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George Washington's Appeal.

In connection with these actions of Con-
gress, consider the following paragraph,
taken from a circular letter addressed by
George Washington to the governors of
the thirteen states: Il make II my ear
nest prayer that God would have you and
the Senate over which you preside in His
holy protection. that He would incline the
hearts of the citizens to cultivate "A spirit
of subordinaton and obedience to govern
ment; to entertain a brotherly affection
and love for one another. for their fellow
citizens of the United States at large, AMI
particularly for their brethren who have
served in the field, and, finally, that He
would most graciously be pleased to dis
pose us all to do justice, TO love mercy
and to demean ourselves with that char
ity, humility and pacific temper of mind
which were the characteristics of the
Divine Author of our blessed religion and
without an humble imitation of whose eS-
ample in these things We can never hope
to be happy nation
Do these documents and actions give
color to the claim that this was founded
as a Christian nation? What, then, must
be concluded as one thinks of the deliv-
erances of present lawmaking bodies and
leading men? Are Christian acts and
words prominent, or is self-seeking and
selfish desire for national aggrandize-
ment prominent?
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The New Patriotism
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reach of the Christian life. Patriotism in
essence is just what it was when it sent
men to a glorious death at Thermopylae
and Gettysburg, but the form of its ex-
preston in the twentieth century will not
be just what it was in the century before
Christ or in the nineteenth century after
him.
The new patriotism, the patriotism
which we and the coming generation
are called upon to foster and exhibit will
not have as its chief symbol the gun.
Its first appeal will not be to arms, but to
the intelligence and reasonableness of
men. Its methods will be argumentative,
persuasive. not beligerent. 1t will say
come, brother. let us reason together
and find. if we can. way out of this
difficulty that shall be alike honorable
to both" IT'S dogs delight to bark and
fight. but rational beings in this enlight-
ened age should not double up their fists
and square off for fight either with
their knuckles or with a great fleet of
Dreadnoughts. The new patriotism, If it
is worthy to be a successor to the DID,
will exalt the functions of international
tribunals that shall mete out justice to
contending parties and whose decisions
shall be universally accepted just as all
sensible people abide by the decisions OF
the highest courts.
The new patriotism will also be dis
tinguished by its cosmopoitanism. This
does not mean that We shall cease to be
especially fond of our own nation That is
just as legitimate to be fond Of our
own family or our religious denomina ton
But it does mean that we shall appre-
| ciate the greatness of other countries and
| their just claims to a place in the family
! of nations. Americans ought 10 be the
| last people in the world to disesteem
other countries. for are we not already a
| composite people, blending many national
stra'ns. and therefore bound by many ties
| To the countries beyond the seas?
In one particular at least thesnew pa
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A Message of Warning.

In view of the fact that there are only
about 3O,OOO,O0O out of a0,0Go.000 of the
population who are even nominally Chris
tian, one student OF national tendencies
does not feel that we are entitled to be
designated a Christian nation. These are
his words Of warning:
"Our gospel is yet little moro than
voice crying in the wilderness. 1t has not
evangelical the people. We punctuate
our creeds with stately church spires in
great cities, but even under their shadow
the people die friendless and unregarded.
BY all the misery and wickedness, by all
the doubt and despair of our congested
popula ton, we are not a Christian peo-
pie. BY the infidelity of a thousand new
in which the church Is but
a feeble protest against conditions she
has not changed, we are not a Christian
people. BY all the sudden sin and cruel
crimes of mining camps, by all the fever
of mammon, regardless of whom it con-
sumes-in gay capitals or lonely hamlets
or moving tents-we are not a Christian
people. BY all the menace of incoming
tides or population, east or west, infidei
or pagan, we are not a Christian people.
Comment on todays topic Of Christian I'm
deavor and other young peoples meetings. Is
Ours q Christian Nation:' Psalms, 3S:S-22)
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many other delegates and Sunday school
officials.
During the half-hour ceremony a num-
Der of lessons were brought out, the
application Of which was illustrated by
several dramatic scenes. Among the
most striking of these was that in which
the candidate was taught the lesson of
brotherly love. Other points developed
were the value of spare time, the help
fulness of pure friendships, service, and
seli-control. Rev. G. E. Whitehouse,
formerly of this city, now of Tacoma,
Wash, said: 1T is one Of the most in
tensely religious ceremonies l ever saw
1t vitalizes our Christian teachings in
| way that is seldom seen. would
| certainly advise every young man to
put himself in the way of WITNESSING Q.
this beautiful ritual
Chapters of the brotherhood already
have been formed in Tennessee, Texas,
Oklahoma, Missouri. Oregon, California
New Jersey. Pennsylvania, New York
Maine and Canada. At a recent meeting
the National Supreme Chapter was or
ganized, with the following officers: Gen.
w. s. Shallenberger, formerly second as
sistant postmaster general and now CO.
instructor of the Vaughn class, national
supreme president; j. W Bell. national
supreme first vice president; DR.. H. c.
Mcneil. national supreme second vice
president: DR.. f. G.. Rice, national su-
preme secretary; George E. Hebbard,
national supreme treasurer The execu-
tive board is composed of F. w. Vaughn,
Washington. ID. c.; Frank G. Fetzer,
Nashville. Tenn: A. T. Madill. Orillia,
Wash; A. owen Penney, Washington,
D. c.; J. NJ. w. Yost. Johnstown. Pa. ::
b. F.. Brewer. Fort Worth, Tex, and
Everett III. Corson, Washington, D. c.
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Photograph or Church.

The boy who so willingly gave up his
lunch when Jesus asked for it teaches a
big lesson. He didn't object. He was not
told what wonderful things were to be
done with his little supply OF provisions.
He didn't need to know; he just gave up.
as willingly as two boys of whom a New
York state pastor has told: In 1902 his
church stood face to face with the neces-
sity of erecting new and larger build
ing, and with no funds to do So Various
operate them. Two lads. nine and eleven
years of age, respectively, worked out a
plan Of their own, which was to give all
they had saved for several years. intend
ing it for the purchase of photograph.
Early one morning they came to the par
sonage and handed the pastor an envelope
containing S16 Ito help build the church."
They were questioned as to how they had
raised the money, and they replied that it
represented several years savings and
added: I'VE need the church more than
the monograph" This incident was an
nounced on the day of .ne opening Of the
new church. with the result that the Of
expected, and the determination was ex-
pressed to wipe out the remaining indebt-
edness within years time. This was
done.
But if God is to make such wonderful
use of gifts they must be given. with a
desire for His glory and not for selfish
purposes. 1t is told of Christian that he
once asked an old friend for money for
foreign missions. The friend said: II will
give 60, Andrew, seeing it is you" Fuller
handed it back Il will take nothing"
he said, Seeing it is IL The man saw
the point and replied: Andrew, you are
right. Here are E1O, seeing it is for the
Lord Jesus
Comment cent on 1oday's iinternationai Sunday
4:1s-21; 15:2s-ss.)
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base ball raS done a great deal to teach
boys and men the spirit of brotherhood.
Ctrist's whole gospel of the golden rule
is in the spirit Of base ball. Play fair
Give every man all the chance that is
coming to him. Keep your spikes for the
ground not a players leg. "Whatso-
ever We would that men should do unto
you, do ye even also unto them
Father Chadwick says in his book on
base ball that team work will do more
in the game. The old-time slugger used
to think his one business in life was to
knock the cover Off the ball. Willie
Keller taught the base ball fraternity bet
ter: a bunt, Or a sacrifice hit Or Texas
Lacquer will do more good with men on
bases than all the long flies knocked to
the outfeld in an effort to make a record.
Ned Cartwright used to play ball with
the clouds-that is, he sent his hits up
that way. and when the ball fell there
was always mtt ready for it. Team
work will break up playing for record.
but it will win games. Our business in
the game and in life is not to make
grandstand plays. or big record. but
lows to win. There is the very gospel of
Christ in the sacrifice hit: to give up a
chance to make record in order to help
the fellow ahead to make a base, is to
play the game scientifically and to help
the team.
Players talk about luck, good luck and
bad luck; but there is really no such
thing as luck in base ball or in anything
else. Good hours, good habits, good WILL
good work and a good conscience will
make winning combination any day in
the week. Trust to your eye, your hand,
your foot. but not to good luck.
Once upon a time, now happily gone,
Washington was represented by bunch
of cutters. Neither God, man nor devil
has any use for a. gutter. If you have
yellow streak in you, cut it out by hon
est play and hard work. The game is
never over till the last man is Out-we
have heard that thousand times, be-
cause it is always true. Some years ago
in a game where there were five runs
against us. and with two out in the ninth
inning, Big Bill Everett came to the bat
and began a batting rally with two
Dagger that won the game. and the
crowd carried him off the field on it's
shoulders. Play to win-and play hard,
but honestly. Stand up at the plate
never mind whether it is an inshoot,
drop or "cross-fire,'' you've got a
chance to catch the ball on the end of
your bat and to win the game. It's
fine thing never to know when you are
beaten.
Cut out bad temper on the ball field.
Head work is worth even more than
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n once more We draw near the
~ most tender day of all those in
the year set apart for national
commemoration the uttermost
sentiment in the heart of every
true american is that of patriotism. This
IL one of the three or four high emotions
that give dignity and worth to life. Not
easy to define in words. we always rec
deeds When the little bands of veterans
20 from grave TO grave with their floral
offerings to their fallen comrades we
shall have no doubt that half century
ago in this country patriotism was a ire
,nendous force. The empty sleeve here.
the limping gait there, the furrowed
couptenances. the bowed forms, tell the
story of love to country as no amount of
cratory could ever do.
But when We turn from such sights and
the scenes which they suggest, the cory
battiefelds. the forced marches, the
crowded hospitals and the loathsome
prison pens-to the world as it is today We
find a totally different situation. united
country thousands Of peaceful industries
In operation everywhere throughout our
borders and a far more complex albeit
less warlike national life. In this world
with which We and our children have to
do where is the field for patrlotlSm; how
can Il manifest itself?
At once the need of a redefinition of pa
triotism arises. Ii is the same word to
the ma gle of which the boys in blue re-
snouded in the early sixties. but We must
fiji il with a larger meaning, just the
content of the word parent or the word
"Chrjs;ian'' ought 10 be larger and richer
today because of all the Eight that is be-
ing shed OH the duties and opportunities
of paranthood and ON the meaning and
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The Chant of the Living Spring

I am the Living Spring! a.. dir
I cast forth clear water mo ti IL, Stream,
It falls to earth and wanders III S'ie"'''
in cloud. in mist
I know not whittier. GIVING
T neither hoard nor STINT III NY ne nf the
Fountains of living water
Waters which flow perpetnaily at the
rrvstai clear cold. pure. always abiding
there in the darkness;
Ready and waiting the call OF the LIVING
am the Channel which carries blessing
to the thirsty. 49, +,;...,
Cut to the arid daylight, to the thirstihg
wind, ~:
To the fivine cloud, to the parched lip,
I sush freely. ,e
Perpetually do ] give mysen'
Yet am 1 never Impoverished
For l am aware of my source anu my
oneness with it
/ am the Living Spring.
Florence Morse Kingsley In April MAUI
titus
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handwork in tie game today. And if
your temper goes off like a spluttering
drop of ice water on red-hot stove, you
will lose your value to the team. To fly
into rage with the umpire or a fellow
player does nobody any good; the umpire
cannot reverse his decision and your fell
low-player is doing his best. Did bad
temper ever win a ball game or any
other game?
Drinking will soon send a man back to
the minors if he keeps 1t up. and it will
be Cog for him. Nothing will SO soon
decrease a players worth to himself and
his team a. drink. Nothing Will so soon
destroy his batting eye, fieetness of foot,
suppleness of muscle, clearness OF head.
Why that clause in the contracts prohib-
iting drink? Because business men, who
are investing hundreds OF thousands of
dollars in the game, cannot AFFORD to take
the risk of losing the services OF valu-
able player through drink, and cannot
take the risk of disorganiZing his team
through quarrels and brawls which come
from drunkenness. A man who drinks
cannot play at his best, or work at his
best, or live at his best. Give drink a
wide berth.
Some boys and men think it makes no
difference whether a man is a Christian
or not. A man who says that is off his
base and is in danger of being run down
and thrown out between the bases. Billy
Sunday. once a star outfielder and now
star preacher, Say vs. IL lIldhcS d 6lSdI uSo
of difference Former President Nick
Young is an active Christian man, and II
makes big difference to him. He is one
of the most upright men who ever lived
and when he was president OF the Ma
tional League was intrusted with thou
sands of dollars without being asked to
give any security. Clean reputation. clean
habits. clean heart. clean life. And as an
example of the fact that a ball player can
be Christian and is a better man for be-
ing one Mr.. Young's name and influence
are invaluable. The game. the city and
the church are richer for the presence OF
a man who stands for everything good in
athletics and everything good in life.
The New Testament is filed with refer
ences to athletics. races. wrestling and
other sports, and it liliens the facts and
possibilities of religious life to the sue
cesses on the field of athletics. 1t urges
the runner to win the prize. it urges the
young man to be above reproach. 1t urges
all men to be Christians. PERHAPS you
are near the plate-almost persuaded; on
third. with a good chance to make the
squeeze play. You had better dig OUT
for home. Like Lot fleeing from Sodom.
like the dying thief praying with his last
breath. don't wait-run. slide for the
plate, You need that run. if YOU never
make another.
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The Backward Child's Need.
From HAMPTON S.


The greatest need of the average
backward child, after his physical de-
fects have been removed and his body
given a decent chance to develop, is
moral awakening. Virtually all such
licious They love to destroy. They
love to infiict pain. They delight in
disturbing the order of a classroom
Almost always are they untruthful, and
very frequently are they thievish
Why not? They live in a state of
constant struggle with the world-an
unequal struggle in which their mis-
crucified. Around them is a world of
normal children who learn easily things
beyond the power of the backward to
acquire. who are praised and loved and
rewarded. In the playground the back
ward children enviously watch the
others perform feats of strength and
skill. Sometimes the dullard or the
a game or contest, and is pushed aside
or chased away by the strong. a child
not feeble minded, but merely dull, and
on that account behind the procession,
resents with a bitterness not to be
this constant pushing
aside. Exactly like a rat fighting for
life in a corner, he strikes back vicious
ly, desperately.
Far more than their brains, the emo
tional natures of such children need
cultivation. Far more important than
learning TO read is learning to love
and trust. Vices of temperament must
be unlearned, bad habits must be over
come, whole garden full of weeds
must be cleared away before the soil
is ready for planting. After that. the
task is not fraught with serious Diff
cultieS.
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triotism can hardly be an improvement
on the old, for in any age the patriot
counts not his life dear unto himself. We
cannot hope to outstrip those whom we
mourn today in valor and self-sacriflce.
We do we'll if we simply equal them, but
here again our place of duty is not under
burning southern skies or in connection
with the abnormal activities Of war. The
far more prosaic field of everyday life is
where we must toll and sacrifice in order
that our dear land may still be free.
united and righteous. Every community
suffers because of a dearth of citizens
ready to give up time, money, leisure. OPP
portunities for self-culture and profess
sional rewards in order to serve the
state. Since last Memorial day we have
had at least one shining instance Of this
type of patriotism. But not even the
warmest friends Of Gov. Hughes would
claim that he is the only one who is help
ing to keep alive in America this type Of
citizenship II you are not doing it. too,
you can, IL you will only try.
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WE SHOULD REBEL AGAINST
ASKING THIS QUESTION
So Declares Rev. Dr.. Floyd w. Tornkins,
Rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church,
Philadelphia.

, institutions, respect for our history and
an obedience to those moral laws which
form the bulWark of our strength. How
ever they may rebel against the reStric-
tons placed upon their liberty, We must
insist upon their recognition of those
righteous principles which are drawn
from Gods word and of that power which
is born of Jesus Christ and which finds
its exercise i'll sacrifice We Christians
must make ourselves bold and be ready
to contend for the glory OF our land,
which glory is rooted in our Christianity.
The freedom to worship God each in his
own way $50 long as that way does not
injure the national life or contradict the
TO surrender our charter or give heed to
the foolish cries of ignorant men who
count Christians as narrow and confuse
liberty with license. And while We reach
out a welcoming hand to every man who
lands from our steamers a stranger we
must needs instruct him concerning that
for which we have always stood and upon
obedience to which we must insist.
For this is Christian land. At Ply
mouth Rock and at jamestown our first
settlers bowed before God and conse-
Grated the land and hallowed it in the
name of the heavenly King. Churches
lifting their heads upward soon began to
form that endless chain which extends
into every nook and corner of our coun-
try. The Bible was the library book
which multiplied itself till every home
was built around it. Courts and laws
were reliant for their jurisdiction moi
upon the will of the people primarily. but
upon the will of God. And today the
churches are not only the saving element
in every community, but they are the
power which regulates and controls the
life of our citizens in way scarcely I'M
derstood and feebly credited. When the
churches unite in Gods name and cry:
This must be done,'' or ''This evil must
cease there is obedience. Church and
state are separate in our land. The state
does not legislate for the church nor
does the church interfere in the duties
of the state unless there is wrongdoing
But the church. which represents the
Christianity of the land, bears the rule
of righteousness and of faith and OF
truth.
All this is so true regarding our count
try that We are amazed that any man
can doubt it. Yet We are bound, on the
other hand, to ask whether our land is as
fully Christian as she ought to be;
whether there are, in the life of her peo-
pie, such spirit and such will as shall
prove her to the world to be Christian
nation. We must look honestly at our
weaknesses as well as at our ideals and
seek to gain rather than weaken in our
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~ text is that more easily than
4 Rusie ever sent the ball over
the plate. more easily than Cobb
throws to the plate from the corner of
the right field. can the Almighty control
the most wicked, violent, obstinate and
influential man. The man referred to
was Shebna, who spent his years In self
seeking, ignoring God and man. dishonor-
ing the claims of religion and of human
ity upon his consideration, and at last
Isaiah comes to him with this message:
'Shebna! though YOU will build palaces
in the rock, the Almighty who made the
everlasting hills will some day turn
violently and toss you like ball into a
large country That prophecy was
fulfilled within few months.
Once in while some vinegar-visaged
brother, whose religion consists of equal
parts of Indigestion, dyspepsia and liver
complaint, rises to remark in q nasal
tone that the Bible says that bodily eX-
ercise profiteth little and that all this
furore about athletics is wicked. And
with that as a starter he berates every
kind of sport. and rails al every form of
religion except that which sends man
to look for crawling worms in his own
coffin. Back to the minors with that
brother! He does not know the rules of
the game of living or the delights of a
healthy body full Of fresh air and soul
full of innocent pleasure. The bodily
exercise which the Bible condemns is
the mere forms of religion; standing up,
kneeling down, or going through other
motions in church or in private when the
heart is not in the motions. Going through
the motions never makes hit, never
slides into a base, never brings in a run.
When Rusie was at his best many -batters
were out before they got to the plate;
they were SO afraid of his speed that they
simply went through the motions, and
pop fly or three strikes sent them back to
the bench. If man puts his whole
heart into a good. healthy swing, prayer
or effort to do good, he stands splendid
chance of making first base.
Thank God for fresh air, for sunshine,
for alertness of eye, suppleness OF mus
Gle and for the cleanest of all American
sports-base ball. There is for the aver
age boy and man no sweeter music than
the crack CT the bat as the ball leaves
it for a. home run. The fair play of clean