The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-05
our witnesses, and these force

Satan, not to loose him. In the war of the revolution we built the cradle in which has been rocked those infants of liberty and pros perity and pursuit of happiness; in the war of civil strife we made it possible for every child on Ameri- can soil to sleep calmly in that soft bed, so restful, so essential for human growth: in the last conflict we welcomed the isles of the sea | to lie down in peace with us and revel in the joy of "one country. indivsible, with liberty and justice for all" To say we have not pro gressed is not true to light and knowledge. Taxation without rep resentation is gone forever. Gone is slavery, oppression of the races and the war of conquest. Reason and righteousness are taking the place of standing armies and giant navies
 The peace conference and articles of arbitration are surely supplanting the bullet and bayonet. Truly the pen is mightier than the sword! Capital punishment is waning away, the criminal goes to school, not to prison. The unfortunate blind, in sane and feeble minded rest in the protection of kindness and happi- ness, and the Gospel Is proclaimed to them in deed and word and song
 And again, and not the least, the laws of the land are interpreted in human, not property rights. In the face of such things 1t is impossible for anyone to successfully. tho bold he may be, bring proof to counter balance any losses that may appear today. It may be that some would point to the bribery and corruption in our cities. Have care to the words of Senator Hoar to President Garfield Not only was there more graft in proportion to our popula- tion in the First and Second Con- gress, there was actually more in amount. (than during the Belnap investigation"
 But what has made the binding of Satan possible? The answer lies in the home. In the days when the Saviour walked on the earth Greece and Roman and Palestine treated woman as a mere plaything. She was to be passed around to gratify the whim of her husband and sov- ereign. The Christian ideal has given her a holy place in the home and in the nation. Today she rules beside her husband in all the affairs of an ideal republic. The good days that are to come are laden with brighter hopes and better joys be- cause woman is given her rightful place. She understands how to crush | the tempter, and crush him she will Philosophic India degenerated her to polygamy, to widoWhood to the tortures of the mother-in-law. and the indignities of the village villain. She must carry the burdens, grind at the mill, and toll in the fields. America gave her to be queen of the heart, loving mistress of the home, mans truest companion. Wo- man under God will be the agent of instituting more reforms and carry ing them to a successful conclusion than the ancients ever dreamed of.
 Satan is apparently let loose to- day on the battle fields of Europe. Tomorrow will see him shorn of much of his power and his influence will be greatly lessened along other lines that it has taken a war of gigantic proportions to bring to the thought and power of nations. This may not be the last war, but 1t will be many ! times harder for a nation to go to war again. Who knows but that whiskey and the weapons of de struction shall not be abolished by the nations at the end of this ti- tanic struggle. It will not be SO easy hereafter to tear up a scrap of paper" Men have been taught that they should be patriotic, and they have taken their own ruler as the object of their selfishness But Satan is being bound, for the time is coming when men shall fail to compare the patriotism of man with the patriotism they owe hu- manity. Nations will be supplanted by federation of the nations, and every man will be the brother of every other man. Then they will need no more war for the cause of war shall have been removed. Surely Satan is being bound and the angel is approaching him to give the final struggle when he shall be hurled to hiss no more.
 The lesser evils are gradually los- ing their power. Intemperance Is being pushed aside as men learn the art of self control. Gambling once enthroned in the heart of nations is slipping over the cliff as individ
 uals learn to be true and honest. Opium, once the curse of the indi- vidual of Cathay, now stalks no