Milford chronicle., 1905-07-07
Calnaoe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. DID.


IA, Our friends salute thee"
God pity the man without a countr
God pity such man as Philip Nola
whom Edward Everett Hale pictur
IN his famous story. who, on account
ms own sins. has lost the confdeu,
ana the respect Of the people anon
Whom he was born and who on accom-
Of those sins is excluded from the Ian
OF his birth! God pity the man wh
does not glory in the sacrifices and tr
umphs Of his nations heroes and hero
ines, who does not live in his country,
hopes and who does not feel thrill O
honest pride when he mentions biz
birthplace and ayows, as did Paul 81
am man which am a jew Of Tarsus
city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean
city" God pity, | say again, the man
VINO does not feel in every part of his
oody,. mind and soul that the land of
his nativity is the best place in all the
world in which to be born. that his peo-
pie are the best people in all the world
with whom to associate, does not hope
that the place of his cradle will be the
place of his sepulcher!
Such is the patriots boast where'er wa
roam;
His first best country ever is at home.
"That man is little to be envied -
wrote Inch Kenneth, whose patriot
Ism would not gain force uDon his
country plains Of Marathon and
whose piety would not grow warmer
among her ruins of Iona" That Amer
leans life is not to be envied who.
with cold, lethargic temperament
ana unmoyed heart, could 20 and look
ht the Lexington commons. where a
little handful of farmers dared defy
the British soldiers, or upon Breeds
NIL commonly called Bunker Hill |
where the first cannon sounded forth
me call for the minutemen to rally for
Americas liberties, or upon Valley $
Forge where in the awful winter of 9
lf'l and lI7S George Washington and i
MS brave Wife shiyered and shook in c
camp with the common soldiers. or up- Il
on old Independence hall Of Philadel- u
Iha, whore the immortal document 4
lI the Declaration Of Independence y
was signed or upon Yorktown. where b.
anu AAAn OAAAttLS were G0Ill-
leiled to surrender their swords to U
ne allied French and American troops. VI
winch surrender practically ended the b
'loody conflict for American freedom. re
But as | began to think over my ser "
lon which was to precede our national sp
oliday Of the Fourth Of July 1 said to w
lyself Have we truly triumphed over Isl
lngland? Are we truly independent bl
our mother land? Has not the Brit VI
n nation conquered us in truth and
fact? Has she not and does she not Dy
nnually send over great invading ar H'
lies and annually demand that we '"'
ny her not only gold, but things more a.
'ecious than gold? Yes, yes" said ,'li'
myself, England is not conquered Di'
val, but a cOnquering friend. In 're
cad Of preaching a patriotic sermon
show how the American nation has eVI
iumphed over the British empire I s,li
III twist my theme around. 1 would pa
j how the British empire has CON - -
ered America. And when l show slt
W the British empire has conquered ioll i
/ will glory in that conquest, for - -
England and Scotland and Ireland :,
We put their impress upon us, so we -,
turn through them are helping to a. ,i'.
t our impress upon the whole world - =,
civilization and for Christ" oul'
w the British Conquered America. w
The British empire in the first place, the
S conquered America by the power wbe
the tongue. The first words that we thos
Ined to lisp at our mothers knee, who
: words that we shouted on the play who
Dund and spoke before the school chill,
ak, the words that we read in the ther
rning newspaper and in library stan
ok and hear from our lecture plat four
m and pulpit are English words. thir,
e language Of the American people VIII,
the language Of England's rose and won
Scotland's thistle and OF Ireland's had
lmrock. The same tongue we speak thre
s spoken for centuries in the British then
s. Therefore, though a new nation the
s born on July 4. 1776, it was not tie q
v race. 1t was simply the Goddess " s
Liberty as a bride leaving the old thes
glish homestead and setting up in can
for herself. She still be- has
ged to the old English family She of
] spoke the mother tongue. More storl
n that, she was dominated by her prod
theirs accustomed ways Of thinking In a
doing things And this tie Of Ian vast
ge which binds the American peo- ants
to their British kindred cannot be from
nd binding US to any other nation faith
earth. larg,
Then two nations like the British cam'
pie and the American people speak shor
Same language they must inevita- Irela
be one in feeling. 1t does not make
Oh difference who sits upon the CIR
slish throne or who is in AmeRca's tioni
iidential chair the two nations are napa
They are one because they have less
same teachers. They are one be- pire
se they have the same legends. They the S
one because the- naturally think near
e, whether they WA or no This men.
was beautifully Illustrated some from
IS AGO when John TIav then Amer nur