Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-08-15

their faces shining with new glory
and their hearts bursting to the meas
ure of a new song. Then-and not It'll
then-will our emancipation be COM
plete and, like Job, we can see the
name of the war horse clothed in
thunder; 1or like Wordsworth, the
presence of God in the face of the
streams and flowers and even the
"meanest thing that grows" or like
David, be able to exclaim, 'tThe heav-
ems declare the glory of God; and the
firmaments sheweth his handiworks.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and
night unto night sheweth knowledge;;"
then-and not It'll then-will our State
and nation be exalted to the full
stature of their influence and power
and fitted for the larger destiny of
carrying the torch of freedom in one
hand and the gospel of Christianity in
the other to the uttermost bounds of
the earth-until that time shall come
in the affairs of men, when the light of
Bartholdi's liberty statue over
hanging the bay of New York shall
receive back responsive light from
every island and continental country
of the world.
The last great jewel in the crown
of our brotherhood is the jewel of pa
triotism. Like virtue and liberty, it
is a fundamental principle of our
great organization. If we are a virtu-
Gus and free people, and as such
would continue to be, then we must
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ers of the Jr. o. U. A. M. recognizing
this great fact to be incontrovertible
wrote that into the constitution which
makes it distinctly patriotic organi-
zation, having as our motto America
for America and as our flag the
flag of our country. And it is my
opinion to-day that these three great
principles combined-virtue, liberty
and patriotism-form a triumvirate of
magnificent principles the superior of
which is not offered by any like Or
ganization under the blue dome of
heaven.
What is patriotism? Patriotism in
it's final analysis may be defined as
that love which one bears for the
country of his nativity; that devotion
which clusters about that country's
flag; that exaltation and pride one
feels in his country's past; that hope
throbbing perennially for that coun-
try's future: that determination which
he experiences to make that future
even more glorious than the past, by
contributing his life in war or in
peace to the perpetuation of her insti-
tutions, the maintenance of her laws
and the advancement of the common
interest and the common good of all
the people. And. my friends, we
have every incentive to be patriotic
people, for this is a glorious country
indeed which the Almighty has given
us, vast In her resources, rich in her
mines and fields and unconquerable in
the march of her destiny. Self sus-
tanning at home the overplus of her
Industries go out along every channel
of trade to all the countries of the
| world, bringing back their gold to
enrich the Golfers of our treasury.
Set like sentinel between the two
great oceans, Columbia proudly raises
her head queen of the Western Hemi-
sphere and the superior of every ma
ton of the world: And to-day where
soever that old flag waves, whether
oyer the Isle of Pines or the far off
Luzon, it stands for equality, virtue
and liberty, and we of the South who
have given to the world such sol
diery as that which followed the stars
and bars, and such generals as Jack
son and Lee, stand ever ready to
keep and maintain it as such.
cin of h1yY1 nh
vations, William Shakespeare, has
said that sit is the common lot of all
to die" and we know that this is
true. To-day the mighty battleship
steams it's way across watery waste,
| bounding like "Persus' horse" over
"liquid mountains" tomorrow it lies
rusting upon the white sands Of the
seashore. To-day the mighty oak
fourishes amid forest Businesses, civ
ing shade to the weary traveller, to-
morrow it lies rotting unobserved
where it has fallen. To-day man
fourisnes like a green bay tree, his
mind directing the great forces OF
commerce and trade, robbing the ele
ments of their power and setting them
to the task of carrying his messages
and the fruits of his industries over
the world, tomorrow he lies mould
ing among the silent clods of the
valley. These things all perish and
are forgotten. But the principles
which I have enunciated here to-day
cannot die. They will live so long as
human societies exist, and men love
| their homes, love liberty, love theil
country, and fraternalism holds out
its arms to aid and assist distressed
and weary brother.