The National tribune., 1895-05-30
THE coLoRs THEY LOVE.

THE CoLoRs THEY LOVE
How can we better honor the men who, or
this Memorial Day, 1895, 90 forth to scatter tn.
flowers above their sleeping comrades than by
honoring the flag they carry in their process
| sions and plant above the graves Of their dead
Through their sublime faith and matches.
courage that flag continues to be the emblem
of a great country, free and united. Through
their lofty spirit of reconciliation and forgive
ness that flag is loved and honored, even by
those who sought to destroy it. Through their
| patient, answering support that flag is, indeed
| the emblem of all that is glorious in war and
| pure in peace.
Let us love the flag and cherish Its defend.
ers-those who have fought for it and those
| who have sung for il; those who have lived fol-
il and those who have died for il.
Let Flag Day follow Memorial Day, and In.
dependence Day, Flag Day, and Thanksgiving
Day. Independence Day, aud Washington's
Birthday and Lincoln's Birthday, and all the
| intervening patriotic days follow Thanksgiv-
ing Day.
Aud on these days and all days may the flag
be our joy and our theme-the flag that means
peace progress, unity, equality, and the great
brotherhood OF man.
FLAG DAY PROGRAM.
Gov. Brown, of Maryland, has called upon
the school children of the United States TO
especially remember Francis Scott Key author
of Star-Spangled Banner" on Flag Day 1895.
And as he asks them to contribute of their
penny savings TO the monument 10 be erected
to him at Frederick City. Md, the program
arranged has had this end in view.
The program may be varied, but the selec
tions and exercises can be adapted TO any that
may be arranged. And, by the way, for old flag
songs and new, history OF the flag and SO on,
send Is cents TO the Acme HauerSack, Syracuse,
n. Y.
FLAG DAY PROGRAM.
j. National Hymn-God Save Our Native
Land.
2. Recitation-Learn to Love the Flag.
3. Rcading-Gov. Browns Call.
a. National Song-Star Spangled Banner.
5. Sketch-Francis Scott Key.
6. Rectation-The National Ensign.
z Salute to the Flag.
s. Flag Exercise-tdl The Tree of Liberty.
(b) The Flower of Liberty.
8. National Song-Red. White and Blue.
10. Recitation-Glorify the Red, White and
Blue.
IL. Flag Collection.
~. Recitation-Hail to the Flag
IL. National Hymn-America
GOD SAVE OUR NATIVE LAND.
AIR: The Italian Hymn.
God save our native land,
Firm may she ever stand
Through storm aud night
When tile wild tempests rave,
Ruler Of wind aud wave,
Do Thou our country snye
by Thy great might.
For her prayers shall rise
To God above tile skies;
On Him we wait:
Thou Who art ever nigh,
Guarding with wa;chful eye,
To Thee aloud we cry
God save the State.
LEARN TO LOVE THE FLAG.
by Edtcard Ererett Hule)
A Nation Is not heap of sand-grains II is
an organ ism all alive, in which each cell and
germ feeds each other, and by each other is
fed. And AS every cell in apple tree belongs
to an apple tree, and every cell in an oak tree
belongs to an oak, and cell can live alone
not an hour-so does every child of America
belong TO America, and America belongs to
every child of hers.
We are not attempting to describe far less to
measure, the strength of separate threads. all
woven and twisted in the great web work which
we call America. But We are teaching that
that web has been woven by infinite love:
that its history is history wrought out in Gods
purpose.
Our boys and girls must from the first know
that their life blood gives the color, and their
vigor the strength to the fabric.
They are never to see their flag without
grateful smile.
They are never to sing their country's songs
but as they sing hymns in worship
They arc never to call their birth a poor
accident of fortune.
Always they are to thank God, as the first
OF his gifts aud the greatest that they were
born Americans.