The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-24

history and in practice is a menace to the
home
II stand here now to say measuring
the words, that the election of Mr.. Rob
erts was an Insult flung into the faces Of
all those who sought TO do the Mormon
people good An insult to the president OF
the United States, TO the senate and the
house Of representative that gave
| statehood TO Utah conditional upon sac
| red assurances More, IT was a challenge
thrown down before every lover of God.
OF home and country. On every hand
am asked What are you people In Utah
soug to DO about it2 / beg to present to
veu the same question. You. who are
/ reTl esentatives Of the best homes Of the
no. tn the south, the east and the west
,sha' are We going 10 do about it?"
Bishop Fowler delivered a lecture on
Abraham Lincoln" in the course Of
which he said
"Epworth Leaguers: There is a great
lesson in the life and the work Of Lincoln
for you. God calls his great leaders for
critical times from the common peop a.
Lincoln came from western cabin ana
Grant came from a little leather store
IN an obscure western town. Now God IN
A NndINtAguo way - opening NhSAA AA~'@f
under the security Of our flag and it may
be that It is for some great purpose in
his kingdom that he Is also raising up
this vast army Of educated men and wo
men with Christian zeal
"A new spirit Is on the earth. ana
not a prophet nor the son OF a prophet
but lam a student Of the prophet, and {
seems to me that in our day is being
fulhlled the promise about the pouring
out OF the Holy spirit upon our SONG and
daughters. Not only do they prophecy ie
teach. but they mn the atmosphere ot the
world with better ideas, and set up
great moral and spiritual judgment
throne, before which nations and kings,
and emperors and Czars must bow. To
cay we see a great, hard selfish army in
Fi5nce, humlated before the moral
stnse OF the common people and made 70
Justice 90 poor Dreyfus poor Jewish
victim OF prejudice
More than this We see all the great
rations assembled In their representatives
et The Hague upon the invitation of he
Car OF ail the Russias, the only surYN
ing representative OF absolute power OF
all the earth, TO sec IL there is not some
possible way TO lift the burden OF me
gfeat standing armies from the shoulders
of the common peop.e We see them agree
ing TO a permanent court Of arb.trat'n'
which shall settle National difficult es'
not by the arbitrament Of the sword out
by reason We are come into marvellous
times. We are IN the rapid where events
OF greatest magnitude rush by US every
hour. Alrady the United States ana r g.
land settle their grievances peaceaoiy'
Now, Germany and Russia and France
are stepping upon the elevated plane
These great nations thus set for peace
will not let the smaller nations hsh-'
soon. swords will be beaten into pioW
shares and spears itno pruning hopk'.
and wars and warriors wiz be forgotten.
The billions Of tre1surs and billions OF
laborers now wasted IA desolating IN
world VIII be turned into the productive
channels Of peace, mutt plying the con-
fort sof the common pe,pie ana furnl7N-
ing the agencies for the speedy evanse'-
zation Of the world. Brothers, let US
rightly read the events, hear Coos ea4h
and 70 forth 10 reap the world TOT 'He
ages are rolled together at our rect