The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
RICAnhlST0RY THAT PR0TESTANTS
Sh0ut D, KNOW.

That America was discovered in the
year 1000 by a Norseman, Lief Eric
son, and not by Christopher Columbus,
in 1892, is an historical fact Of the
greatest Importance and significance.
AS an American, you will assuredly
welcome the following information
regarding this issue, and it's mean
ing, at the present hour.
Columbus, who never set foot upon
America, was the representative of the
Latin or Mediterranean races, while
Lief Ericsson was of the Nordic stock,
from which the Anglo Saxon race was
developed.
The advocates of Columbus have
been diligent for centuries in claim
ing the western hemisphere as a pos
session of the Latin races, particular
ly the Spanish and Italians, both of
whom claim Columbus as their ennis
sary, although it has recently been
said by some that he was a Jew, and
by others that he was an Armenian.
In his train followed the religion and
the political order which is centered
in Rome. Spain bent every effort to
make conquest of the entire west
ern world; and the dire results in
Mexico and South America are a ia
miliar part Of history. But this eff
fort was doomed to failure, and was
at length overthrown by the South
American liberator, Bolivar, and
others. Still, the seed and it's fruits
are in evidence in Central and South
America. 80
North America, particularly the
United States, on the other hand, is
purely Anglo-Saxon and Nordic in its
entire development. The western
world, as stated above, was discover
ed by Lief Ericsson. Our country was
colonized by the Pilgrims; it was CIV
en- birth, as a Christian nation, by
Washington, and it's unity was pre-
served by Lincoln, under the guidance
of God. From the beginning the
menace to America has been the in
fuence of Europe, which Washington
in his divinely bestowed wisdom,
warned against, when he said, 'Be-
ware of entangling alliances" and
which Monroe forever barred out when
he established the political principle
known as the Monroe Doctrine.
It is an essential part of the ma
ture of the northern people to love
freedom, to fight for liberty, to be de-
vout and spiritual in religion, and to
abhor superstitution, serfdom and ig-
norance found in Southern Europeans.
Escape European System
To escape the European system of
politico-religion, embodied at the time
in a tyrannical and oppressive ruler,
fifty thousand Norwegian pilgrims
emigrated from Norway, in the tenth
century, to Greenland, Iceland and
Scotland. The Morse had invented
the keel which enabled them to sail
over heavy seas; and to 60 on long
voyages. They were famous as ma
vigators. The sagas and records of
that time as well as the researches
of later Investigators, prove beyond
doubt that one of these pilgrims,
Bjarni Herjulfson, made voyage
across the Atlantic, and came within
sight of land to the west, without
going ashore. The tale of this ex-
plot which he related on his return
to Greenland was heard by the son
of ERIC the Red, Left Ericsson, who
had been, commissioned by King Olaf
Trygvasson of Norway to search out
this western land, which Lief accept
ed as a divine. command. The oppor-
tunity came for him to buy Bjarni
Herjulfson's ship, in which Lief set
sail across the Atlantic with a crew