The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-01
sERkoks Of PATRIOTISM.
Gs<... Gift rasssx safe. he
Cksssk 80 ssad New Epis-
e.-szi Parish

Al the xsseveg,ex n se4sste an.s It's
suburbs were wSsI zssesssasSs yesterday,
as1 sex~rzi 81 them were 20 over
crowded = ia attentive hearers ~ the
Uostel IS 20 -isav NECESSITY fer
larger essissezs aasi better seosmsEos3a-
sss,ns- The se~Ea9ns we're foil Of The
ws.ss04n ~ fipss Writ. susi 81 the
Gislne@ sseE.i tie pTsfoanss attention Of
ssaesr congregation
gG ssas xxa1-ssaD's err.
A service 81 CarisiiSn patriotism.
sneye~tes! hr TIE re&r approach of the
Tatipsal ANNIVERSARY. SaS held in
i'synsoath ehurgIs lat evening by the
Ess. george 4. Tewkshary. The
spsris Of tne occasion marked full
response. On The part of The Jarge con
greg sriosa present. Ia abe ssea Of the
service snd TIE subject. The singing
xas "a charge q III. BSSman. and
sas eEsliaeztsy fitting. The text al
tie uasfor.s address Nas Gen xii Is.
s&ing siosl's promise To Aossm: For
al the land Hkseh thoa seeest. 70
thee alil gise il. ard Ia thy seed for
ever" This a. adapted and applied
a tlse promise cs tsoa in present fal-
nilmenf. 20 the individual citizen, re-
sgecting this -ians" or country Ut the
! c nite.i states. This general fset Was
s4sssilsis:ezt a. follows.
l. The eiver. not the deyfi. who said
10 Christ in his temptation Matt. iy !:
So, respecting al the Kingdom OF the
world and the glory OF them. All
these things gill | give thee. II thou
aih fail down anu worship me- bat
Christ. himself. whose day Abraham
sas. who moved before the patriarch
as the angeA OF the covefssut. and
who might have answered the tenpfer
in those later wears. loa offer 10 give
this land 10 Hue bat gave il Ia Alb
rahatl long ago Christ gave this
! land 10 rs. IL was found. ard found
ed, BY those y ho sought and settled il
IN his name. The pilgrims were
Christians. not Deists. They found
God going along with then" is the elo-
auent aTsa dramatic sentence OF Ed
ward Winston; and taa- God MS
Christ
?. IL was his 10 give. The bestowal
was no make-beliege transaction. He
had made that land he was 20 die on
IL This j. true in principle. OF this
/ land. He has this double and com
plete title 10 il. Its mountains and
plains, It's silver anu gold. are His.
5. The Gift i a personal one. To
thee viii give il, and 10 thy seed .
His lAbram'sl, while he should live /:
he woaia not need il alter that, save
10 be buried in. To you, To nae, ~
! is given this whole land-siven in its
unity. We NAV each say, ia the fun
/ ,sossezsiye sense; My country =
I Not one OF Us II THE uaa without: a
country, ike peH Phiiip Nolan
I Yet the Gift Is made not in ala absolute
Quit-ciainl sense, but as "a loan or
+ lea e, ia be held and occupied III trust
/ The giyer loves il still, tDeut. xi:t2l.
/. The gits Itself. What Is isr Not
merely 50 much land; but coGntrF
an organized national system, a ciy.,i-
zatioll. higher than any the world has
stem, save where Christianity has pre-
vailed think not SO much OF stretch
I oi suffaee-~uet even 80 much OF what
/ is la the iaad. but Of what Is on II, its
people. its free institutions. Four or
I five words may symbolic il. Home :
The order 81 Our domestic life. GOV
eminent: OF a kind involving Ho
hussian-ike espionage. but adequate
Z ~ psiefnai, free. "a being OF the
people aud by them, for them also, in
It's relations ~ constant service. So
+ ciety. we are members one
oi another. This has been
beautifully illustrated in the sym
( pathetic unity, the nerye-iike network
+ al kindly feeling, luofe sensitive than
( Geographic wires. proven - exist IN
connection with tue recent disa~ ter a.
{ i0hnstomu and otlg own city. Educ A.
ton Placed within reach In our 50 y
t tenn ct free schools: In the large meas
are Of mental opportunity. church !:
/ I he moral and religious clement
Which i really the heart-liie oi our
civ ilization. This is the fiye-iold gift
). Its conveyance. This has been
1 t'y ibe way of history. We have urst
I the work aud sulferines ol the PHI
grims and iuritans. bringing il here
+ from the Old NoFld, i6l1s-53 There
+ fore We take only the hi Ia attitudes OF
+ the saistory~-ihe war OF TIE EevolJI-
/ ton. which freed Us from the do
u'inion of Great Britain. Then, the
war of the Rebellion, asserting alike
+ the freedom and the entity of the Re
public within Itself Largely along n
f pathway washed ia blood mas the gilt
come. With great sum" have We
+ tested ogr right to IT,
! & our duty 10 the gift I. TO
know our conntry-to have an intel
I iigent acq gaintanCe with IL tGen. xiii !:
( III. ,. To love il, To sing OF il as the
earthly ''t anaan that We love" To
call II ours, NET like poor Nolan. to
49, > 80. II. ,.e =.
again. To give 1t the service of love
always. ). To make a moral decla-
ration Of independence, answering
made July /. l776. throwing oil the
5 foreign yoke OF sin in every fnrm
whether as related 10 ourselves, orr
+ telioH men or To God. 10 using the
gift "a the Divine Giver would have
+ us for Ills glory seeking the suprem-
acy Of His gospel throughout the wide
extent OF this land.
"oh. beautiful, my country, ouss once
Among ne nat.oos bright beyond eom.
bare
What ae-e cur Ives without thee
nat Gil oar lsves 10 sSF. thee
We rccs not what We gave thee:
We eiil not dare - doubt thee
h0t ssx whsteFeg else, aud we viii d. G. A"
NATIONS SAFEGUARDS.
Tine 81 biect oE Rev. II. n. Camp
bell discourse AZ the First Methodist
Episcopal church last evening was
\ nation, leakage ~ power and her
safeguards.
Text, Nam. 1iv.l2, II viii make
al thee = great nation F" There are
SOME thing" said the speaker. in
this world tbas can Fever die. pTin-
+ Clples, virtues, uohle aspirations have
n thesa that which II akin ;o the
heavenly When these come To take
+ possession 81 one, great thought
slcb a. EseseSs within him ardent al
iefucn aid oycr1n astefing love for
something oatsisie 81 self. directing al
. bis enersae> tow ard another. or tow arr.
ether. taere i something Gosiiise
al'oai t6c man. Tree patriotism l. tsofu
90 ,nCa principles snd upasl.f nv saoa
virtues icvho Is patriotic loves has
country BOT vita snere formal love
eaaA.aw pFefeuss bat a rea4 eeruiau
affection os his heart, suca a. declares
by every al IT his that no enemy
staii ever t08cs Wsta lepFous aand tie
sacred S5t4F 81 ais country.
Here re sps@ker asiusiss3 - the seer
hces q! oar soTe-gat.lefs Wasck have
bAntsel down their naR5e> As heroes.
also a'lias4aug 4, l.se splglt suaf char.
ac7ers4sa >essliers IN the RAr 81 the
fste3iio1s. abb tie pginclF.es II pat