Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-04-12
MORMONS
PLEDGE AID
TO LOAN
Heber J. Grant, Presi-
dent Of Church,
So Declares
LEADER PROUD OF
FOLLOWERS
RECORD
BY AEsER J. GRANT

ONN yOuio, Wu0u Tic
Germans have been meeting on land
or sea. they have drunk ITO the
Day-To the Day." They meant the
day when Germany should practically
rule the world. They have thought
they had the might, and they were
convinced that they could conquer the
world but they mistook human ma.
ture. They never dreamed, for one
moment, that the little country of
Belgium would oppose their great
and pow erful army. They thought
they could walk right through Bel.
GUM, and within ninety days If not
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 misjudged the fiber of the Eng
l1shman, and England entered the
war. Although they might sink the
Lusitania and murder American citi
zens. they never dreamed that Amer
lea, with an insignificant army, would
enter the war. In all these things
they ha We found or they will find
their mistake.
The Kaiser and the entire German
Empire will yet learn that these
prophetic words Of their greatest poet
are absolutely true-"Know this
God rules the hosts of heaven, the
Inhabitants of earth"
What kind of love, what kind O.
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 slavery today that is as hate
full a. the Southern slavery of the
negro, which this country fought the
terrible Civil War to overcome, and
would extend 1t over Americans II
she could. But she never will The
Lord has 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. Fol-
this Is q land of freedom. l will read
you some Of the Kaiser's words:
There Is only one master in thi.
country; I am he, and l will not toll
crate another" The Kaiser has tc
find out that God rules and that the
people will be their own masters. II
he lives long enough he will, and ]
hope he does. l want him to live te
find out that the people of the world
will be the master, and that intelli
gence and the desire for right will
count more than might in all the
wide world.
There Is only one law-my law;
the law which I 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 will prevail and that is not
the law Of the German Kaiser today
It was on the 7th day OF June
1914. that Frankfurt assembled hel
school children in the opera house, tc
further their taste and understanding
OF Germany's supreme national art
Exactly eleven months later, on May
7th, 1915, German torpedo sank
the Lusitania; and the cities of the
Rhine celebrated this also for their
school children.
Goethe said: 1.-THE Germans are Of
yesterday few centuries
must elapse before it will
be said Of them: 1t is long since thew
were barbarians.' Out Of their own
mouths shall they be judged"
As chairman of the Liberty Loan
drive IN this section, I was rscently
called to San Francisco to attend
a conference. After two DAYS of
meetings we were invited by the
Patriotic Committee of One Thou.
sand to a banquet. The cities that
had gone above the maximum-over
the top, so to speak-in purchasing
Liberty Bonds we're to represent
themselves by a speaker on the pro-
gram, and the honor fell to me to
represent Utah in a ten minute
speech. Among other things / quoted
these inspired words of Ella Wheeler
Wilcox: That no question is ever
settled until it is settled right.
! repeat again the words of the
German poet: Know this, God rules
the hosts Of heaven, the inhabitants
OF earth. J." was delighted to say to
the people in California. and the
workers in the Liberty Loan cam.
paign, that there are no "Mormons"
who have any doubt of the final
outcome of this great world war.
Phe Lord has spoken. SO far as the
"Mormons" are concerned. The
Lord has said that this is land
choice above all other lands. and
that no king shall rule here. I have
been proud OF the wonderful record
made by the people of Utah during
this war, and | rejoice to say there
are no more patriotic or loyal citi.
zens of the United States than those
in these valleys OF the Rocky Noun.
tains.
I'VE are fighting for our lIves."-
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