Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-28

wy p ment n"G ,1a sfI Ibe
prv nm Nrvrrr self sacrifice of
pw1cur MINIS our at hers
pledges us TO our
country's defense. He said that the
day when American boys carry the
battle flag into the trenches Of France
will be golden day in the history of
liberty.
Following is the second sermon of
the series:
Text-And his sword was dipped in
heaven.-lsaiah.
For the fifth time our republic has
entered upon war; defensive and Of
fensive, against foreign country As
In our four previous wars, so now con-
gress has taken action only after
threatened invasion Of our land by Il
foreign army or after hundreds Of
American citizens have been murdered,
our ships sunk, our property destroyed
and our institutions threatened. In
stating the issues of the war our pres
ident attained a high form # elO-
quence In a speech that will have a
large place in the history Of our coun-
try. Supreme eloquence means the
meeting If three great thngS-a great
man, great crisis and a great prin
ciple. If the presidents speech was
less dramatic than Patrick Henry'S
speech at Williamsburg, less quotabe
than Abraham Liucon's speech at
Gettysburg, less picturesque than
Wendell Phillips in Faneuil hall or
Beecher's speech at Liverpool, ii re
mains fer US to affirm that bis address
was a noble ana imprisoned Plea for
the Safeguarding of free institutions
for the human race.
Spirit Of Democracy at Stake.
From the very beginning Of this
mighty conflict wise men saw that our
entrance into this war was inevitable
Lincoln once said that house divided
against itself cannot stand. that tine
republic could not endure, half slave
and half free; that it must become all
one thing or all the other. Now, Eu-
rope is house divided against itself,
and therefore cannot stand. II cannot
remain half autocratic and half demo
cratic. 1t must become all one thing
or all the other. Either Germany must
conquer the allies and impose autoc-
racy upon these free governments or
the allies must conquer Germany for
the overthrow OF autocracy and mill.
tarism and make the German people
truly democratic. The battle line there
fore Is between autocracy on the one
hand and self government on the other
"New occasions teach new duties; time
makes ancient good uncouth.' Today
therefore, every Individual, every city
and every nation must take its stand
for or against autccracy. Individual
worth is the genius Of American insti-
tutions. Every citizen Is to be made
wise, strong, self suilicing. and there
fore to be n citizen king, governing
himself The spirit Of democracy,
therefore, is at stake. John Milton once
said that we had better kill a noble
man than STAY noble book Milton
meant that God can raise up another
man and I'LL him with truth and genius,
Of prophet or seer, to be handed for.
warl and reproduced In thousands or
millions Of men Better. therefore. that
we slay all the men Of this republic
than that we Stay our institutions that
should reproduce themselves In millions
Of free men that can become the archi.
tects Of states and the builders Of the
commonwealth.
Tho Stars and Stripes TO Wave at the
Battle Front Of France.
The great cmancipator once said
that he was not anxious rs to whether
or not God was on our side but that he
was deeply concerned with the queS
tion whether we were on Gods side
BY the action Of congress our people
are now where we should have been
two and half years ago, on the side
OF Gods little ones for their protection,
fighting for the republic Of France. for
the free institutions Of the other allies
and for the defense OF our own rcpuh.
lie. Men of fortltude and patriotism
have often felt Inundated by the fact
that we were plling up treasure In bill.
lions while France and England were
fighting for the big mother ideas of lib
erty In Belgium, for which our fathers
fought IN I71G IN America. How thrill.
Ing the thought that from this hour our
own soldier boys will carry the Stars
and Stripes beyond the trenches, risk.
Ing their lives for the great convictions
Of their fathers! In this critical hour
for liberty and humanity the place for
pur boys IL not the field, not the fac.
lory, not the store and bank; their
place IL with the Canadian boys at
Cambria and 81. Quentin, and the