Memorial Day is primarily a national holiday on which we remember and honor the men and women who have given their lives for our country. In the words of Abraham Lincoln, "it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this." It is fitting and proper for us to observe Memorial Day not only as Americans but also as Christians. There should be no conflict between our loyalty to our God and our loyalty to our country. These loyalties reinforce each other. For God has not set us to live our lives in isolation or privacy but within the frameworks of living which he has appointed. The life which he gave us has an inescapable membership-character. By divine appointment we are members of a home, of a community, and of a nation, just as to be a Christian is to be a member of the church of Ch…