The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-07
Robert w. Liiley, Pastor Of the First
Christian chrch, Writes Some
things In Accord With
Tomorrow.
NOT CHILD OF TIME
a Patriot Is One Who Is Willing at
all Times to Lay His All on Al
tar for Country, Town
or State.

What iG patr1otsW2 and what does
Il embrace? Back OF ali answers lie
the fact that patriotism Is a universal
feeling. That love for ones country
has captured all countries. Patriotism
is not the child of any special time,
place or people. 1t pays no attention
to geogra ply or the calendar. Long
before man ever built a dugout or
fashioned an arrow there came the
call of the cave, the line of his noun
tain retreat. This call appealed to
that mood In the soul which we call
patriotism. Love Is the underlying
principle. A patriot is one who loves
his town, state or country well
enough to lay himself with all he
possesses upon the altar. 1t may
mean the surrender OF a well chosen
occupation. the surrender OF life itself.
It depends upon the demands OF the
occasion. The spirit Is old. It's wit
nesses are found In all times and all
marked nor will the date Of its death
be recorded so long as there beats
human heart
1. What do mean then By New
Patriotism? Not a new SPIRIT do
mean a new manifestation. May IL
lustrate my meaning by an application
Our government rests upon two foun-
dalton principles. The first is fedora
ton or union. The second is local
self-government Both ara essential
to the prosperity and perpetuity OF our
national life. Local self-government
Is necessary to the exercise OF our
liberties and union or federation is
necessary to their preservation. The
question OF union is settled. But the
other great fundamental principle, 10
cal seIf-government. Is not settled
and this is az essential to national life
as union. When the call came In 1851
nearly three millions Of pxt>iots an
swered. No sacrifice was too great
10 pay for a united country and the
brave men and women made It cheer
fully. The call comes today. not FOL
new spirit, but the same old
heroic sacrifice n1an.festing itself II
local sei,goTeTnment This can core:
70 every man ami woman In the land
Every city IS battle ground ani
patriotism For re hare not Learned
seIt-govsrnnent. II ss hanging on wha
Edmond BurE called "a dancing snt
hesttattng balance" This new peril
and / use the word sdyisedlr, call
for g .-SeE Patriotism Ore whfc,
ss cfT.i rather than nn,l.ta-y. On.
which yur.aes politics and substitutes
ststeE-er for 5enagogues. ore whic.
not only rallies round the flag bu
trorrt the ballot box. One that ha.
the greg. big hrothsriy heart Of jus
esce and mercy.
This %eT pT-ottsn calls on Us no
50 mich to de for or country, bu
rnsndE nev birth 0. patriotism
There are p.votal years n which
patriotism undsryoes transformation
too deep 70 record /. wss one thin;
n the year 1911, another IN 1872. On,
thing IN June, 1853. Thus while II,
fundamental principles Of patriotism
remain TIE sarse rs moods and ezpres
gions vary.
2 Motives Of Patriotism are tire
kinds One has called them the II
ner: the Outer; the Upper
The first conea TO us from The sol
OF the human heart Il Is part ri N
soul furniture. Hence re can &c
how 1t changes III form 70 nee. ne7
conditions, new issues and new pros
lens. No age or condition can O.
clare It TO be obsolete Il f. ready 70
any new battle CRY, ready 70 enlist
to do battle
For the right against the wrong.
For the weak against the strong
For the poor whove waited long,
For the brighter age 10 be"
No time of people have any mono
oily on the patriotic spirit. II h: