The Washington herald., 1917-04-09
Winnow Out Disloyal Alien Is
Plea Of Rev. James S.
Montgomery.

'kaiserism is to be side-tracked be-
tween the hell-born station of 'barbar-
ism and that citadel built Of fog-bank
and bigotry-'the divine right of kings
said Rev. James Shera Montgomery. pas
tor OF the Calvary M. E. Church. in his
sermon last night on "Americanism ver-
SOS Kaiserism."
I'm this hour National honor Is being
made illustruous." said the pastor. "and
.et the dislOyal alien be winnowed out
by the tanning machine OF Americanism.
The nations mind and heart are al
ready saturated with world justice and
humanity, and in this crisis the supply
of patriots will not fall short. Out of
the divine door. shop. college and home.
will go the patriots who will leap at the
throat of royal despotism and deal a blow
like that unto omnipotence.
Ministers should not be exempt from
military service only on the same condi-
tions which apply to other civilians. All
men. in a republic owe duty to the flag.
A minister is a man and a patriot first,
and a minister next. or one Of any other
calling which he may select as his voca-
ton. Yet let II be said that the minis
ters' homes OF this land have furnished
its full proportion of boys who have
marched with the flag and will do so
now. At the response of our country S
call. will go forth from the parsonages
of Columbia, fathers and sons, to lay
their lives upon the affairs OF country
and duty. These men who carry God
and eternity in their breasts never can
be labeled 'shirkers.
Women should Aid Work.
Every woman's club and every wom-
ans society of our churches, should. at
least in part. put aside their accustOm-
ed work and be turned into sewing cir
cles and knitting bees to help sustain
life and promote comfort in hospitals
and in camp. This conflict calls the
womanhood of our land to let go some
things and assume others. And so after
all the women will make glorious our
labors by their sacrifice and service.
They always have been the treasures of
our republic: they never spell the word
fail or 'falter.' in the hour of need. Our
destiny rests in their chastened hands
and they already are giving patriotic i'm
petus to uphold the flag always. and
everywhere. When the years pass by
and the world studies and comprehends
the real nature OF the present issues. 1t
will turn with a sublime reverence and
love TO the womanhood OF the world.
The struggle will teach us many les
sons. 1t may keep our nation from be-
ing buried beneath its own material
splendor: it may keep us from allowing
our civilization to culminate in that sell
fishness that poisons, and from the life
that kills.
Call Comes to All.
The hour calls to the great and lux
urious clubs; it appeals to the social cir
cles of the rich: 1t asks the scholar 10
leave the exclusion of his fireside: 1t
speaks to our fellow countrymen every
where to come to a common level OF a
high-born service and sound in the
worlds ear, that this republic Is forever
against tyrannical government and seeks
only the protection and the redemption
or all peoples from the infamous heel OF
despotism.
May our citizens read anew the De-
claration of independence. May we not
juggle with the sacred document nor
play with its principles. but may they
keel and rig our ships until under the
God Of Justice, and in the name of a
country that loves peace and despises
war, but hates inhumanity far more,
drop their tubilant anchors in the haI-