Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-03
"And this day shall be to you
for a Observation-Disclosures 1914.

land this DAY Sndli oe 10 you
for a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1914.
God in His mercy gave US the abll-
ity TO forget. for We would be creatures
most miserable if we could not erase
from our minds some sorrow bearing
elements which have entered our ex-
perience. True is the saying that time
will wipe away all tears, and happy is
man because Of it. But there is a sin
of forgetfuiness. We too readily allow
the past with its intended lessons to
slip IL mentalities; and with the pass
ing Of a few generations the mercies
of God are forgotten. Man econes SO
cnwrapped in the present that he fails
to find the strength and comfort of the
past which God intended.
THE great leaders understood this
unhappy trait Of the human mine and
took infinite pains to fix the impress
sions of their dealings with the Al
mighty as deeply as possible in the
minds of people. They were aware
that humans are in need Of reminders.
The Hebrews with this fresh in their
minds made extensive use Of memoir
ais. Thus we find Jacob at Bethel
erecting a pillar in remembrance OF
God: Moses. in the words of our lead
ing thought above, setting aside the
Passover to bring to the minds of the
future generations Gods kind deliver
once of Israel from Egyptian bondage,
and Joshua, after the waters of the
Jordan had been divided so hat the
children of Israel were enabled to cross
into the Promised land, selecting a man
from each o fthe twelve tribes to pick
y stone out of the river, and to set
them uD for a memorial to the coming
generations. This do in remembrance
Of me- were the words of Christ ms He
instituted the sacrament of the Lord
supper.
I'VE in these modern times have
reared memorials in all parts OF our
country. We have our Plymouth rock.
our Bunker Hill and Washington monu-
ments. and our Gettysburgs strewn
with q thousand marble tablets: and
now we are rearing all over our land
monuments of all descriptions to keep
fresh in our memories the noble boys
who gave themselves without stint in
the great war. In our eagerness to
commemorate the dead let rs not over
look the living of our heroes: those
wounded beyond repair. those incapaci-
.ated by gas and shell shock, and those
out of a job.
= But did you ever stop TO think
that monuments OF nur " rearing
are in reality only secondary reminders
of the past? The best memory we
have of Columbus is not Columbus day.
but this great American continent. The
most vivid reminder We have Of the
Pilgrims is not Plymouth rock. but
religious freedom. The most potent
recollections we have Of the revolution
is not Bunker Hill or even the Fourth
Of July. but American independence it.
self. The most outstanding memorial
of the civil war is not that multitude
nf monuments on the Getty burg battle
field and other places in the nation.
tut TIE freed negroes and n preserved
Inicn.
Tomorrow we will celebrate a day
which brings afresh the liberty and in
dependence which We enjoy as o nation.
What does this day mean TO you, Mr..
Average Citizen? Will il mean moth
ing more than the bringing out of Old
Glory from the cedar chest to be waved
from your window: giving the kiddies
an extra quarter with which to buy
fire crackers; taking the family into
the mountains in the new car; or flock
ing down to the baseball game; All Of
these things are good in themselves.
but they fall far short of catching the