Show RELIGION OF I PATRIOTISM Keynote of Inspiring Sermon by hy the Rev Frank Fay Eddy IS INHERENT TO A LAND LANDI J I Cultivation of oi ilium Idea Is tho Most Io t tI I Ini I flu lt Tank lu l. Before time the American People Rev Frank To Toy Eddy yesterday discussed dis cussed cl Cl iT The he Religious Significance SI o of Patriotism at It tho hue services of nr tho time First Unitarian society social In Unity Hal Hall Unity quartette uart le sang an un anthem and Joseph 13 g l' l Poll Pol li tho time goo soo Excerpts Excerpt from Mr Mm- I Eddy's Eddys sermon follow Tho whole history hl tory of or the Jews Il Illustrates II- II i- i the lie power of oC time the religion lon ofa of nf a n race i TIme They early eally learned to exalt their God Goel as t a great God above e abo all al gods gotis gods Well Vel could the time second Isaiah IsIah limo tho great grat prophet of oC the time exile exie c call I upon upon up up- UJ- UJ on un them In the tIme name namo of that God Goel Hearken unto me le yo ye e that know Jeo I Ih time the people In whose wart heart I I. I js my um law anti And proudly pi and stubbornly stub RUh- RUh time they have borne Ie their ha e cro cross ro s through nil al the time s of Christian persecution In time tho tw name namo of time the most high God They exemplify time the roil roil- glon gion of or a race I Patriotism Inheres to 10 a u LandAs Land As an aim illustration of if that thal patriotism which inheres to a land and Its IL traditions t-dl- t which is n a sentiment more mOle fervid fer fr- orvid or- or vid mouth and ant deep deJ than Luau any other uthel that sways tIme the lw people of or that land anti and which answers time the chief t-hief purposes pur poses of or a religion we have ha e the Lime be- be lolo ha of tho limo Japanese luring during the time recent re recent re- re cent war with wih Russia Husla I do tho not know how long this nation naton will till wi retain the time simplicity and amid ant power of this Lids ancient belief which Is connected with wih their ancestral Sim Shintoism anti and with the days tays when their thir emperor was mas a re recluse re- re cluse all and amid In iii popular thought a n demi god goti god Call It heathenism it if we will wi but hut It I produced the time race act of Samurai and I Ii onder i If the time Samurai will wil long stir sur survive Hr- Hr vive vice the tIme destruction of or this spirit it of patriotism However desirable It may seem em there has never ol hen been In iii history a lee lee- er- er lect Ct blending of the lie tie religion of or race ace aUl that of or place Anti And now It would Leem Impossible that an any amm really ally eat gm-eat People should long confine the time I deep which ize them themus as us a n nation naton In the narrow row limits marked by tim the proud exclusiveness of time Israelite or the time fatalistic devotion olon to Lo nation before time the ll person as us seen feen feenIn In time the lw Japanese True tie Patriotism i iQ I. I Religion Yet Yc true tru patriotism is a thing es essentially es- es religious In nation nalon and aunt time creation and nel blending of or great eat impulses and amid sentiments so aci they they shall shalle lie he e held a precious s heritage in the I com com- inon bun life of oC the time people Is by ly long odds the mo most t important task In all al nations t nd this task belongs to time the poet the theartist th theartist artst artist anti and th time the reformer far Car more than timan Ihanto to Lo the practical man a. a as the law w A common spirit of or life a spiritual solidarity must produce an organic unity and harmony In a nation naton or it wil lack truo true atness lUl and mul Otherwise It I I Is a more mere ag aggregatIon of luman atoms which will wi fall all Cal to pieces under the time first shock as a piece picco of m mer mner crumbles under the lime ham Imani- In the time body hody of the sermon ermon Mr showed I hat lint the time elements elmonts of oC this ibis patriotism which Is essentially re religious religious re- re arc aro arC faith In a n nations nation's tons ton's t lion 01 loyally to Its Is welfare works worl in inIs Is its behalf and amid fruits unto righteousness righteous righteous- ness hess anti and unto repentance as each cacti Is Ie In iii UP its due tue season ea on required m r l Needs Cultivation t I lOll in lii America n 11 a In conclusion Mr ZIm- Eddy said aid The Time most Important task asic we have hav before us In these United States of America Is tIme the cultivation of or this rel religion lon of or pat- pat We Ve were fortunate in iii the Ideals With Jh which im h we wo started slatted Al At our nul r rations ration's tho limo dream of or democracy de democracy do- do hall had freshly formed formell in iii the souls of a 1 modern race of or prophets In him mIca Amt was ivas tho limo first filst realization of that hint dream Liberty Libert and equality were wele noble words watch lot for a new republic lie lic Ic to con and anti a 1 group roup of remarkably r IH great men guided g Its Ils fN earl early fortunes and amid shaped shape ils its destinies But nut our present day patriotism must consist In something moro more than timan gloryIng glory glory- Ing lug In their noble part patt and In cole cole- brating with wih much noise and anti bombast hor bom honi- bast hast th the Declaration of or Independence or in Iii guarding g the time constitution It I Is anti and ant must be he I repeat a spirit of or life a n rel religion lon which hn hits has Its Is own evolution i anti and rises to meet the pro hems b of nr each mie new age In hum America we ive are receiving a swelling swell in ing tItle tide of immigration Can we e assimilate as- as these thes Cr 11 diverse o and often deteriorated deter deter- V WO We are arc facing grave o 1 economic problems Will Viii 11 we solve olvo them thern lastingly and with honor honore We Ve will If If as us u In the time past the time lel religion lon of or our OU patriotism Inspires our nur zeal anti and steels stel our resolution |