Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
Topic For the Week beginning Oct. o.

Comment by Rev. 3. Ii. Doyle.
ToPIo. - patriotism. "-Ps. xxxiii, 1-22
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord
md the people whom He hath chosen for His
own inheritance. h-Ps xxxiii, II.
The God of the American nation is
The Lord, and He hath blessed it. Since
the days of Gods chosen people no peo-
pie have had such evidences of Gods
special favor and blessing as the Ameri-
can people. The hand of God can be
clearly seen in the history of our be-
aoved country from the day of its dis
covery until the present moment. He
hath clearly chosen us for his own in
heritance. God has blessed us with
many blessings. One of the greatest of
these blessings is God given patriot
ism. American patriotism is of high
and lofty character. The country seems
to have peculiar power of inspiring
the intensest love and devotion of its
citizens
A study of few of the characters
tics of this patriotism will prove that
this is true and show that it is one Of
Gods choicest blessings to the Ameri
can nation.
/. 1t is "a patriotism that pervades all
CLASSES. The development of classes is
one of the greatest dangers that con.
fronts "a republic, but SO long as all
GLASSES fervent4y love the nation and are
willing to make heroic sacrifices for it
this danger Is Ice present. To the pres
Fent time at least this has been true. In
the trying Jluos Il foreign war rich
and poor alike have proved their patriot
tism. Wealthy, aristocratic, educated
Hamilton Fish gave his life for his
country JUS as y .llingly as the poorest
and most ignorant volunteer, and this
lis but an illustration of what has been
universally true. May it always be sol
?. II Is patriotism that pervades all
sections. Tie war with Spain has for
ever destroyed ~ sectional feeling. A
patriotic SOB Of the south was the first
American soldier to shed his life's blood
ON Cuban soil. II every way the south
has shown Its loyalty and devotion to
the flag, The word "rebel" is forever
obsolete in the American vocabulary
There is one country, one flag, one pa
triotism-the greatest blessing that has
come to us as result of the war.
8. 1t is patriotism that pervades all
nationalities. Our nation is young. 1t
has been populated by all nationalities.
Our national existence depended upon
Jour ability to assimilate these various
Municipalities and to make them first
fAmerioans, and then English, Germans
Tor French. Had we not been able to do
this, instead Of having one great Amer
ican nation we would have had coun-
TRY made up Of little England, little
EGermany and little France. Under
1.-THE blessing Of God this work has been
done. No matter from what nation we
may have come we are Americans first
land Americans all.
4, It is religious patriotism-a pa
triotism that sees The hand of God in
the destiny Of nations, and that ao-
knowledses His leadership and that
Hooks npon patriotism itself as reli-
Igious duty, sal5saLly owed TO God Him
self.
Bible Readings, Elk. xxi, 81, SO,
Ruth i, IS = ! Kings xi, l4-22; Ps,
tcxzxvii, l-G; exits. 90; Prov. Wv. "a;
lisa. xii. Math. xii, 81; Luke xiii.
1874, IS; XIX, 4I4+; Rom tx. 10; Tim.
ii, /, :.