession, or business,or trade. Here they weregathered together to go outand fight for democracy. To-morrow they would be dis-patched, some to sea. someto coast points, some to train-ing camps to the elsewhere, but all tosome place where the nationneeded men. As the program proceededthe soldiers sat on the long-wooden benches *o righ* andleft ol the center aisle; quiet,no different from a group ofEndeavor
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