Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-04-28

Rev. T. H. Frizelle delivered an
appealing address Sunday morning d.
ST Jobn Methodist Church to tne
,,omhers Of Goldsboro Council, No. 81,
Jr. B. u. A. NJ, who attended the ser
vices in a body. About seventy-nVe
Juniors heard Rev. FriZelle.
The sermon to the Juniors was as
follows:
Text. Matt. 22:21, Render therefore
unto Caesar the things which are Cae-
sar's: and unto God the things that
are Gods
The text l have chosen introduces
to us the subject of citizenship al
apDropriate subject for conslderatlon
on an occasion like this. Ihe one
great purpose of your noble order Is
the building and maintenance OF
citizenship that will be an honor "
this free lanl Of liberty. Citizenship
~ .esuDDoses government and carries
\. tn it the res,o.ls. oility of pa!tlcipa-
RON in the perpet1ity of said govern
ment and asserts our personal respon-
sibilitv for the character and success
of that government. There are three
elements that enter into the making OF
an honorable and helpful citizenship,
namely trueness to home, trueness TO
country, and trueness to COD, VINO Is
over all government and to Whom All
governments shall answer. These
truths are in perfect harmony Win
the tenets of your honorable order'
Vitrt1e Liberty, Patriotism. IruenesS
to home. Our American cltlzensn1p
gets it's first ideas of government
around the firesides OF our peop1e.
Father is the first governor, under
whose direction and administrator
we live. Your noble order cannot sue
ceed in it's great purpose until there
is revolution wrought in the home
life of our people. The mad rush OF
business and club life OF today IS
gradually undermining our home lie
by taking our men out OF our homes
and widening the chasm between Ia
ther and child and thus unconsclously
instilIing into the minds OF our chill
dren the idea that home is simply a
nlace where we board, instead OF a
sacred precinct where fatherhood
red innocency and mutual helpfulness
There is no more serious question
that confronts us as a nation than the
awful fact that we are losing our pure
home life and letting the formation OF
our future citizenship out by contrac'
to the lowest bidder. Our stronges1
and Durest men are coming from the
country, not that they are by nature
better. but because of this fact: The
country home is a place where eaci
member of the family is associated
with the other, brother and sister arr
the most intimate friends, father ant
mother are the respected heads
that little government we call nome
They know each other. Here is cen
tter of virtue and mutual respect.
beg you, gentlemen, to throw tn
weight of your great order into tn
defense of our homes. The fOuntai
head of our citizenship. Your lodg
room is a pleasant place and you hav
gathered together a noble set of mel
Much good comes of your gather1n
together. But, let me warn you, ger
tlemen, the most sacred spot on God
earth to the true citizen, is his home
Trueness to government. I a.
aware gentlement that this dlv1s1o
of the subject is dangerous ground Il
a sermon, and yet I dare to tread
because it is not only an element tn
enters into the question of citizenshi
but is the field upon which you a
called upon for the exercise of tn
noble virtue we call patriotism.
The man who deserts his country
the hour of her trial is branded
~ traitor, and by that act forfeits t
respect of other and better men. B
do you know, gentlemen, that the s
yerest tests of patriotism comes, 4
amid the waving of colors and t
roar of musketry and of cannon
Some of the lowest types of men ha
under such conditions thrown the
selves against the enemy's lines w
an abandon, born, not of PATRIOTS
but of wild enthusiasm. Then, co
ing home to take up the life of &C
mon thief and the spoiler of anothe
home. The place of truest patriot
comes to US in the conduct of the
sponsibilities of citizenship in til
of quietness. Measures are propos
Men are to be selected for official
sitions Selfishness and self-intere
on the one hand, and the real 81
good of the country, on the other
hold in your hand that which is n
powerful than swords and bullets;
hold in your hand a ballot; Will