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Show VOL. 5 No. 30 David Keith Bldg., Dial SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY, AUG.22 lb., Published by C. N. Lund $1.50 PER YEAR War Will Gif EWi to GoMeis A&e It Is All a Stage of Evolution THE NEXT NINE YEARS An Analysis and a Prophecy by Winy Anderson First Printing, July 1938 The race has reached the end of a term and it is examina-tion time for all mankind. Those who have learned the les-sons of the term just finished will be graduated into a new and better order. Those who refuse selflessness, benevo-Inc- e and good-wi- ll toward their fellow-ma- n will go out with the age that gave them birth. It was hot so long ago that the consciousriess of mankir.d had not "risen above that of his tribe or cify. Tribe fought tribe, city fought city, just as nation fights nation today. The little wars of past centuries were brought about by the same economic causes or ambitions of Fuehrers long dead, that prevail today, and will soon cause a world war terrible beyond description. The new age is an era of freedom. As we hdve seen all natural barriers eliminated with the development of steam and electricity, airplane and radio, so shall we see all artificial barriers of nationalism, emigration laws, tariffs, and competi-tion, give place to free interchange of all the fruit of the earth. The coming world conflict will give birth to a new world consciousness and mankind will replace present national ri-valry with a United States of the World. ' ""The U. SrAvandthe Ur S. S.--R. have-prove- how much more profitable life may be with harmony and cooperation between states. When Fascism has run its course peace will be as contagious as war is now. While war is a great destroyer it is also a great builder. Wars and revolutions clear the ground of worn out institutions, sweep aside barriers to progress, and plow under the weeds that the earth may produce a more worthy harvest. The new age, with its first world war, has already given birth to world consciousness. Though still an infant, it is a lusty babe, evidenced in the attempt to found a League of Nations, World Economic Conference, Bank of International Settlements and other efforts to attain Internaional for the good of the world. The second world war (Armageddon) has started; in the West when Italy went Into Ethiopia; in the East when Japan started wars of aggression in China. Before long every major nation will be in a battle royal. The Creator (Jehovih), in His infinite wisdom, always trans-mutes the puny evil of mankind into good. The death of war will give birth to the Golden Age and good-wi- ll amongst man-kind will be a fact and not a fantasy. KOSMON CENTER, Box 664,- - 1 10 W. Commonwealth Ave. Salt Lake City, Utah. progressive opinion editorials Iy C. N. LUND How the Obstructionists Looked Down on Lincoln. The appeasers and obstructionists were very busy in th days of Abraham Lincoln. There were those who made his way a literal path of thorns. W en he was running for reelec tion, The Cleveland Plain Dealer on Sept. 6, 1864, said, among many other vile things: "Who is it stands like a specter of death in the way of an honorable peace with theUnion restored? Abraham Lincoln Who is Abraham Lincoln? A third rate lawyer who once kept a whiskey still up a hollow, split 3 000 rails and now splits the American Union." In its issue of Sept 13,1864 the same paper said : "Lincoln is a miser able faiiure, a coarse, filthy joker, a disgusting politician, a mean-- , cunning and cruel tyrant, and the shame and disgrace of the nation .'' That is the way some of Lincoln's enemies looked upon him when he was winning the war and saving the Union. Cannot men be just as mistaken today as some of them were then? Yes. No wonder that brave patient, wise and God-lik- e man said that often he was driven to his knees to ask for help because there was no other plane to go. Won-der if there are any today like Secretary Stanton, who stood at the bedside of the dead Emancipator and blotted from his own soul all the hatred and bitterness he had sho n for him, and in rcpentence cried out : "Now he belongs to the ages." And Lincoln passed on to immortality while his detractors and delamers passed to inglorious oblivion. .... .. ... The Signs of The Times-Dri- ft of World Events INFLATION IS COMING And before it conies, says Roger Babson, you had better use your money for the welfare of yourself and others rather than keep it hoarded, for money will soon lose most of its pur-chasing power and perhaps become valueless through inflation and other calamities. Mr. Babson advises people to get out of the big centers and get a few fertile acres on some siderbad a few miles from any major highway, take along some canned goods, dried fruits, etc., and some oil and gas against the breakdown that is coming. IS GOVERNMENT SAFE? Fellow citizens, you believe our government is sa e, but is it? Let us tell you the truth. In every city in this land today there are men and women, part of national organiza- - tions which are ready at any moment to strike down the gov- - crnment and set up a tyranny equal to those in Europe. They are prepared to the last detail and they'ro not communists. I How we wish we could show them what a wreck they will j make of themselves and their country when they try. In the hell they will make they will lift up their eyes and long for the condition they. have h!oftr;d out. W e know th.ir aim! We plead with them not to dye their hands red with the blood of their countrymen and thus stain their family record for all time. I Some Items Of Personal Interest When Neighbor James E. Hart comei into this office and says "Cod bUss you, brother;" and reads to us some of his inspirational matter he does more than bring money. And sometimes he brings that too. It seems that he happens in at times when we're about discouraged and then we say right back at him, "God bless you, Jim, you're a real saint." Friend and Neighor F. Y. Fox of the L. D S Business College has substantially remem bered us. He is doing a mighty good work with his big school and many will bless his memory. He is out of a distinquihed family whose rameWs stood for rriucn n this state l On " of the best men in Magna is Mr. A. E. Lloyd, who has just haJ his name added to the list. He is' ndustrious, hard-worki- and pros-perous, making good in every way. Friend and Neighbor TJ. Hagan of St, Geoge remembers us and he sends some-might- y good words and. he does it on his 82nd birthday. Congratulations, brother. He is a devout follower and advocate of the Townsend Plan. He says: "Thanks for your good paper and your friend-ly dealings. May peace and hap. piness attend you. ' It is a pleasure to serve people like T J. Hagan. Neighbor R. T. Jardine is a man of his word. He said he would be in and he did come in. He says business is like having a cat by the tail and pulling him across a rug. Life Not Going Out In Night But Into the Dawn to Follow Armageddon In our writing of so many prophesies which foretell evil, we are not unmindful that ju.--t beyond all the billow's of disas-ter that loom before the nations there is a day of promise, a day that will be golden for humanity, that will blossom with alt the long-hope- d for things and conditions for which h man-it- y has yearned through all the cruel centuries. You can im aginewliat the pure, cool water, the green and the shade of an oasis in the desert can mean to thirsty, over-heate- d and travel-wor- n pilgrims. So the New Day to follows Armeged-do- n will be to all the bowed down and heavily burdeued men, women and children who survive. While events will be bad enough, and all that the prophets have said they would be, the life of man is not going out in night; it is going into the Da,wn that is bright with all that humanity at its best has desired. Then shall men build and live in and own and enjoy the cit-ies of their dreams. There shall be no more exploiting, no more war, no more poverty. Disease shall be conquered, and perhaps even death shall stand aside. Then truly people shall live and act like they were literally made in the image of God and they shall walk with lifted heads and animated spirits, with the light of higher stages of human life on their counte-nances. That coming Age will be worth all the sacrifices that humanity is now making. Let everyone make ready to meet and hail its coming as a veritable heaven for mankind. You must get the vision for where there is no vision people perish. , Editorial (CONTINUED) I ter problem looms on the honzjn of the near future the pro- - S blem of food, besides which, says the magazine Destiny, the war will be insignificent. "God has abundantly poured out j his blessings upon us in bumper crops and surplus foods. In jj the face of all these blessingsthe only solution underour pres- - j ent economic system that thrives on scarcity is to destroy or j curtail God's bounty." Destruction of food stuffs is an unforgivable sin, and real scarcity and actual famine is sure to follow such a course. If the wise ones were really wise they would let producers raise as much grain as they possibly can and store it up against the days of.coming scarcity when it will be sorely needed. As surely as we live the Horseman named Famine will ride the earth before the war is concluded and after it is finished i When millions of starving children and woman and men will be crying for bread it would be a mighty good thing if great storehouses could be opened to feed them. May the good Lord give leaders the sense and wisdom to prepare against terrible times of famine. A Greater ProblemFood Asthe World war rages and gets worse and worse agrea BfenftaU Continued In Next Column A Double Birthday Party Dear Mamma, I was thinking of when you sometimes say "Please don't be a naughty girl, just run along and play. Tomorrow is my birthday yes, with-out a doubt You plan a little party that daddy knows about.' Softly, two little knees had bended quite near the open door Where a tiny playmate joins her at the altar on the floor; "Dear God, please, ah please hear just what this is about. Send down two pretty dresses, not just a little clout." May Meyer Geiser, Poem Written for Lund Family Reunion. OUR FOREFATHERS. By Christie Lund Coles One of the most successful and interesting family reun-ions ever held was that of the deccendents and relaitives of the three brothers, the late N. L. Lund Sr., whose 100th an-niversary was celebrated this year, C. N. Lund Sr. and H L. Lund Sr. Among the splendid exercises was the following. We of this birthright, meet today Because in other days gone by Our fathers caught a vision bright In foreign lands, neath foreign sky. They came alone, bereft of friends, Only their faith to guide them on; Only their secret, hidden hopes For all their dreams to feed upon. They settled here, were good and true, Were honored for integrity And worth not fortheir wealth and fame And for their life's sincerity. They gave their lives to God and man, They walked in honor's homely ways; j.'hey left a monument of deeds To teach us all throughout our days. For what have we but faith and trust When all is stripped away? How would our soul-wort- h measure up To theirs uoon this day? What have we djne to justify Our being here, their sacrifice? A selfish life is hot chough, Twas bought at far too great a price. We must be true to all they taught, Must keep their ideals still the same. We are the seed they sowed to roup The glory of their family name. So let us dedicate ourselves To better lives, to nobler days, Cement the bonds of kinship, deep And proudly walk our fathers' ways. Why Not Make Life Instead of Death? One of the warring nations spent about as much money I conquering Greece and Crete as a certain man named Pericles spent in making Athens, the capital of "Greece, the wonder of all the world from that day to this. He spent moDey and time and work to create harmony, undying beauty, the world's finest architecture, sculpture and painting; to develop the highest possible culture, and in an effort to attain for his ppo-p- ie physical and mental perfection. He worked for the uni-versal good of his people and as a result both he and his works have been immortalized. At the end of his career he remark-ed: "I never caused a single Athenian to wear mourning.'' I If the nations only could see how much better it would be j . if they would turn their money and their efforts to making I peace and plenty, creating harmony, beauty and usefulness, 1 building and perfecting, what a world they might have. But they will not. They would rather destroy and makeugly than build up and beautify; rather feed on hate than on love; rather bring death than life; rather make widows and orphans than make happy homes and firesides. Woe be unto them for their ignorance and folly. -- " Safe Investments For Today and Tomorrow The other day we met a man who was well past four score and literally had on leg in the grave. He has a sizable fortune but is still grasping after money, trying to get more and more, thinking nothing but money and how he can add to his store. As we listened to him we thought of the following from Wing Anderson: "Those who would have everything will lose all. The only safe investments today and tomorrow are character, tol-erance, unselfisnes and benevolence, (the things of the spirit) Those who try to develop these qualities will ride out the storms ahead. Take your inventory today. Discard habits of thought and life that will bankrupt you tomorrow. Re-invest iu realities. Every bit of material wealth finds its source in mother earth. Get a, share of her but do not try to get too much. All you need while alive, is acreage sufficient for your family's sustenance. All you need after you are dead is enough for your grave. Enlist in the army of optim-ism and opportunity, realize that progress is eternal. Today's Btorm will be followed by tomorrow's sunshine." Death of Nicholaysen NeiBhbor Morten C. A. Nicho-laysen departed this life on Tuesday of this week after a long illness, He was a reader and helper of this pap-er frjm ihe beginning and rendered it much valuable service. He w as a deep student of the bible and upon it he staked his hopes of eternal salva-tion. He was a good man and he leaves a fine family. To them we extend our sincere and heartfelt sym-pathy. Tl e funeral will be held Sat-urday at 2 o'clock from the Joseph WmTaylor Mortuary at 125 N. Main. The President's eight points make a mighty good ideal toward which the nations should work. If it is humanly possible to save the world from disintegration it must be done by a collective effort of the democracies |