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Highland Park Press (1912), 5 Aug 1915, p. 7

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And if any nation today loses its exalted ideals and becomes a ruin, as have the long list of those that have perished whoae former glory is now marked by desolate ruins, it will not be because it has not been forewarned “line upon line and precept upon precept, here a little and there a little;” but because of its own willful or shortsighted folly in allowing itself to be carried -â€"-« Inn in mom-inn. by the carnal forces that there a little;” but because of its own wmrui or shortsighted folly in allowing itself to be carried away from its moorings, by the carnal forces that destroy men and nations. Now every civilized nation has believed that it was ordained of God, and that its task was God-ap- pointed. And if it had good reason for that convic- tion. it has succeeded so long as it was true to its highest ideals. It will be helpful for us today. on our nation‘s greatest day, which celebrates our birth and inde- pendence, to consider some of the reasons for believ- ing that we are a product of the unfolding of God's plan. and that God has given us a work to do: and we have a right to paraphrase our hymn “America" so that it reads:â€" 43:21 “This people I have formed (or myIclf'. they ln forming our appraisemem w bottom of the ladder and gradually get at least a glimpse of the Guam and destiny that lays before us. l. Certainly we can say. as rpusi ple, that the hand of the Creator foundation for our greatness and u We consider our physical area and v beauty and resources, we are tern the Psalmist of old, “God hath not nation." If we recognize the tru1 on‘Mars Hill that “God hath dete and boundaries of nations” and the tainly we must acknowledge that in ness He hath wonderfully blessed tions of the earth in 1776 we numbered 13 states or colonies, with an area of 908,000 square miles. Today our lands ex- tend over almost 4,000,000 square miles; a greater area than the total area of all Europe, and 7 per cent of the land of the whole globef With the con- stant stream of humanity emigrating to this country We are not disturbed by the crowded and congested conditions that perplex the old countries. For what- ever may be our ideas of immigration. one thing is sure we have ample room for those that are coming, and can give them plenty of work to do so far as the bigness of the field to be developed is concerned. They . . A ....... m. raw nrairies and mounx “OUR COUNTRY shall show forth my praise". “The wilderness and the solitary phce shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose." SERMON PREACHED BY REV. R."CALVIN DOBSON, D. D.. nly we can say. as rpust every other peo- 2 hand of the Creator laid the material ’or our greatness and usefulness. When our physical area and wealth and natural resources, we are tempted to say with t of old, “God hath not dealt so with any we recognize the truth stated by Paul ill that “God hath determined the times ries of nations” and their habitations. cer- ust acknowledge that in His infinite good- nâ€" nvnndarfvxllv blessed us above the na- “My country ’tis of Thee, Great God, our King." g our appraisement let us begin at the le ladder and gradually ascend until we :- olimnse 0f the Caanan of opportunity pulation. our growth is as remark- of 1790'gave us 3,000,000. Today dian‘ ),000, while it is estimated that we I for 300,000,000 wi‘hout crowding. > cent 5 so vast that you could place 149. ‘onr‘ Norway. Denmark. Portugal, per it is aid that we have lour-filtha of all the fresh water of the globe; and null the wealth and extent at all our rivervlava have not yet been computed. And when we estimate our national wealth the same stupendous vastness green ua. Two years ago the {ollowing comparative table of the national wealth of the nation: was givm: Russia 835,000.- 000,000; France “0,000,000,000; Germany 860,000.- 000,000; England “5,000,000,000; America $120,000,- We produce 22 per cent or we wneu pm... the world; We raise 26 per cent of the cutie. We mine 30 per cent of the gold, 33 per cent of the silver, 84 per cent 1 the cool, 35 per cent of the iron, 40 per cent of the steel, 62 per cent of the petroleum, 54 per cent of the copper. We raise 75 per cent of the Cotton and 84 per cent of the corn of the world. Whiie in the fiscnl year just cloning our exports ex- ceeded our imports by $1,000,000.000. In agriculture and in mnnuhcturing God huh bleued us Above ell the mtione of the earth. Mena- ured by our material resources end possibilities cer- tainly we must say thnt ou' country “ ’I‘ie of Thee." “Gréet God our King; from Whom cometh every good and perfect gift." 11. Agein our country in God's country become in I peculinr sense He not only leid the mnteriel foundations of it, but He peopled it in I most pe- culinr way. No student of history con question {or , _-Aol-_--\O n1 11. Again our country is God's country because in a peculiar sense He not only laid the material foundations of it, but He peopled it in a most pe- culiar way. No student of history can question for a single moment the hand of God in the settlement of this land of ours. For, as truly as Israel went out of the land of Egypt in quest of Caanan, under the guidance of Almighty, so surely did our forefathers come to these shores as impelled and directed by the Spirit of the most High. Not only did they come here in quest of religious liberty where they might worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience, but this nation was founded in a peculiar way with a religious motive. The historian tells us that every enterprise of the Pilgrims began with God. On the very title page of historic Americaniam is indellibly written, “In the beginning, God." When the first colony was organised it was clearly stated that it was for the “glory of God and the advanceâ€" ment of the Christian faith." And in the early days of our republic this religious heritage from the re- ligious seekers that first came to these shores from the old world, was perpetuated in the splendid stock that followed them. The Puritans in New England, \ the Dutch in New York, the Quakers in Pennsyl- Mnia, the Huguenots in the Carolmas, brought with them the faith of the fathers, a faith in the immedi- ate presence of God with each individual; the concepâ€" tion of a God Who dwells in the hearts of men; a God Who dwells in His present Church; A God Who dWells in public affairs; nn over-ruling God Who is shaping and moulding all these to accomplish His will. A g... ' This does not mean repudiation i-i u“ mum-..” in State or Church or in t'reeos; l‘Lll it does mean a repudiation of all pretense of authority in State or Church ancient or modern, when it puts the Voice of an in the place of the voice of (iml. Who spunk: in die hearts of his children. This religiom conception of liberty, as empha- sized by the Puritans, naturally found Ith way into the political life of this young nation. The i’uritan found his ideal of government in the Uld Tcsmmwrt, and he tried to realize it in America. And his ron< ception was this: That every man may go up into Mount Sinai and talk with God. Every man has lears to hear the divine voice, and a heart to feel His presence; and any system of philosophy or religion or politics that opposed this found the Puritan its enemy. He had faith in human "government of the people and by the people and for the people" be: cause he had faith in mzui M the child of God. And every man had the right to go up into the mount and speak with God and bring down to his fellow men the laws of (ind; and this religious type. of God-cen- tered government he tried to make modern in a prac- tical way. And this he planted in America. The end sought was indiyidual liberty through government; 'and the means was the development of each man as a child of (Bod, capable, of self-government and con- trol. We should never forget this exceedingly rich birthright from our forefathers, this heritage of a Christian nation. And let us by all manner of means safe-guard it. lll. And not only did the material {oundutions and peep n remarkal 1e way but it seem the racial foundatium of it in of our Litiu-ns beliexe in 11 r others in an unlimiled immi) must lwheve in the unmigran‘ selves. For w1- fire all 1n1m'1gr diam. In INIU uur fm‘eum cent. In 1900 It was 1‘ 14% per cent. A firm per cent. .7?! \‘An.. The Immigration peril is as much in the relation 0! the citizen to the immigrant as in the immigrant himA self. A foreigner not yet naturnliud wrote home to his friends “America is I gmt country. They not only allow you to vote, but pay you for voting." It is not so much the immigrant In our relatiomahip with the immigrant that constitutes the “peril." And that we have been constituting a national peril in this re» guard is shown by the development und educntion of the children of the immigrant {or which the mtion is responsible. We are told that the children of the immigrant furnish 70 per cent of the illitentes. 75 rut mow!) Pmmmsmn per cent of the wheat grown in 26 per cent of the cutie. We the gold, 33 per cent of the silver, coel, 35 per cent of the iron, do 21, 62 per cent of the petroleum, copper. We raise 75 per cent of an cent of the corn of the world. mean repudiatim t only did the hnnd of God lay the ,ions. and people our country in FUCh ly, but it seems (hut He also decreed itiuns of it in a peculiar way. Snme believe in n restricted immigration. xlim'ned immigration; but all of us the Immigrant l! we behave In our- nrc all lmmlgmnts unless we are In- m‘eum born population was 13%. per cent. In >\ growth in 110 your! 8(‘u5; Lat 11 does menu I of uuthonty m Susu- or when 1! put! {he vmre of ‘e of God. Who spunk: m u! all authorny I IN THE PRBSBYTERIAN CHURCH. JULY “'3! 13 per 1910 it was of only l‘u more." And ports). Ibo m m in I on... Mon an: '0 bin 3 [ram vain) of forum and foreign speaking poopi- in thb had “an over bo- fon. But we we hold that in 1664 dun won 18 lunmgu spokm 0n l-nhum mud, l paw varioty than "u found there today. So while m problem bu wumod hr." proportions. it In: not bacon). much men complex than Won the dnyl 01 our national ind-pardon“. Th. nut to wall boom by our fonfuhon In giving us “Ind-pendants my” we must complete in Amorictnizin‘ m. indopcnd- enu. Our nchl {Oundluonl In" both hid bro-d 1‘..- L- gnu. Our Ind strong tuw. \ _ Ind strong from the vary b‘innmg; md we be- liovo that any luv. boon so ordsinod nnd ambushed of God our found" 5nd bulldu'; sad it in for us to build I nuu’oml "rut-w" of that. vtrioul monk. from the old world (hut dull In“. the W and virtues of the many nnd include the vice: 3nd wank. no... of none. Ami thi- ll I put ml indood. And the pnunl intonation“ crisis in culling our amn- tion flush to in (re-thou 3nd m difllcultsu; md remind: 0! again of the on ”pound lumen! 01 the hlmmn an! “Ion nn'wm luv. (on. to phat on the rock 0! homopnolty chm: on an no: of min. glad blood.” So, In our (mun-1m our poulbla peril also. - A J --.._. A. ”III -1". IV. This bring- us m not: this turd»! scum of grams“: that God mm 0:» ban .0th Amortcn to exemplily an pouiblo unification of m. on law of homofinoity a named by Pauli “God had: 111.60 of on. blood nll nation. of men that dvoll upon (he {no of m. arch." We Inn in flu [mt Amman Melting Pot I hbonmry an of our Mum and ability m demonmu chit he! to tho world. And while we mny bout of our phyual vutnou And weflth, And of our coamopolinn population. In man no‘ (om! our intimu nlntion u I“ no“ and m- u'om of the workl. And rm}. '0 my bout of om 4,. I-‘ u- I‘m-IL {Oct 0! we can... u- ._ Melting Pot I lnbonmry an of our Mum and Ibillty lo demonmu chit he! to the world. And while we mny bout of our phyelal vutnou end wenlth, And of our coemopolinn populnuon. we mun nol (om! our lntimu nlntlon u Ill no“ and ne- u'om of the work‘l. And whlle we my bout of our Independence ml le-Iufliclenq. yet let up rem-m mar the! God h” to orflniud the world-lndy-poâ€" litlc um no part of it ll lbwlflely ulf-Iufl'rln‘. The urth in one, but God huh dlvldod u up into zones. end to out Lone He has given in own poculur gifts. but each zone ll dependent upon the other. To the Arm- he he. given fur md coll; to 0m lruplce. pug" Ind spied; Ind m the temper-u. 1mm end fruiu. And Ill lheu zone: ere bound together by mean rhnnels mking isolation impoulble. And no mum“ liveLh to hat-1!, any more then on. part of the human body u Independenl of other ports. '1‘» world 1: I gm: phyucel. social. monl, polmcnl, re- llxloufi orgnmsm nnd no part thereof can n)‘ m (he uther par! "1 have no need of thee:" and when i! u iemph to do so sugnumn end death are inevitable. 144 any nlllon build I (‘hinese wnll around itself and stagnahnn. Murphy, dud) err Inc-Viable But when the wall In torn down and nu people we privileged m mingle find intamingle ‘16: other nluons (ht-n the Infusmn of new life gives 11 Illrenflh. and in min- Xulwns wow ind l-enr (run. ,1, (m1) 3 short v urged that (‘nth self. and shut out' sufllcing. But 1h: others did (hut w lUtl‘Il..' “r. V. 7 . Urrly a short whnlc I30 I nutcnm-n in (hrmdn urged that (‘nhuln buxld I protective wnll About her- self. and shut out the other nation: Ind become n01!â€" sufllcing. But thnt sutclmln did not null“ whit other: dad thut when (‘nnnd- ”fune- on buy from othrr cuuntriex thnt other countriu would refute to buy from her, and her what lnd umber would spoil 3nd her trunnion would be depleted This Is not only true 6! a nation romnwn-mlly, but mentall) And son-Hy and rrhgiounly mt well In the rulm of nullutmn God lu- given to each p00 ‘AX -4L-- n-Vxnnl This Is not only true 6! a nation romnwn-mfly, but menu“) And son-Hy and rrhgiounly As well In the rulm of cn'lllutmn God hll given to on}; p00 p19 its own Vie-1th for lunch-n31» with other nntmns and If they do nut shun them with one nnuthor. the) RPM” becnum- of nanny-r It hll been for one nlhor to give to the world rchgioun tmtitutlons. another to contribute nrt. mmther philoaophy. nnother cu} turn, nrmthvr M‘ienre. nnolher democracy, moth” colonizatmn, another self-government; and even in our mu: {uir "put-Inc the vnrioun section: are not independvnt of one nnother. The North depend: on the South for NI cotton; and the south depends on the North {or its corn Ind wheat‘ Engllnd [nu u.~ .L phantom. Fr-m‘c the loom. Germ-my the Ru independvnt of one nnmner. nu- nun... m,” _ du- Soulh for In cotton; and the south depends on the North {or its corn Ind whell‘ Engllnd [nu u.~ (hr lmummive. Frnm‘c (he loom, Germ-my du- Ru marge-r, Rn}, Itaiy wxrele» mlegnphy; and men |.~ hv nahnn that hm- !01 contributed {0 ur- snmr g1“ {hut h \llul u: our duly Me ind Ci‘ihlltion And thn (‘nhfldflthh loda). when we are reminded 0’ (‘Jr mun-r11 mdt-pendmu‘e on "Independrnn- «N Amer 1"173'NI" hm" «hunk? losQ-n pnwnmmlnm, rrh‘H' Inhm n" «gutbm. mu! m a mflsure unfit-n And ml (im on! l'uiqx-ndt-m‘r For when the hnhonr w-I )n-uplu of the «huh, wuh all 0! their much "mun-«1 ..H4...‘.m.l..nn‘, n-cngmu- xhn grul rulnonu‘.«v«»r‘ni Intumnl algntbm. mu! m a mean“: nun... (lm urn l'ulqK-ndt-m‘y For when the MI )K-Uplr> of the "uh, wuh all a! lhetr mucl lndt'pcmlvnn‘, recngmle xhn grul hallo! umly, ~tnfe and huxred Ind jealousy And muse. xmd the peoples of all chmen Ind dwell lngelhc in brotherhood and love. With Out though! in mind we cunno! the Europun Wu u If it were mum,- {on We cunnol lift up our eyes and look um" Ind behold ohr hrethren of other ration: If locked in the death (ripple. nnd IIy that nfi-ir and we hl\‘(‘ no plfl or parcel in it. new men hue nlrendy found ou! an! we I: m it. and [In when Europe on!!!" Arm aufler film. 'h In our wnr, in part; And I'I ‘u difl‘maltsu; mud and lumen! of “to (on. to M on an no: 0! min- » 1m our possibh we cunno! ape-k o.’ . wally {uni‘n w u.- ‘OOR Mm. tho «an 'r union: Ind {lmxhn 5d -y 01-! it h then aim} in it. Our bun u! an we In” t pan on!!!" Amerim mm! In: And w. mun! bu! wer may be sounded Some one he. slid that "our rulers are he men working in a powder meta-me end e buildi etnred with explosivee; end the duty of the hour ' careful thinking and Itudied silence." lt in sold an idle word brought en avelenche down upon Velley of Zermatt m watzerluid end (round a llage to powder. For three duya end night; the ow fell, heavy with monture. “'hen the fourth de)‘ as past the doon w the house-I were cloeed and the windows darkened. t'p in the mountain in a ch-let caught in the worm. ln hil dinne- he w t out on‘ the mountem end cried aloud. Unconeci vibration ehook the boll‘hl o! the treea w ' overbden with anuw, end, falling. the ano arried the mm o! anow from the lower limba ofl the tree, end this ln turn started a drttt slipping finch con- tinued to other momentum end weight Iuntil the greet avelanche rolled down the mounuin aide and With the etroke of en eerthquake it ground *1! ville“ to deatruction. 1 The need of the hour it confidence in } men who leed na in thin world crie'ta, end preyan 'th (aid! that they Will be led erixht. And that {when the time comee {or ection that their notion willl repreeent the thou‘ht end confidence of a hundred lllion citi- ma whose the! concern in to bring ebou univeraal peace and brotherhood among men, end time, ao thet the ldeel dvlltution may be mind.’ 3 And our poeition unon‘ the wining nht’ione la a unique one, becauae we in a measure ereltree iron the temptations thet have led them into‘ la awful conflict. One of the [re-teat fee-tore wo toward dieeention and strife Among natione, ia nd hunge! ueuelly based on e congeeted popule . When Shebepeere completed Hemlet. Queen EM ruled over 5,000,000 people. Today K George \- -k“nn‘ “h! faulmquoffl. Anode-cad have I responsibility In (hit front conflt 'II {or us in than day 0! stun that. try men thong. to be ”noun minded And artful of get lost vn aid to the umbk amuopho, we Ipoil our dance of hunting um confli t to n and. vbn once ind for All time the death noll o! 11-41 DUI Iru ur ....,.. ___, ,,,, the foil) (:1 war that nations will hen forth be“ um: h‘l‘unh um: piowshnrea and their spear! ink pruning hook; hnd renhu once and for (but - menu but nuer been and never an be xpondod the ew‘nd Am-xem Home tried it '1 vuln. Hp? :n'n‘ufl- Grunge-d Carthage and earned er men and homen to haul) m- flavor, cut down 01 Sr vineyt und orrhmde and destroyed be! hou Ind flex But when ('nflhugo wu destroyed Rom hrr (lemme: her-nu there were no (arthure lo hm) her goods. and the to Win! for food hoe-use there were mm. from (’urthngeniun field: Ind IN 80 We lurned hungr) eye! toward Jeruulem, Ephuut M Athens and 100le (hen temples Ind Med ”Cy Hue-h Ln-muve: and spoiled their grim- es: but frfim thn! how Home lv-gan 10 fall, until e “I“ ru‘od l-y (he ewnrd permhed by the «word 0 nation dun [mum-r Iv) mhklnu It: crrmpfli!0r nu“ 11 n a luv 0! human mnure and 0 God, and no ry of the na- ,L_LI- n.“ yum nut mun", ran rmohe IL The hi 'All us. UYylth 1}“ yrru! (‘HT' (h; n- nm} «an th \rur n “\t‘ lm m muHrr hnw terrible may he the u-ntpeu mm huu dark the cluud, God end Jmure Ire oquul u 1hr elm-mew); 3nd no (lush u! a II mm thwart {hr pur]m~l-2~ u! lhm Who mnku I“ mp work to- grthn (my puud 1» them thu lou- 0d. And pou- nilnly thin rum-ulnon for Europe will 0 for her Whit the ourlhquake dud for the people of rmâ€"4nckod the null and ”pond the silver vein nut pave ”mu the wenlth With which they built I with. bar um und Her-lure end liberty m luv. 80; my Europe find in the wroclute. the! flu- unperuh-l-le (old out of which build nn inde- nruruble Temple w the Evorlu ‘ng Prince of l‘eu‘e. whun unfliling flfu Ire Lfe. Liberty And lhppnwn. both now end {Mr Europe find in the w: 1hr unprruhnhlc [OM HruruMe Temple m u Ive. I m mu '1' Y “ 1 01 d»‘ ‘ _ g in u y i nrum :Lhtout 7: So Rom Ephesus Ind Med ”Dy c dun ruiod o nation an 0 var ir .over. build in indo- ‘11; Prince of fr. Liberty and not 13de rm. to nuke 1 expansion; 1d. our fifldn

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