The Cairo bulletin., 1907-09-30
TIE COMING VISIT OF
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
A Study in Patrotisni-Ge is In the
Family Community Enlarge
msnt Of the Family.

s evening at Cairo Baptist church ,
! Rev s. q ohrnm, from the tex,
y Rcnaer into Caesar the things tina
',iaro Caesars Matt 22:2i, II
:, spoke generally of the higher ideal
G OF community life and especially 0
] the president visit this week sa,
7 ms in part:
NJ What Is the meaning OF our deep In
I tarest In the coming TO town Of on
( president? Is it not due TO the pa
{ triotism that slumbers In the heart 0
I us all? A study In patriotism is fit
! ing at the present time The will q
: God on the subject is. Render unit,
Caesar the things that are Caesars
The head OF the nation gathers vi
into himself the power and dignity CT
1.-The nation, And the nation has GER
tain claims upon the loyalty Of the
lreople. This loyalty is patriotism.
IN is more than paying taxes 1t is
re 2diness to sacrifice for the coun,
ltry's good
In the study Of patriotism good
| place to begin is the home, aud thea
advance outwards to the town. the
state, the section of the country
where the town is located, and finally
to the entire nation as whole.
The Family Unit.
The germ of patriotism is in the
family One member of the family
lis to sacrifice something Of ones lib
erty for the welfare OF all the rest.
The family honor is to be maintained
even though it moan severe sefde-
aial interests material and mental
and spiritual are involved This self,
denial is family loyalty
This brings one into harmony with
ones larger self 1t brings peace to
the home, and insures prosperity no
tho family
The Town and Community.
NV family becomes related to other I
families IN the same community Pres |
emily there energies that complex /
thing called town or city This com
is interdependent. 1t has its
ideals and its goals, It lives and
breathes like some live thing
This community life ii the enlarge
ment OF the family. Then | should
try to improve conditions about me
should cultivate nobler ideals for
my neighbors, and help build up
better town. 1t will cost me some
thing to replace the bad with the
good This is doing unto others. as
&ould have them do unto me.
am now concerned with such
questions as the welfare ana useful
ness of my town. BY this process
there is evolved town consciousness.
and in due time the community finds
itself. A standard Of town loyalty is
set. and it becomes fashionable TO
sacrifice for the public good
In proportion to the development
II this town loyalty there will be a
united and aggressive movement TO
wards peace and prosperity.
The State.
The state is an effort on the part
of the people to combine the interests
Of many communities into one larger |,
whole. This produces problems that I,
are more complex, and calls for The
foresight and breadth of view OF the
statesman.
This enlarges my town to the siz
If my state. | am now in vital rela
ion to a large variety Of places This
means an active interest in the state
IS a whole. | must enter politics
md take an active interest in all that
concerns the welfare of the entire
state whether it be political or relig
GUS. educational or social. CONNER
'ial or otherwise.
This develops a state consciousness
lmong the people. and the individual
axes on a broader intelligence. The
ordinary townsman becomes as large
as his state. Such loyalty raises the
state in honor and power in the ma
ion
The Section of the Country Where
the State Lies.
This may embrace many states. Its
'ize and character may be determined
~ mountains and rivers and histori
al associations. as New England and
he Mississippi Valley. The state Of
Illinois is marvelously enlarged by
Ter place in the vast region drained
BY the Mississippi river and tributa--
es. This great Valley embraces the
Fery heart OF the national domain
Here flourish the rich enterprises OF
he North and the warm fellowship
# the South. The present slogan for
his region is. From the Lakes to the
Gulf, fourteen feet" The Deep Wat
srways movement is doing much to
develop this Mississippi Valley con
seriousness. II IS great life asserting
itself. and viii In time dominate the
politics and commerce Of the nation
And this larger region is simply the
snlarging Of the family. town and ma.
ion. One is no longer the denizen Of
3 small town but a citizen Of an i'm :
lerial domain. There is plenty o. .
-Oom to live and breathe and do ex- 4,
Dloits. What can one do 10 advance
he interests Of this vast inland EN- ,
Dire2 Let rs be proud Of that honor. ,