The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-01-18
Vast Opportunities Offered TO
Those With Foresight 10
Grasp Them.
GREATEST HOURS IN HISTORY
Thrilling Moments Of History Nothing
Compared Wlsh Epoch. Making
Events That are Taking
Place To-day
" FRANCIS raEvELYAN MILLER,

Use foresight 10 grasp them
What an opportunity this very mo.
ment ID be something. 10 be somebody,
% make your life known aud heard
throughout the world. A year ngo We
were animp0rtant even in our own nj
tie towns today the whole world ii
cniilng uM.
We, who are living today, are living
Ia The greatest hours Of the worlds
history. Never before Ia the annals Of
mankind has the world been thrown
wide open for every young man 10 test
his yainr and prove his worth.
Az youth. | inngcd for the days
wben great events we're Ia the making
wanted to live when new eiyiiiza,
iionn we're being born. when soEi.stlr.
ring heroes were treading tho earth
when men were gods.
Dream HAS Come True.
And here We arc Ia just puch an
agr. The dream has come true. Ito.
nance and chiyalFy have returned from
the past ages, To-day 40 are an knights
settling forth on the gfandest crusade
III the whole noble adventures III the
hamhn race.
What would sou not give 10 have
been d soldier under Alexander the
ssrsat Ia hts conquest to destroy rhebes
" twenfy.one 70 eonquer Babylon al
twenty iiye and q die master III the
world IL thirtythree years 81 aec7
uf u Hannibal on his march across
the Alps with his $1,000 foot.soldiers,
1000 hnrsemen. and 40 elephants.
0r - have ridden with tbs heltneted
hosts 81 William the Cdnqu0nr Into
the bsttie IL Hastings when King IIar.
VII Loaf his llfe and his kingdom aud
England was bornf
What would you not Give 10 have fol-
lowed she heroic Joan ~ Are into The
battle 81 Orleans 40 suve Franeef
pr with the duke 81 Marlborough
III the cavalry charges Oh the battle
ground al Rienhcim9
Or With Washington and his yicto.
rseus army AZ Yorktown when Corn.
wallis sarrendereasa the American
nation vas born what d glorious mo.
mentf
Or with The duke ~ wellington az
Waterloo % hare been one az the
soldiers who conquered the mighty Nh.
ppleen; e have stood Ill attention as
M passed down the lines into exile aud
death II Vt Hetena7
What thrilllng moments are these
and yet they arc nothing compared
with the epoeh.mahtng events that are
taking piaee today Aud % think that
Suu are part 81 theml That you
arc Ga Important factor Ia their OUT
eemp That sou eau march 10 Victory
with the miglsiest armies Ia all human
hist0ryl
Yesterday. you were unknewu and
Insignificant there was 40 opportunity
for yea g. assert yourself, yau were
destined 30 i've aud die an ordinary
equential llfe, Today che world
Is calling you,
The Trumpet Call
can hear the beat 81 che drum.
And thC eBil 81 the hugie. Thirty mil.
llon men are oa the battle grounds,
Over their heads as the blo0dstalned
standards % the nations ~ the earth.
What a glorious wisdom sitn strong
nea 81 tbs earth ia battle array to
storm the ciladets IL uutoTRcy; 20
free the human gaee from deSpOtisn !.
% carry the dag % liberty and dem0e.
rney to an enc peoples q the globe,
can hear che trumpet call. II Is
calling met
I can hear the cries % women and
galgdnen trodden down BY the brute
hesl u the Invaders / can hear the
kings hlaspheme as their thrones Jotter
sud fall.
1 ean hear me yulee II humanity
entlias calllag te-met
Who speaksf Who tells me d turn
daaf cart Who tells me ! am a
coward and foolt Think you | have
no nlAnhood Within me1 Think you !
am waakllng or kaavef Thlak you
1 have neither a human heart az soul
aog eseu i ggianneF of reason wsthlu
NET
Mother n men. / bear yoa calling
met
wamen ana ehlldran IS Belgium
Starving balas IL Siberia suffering
r0.ana Weary Russia Hero.,
Ffaaeaf CiayaiFuas Italy Nobl,
BnsanaiG bruised Roumanlai II,
heart Is blsealng for sou | See YOU
upliftea fsees and your oatstretches
argax
Msn ~ the earth. hear the tFami
u gour marching gess And am com
sBr coming % stand beside sou, shout
der TO shoulder; coming. 70 be viii
sou the greatest memeni IN the world
history: coming. 70 write my nam
with yours 90 the pages u Immortal
itys coming. 70 save civilization; {
make democracy safe for the people
Of the earth 70 be one u Gods NJ
blemen!
ara coming. comrades, coming.