The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-04-11
MORMONS
PLEDGE AID
TO LOAN
Heber ]. Grant, Presi-
dent of Church,
So Declares
LEADER PROUD OF
FOLLOWERS
RECORD
RY hERER ]. oRANr

For forty odd years, when III
Germans have been meeting on LAM
Or sea, they have drunk ITO th
pay-To the Day" They meant III,
day when Germany should PRACTICAL,
rule the world. They have though
they had the might. and they wer,
convinced that they could conquer tn,
world but they mistook human na
tire. They never dreamed, for on.
moment, that the little country o
Belgium would oppose their greal
and powerful army They though
they could walk right through Bel
GUM, and within ninety days II no
within thirty days. be IN Paris. But
Belgium offered her life for her ideals
They never dreamed for one moment
that England. unprepared. would en-
ter the war; but these German states
men mieJudged the fiber OF the Eng
lishman and England entered ths
war Although they might sink the
Isasitania and murder American cifi
zens. they never dreamed that Amer
lea. with an insignificant army. would
enter the war. IN all these things
they have found or they viii md
their mistake.
The Kaiser and the entire German
Empire VIII yet learn thar these
prophetic words OF their greatest poet
are absolutely Know this
God rules the hosts Of heaven, the
inhabitants OF es7fh."
What kind cf love. what kind OF
charity Is the German scattering to.
day. Death. destruction. the killing
Of babies. the raping OF women and
putting men and women IN bondage
The German government has brought
about a slavery today that is as hate,
fui as the Southern slavery Of the
negro. which this country fought the
terrible Civil War TO overcome. and
would extend It over Americans II
she could. But she never will The
Lord hats told us. in the Book OF
Mormon. that this Is a choice land
choice above all other lands, and that
no king should rule here. No. not
even the Kaiser. though he claims
to rule by divine right from God. For
this is land OF freedom. viii read
you some OF the Kaiser's words:
There is only one master in this
country: am he. and / viii not toll
crate another" The Kaiser has 10
ind out that God rules and that the
eecpls viii be their own masters. If
he lives long enough he will. and
hope be does. I want him to live TO
find out that the people OF the world
viii be the master. and that intelli.
gence and the desire for right viii
count more than might in all the
wide world.
There is only one iaw-my law:
the Law which ! myself lay down.
The Kaiser is wrong. The law OF
God. the law Of Justice. the law Of
virtue. the law OF honor. is the only
law that viii prevail. and that is not
the law OF the German Kaiser today
Il was on the 7th day OF June
1914. that Frankfurt assembled her
school children in the opera house. to
further their taste and understanding
Of Germany's supreme national art
Exactly eleven months later. on MAY
9TH. 1915. a German torpedo sank |
the Lnsitania: and the cities OF the /
Rhine celebrated this also for their
school children.
Goethe said: ~The Germans are OF
yesterday few centuries
must elapse before il win
Be said Of them. Il is long since they |
we're barbarians Out OF their own
mouths shall they be judged"
As chairman OF the Liberty Loan /
lrlve in this section. was recently
allied TO san Francisco to attend 1
conference. After two days OF
we were invited BY the
Patriotic Committee Of One Thou
and to a banquet. The cities that
ad gone above the maximum-over
he top, so TO speak-in purchasing
liberty Bonds were TO represent
by a speaker on the pro-
ram. and the honor fell to me 70
epresent Utah in a ten minute
peech. Among other things quoted
hese inspired words OF Ella Wheeler
Wilcox. That no question Is ever
ettled until II is settled right.
repeat again the words Of the
erman poet: Know this, God rules
be hosts OF heaven. the inhabitants
earth" was delighted to say to
he people in California. and the
'orkers In the Liberty Loan cam
align. that there are no "Mormons'
no have any doubt OF the final
utcome OF this great world war.
he Lord has spoken. so far as the
Aformons" are concerned. The
ord has said that this is a land
holce above all other lands, and
TAT no king shall rule here. I have
cen proud OF the wonderful record
Iade by the people Of usah during
lis war and rejoice to say there
10 no more patriotic or loyal citi
ms Of the United States than those
these valleys OF the Rocky Noun.
Inns.