The Washington times., 1923-06-27

(which art in heaven" Let Americans
awake to mans God-given dominion,
spiritual thought force, and with the Mind
Of Christ meet and protect themselves
against the aggressive mental ssug gestlons,
which disposSess man of his Christ-mlnd
and leave him victim to the hypnotic
influence of the carnally minded mental
assassin.
why should Americans sing the words OF
this anthem, which suggest only that which
il .destructivcf We are q God fearing,
Christian nation, whose efforts heretofore
have been. to- bring q cessation OF war.
What could move those who defend Keys
anthem, The Star pangled Banner, to
give expression to sentiments, at whose
fulflment true Americans must revoltY
What mental influence has effected this
RESULT The mental animus which gave
birth to this ballad, through Francis Scott
Key, and which is struggling TO sustain It,
is entirely, foreign to America and must
return to its native soil.
Tie the spiritual inheritance which was
bequeathed to America by the Pilgrims
and the Colonial Fathers is not protected
by our President, and other political
leaders, from being destroyed by the influx
Of European, alien elements, then God will
raise up those who will seize our dropping
standard with the firm grasp of spiritual
conviction and Christly courage, and they
will carry it forward to sublime victory.
Americans are refusing to continue to hold
in, mind the death-dealing bombs burst
ing in air. or the sentiments OF revenge,
hatred and destruction, such as were given
expression by Francis Scott Key.
AS an American woman, / claim my in
alienable right to defend the spiritual
foundation upon which America is based.
I therefore protest against singing The
tar-Spangled Banner" | deeply value
the privilege of life and liberty accorded
to me by the Declaration of Independence.
I understand my God-given birthright,-
spiritual dominion, and / refuse to
follow any dictation but that which is
founded upon the teaching Of Christ Jesus.
Christ's Christianity, the brotherhood of
man, is forever established in America.
It will reach to earth s remotest bounds
and finally include every nation. Until
Americans obey the memorable LGaU of God,
as VOiced by Christ, namely, Love one
another" they can never advance beyond
the present destructive conditions Of law
lesSness, warfare, robbery, greed, envy,
hatred, lust, and revenge; but Christ, as
liking Of kings and Lord Of lords, is on
the field, and his power at this, his second
appearing, is driving sin and sinners to-
the point Of standardization.
Spiritually enlightened thinkers of to-
day know that thoughts are manifested in
actions, or events, as surely as effect fol-
lows cause. War and all crimes. political
or civil, are the result Of criminal thoughts
entertained by mortals. Then, shall such
sentiments. as are embodied in Key IS bal
lad, "The Star-Spangled Banner" be per-
petuated in America7 No! Mol A thou
sand times, No! prophesy that this an
them will never be accepted nor sung by
genuine Americans, and the refusal to
sing this song will be the test Of the true
American. The spirit Of the ever-present
Christ, operating in the hearts of genuine
Americans, has frustrated all efforts to
enact a law adopting this song, and woe
to anyone who strives to obtain such a
law in defiance Of Christ 8 mandate,
Glove thy neighbor as thyself.
Consider the sentiments expressed by
the third verse: .as-
! "And where is that band who so
vauntiugly swore
That the havoc Of war and the bat
ties confusion
home and country should leave
us no moreY
Their blood has washed out their
foul footsteps pollution;
No refuge could save
The nireling and slave
From the terror Of fight or the gloom
Of the grave" ......
Do these phrases fittingly express the
spirit of America, the nation to whom the
longing world looks to-day for. moral and
spiritual leadership, with Christ, - and
those that are Christ's disciples, the
headi Shall Americans shout, in violent,
unsingable cadences, of the rockets red
glare, the bombs bursting in air. and
today refer to our democratic partner in
Anglo Saxondom, Great Britain as the
foes naughty host which ''in dread
silence reposes7" Shall that "carnal
mind" which St. Paul declared was
''enmity against God, !" and which has ever
opposed the progress Of enlightenment and
truth, be longer allowed to express the
qualities Of hate, sensuality, and bloody
violence, through Francis Scott Keys
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