The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-13
Chaplain Shiel0s Talks On Patri-
Otism.
LEAVES POLICIES TO GOD
is EN- ROUTE TO THE PHILIP
PINES.
Declares Himself In Roundabout
Way as Being In Favor Of Expan-
sion, But Concludes His Talk By
Saying That He Prefers the Unit
ed States as a Permanent Home.

Chaplain David H Shields of the
United States army occupied the pulpit
of the First Methodist church both yes
terday morning and evening, his theme
being Under the Stars and Stripes. >"
The chaplain is an intensely patriotic
Pennsylvania and his talk was cal
culated to stir within his hearers the
ideal sentiments of high patriotism
In predatory way Chaplain Shields
said he must not be understood as
talking for the stars and stripes of any
country but that of the United States
of America-not that of Cuba, Porto
Rico or the Philippines. Nevertheless,
he declared that while criticising no
policy, he stood for and with the adj
ministration first, last and always. He
wanted to draw attention to the prin-
ciples pointing to the perpetuity of free
American institutions and the progress
of human liberty as outlined by Wash
ington, jefferson and Lincoln as God
gave them the light to see.
Referring to the present conflict, the
chaplain said he nor no one else could
settle the governmental questions in
Cuba and the Philippines until the AL
mighty decreed in his own time and
way.
Boundary of United States.
Speaking of the vast area and power
of the United States. Chaplain Shields
remarked that he was forced to con-
clude that the Irish sailor was about
right when he described the bounda-
ries of the nation as commencing on
the east where the sun rises, bounded
on the west by Dewey and Manila, on
the south by the south pole and on the
north by the day OF judgment" Still,
with all this vast expanse of country
its fertile soil. limitless wealth of min
eral, its enlightened and progressive
people, the speaker fancied he could
foresee the way clear for the limited
express train of progression and march
of empire to arrive in the twentieth
century on time, if only the switches
are kept closed, the power at the throt-
tie holds fast and distractions are kept
away.
The speaker then traced the evolution
of popular Self-goVernment and spoke
of the crushing of monarchies, the
triumphs of the will of the people Civ
ing liberty TO every one under the stars
and stripes in these United States. In
his estimation. the hand of Providence
guided Columbus ship to the south in
stead of the mainland; the same power
persuaded France to sell her posses
sions on this continent; the same
watchful care made the discovery Of
gold in California possible after the
hand of Spain had been released from
the land; the Almighty again showed
his will in the rebellion and victory
for the Union and just as clearly did
the chaplain see in the events of last
year and this the guiding hand of
Providence. Parenthetically the speaker
remarked that the Filipino rebels
should be taught a lesson.
Expansion of Freedom.
The possession of the fullest measure
IF human liberty. makes the power of
4 people like the Americans infinite as
God has decreed. said the chaplain, and
he felt prepared to see the cause of
freedom expand until every monarchy
is crushed and until the forests are
cleared for the plowman's furrow and
every cannon is left for the nesting
place of sweet song birds.
The collection taken up was for the
fund to purchase current literature for
the soldiers in the Philippines, who, as
Chaplain Shields remarked. will be
mighty lonesome when the fighting
ceases and the boys are doing garrison
duty waiting for a governmental policy
for the islands to be decided upon.
Chaplain Shields is en- route to Manila,
but he expressed the belief that he
would return in few months, the war
ended, to the United States, which. as
he said. ARE good enough for me to
live iE"