New-York tribune., 1918-04-28
x The Golden Book of Congress X

country J0Wc,
Fighting the fight for avhich there
IS no retreat.
But there's an ache iii our heart
just the same.
"If this country is worth living in, my
friends. it is worth dying for, and if the
time comes when the youth Of our
nation not willing to die for their
country, if need be. then comes the time
when the United States will cease to exist
It Is better to die for the Fnq.
For its red and its aUhite and its blue,
Than to hang back and to shirh; and
to lag,
And lei the flag sink out of uieac
1t is better to give up this life
IN the heat and thick Of the STRIFE
Than to Hve ont your days meath
sky
Where Old Glory shall no more fly.
"somc people seem to think that we
ought to be satisfied if they arc neutral
in this fight. Why, you cannot be neutral
in a fight between your country and the
enem..
Ou axe citHeT Win II neafC ana soul
or you against ita traitor
Quit talking and ay1iting 1auh; trea-
While under Old Glory you stand.
o. break 2oith IT'S fairly and squarely
Anc go ~lth yoau heart IN you1'
hand
We honor gallant opponent.
Respect O. concictiou sincere.
RUt Eu,nnco Eo
Lei him get the 6laccs out of herei
ut is not only the duty of every Ameri-
can citizen TO be loyal and patriotic HIM
self, but it is his duty to nstil the same
patriotism in his children. Let US consider
1t just as much our duty to teach our chill
dren to love their country as it is cur dut-.
to teach them to love their God
Let me quote to you that little poem
We Talk Of the Flag by E. a. Guest:
"TeU me about the fug," he said,
AS / 'uas Putting him to bed,
A nd arhy men auauc their hcts and
cheer
Vhcncuer 1t as drayi7ag near
And so arc stopped undressing then
10 tGH about the time avhen men
We're tdcug cannon shot and shell
10 serue the flag ace loue so aveU.
told HIM of the snel wao died
IN frozen 1O0od and COUNTRYSIDE
Long gears ago in battles qrip
10 keep flag like that fo7. him.
l told him all about the stars.
The spotless achite and crimson bars
ana 1chat they dreamed of and then
s0uoht
As bitterly they bled cnd fought
t Lct no one tell you as you groU
1hat nothing to the Hcg you oue.
LET no one achasper that it means
0"t pleasant days and peaceful
Ard merely calls to mind land
U"ere "eolth o6ou71ds on eve,y
because 40 more that Aag 7ciV flu
Whsn men for it refuse to die.
A'd Il may be-" said I, "that you
Must some day serue that banner.
ana then i sNcA doy should come
Ihdt soatds again the stirring dram
A"o oioaes once more the martial
fife, '>' '''''
BE not a slave to peaceful life.
'S 'eeY sCe|c WtcH. UON Oe man
-4' 'aa gace that flag the best you cam"
Il
'Wc owe just as nue., honor and respec.
TO the wife who has to stay home and raise
her boys to be manly men like the father.
Hers is as heroic part as the part of her
man who does the fighting:
o'i|g prap that 'chile he is awoy
on .Gua'd and guide him day by
day,
A''a G19'c me strength to tend his
little ones
Until he comes.
On tcnd or sea,
Whcrcuer he mag be,
God bless mV nlan for met
Every ono o. US has duty to perform
now and every hour until this war is ended
Let Us all adopt this motto;
'anst act for one hour forget
Info the Stare and Stripes mn debt.
7apus spotless ca my day Of birth,
Aud ,ehen at last qu;t this earth
Old Glory stiU 'nnst spotiess be
For all svho follow altar mo.