The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1901-01-17
GREETING TO THE
ENTIRE WORLD
By President Lorenzo Snow, Of the
Mormon Church.

IOUdH. = ne sluluItO ltdT5 lucI NOAb-
pleted were the most momentous in the
history OF man upon this planet. IL
would be impossible in hundred days
TO make even a summary OF the notable
events, the marvellous Developments.
the grand achievements and beneficial
inventions and discoveries, which mark
the progress Of the ten decades now
left behind in the ceaseless march Of
humanity. The very mention OF the
nineteenth century suggests advance
ment, Improvement, liberty and light.
Happy are we to have lived amidst its
wonders and shared in the riches OF its
treasures OF intelligence.
The lessons OF the past century
should have prepared us for the duties
and glories OF the opening era. 1t
ought to be the age OF peace, OF greater
progress, Of the universal adoption OF
the golden rule. The barbarism Of the
past should be- buried. War with its
horrors should be but memory. The
aim OF nations should be fraternity and
mutua! greatness. The welfare of
humanity should be studied instead Of
the enrichment OF race or the extern
sion of an empire. Awake, ye mon
archs OF the earth and rulers among
=. natisE-@-,and gaze upon the scene on
wiI rays of the rising
"a giId the mourn OF the
two. tn century. The power is in
your hands to pave the way for the
coming King OF Kings, whose dominion
will be over all the earth. Disband
your armies; turn your weapons Of
strife into implements OF industry; take
the yoke from the necks OF the people;
arbitrate your disputes; meet in royal
congress; and plan for union instead OF
conquest, for the Punishment OF pow
erty, for the uplifting of the masses,
and for the health, wealth, enlighten-
ment and happiness of all tribes and
peoples and nations. Then shall the
twentieth century be to you the glory
OF your lives and the lustre OF your
crowns, and posterity shall sing your
praises, while the Eternal One shall
place you on high among the mighty.
Ye toiling millions who, in the sweat
OF your faces earn your daily bread,
look up and greet the power from above
which shall lift you from bondage
The day of your redemption draweth
nigh. Cease to waste your wages 10
thai which helps TO keep you in want.
Regard not wealth as your enemy and
your employers as your oppressors.
Seek for the union of capital and labor.
Be provident when in prosperity. Do
not become prey to designing men |
who seek 10 stir up strife for their own |
selfish ends. Strive for your rig hts by !
lawful means, and desist from violence |
and destruction. Anarchism and law
lessuess are your deadly foes. Dissipa-
tion and vice are chains that bind you |
to slavery Freedom is coming to you,
its light approaches as the century |
dawns.
Men and women of wealth, use your
riches to give employ ment to the labor
Ell! Take the idlo from the crowded |
centers OF population and place them I
on the untitled areas that await the /
unloose your purses, and embark in |
enterprises that will give work to the |
unemployed, and relieve the wretched- |
ness that leads TO the vice and crime
which curse your great cities, and that
poison the moral atmosphere around
you. Make Others happy, and you will |
be happy yourselves.
AS servant of God bear witness to
the revelation of His will in the 10Th |
century. 1t came by His own voice |
from the heavens, by the personal man.
Hesitation Of His Son and by the minis
tration OF holy angels. He commands |
all people everywhere to repent, to |
turn from their evil ways and upright |
eous desires, to be baptised for the re-
mission of their sius, that they may
receive the Holy Ghost and come into
communion with Him. He has COM
menced the work of redemption spoken |
OF by all the holy prophets, sages and
soers of all the ages and all the races /
OF mankind. He will assuredly accom-
~ work. and the twentieth
its advancement to-
van -,gret1t. 'ccocnsummation. Every
embodiment of the nineteenth century
in science, in art, in mechanicisrn, in
music, in literature. in poetic fancy. in
philosophical thought, was promoted by
His Spirit which before long will be
poured out upon all flesh that will re-
ceive it. He is the father of all OF us
and He desires to save and exalt us
all.
In the eighty-seventh year of my age
on earth, feel full of earnest desire
for the benefit OF humanity Iwish all
a happy New Year. hope and look
for grand events to occur in the TWEEN
tieth century. At its suspicious dawn
l lift my hands and invoke the blessing
of heaven upon the inhabitants of the
earth. May the sunshine from above
smile upon you. May the treasures OF
the ground and the fruits of the soil be
brought forth freely for your good.
My the light OF truth chase darkness
from your souls. May Righteousness
increase and iniquity diminish rs the
years of the century roll on. Nav
justice triumph and corruption be
out. And may yirtue and