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Show Some Things Worth Thinking' Think-ing' About Read and Ponder "It would appear that we Americans are blind to our des-j des-j tiny as a nation. It appears for the most part that we are un- aware of the chart whieh our forefathers in 1776 set up for us to follow in this new land. Our Declaration of Independence is the true way of life, a concept of conduct and government, in complete harmony with the teachings of Christianity, which are equality, liberty and justice. Our forefathers first recognized recog-nized and put into human law the law of nature and the law of God. Herein lies the secret of plenty and peace. Here and here only can be found the only basis for any sound, successful success-ful and just way of life for all men equally. This is the American Amer-ican Way. ' Those who believe that all men are brothers, must believe in the equality of men, for .equals only can b3 brothees. Madge Bellamy. The great war is right now closing in around Palestine, and many have said that the final battle could not possibly be fought there. But listen to the prophet Zechariah, through whom the Almighty spoke as follows: "I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken and the houses rifled and the women ravished, and half the city shall go into captivity," Etc. For information as to what the Lord vill do at that time and what will be the final result, take down your bible and read the 14th chapter of Zechariah We are for peace, but not at the price of national honor or security. We believe with Wilson that the right is more precious than peace. We cannot follow any man or any group that bases its peace campaign on hate and villlfication, and which is as sure to fail of its objective as it did in Lincoln's day. Today's events prove conclusively many of the biblical prophesies, but it is very difficult to convince people that the bible is a literal blue print of the happenings of our time. Long centuries ago the eloquent prophet, Isaiah said that the tongue of the Egyptian Sea would be destroyed and that England Eng-land would, for the time being, lose Egypt. The tongue of the Egyption or Red Sea is the Suez Canal, which has, before our very eyes, been rendered useless because of the many great ships which have been sunk there. Britain believes today that invasion of Syria will forestall German occupation and that she will be able to retain Egypt. But the prophets say 'no' We feel that we know positively that the U. S. is destined destin-ed to actively participate in the war. also know that it cannot save itself by going into the war, and much less can it save itself by staying out of the war. And why not? Becanse ineither event it is as sure as sunrise that it will wreck itself by internal dissension and rebellion, brought on in large part by a malignant and malevolent campaign of hate and disloyalty disloyal-ty on the part of some leading men who pit their petty peeves against their Fatherland, and know no more about the decreed destiny of the nation than a child. Yes, we repeat that we know, and suffer because we do know, because people would rather read about John and Jane Rowe going to and returning re-turning from a visit to the country than they would read the saving and prophetic truth. The blindest of the blind are leading lead-ing the blind hosts into disaster not war but revolution. Here we have hundreds of churches, hundreds of ministers, many groups of the high priesthood, sehools on every other block, and hosts of lecturers and radio speakers, and yet we are permitting.even hiring the liquor trafic to send hosts of the young and the middle aged to perdition without a return ticket. Jesus is ashamed of all those who make such feeble effort to save the souls of men from a serpent that walks and is far worse than the one that was cursed in Eden. About the infamous liquor traffic. There should be a frequent fre-quent punishment of the following, who appear to be overlook-ed overlook-ed by laws and commissions: Those who sell to minors, who daily and nightly harbor drunks and habitual drunkards, men who are every ther night guilty of druDken driving, men who drink up their earnings and rob their families of food and clothing and kill opportunity for their children. Thepe are the worst of all. While they are in the saloons drinking their 'cheer' and making merry and carelessly throwing their. dollars to others, their own wives and children are in want and need, sorrowing and suffering and figuring what the man dollars e saloonsget would do for their own homes. Many a' wife is being killed by the drunkard's drink in a worse way than Mrs. Moremeister, and many a child worse than June Nelson because the agony lasts O so much longer.Shame to the guilty'. j.-3 The purpose of the world-wide war is for nothing fbut the destruction of false and iniquitous systems, for clearing away all the dead forms, for overcoming the spiritual death that has settled upon men everywhere, and for restoring the soul of the race, so long lost in the worship of mammon The war is meant to bring about a universal cleansing preparatory prepara-tory ushering in a new and better day-the kingdom of the Brotherhood of Man. 01 That "World-Reform- fund that came home to roost-protty roost-protty well plucked. Almost $2,000,000 trickled away in "n years but the hand-out committee couldn't find any m0"re worthy causes and gives back the last measly drib'ei . tXhl 1 advanced-thinker whose main idea was to save c v 1 zat on ' Read about h,m in next SundayVLos Angeles Examiner |