Evening star., 1925-06-08

for free holding in the land which
has always marked peoples in whom
the democratic ideal was pressing for
recognition. Eager for both political
and economic independence. they real
lied the necessity for popular educa-
ton, and SO have always been among
the most devoted supporters of public
schools. Thousa nds of them volun-
teered in the service of the country
during the Civil and Spanish wars,
and tens of thousa nds in the World
War. The institutions and the man.
ners of democracy came naturally to
them. Their glory is all about you,
their living and their mighty dead.
They have given great soldiers states
men, scientists, educators and men OF
business to the upbuilding of their
adopted country. They have been
apidly amalgamated into the body of
citizenship, contributing to 1t many of
it's best and most characteristic ele-
ments To their aptability the Ma
ton owes much for it's success in the
enormous process of assimilation and
spiritual unification that has made our
Nation what ii is and our people what
they are.
Strength In Movement.
Although this movement of peoDle
originated in Norway. in it's essence
and its meaning it is peculiarly Amer
lean. 1t has nothing about it of class
Of caste. II has no tinge OF aristoc-
racy. 1T was not produced through
the leadership of some great figure
1t is represented almost entirely by
! that stalWart strain, who make the
final decisions in this world, which we
designate the common people. 1t has
about it the strength of the home and
the fireside: the family ties of the
father and the mother, the children
and the kindred. 1t has all been
carried on very close to the soil, it has
all been extremely human. When l
consider the marvellous results it has
accomplished / cannot but believe that
it was inspired by a Higher Power.
Here is something vital, firm and
abiding, which / can only describe as
Il great reality.
An enormous power has come to
you, but you are charged with equally
enormous responsibilities. Those re
SponsibilitieS YOU have never failed to
meet that power you have never fail
cd to sanctify. Therein lies the sole
title to all the glory you have achieved
in the past. and therein will lie the
sole title to ali the glory that you will
achieve in the future. Believing that
there resides in an enlightened peo-
pie an all-compellinS force for right
eousness, ] have every faith that
through the vigorous performance Of
your duties you will add new luster to
your glory in the days to come
Our America, with all that IL rep
resents OF hope in the world is now
and will be what you make it, Its in
stitutions of religious liberty, OF edu-
cational and economic opportunity, of
constitutional rights. of the integrity
Of the law. are the most precious pos
sessions of the human race. These do
not emanate from the Government.
Their abiding place is with the people.
They come from the conservation of
the father. the love of the mother and
the devotion of the children. They
are the product of that honest. earnest
and tireless effort that goes into the
rearing of the family altar and the
making of the home of our country.
They can have no stronger supporters.
no more loyal defenders. than that
great body of our citizenship which
YOU represent. When look upon YOU
and realize what you are and what
you have done I know that in your
hands our country is secure. You
have laid up your treasure in what
america represents, and there will
your heart be also. You have given
your pledge to the land OF the free
The pledge of the Norwegian people
has never yet gone unredeemed.