The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-06-07

sibe or at all enduring
you Know that l am not a dreamer, "A
| lSentlmentallst. or visionary. Ii | We're
| should be one OF those who believe thai
all tnlS could be brought about Dy corn
promise and by concession without force
| 40 peiieve tnat 1t Will come To pass,
not an IDEAL condition, but a greatly i'm
proved state, and that it will come as the
| result OF the application OF force SO
crushing that 1t will put an end to the
aspirations OF the apostle OF might ana
all his tribe of courtiers. That is why
above all else, believe this fight is worth
whiie. Why am convinced that America
d9ihg ITS highest duty by throwing
itself INTO this struggle against kaiser
ism with all its resources and it's power
OF men and material, 1t is In this way
s tnah sivili4ttien M nas- presrsssed from the
Deginning,Aand until perfecsion-is attained
VIII proDablyq continue to the way OF
evolution But each great upheaval has
brought advance that justified and COM
pensated Tor the distress and agony en-
tailed. If human beings were not so weak
Iy human one such lesson would do for all
Tune. But each generation, profiting
little by the experience of the past, must
learn chiefly how best to live from its
own period of suffering.
In what have suggested do not mean
to convey the thought that mankind will
leap from the lap of Mars into Utopia,
but l do mean that the natural reaction
VIII be constructive, that world sat-
ated with war will yearn TO: peace so
greatly that every means to secure peace
Will be sought eagerly and readily adopt
ed, and that a more lasting peace than
any heretofore will probably follow this
terrific holocaust of war because of the
very bonds this war is forging. And
the ideas and principles that will triumph
with the allies are the only ideals and
principles upon which anything like an
| enduring temple of peace can be erected.
This war is continuation, though /
am not prepared by any means to say
| ideal of Liberty and the idea of Auto
| cracy; the ideal of Liberty that means
| the freedom of self-expression for the
| individual, and for the mass Of individu-
| suppression of the man that an indi-
vidual, or selected few, may enjoy power
ana place. and pomp and self-gloriiica-
a struggle of one political institution
against another-as it has been desig-
mated for convenient comprehension
| ideal, of Liberty or Freedom is that con.
dition which permits and encourages the
growth and expansion of all the finest
aspirations and inspirations of man. 1t
is the very essence and embodiment Of
Christianity as God gave Christianity to
the world, and if that thing was SO prec-
| iOus that God saw fit to give His only
begotten son for its sake surely we poor
mortals should consider it the highest
privilege to make wha tever sacrifice the
event entails for its preservation and
Liberty or Freedom--the ideal of these
| towards which and for which we strive
L
Christianity, for Liberty means enlight-
enment. it means the right and the op-
portunity to gain knowledge and de-
velop the gifts that are ours. enlighten-
ment is the ability to see and appreciate
all that God has done for man, and the
chance to enjoy without question His
generous bounty. Christ taught the
/ equality of all men in the sight of God.
Liberty builds on that foundation. IT
does not and cannot make all men equal
in talent. and stature, and strength. an.
intelligence. and in other attributes but
it does open equal opportunity to all and
| encourage all to recognize equal worth or
value to society. 1t inspires, thereby, in
each the desire to improve himself and
is of the family of God equally sharing
in His love and protection. Any other
ideal or institution that denys this funda :
mental fact of Christianity as preached
by Christ is opposed to Gods will. I'm
der the influence of such an idea and such
institutions all the worst vices of man.
kind flower and flourishIenyy; Jeaiousy, d;,s
the seeds of it's own undolng. History
repeats the futilty of building. upon in,
equality The effort has persisted. and
ply because so-called Christian peoples
have accepted the form without receiv-
ing the spirit of Christianity The
growth of the spirit has been represented
by the growth of the ideal of Liberty. and
never were men so entitled to wear the
cross of the Crusaders as those who are
battling on the plains OF p,caray anG abn an
Rheims and Verdun; and IN Lorraine
against the deluded forces of last pre-
tenders to a divine right to rule and per,
Liberty win win because it has tht
mighty force of righteousness on ~
side, and we rn may nrds az, ise Of ' the Engiisl
| GENERAL. he who falls in such cause
does not die. but steps into lmmorahtF