Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-18
DEsERET EVENING NEWS, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 49, 1899

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poem aEd its author The speech In
question was delivered on the evening
OF oct 2, az the Chicago day banquet,
Following the laying of the corner stone
OF the new federal building 90 that city"
The poem which 20 onthuscl the
brehl speaker. succeeded by another
selection from the pen " 'ho now
author, reads as follows;
Our DESTINY.
'ris God who leads Us on. our destiny
lie holds within the hollow OF Ills hand.
Ana ali the armies. nll the fleets of
Can. nothing DO to check our forward
TIL ne achieves His end. Upon the
or stern New EnEland'a coas, He sowcd
OF liberty. three hundred years nro.
Tie warmed ID with It's breath. with
llc wltcrc1 o. and from the sterile solI
brought FORM tree whose fruit when
For ell tho roople 'of our mundane
sphere.
This Western continent lie held un
tImD
should mako It ready Tor His plan al.
Then psopied It with men Of Drawn and
brain.
who loved Ills laws. but hated tyran.
uY.
on such no made nauou' gave 1t
Ana poger. gave 0, the nrlt rich fruits
From ". l1m'a ovor'blooming tree.
ln every way iia mission 70 fulnu.
We are thnt nation. ours the grateful
task
To lead tho world to Liberty and Him.
Ana shall we draw back nows Shall
| WH 90 down
Ana rcri content with wha we have.
aud heard
our bigsslngs "a the mlaer haards hts
r0ld7
II Nc hos spread our land from coast to
And placed our nag upon the vcrdau,
or Indies and tho orient. shall We de.
Tho burdens which ~. leadership en-.
No, no. We could not, even Il we
would.
Tho hand that led US to our present
place
wnl no, relax lts grasp AN we have
The glorious goal lie fixed for US in
some
Dim cycle OF the boundloss past.
Voc God stu leads Us on. From Ply
No Philippines, the grand trlumphai
| march
or human Liberty has never paused.
AMI through the mlHtH Of coming ycarl
I Heu
IN cmaclpated hosts prcsa on and up
To those broad heights where oil man
Kind
shall stand before their Maker frcc.
Ana in the shadow OF the stars and
Stripes
Find peace and happiness foreyermorc.
one out Of many other poems by Mr.
hnft that have won praise Is the fol-
| lowing.
THE FLAG MUST STAY.
WHOM haul 8, DOWN what traitor
dnrrs
10 lay biz hand upon that ragg
who'll tear that banner from H. stan
And make Il a diahonotcd ragf
That nag which floats Ger FAR LuEon
| T. there nH here the hUavsu-horu slEu
| % love and law ana liberty
OF equal rights Tor an mankind.
wherr'cr % waves no mans oppressed.
Beneath itH folds no tyrant roigua,
| ~ CumUH 90 bless humanity,
To break tho links on nlaNcry'n chains.
II crossed the Wide Pacific sea-
a hcncdlctlon from the West.
Nnd IN tho Oriental isles
Its shadow shall forever rcHt
4 And IN that ever blessed shade
| The Fillpinus YET shall nud
| That freedom they nav seek lu vain
With leaders who are worse than blind,
80 implous hand shall touch that nag
Let traitors llston and beware.
! our banners 10 the East 60 stay,
For uud himself has placed u there.
A. n. W. mason who lrst made hit
with that stirring romance ~ uiyvu-
turr. "rhc CourtHhp M MorriCc Buck
lvr." has many of tho qualities ~ An
thony Hone. although De- lacks the cone
Prisoner ut Fonda Ito has wilton u
number OF other tales. but his strongest
work. ncxt 60 tho one which nrst gave
| him vogue. o. Miranda Of tho hnl-
| cpny' tale that BE iun 90 mystery
uu1 exciting adventure Mason n AN
oxford man who was eminent IN both
athletics ana scholarship. TIC has had
a varied career having been uu actor
"a political agent uul secretary NJ plrs
nmsuinry commission. tie ~ great
sportsman and % mountain climber and
something Of the character uf ChurnuCk
In hls latest book was evidently taken
from his own llfo.
u viii be- gratifying news 10 tho
friends ami admirers Of the late Wi,
liam BLACK in this country 10 learn
that the fuud for tho erection uf ~,
beacon liEht 10 hla memory which ls q
stand on tho Scottish coast has rpurhct
such proportions that the design has
been made and approved. The Htruc
/ turc IL TO be impressive ana Will b.
~ I Nn.NUF b.. ..I
Null. "a spot much feared by sailors en-
toflng the Firth of Lornc,
HOOKS
o Tho very considerable nud.enc,
% reached hy such dlatlncuy American
y | books nH Richard Carvol now ln Dc tive
\ ] hUVNY.Nfh fh.UHuuN within aIN month";