The record-union., 1899-12-13
PRESENTATION OF A FLAG.
JUBILEE LODGE SONS OF ST.
GEORGE, THE RECIPIENT.
Interesting Address Made by Il
Weinstock In Present.
ing It.

Ing 1t.
The Sixth-Street Methodist Church
was well filled last night. the occasion
being the presentation Of fine Ameri-
can flag on behalf of a number OF cltl-
Hens to Jubilee Lodge. Sons OF 81.
George, by H. Weinstock.
The exercises opened with the sing
ing of America" by the audience, art
er which Frank Manning rendered d
piano solo in a manner that won MIN
an encore. A quartet, "Life's Golden
Dream" by Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Reed'
Mrs. w. Warner and J. A. Gerber, was
rendered acceptably, and then came the
presentation of the flag.
Mr.. Weinstock spoke as follows:
What a. strange blending of circum-
stances does the situation of this even
ing present! Here we have the peculiar
picture of a British born American citi-
Zen, called upon to present an Ameri-
can flag paid for by contributions
cheerfully given by the citizens of an
American city, to a body of British
born American citizens. The blending
of the English and the American in
this instance is surely unique, if not
uncommon, and is but another illus
tration of how closely and intimately
the peoples of the two nations are be-
ing, day by day, knit together.
No hatreds are more intense than
family hatreds. No feuds are more bit
ter than family feuds No quarrels
are likely to become more fierce than
family quarrels. 1t is not quite clear
Ia i L.. ;exf hot
the human mind is so constituted that
it goes to extremes, and that while 1t
usually loves its own more deeply and
fervently than it does the stranger.
when that love turns to hate it will
likewise hate it's own more keenly than
it will a stranger. And so, history
tells US, how, when the American chill
dren rebelled against their mother
country, and the love which before had
existed between them turned to hate,
they learnt to hate each other more
cordially than it was possible for eth
er to hate a foreign enemy. This hate
was destined TO intensity and to grow
still more deep-seated when the unfor-
tunate trouble of 1912 arose, and to
become yet more intense as the result
of the sympathy extended by the moth
er country to the Confederacy during
the Rebellion of 81. Thus when the
Civil War was brought to a close. the
hatred and the suppressed feeling of
enmity between England and America
was at its highest pitch, and the broad
and generous minded in both countries
feared that the time would never come
when the relations between the old
h
orous daughter would be as kindly and
as cordial as should exist between peo-
pie so near Of kin. Time, however,
brings about many and wonderful
changes
God, in His unscrutable way, works
out His purposes by methods which to
man seem strange and mysterious, but
which are nevertheless wide and benefi-
cent. During no period in the life of
this country have the people of Great
Britain and America been brought into
such close contact as during the past
decade or two, and in no way can
hatred, ill-will and prejudice be wiped
away more speedily than by contact.
The streams of Englishmen who have
visited the shores of America and the
much greater streams of Americans
who have spent much time in Grea
Britain during the more recent years
have done much to enable each to be-
come better acquainted with the other.
The American, al a rule, has return to
his own country with pr found respect
for the English character. He discov-
cred while in Great Britain that the
American has not a monopoly of civil
liberty and political freedom, and that
while the Englishman lives under a
theoretic monarchy that practically no
freer man than the Briton lives or
breathes anywhere on the globe. That
he enjoys the blessings of strong
government at home and abroad, a
government which stands ready, if
need be, to fight the most powerful
foreign nation, in order to protect its
rights of and to secure justice for even
the meanest subject. With profound
regret the American confesses to him
self that this has not always been the
case with his own government. He re-
turns to his American home with a feel
ing of respect for the strong, sturdy,
high-minded character of the English
man which everywhere manifests itself
in the British Isles. The Englishman's
hearty frankness and bluffness disarms
him. His honest, STRAIGHTFORWARD spir-
it wipes away any feeling of hatred or
prejudice which may linger in the
Americans heart and he returns as a
rule an ardent admirer of the splendid
type of the Anglo-Saxon manhood and
womanhood he came in contact with
during his stay on British soil.
The Englishman, in turn, who visits
America, is dazed and amazed by what
he sees. He comes to see a country:
he finds a great continent. He looks
forward to seeing a new land with all
it's rudities and crudities: he finds a
magnificent nation filled with the most
progressive spirit. He looks for the
rough ways and manners inseparable
from a frontier country; he finds evil
dences of refinement and culture on all
sides. He is prepared to see rowdyism
and ruffianism everywhere; he finds
peace and good order wherever he goes.
He imagines that his life and prop
erty are likely to be everywhere in