The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-06-01
Rev. Kantner'S ElO-
Quent Sermon Mem
Orial Sunday
SectiOnaIism a Thing of the
Past, Forgotten on the
Call TO Arms Against
Our COuntry'S Foe

~ language. We have our America
and sing 1t with appreciative heart
and so in the long ago the peculiI
O. people of God. chosen and elect 9
" they were, sang of love as deep a
y. ours for their country and its inst
~ tutions.
y To them Jerusalem, the chief cit,
y stood for the whole nation and Il
- institutions, and so we hear then
y sing Beautiful for situation. tn
= JOY OF the whole earth is Mount Zion
on the sides of the north, the city o
the great king" And. again. III
forget thee. o. Jerusalem, let my righ
hand forget her cunning. II do mo-
J, remember thee, let my tongue cleavs
y TO the roof OF my mouth: IN | prefer
E not Jerusalem above my chief 10Y.
II were TO take text for this dis
course. II would read like this
, "Zebulun and Naphtali were a people
that jeoparded their lives unto death
In the high places OF the field. "
Judges, O. 1S.
IL is suggestive OF that love OF
country and people of which this Me.
mortal Sunday speaks TO us and is
descriptive OF the experience OF those
who still remain among us OF that
company who In the hour OF their
country's need were obedient 10 the
call for brave defenders. Love Of
country Is virtue which In all ages
has been regarded as one great and
honorable In the sisterhood OF vir.
tues. AS II 20 emphasize the signlfi.
canoe OF this virtue the sin against
the love OF country has been uniyer.
sally looked upon as one most helm.
Gus and despicable. To be a traitor
to ones country is TO forfeit the re.
spect or everybody and to invite the
contempt OF the ages.
But. between the intense love OF
country that we call by the name OF
patriotism and the crime against
ones country that we call treason.
there lies a large territory In which
reside In many lands at times large
numbers OF people who seem well
nigh wholly Indifferent to what tends
for the highest good and the truest
interests OF the country. Absorbed
In their own personal AFFAIRS, seeking
their own prosperity and comfort,
they forget that they have any duty
10 perform In the interest OF their
land and nation.
Lives there man with soul so
dead
Who never to himself hath said.
This Is my own my native land?"
Yes, there are such! And | some.
times fear that We in America have
our share OF them though this day
and this company speak to us OF the
intensity of love that promises well
for the coming years of our national
life. We welcome TO this sanctuary
this post OF the Grand Army and the
Woman's Relief Corps for this fact,
among many others, because they
speak 10 us OF a love of country that
ala not stop short OF sacrifice and
suHerlng, but manifested It's reality
and sublime character In a willing
ahd positive response In the hour OF
the nations danger and need.
The civil War Is a thing of the
past, but It's fruits are still projecting
themselves into the life and expert
ehce OF the American people, in some
cases blossoming out In blessing
IKE some apparently long dormant
SEED VIII after the years yield its
fruitage in surprise. | have read
somewhere that on the battle6elds ~
Waterloo. after that momentous de- |
cisive conflict. there appeared a fow.
er seen nowhere else in the sur- |
rounding country, Tlfe soil saturated
with the blood OF the valiant warriors
that there sacrificed their lives I'm an !
immortal contest. seems 10 have
sent forth this flower TO bless with its
beauty, while Il at the same time
contributed its part in the EFFORT m
ohiiterate the evidences OF ruthless
war.
So while our hearts bled as we ra. |
member the suffering. the bloodshed |
the sacrifices In men and treasure
mat We're involved in that saneuine /
iratrieidal conflict We also Remember
thet there are fruits that have since
come 10 the nation that seem almost |
IKE an enort of the unseen VET nur.
poseful forces OF righteousness 10 /
oolterate the marks OF relentless
war. The civil war and the late
Spahish'American war settled some /
things for us as a nation. They have
lett us some problems that we have
not yet settled, and that We NAV NOT
oe able To settle soon, but thew did
settle some things forever for us In
'he settlement OF these things Won
members OF the Grand Army had a
snare You were perhaps uncon.
sciously doing your part I'm the solv.
ing OF some great national nrohla,ns
Oy Just doing faithfully the service
IN which You We're engaged u,hiIe
scarcely ever thinking of these SO.
nihcant questions.
Let me speak a moment of those
questions that have been settled
IN the hrst place the civil war settled
the veNed question OF slavery Pol.
ucians and statesmen had heen toil.
ing ana toying with the question al.
most nom the beginning OF our ma.
uonal life Recognizing the sin OF n |,
some We're engaged in Efforts TO brine
about the cessation OF the institn.
ton, while others. sincerely beljev. 4
ing Ia the need, and even IN the IA.
vine origin OF the system, labored FOR