Chureis alnest the entire Amerian coe Under the ho-pitavic roof of
munity of Shanghai was gathered day afternoon to take part im the service of national thanksgiving the pulpit. was draped wit ith the stars and stripes and close beside it on the rostrum "it the Consu-General (Mr. John Goodnow), who bad issued a memorandum to is fellow citizens urging them to observe the day, as far as possible, as one of" prayer and thanks pi America's national Anthem was sung at the conmencement, after which Consul Goodnow read the President's proclamation, and the Rev. E. James, of the American Mis-rei, Hongkew, offered up prayer.
Choosing as a topic" The Elements of Christian Patriotisin," Bishop Galloway, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, gave an eloquent and fervid address, which, in any other building than a place of worship, would have aroused his hearers to a high pitch of enthusiasm. Fatriotivin he hela to be ae once a passion and a duty. It was a passion deep as the human heart; a duty imperative laws proclaimed from. Sinai.
wericans had a great country to claim their patriotism. "Its history had been almost_a perpetual mira few a few scattered colonies, to-day id was greatest nation of the globe. The rth of its commerce, and its wealth ud its might, had been unexampled. No other nation had ever equalled the majes ti steps of its onward march. Other us which 50 years ago were far in advance were now left so far behind as to be coly within si ig distance. Lord Rosebery, addressing an audience in Eng-Jand, had said " America is so close behind us as almost to throw her shadow in front." He (Bishop Galloway) would accept the figure, but would reverso the positions. Americans were almost appalled by their massive strength and fabulous wealth. On the field her soldiers had displayed a skill and valour that compelled the admiration of mankind; the thunder of her battleships had written a new chapter in the history of the world, and ina few months she had given Spain the greatest submarine navy of modern times. It was a great privilege to bea citizen of such a country, and he thanked God he was an American citizen, As a outborn man, too, he was glad to say that any idea' of separation was gone for ever. The whole country was more united at the present time than it had ever been.
But patriotism, the Bishop went on to contend, should be distinctly and positively Christian, There should be no such distinetion as sacred and secular, The ethics of iizenship were as sacred as the songs of Sion, and the ballot box as holy as the book of Common Prayer. He repudiated from his soul the statement, made, he was sorry to say by an American, that the ten commandments and the golden rule had no place in the political platform. Whenever there should come a divergence between piety and patriotism, then they might say farewell to the greatness of their country. Not differences of skies, of climate, of blood were answerable for the differing types of nations, but differences of religion. The difference between China and America was the difference between Buddhism and Christianity, between Confucius and Christ. 3 The preacher urged in conclusion the need for individual care of the honour, the reigion, the welfare of the country. America's dingers would not come from without but from within, No foreign foe would ever set foot on soil which was consecrated for ever to Americans, but the danger was from the country's own prosperity, its own institu tions. These perils would be averted so America's homes were pure, her her men brave.
The Star-spangled Banner," heartily made a fitting conclusion to the There was also a service at the American Mission Church of Our Saviour, Brondway.
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