Our Flag
Improvement Era, vol. 17, no. 9, July 1914, p. 841
W. D. Nesbit
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WORSHIP 841
sun, the moon, the stars, the idols and even men was not the true
worship. The manifestation of God's power was so established
everywhere in nature that the inspiration of it all was a message
of peace. His worship was to God, the Creator of the sun, the
moon, the stars and men. Then he, God, in whose image we
are created, gave life to all his creations, and the law by which all
these creations exist is understood and governed by the God we
should worship.
We, being the manifestations of his power, governed by his
law, in whose image we are formed, should develop within our-
selves this instinct of worship to the extent that reverence and
truth should fill our beings, so that in going to him for aid, we may
do so with an assurance satisfying and soul-inspiring.
LOGAN, UTAH
Our Flag
[By an effective reading of the following lines, on April 20, last,
Mr. Thomas L. Reilly, of Connecticut, fired the patriotism of his as-
sociates in the House of Representatives, at Washington, D. C]
Your flag and our flag,
And how it floats today
O'er your land and my land,
And half the world away.
Blood-red and rose-red,
Its stripes forever gleam
Snow white and soul white,
The good forefathers' dream.
Sky blue and true blue,
With stars that beam aright;
A gloried guidon of the day,
A shelter through the night.
Your flag and my flag—
Oh, how much it holds
Your heart and my heart
Secure within its folds
Your heart and my heart
Beat quicker at the sight;
Sun kissed and wind tossed,
The red and blue and white.
The one flag! the great flag!
The flag for me and you
Glorified, all else beside,
The red and white and blue.
W. D. NESBIT