Show PATRIOTISM I A Peaceful to is Its It Adva Ad A d v estre tall CK Hew flew York Evening IC ICor PosU Poe For or many years I have hav carefully studied the popular idea of patriotism both as a sentiment rind nd aa as a practise truth My conclusion cone unto to is that there ex Ut exists exI i a great gnat deal dI of 0 I and aDd I feel teel prompted at this tIda time of special patriotic Uc terror fervor to present cast t my IDI I views View I invite and even challenge any u of your readers who do not DOt agree acree with me to prove that tbt I am sm in JIt error 1 There to Is not DOt ta In any aay part of at the Bible even een a sentence that tha t wires requires or QI justifies patriotism II 2 3 So The sentiment t called ca ed by this tAla tAlaI warns I to is like the tile word wOld which wl dt expresses It ta is III probably of heathen origin originS gin gini I S i The usual definition desalt of or rt to ii love of country countr The man who seeks to learn what this phrase means meant and to carry out its I teachings in hIS hta life lite attempts attempt a hopeless task las 4 It is an all exaggerated form tona of sel al selfishness a and to is one of ot the devils most meR successful devices to deceive and Ad all mis mislead JI I lead the human race rase raseS 5 S It to Iss in lit tact fact a delusive method of at I inducing a violation of the U sixth com commandment Thou ahalt not and to Is practically 7 in opposition to the spirit of the other nine 8 6 Ministers and others who teach the coordinate obligation of religion n nand and patriotism have bave no warrant In ta reason rea reason son lIOn or Gr Scripture and a CI the practice largely accounts a UAti for tor the t e diminished moral tone and aad tendency to te skepticism among amone the people 7 The religious organisation which sends Benda missionaries to foreign nations te to t preach the gospel pel of peace and aDd good goodwill P goodwill will and the duty dut of and obedience to God and ad rests its It claims for tor support on Oft the Ute value of the human hu bu human buman man soul and at the same ame time ap approves approves approves proves of and advises sits ita members to 10 enlist for tor war occupies a position so 10 absurd as u to be essentially grotesque lue 8 9 No man a has baa a tight right to risk his atI own on life which is I a trust for tor which an account must be rendered except in inthe inthe the effort to benefit hit his fellow men mea menThe I 9 The claims 1 ul of ot the th state are Interior in inferior Interior to the tb claims of God and should be regulated by our relations and aM ob obe obligations obligations Il to him 10 II The T continued eoD life Ufe and an prosper prosperity ity It of ot nations depends primarily and aad indispensably upon righteousness rIat 11 IL No government his has a right rl bt to tomake tomake tomake make a training for tor war a Axed ax em employment employment for tor its Ita CW and every everyman everyman man Jan who thus thUi devotes bin 11 life violates divine law Jaw and Jeopardises his b blIeU happi happiness ness lIeU for tor eternity 12 1 The maintenance ce of at a navy DaY ex n except for police purposes such cA cAb as may maybe maybe be b required to suppress piracy or other open violations of human buman and Del divine law cannot be Justified ed IS ls It follows that the study of the theart an art of ot war In ta military a naval aca academies demies baa has a demoralising influence and that the tendency to is to blunt the moral perception and aDd unfit unit men who pursue minute it for useful lives 14 1 It Is ia a disgrace to Christian peo people people pie that men who have bave excelled in the deceptive arts uta and lid brutal destruction of ot life limb and property involved In war should be hailed as benefactors treated with exceptional honor and often placed in Malt high official positions 15 16 This high hleb estimate of ot the merit and proper reward for military service disparages alt denying men man and anti women who consecrate their lives to the effort to lift up and uel save av their fellow men and makes maka a false stand standard standard ard of or excellence IL 11 It places place brute force above abon moral worth orth fosters footers 14 and low tow ideate Ideals and ignores the fact that a man manto manto manis to is to be Judged by b mind and heart and that what he thinks and aad now bow much he be loves to ta the true test teat of worth 17 A nation that maintains a aann great army ann and navy nay to be indispensable for tor protection disregards the Bible requirement require requirement reQuirement ment of ot trust in and dependence d on God and eventually will wilt reap a harvest of disappointment arts aRC humiliation IS 18 1 The teaching of patriotism in let public schools to is Illogical and harmful and will lower the tone of citizenship with the coming generation The salu lIlu salutation salutation tation tatton offered a piece of bunting called the flag to is a form of ot idolatry 19 It The true patriot interprets love of ot country to signify love tove for tor the peo people people people who are in it He will win express this feeling by a special Interest in their welfare and effort e ort to make them the purest noblest nobl t and anti happiest Pleat among the nations of ot the earth This love will wil necessarily expand into a worldwide love Jove for tor all aU men have a common origin need nature and ui destiny JOHN C HA YER Yonkers N K 1 Y IMS |