The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-15
MOUNT PLEASANT CHURCH
UNFURLS SERVICE FLAG,
Lawyer Schimpf Makes Stirring Ad-
dress in Honor of Occasion.

Peasant M. +. OuuTCu, fiedSdutsliic
after which he presented a Service
Flag to the Church in honor of twen-
ty-eight boys who have been called
into the active service of the Govern
ment.
The message was Upon the 1.-TWO
Present and Opposing Moral Forces
Democracy and Au%tocracy."
The speaker showed how man came
to his best under the government OF
Democracy during the Grecian EN-
pire. He further showed how impos-
sible it is for the Nations of the world
to come into their best until the spirit
of Autocracy is crushed in all govern
ment and the people are permitted to
enjoy their rights and liberties under
universal Democracy. 1t is only when
the people are free that they can
reach their best in the business, social
and religious life.
To strengthen the contrast between
the two moral forces so strongly in
OppOS1tiOA to-doS, thS oPSohOi qootSU
a part of the Lords Prayer: "Thy
will be done on earth as it is done in
heaven" Autocracy is a special priv
ilege by which mar is given authority
to rule. When Autocracy is lodged in
any form of government, and man be-
comes a ruler of the people instead of
their administrator, it is at such times
that the will of man has opposed the
will of God here or earth. Jesus of
Nazareth openly denounced autocratic
principles. He was a mar of democ-
racy. His life of humble ministry is
the strongest argument for a peoples
government the world has ever
known. He did the will of God on
earth, not as an Autocratic Ruler, but
as a servant of the people.
America entered this world war, not
with any thought of ruling the world,
or any nation of the world, but to save
her own people and the people of Eu-
rope from being trampled into submits
sion and moral death by that malig-
nant military autocracy which seems
determined to conquer the world by
her frightful atrocities committed
against all civilization.
To this end the boys of Mt. Pleas
ant M. P. Church have left their
homes, their town, and their Church,
~ eouo not on1u fhair oo,,pfrxy htIt to
save the cause of mankind; and there
by save their country, their homes,
their town, and their church. There
fore, we unfurl this Flag in honor of
these boys who have responded to the
call of the Nation in defense of the
sacred rights of the people of all the
Nations forced into this present world
struggle. These boys will be held
strong and firm in the winning of this
war as we sustain them with unceas-
ing prayer.
In receiving the Flag the pastor
said, 81 am sure we are more proud of
our boys since hearing this splendid
address, so strongly favored with
christianity, philosophy, logic, and his
tory. In dealing with the fundamen-
ture, the speaker has convinced us
that we must win this war, because
democracy in government is the peo-
pies right. Democracy is the people.
1t is the. peoples gospel of equal
rights in all matters of government in
Church or State. These boys have
been raised under the government of
Democracy in their church as in their
state. They know what they have
been called to defend; and they know
how to defend what they have.
II am proud Of the boys of the Me-
thodist Protestant denomination, be-
cause this is the largest body of Meth
of Democracy. Just what their
strength means to the American gov
eminent, it lei to their Church
government, for the Methodist Protes-
tant Church is purely American IN
her form of government.
Therefore l read with pride the
names of our American Methodist
Boys:E. Leroy Adams, Roy c. Adams,
Franklin A. Albertson, Walter E. Al
b~ertson, Charles C. Albertson, Jethro
Adams, William Anderson, Geo. Will
liam Biggs, Harry Biggs, Lewis S.
Bowen, Arthur Conover, Zepheniah
Fenton, Cornelius H. Candy, Clarence
J. Candy, Charles Gouldey, Winfield
Scott ireland, Charles W. Jarvis, Ray
mond Leeds, Thomas Leeds, Randolph
Leeds, Charles Moore, George R. Man
ming, Robert Mobley, Samuel Schiller,
George Thurlow, Joseph Thies, Carl
Weiss, Paul Weiss.