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work is to be moral work Individ-
ual and national righteousness are
essential because of the world being
so changed by inventions and pro-
gress as to shut off exclusiveness Of
nations. The mysterious east can no
! longer breed unnoted innumerable
hOrdes to suddenly appear upon the
horizon of Europe, threatening to turn
back the pages Of its history to past
centuries of fear, carnage and desola-
ton. The present century has an eye
on every tribe of the children Of men
and an ear for every tongue. The
walls of the armament have ears and
the forces of nature carry the secrets
of men and nations. What is whisper
ed in the privy councils of rulers is
shouted along the streets by the
news boys. The isles Of the sea
| know no isolation and the harvest o.
the pruning hook and the sword are
equally known. So close is man to
man, so near nation to nation, so
common their needs, so similar their
ambitions, an intense, fervid, God
knowing, humanity-lOving righteous
ness is essential to the racial pro-
gress. AS a visitor to the principal ma
! tons of earth, Mr.. Bryan has studied
/ this question as few others have, and
as clear as the call Of the trumpet is
his appeal to this nation to meet the
world and the century in the spirit Of
world needs the development along
the line of righteousness, and it is
only along such a line can the broth
erhood Of man, the fatherhood of God,
the association of the nations and the
growth of the race be wrought out.
America has inevitably and probably
permanently assumed a place among
the nations of the earth. Settled in
the beginning by the best products of
the nations of Europe in the strife for
civil and religious liberty, she has for
a century and a quarter been an OBJ
ject lesson to the world as a substan-
tiation of the doctrines of religious
freedom and democratic government.
and now she is called to active par
ticipation in the affairs of the world.
Europe, in the two thousand years
of its making, was a cOnglOmeratiOn
of the different peoples OF the world.
1t stands today a tower Of Babel as
to tongues, divided as TO peoples,
separated as to governments, presery-
ing a kind of armed neutrality through
coalition of kingdoms TO preserve
the balance Of power. Every breeze
that blows ripples the folds of fifty
different banners and flags. Every
advance of a ruler or nation makes
Europe horrent with the threatening
bayonets of the rest The United
States, as a government, has one
flag, and one tongue is the hope of
her inhabitants, yet the Unitei
States must meet the problems of Eu-
rope, and not alone of Europe but of
the world, for every year brings its
million heterogeneous immigrants.
and each immigrant brings his ideas
of government and religion. The as
sanitation of this mass is the annual
duty of the United States, and in such
assimilation does the nation need its
greatest moral force. Then, too, the
present tide of immigration is not
confined principally, as in the earlie~
days, to the best, but frequently bears
on its crest the worst to either be-
come purified, as water is said to Du-
rify itself, or else foam out their Owr
shame against our shoes. Today is
largely the battle of ideas, the strife
| of ideals against materialism, the az
vance of the kingdom of God when
words, with a practical exemplifica.
| ton of what they teach, shall govern
men. Righteousness is the only hope
| for the exaltation of such a nation as
ours in such a day. Cupidity, covetu
BUSINESS, self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, lust fer
territory and power, love of money,
mans inhumanity to man, must be
fairly met with that love that first
worketh no evil to it's neighbor, then
casts out all fear and finally loves
its neighbor as itself. That nation that
leads the world this century must
have the law of kindness in its tongue,
the love of man in its heart and the
! councils of God in its government.
Hasn't the teaching of William Jen-
nings Bryan been in this direction?
Let the last twelve years of public ut
terance and private practice be the
unanswerable answer.
Mr.. Bryan is not infallible either
along the lines Of religion or govern
ment, but he is surely in harmony
with the cardinal teachings and vi
viparous principles of world improve
| mont He is cOmOetent TO occupy