The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-05

now enblazoned upon the tablets OF our
memory and upon the halls OF fame.
And with what propriety should this
church of ours take the initiative in this
effort TO arouse the American people TO
a more suitable acknowledgment OF mer-
cies and blessings OF GOD pecunarly Py
the history of those stirring times and
understand how great a part OF the re-
sponsbility and work OF the revolution;
as We choose to call II, was entrusted
TO churchmep. Let me mention Just
few: Robert p. Livingstone of New
York organized the opposition to the
speech. In which occur those words,
known by almost every public school boy
today. Give me liberty, or give me
death aided the cause Mt a critical mo
mcnt Washington, the leader OF the
colonial troops whom we affectionately
call the father of his country, was d
jefferson. who wrote the Declaration OF
independence. was a baptized member OF
this church. The majority OF those VINO
signed that important document were
churchmen. OF a total OF 56 signatures
81 were those OF churchmen. Francls
Hopkinson a churchman. wrote Hall Co
lumbia' and another churchman, Fran
els Scott Key. was the author OF The
star Spangled Banner"
Read appreciatingly the history OF this
great movement, and between the lines
Holy Spirit actuating these men TO us
Undertaking and guiding them to It's III
innate acknowledgment by Great Britain.
Read this with your hearts onsn , TO ,,.iii I'M
be led TO fall low on your knees, oHeT
prayers of thanksgiving and resolve to
so far as In YOU lies aid your country
to live a corporate more worthy OF 'lose
| blessings OF which YOU are cogniZant
Rev G. o. w. Shinn, in recent mum
Der OF the Churchman, gives an ouIllne
the proposed prayer hook OF 1856, but
(which was not adopted. out of consider
alton for those members OF the chufch
who had not espoused the cause OF inc
revolution He further quotes the reso-
tion of 1855. as follows. "That the
Fourth of July shall be observed by TINS
church forever as n day OF thanksgiving
| to Almighty Cod for the inestimable
blessings OF religious and civil liberty
vouchsafed to the United states OF
America
Raises UP a Man.
In all the history OF the world When
God willed a special work TO be done,
lie has raised up a man FOR thaI "ork' II<
Moses. a Joshua. John the Baptist
! a Peter and a Paul, and so on down 10
our own day a Washington, then I'm
coin And He has guided those men INTO
| the fulfllment of His will. Consider the
utter inequality of our forces with those
against whom they were pitted. and eX-
plain our success in any other way; IT
| has been Gods doing. and II has been
]
YOU 10 an acknowledgment OF the evil
dences OF the hand Of God In and through
| il all. and acknowledging IT, ] BID you
bend the knee in reverence. fill the heart
with gratitude and open the lips with
Thanksgiving. Then teach your children
these truths which you recognize. Ora"
lessons from those truths. and assist your
| children 10 the application Of those les
sons to their lives And dear friends.
may ] add it-appy those teachings 10
your own lives In your relations to your
! God, to YOUR nation. to your fellow man.
| What do I mean by thus urging you
10 the application OF these teachings? ]
mean simply-the first, the realization of
! the responsibilities and obligations rcst-
ing upon you as members OF this nation
brought into being so many years ago;
and the consequent opportunities SlnE
open before YOU: second. the fulillment
| OF those obligations. and the use of these
God given opportunities. Do you think
for moment that when God aroused
and stimulated in the hearts of those
heroes OF 1776 desire for freedom that