Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-29
Our CoUNTHY's MISSION.

MI Roosevelt IN a rcccnt speech IN
omaha declared that Europe BE- looking
toward America. 10 see whether the re-
public win succeed or fail Those who
love the cause OF liberty hope and pay
that 10 win succeed in order that It's
influence may continue to be felt else
wh.rt. The rclctionary classes nope
that it win fail. 500 order that they may
have an excuse for continuing old cons
diuons Of scrvltuio
Cardinal vannuteli has recently said
practically. the same thing. lie declared
th, United states % be- the header OF
the nations. and that as went America
So goes much OF the world America
loads. others follow In tho Leadership
OF America hc beholds the hope Of mnn-
kind and he expressed the ferycnt hope
that America would not fail
This e true This country Is chosen
country j has been selected, 10y the
Ruler Of nations. TO be the light bearer
In this era of the world We are boast
ing Of our greatness and not without
reason, Iut It is ours for the benent
OF the rest Of the human race and not
for ACKNOWLEDGMENT And IL Is II
trust. Involving responsibility. Only Il
we arr faithful to that trust win our
greatness be preserved.
This responsibility ought 10 be shared
by every citizen Individually II can
not be delegated To parties, or party
leaders Everyone for himself must do
his duty as citizen, bearing the re-
spondbility OF the blessings he enjoys
And there IL only one way OF dlscharg-
ing that duty and that Is by doing
what is right and letting the conse-
quences follow, leaving them to God.
The chosen people always succeeded
when they did what was right, no mat
ter what were the odds against them.
There is no other road to success. Other
nations. once world powers, have failed
because OF Internal strife and divisions
caused bv class oppression or through
giving way TO llcentiousness and enor-
waiting habits Of life; or through the
tyranny Of the favored few: or through
religious bieotry and intolerance. We
should learn from history to avoid the
maelstrom in which others have per-
ished We should resolve to Do our
fun duty as citizens, for the preser9a-
| ton Of tho institutions under which the
| Republic has attained its present pre-.
dominance and for the purity OF pub
lie morals.
There Is an actor some whore who pub
llcly laughs at his own degradation and
treats it as a joke, and, we are sorry TO
say. there are audiences that laugh with
him. But the sins that destroy body
and soul are no laughing matter except
among the rankcst Of fools. Nor are
national talings a subject Of levity
They are symptoms OF disease that
may end In destruction. Individual en-
ergy must be put forth for the curing
OF such diseases even II the s'rglcai
knife is the only remedy. AZ long as
efforts arc made 10 get rid Of rotten
ness in public life, Of graft and greed.
which always 90 hand in hand with OPP
preston, there is no danger that the
Republic win miss its mission God Is
with those willing to do what is right
Should II ever come to this however.
that We laugh at national sins and
mittakcs, or trihc with that which
brings souls TO he'll We are not very
far from failure