The Newtown bee., 1894-07-06
NEWTOWN, CONN, BEE.
 FRIDAY JULY (, 1894.
 CIRCULATION: JANUARY l, 1882. o10 LAST WEEK 340O
Around the Preside.
 THE SECULAR PULPIT.
THE SERMON.

My text, beloved, is taken from the 45h of July oration of Pendal Whillips when he says, "True patriotism is found not in noise put in deeds." Somebody has said that the American people are a generation of ''slammers. That is we go around slamming doors and slashing things around with the express purpose of making racket. We see the force of that especially on the Fourth of July. We burn tirecrakers, shoot off cannons, blow horns and make all sorts of noises with the idea in mind that thus we are showing very fervid patriotism, brass band and string of cannon crack CTS are to us the embodyment of love of country. But my brother and small boy hearers, this is not exactly the
 Our Independence day orator teaches us a deeper lesson. No amount of fire works will prove our patriotism. The man who loves his country will live for her, fight for her, and die for her if nec- essary. Love of ones native land will show itself in deed and not in mere noise. By this standard then let us judge our selves for few moments. Over in the TongkOng district lives Jerry Toughboy. He keeps place where the ardent is re- ported to be sold. Now you are q citi- zen of the state and nation. You have | sworn to uphold the governments. The fact that Jerry is daily violating the law comes to your certain knowledge. But you do nothing about it, you say it is no concern of yours that he is break ing the law. But it Is and you can show | your love for your country by putting an end to that mans law breaking, and love your country and it's laws, a whole battery of six foot cannon fired off all day would not prove so much love to your native land as your effort to convict the law breaker. l know it will cost you some effort and possibly bring you some odium. But then 1 suppose Dr Parkhurst of New York has plenty of men who are cursing him from the bot tom of their hearts.
 Take another instance. Old Si Skin- flint in your town is trying at every town meeting to lower the appropriation for schools. He has no children him. self. He does not love any one else's children. But yet because he is the richest man in town you sit quietly by and see him cut down the teachers sal aries to the very lowest point to cheapen the cost of education. The result is that our scholars have poor schools with ter the list in the battle of life handi- capped by poor education. You are afraid to tell old Si just what you think because he is rich. But if you want to bless the rising generation and prove yourself true patriot, stand for the right and give the children the best in their educational efforts. He is a true patriot who wants the next generation to be better and truer and wiser than his own.
 At the last election the political boss, Jack Sprat, got three men enrolled on the voting list who could neither read nor write nor had they breathed the air of America long enough to know wheth- CT we were governed by a king, a clown, or president. Now that Boss ought to have Been prosecuted. Those votes vitiated every other mans vote. It was stuffing the ballot box pure and simple. But who DrOtestpdS IF hpino nohod u's business in particular to act, no action was taken, and you all were as mum as mice while the operation was going on. We are all kings in this country, but we act like slaves. Let us be true patriots. Show your love of country by uphold ing her laws, cherishing his institutions and seeking to keep her government pure and uncorrupted. Bang Bang ! So may it be!