The New York Times/1918/11/11/Tells People to Thank God
TELLS PEOPLE TO THANK GOD
Critical Time Has Come, Says Cardinal Gibbons at Field Mass.
CAMP MEADE, Md., Nov. 10.—In a sermon today at a memorial mass celebrated in the field for soldiers of this camp who have died in battle, Cardinal Gibbons called on the people of the United States to thank God for the victory of the Allies and to ask Him for grace to "walk the ways of wisdom, obedience, and humanity."
The Cardinal said a critical time has now come, when the peoples of the Allies must use the fruits of victory to good advantage, and when the people of this country must unite behind the authorities.
He spoke from the steps of a field altar and above him was a large American flag. "We have conquered," he said, "because we believe that righteousness exalteth a nation and because we believe in justice and humanity."