THE AMERICAN FLAG

 

ITS USE- ITS FORBIDDEN ABUSE.

The American flag is the symbol of the brotherhood of man.
It stands for courage, for chivalry, for generosity, and honor. No hand must touch it roughly, no hand shall touch it irreverently.

Its position is aloft, to float over its children, uplifting their eyes and hearts by its glowing colors and splendid promise; for un der the stars and stripes are opportunities unknown to any other nation of the world.

The Government commands the people to honor their flag. Men and boys should uncover as they pass the vivid stripes which represent the life blood of brave men, and the stars which shall shine on forever.

It must be raised at sunrise, lowered at sunset. It is not a plaything of the hour; it is a birthright of privilege and integrity. 

It may not be used as staff, or whip, or covering. 

It shall not be marred by advertisement, nor desecrated on the stage. 

It was born in tears and blood. It was baptized in blood and tears.

It has floated since June 14, 1777, over a country of benevolence, refuge, and progress.

It must always be carried upright. To bear the Star Spangled Banner is an honor, to own one- a sacred trust.

It is the emblem of freedom, of equality, of justice for every person and creature as it floats unvanquished, untarnished, over the open door of free education.

 IDA LOUISE GIBBS  

Chairman Committee on Prevention of Desecration of the Flag, 

Daughters of the American Revolution, Massachusetts, 1912.

MRS. J.G. DUNNING, State Regent. 

References:

2.4 NOV1914 MEMORIAL DAY May Thirtieth 1914 

Open the door of your heart

 Open the door of your heart 

(HYMN)

BY EDWARD EVERETT HALE 

Open the door of your heart. my 
friend, 
Heedless of class or creed, 
When you hear the cry of a brother's 
voice, 
The sob of a child in need. 
To the shining heaven that o'er you 
bends 
You need no map or chart. 
But only the love the Master gave- 
Open the door of your heart.

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I have cheerfully made my life's work 

The Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, 
"The Fraternal Order of Eagles,
The Knights of Pythias, 
The Woodmen of the World, 

                     I gratefully dedicate this little book of verse gathered "From the Four Winds" 
                                                                   JOHN PHILLIPS MEAKIN 

Open the door of your heart, my lad, 
To the angels of love and truth; 
When the world is full of unnumbered joys, 
In the beautiful dawn of youth. 
Casting aside all things that mar, 
Saying to wrong, "Depart!" 
To the voices of hope that are calling you 
Open the door of your heart.

Open the door of your heart, my lass, 

To the things that shall abide, 

To the holy thoughts that lift your soul 

Like the stars at eventide. 

All the fadeless flowers that bloom 

In the realms of song and art 

Are yours, if you ll only give them room.

 Open the door of your heart.

Open the door of your heart, my friend, 

Heedless of class or creed, 

When you hear the cry of a brother's voice, 

The sob of a child in need. 

To the shining heaven that o'er you bends 

You need no map or chart,

But only the love the Master gave. 

Open the door of your heart.   

THE SPEECH:

Every good act is charity. Giving water to the thirsty is charity. Removing stones and thorns from the road is charity. Exhorting your fellow men to virtuous deeds is charity. Smiling in your brother's face is a charity. A man's true wealth is the good he does in this world. When he dies mortals will ask, "What property has he left behind him?" but angels will ask, "What good deeds hast thou sent before thee?"                                                                                                                         Mahomet 

THE ORIGINAL HISTORICAL ARTICLE PRESENTED AS IT WAS FOUND IN THIS HISTORICAL MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AMERICAN COOPERATIVE JOURNAL    DECEMBER 1921

THE ORIGINAL HISTORICAL  HYMN, RECITATION,  MOTION SONG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THIS ARTICLE IS  PRESENTED AS IT WAS FOUND IN THIS HISTORICAL AGRICULTURAL MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HYMN OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE STATES OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTH DAKOTA,  AND THE ORIGINAL RECITATION, WHICH REACHED US FROM THE DAYS OF THE PILGRIMS WHO REACHED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CENTURIES AGO. THE ORIGINAL HYMN, RECITATION AND MOTION SONG WAS SERIOUSLY STILL CHANTED IN THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE STATES OF NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA IN THE YEAR OF 1921.

References:

1. AMERICAN COOPERATIVE JOURNAL    DECEMBER 1921

2.FROM THE FOUR WINDS QUAINT AND HELPFUL POEMS AS COMPILED AND RECITED BY JOHN PHILLIPS MEAKIN; FRATERNAL POEMS for FRATERNAL PEOPLE Published March 1911 

3.UPPER ROOM BULLETIN, PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE BIBLE CHAIR CLASSES

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 1918

4. The New York Templar ; and Official Organ of the International Order of Good Templars of New York DELHI NEW YORK JUNE 15 1906; A MAGAZINE PUBLISHED TO PROMOTE ABSTINENCE AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP