John Elias on the Christian’s love for his nation

Men of a broad and unambitious spirit take the cause of others to their hearts. They rejoice in the success of their neighbours and their nation, and they mourn in their distress and tribulation. Selfish men care only for their own personal affairs. The Christian is a man who is for his nation. He thinks of his nation as his family and himself as one of the family, as a body and himself as a member of the body. Any injury, wound, or pain in any part of the body, especially the head, affects him. The death of those who are useful and famous in the country is a source of grief and anxiety to everyone. ...

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