The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12


as it is the primal law. of the nation
and the citizens Of this great coun-
try permit it so to remain, and rev.
erence and obey it, that long will
liberty be assured and freedom the
birthright of our citizens.
It has become the common prac-
tice of a large majority of our citi-
zens to violate certain laws. This is
undermining all laws, and, if con-
tinued, is dangerous. I keep going
, back to this point in order that from
every angle you may be confronted
with this fact, that if we are to con-
tinue to have free country, we must
let reverence for law. become the
political religion Of everybody in this
country-You, I, Bill Jones, and his
wife-and we must quit trying to
place ourselves on an exempted list
because of any influence or ability
which We possess. Christ brought
one addition to the doctrines that
had gone before, that the greatest of
all additions to law or doctrine was
love.
From the beginning of time, the
man of character has been ever
striving to find his duty and do it.
There are so many successful men
who have become arbitrary through
success achieved through their power
of concentrated thought and through
their ability to transmute thought
into energy. Be careful, my friends,
each of you, that you do not use the
talents which Almighty God has be-
slowed upon you, that they will be
a curse instead of a blessing to you.
Remember that perhaps the neigh
Dor who cannot reach the high stand
ard of moral and religious intellectu-
atty upon which you reside, may be
doing his bit. Do not get an idea
in your head that God Almighty is
going to require of human being
something that He cannot do, and do
not let the idea get into your head
that He is going to.measure you with
the half-bushel basket of a weaker
minded less able personality. The
measure of your acts are the meas
ure of your ability. The measure of
the acts of the less able men or
women is the measure of their ability.
There are few of US who live up to
our capabilities, that is, our respon-
sibilities, and for our derelictions
along this line we are apt to pay
without ceasing on the judgment day.
So l want to convey this thought
to you that as long as you have du-
ties, and family duties, you must live
up to your conception of those duties
to the fullest extent. You must per-
NIT your neighbor to live up to his
conception and by companionship
and instruction, you may fulfill your
duty to the enlightenment of your
fellowmen, but, after all, his right
of action is sacred and guaranteed to
him as it is to you. So attend to
your civic responsibilities under God
Use every peaceful Christ-like meth
cd to get your brother to realize and
to know what is right and what is
duty, but spread DER your thoughts
and your actions the broad mantle of
Christian love. Be equal to the last
and greatest doctrine of all, and as
you are willing to give your lives to
God and country, remember to spare
part to your neighbor in helping him
to come and see and know his du-
ties and to reach the same level upon
which you are permitted to travel in
search of light. AS the days and
years Of your lives pass, as the
slowly passing sands of your hour
glass pass, let US hope that the con-
slant thought, effort, and prayers of
the men and women who are citizens
for our country, will bring into a
secure harbor and that, finally, by
the individual practice of the doctrine
there will come that final day when
reverence for law is the political re-
1iuiop If tho natioYr