The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-08-17

school; TO the carpenter shop, to the
canal barge, to college, to the battle
field, to the white house. Having
reached the summit the destroying
hand of disappointed office seeker
would not let him live. Warren
G. Harding also climbed from simple
farm life to college, to journalism. to
the senate, to the white house. Having
reached the summit death, who Is no
respecter Of persons, would not let
him live. 1t would seem to some that
the president was lacking in vision
that he had provincial mind He
thought it well to safeguard America
first, to stabilize, prosper, exalt and
live for America first, but he saw
more than that. He had a vision of a
world court, not like unto Versailles
where there was no recognition of
God Almighty. Just government must
have contact with Omnipotence and
there can be no happy relationship
between nations except as they recog-
nize the idea Of Supreme Being as
being fundamental. There was no
place at Versailles for the Prince of
Peace and therefore the effort was
merely building on sand. The presi-
dent saw visions of a world court
with strong hopes Of permanent peace.
The moral qualities in the char
acter of President Harding are appre-
ciated by many In America today.
President Hayes was not popular
while in office, he was a one term
president, but his moral qualities are
appreciated today as never before. We
recall the scripture quotation our late
president made at the time of his in
auguration: 'FWhat doeth the Lord
require of thee but to do Justly, and
to love mercy and to walk humbly
with thy God" We nave not forgotten
that he said the chief executive must
not bet; that he like Mckinley and
Garfield had tender and loving
thoughtfulness for his mother. What
an example for the sons and daughters
of the land, many of wnom in the days
of prosperity turn their backs to their
parents and think of them only as a
burden and disgrace Honor thy
father and thy mother"
We highly respect our late president
for his convictions. l want America,
he said, reconsecrated to the religious
reverence that was apparent in the
early days Of the republic. Men cannot
aave the highest type Of civilization
without a religious strain. Gods one
expedient for exalting mans character
is that OF uniting the divine with the
human. In his speech at Colorado
Springs the president held that the
remedy Of the worlds unrest is a re-
turn to spirituality, to the simple
teachings Of Christ and tne applica-
ton of the Golden Rule. In his speech
at Portland on Independence Day he
said IL would like to acclaim the day
when there is no room in America
for those who defy the laws, and those
who seek our hospitality for the pur-
pose Of destroying our institutions
should be deported or neld securely
behind prison walls. This land has
little to fear from those who attack
our borders from the outside, but we
must be on guard against those who
work within our borders to destroy
the very institutions which have given
them hospitality. A republic worth liv-
ing in, is worth living for and a re-
public worth defending is worth our
patriotic vigilance" The president was
evidently tired of official treason to
the law, of men who hold up their
hand and swear before God to uphold
the constitution and then go out and
do the contrary thing. No one builds
monuments to vice, sin, evil, wicked
ness. The monument at Saratoga has
not the name of Benedict Arnold in
scribed. He VINO fought so valiently
might have had his name written in
imperishable glory, but he chose to
become traitor, died in foreign
land hated by his fellow patriots and
despised by the British aristocracy
who bought him so cheaply.
Doubtless we have been thinking of
what is taking place at Marion, Ohio,
today. 1t is natural to sorrow with
tarry at the tomb too long; there is a
task awaiting us. The president is
dead but God reigns and the govern
ment at Washington still lives. After
the death of Moses, God spake to
Joshua. saying: Moses, my servant
is dead, now therefore, arise, go over
this Jordan, tnou and all thy people
unto the land that ! gave unto the
children Of Israel" Israel followed a
new leader that day and marced on to
the conquest. We are to follow a new
leader. In this hour when great re-
sponsibilties rest upon him We should
give him our confidence and moral
support. 1t Is for us to highly resolve
to be better citizens and manifest a
higher form of patriotism, for what
will it profit to weep because of our
stricken leader. then turn away and
by selfish, unpatriotic' and ungodly
conduct strike at the foundation OF
those things that the flag represents
to us. Ex-President Wilson has re
Gently said that the hope Of this ma.
ton is its spiritual redemption. 1t is
reported that the legislature Of Soutf
Dakota mas recently passed resolu
tion asking parents to exert every eff
fort to restore the old time influence
Of the home in moulding the lives o.
their children, for the development o.
conscience and morality; that th'
family altar be restored and that the
children be trained in the simple vir
tues of truthfulness, honesty and re
spect for the right sort Of others.
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