The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1918-04-12
MORMONS
PLEDGE AID
TO LOAN
Heber ]. Grant, Presi-
dent of Church,
So Declares
LEADER PROUD OF
FOLLOWERS
RECORD
BY HEBER J. GRANT

'NAih nave bttH llAtftlIE oI ldtlU
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 powerful 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
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-"Know this
God rules the hosts of heaven, the
inhabitants of earth
What kind of love, what kind of
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 as the Southern slavery of the
negro, which this country fought the
terrible Civil War to overcome, and
would extend it over Americans if
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. For
this is 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
crate another" The Kaiser has to
find out that God rules and that the
people will be their own masters. If
he lives long enough he will, and |
hope he does. want him to live to
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 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 not
the law of the German Kaiser today
1t was on the 18th day of June
1914, that Frankfurt assembled her
school children in the opera house, to
further their taste and understanding
of Germany's supreme national art
| Exactly eleven months later, on May
7th, 1915, a German torpedo sank
the Lusitania, and the cities of the
Rhine celebrated this also for their
school children.
Goethe said: "The Germans are OF
yesterday few centuries
must elapse before ii will
be said of them: 1t is long since they
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 the
Patriotic Committee of One Thou
sand to banquet. The cities thai
had gone above the maXimum-ovel
the top, so to speak-in purchasing
Liberty Bonds were to represent
themselves by a speaker on the pro
gram, and the honor fell to me t
represent Utah in ten minute
speech. Among other things | quoted
these inspired words of Ella Wheeler
Wilcox: That no question is evei
settled until it is settled right.
repeat again the words Of tn,
German poet. Know this. God rules
the hosts of heaven, the inhabitant
of earth" was delighted to say t
the people in California, and tn,
workers in the Liberty Loan cam
paign, that there are no "Mormons
who have any doubt of the fina
outcome of this great world wal
The Lord has spoken, so far as tn
"Mormons" are concerned. Tn
Lord has said that this is a lam
cnoice above all other lands, an
that no king shall rule here. | hav
been proud of the wonderful recor
made by the people of Utah durin
this war, and | rejoice to say Their
are no more patriotic or loyal cit
zens of the United States than thos
in these valleys of the Rocky MouI
tains.