The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-30
REV. ALB. NICHOLAS BAG.
CALAUREATE MASTER
IY AND ELOQUENT
CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP
Subject Replete With Whole.
some Thought.

pastor OF the First Episcopal church Of
Guthrie. sunday night at the Logan
county high school commencement:
First Chustlun citizenship is based
on reverence toward God The word
fear in the ,eNt is not the fear or the
wicked. The dovils believe in uemble.
'rhls kind Of fear hath torment but
it is reverential, loving fear. that
which the child feels toward the larger
nature OF the parent
Admiration. appreciation, love. Be
hold rature going out to God in repent
ance, iaith union with the divine Be
Ing through Christ.
Moses felt this at Sinai where the
Arabian mount because the thrown OF
jehovah David felt it in the temple
when, with his 21S trained singers, he
led the worship Of God In Jubilate and
TIE Deum. The Apostles felt this for
Christ when he worked the miracle or
after the resurrection when love was
mingled with awe.
"Then we have the fear to offend. the
Judge OF all men and sorrow for wound
ing the heart of the loving Parent
HIS lh a HIlfnuAu AhAIihdNANN lot Allt
Temple Of Christian citizenship. Not up
on public applause, though the good win
Of our fellow creatures may be very
pleasant 20 us Not upon the shifting
sands Of public opinion but upon the
adamantine rock Gods will and work
where we build upon these sayings Of
Christ
so that though the winds blow and
the floods descend. they can not shake
1t. our citizenship then is in Heaven
and comes down from above. And the
noblest citizenship upon earth is built
upon this foundation
Washington. the father Of his coun-
try, first in war first in peace, first in
the hearts Of his countrymen, refused
the third term Of the presidency and
retired TO his estate at Mt Vernon and
laid the foundation Of TINS great Ameri-
can Republic in faith in and to the
Great Being.
Abraham Lincoln. who agonized
through the great contest Of the civil
war, kept his faith and trust in the JUS
tice Of Almighty God. The same with
Garfield and Mckinley.
But whae shall we say Of an the ordi-
nary but noble citizenship whose plain
living but high thinking in Christ is the
glory and safeguard OF our magnificent
country?
And Of these Longfellow wrote when
/ he said, no labeled mound, tureted cit-
les, proud navies, but men. high mind
ed men constitute the state Men that
can not be bought and sold. The hour
is calling for such men.
The can rang through ST. Louis and
Missouri aud Folk appeared. And John-
son in Minnesota. Douglas in Massachu-
setts Weaver in Philadelphia and
Roosevelt at Washington
IN Grecian story Laoccoon was the
noble priest Of the prophet of Apollo and
he warned the Trojans against the de-
signs Of the Greeks when two serpents
/ appeared from the sea and winding
| their scaiy folds around him and his
/ two sons strangled them to death So
many a prophet today has to fight the
two serpents Of sensualism and corrup-
! tion, which are threatening TO strangle
| the life OF our country
But with the people at their back are
wrestling with these evils ard we in
vite the youth OF our schools and col
leges 10 enter the contest
! Second. Chrisuai citizenship is based
on reverence toward government
THE text says Fear God, honor tho
king" We do not like the title OF king.
| but the nations have different names for
/ ,neir ruler as Emperor, Gar King,
/ President Here it means we may take
It as meaning the general term Of gov
! emment.
and in "a Republic so much depends
| upon the intelligence of the people.
Sometimes our very freedom contains a
! temptation and we are tempted TO turn
liberty into license But the Bible teaches
reverence for authority even Il it should
be unworthy
I'VE are TO be law-abiding citizens and
one great glory of our country is this
principle of sef-goyemment the power
Of the viii. Hence has Lincoln ga
government Of the people for the people
and by the people shall not perish from
the earth. And hich Russia is agoniz-
ins for today
NOW while il seems somewhat self
ish to restrain emigration 10 thes,
shores yet the mnimdes that comt
pouring through our gates are quite a'
strange on our Institutions.
we are TO assimflate and turn then
into good nuuiment Of the body polite
Under God the public school are th,
great help in this matter.
IAN these various languages, tongues
and people. are gradually fused into one
while the older people remain oonserya
tive, the schools develop the chndrer
into intelligent American citizens on'
language and under one nag.
"The public school system Is thus one
Of the strong bands of national unity
and the army Of young men and wo
men that are issuing from high schools
colleges and universities, strong DO body
mind and moral power viii DO much q
fashion and mold the nation for its hig'
career Not only the rich and cultivated
but those that work up fror the loves
ranks Of life for this magnificent coun
try Of ours everybody has a chance Q
rise as far as his ability win carry HIN
I'VE have Lincoln. TOO poor 10 boz
dipped canele and lying down before M
wood FIRE that be might study spellinl