Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-03-01
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III To-day as | sat hungrily
c~ the articles in our county
the Deseret News, the I'm
Era and the Elders Jour
was strongly impressed with |
~frides Of "my" county and
would to God, some gift |
lie us, TO see oorsels as others
g" SO sang the Scotch poet.
~ tenor of advancement is so
'h~t one who strives to do
tv in the capacity Of a minister
Gospel in the world, feels him
fer outdistanced in comparison
he rapid strides of the West.
W course "things are Happening"
w 'ha South, also. True patriot
is the element which YIELDS the
GO with the North, South and East,
makes us all Americans. The
o1th means not to be outdone.
But in the day of unprecedented en-
terprises one must simply stand back
eel often in order to measure the
ret things accomplished; then rush
ain to meet the ever changing and
ancing requirements.
s ! wrote you before, the Southern
art of the state of Utah has the
tiles like unto a pood man: "You
ant hold it back" | remember a
lumber of years ago when the leading
zen of our county strongly urged the
oGng men and boys to purchase all
the land possible because the day was
ar at hand when people would come
and deprive them OF the golden
opportunities to which at that time
@ had not awakened. Since then we
lave seen foreign capital and people
move in and grasp the remaining
hances which we had really cast to
one side, as bonanzas; and moreover,
hey have offered to purchase all that
was owned. We have also seen the
once vast prairies of saPe-brush and
shadskill converted into waving fields
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have also sprung up in the valleys
bearing the more truthful aspect of
incoming rural communities. The
State has given us the Branch of the
Agricultural College and the Farmers
Round Up; railway magnates hav,
Visited us, promising US a road if W,
; but furnish the shipping. Then agair
we have immediate signs of our burie,
earthly treasures being developed, ant
predict that before we hardly realiz,
it, we shall find moiern industries
awaking the echoes Of our valleys
Inumorating these vast factors, w
: ind seven reasons why we must ad
vance.
1t is beholding these facts that caus
es me to respond to the call of indus
try and TO encourage you all, if nos
sible. / hope none are slumbering
: but that all are awake ms l have heel
awakened.
One really has to absent himsel
from the sphere in which he wa
born in order to understand and Learn
some of the lessons of life. admi
that | am becoming an apt scholar
T Besides studying and teaching tn
gospel, | study events and causes 0
he worlds advancement. The lessor
is grand.
This is evidently a day Of sacrifice
= We are called upon to make such sac
rifces each day and from now on, n
r have never been called for before
When | read what "our boys" ar
Going and what men they are provin
- themselves to be, offer prayer O
gratitude to the Eternal Father 70
them and say, "God bless them" 7
} me such a movement is not a sacrific
but grand privilege. Truly hav
our boys Of yesterday become the me
Of today. They go not alone for tn
cause Of humanity, but for the fui
therance Of the cause Of righteous
n ness and the cause G. God He wi
bless them For myself, | am thanl
- full that | have had the privilege {
@ preaching the precious gospel to on
2, fellow countrymen before being callc
G TO the colors. | am ready and cage
c as the waihorsc for the fray; no ma
f ter where my lot may be cast. It is
T. comfort to those dear to one to Sc
o him delighted with the service. Al
2, other greater and more comfortin
S assurance is given those men who {
n their duty: they receive protection {
0 God-not alone from the shot OF II
# battlefield, but from hunger, want al
:, thirst, and greater fortitude again
3, the vices of the current age. May &c
It grant that they realize this. | hoI
It that the boys may read this, throuP
n the aid Of The Record. offer it
lie all as an assured comfort and as
If prayer to Him that know to exi
J. and to answer prayers, for their SAT
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