Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-25

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of trumpets and the roll of drums, the
blood-stained colors have returned from
| the battlefield. victorious. indeed. but
! leaving behind them the mangled re-
mains of human beings the battle cry OF
| victory having for its echo the distress
| ing wall of the widowed mother and OF
| the fatherleSS child.
Our TIE Deum today has no aftermath
of suffering or sorrow. We celebrate the
victory of peace.
Fatherhood of God of Nations.
| IF it is true. and it can hardly be
gansaid, that the brotherhood of man
| is most congenial to republican institu-
| tons, it is no less true that living reali-
cation of the fatherhood of God is neces-
| sary for the continuance of such a gov
eminent. In every other form of gov
eminent the court of the sovereign leaV-
| ems the morality of the nation: in d re-
public every citizen is d sovereign, every
home court.
eff the salt lose its SAVIOR, wherewith
shall 1t be salted.' When the citizens of
/ republic cease to regard one another
as children of our Father in Heaven
when the nation becomes an aggregation
only of individuals without unity. devoid
of public spirit, with no ambition for the
common veal, then is the republic top
ping into the abyss of anarchy and un-
Christian socialism.
THE more nearly commonwealth re-
allies the brotherhood of man the more
truly is it republic. But brotherhood
Is meaningless without common father,
who can only be God, the Father of US
all.
I'm proportion. then. as the individual
conscience of a nation is alive to it's du-
ties and obligations to the Creator and
Preserver of all things. just in the same
degree will it be sensitive of its duties
and obligations toward every other men,
Der of the national brotherhood. The
more God-fearing. the more religious the
republic the more closely knit together
are it's component parts
$50 long as the republic believes "ln
God We Trust SO long will it continue
| to be e Pluribus Unum.'
God-Fearing Nation.
1--WE citizens of the United States have
| reason to thank God that our nation is
a God-fearing, a Contrasting nation.
There is indeed, no union of church and
state.
- This, to quote the words of our
President OH d recent occasion, has been
sometimes misunderstood by those who
did not know our institutions. as an in
| dication that there was something hos
| tile on the part of our government to-
ward or some lack of sympathy
with the church of God. This is as far
| as possible from the truth. l have al
ways sought, in assisting on interesting
occasions like this, to testify by my pres
| ence that there is nothing which the peo-
| pie and country of the United States so
| depend upon for progress and advance
ment of their ideals the influence and
power of religion.
I'VE have reason to thank God the
gver of every perfect grit, who rules
from end to end nightly and disposes
all things sweetly. both for what this
promises. Time was, and We have not
| to look back many generations, when
personal and family grievances were blot
| ted out with blood
Thank God! the duel has passed to the
| realm Of the ludicrOuS, and the clan feud
! is relegated to the backwoods. Let US
| hope that the day is not far distant when
national duelS and racial feuds will ap-
pear not less foolhardy, and when those
who clamor for war and bloodShed will
| be regarded as the remnants of a semi
| civilization reegated to the domain of
the curious student of ancient history.
International Spirit of Amity.
May the spirit OF amity among the
| American republics, to which your pres
ence here today testifies, knit together
our respective sovereign nations in peace
and good will. May the foundations be
| duly laid and the powers wisely extend
| ed of an International supreme court Of
| final appeal. While each nation pre-
| serves Its DOnOfaDie customs, TRADITIONS
and autonomy, let US be as members of
| a united family. each maintaining his
own domestic establishment, but ac-
| knowledgng and respecting the ties of a
brot herhood under our Father in Heaven.
In which faith L beg you all to rise
| and justice, through whom authority is
our western world unite in a prayer ~
the God of Nations in behalf of our re-
spective countries.
| I'VE pray Thee, o God of anight wisdom
and justice. through Whom authority Is
rightly administered, laws are enacted
| and Judgment decreed, assist with Thy
| Holy Spirit of counsel and fortitude the
presidents of these American republics
| that their administration may be con
Quoted in Righteousness and be eminentlS
useful to their people over whom they
preside, by encouraging due respect fol
| virtue and religion, by a faithful execu
ton of the laws in justice and mercy and
by restraining vice and immortality.
| Let the light of Thy divine wisdom
direct the deliberations of their con-
crosses and shine forth in all the proceed
ings and laws framed for the rule and
| government of their respective peoples, sc
tnat they may tend to the preservation OF
| international peace. the promotion of in
ternattonal happiness, the increase of in
| dustry. sobriety and useful knowledge
anu may perpetuate to us all the blessings
of equal liberty"
Church Rubrics Followed
The music for the mass was presented
! By the mixed and Gregorian choirs of the