Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-02
VIZ CARRY OUR coLORS
TO LAY Ar THE cross
acoaslnued from -. 60


AS making completion III our Lord i he
turn 10 hcaven and completion oE His
work "a earth His gin of the Holy
Spirit las promised sen days later Az
The power ii which His work was u
% carried % by His followers On
ear1h and thu power By which you ana
also are 10 work for Him
message from God to All. Me5nor
tai day That day unspeakably more
Hear this year than eyer Nearly
IO0, 0f0 new made graves Of our feI-
Low countrynen abroad and at home
brothers insarlns og Jesus Chris, and
literally following in His steps for the
salvation Of the world 4 ines8age
from country to All that We Shout
beware lest they have died il vain
Last Tuesday in Academic year the
last Academic year for many 81 you A
message from Col through country
10 Us. that 1T our last service
together dis me Naval Academy
samils We pause and dwell before the
altar III Gods house and meas
ure the task which God has appointed
for iii III terms of Christian patrio.
tism for patriotism and religion can
no Longer be separated except in
theory The new patriotism is re
ligion IN terms 81 country
over the door 81 this chapel * q
motto Non sibi sed patriae Not
for self but for country Bnt the
colors which mean ID MS. Orr conn
try. are not allowed to rest at the
door, Many leaders or thought have
found In the last words the English
martyr, Edith Gaveil, the greatest sin
gle phrase brought forth by the war.
Patriotism is not enough Patrioa
tfsm plus what do we need2 so we,
carry our colors and place them in
direct line of vision with the cross
No true patriotism without religion:
no real religion without lave 81 coun
try. and IN this mother church az the
Navy where rest the remains of our
first great admiral John Paul Jones
and whose very altar colors. only the
other day were taken ny the regiment
to the bier of Admiral Dewey, who laid
the cornerstone of this building. and
who after the. battle III Manila Bay
declared Gentlemen. Il higher power
than ours has won the battle today, II
~ not enough that We merely admire
the beauty Of design and harmony of
colorfng Of our flag, or even dwell
upon the holiness Of the ideals, the
purity Of the motive. the self-sacri
nee even unto the shedding Of blood
the fidelity and consiancy Of the
Founders and builders 6f the republic
Iand ask ourselves what those princi.
pies mean TO us, and In us as Aneri
can citizens today 1t is not even
enough that we remind ourselves that
the things we lightly take for grant
ed or selffshiy call our own are ours
Eonly In trust Cur land ITSELF our
homes, our liberty and our citizenship.
our schools and our religious freedom
have come down I'd us a precious her.
Itage always by the iabors and strug-
giles. often through the life blood of
those who have gone before. and we
TN the Navy are especially pledged to
hand them on intact to those who shall
come after.
It was John Paul Jones. whose
body rests In the crypt OF this chapel,
who first ran those colors up 70 the
masthead Of an American Man.of War.
and who obtained for them the first
salute from foreign nation, and the
nearly 100000 new made graves
which we had IN our minds and hearts
On Memorial day are additional rea-
sons why you and and every other
American should realize what God
has given this nation Of people to do
abroad as well as at home. As ii
wavea upon the terrific battle front in
Europe, 1t symbolized our own deter
mination to prove worthy sons Of
those who toiied and fought and bled
for principles which are eternal i.
q sign to man and To God that We
we're and are resolved that the flag OF
every nation under heaven shall iii.
terms Of It's own choice mean the free
dom of that nation to work out its
own problem and live its own natioDal
sife without any alien or brute dicta-
zion or aggression
The New Patriotism
Jesus ID the Saviour or the world
gfe came TO break down the Internal
fionai barriers Of hatred and disrust.
py His own Infinite self -sacrifice on Cal
vary. He teaches us that Am my
brothers keeper 2, is question for ma
items as for individuals and that the
answer for nations too is in the afr
native Nations, like individuals are
not Independent but interdependent
nation canont decide to lead an iso.
lated life any more than X can de-.
eide To defy the law of grayisation.
We hope. said d well-intending
body 81 men ID Abraham Lincoln,
thar God IS on our side, II am not
much concerned said MT Lincoln To
know whether God is on our side.