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Show CHRISTIAN LIVING is a bright picture be- coining. Tfct-ryond the black clouda of war. There is gi eat hope for the honoi able strug-- , gang people of the world. Science and mutual service, cooperation in manufacturing, uniting elements of repentence and greater moral effort. ' government, coopeiative movements If war and general opposition and and general good will will surely associated disturbance had no bene- -' come- - After sufficient suffering, this ficial results upon mankind, God ' generation, as ancient people, will would prevent them. jturn to lawiul living and suffering He could, with one fell swoop of His bring about orderly living. A almighty hand, sweep away every Gidoen will be raised up as tjiciently, racketeer, aggressor and disturber of aji iree UP without guns or destruc- the peace. Suppose for a moment ' "on of men s lives, and God will do that He would condescend to sweep 313 He formerly did, will set up mut the Axis powers off the earth, burn my among the lanks of the wicked. them up or drown them as He did (Judges 6, II Chron 17, 19, and 20). in the Flood. What would the United When we as a nation and united na Nations do then? Would they not tions will resort to Christian living divide among themselves and immed as our first line of defense, and cease iately form two factions again? Don't relying on ships and air planes, guns you think the seething troubles in and tanks to deliver us from bondour own land between capital and age, then peace will return to us and labor, unions and big business, or will remain as long as we will so other political chaos, or a combina live. tion of them all would soon break Peace at this time, while we feel out in open war? Would England and to boast of our physical strength, China, Russia and other allies not would only afford a boasting in our immediately divide up and fight over own strength, our great speed on as the spoils of this war ? Yes, we would sembly lines, our skilled death deal-- 1 have another mess like this one or ing ability, our wealth of natural re- worse. War must go ori until world- sources, etc. I fear peace will not come until we are reduced to poverty wide repentence comes to men. Permanent peace, the prize all lib- and pain that will turn us to those erty loving people are crying for, is spiritual forces and make us rely up- - U Cook By A. neighbors, over the radio, and in the conversations come urgent questions: , P0 is &? t irt Tf trnk h0Des. though we may 4 ,ar tO live ithe hope of exchanging "mth some of my acquaintences, die B 'Y this article, and invite relatives to any point I'fmention, for it may bring us K to exchange our ideas. ideas may have rder that our let us build them around B0" If the Prophets, and see if the ; write that group of ancient defined by It is my know Vfrv what the future will be if a sufficienUy careful L of their inspired words and pre- ZlLs In our deliberations let us i mind that the God we wor- b an unchanging God, dealing in the His children in this day He has dealt just manner as. !T those of former years Let ua L bear in mind that He does, and in the affairs of always figured He not, for He should why and gives to each oots this world, and lends each the of us our life on which he may produce the vimtcver substance to SUSUUii me. "'on business is, the land returns make life God gives us it possible, and the that business, to us operate enables 3 inspired men modem ., ?Sy fVaue w-l- ? li peace comes soon, though it could not be lasting, it may be to aft oi a the iiunibled factions oppor- u tunity to clear out of places where future terrors will take place. This Vt.ea seems to be a reasonable hope. If it does come, let us not relax, but increase our vigiience ana put our own houses in order for more terrible events than we have ever heard of. God has made decrees that CAN NOT BE BROKEN. One of those decrees is that one thousand yeais of peace shiill come, and that "every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus is the Christ" This confession, universally, will not come without much moie suffering, blocd, tears, toil and sweat, and long and effort to learn of His ways and of keeping His command ments. The scope of this article and the space allowable will not permit one to cite the many scriptural passages that prove these truths, but judge my friends to search them out, for they are all in our sacred scriptures The program has been formed, the 11th hour is here, the decrees must pains-takin- g j il. ll 400,000 semi-automat- runes, ic 1,300,-00- 0 regular rifles, 380 ships for the Navy, 800 merchant ships, 210 cantonments and camps, 40 government factories, and all that goes with the above. How much of this will not be phiht riiviri it tout door. WK PAY POSTAGE. Standard Author, new bnokt, popular lilion. Fiction, rf-rm- c. mrdioal, mechanical, farm, huune- hold, childrwi'a Iwuka AIXATOlUKANTKEDKAVINliS. Kriid card now for Clarkaon'a 143 Catalog. FREE! JUST OFF THE PRESS To Raaderi of Thia Papar: Writ fur our irrcat Ilium rated nook ratalncr. A (hort courae in literature The tnv-ini- r ruiilf of 8UU.0UO book lovers. The a newer to your reading problem. writ MOW It rucC rnfcL OIRKSON tooayi PUtUSHINO that wars are regul- ar," since they have always been, ta'tistitians have given us a progressive history of war and we see that been. They have .jy have always I recurred periodically during all history. Does this, however, Iprove that they are necessary? What ed cause of war? You that aggressors, autocratic iaairpers and national racketeers those upheavals against society. f is immediate the talks to us ' agree ; Kill ? cause Well, what makes aggressors? What! tithe immediate cause of war? You dl agree that selfishness, in its var- .i forms and degrees is the cause. from London 5 his Axis pardners are the Readers of lawlessness. If they were 'alone in setting up these troubles we ; M pick them up and throw them in the sea and be rid of them. J I then, they are only the spokes-- i 'A leaders of aggressors, there cer-;2fis a great faction of the world .at freedom lovers, champions of and H8te . must fight. This is very plain Well, then, why rail against Can we not designate the Iberty, Slier? Mt t fx 1 ie prophets was wk . " " s- -" " "i scourge?" Sennacherib, 700 B. so named by Isaiah, and his was to humble Israel of old, laying waste all the he did, ch :itiea iu'T; aggressors as have done, as "The of selfish world Aril's C I all. us to , Excerpt from broadcast from London by Edward Murroiv, commentator for the Columbia Broadcasting System in London. ly . - . northern Palestine and the of Euphrates. The Mildionites so listed by these old prophets. of ere .Ho Hitlers ancient Israel enslaved all Dan to Bersheba from for sev- years. The record of the Kings of fifteen periods of alternate ! of periods slavery and freedom, each slavery came to them when had turned away from keeping me law, and their f reedom, their jfliod of utoriea over their aggressors, Avers came when they had nted and returned to God. All f and rt re- Pe oa reien nf lohnoanhoi Hezekiah, the enemy ion could domam- a stub-- set foot upon their God could prevent mi rrom carrying out his h,L purposes? Christian ! livinf mnonnuo . inld "uutu-in- e ty f0r a Qn of an eve for an eye, .... j rit,, t ci, is very cosuy. 2r. same m'S He was today ''ci He not so older mat- il, y' Woul(l 'u4Vs today? Would he not block :itml sion and leave the , -- "-j- , ZfrCe? 13 Utns enslave nthe salhe because of they itbt Tmy and spiritually poithye!lverance? Are we in Amerifflr. SLbetter Holland. po1-- :. to have a lease on 'u "eedom? If those nations "8courge," how shall we .tape? oureiy our crime bill and nrt ui ,,, ' i twenty-liv- "UU,u glve U3 'imonir us i ou Kooa .i. . 4 Diuion e the doubt! tnai ne can ,,8courge" haa no hlm' 811(1 ia uPn w.Vt?ght the other , ?l need f E:reater wK8 'dnn(l. , ',1 ' "J . Oat fiw t,-- v such X ifcould . i Secure thia frrtnm? there be, who cost the first y clalm freedom and urmT t m TPosifiL Pains . of .war. auh i onJ "wnys naa oeen tone In bringing mankind to "iiie-f1- 1 . I X ' DlD ated. tof ' At ,y to the t A sac-edhist- tells the same story. we all seek, Irf30"1' the our inherent right, has , come in those periods of peace prosperity when the people reli IV t'iK YOU ever see an army a battered, broken, beaten, bitter army come home? Did you ever hear strong men with the mud and blood still on them asking, "Where were our tanks? Why did we have no planes? Why no ammunition?" . g armor-piercin- Well, I have twice. When friends of mine came home from Norway and from Dunkcrque. It's not a pretty sight. But I can't it's help thinking about it today, when turn to talk about War Bonds. my You've been told to buy War Bonds to join a 10 club to help yourself as well as your country, and get $4 for every $3 you put in. Those may all be good arguments. But from over here, things look a little different. There are a lot of American boys over here now hundreds of thousands more are coming. Together with their Allies, they are preparing to undertake the most difficult of all military operations a landing on the most d coast in the world. sea-bor- n heavily-defende- You want those boys to win. You want them to have the necessary gear and better gear than their enemies You want bridgeheads bombed out for them. You want a fighter-plan- e umbrella over them while they have. land. And if you want it hard enough to help pay for all the stuff those boys are going to need, do this: Even though you're doing about all you can, take another look and see if there isn't a little more that you can spare for War Bonds now! WAR BONDS ARE THE SAFEST PLACE YOU CAN PUT YOUR MONEY! If 1. They are obligations of the United States. is. this isn't safe, nothing 2. For every $3 you invest in War Bonds you get back $4 at the end often years. 3. They do not fluctuate in dollar value are never worth less than you pay for them. 4. You can name one individual either as or as beneficiary right on the jace of VHY U. S. co-own- er the bond. 5. CO. Dept. NS3 1 'o. Wabaih Aim.. Chicago, III. question of defense by now living, designed 186,-00- lira what has this to do war, Christian et.? We are mostly jow, then, ith the ! wreck our spiritual powers. The hu man family is most lazy about spiritual work. We long Indulge our natural desaes, we want what we want and though we know indulgence harms us we continue in the pleasures of sin. Nothing but a titantic effort, praying God to help us, wUl enable us to climb the heights of virtue. This effort is, however, much easier than the present world program of destruction. 1913 program calls for U. S. 0 alone, calls for 60,000 airplanes, vehicles, 17,000 heavy guns, 25,000 light guns, 13,000 infantry mortars, 33 million loaded shells, 9.200 tanks, 300,000 machine guns, Jr ikj- and, etc. I the wasted and destroyed, how much more will be produced, how near will victory be after that? Our present condition of darkness will impell us on a long time in this course of things, I fear, before we realize and meditate upon the mightier power we might have been wielding by seeking truth,, virtue and Christian living. falL Those who would inherit earth and have a claim upon Divine protection must obey the stipulated conditions be t by the Creator of all. Peace Is the gift of the Prince of Peace. He has decreed that the meek muui uinent the earth. Nothing has a value that requires no work. We must work and fight, not with life destroying, but with life giving de vices. Hfent the powers ot darkness that are working in every heart, fight the subtle evil spirits that seek to Say "Yes" When Asked To Take Change In War Stamps, Saturday, February 20 ; ; will ! 1 . ifiie on the AJ might aim of the Great Owner of this world. Can we not see, theielore, how each and every one of us can add to the "war effort" by squarmg his own life with God's i the war end?" We weigh with that lative strength flUf the herald we powers, & the High Command of Nations at Casablanca, of Rus-ftl- 1 & tMt "listen to reports in Germans 0ver the '- advances knn for oast, wc nvrwe Solomon Islands ironi, Z JTour what tney neighbors it all. In a woitd, we ail the end of this ter- - i .... First Line of Defense The PAGE SEVEN BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER 13, 1943 Your savings in War Bonds cannot be lost or stolen. Each bond is registered at the Treasury Department. |