The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-07-30
(By =. D. Pangborn. }

oew and decay foster uDon the bod,
poiitic; art and literature decline
Education instead Of being fostered
Is repressed. A spirit of Grass
sordid commercialism takes the
place of and is fatal to a pure and
lofty patriotism.
Like the sacred fire of the anc.
lent Persians. the flame OF q pure
and fervent patriotism should never
De allowed to expire in the hearts
OF the people. Patriotism is the
anteeedent of loyalty. Destroy pa.
triotism and loyalty dies with it.
What is Loyalty?
The Savior gave a broad and in
elusive definition of Loyalty when
he said: Render unto Caesar the
things that are Caesars, and to
God the things that are Gods.
In this scripture one thing is
clearly implied and two things are
commanded. The thing implied Is,
"The Christians Loyalty to Gov
ernment." The things commanded
are. the citizens loyal tribute to
Government. and the citizens loyal
tribute to God.
Every man owes tribute to God
and Government. Loyalty demands
that the citizen shall be devoted
to the maintenance Of the law, to
be disposed to uphold the lawful
authority. Loyalty TO Government
demands of the citizens four things.
list. That he shall himself be law
abiding. End. That he shall engage
in no business which begets law
breaking in other men. 3rd. That
he shall not encourage, endorse up
hold or support any policy which
induces law breaking in anybody.
4th. That while assisting to con-
serve Loyalty in others and him.
self engaged In lawful pursuits he
shall pay such loyal tribute to Gov
ernment, as Government may in
fairness and justice demand Of him,
for his own defense and the well
fare Of all.
The citizen then to be loyal
must obey law. Measured by these
requirements the citizen saloonist
furnishes a concrete example of
rank disloyaity. With all due con-
sideraton for my words / affirm
that the liquor traffic Is a dis-loyal
element In our national life; that it
nienaces the very foundations Of
Government.
Loyalty defined az to its indi-
vidua relations means faithfulness
to our loftiest ideals Of duty and
responsibility.
Shakespeare defined 1t In his
terse and sinewy Anglo-saxOn when
he said, "lf thou to thyself be true,
then 1t follows as night the day.
Thou cans't not be false to any
man."
Defined as to the duty and re-
sponsibility Of the citizen of the
Republic it means faithful ad-
herence to and a courageous de-
fense of the flag and the COnstitu-
tion. Loyalty is the very genius and
spirit of our Republican institutions.
To a Democracy that seeks and
finds its justification in that Scrip
ture wherein We read that God is
no respector of person" The rich
and the poor meet together. the
Lord is the maker of them all. Not
a cold bald negatiOn. loyal for
consideration with greed for its in
spiration and the dollar sign 5
for it's symbol. Rather Is 1t a liv-
ing, breathing sentiment, that leads
its votaries to pledge life fortune
and sacred honor for the sacred
cause of Liberty and the mainten-
ance of law. A loyalty that makes
no truce with defeat or despair but
remembers with faith serene, un-
daunted, that
with right forever on the scaf-
fold
Wrong forever on the throne.
Siill the scaffold sways the future.
And behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping guard above his own"
For they never fail who die in
great cause;
The block may soak their gore.
Their heads may sodden in the sun.
Their limbs be strung to city gates
and castle walls.
But still their spirit walks abroad.
Tho years elapse and others share
as dark doom.
They but augment the deep and
sweeping thoughts,
Which over-power all others
And conduct the world at last to
Freedom"
Loyalty glorifies its votaries.
1t is the undying principle that i'm
pels heriOc mep to heroic deeds
Deeds immortal. imperishable.
Unmasked by calender,a for
I'VE live in deeds. not years;
In thoughts, not breaths,
In feelings, not figures on dial.
We should count beart throbs.
He most lives who thinks most.
Feels the noblest, acts the best.
Inspired by this exalted concep-
ton of Duty and Destiny this
century proclaims the sovereignty OF
the citizen 1t crowns the people
and consecrates man.
The Century just ended Is past
recall. We cannot detract from
its glories or wipe out its dark
blots by our tears OF repentance.
Its good and evil. its joy and sor-
row, it's truth and falsehood, Its
honor and shame, we cannot touch.
The old Century is dead and they
are buried with 1t.
The Century that 10 dawning is
our own. The coming years are a
virgin page and We may inscribe
them as we Will.
rhe fate Of Humanity IL in our