The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-04-18
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A MIGHTY MAN HAS FALLEN
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And Moses went up from the plains
of Moab unto the mountains of Nebo to
the top of Pisgah that is over against
Jerico And the Lord showed him all the
land of Gilead unto DAN
Il have caused thee to see with thine
eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Moses, slave by birth, a scion of arts
tocracy by habitude chosen by God as the
savior of an enslaved race, saw the bur-
dens of his brethren, Staying their tor
mentor fled with the mark of Cain upon
him, burdened with the cares of the lowly
man.
Moses fought oppression like a de-
mon. He even dared to take issue with
God himself, to whom he talked face to
face, insisting that the burden of his peo-
pie, for the sins committed be lifted. So
committed was he to the welfare of those
he served, he dared to ask God himself to
repent
The sins of the cmanuated slaves bore
heavily upon him. Moses hated the sins
of his people, but the Christian God was
good to him. He led him from the plains
of Moab to the top of Pisgah. Caused
him to see with his own eyes the Land of
Promise to which he was leading his peo-
pie.
But thou shalt not go over thither."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an aris-
tocrat by birth. He too was a man chosen
by God to go unto the forgotten man.
And he did. President Roosevelt lifted
him from the depths and gave back to him
his American standard.
The forgotten man was heavy burden,
and the experiences of the cruelest war in
the annals of man slowly but surely sap
ped the life-blood of the friend of man.
But the Christian God was good to him.
He, too, saw the star of hope. He never
saw the hope beyond.
Why not?
And who is he who is able to devine the
mysteries of Alpha and Omega? Why
should the most loved ruler in all the uni
verse be stricken on the eve of the down
fall of the most hideous monster let loose
on earth since Satan's hellish descent into
the bottomless pit?
Yet he lives! This damnable diabol-
ical unframed demon who alone is respon-
sible for more deaths than all the wars
yoked with the Four Horsemen, in his
mountain hideout, defies God himself.
And our beloved President Roosevelt,
Gods Good Man and Personal Emissary
permitted only to see the star which is
guiding the world to peace.
Rest in peace, noble soldier. You died
on the field of battle. The great burden
you have borne so long must now rest
on others shoulders. The foundation you
laid will riSa HIGH Mt Rainier
Your task was too great, yet you bore
it as a soldier would
You paid the supreme sacrifice, but
God decreed you should bear no pain.
AS long as man lives your name will be
revered and honored by the side of great
patriarchs of the Bible, Moses, Jacob, Job
and others.
You have laid an indestructible corner
stone of freedom upon which your God
may safely erect his new mansion. The
Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood
of Man.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is dead, but the
spirit of America still lives.
You may as we'll try to turn back the
tides as halt the forward march of Amer
ica
One hundred thirty million Americans
bow their heads in sorrow.
One hundred thirty million Americans
in solid phalanx pledge their faith in
their new President and Commander-in-
Chief.
One hundred thirty million Americans
exclaim with one accord:
God still reigns and the government at
Washington still lives. G Cd BLESS
AMERICA