The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-14

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'ne great nations that have persisted except
as shadowy memories, the remains Of which arc a.
Jay being dug out of the sand, had given anv
nougnt to the future. had understood the way thew
were gong and caught glimpse of the goal to
"hUn tney were headed, they might have ESCAPED
The fate that overlook them But thew were Hind
70 tne truth, and deaf to such prophetic warnings
as they had. These nations abored under one great
disadvantage, in that many Of them had no recorded
history a. we understand it, such as they had being
largely made up Of myths and was available to the
people, when available at all, only in that form.
onoer such conditions it difficult. and often
impossible to trace the operation Of social IL rces
and to predict the outcome. It is hard even ia
imagine how completely life was lived IN the pres
ent-shut up within its narrow confines There
must have been few who
down the future saw the golden beam
incline
10 the side of perfect injustice. mastered BY
their faith divine,
by one mans plain truth to manhood and to
Gods supreme design.
The moral is plain enough-it is that Americans
should think very soberly Of what their country is
gong to be, and then try to realize that what it
snai be will be determined by what it has been in
the past and what it is today The work of the
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mote predecessors, for he has more to 20 on But
it is doubtful whether there is any greater sens;
tlveness to his message than in the days gone by.
Americans surely ought to regard themselves a,
trustees Tor posterity, and such bound to hand
over TO those who come after them country that
Is at least on the upgrade. Their concern about the
future ought to be keen and their interest in what
is to be its destination profound.
There are those who tell us, with q great show
OF wisdom, that must keep our feet on the
ground" as though there were the nemotest danger
that we should fail to do this. Others would have
US rely wholly might, taking no account Of moral
causes, forces and influences It would be well
II sermons could on the same day be preached in
every pulpit in this land on the following text
Not by might. nor by power but by Ny spirit,
saith the Lord of Hosts"
1t is the gospel Of dull and stupid practcality,
OF gross materialism that has ruined states in
the past and will ruin them in the future It is
very widely held and very vigorously preached to-
day. For many years America was herself an ideal
the ideal Of all who loved and longed for free
DOM political equality and the sovereignty Of the
individual soul.
1t was by the deaistic spirit that she wa. nour-
ished There was with it ALL Of course, much ma
terialism, a. no doubt there always will be-too
much, perhaps But there were few who sneered
at ideasm, or feared and distrusted it, whereas
there are many today. It often seems as though
there were sort Of organized war against it.
There g no philosophy ss deadly as the materi-
alistic philosophy. history demonstrates in the
most startling way Thoughtful men ON their
birthday, especially they grow DID, are disposed
to review their life. to think Of what they have
done amss. Of their faithlessness. and worship Of
false gods.
II should be so with men - citizens, thinking 81
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they have done to make it better or worse. For
men in the aggregate are the nation.
That there Is much that is wrong We III know.
That every man ~in his vocation and ministry" caa
DO something-even though Il b but LITTLE ito set
things right, we do not sufficiently realise Keep
their feet on The sroundf Yss, surely. But thsy
should also keeps their eyes the starr and steer
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