The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-29

the Providence Of Almighty God, to obey His will
to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to i'm.
piore His protection and favor"
AS everybody knows, George Washington was
no iiar So that when he wrote these words he
wrote them because he believed them
In short, the United States of America was con.
ceiVed and established in exactly the spirit set
iorth In Washingtons words The nation of his
ume was Christian nation. Its sense of de.
pehdence upon God was very real because of real
ization OF perils past and difficulties to come 1t
saw the guiding and protecting hand of Providence
IN the past 1t hoped for a continuance of guild
ance and protection of Providence In overcoming
me problems and difficulties of the future For
america was then a child among the nations and
ITS way to maturity looked long and perilous
America has now come to that maturity And
ne Is dullard who cannot see the hand of Provi-
dence In our national history since the beginning.
In the 1873 years since George Washington's first
thanksgiving proclamation America has accom-
piished much. 1t has made its maturity rich and
powerful. Today America stands the weathiest
and most favored nation OF the Clobe-so rich and
SO favored that a pre-war prediction has come
true: America has emerged victorious and I'm.
harmed from the Great War and without friend
among the nations of EARTH America is too
wealthy. too powerful, too resourceful too wei,
able to move on toward Its destiny without ten
tahging Alliances to please the rest of the world
America Is so favored that It must have a care
lest In Its complacency II thanks God II IL nor
rs other nations
II Is true America Is not as the Turk who 10
pounding on the gates Of Europe with all the as.
surance OF victor who asserts that he bas wilma,
out past defeat by present victory and demands
new opportunities for crimes against civilization
II Is true America is not as the Bolsheyists in
Russia. who apparently are growing rather
stronger than weaker, seeming to gain strength
from the ruin they have wrought and parade their
Red Army as an object lesson to the nations of
earth
Yet America sadly needs to take heed of tho
Eleventh commandment, Love one another" And
II needs Twelfth commandment, Thou shaIt
not prohteer." For the profiteer It has been soId
takes the Eighth commandment by the throat
KNOCKS the ienth commandment on the head and
treads the golden rule under foot" And No for tho
Ten commandments handed down from God o.
Mount Sinai-it Is Increasingly evident that !, Ia
the task Of the good citizen and the church and
the press ID build up the moral manhood ona
womanhood that Is suffering alarming deterioro.
ton.
There are many who believe that IN occer,,n..
and practice OF practical Christianity lie Amer,
cas- only hope of emergence from tho sra,, ~
lawlessness OF 19o2 Ammo pomIni anu
In this connection the progress Of r,
begun In the United States by christian Rnsinon,
Men" viii doubtless be watched with intarant k~
the nation. S' ny
In some American cty-probahly Detro,t-,.,n
he held curly In 1929 the first convention =, ,nn
Federation OF Christian Business Mems o,,."
Probably 100 clubs In the principal cities 90 ~
country VIII be represented. TO search nm, a,s
apply the laws OF God In all commercial r.ln,,
between ourselves and all men" Is the stated mn,
pose OF the federation. All members agrpa 80 ~,
the golden rule fundamental In their cop,rar"i''
dealings The clubs reserve at all meetings r,,a"
for Jesus Christ, the unseen Guest Nh, ,''"'
members acknowledge to be their "trec,i,'o - 'e
At recent conference in Kansas city. Mo Ia,
s ss'sS were present Hpresentng clubs in Konsns
CITY New York Philadelphia. Lincoln Neh r'',
OKLA ST Louis, Wheeling w Va C, iu'>a'
Rochester n. Y, Cincinnati. Columns ~
n raa'. Num- Jacksonville, Fla- Columbia Mo al N