Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-05
The Highest Type Of Patriotism Is
TOUCHES orr NEGRO QUESTION.

The jefferson Fencibles attended
church III a body Sunday morning al.
the Church Of Christ. and Rev Cross
Preached sermon appropriate to the
OCCASION his sub iect being "Christlan
Patriotism. The soldiers have
passed many compliments on Rev.
Cross sermon. The following is an
extract from the discourse, and was
prepared Monday for the Graphic, but
as the paper was put to press at noon
thai day it could not be printed TIL
to-day
Rev. Cross said in part, "Patrlot
ism is latent in all people. but il
reaches its height in the Christian
patriotism OF the English-speaklng
people. We are the greatest lovers
of liberty the world has ever seen,
The pen of Tacitus reveals to Us our
| forefathers in their old home yonder
| in north Germany beating back the
| Roman leSIons under Varrus and
blocking the progress of Rome's tri-
umphant car. whose relentless wheels
had crushed Hannibal the hero Of
Carthage; ,Jugurtha, king of Numid
ia; Vercingetorix and thousands in
every land. In the defeat delivered
| by Arminius and his valiant men
| hard by the TeutOberg wood lay the
germ which bore full fruition in the
defeat of BurgOyne at Saratoga, and
the surrender of Corvallis at York
| town No Englishman ever saw an
| armed Roman in England. not the
England of the English, Tut the
| Rriton of the Celts was held as Ro~
man province. Many do not know
| this-know it now, and rise to full
| manhood under the inspiration OF
such a heritage.
1.-THE Anglo-Saxon chronicle re-
cords a Danish invasion. Byrhtnoth,
the leader Of the English forces, re-
plies to the messenger sent by the in
vaders to parley. Hear him: Hear
est, thou pirate, what this folk say
eth2 They will give you spears for
tribute. Messenger of the Vikings,
get thee back to thy ships. Spear and
sword. grim battle play shall decide
between us ere we pay tribute That
King John at Runnymede to sign tie
Magma Charta; in the bosom Of stur
dy John Hampden it refusa I'd ship
money to Charles T., and firing the
hearts Of our forefathers it refused
tea money to George Ill.,, and, when
the cry came from p-oS'rate Cu>a to
us. waited on the ocean breeze. it
blazed forth in mighty force, laying
low the tyrant power of the Spanish
hierarchy More than ever before
the world demands christian patriot
ism. Witness the strug2l; in Colora-
do. where like two cycloo'. organized
capital and organized labor are grip
ped in mighty struggle. Lev the past
! rise before you and see ir the vslo1
! the great coal strike of last year. See
the strained conditions of life. D:l-
vate and public in many Of our large
cities Look at the fight being waged
against the liquor traffic gradually to
be won by local option methods; ard
the fight of machine vs. 2ntimaChlne
in politics as evinced by the York OF
Folk in Missouri Bur glance at the
burning problems of our undigestad
and unassimilated foreign population
coming by hundreds and thousands
from southern Europa country
low in morals and lacking III that
spirit of independence that says, The
government is by the people, and for
the people Then we. in this sunny
southland the home of Lee and
Stonewall Jackson, of beautiful wo-
men and chivalrous men, are con-