Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-04-11
MORMONS
PLEDGE AID
TO LOAN
Heber J. Grant, Presi-
dent Of Church,
So Declares
LEADER PROUD OF
FOLLOWERS
RECORD
BY HEBER J. GRANT


For forty odd years. when the
Germans have been meeting on land
or sea. they have drunk "To the
Day-To the Day" They meant the
day when Germany should practically
rule the world They have though
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 o.
Belgium would oppose their great
and powerful army. They thought
they could walk right through Bel
gium, and within ninety days II no
within thirty days be in Paris Bat
Belgium offered her lite 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.
lishman, 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 have 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-Tnow this
God rules the hosts OF heaven, the
inhabitants OF earth"
What kind of love, what lsind OF
charity is the German scattering to.
day? Death, destruction the killinr
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.
1ul as the Southern slavery OF the
negro. which this country fought the
terrible Civil War to overcome. and
would extend 1t over Americans I.
she could. But she never will. The
Lord has told us, in the Book O.
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 Cod For
this II q land Of freedom. | Will read
you some Of the Kaiser's words:
There Is only one master in this
country; | am he. and | will not toll
erats another" The Kaiser has to
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 To
find out that the people Of the world
will be the master, and that intelll
gence and the desire for right will
count more than might in all the
wide world.
There 10 only one law-my law
the law which l 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 moi
the law Of the German Kaiser today
1t WAS on the 7th day OF June
1914. that Frankfurt assembled he,
school children In the opera house tc
further their taste and understandings
OF Germany's supreme national art
Exactly eleven months later. on Ma,
7th, 1918, 4 German torpedo sanl
tho Lusitania; and the cities of the
Rhine celebrated this also for thei,
school children.
Goethe said: THE Germans are q,
Yesterday few centuries
must elapse before II 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, was recently
called to San Francisco to attend
a conference. After two DAYS Of
meetings we were invited by tho
Patriotic Committee of One Thou.
sand to banquet. The cities that
had gone above the maximum-over
the top. so to speak-in PURCHASING
Liberty Bonds were to represent
themselves by a speaker on the nro.
3 am, and the honor fell to me IN
represent Utah In ten minute
speech. Among other things I quoted
these inspired words of Ella Wheeler
Wilcox: That no question is ever
settled until 1t is settled right.
| repeat again the words OF the
German poet: Know thu, God rules
the hosts Of heaven, The inhabitants
Of earth" I 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
The Lord has spoken, SO far as the
"Mormons" are concerned. The
Lord has said that this is a land
choice above all other lands. and
that no king shall rule here. ! have
been proud of the wonderful record
made by the people OF Utah durins
his war. and l rejoice to say there
IRE no more patriotic or loyal citi
ems OF the United States than thos<
in these valleys OF the Rocky Noun
tains.