The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-09

S~~N valiant soldier finds the Book a wade mecum of strength and good cheer" (And our wounded men have been found with the Bible under their heads; and Choate cried 'If we must have but one book, o give us the Bible'O And Congress at once made an appropriation for Bibles to France)
 "In such times men learn to see things as they are, as God sees them. It gets new value on life and it's duties. It finds men. II manifests God.
 For more than three centuries the history of the AngloSaxon race has Affected every part of the National fife; nor has it's influence been less powerful ip America It has always made for freedom in religion, Gov ernment, and laws. Men of all re ligious opinions will agree that in a revived interest in the Bible we may lind the pledge of a higher national life and a purer ethical standard fo1 the individual, with deeper con ception of spiritual realities, in the new world that is upon us." Gen. Pershing To His Men Hardship will be your lot, but trust in God will be your comfort ; temptation will befalI you, but the eachings of our Saviour will give 5ou strength" (Pasted in each Sol Hers Bible)
 Colonel Watterson on Christianity OCT editorial of 1917" so awarded by Columbia University Department of Journalism
 Surely the future looks black though, yet it holds hope, single nope. One, and one power only, can lrrest the descent and save us. That the Christian religion.
 Democracy is but a side issue The paramount issue, underlying the ssue of democracy, is the religion # Christ and Him crucified; the bed rool; Of civilization; the source and ~ol:rce of ell that is worth having r the UcTld .aat is. that gives prom 50 i. tho 'aoI.d to come; not as an >bstrrc ~-; not as huddle of sects md flc'ic25; but as mighty force md principle of being.
 The Word of God, delivered by the Vazarene, sanctified by the Cross ol 1alvary, has survived every assault
 is now arrayed. upon land and sea
 meet the dealliest of all assaults Satan turned loose for one last, fl lal struggle.
 "The Kaiser boldly threw down the gauge of battle-Infidel Germany against the believing world-Kul tur against Christianity-the Gospe
 f Hate against the Gospel of Love Thus is he Satan personified My elf and God" merely his way ot oroclaiming it-for his God" i: Beelzebub, the Angel of Destruction lis creed the Devils own, his ain md end hell on earth.
 If the worlG is to be saved iron
 estruction-physical no less thar | piritual-it will be saved alone b. he Christian religion. That elim
 hated, leaves the earth to eterna var. For 50 years Germany hal
 ,een organizing and laboring to sup plant it with Kultur. the genius O Infidelity. When our armies have
 'un it to it's lair, nought will hav' 1een gained unless the glorious Ban 1er of the Cross is Hoisted and tn | nisled masses of Germany are bad | .o gather about it and beneath i as sadly they collect the debris o their ruin for the reconstruction o the Fatherland.
 Let every American soldier swea that he will link him and his wit the Christ-child-th Light of Love that suffered under Pontius Pilato was crucified, dead. and buried, ths descended into Hell. that the thlr day arose from the dead and ascend ed into Heaven, and sitteth on tn right hand of God the Father A
 mighty"
 The sermon pointed out how man teachings of the Bible had bee freshly vindicated-the omnipotenc