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FOR ALL THE EAR Christianity and Patriotism : One and the Same, Accord ing to the Bible. World events have brought b< Its st this time most forcibly questions of nationality and pal ism, and I have seen the statei made repeatedly that Christian? Inimical to both. Christianity, ?re told, is not national, but co politan. Its tendency in to oblite boundaries and distinctions bet\ Ace and race. This cosmopolitanism of Chris tty, people say, is absolutely fats patriotism. That "was, for insta one of the criticisms which the J oese passed upon Christianity, triotism amongst the Japanese hat '?orne exalted almost into a reli? Devotion to their land and to t emperor seems to be their ruling mian, and one of their objection! Christianity is its universal which, they say, is fatal to patriot ?nd that It would inevitably sap devotion to their country, which been the Jap's boast and pride. Let us look at this criticism fe moment and see how much tr lhere Is In it If It could be she that Christianity is antipatriotlc would lack a certain element wi appeals to the American just as si Jy as it does to the Jap; for love cue's land is not a passion which peals only to the dwellers lu t ?astern empire, but a passion wt tlhould burn with an Undying flame the heart of every true American. That Christianity is cosmopolita! fts spirit cannot be disputed, lt the gospel for the world. It addres itself to man as man, and not to n as a member of any particular Hon. Other religions are' for the m part tribal or national. But the ( ?nd Father of our Lord Jesus Chi ls the God of all the earth, and -father of all who dwell upon it T ??Cospel of ours ignores all nat?o . .distinctions. Men come to the cr 'from the East and from the W< from the North and from the Soul ft is just as much for the black rc AS for the white. It reveals a lt that lavishes itself upon all with( respect to differences of race or co ?or tongue. It preaches a univer fatherhood, and consequently a u versal brotherhood of men. The G .pel not only ignores natural and rac .diff?rences, but it looks forward to time when these racial and natioi differences shall cease to sunder a g^. divide men as they do today. I not say that the Gospel looks forwa i -to a. time when differences shall cea k to exist Difference In itself is n ?L an evil, for I believe that each i JB^ tionality has its important contrit Bflflfc tte rt to make the civilization of ms HH Jt?nd as a whole. But these diff< WP enees shall cease to be sources of Jei -ensy and strife. The prophets of o -were given the 'vision of a unit BL world: "Enmities were to be ab< J^B? ished. The lion is to lie down wi the lamb, the calf, the young lit and the failing together. Racial jet busies are to disappear; war ai . bloodshed are to cease; men are 1 "beat their swords Into ploughshare And their spears into pruning hook ?nd to learn war no more. There co doubt about it that the Gospel cosmopolitan in its message and i its spirit To Human Brotherhood. Now, I believe that every earne* tuan who thinks seriously is a cosmi politan In the Gospel sense of th word. Na matter what causes ma be assigned for the great war whic is ravaging the world today, It Is ev dent to every thinking man that th ultimate cause of the war is nations Jealousies and rivalries. That ts wha lays the great burden of armamen -upon the nations today; the burdei which has been growing greater am Heavier every year, fn spite of l,90i years of Christianity the spirit o war still rages among mankind, ant Cod has permitted thia great war t< scourge us as the Inevitable outcom< of the Jealousy and hatred and rival ?les among the nations. Perhaps w< ?an now see that only In the brother hood of nations can there be happi ness and well-being. That does no! i mean the death of patriotism, il means no surrender of the love whict we have for our own land. Tennysor was a strong and vehement patriot ?nd yet he thought of the golden agc ?s a time when 'The war-drum throbbed no longer, and the battle-flags were furled. In the parliament of man, the federatior of the world. It is an error of judgment to think Chat this sort of cosmopolitanism-the kind which the Gospel teaches-is de structive of patriotism. The error ls due to a false conception of what pa triotism is. What ls patriotism? My dictionary defines it as "love of coun try; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country." I am content with the definition. Patriot ism, yon will notice, ls a positive thing. It is love of one's country. It is not hatred of other countries-It is love of your own. You can love your own family and yosr own home with out hating your neighbor. But the mistake which so many people make is of Interpreting patriotism as If it meant hatred and jealousy of other nations instead of love and devotion to their own. Surely nothing has shown more plainly the source of the pr?sent war than the Chants of Hate which it has brought forth.-Rev Stephen Paulson, USS DREW'S SECRETARY By JEANNE KILEY. Carlotta Drew pushed away the count books that littered her dc and sighed wearily. "Oh, dear, I never can make th< books balance," she panted. "I wi Miss Smith had not been so stupid Miss Hart so slovenly. I simply ca get along without a secretary." "You might try one of the sec tarial schools,'" suggested Mrs. Mar, bending over her embroidery. "I will-I must have someone once." Carlotta picked up the receiver a telephoned her wishes: "Send, along anyone who ls fail intelligent," she wailed at last. "There," she said, looking defiant at her annt, "they are sending up young man.". "A young man!" echoed Mi Marsh. "Are you crazy, Carlotta?" "Only desperate, Aunt Anna." 1 ? hall send him away again." "Not until he has straightened o my accounts. I make them say th I have spent Just four dollars inste of five hundred in the last month, ai yet my cheekbook shows I have ov< drawn my account." "What a muddle!" sighed Mi Marsh. "You really ought to mar a good business man, my dear, som one who can look after you and yo property." . "I met a man last summer" si began. Then, biting her lips to ke< back a secret she had not dared co fess to anyone but herself, she addi gayly, 'Tm going out, Aunt Ann If the young man comes tell him straighten out my books. I'll be hon before he leaves." It was an hour after Carlotta's d parturo when Biggs brought in a car "Mr. Anthony Lester." "Humph!" sniffed Mrs. Mars looking coldly. at the tall, self-po sessed young man who regarded hi so affably. "My niece is out at pre ent She wants you to wait until si returns. No use wasting your tim though. Miss Drew said you mig! straighten out her books-there c the desk-find out what the troub ls." Lester smiled and sat down at tl desk. Presently Mrs. Marsh note that he was working busily over tl offending accounts. He worked so steadily that Aui Anna's heart wanned toward hin She would reward him with a Htti amiable conversation. "Are you married?" she aske abruptly. "Good heavens-no!" he laughed. "I was married for twenty years an I never had one single regret. M husband has been dead for ten year Oura was a perfect marriage," signe I Mrs. Marsh, now on her favorit topic, "and I dislike to hear youn people laugh flippantly at matr mony." Lester colored. "I assure you," h said gently, "I had no Intention c laughing. It was the idea of you thinking I would be here-" Hi voice trailed into embarrassed s lenee. Aunt Anna Marsh sat up stiffly an regarded him over the tops of her ey? glasses. "Young man," she said sternlj "when you came here this afternooi did you know that my niece, Mis Drew, is very, very rich Indeed?" Lester had the grace to blush quit perceptibly. "Yes," he said at last . "I thought so," she said. Lester got up and paced the floor Now he was scowling in a most un pleasant manner, but even the blacl look didn't mar his handsome face "Can't a man marry a rich glr without being called a fortune hun ter?" he suddenly asked. "No!" exploded Aunt Anna tn di g nantly. "Does your niece share your viewj -that every man-no! I won't doubl her for an instant!" He turned to ward the desk. , The door flew open and in came a radiant Carlotta, her blue eyes agleam with the glad light of surprise and her cheeks aglow. "Anthony! Anthony! you dear!" she cried, and she went straight lntc the arms of the "secretary young man," who held her closely. Aunt Anna shut her eyes upon this horrifying sight "And there is the poor secretary waiting in the hall," cried Carlotta, releasing herself from Lester's arms. "The secretary! Carlotta Drew, who is this young man?" demanded Mrs. Marsh in a tragic tone. "Why it's Anthony Lester, the man I almost told you about-it's a secret that we love each other, and I sup pose now our engagement must be an nounced. Who did you think he was, auntie?" she asked curiously. Lester gallantly came to the rescue and Aunt Anna never forgot it. She took him to her heart even before she discovered that he was considerably richer than Carlotta. "Why, who did you think he was?" repeated the girl curiously. t "Mrs. Marsh asked me to help straighten out your accounts," he in terposed tactfully. "I've brought or der out of chaos, but there's still one more thing to settle." A small, dapper-looking youth, with owlish, spectacled eyes, entered the room meekly. 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