The herald., 1895-11-16
ON AMERICAN PATRIOTISM
Able Lecture Delivered by the Rev.
Rowland D. Grant
At Illinois Hall Last Night-Amerlca In the
Light Of Past History-Education
the Corrective Force

| Illinois hall was crowded last night by
1 large audience assembled to hear the
lecture of the Rev. Rowland d. Grant,
ID, pastor of the White Temple of
Portland, Ore.
William H. Pendleton acted as chair
| man of the evening. He opened the
meeting with an eloquent speech upon
American Patriotism. after which he pre-.
sented Mr.. Grant, who spoke in part as
| follows:
81 have sought to throw myself into
the current OF prese.It affai-s, rot with
me purpose of pleasing anyone. least OF
all myself. but to saw, so far as in me lie,,
the power the things which will be most
largely educational In their tendency. in
the prophecy ultere over four thousand
wears ago it was foretold what would be
the present condition of society. 1t was
said OF Id three brothers, Fam, Shem
and Jepheth. that OF one SHOULD be born
the great religious hope of the world;
mat the offspring of he other should be
numerous ana that the third shauld br
tue burien bearer to his brethren. Thday
is this exemplifed. There is the frican
race. the leader of the earth in practical
gsnius and intellect. The Semitic people
have given to history its religion; and
the great mass OF inferior humanity rep.
the burden bearers. So is history written
in the great alcl Of Titus at Rome When
once lay at midnight and gazed upon
tnat historic monu uent, | thought OF the
vision of Daniel of the image represent
ing the great powers. and | marveled at
the things thus foretdld.
The speaker then reviewed the history
OF the 9arly n .tiOns; how each succeeded
this other, ons power overthrowing anoth-
,r I'll the barb irians swept down upon
Rome and laid low her majestic civiliza-
ton.
at was not by greatness that this was
accomplished, continued the speaker,
'out by simple force of Drawn. Those
naked, ignorant barharians swaI med down
and settled IN the peninsula of Italy
and raised their hordes which latei choked
out the very life of thai great nation
The trend of Mr.. Grants remarks was
to show how the inferior peoples over
whelmed the higher classes, bv the power
of incre' Sc in numbers and b. the fusion
of foreign blood among the European ma.
tions. Among many instances the speak .
er mentioned In particular the expulsion.
Of the Jews from Russia, bsca Use they
would not internix with the natives
Germany cannot with all her culture
with all her great scholars and men of
brains, expand, because she will not fuse
will, her neigh bors. The iron chancellor
tried to fuse the blood of the geat empire
by war; but hs failed. And France is
Giro inscribed. Not all her art, or all
her literature can place her on stronger
founr alton than she has. These are not
tue things that form the sinews of mod
ern nationalism.
The Anglo Saxon race ia peculiarly
constituted. 1t was born of the strongest
elements of the sturdy Dortberl tribes,
whose spirit of manhood led them across
the seas to the island of Great Britain.
| Their history you know. A part of it
1 nc or fpt Gov 4 -.
to speak OF the Americans. Americans
Who are we? Well, we are everybody
To-Day Foreign i'm migration has made
us heterogeneous people; ana it is do.
ing worse than that. Despite these
things, however, this is land OF hope.
The other nations are lands of dreams.
A great deal has been said about patri.
otisnl, but If may be allowed, lat It be
stated thus: Patriotism IS fatherism
aud that means that the present genera,
t on should act as father to the genera
ton next to come. l believe true patriot
ism should be educational-not of the
hin fu'rah order, that busters and
shouts without knowing the reason for IT..
am not here TO represent any organi-
cation. | belong to none other than an
humble church of Christ. l hold myself
free to speak as see fit regarding all or.
carnations but l am aniagonistic to
none.
After further remarks upon the eff acts
of past historic events uron the present,
the doctor turred his attention to the
politics of TODAY. From the great parties,
he SAID, there could be little hope for the
correction Of present evils. "Chesp citi-
zenship is dangerous. We would make
foolish move to extero the franchise.
| would like to see law passed that
would make it compulsory for every for
oiener to have lived here twenty-one
years before he is entrusted with the
glorious privilege OF American citizen
ship.
There is an old adage The ren is
mig hitter than the sword' but 1 tell you
neither of them amounts TO anything
com pared with the cradle. That is the
power which rules the world. Let educa-
ton eminate from every home. Let the
children of this Country be educated in
the public schools. to speak one language
and revere one flag. and we will nave
done the most that can be done to put
the nation on firm foundation OF de-
Tense against the powerful organization
which threatens it.
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