Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-29

came. distractions were swift and
complete. Foe had to be met from
within and from without at once. There
are some differences IN all cases. but
this serves as good example.
Then look at babylon. How was u
built and how was " cmbollish.di
Who furnished the gold and silver and
precious thinae, its stones, and wood,
etcf Why the conquered nations and
Israel with the rest. Their goid and
silver and temple treasures were car
ricd TO babylon, their princes were
made cunucha afri servants IN u foreign
court. and It's people made the slaves
and burden bearers u the oNtfavaRant
Babylonlana. II Israel farvd better
than others. nn II seems that they did.
Il wnn because they we're favored Ny
the Lord. because Of Hts promise TO
Ills ancient servants and because Of
His future use for the house of Israeli
babylon also fell. and who could hold
such a dissatisfied mass u humanity
together And where " II todayf
Hardly a trace can be found. the spot
" even hard to locate. The people. the
rowing Arab will not live there. lie has
Il from tradition that ihcrc II a curse
there. The curse " from God, but man
also feels to nhhor 10 much tyranny
and oppression. one man cannot with
impunity. run a world Ia order to sat
iHfy hts own soul and to over awe his
subjects.
This same method has been followed
BY successive monafcha. and were u not
Tor certain strong men, strong chArac.
tefu from the Lord, whom lie has sent
from. generation to generation " those
last times. / suppose We would have
"a continuation Of IL. for that h. tho way
OF King rule according to the world
Therefore IN looking over all this an-
Client GREATNESS Of Athens. or which We
have written and read 10 much and ~
contemplating such mon az fcficlca'
I.ycurgua aud othrrn. one ought al
ways TO remember that their greatness
~ IN that they made ono people, one
small city gfvat at the expense OF nll
the civilized world. What II now known
~ Grcecc was not thcn one nation
even. Athens was one and Sparta an
other. Each WED with the other for
supremacy upon different lines but ns
antngouistic to each other. that the
overthrow ~ ono meant also the dcH.
Htruction Of ltn art and Institution. be-
cause the underlying sentiment
was envy and hate. Rome later ON
Jared no better. Daniels description
ground the whole world 20 pieces aud y
received IT, Just rctrihutlon. 20 "
ufeecinn monuments nnd sculpture
work II smashed W, II " not 20 De
wondered 1T. Those who did u weru
moved upun hy that same spirit o. on
p
the world and which " AN eternal
enemy nf peace aud order, aud always
finds an excuse for destruction.
Taking this view OF u the past VIII
have To- be- forgotten. whatsoever OF
good that may be- found. let uE per-
petuatc aud remember. hut those days
~ tyranny let ~ fofEgt. let un look 20
the grand political. Industrial and com.
nerciai structure that Providence has
begun IN the earth. u IL fun of useful
Inventions f0r the bcneni ~ the whole
world II II full OF learning both thco-
rcticii and practical. both moral and
physical No matter what ~ mistakes
! are there ~ a strong, very ntrunK Hcnti-
mcnt Tor the right. Thousands of mon
aud women filled with the MODEST hcnu-
menis and with strong moral courage
are continually nj work for the bunent
/ ~ q fallen race and they have produced
the strongest line of rulers and by far
tho greatest Conirmpofanoour thrung OF
strong characters the world has ever
had In the political arena. 10 great has
BECOME the, attachments that the
| whole civilized people are looking to the
slant In the West Tor example. for AZ.
alatance. for learning and for moral
and political alliance. II II not the con-
/ tempt nor the envy " the world. but
IT, pride. kingH may envy and hate,
but the people u all nations can only
/ think " that blessing that n big sigh
day when H. benign Influence viii be
| extended o. them. They love to call
themselves the Yankees ~ Europe here
IN Greece. They may not have much
10 show Tor u but theig admiration
| Tor our institutions are expressed by the
phrase. We also hear d the Yankees
of South America. etc.
Here the Turks are awakening 90 the
same fact they nnd they VIII SION b"
close n.iRhhofa 90 the indeintlFnble
Yankee and the people, Christian and
/ Mohhmmadnn, silently wclcomc tho day
| In their hearts. The world has not yet
cumprehended the spiritual blessing
that h so carefully nurrud and fed In
the midst nf this magnificent rcgrncrat-
Ina movement. liui some day u Will
count among ~ hertes another class Of
men. who have done ~ much az any 60
strengthen, maintain aud perpctunte
these glorious institutions, az itH
founder dld IN the calling,
The Greeks are fanatlcaL They are