Putnam patriot., 1916-06-09
fr. Griggs oH the "Grszt Var asa
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4 Sefmon by Rev. T. \. Turner Of
 East Noodstoek, aay q

tafsd ia ihe Palmer Memorial IasI 1as-dae. and hove been rt8uested uy some fFterds DO sfJ8yed tbe pilfi- Hze of I=sfink tAis Ee-llent and time E Ed0fzs. jo Hafnisa at least an 0lI-
 aa fer aAe pfa-s ig hes oesn ny purpose faf -4ass iime Co spesk ta SOD aa a Eia8fea theme. add ii gau acgaee us Ihis morning of sfesiing Dr. GTisgs' 4E4ndsf iAiek ] ms5 confidently say tHat g u.atters pot to either him or me saa mssss tHs taaaaef If only tbe .zzalnlnx -tdEes h the nghI spot. Ffa5e- Is a tefm for moral principles, standards of night and wrong. Goof sfeuis are ueod motives. leading to good bgbat4or. Dr. Guggs showed f.7gs better pHrc5p5es of conduct have ess eIoped from the primitive day Of GHe wal eI8O aad the rule of tAe big ss.t savage or Ihe best armed bandit into the sell regulated civil snd social governments ss we have them today, sith rules for keeping in sight Of our condolences iH private business and with laws, courts and shefihs for keeping the peace in eommunities,a and then he pointed out how ~oiaily We had failed lo improve our standards in tbe larger interests ef life. Men will i do and are doing in great corporations today what the same men would con- slider it disgrace 10 do in their perso- nal business CT social fife.
 But lhe most notorious example of | fhe persistence of heather standards is seen in the way the nations treat each other. HeTe we are still living in the twilight ol decent ideals and conduct. Long ago the C mmunities on the iron ! tier organized vigilance committees vino said with united voice to the thief and bandit "behsye CT we will pul our bands together, get rope and make you behave"
 Lalef they passed laws, established 5 court and t8nstabalary and sHd to the lawIess tUeBaveer this whole stage VIII come do3a upon yoa in the per san ol it. count and is shefia Bat the same individuals and c1mmuui- tIes when combined into 8 nation have become Il colossal bandit
 The motto Of the Rfeat powers has been steal by secret diplomacy il you can, by highway robbery f need be. In some parts Of our country prac- ice has existed called "ciaim jump. inp.7 where one man went on To "A public field and slaked out a claim, and stronger man or A better shot came along, drove him of and took 1t | for himself. line history of the nations has been history Of claim jumping. l It was so with Rome and her conquest of the world, it was so in the Napole- onie wafs, il WIS so with Prussia, Aus 1 tfia and Russia when they cut up and | pufeelled out Poland among them selves. IL was so with England in Egypt and elsewhere and We have not been gniltless in our annexation Of Texas, New Mexico, and Southern , California Bnd our treatment Of the h. ! ulHns anu fhl4tpplnes.
 Now friends when such low stand ard of morals exists among the nations Is il wonderful that we are in the midst of world war even in this 20th christian century?
 | If man should say it suits my con- venieuee To have part of your front yard and therefore l take II he would be doing just what the stronger nations have been doing 10 the weaker right along, for my interests, my eonven- fence, and my type of civilization for ali the world, has been their all sutli- cient excuse.
 They are applying the same stand ard to their commercial relations If storehouse burns down and the store keeper across the street says, "Now viii hustle and get all his business while he Is crippled he is doing just what the newspapers of this country are urging our commerce Co while their great competitors are lied up with this struggle A tafn wall bait up be- tween two countries of similar indus tfs and isiug together for ao0o miles, ltae our country and Canada is com mefci.! folly and a moral wrong
 On lhe question of preparedness Dr. GHggs struck # positive and loud note and We all shouted a positive il nnta very loud, amen. Preparedness is for us the duty of the hour. The Monroe doctrine k mere declarauonton our part. What ii foreign nations see it to neglect 1t. What are we going to do without an adequate army and navy Al the end Of the war one side is going to be victorious, probably ovetbeadng, certainly enormously burdened with debt and desperately hungry for the juicy land which we are fattening, and dying for some of the money which we are now eoining from their struggle for life If they are governed by no higher standard of justice and proper. " rights than they have had in the past need we be surprised when they take us by the throat and say "Now pay il baekl9 Our failure To make reasonable preparation flor such proba. bilities would be short sighted aud sui eidal.
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