The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-11-28

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vast population, but lacks navigable
rivers and other advantages, while
Russia is large, portions of 1t are sc
cold as to limit it's resources. Japan
is progressive but lacks size and Is
thus limited, while Great Britain is
too scattered to gather herself to-
gether into the strong nation we are
The real base of future greatness is
the Pacific slope. So we who live here
ought to be especially thankful, for we
live not only in the greatest nation of
earth but the greatest part of the
greatest nation.
Westward the star of empire takes
its way" In studying history one is
impressed how the scepter of world
power passed from the Chaldeans to
Persia, from Persia to Greece, from
Greece to Rome and from Rome to
Great Britain. From Great Britain
| its seems to be passing still westward
and halts over this land and here it
must remain for there is no farther
West
The Basic Principles.
End The principles on which our
government was founded.
| In order to understand these princi-
| pies it will be necessary for us to go
back farther than the landing of the
Pilgrims or the discovery Of this con-
tinent.
1t was early made known to the hui
man family that God was their father
and that he had made of one blood all
nations Of the earth. We have here
the two basal facts of all true civiliza-
ton and government-namely, the
fatherhood of God and the brotherhood
Of man.
The Hebrew nation seemed chosen
of God to be the guardian of these
truths. All her laws for the glory of
God and the welfare of man.
In Babylon and Persia it was not SO.
Greece had attained a high degree of
civilization, but the brotherhood of the
race was not known. There was the
gulf fixed" between the rulers and
the toiling millions. These nations
were not carrying out Gods truths and
must fail.
Christ Changed All.
The Jewish nation itself had drifted
far from it's mission when Christ came
who by example and precept re-assert-
ed the equality of the race. For this
he lived, taught, suffered, and died.
That Cross became the center of a new
civilization which is never to end.
This civilization went forth from
Calvary to conquer the world 1t had
it's centuries of awful struggle, but
this new power could not be put down
Its followers were prosecuted, cap
tured, exiled, but not defeated. Some
of them were banished northward to |
the German forests where from their |
log cabins they told the story OF the |
Cross to the natives who gathered |
around them. At length these truths |
dwelt our ancestors, the Saxons, then |
a wild warlike people, drinking 1t |
was said, human blood from human
skulls" Yet they were interrupted |
by many of the vices known to modern
civilizations and their physical powers
not wasted by many Of the excesses
known to our modern life. Christian
ity, which always allies itself first
with the strongest nations Of men, fas-
tened upon this natively strong race to
become the champion of liberty to the
whole world.
Transferred to England.
This race was transferred later to
England, and, though despotic for
season, yet God carefully watched over
ais own and out from the troubled seas
If the Old World was born nation
% be the evangel of liberty to the
world.
So to these shores came the perse-
,uted and oppressed seeking religious
liberty, but God saw in them the ma
erial out Of which and on this conti-
lent the soil on which to establish
hese principles. Thus here was
ounded a republic whose illustrious
history has astonished the world.
II we trace these truths we find they
re the same as were early committed
O the human family, flowed through
ewish history, were re-asserted from
alvary, were carried northward with
he exiles, sailed to these shores with
he Pilgrims and finally became chys-
allied into the great government we :
njoy today Hence we can thankfully i
race the hand of Providence in es-
ablishing this republic for a special
urpose.
The great outstanding purpose seems