Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-28
A Clear Renort of a Great Lecture.

Clear Report of Great Lecture.
George w. Whiting. formerly OF BeIke-
lev county, now teacher OF Engiisn III
The University of Missouri. at COLUMBIA,
maj State. IN a recent letter to tiis nome
folks vest oil Shepherdstown gave very
interesting account of recent palriotic
lecture in Inc University auditorium by
Rev Hugh Black, OF The Union lheo-
logical Seminary, New York. M WHIT
iGg writes: An, =,
DIR. Black is a Scotchman and still a
citizen of Scotland, think. tor ne talks o.
"you Americans" and speaks OF Us do
foreigner u ould-but a sympaiheuc dnu
friendly foreigner He has been 10 lne
country a good many years ano love>
this country. He made grea' speeen.
First he defined patriotism, sno Seiu 'neIs
is false, empty, flag waving kino, ahu
a vicious kind that would crush OUT d'i
other nations and rights. But the true
kind is 10 love our country Tor whdl Is
hest in il and TO try 10 be worthy OF cur
countfy's best history and noble purposes.
Patriotism, he says, IS nslutai huilidh
passion; people everywhere love lneiI
own country and IN is right. he says
he has seen Americans weep when thsy
CAUGHT sIght of the Statue OF Liberty ana
the French love France with grea, love,
and so England, and all the resi- he
Germars. he says, cannot understand
wny Other nations Mould love heir own
land So he said that IVES PATRIOTISM
gone mad. intoxicated, and become a
disease.
Then, he said that some people could
not see what sacrifices patriotism required,
and could not understand that the call 10
serve the country IN a just cause vas
greater than The cuty 10 ones own private
interest or the duty to family. II is a
greater aim, more noble right within
The family, but could not see beyond
What we need is higher sense o.! utY.
He said the other day man told him mai
Hoover might 90 on talking till he was
blue in The face, that he would cal wnal
he liked That man vas swine, ne
SAID. II Hoover said eat grass. mf.
Black said his wife would make them cal
grass. He has son OF seventeen IN lhe
war, and brother OF torty-f"o BACK
IN his home town, IL Scotland. Town OF
) 600 people. he sad The loss III kIlieo
lust during 1917, not Including wounded
ard captured ano crippled, was seventy
nine. lust for one year Then he said
multi " that all over the land and we
would see what the loss had been and
what war-WearineSS meant over mere
But he said the war must be won and we
must win It even il 1t costs all we nave.
No compromise can be made Inc
enemy we face is the enemy OF man and
The enemy Of God DR.. Black is a
preacher, and he said that Solemnly and
| deliberately, and it made big impress
sion He SAID he had heard and seen
things in Northern France that had scar
red his soul. that he wouldn't tell US Tor
the horror OF II Ii was the slime Of The
best" WIS The way he expressed 1t,
and "hellish," and he uttered his disgust
Of The Germans in that way so that a
person couI see even more plainly VIII
| awful crimes they have done.
He told what the peril was at the begin
ming when the Germans almost captured
| Paris, and later tried several times 10
smash through al YpteS. The English
had no such time TO prepare then as we
do now. Said he saw men 60 to the
| front AID come back within twenty-tour
| h ours wounded England had TO throw
her men in unframed right against the
| German hordes. He made tremendous
appeal right along here. Said the Eng
| hsh had TO hold the Germans at YpTeS 10
keep them from Calais and the channel
ports. They were outnumoered SIX to
one With but one machine gun to ten Of
the Germans Their lire became thinner
md thinner, but they held it Their
comrades tel and there were yards
| nctMeen e.ch man and the next, ou
they held that line. and with ammunl
ZION almost exhausted, and no reserves
10 come 10 their aid, they held that line
| And with their own flesh and blood
against the Germans guns they held tina
| line. Most OF them were killed, he said
| but they were prepared 10 die 10 the las
| man 10 hold The llne-and most OF then
did die. But they held that line. anc
they held it, and by The living God, the,
| saved the " orId That WAS tremendous
The way he said it, and OF course II Is !hI
| ruth. You could see the men holdin=
tn line and dying there at the post o
| duiy. What were We to do ? he asked
and answered that we must support then
and be worthy OF the sacrilIce. men We
sang two stanzaS from America an(
dismissed
thought would just tell you a little
OF what he said, as II was SO true anc
good, you have seen il all along in tina
light and you have the same ideas he has
Well, it Is NOBLE tight, and hoTe Cal
soon be where can be OF more service
than can here II does not seem righ
TO be here tesching IN safety, with sucf
need and such a cause Or course Some
can serve best at home and are doing :
work just as important as the soldier o
sailor; but some are younger and Cal
90, dnd their du'y is To serve nov and q
where the need Is greatest. haven
had any notice from Martlns6urg tt
report for physical examination. ltseem
that they are slow. A good many GU
here have been examined. and am go
ing down TO the board tomorrow TO SET
if they have any record about my taking
an examination or any notice Tor me L