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Show Some Things Worth Thinking About If You Know Truth You Live, If Not You Die Read and Ponder When Marconi announced that he had invented the wireless method of communication he was taken in hand and examined for his sanit. But he triumphed and progress went right on. i "There has been a rather remarkable rebirth of the Lea gue of Nations idea in the United States. Four years ago only a third of the nation's voters thougt we should join the then shaky League of Geneva. Today almost half (49 percent) believe the United States should join a new League after1 the present war. A poll among persons listed in 'Who'sho in America' the Reading educators, professional and business men and women found an even higher vote"(73 per cent) for paiticipating in a post-war League." For every dollar that the liquor interests pay in taxes they take $8. 50 from the people, and liquor is related to 90 per cent of the crimes in America Pathfinder. Liquor ' also cause j 55 per cent of the insanity and 50 per cent of the traffic accidents in the U. S. What a traffic, and yet the people endure and embrace it. Leaders are trying to reform the users of hard liquor through appeals to their reason. But real reform has to come by heart education. A change of heart is necessary to any reformation I The temper and disposition of some capitalists and some I labor leaders and some "peace" crusaders does not por- tend any good for the republic. It can mean only one thing disaster. If capital does not do all it can to keep industrial peace, it stands to lose everything. If labor does not do its best to keep production going in a peaceful and efficient manner it may lose all its gains and strike i the country below the belt. If certain would be beace makers continue their campain of hate they will soon have the people at each others' throats. To them all we say: "If you knew,is we know, the fate to which your methods are driving your country and yourselve.you would immediately immed-iately get together and move America upward and onward and not downward toward all the lost and dead republics " Under the Bible Plan all work is looked upon as service which is always well-rewarded. The real working period begins in the strength of youn? manhood and runs about ab-out 25 years. Then comes retirement with life sceurity, time for leisure and freedom, with opportunity to make desirable de-sirable contributions to eommnnity life. This would keep opportunity always open to youth. In regard to agricultural agricul-tural lands and all other resources they would be made to produce for all equally according to need. There would j be no private lending or borrowing, and no interest, no exploiting. ex-ploiting. And why not have the Bible Plan? All others have been tried and found to befalling. If that Book has been and is the foundation and text book of all civil law and human liberty and freedom, why can it not be, as it is meant to be, the foundation and text book of economies? -13 'God and Destiny have gomethinc far t -m irtSjasmJtvtai i better in store for humanity when the present jwhirlwind of death and destruction shall have pent itself. rtJNew Order is imminent,SiIt3 Plan, and all that need be said, "Is in the Book our mothers read." This Plan was framed long, long ago, and reaffirmed jand strengthend by Jesus.The Creator, who made man and the earth, made this Plan, for man and for the earth, and it is m positively the only Plan by and through which economic and spiritual redemption can come to humanity. Under it every soul is entitled toa share of ownership in his na j tive earth, a share of its wealth, a decent living,ownership j! of a good homej perfect freedom andi;liberty, unchanging "I and everlasting s6curity."The profit of the earth is for all'' . W en the present century opened there were some Tgreat souls who had a beautiful dream of hope for it, that it would bring a miracle world of science, progress and peace was hang. ing over the world, and that the race would experience a clean- ; sing and a rebirth. Let us hope that the latter half of the j oentury will be better. f j Three-fourths of the earth's surface, which should be I enjoying all tlie blessings of peace, is inhabited by people j in countries at war. Three fourths of the world's popula- tionare engaged in killing each other, while they should f be helping each other to live. The faith of men is still j in the weapons of death more than it is in the good life of ! peace and righteousness. I l i |