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Annual Memorial Sermon Is
Delivered At St. Paul's
Episcopal Church
REV. WONDERS TALKS
ON PATRIOTIC SUBJECT
MemberS OF G. A. R., Ameri-
can Legion, Sons Of Veter-
ans And Others Attend

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ance of Memorial day was not in any
way lessened was jndicated by the
large congregation present Sunday
morning at st. Paul's Episcopal
church to hear the annual Memorial
sermon given by the rector, the Rev.
Donald Wonders.
Coming to worship with the people
of st. Paul's parish on this occasion
were the veterans of the Civil War,
for whom and by whom Memorial day
first was instituted, members OF Joe
Hooker G. A. r. post, the Women's
Relief Corps, the Sons of Veterans,
the Daughters of Veterans, Dan G.
Stone Jr. post, American Legion, and
the Ladies' Auxiliary, American Leg
ion These organizations attended
as bodies and occupied seats especial
ly reserved for them,
| Present also were q number OF the
faculty and students Of Kenyon col
lege and other residents of Gambler.
In the conduct of the service the rec.
tor was assisted by Mr. John Francis
SAINT, Junior student at Bexley hall,
Kenyon, who read the lessons for the
day
Patriotic Good Sense" was the sub.
ject upon which the Rev. Donald Won
ders spoke, taking for his text Psalms
2O:7: "Some trust in chariots, and
some in horses, but we will remember
the name of the Lord our God"
Taking this passage of Scripture
for his theme the minister delivered
an edifying, stimulating and timels
sermon upon the line Of action that
should influence us as a people and
as a nation. "This verse;" said thu
minister in explanation of the thougha
and purpose that had impelled him IL
making selection of 1t as his text
"gives is the impression, an insight
into the mind Of pious Jew. Israe
was encOmpassed about by a powerful
enemy. The haughtiness, the assur
ance of the enemy before the besiege(
city gave a striking impression. The
enemy were of suffciency untt
themselves. The Pslamist was i'm
pressed by this assurance. So wa.
inspired this man to put into words
the thought of this text. Some trus
in chariots, and some in horses, bu
we will remember the name of tn,
Lord our Cod
"For us, who are Americans, II
peace time we should consider thu
words of the Psalmist. Where is th,
trust of America today?" The inquir.
was thus made suggested the though
of the discourse following on "Patri
otic Good Sense"
Continuing the minister said
"There is a seed to put emphasis OF
this subject. 1t is easy to lose thu
perspective and go off on a tangent.
"There Is need of kind of pa
triotism which thinks, the ability Il
sum up the great principles behind tn,
government, the nation and the peo
pie, and to see II the trend of toda!
parallels and walks in the way O
the nations history.
1T Is the patriotic duty of every
citizen to be able to criticise his gov
ernment In time of peace. This ma.
not be done in time Of war becaus,
of the danger of giving aid and com
fort to the enemy.
'If the government fails to DO IT.
duty to the people, whose Is the blame
especially in n democracy? In the las
analysis, it Is the fault of the peopl,
themselves, Every man and woman
should be a voter. There should b.
an army of independent voters an,
there would he no bosses
There are several types of patrl
otism. There Is one in which ever,
one wears his patriotism upon hi
sleeve and cries, My country. aiway
my country When the time of tes,
ing comes those persons usually ar
found to be self seekers
/ Another type Ii the blind patriot
He accepts without question the Pre-
paganda put forth by his leaders. l
Is the kind OF patriotism that put Ger
many whe reshe was in the late wal
Rome, Greece, Assyria, all fell b,
cause of a weakening of teh religion
word. Our own civilization In Amer
Ca will fail when the ideals that tn
founders Of our goversment believe
In disappear.
, rs America a Christian nation? w