Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-07-04

tne afOuSement oil patriotic enthllSi-
asms
The French republics Fourth of lily
is celebrated OH the 18th day Of July.
This is the anniversary when the q i'm
fortress Of a prison for state criminals
was RACED to the ground The Bast lie
was to the French what the Tower Of
London was to the British. 1t repre-
scented to all the common people The
tyrannies of despOtic throne 1t rep
resented to them the place where en-
and women. to please a royal whm,
might be lodged for a little while on
theiroway to quench with their life's
blood the Unsuitable thirst of the heads
mans AK. So on the 18th day of July
every car and wagon is stopped in The
Partisan capital Then the young en-
and maidens. decked In holiday attire.
turn the broad boulevard of the
Champs Elysees into Il ballroom. Tlen
in the French cities can be heard The
songs Of the merrymakers and the rlu.
sic from the different bands playing
up and down almost every street The
Brazilian republics Fourth of July is
celebrated on the 10th day OF NOvtm.
Der, the anniversary of the time wien
Dom Pedro's empire was overthrOwn
and the eyiled imperial family had to
sail away from the waters Of the ANA
ION. One of the first acts of the Cuban
congress which assembled after the
American soldiers had been withdrawn
was TO appoint national holiday to
commemorate the day OH which the
Cuban republic had gained her itde.
pendence. SO the people Of the United
States government should hold sacred
the day on which Jefferson and Adams
and Franklin and sherman and .I)hn
Hancock and Samuel Adams sig
the memorable document which made
the Goddess of Liberty a full grown
queen.
But there is an unwise as well as a
wise way of celebrating the mod arn
Fourth Of July The first way is TO
glorify the past, as though our fore ia.
theirs had won all the American vi,to.
ries that can ever be won The OF ler
way is to take a national retrospect for
the purpOsesof rousing our ambitions
TO go ahead and win the further viCt
ries that must be won in order to iul-
fill Americas mission, and if any MN
lister tries the latter way lie cannot
take in the full sweep of Americas fu-
ture influence and work unless he dis
cusSes them from worldwide stand
point. He must attune his Fourth of
July sermon to Il worlds theme, as
Phillips Brooks. the most beloved man
Of New England in his day, keyed ais
ministry to an international tone wi Ell
from a European city he sent to u
friend ut home u letter which read
something like this: Dear Harry-I
wish you might do as ! do every year
| wish you would annually spend two
months abroad in travel Such "a
cation teaches you the immensely Of
Gods providences and how small are
the circumscriptiOnS of our own indi-
vidUal lives and how small even the
Episcopalian church appears to be
when it is focused from across the
seas" SO the purpose Of this Fourth
Of July sermon is to try to discuss the
worldwide influence of Americas ru-
ture mission rather than to spend our
time eulogizing what has been done at
| Bunker Hill. Saratoga, Brandywine.
| Valley Forge and Yorktown. The Fl I'D
Of Americas future usefulness is not
to be limited by the Atlantic on The
one side and the Golden Gate OF The
Pacific on the other side 1t is to be
as wide as the five continents. as am
pie as the two hemispheres. 1t is to
take in all the mainlands as well as
the isles Of the seas.
Americas Greatest Mission.
Emphatically the most important OF
all Americas future missions is The
spreading Of the gospel until ii shall
he preached in all the world for a wit.
ness unto all nations" The Bible does
not state that the millennal day shall
come gradually, as the sunrise first
tips tile eastern hills with light. mak.
Ing it appear us though the under
brush upon the tops Of the mOunta MS
had been set afire by some carelass
campers II does not state that IhC
millennial day shall come as when The
dawn in the beginning shoots its 10 lg
slender bars Of yellow gold across thC
, heavens. 1t does not state that he
glory Of the Lord shall cover the ea I'll
3 as the waters cover the sea, rs The
food tide gradually creeps up tn,
beach. But the Bible does teach TIA
when the gospel of Jesus Christ slal
be proclaimed i'm every town. vilng
and city of every nation; when it sllal
be proclaimed in the mountain log lu
and in the ships cabin; when it sllal
E be proclaimed under the shadow o
every legislative hall and by the calnr
fire of every heather tribe; wheI
shall "be proclaimed in all the wCrl
for witness unto all nations. tle
! shall the end come" Then the mil Ell
' NAL day shall hC flooded with ijgh
:. even as darkened hall is Instant
g Illuminated when the many differ CT
(. electric lights fash out at the touc
= of single button Then the miller
s NAL day shall be full of brilliancy.
IS the blackness of midnight was change
IS into the brightness of midnoOn MhC
9r God spake at the morning of create
the four simple words, LET there
4 light" and there was light. The m
lennial day shall come as suddenly
L. the tongues Of fire leaped out Of Il
- heavens when the Holy Spirit hover,
I over the heads of the praying, plea
q ing, eXultant PentecOstal wOrshipers.
If the millennial day is to come VIII
the gospel shall be proclaimed unto
the nations of the earth, l ask v
: this pertinent question: What nation
:, better fitted to convey that gospel
all unevangelized nations than t
= American nation? Was not this matte
in the first place, founded in the Ial
-a1 of God? Did not old John Robins
stand upon the shore just before t
Mayfiower sailed and dedicate to G
the little band of pilgrim fathers? w
70. not that pilgrim band bound togatl
by sacred covenant to walk in all
4 ways made known, or to be ina
known unto them, according to tn
. best endeavors, whatever it shol
" cost? Was not Maryland settled
the name Of God. and Georgia iii