The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-06-01

greatest moving force for GOOD in
the world today. Take away love
ana you have removed the FONDA
ZION from the home; take away love
ana you have removed the founda-
llon from the state: nay, take away
love, and you have caused TO crlIm-
Die the very foundation of our
country. 1t has been said. Love il
the browning grace of humanity
the hottest right of the soul. The
golden link which binds us 10 dnfv
and TO truth, and is pronhetie ~
eternal good" Love is n virtue If
The heart and not of the hand"
You may give your flowers to the
living and dead for some mercen~
| airy purpose, but that is not love.
Listen to the voice Of the old amos
tle; Though | speak with the
| tongues OF men and angels, and
nave not love, | am become as a
boil"
Dean Coulburn has beautifully
SAID: philanthropy is like the
moonlight, exceedingly beautiful
| When thrown in silver flood over
the landscape, or a group of build
ings, but too cold to quicken life in
nature or bring out the blossom
and perfume of flowers. But love
IS Ike the suns ray, genial and
warm, and strikes deep into the
| heart OF him on whom it fastens,
and quickens that heart into lively
emotions of gratitude and love-
The last great principle for which
your order stands is Loyalty. The
first characteristic of every true
soldier is loyalty. We honor the
name of Washington, and justly so,
| but sometimes | think we forget
the loyal soldiers who made sue
cess possible. 1t is said that during
the darkest hour of the Revolution
airy contest, when army after army
had been lost, when all seemed con-
quered save the unconquerable
spirit of our father chief, that he
called his army about him and ut
tered these memorable words:
Strip me of the detected and suf-
fering remnant of my army, take
from me all have left, leave me
but banner, give me but the
means to plant it upon the noun
tains of West Augusta, and | will
yet draw around me the men who
will lift up their bleeding country
from the dust and set her free
Washington knew that without
the loyalty of his soldiers he was
powerless TO break the chain which
bound his country in bondage.
What could a Grant, Sherman, a
Lee, have done without the loyalty
OF his soldiers?
The Demand of the Age.
In the unsealed books of the Old
World" we read of her miserable
attempts at liberty and the perpet-
uation of her empires. Would you
read Of human greatness, then go
with me to Egypt, the home of sci
ence and sacred memories" Be-
hold her Thebes, her Memphis, and
her oracle OF Ammon, indeed gio-
rious tribute to human greatness
and once the pride of the nation.
But where is the glory of Egypt to-
day? Leveled with the dust. 1t is
true the pyramids are still stand
ing, but they stand only as mourn
full monuments" of human ambi-
ton. The vile and loathessome rep
tiles of earth have long harbored
in the ruins of Egypt. Her down.
fall was not dueto the visit of Goth
and Vandal, but because Egypt
cherished in her own borders the
evils which produced decay. Would
you again read of human greatness,
then let us stroll down the streets
of old Jerusalem. Behold her mag
niflcent buildings and her temple,
the most gorgeous in the history of
the world. Where are they today?
Leveled with the dust of the earth.
The wild beasts have made their
homes in her ruins and the king of
the forest has made his lair in the
sepulcher of our Savior. Jerusa-
lem fell not at the hand of the As
syrians, but because she cherished
in her bosom the elements of de-
cay. Her downfall was but the har-
vest of her own sowing.
Shall America be an exception?
Not unless she is true TO the teach
ings of God. If she, like other ma
lions. cherishes the elements of de-
struetion, her downfall is inevita-
BILE. The present age demands that
we jealousy guard the highest in
terests of our country. Bought at
such a price, she deserves to be
perpetuated as the purest, bright
est and noblest of all nations. Let
us live for her that she may be, in
the language of the eloquent Philip,
"As innocent as the angels of heav-
en-, as bright as the bow of the
armament, as pure as the dewdrop
that glitters and glows in the sun
beams of heaven, and as sincere as
the smile of the infant angel slum-