The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-05

SFEClFlC CO., ATLANTA. GA
! tercsts and cities have arisen as by
magic Mountain ranges then deemed
worthless are now known to be the
home OF most all of the valued ores.
Deserts are changed to orchards and
arid valleys into visions OF plenty,
Then there was little trade, but to.
day the product OF mine and forge,
forest and field. is valued at S57o,-
100000 a year. and is eagerly sought
for In all the markets OF the world.
Then the bankers of Amsterdam re
fused to lend three hundred dollars
on the best securities one OF our colo
MES could offer, but since Alexander
Hamilton created a financial policy
our credit has grown with our wealth
and today the controller of the cur
rencv says. THE people Of these
United States are the richest in the
world" Then our fleet, either mer-
merchant or marine. was unknown
this. too. has changed
But why this progress and great
wealtb-wby our unrivaled inventions.
manufactures and produce? Is it that
we may haughtily swagger and boast
and brag about all this great riches
and power? That, as many an Amer
lean does, We may be guilty of vul-
gar and ostentatious display OF
wealth. No: surely the God of ma
tioDs has some other purpose In view.
Do we not believe. and does not
our best moments and truly great
men and conquests show that 1t Is
that we may amellorate the needy
conditions OF toll and pain. TO Chris
tianize in all that great word means,
TO losen the bonds OF captivity and
point the souls Of men TO the eternal
and abiding ends2
Many nation has trifed with pow
or and light. The best nations of the
past sought To make their own ad-
yantages rebound to their own ease
and vanity, but in so doing they
smothered their true life in their own
vanity. The glory of Greece, the ma.
jesty Of Rome. the sluggish power OF
Egypt, tho splendor of Spain. the
storled wonders the city states of
the far east, in turn alike the world S
great leader. soon became but storied
ruins when SelfishnesS was cxtolled
and service forgotten. Well may we
tue potIu OuI PRAYER
God of our fathers. known of old.
Lord OF our far-nung battle line
Beneath whose awful hand VIC hold
Dominion over palm and pine
Lord God of Hosts be with us yet.
Lest We forget. lest We forget.
"If drunk with sight Of power We
loose
Wild tongues that have not thee in
awe,
Such boastings as the Gcntiles use
Or lesser creedS without the law
Lord God of hosts. be with us yet,
Lest We forget, lest we forget.
From hcathen heart that puts his
trust
In reeking tube and iron shard.
All valiant dust. that builds on dust.
And guarding. calls on thee to guard,
From frantic boast and foolish word
Thy mercy on thy people Lord"
There was period in our national
life when We needed the soldier, and
men of unsurpassed bravery and skill
were given, There was a latter time.
when because of great development
and commercial progress the need
was for men who could produce and
compete In the markets of the world
That we arc in that period as a ma
ton Is shown by the large rewards
which are given TO those of industrial
leadership, And yet there is a change
In the method. The great enterprises
arc not individual. nor are they
financed by individual men. They are
conducted by community of capitaI
and the savings of the people. The
small savings in the insurance and
saving funds are turned into great en-
tcrprises. Now this makes an i'm
pressive need for men of character in
business life. for the lives of so many
savings are handled as one Men Of
integrity, men whom we can trust
not only with their own, but with the
peoples money, arc needed, for the
great enterprises Of today are flung
over such great reaches that personal
inspection is impossible, The great
call today then Is for the told-tlme
stamp OF honest Integrity that defiies
any corruption or taint Of dishonesty
Are we meeting this demand? | ask
you II the old and true standard of
The moral law Is not made 10 bend in
popular opinion 10 the standard of
profit? The great demand is for diyi.
dends. The religion of doing what
pays is more common than doing what
Is right. The man who by sharD cor.
ners and questionable methods can
produce dividends is the one who IN.
day receives great praise. He is the
Great hnanpIar T..
lem Which the American mother and
nome lie ideals which Il she fosters
can do much TO solve. Let our home
Ideals he more for character than for
wealth. and let our American women
take no standard OF luxury and riches
as luelr aim, for If the women OF orr
iahu pace thelr praise upon noble
purposes. high ideals. true and honest
cndrdcter, In short, upon pure man.
mood In all that IL means In tho moat
lofty sense. then they will do much
towards giving TO the future q tyne
or citizenship worthy of the highest
trust, but II they turn towards foolish
and lavish expenditure of questionable
wealth, and II II is not the man hut
mat which he can command of nosi.
tion and ready money, that draws
forth their efforts. then they must as.
sumo tho responsibility for creating a
superficial and lowering standard of
worth
The founders Of our country real
ized that the hand OF God was I'm their
work. When the delegates from tho
colonies were gathered to frame the
constitution. Franklin stood up In con.
fress and recalled TO the members
minds the Sniri1 of nraNnr ,,-hIoh ....