The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-07-08

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ed devotion which does not count the
cost. We are made by these tragic, Ell
ic things to know what It costs &c
make nation the blood and sacrifice
of multitude of unknown men lif'ed
to a great stature in the view OF al
generations by knowing no limit &c
their manly willingness to serve. In
armies thus marshaled from ranks OF
| free men you will see, as 1t were, a
nation embattled, the leaders and the
led, and may know IL you will how
| little except in form its action differs
in days of peace from its action in
days of war.
May we break camp now and be
at ease? Are the forces that fight
for all nations dispersed, disban.
doned, gone to their homes forgetful
Of the common cause? Are our forces
dsorganized without constituted !eaa
ers and the might of men con-
sciously united because we contend,
not with armies, but with principali-
ties and powers and wickedness in
high places. Are we content to lie
still? Does our union mean sympathy
our peace content our vigor right act
ton, our maturity self comprehension
and clear conscience in choosing
what we shall do? War fitted us tor
action and action never ceases.
The People
Il have been chosen the leader OF
the nation. / can not justify the
choice by amy qualities OF my own.
but so 1t has come about, and here
| stand Whom do | command? The
ghostly hosts who fought upon these
battle fields long ago and are gone?
These gallant gentlemen stricken in
years whose fighting days are over,
their glory won? What are the orders
for them, and who rallies themY l
have in my mind another host, whom
these set tree of civil strife in order
that they might work out in days OF
peace and settled order the life of
great nation. The host Is the peo-
pie themselves, the great and the
small, without class or difference OF
kind or race or origin; an undivided
in interest, If we have but the vision
to guide and direct them and order
their lives Alright in what We do. Our
constitutions are their articles Of en-
listment. The orders of the day are
the laws upon our statute books.
What we strive for in their freedom
their right to lift themselves from day
to day and behold the things they
have hoped for, and so make way for
still better days for those whom they
love who are to come after them.
The recruits are the little children
crowding in. The quartermaster'
stores are in the mines and forests
and fields, in the shops and factories.
Every day something must be done to
push the campaign forward and 1t
must be done by plan and with an
eye to some great destiny.
Past and Future
How shall we hold such thoughts
in our hearts and not be moved?
would not have you live even today
wholly in the past, but would wish to
stand with you in the light that
streams upon us now out OF that
great day gone by. Here is the ma
ton God has builded by our hands.
What shall we do with It? Who stands
ready to act again and always in the
spirit OF this day of reunion and
hope and patriotic fever? The day OF
our country's life has but broadened
into morning. DO not put uniforms
by. Put the harness Of the present
! on. Lift your eyes TO the great tracts
OF life yet TO be conquered in the in
terest OF righteous peace, OF that
| prosperity which lies in a peoples
hearts and outlasts all wars and err
rors OF men. Come, let us be com
rades and soldiers yet to serve our
fellow men in quiet counsel, where
the glare of trumpets is neither heard
nor needed and where the things are
| done which make blessed the nations
OF the world in peace and righteous
ness and love"