August the Fourth, Or the British Empire and the War: An Address Delivered by the Reverend Claris Edwin Silcox in the United Congregational Church, Ne

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Excerpt from "August the Fourth," Or the British Empire and the War: An Address Delivered by the Reverend Claris Edwin Silcox in the United Congregational Church, Newport, Rhode Island, August 4, 1918 To-day is Britain's Day, and it is well for us to consider together the nature of the British Empire, its achievements in the great war, certain of the obstacles that stand in the way of a better under standing between the British and American peoa ples, and finally the most important of those great problems upon which the best minds of the Empire are always at work and the solution of which is of interest to Americans as well as to the British-born. We have had, to be sure, an unusual number of anniversaries of late, and most of the sermons preached in this church have been preparedifor these special occasions. Some, consequently, may feel the advisability of passing over this fourth anniversary of Great Britain's declaration of war and fixing our attention on some theme more dis tinctly spiritual. Nevertheless, it is a day not to be lightly dismissed, and there are certain things which ought to be said and may, perhaps, be said today better than later. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.