Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-07-09

are Caesars." Thus our Lord woul
inculcate the doctrine Of good citizen
ship. Love God; love your country
We can't be In any particular false t,
our country, and be in every respec
true to our God.
Yesterday we celebrated the day
forever the most illustrious In our
history, July Fourth. Every men,
DRY, every tradition, every event
about 1t must inspire every true
patriot with true homage to country.
and with hope, courage and conf.
dence for the future. The day is q
ringing protest against usurpation
and tyranny.
Our nations greatest need today 10
high standard Of Patriotism.
Patriotism is branch OF ethics, and
is as important in every child's in
struction as reading, writing, arith-
metic and spelling. Our board OF
education is at fault unless it insists
that in every school room the teacher
shall be specially bound to teach the
duties Of the citizen to the state, to
unfold the principles Of free institu-
tions, and to train the young to an
patriotism. God has in
trusted to our care the honor and |
interests Of country which deserves
every effort and sacrifice. Our popu.
lous cities and cultivated fields, our
public schools, colleges and churches,
our equal laws, our spotless tribunals
II justice, our spirit Of enterprise,
md our habits Of order and peace
combine to form q nation as rich in
blessings and privileges Is the history
" the world records. Such nation
II right deserves and must have our
Election, our honor, our zeal, the
igor Of our arms and the devotion Of
'ur lives.
In the Grecian and Roman nations
Was impossible to be in fashion
Without being q patriot. We have
ncomparably richer blessings today
han these nations conferred on their
itizens in their proudeSt days, yet
Ireece and Rome inspired love
tronger than death. In the day Of :
ational danger every citizen offered
is breast IS bulwark and felt him .
BIZ the property Of his country.
an we boast Of the same quality Of :.
atriotismp
Edwin Markham concludes his T
Menace Of the Tower" with this ',
:,
II fear the vermin that shall undermine ~
Senate and citidal and school and shrine cl
The worm Of greed. the fatted worm of ease +,
And all the crawling progeny of these y
The vermin that shall honeycomb the N
towers f.
And walls of state In unsuspecting hours.'
In some quarters the poets fear
being realized. There are forces
ID influences at work that will re. vi
1t in the disruption Of our nation
lless there is o revival Of old time at
.triotism. The story Of corruption
ID violated law In our larger cities, ..
Iiladelphia, St. Louis and Pittsburg, TT
the tale Of . thousand cities. Our n
pre- intelligent, but smaller Kansas
les, do not escape the curse Of :,
eed and appetite. Of lax regard for =.
v and inordinate love Of money. =.
t every violated law, In Wall street
the prairie west, 10 an ulcer on the
dy-politic that will require reck.
ing some day. The person who sci
'aks any law knowingly Is Grim. L.
Il, and an enemy Of the nation. al ch
& no danger so much as fear that pr
n who in the midst Of greedy
! corrupt age allows himself to be an
:tected BY flag to the standards Of on
ich be 10 1isloyal." The only
ce that can stop him iS patriotism. to
other ''ism" eau redeem our
ion from the grave dangers that boz
eaten Us from lax observance Of
at
uly Fourth teaches me that no a.
D Is bora for himself. hut for his ssv