The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-03
SERMON IN
PATR|O ISM
rs DELIVERED AT GAINESVILLE
YESTERDAY BY DR.. CROW.
Patriotism Is Connecting Link ThnS
Holds Together Republic, He
Declares.

EARNESNlLLE. o.. July 2;-r'a'rin-
tIsm is The c"nncrtnr INK that h"'!5
together republic: acr"rn'hE !" tn NJ
The First NJ r. church al RarneSTlllc-
pr Crow delivered sermon today 81!
"ratrioliSn--th" Heart If The Nation,
lie said in part:
Lave of ones country rs tho out
growth Of the heart Of gratitude. TTu"
patriotism is To IaSsi"ndt"lH love "nr :
rountry..and in some degree appreciate
it's blessings and privileges lht Ter
rihlr cost ~ which thcg were purchased:
Holding th, history and traditions OF
ones country:
"'riyrs there a man with soul so
Who never to himself hath said;
This is my own, my native land.
Patriotism is the connecting linz thht
holds together 4 republic. Il ~ greater
in America than her courts ana h"t
standing army Patriotism policies the
country. ono who does not have
high appreciation of his country is UNI
worthy Of her projections citizen mas
the undisputed right 10 point nui "hrrn
in his Judgment. our laws can I've rem
cuictl. amended. repealed. altered ana
hcItcrcd He has It right to differ with
its chief executive. He has the right
to use that exalted privilege OF Am.ri-
science and ability direct. All citizens
naliyrhuvc an inheranl right Ia use
every pearcahc and honorable means
of bringing about reform In our ma
Iinnal life. And if The country is not
suited 10 him. hc has tho nther altcrnh-
tive Of quietly and peacefully taking
his d. purIurc To another country. Bul
no man has the right 10 deny or be.
little tho authority Of his country, II
he does ne is not II good citizen-and
hv his actions seeks Ia bring our ma
ton and republic into disrcrutc. He
truly lowers the tone of our national
life. instead of cXalting il.
nf fg -
makes character thus, home is the sym
hol or Heaven. America is what Sh" Is
today because of our Heaven blessed
homes What an inspiration IS This. and
how it appeals To our manhood. II says
to every citizen Of this glorious and
houndlcss republic. Is" man: our
country nrcnS manhood more than
standing armies. additional possessions
able as they may h,. But true exalted
manhood and womanho0d is the greater
need. This is the greatest production;
We mt advance our science, arr anu
invcuti>.S to continue our leadership OF
the world. We must continue to huiid
great railroads. great waterways ana
magnificent booming cities. we must
continue 10 develop gold and silver
mines and rescue tho land from mo
Swamps and great deserts. for INC con-
tirucd happiness and advancement nl
our continually increasing popu!ullor;
But. while these arc all desirable anu
to be sought alter. !cl. 'ne pio"uIt p
of manhood and womanhood are OF moro
far reaching value.
Some foe. foreign or internal. might
sweep away all the wealth OF our coun-
try. our cities. our factories and our
commercial supremacy. Rut' on ,hn
coming of the sprinEtimc, win hrr
gentle showers and sunshine. win IN"
coming of tho flowers and song hlrdS;
would come hope, ana .\merlTa "nGaIi
rapidly march again II" cnmmfrcial
greatness and supremacy in the world.
Rut If she should be- robbed of her man
hood and womanhood, she would ne
wild saragcs roamed our forests ana
":rhe state grants ncstmahln priv
lcgcs alike 10 rich and poor. she MAKES
She insures the blessings Of liberty 10
ourselves and to our posterity.
The church scattcrs her benign, in
fluences over all She builds great hos,
maintains and endows colleges and uni
Y, rSilics and serninarieS and is every
whcreand Al all times friend or the
human race. She has helped preserve
the liberties Of America, more than any
other agency. She holds constantly be-
fore tho world the ideal character
Jesus Christ tho lowly GallilchnInnd
breaches constantly Gospel or Rope
and Glad Tidlngs.
THE right Of private property, in
cludcs the earnings YOU have saved ny
n lifetime Of toll that YOU may he able
10 educate your chilHrcn or nave S i;fiTo
Thing for old age. 1t includes the little
home where your children were born;
if YOU arc tho fortunate posscssor' ana
where YOU saw your loved ones die Inc
place dear to sacred memories inc
home whore love is supreme. whore sec
rcd motherhood sings happy Chlidh9oa
n sleap. Where youth ahOunds with
un,rammcled life. What legacy Is
, left us of untold glory. In this taith ana
i'm these holy and sacred principles:
God in the heart Will remedy All our
evils and preserve the honor and pre-
pctuity OF our republic. Doubt Tree
love and freedom, which is hut anoihcr
| live by, hut TO die by. that is another
story. The Age Of Reason in France
meant moral death. and moral death Is
had for any nation. our nation, lourn-
cd on Plymouth Rock ny o lew strong
souls who sought freedom To worship
| God. has kept it's Bible open, and In per-
| feet harmony with the march Of pro-
eress. has believed God is'in his hrar-
en-. and all is right with the World
General Bates. Colonel Roosevelt ana
Colonel Roosevelt all commented at tho
end nf the Spanish American war on
, the comranlnnship there appeared to nc
between tho man in tho ranks ana nose
rrectnus Rtlc y1L1meS gwen ro,n, !" thG aI
SO, that the volume was rarely con-
| spicuously 4disrlaycd: that only. on
! transpnrts ur in the late hours Of inc
nirht or when there were long or dead
ly waits in the junElcs did The books
as there not something more than
nero influence or orthodoxy OF q set
theology in this death struggle Of john
son. private OF the Fourth infantry. IT
Siboney. who. turning and tossing. call
cd n his nurse to read 10 him! In the
| tent there was moi even a scrap of pa
nor, That natierrd nothing 10 him. He
! indicated with his head that she should
20 TO his blouse. She did so ana IN ms
| inner rocket an Old Testament glrcn
+ him nv. an Iowa mother. She turned
mage after page. wondering what he
would care for until hor eyes CHANGED
upon these lines: AS The heart nanlrth
/ fter the water-brnoks. so panteth my