The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-04-20
UP WITH OLD GLORY!
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stirring hearts once more,
'TiS the song of Freedom sounding
far to ev'ry shore,
While we go bearing Old Glory!
CHORUS.
Hurrah! hurrah! we strike for liberty,
sea,
For the freedom of the man wherever
man may be,
AS we go bearing Old Glory!
Honor calls, To Arms! We brave, your
land hath peril too,
Bring the foeman's plots to nought,
the ruin he could do,
Till a lasting peace hath brought a
brotherhood that's new, E.
While we go bearing Old Glory.
CHORUS.
Hurrah! hurrah! we strike for liberty,
For freedom on the land and on the
sea,
For the freedom of the man wherever
man may be,
AS we go bearing Old Glory.
Thou, America, the beautiful, the
free, the grand,
Mid the joy of peace or shock of war
by thee we'll stand,
Thou America shalt be our only
Fatherland,
While we go bearing Old Glory!
cuORJTS
Hurrah. hurrah! we strike for liberty,
For freedom on the land and on the
sea,
For the freedom of the man wherever
man may be,
AS we go bearing Old Glory!
The above was the song, set to the
tune of Marching Through Georgia"
that was sung at yesterday morn
ing's service at the Baptist church.
The words of the song were composed
by Rev. G.. A. Hobbs, d. ID. The sing
ing was lead by Hosea r. Harmer, the
entire congregation joining in the
chorus.
At the First Baptist church, Rev. r.
w. Hobbs took as his text John 2:15.
and he made scourge of cords" He
said in part: at is well for us to
catch the pictures of the stern, strong
Christ forcibly rebuking the wrong
dOer. Three years ago many of us
were asleep concerning the irrecOncil-
able differences in forms of govern
,ment. But now we are shocked out of
Indifference.
at is due to a fundamental differ
ence in the conception of government.
The idea that the individual exists for
the state and for that alone has always
meant the eXaltation of the few and
the degradation of the many. This is
autocracy. The other idea that the
state exists for the individual has al
ways meant his uplift and develop
ment. A parallel instance is found in
Christ's statement: The Sabbath was
made for man and not man for the
Sabbath. This is democracy. The only
ideal autocracy is divine one with
God as the supreme ruler, and this
is an ideal democracy for every citi-
zen of the kingdom is made a joint
heir with the Son of the ruler.
Democracy at Swords Points.
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democracy have ever been at swords
points. France, Italy, England, Russia,
China, Japan and Germany have en-
bodied this struggle. The late Carl
Schurz was driven out because of his
leanings to democracy and in a re-
publican form of government develop
ed into an exceedingly useful citizen.
The war is but an incident of the
struggle. The spirit of democracy
breathes forth in the spirit of the
scripture. That men are to have their
true rights was taught by Jesus.
"The Prussian spirit of militarism
and world-conquest is the legitimate
outgrowth of autocratic philosophy
and is utterly opposed to the spirit OF
democracy. There has been forty
years and more of it. The so-called
German Kultur in it's relation to war as
expounded by Bernhard is but part
of the over-weening conceit of auto
CratiSm. The kaieor said seventeen
years ago to the German army about
to enter China: IF you meet the
enemy, remember this. Spare nobody.
Give no quarter. Let whoever falls
into your hands be doomed. Just a
thousand years ago the Huns, under
their King Etzel. made for them
selves name which is a mighty one
in tradition, so may your appearance
make the name German feared for a
thousand years in China, so that never
again will a Chinaman dare look
askance at a German.
Disregard of Treaties.
Gle has developed disre~ard of
treaties, war upon women and chill
dren, cruel and unwarlike measures,
the alliance with the Turks and the
massacre of Armenians, the disregard
of international law, the expectation
of French and Belgians. the sinking of
neutral vessels outside the zone of the
blockade, vessels loaded with food
supplies for the desolated peoples, are
but a few of the fruits of the auto
cratic spirit carried to excess. Our
quarrel is not with the German peo-
pie but with the spirit of autocracy.
"The very existence of democracy
is at stake. The presidents message
to congress makes clear that this is
war for the ultimate peace of the
world. Let every man read this mes
sage and catch its calm spirit as con-
trasted with the fever of autocracy
shown in the kaiser's address of sew
enteen years ago.
"We face conditions-not theories.
(Here the speaker read Mrs. Edith
Wharton's poem The Great Blue