Evening journal., 1894-11-30
SCOPE OF PATRIOTISM.
Subject of a Sermon Preached
BY Rev. George c. Hall
AT ST. JOHNS YESTERDAY
what the Result would BE II All Men
Everywhere Would Adopt Gods View
of Nations Mission,

sermon to large congregation yesterday |
morning There was special music, and |
the offertory was for ST. Mlchael's Hos
pital The sermon was a patriotic .one,
and, in part, was as follows:
Zone Of the seven wise men In Greece
had the custom OF thanking the gods
that he was born a reasonable creature
that he was gifted with intelligence, and
therefore stood above the animal.
HE also praised the dlvinities because
he was Greek and not a Barbarian
We have SO much reason to thank our
God that we are Americans and not
Cinnamon. for example Every people
ought to think more Of their own than
another country. There otherwise
would be no room for patriotism There
could be nothing like love of national
emblem, such as the stars and stripes.
There are race aud tribe distinctions,
which no one can ignore Hs who Is
born an American and does not prize
the fact, depreciates what God
has bestowed. moreover, make bold TO
say that we to day can thank Jehovah
that We are Americans, without evlncing
other than true spirit. Unless we have
this feeling we lack the quality which
makes us jealous Of our preroggtives as
Il u StD&lAlt huu uhtAOn. DuN
there in spite of all | now have said, is
danger Of overd ing even so noble a
virtue as patriotism. Large and gener
Gus intelligence must sway 1t. Warm
sympathies must inspire it We should
remember that it is with nations as it is
| with individuals; that they must
have regard for each others claims and
interests Indeed, may add that there
| is sense in which the whole world Is
ones country. The religion of the Son
of man; the religion which Christ
preached in Palestine, in the degree that
1t becomes regnant aud dominant,
modifes even national distinctions,
and brings Americans. Frenchmen and
| Russians into the harmonious relations,
in which they recognize the fact that
| they, In large and vital
sense, have common interests
aud must pursue common aims.
One cannot believe In Jesus
Christ as the Son Of God who came
amongst men to knit and weld them into
brotherhood-on cannot believe that
and at the same time possess the spirit
OF Christ without feeling his heart swell
with the conviction that 1t is the divine
purpose to gather the nations into one
family, so to say, and have them
regard each other with as warm
and tender concern as members of the
same household regard each other with
when everything at the fireside Is as 1t
ought to be, there are no unseemly
rivalries and contentious Brothers that
are brothers indeed, are not forever Al
outwittiDg each other, Sisters that
have the mind and spirit of sisters a,
not indulge in jealousies Their
is, insteVd, all that is prope
sub ordination of individual interests
Everyone feels that the personal good i
advanced as often as the common good 4
advanced.
1.-THE nation, as 1t seams to me, ough
to be family in much the same sense
All the commonwealths should blenC
into one common wealth Each peopl
ought to represent one individual In tn
, household Of the race, If may call it SO
/, aud be frmly persuaded that the sepRrst
I nations, in tbs long run, viii
/ be happy and prosperous onl
!, in the degree that the commo
or world life is happy and prosperous
History so far Is history that has lsrgsl
been shaped by the other conception; b,
the conception that nations advanc
+, themselves when they war with othe
nations, seize every opportunity and tur
: il to advantage.
+ "The popular impression Is that sue
i 3 policy is wise and true; that it build
a up-assures dominion. Men everywhei
d in such large numbers, whether they ar
!. In the church Of Christ or OF
OF it, have the conviction
Il am chsracterising that one, by rRisin
/. questions about It,, frequently expose
n himself to criticism But for all thI
% believe that selfishness is the name Il
10 the thing am referring to, and that
always sooner or later causes nations
miss ths very ends they have In vieV
No empire, kingdom, or republic ht
d been able to perpetuate itself, al
ID be a glory By such a policy. RubbiI
N heaps are everywhere in CONSEQUENT
d, Of the fact that nations alwa,
9, are at war with each other,
10 not in one way. surely in another.
Of rnlers and their snbjects were as wise
s. they claim TO be, they would sit dow
K open their ledgers, and after countiI
the price they pay for the advaneemsr 81
they make, ask in all seriousness
whether 1t would not be better for {
cd nations TO arrange a truce and the
build parliament house large enoul
n for them sll to meet in, and resolve th
y, they under God and His Christ "
a. pursue the aims, which make +,
Irt righteousness for well being ia I
re- high. wide and enduring sense. Th
isl day would mark the beginning Of n
m era The grsndest revolution this ear
has seen would peacefully and yet
evitably set In The standing arm
would disband China and Japan woI
wo clasp hands in frsternal greeting vowi
oh they would vie with each other only
Ior seeking and pursuing the aims VIII
on exalt the millions. England a
OF, Ireland would say to each 9th
OK "A common sea lRshes our shores q
n we worship one God We must bury {
animosities and observe the golden r
In our intercourse with each other.
,es us once for ell promise that we will
ted vance our individual good by advanci
bv the common good, thus making Irela
He and England glory.
his "Germany and France would best Il
rge swords into pruning hooks and II
their cannon into plow shares. ~
would devote themselves to the pursI
of peace and so achieve grander triuml
ties than those of Napoleon or Moltks.
gh, "Republics like ours aud empires like
il II. - a al