Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-21
WASHINGTON.

again the great truth which no one
understands more thoroughly. or APP
preciates more fully than do the Lat
ter-day saints. that this IS Gods coun-
try Abraham Lincoln on one occasion
expressed that thought. There was a
good deal of fear at one period of the
civil war. that Lee would conquer and
proceed TO Washington. Then Lincoln.
so the story goes, went into his phi
vate room, and prayed, And he said:
Now, God, this is your nation--your
war. We cannot stand another defeat
IL will ruin us II It is right that we
win the victory, pray that you give
it to US" Yes, this is Gods nation
That is the great lesson of It's birth and
OF the wonderful life of the immortal
hero that forms the central figure in
the struggle for freedom and inde-
pondence.
When that struggle commenced.
Great Britain was a power among ma
lions. possessing vast resources. 1t
had a population of eleven million souls
and about 200 ships of war. The colo
nlsts here numbered about three mil
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fo, Tho mission "a which no WAS called
rha Farewell Address of washing
tan in which he rose n tho highest
nIrnacles of nntr,otlsm and sta,espan-
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tant a. This time when internal s,rifa
seems to he the sole tast of natr,otism
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changes since the government was es-
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mo lawmaking ana enforcing powers
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