Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-28

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N. effects Of which be never ,ceo
"a short time before his last i''
meas. the reverend gentleman p'
nared the following broad minced anu
s,~,,,,ah,o article. the noble senu'
mep,s OF which may be taken . q
last message 10 mankind;
oThe world IS my country 70 10
and be good is my religion
whoever adopts and liyes ms pro
found, broad sentimcnt VIII hA''
seosn a deep. affeciional emotion.
Tor il is al idea that Is worthy O.
,he language with which & Is dressed.
Aud although the power vaicA u
oyinces may be no o than . P''e3
tai possibility. nevertheless y May
becausc II can rise TO the hleh nos's
level OF real patriotism. AnG laA' ~
must DO a true patriot. that II. ee 2
good patriot, aud in order % @ " eoo4
patriot he must consider rs
eouu,rymen and himself as Aeooah'a
bic for his acting towards them
Consider The magnitude Q. ne Ia
anciug Of the concepts q such a
mans mind which has weighed The
,ss,se Of such a thought o. tacagaEs
and openly declares: The world -
my country 10 DO good Is my Felt
gion."
surely such a MAS heart DGsl
throh and bcat for humanity, ard TIE
shirt ~ his brothcrllness nas' sSt~F
tho earth because SIS ciFcasafereHce
has lose for mankind AZ TIE oenler
And HIS religion. too IA fRil snd tr1a'
IA an axiom. And th@ religion thai
a unify tire wogsd raass Z the rel
gion that IL characterized fg dong
and being good. These TWO qualities
OF mind and heart are inaaPsnsSs3e
10 traa p~atrtoslssn ard siIi also =
a rcllgloa az ~fre@ao<n Fellowship An4
character TAez sAsla car ~auvrawes
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saa il ncs sarsss8nr sA@n we re-
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IN. q sr-@ grxaxaesssa 70 1ae truth q
~Aaz in &s<anrse by asamAsr sangly
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II Asa ksro1giy shsa be said. Eds.
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rs4ks tAem h9s eseysr 3avila Sad .
late asiassseg of retigsga. . HeieS,lfse
~phIsos0pher. d HsAn 81 wfse celebrity
~ a good sac ana a profound preach.
sr " tbe morals, spirit ard aira q
chrfssianlty he said To rely ia
intellectual Eusthoas for the aEFecs aa
~ deyoas thoughts ~ 10 rass
take philosophy for reiigion"
WIN yoa seriously question the lass
Richard cobdsn's words Yos hass
no security tov a mas Who has III
religious pfincipis
Patriotism even In this great regph
lie Is dangerously and shocklngly ios
as may b. seen, known and read frosi
tho golden gate in the west To- ~
state Of Maine in the east, and ffor
the Canada line 10 tho Gulf ~ Nes
leo.
Recall the terse saying ~ Bisho
Berkeley Westward the star Of oH
pire takes II way" This, he uttere,
perhaps. In the first half Of the eigh
eenth century. | distinctly rememhs
my amaxement In New York, In lss.
a few days after | landed, o
rowing aobut the city and SO
Ing a sign on which wa
painted, "The Latter Day Saints
II was Sunday. and ! was curious
SEQ one Of the tribe Of saints Of who
I was as ignorant as | am Of the |
habitants OF the planet Mars. said
be u nearest nelghhors, | walk,
up a narrow stairway. sat down al
listened To a saint preaching. soon
heard the sound and utterances of I
saint In t%hunderous tones. TIL
there came tn me a roaring, whl
said "rhis country boasts OF
being the land 81 The brave and I
home OF the free" ION the contrar,
said he. ut Is the land Of the kna
and the home % the thief" This.
me. a total stranger. was an astouI
inc, ritald. indecent reception. TN !,
first Sunday In the United States
America
Several Of the audience stood
and walked toward the entran,
when the Latter Day saint abus
them. endlng with the foilowi
words: "Ye cannot bear 10 hear I
truth | wanted 10 leave lest
would allot me TO a worse place IN
the Tartarus Of the ancient Greel