Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-25
BOYS BRIGADE
RECEIVES FLAG
woMAN's RELIEF CORPS GIVES
EMBLEM
Pastor breaches a Special Sermon to
Young People on the Subject of
"EHeotIve Citizenship"
and Patriotism

The presentation of beautiful flag
to the boys brigade Of the First Con-
Rregational church by the womans re-
lief corps of Stanton post, g. A. r.,
with good music, brief addresses and
an, eloquent sermon to the brigade by
Rev william Horace Day, the pastor,
were the features Of the service yester-
day morning.
The annual professional of the chill
dren of the Kindergarten church was
followed by the boys of Co A., First
California regiment United Boys brig
ade and the members of the woman's
relief corps and Stanton post, G.. A. r.,
who were invited guests of the church.
The children presented a. pretty APP
pearance as they marched, waving their
little flags, to the front pews. The
members of the brigade followed In
uniforms and the post and corps COM
pleted the procession.
On the platform with the pastors
sat the commander of the post, the
president and instructor of the relief
corps and the brigade council. The
flag was presented by Mrs. Cora B.
Sawyer of the womans relief corps.
Captain Leslie Bryant accepted 1t.
After a prayer of conservation the
company received as the bugle sounded
"at colors." The choir sang "The Star
Spangled Banner
Brief addresses to the boys were
made by the president of the relief
corps, Mrs. Coleman, and Command
ant b. +. Nance of the post. Harry
Clifford Lott sang Kioline's Recess
sional."
Rev. Mr.. Day preached on Effective
Citizenship" The text was in Kings
92c: 1.-The driving is like the driving
of Jehu, for he driveth furiously." He
said in part:
1.-THE safety of the nation depended
upon the overthrow of q corrupt dy-
nasty. A revolution was the only way
possible in those days to secure a new
ruler. For this work God needed
high speed man, one who could act
quickly, and he recommended his
prophet to send and appoint Captain
Jehu as king. AS long as Jehu drove
his chariot furiousy in the service of
God he was an effective patriot.
Effective Patriotism
when speak of high speed man
in these days we think of the automo-
bile, and 1 shall illustrate the qualities
you will need to become effective patri-
OTIS by using some experiences which
have had.
you cannot treat yourself as a fool
proof machine.
Last year in Boston was talking to
my old college chum about automobiles.
rather Dragged about mine as being
'fool-proof,' even IL it wasn't very fast.
You can't easily do foolish things to
put 1t out of order. He turned my
flank saying his was far from fool
proof for 1t was a steam machine.
but its a whale to climb hills, he said.
Many q boy has treated his body as a
poor, low-grade machine, proof against
any follx- It isn't SO; you are meant
to BE q high speed machine, very
carefully adjusted. but capable of
lir,rh hills nf dfifCuItV
He hath made you but little lower
than the angels, capable of friendship
with the Christ.
Keep Straight Inside
you can't be efficient as a patriot
unless you are morally straight. The
other day couldn't start my machine.
When 1 found the difficulty it was in
the spark plug. The wire core was
hent and there was no spark. Some
thing was crooked inside. You think 1t
matters little what you think, what
your imagination does. Perhaps you
have let your thought run riot. Impure
or mean things have filled your heart.
You would be ashamed to have any
one else know what you were hiding
there. Your secret thought will cor
rupt your life; will make you unfit for
high power patriotic service to this flag.
Keep your heart with all diligence,
for out of it are the issues of life"
lone thing thou lackest,' said Jesus
to a young man he was trying to help.
Sometimes little things will spoil all
the rest. One Sunday afternoon driv-
ing down to attend a service the en-
CINE under me stopped. At the road
side, in my Sunday clothes I investi-
gated. / had often complained because
we have only a six-minute service on
Ninth street, but that afternoon 1t
seemed as though the street car Of
ficials had suddenly doubled the cars.
I am sure they passed me every three
minutes at least, and they were crowd
ed with my neighbors and friends,
whose amusement didn't quiet my har-
rassed condition Of mind. The trouble
was in the battery. Everything in
perfect order except the electricity, and
of the six dry cells all were good but
one. That one cell below standard
spoiled all the rest. You want to be
useful to be effective patriots, because
you love the flag, You examine your,
self and you will find a lot of good
things about your character; every one
UP to standard, but one little thing
you didn't think important is lacking,
and you have not let Gods spirit into
that and you are stuck In the ditch
instead OF being high speed ma
chine driving like Jehu, when there is
neeG, Let us lay aside every weight
and the sins that doeth so easily beset
us and rum Boys, there is one final
automobile question I want to ask you.
Who is at the wheel? If you are going
to be effective men you have got to
have the machine driven right. Ye
cannot serve God and Mammon. If
you turn the wheel over to the Lord
Christ, don't think that means slow
driving. 1t never means reckless, use
less folly, but it means high speed,
speed that is glorious because it is for
His sake. He wants you to be superbly
affapfiUa n nafriOfs and men,