The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-06-29

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A blare of bugles, a ruffle OF drums,
A flash Of color beneath the sky;
Hats off.
The flag is passing by!
Blue and crimson and white it
shines
over the steel-tipped, ordered lines.
Hats off!
colors before us fly
But more thar the flag is passing by:
Sea fights and land fights, grim and
great,
Fought to make and save the state;
Weary marches and sinking ships.
Cheers Of victory on dying lips.
Days of plenty and days Of peace,
March of a strong lands swift in
crease
EQUAL justice, right and law,
Stately honor and r%everent awe;
Sign Of a nation great and strong
To ward her people from foreign
wrong
Pride and glory and honor, all
Live in the colors to stand or fall.
Along the street there
| A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums;
And loyal hearts are beating high:
Hats eff!
Inc nag IS passing ny!
One interesting by-product of the
| great war is h propaganda OF
peace. All the Did agencies for peace
have been stimulated into new activ-
tiles, while still others have been
created since the war began. Our
nations essentially peace-loving and
peace-making programme should be
exalted. This is h year that marks
the centennial Of peace between the
two great nations Of Great Britain
and the United States. For a hun
dred years there has been no fort on
the three thousand mile boundary
line between Canada and the United
States-a phenomenon that arma-
ment-laden Europe can scarcely COM
prehend. Surely we may say without
Boosting, that this western world has
been sitting at the feet Of the Teacher
Be just and fear not;
Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy
cOuntry's,
Thy Gods and truths.
A worse case Of confusion Of labels
than the misuse and misunderstood
ing Of Social Service can scarcely
be imagined. On the one hand, a
small but vocal number of persons
are exploiting the term Social Ser
vice." as meaning. adhesion to the
latest fad for social amelioration. Of
ten these ardent radicals confound ar
interest in the thing which they cal
Social Service" with the real doing o.
social service for their fellow men
These are the ones who have brought
! the phrase into a measure of diSre'
) pute. On the other hand, there are {
| hnCt nf oornoct Chricfion nc u-hn 1nnI
askance at Social Service as some
thing modern and almost pagan. The.
? do not see that social service is mere
~ more Of what the Church of Chris
2 has been doing throughout all tn
: ages, making Over the order Of hu
to the standards set by Jesus. Helpin,
1.-THE man who has fallen among thieve
r is social service; visiting the sick an,
the prisoner and the fatherless /
social service. Offering a cup Of col
g water is social service. Followin,
social service. Earning the "Inas
much" is social service. And socia
e service is also Christian patriotism
y Doing what Jesus would do for GU
T country and countrymen may be cal!
ed by many names; but it is the es
n sence of loyalty to national ideals.
National progress is the sum 9
individual industry, energy, and W
q rightness, as national decay is of in
r dividual idleness, selfishness. and vic,
II -Samuel Smiles.
h is an hour for heart-searchin.
Wise patriots are testing the qualit
OF our citizenship and ideals. Are "
equal to all possible tests? To tai
of national defense and efficiency on]
70 m terms of ornaments is superficial
a nations real defense is in the char
$ acter of her people. Now, in tn
light of possible developments fro:
1e the world war, we are forced to as
:. ourselves whether our nation has
: mind equal to a fair consideration
vast international problems. Are V
ready for the acceptance of new an
more spiritual standards of life? Ca
we subordinate commercialism ar
be materialism to the