The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-06-01

anything unless the United States,
sends Missionaries who WI teaOo
the Bible to these people.
Boys Fought cikii War
You 4 have doubtless seen some.
where the record of the ages Of our
Soldiers in the civil war Of the 81
778,309, 100000 were under TWEEN.
ty zone, twenty Ave ten years OF age
225 twelve, 1923 fourteen, S44.S91
sixteen, 1,151,70S eighteen, 2.15o.7oS
under twenty-one
only 61S.511 over q who took up
arms.
Boys many of them who never, got
to live out their lives under the nag
or to help incorporate the principles
for which they put their lives in
jeopardy In our Government. It Ia
for us to snatch the torch from their
falling hands and see that, the splen.
did ideals which kindles the fame
of war are held sacred and find per.
manent place in our Government.
Union forever. That was an ideal
then and they did not die in vain.
The idea has become and establish
thousands OF young Americans. an
never shall that seal be broken.
Unity OF Action Wins
Before the Hindenberg line cou9Q
be broken their had to be a common
action Under common command.
They organized before they could
win. II was case of life and death.
I believe it is still case of life and
death and men of all faiths Protes
tant and Catholic Christian and He
brew must fall In rank and keep step
that the enemy Of righteousness and
ordered government may feel the
solid impact of the united forces Of
righteousness. -
Memorial Day Sacred.
Memorial day is solemn sacra-
BILE cost of life and liberty.
Have we forgotten how manythou.
sands had TO die before a. man could
rest secure that his person would
not be harmed whether he be white
or black until he had fair trial by
twelve OF his compeers We insult
that nag when we despise the courts
and take justice into our own hands.
We deprive our fellow men Of
sacred rights for which thousands
have laid down their lives on the
field of battle. Z
Tribute to FIaa
Oh that flag. II we could only see
all that is woven into the folds Of
that Flag.
Betsy Ross did not make that nag.
That nag has been thousands OF
years in making
1t is the same flag under whose
sacred folds Abraham armed hts
trained servants.
AS years go by the ancient lines
become invisible but they are still
there. That flag was in making at
valley Forge and Tigonderogaat Con-
cord and Bunker Hill. It was In the
to Vicksburg and Chicann-
augua Antietan and Gettysburg. II
was In the making in the crisis at
Cambria Chateau Thierry and Arron.
ne Wood. But 1t is not only battle.
fields that we see in that Flag. / can
read in its secret folds Patrick Henry
speaches and Washingtons farewell
address and Lincoln addresses at
Gettysburg.
oh what we are and the measure
OF our devotion will depend upou
what we see in that Flag. IT re-
presents what our fathers fought for
In the revolution, is represents a.
we have said the bloody feet OF an
cestors at Valley Forge It repre-
sents the fearless spirit Of John Han.
cock and John Adams it is ablaze
Win me oratory OF Patrick Henry
ouioi WCusycI. VI Lincoln,
and Garrison and Wendell Phfliiue
Henry Ward Beecher. Il Represents
all the great speeches born a the
white heat OF those days all the ora
tory and the battles all the flghtinr Of
sixty one to sixty FIVE. Some mof6er
here sees In II the grave OF be-
loved son over yonder Ia Flanders
field. Il represents the grave Of sons
and the tears OF women. It means
sympathy for the oppressed. It means
that our judiciary be maintained ia
its independence that the criminal be
condemned the innocent 60 free It
means equality of opportunity for all.
, And see inextrfcably into its
loids the ten commandments. The
beattituded OF Jesus and If we had
eyes to see we would discern amone
the stars and stripes The Gross az
Calvary. And there is written the
law Of all sacrifice "He that sayefh
his life shall loose It but he that
looseth his life for nv sake and fhe
gospel shall find It. i say Il revert
emily / say it thoughtfully we never
can understand that nag and that
nag never would have been possible
never could have been produced and
we would not be living under its
protecting banner were 1t not for
That Green hill far away behind 4
citv wall - 3
Where the dear Lord was crucified
Who died to save us all.
Ever loyal soldier Of the nag i
should be also a soldier of the cross. Il
These who have tried TO do their BIT
In redeeming the world from oppres 4
sion and the tyranny and Injustice Of
men ought not to find II hard to come
into reconciliation with the redeemer
Tor the human race. II was a soldier
4 man who had learned to face
ieath who stood by the cross and !
said truly that man is the Son Of
God"
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