The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-07-07
ARRANGE FOR
union MEETINGS
MINISTERIAL Association Holds Meeting
and Makes Arrangements for
Summer Union Meetings
FIRST SERVICE LAST SUNDAY

Rev. e. p. WiIliams, President Of Asso.
citation, Makes An Appropriate
Adress on "True Patriotism"
son at a recent meeting decided on
holding of union services during the
coming summer months, and the first
service was held last Sunday at the
Methodist church, Rev. E. p. Williams,
as president of the association, made
the address Of the occasion and his
subject was True Patriotism" There
was very large attendance and Rev.
Williams was at his best and spoke
for over a nliour. After the services
he was the recipient Of many congrat-
ulat:ons and particularly from the old
soldiers present. We are pleased to
publish synopsis of the address as
follows.
Text. Prov. 14:34 righteousness
exalteth nation, but sin is reprOach
to any people"
This is the fourth Of July and the
anniversary of our national independ-
ence. And l have been requested TO
preach sermon on National Patriot
ISM" l will endeavor to make it in
keeping with the day, the place, and
my sacred profession.
| have chosen the above text be-
cause of it's adoption. General Grant
was once asked to send message to
Sunday school convention, the words
of my text were the words which he
sent. chose it too because 1t pre-
sents to us the very highest ideals OF
national and religious patriotism.
You notice l use the words R"ellg-
ious patriotism"as we'll as National
patriotism" and do so advisedly and
because of necessity, for II we follow
the outline suggested by the text,
which views the situations from Gods
standpoint, we must incorporate re-
ligious patriotism into our national
life; for the two are inseparable II we
would be truly great nation.
Righteous.
am not here tonight to throw Don
uuets to Uncle Sam" nor to make the
eagle snueal; hut ! am here to speak
Of some definite things that make ZOE
Righteousness and true ana IDEAL
Datrfotis,n. No one can read the h1sr
tory Of the, Revolutionary war, with
it's horrors, privations and hloodshed.
without asking the qucstion,t1.Whai
can I give to God and myteountry, 70
show my appreciation OF those none
men. yes, and women too. who won
my Liberties at such q great cost 81
So far our methods Fof expression
have, to a very large extent, been not
righteous, but anti-righteous. There
are some who have been crying out
against this awful waste of tens OF
thousands of dollars as means OF
showing our patriotism. While the
capitalist who manufactures these
things has been loud in their favor
And we have been placing annually
upon the altar of this false God thous-
andn of dollars and hundreds of young
lives. And we call this celebrating
the Fourth OF July.
While within our borders hundreds
of poor people are half fed or starv-
ing. This ,1nisspent money, II proper
" used, would supply well paid work
IN all these needy ones and provide
support for the untoriuna,es VINO are
unable 10 earn their livelihood. srf
Or if put into our missionary propa'
ganda it would save thousands from
the darkness of heathendom and trans
form their lives by bringing them III
contact with the Prince OF Peace.
righteousness eXalteth nation.
Now our individual conceptions OF
righteousness may be varied, but
there. is only one definition and that is
CONFORMITY to law and that law II
Won please, must be the law OF Coo
written upon the hearts OF men ana
1hon expressed in their lives. When
Jesus Christ came into this sin cursed
world His mission was to establish
neace. peace on earth. good will to-
,v.rd man" was and is ever the angels
message 81,
In the preceding dispensations God
aye the people the law written upon
stones 1t failed. But in this dispen-
IN He has gone into the interior
In mans being. his heart, for this is
mans dispensing center Tor either
rood or evil. Because OF sin though
i has become not only evil but desper'
otely wicked: out (of it proceedeth en-
yieings, murders, adulteries and all I'M
cleanliness. ).
DO these things exist III our l;ltlol
todavo Yes, and they always will un-
iii we get a regenerate nation; and we,
shall not get regenerate nation I'M
III we first have men affiliated with
the personilication of righteousness in
the person of Jesus Christ. England
in this, her crisis, has picked out
her most godly men and put them into
her national cabinet, SO that the work
ing element of the nation should be OF
her very ablest and best men. ire
spective of political alliance.
It is true that every nation in the
world is passing through critical
reriod in its history. And the call
comes for the very best without re-
gard to partisanship. The question
arises "Why have they not done this
before?'
But when it comes to politics I am
neither republican. democrat or pro-
hibitionist, but pick my men, not
from the shrewd, bloated professional
politicians, but public spirited men OF
christian principles who try to carry
out the Masters injunction. "As ye