The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-24
THE GREATER PATRIOTISM
ADDRESS BY REF. FRED WINSLOW
 ADAMS, LAST EVENING,
Delivered at Epworth Methodist Church Before the Patriotic sons of America.


 Before the Patriotic sons of America.
 The Patriotic Order of the Sons oi America attended service at Epworth Methodist Episcopal church Sunday evening and listened to a sermon by the pastor of the church, the Rev. Fred Winslow Adams, on "The Greater Pa triotsm." MT. Adams took for his text the sixteenth chapter of Proverbs and S2d verse: He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his own spirit, than he that talk eth a city"
 Among other things MT. Adams said: The City of Paris is about to erect six teen beautiful statues in memory, not of men who have taken cities-there is only one military man in the entire group, Garibaldi, and he fought for the many to free the few-but in mem ory of men whose lives were devoted to conquering their own spirits. It is a fact of no small moment that these statues are of the poet, musician, nov elist, philosopher scientist, physician and humanitarian. It is Pasteur, Bal zac, Gounod, Dumas, Comte, Daudet, Hugo, that France is thus honoring. This is a notable sign of the worlds progress, and, it seems to me, suggest i've of the principles for which the Pa triotic Order of the Sons of America stands.
 Patriotism has been so largely asso- ciated with war, that to many 1t has come to mean the defense of country by force of arms A greater patriotism is the unselfsh promotion of the inter- ests of ones country and defence of It from evils within, in times of peace The common definition of patriotism Hove and devotion to ones country = needs amplification, not in the dlctlon- ary, but in mems minds The Stand ard dictionary amplifies it's definition thus: that spirit that, originating Tn love of country, prompts to obedience to its laws; to the support and defense of it's existence, rights and institutions, and to the promotion of it's welfare. I The man then who breaks his country's laws, who violates the spirit of his country's institutions, who engages in any business or action that menaces his countrys welfare is not q patriot. The man who goes to the front IS not the only patriot. The man who 'rul- eth his own spirit" who is true to his countrys institutions and in civic life maintains his country's laws and honor is often the greater patriot. We might go even farther and apply the lines of Milton: "They also serve who only stand and wait"
 MT Adams then spoke of the patriot ism which defended it's country against | moral dangers, against war, ignorance, | the saloon, and irreligion. Illustrations were largely drawn from the lives of . Washington, Lincoln and Mckinley On . the patriotism of peace, MT. Adams | said, "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty" No men in public life were ever slower to anger than Lincoln and Mckinley. i Each representing great military struggle stood pre-eminently for peace, and few men of any age have ever done more, if as much, to foster conditions of general welfare and peace, both do- mestic and foreign, than Washington, the Father of his country; Lincoln, the and Mckinley the Good. { MT. Adams spoke in high praise of Gro yer Cleaveland, who had taught by a brave, fearless administration of pub lie office, the patriotism that "a public office is a public trust and expressed the conviction that Cleveland would come to be remembered as one of our