Show AMERICA I hundred and nd five fifty years young ourselves our- our Before the World war we wc regarded still in swaddling clothes selves as a nation Over the seas to west and to east flags of colors waved in nations that looked ba back many k over centuries to their They and conquest Victory victory w Were were re cradled in war Arched the bat of the mighty perched upon who crooned crowned new kings kings' and emperors emperors' P Oblivion was the fate of the weak Since the great struggle that rent Europe asunder a and d sent kings and potentates scurrying scurrying to safe havens America takes its place among the venerable world states On e every Sand new rulers sit enthroned and n new nV V republics repUblics re republics re- re publics unfurl their proud banners With V has these stripling governments the birth of come into nto being a new and strange outlook upon life Ufe and its purposes new and strange political creeds are harangued In the ears of ofa ofa ofa a bewildered world a new and strange sociology sod foci is proclaimed from rostrum and soapbox soapbox soapbox soap- soap box in all the market places in Christendom In Tn such times as these when the hearts of men are embittered and minds warped oy Dy political sophistry racial hatreds na national ional greed and unmoral l social programs it is a wholesome and a strengthening thing to hark back to the ideals of the founders of ot the republic This is a good day for reading again the me Declaration of Independence to get clearly in m mind the foundation principles upon which this government is reared We find them in harmony with the laws laws' of nature and of na natures nature's natures nature's na- na na-I na tures ture's God od It is a good time to read the constitution to discover the means which were taken to form a more perfect union It Itis ItIs is a good time to read L Lincoln's address at Gettysburg in order to have it shed its light lighton on the real principles of Americanism and have them stand out cut clear-cut against the background of the worlds world's chaos chaos' It is a good time to rededicate ourselves s to these principles and to pray pray to the God of our fathers for courage faith and determination determination nation to stand steadfast to our sacred American American Amer Amer- AmerIcan ican institutions and hallowed traditions in these parlous times The hope of America for realizing its destiny destiny destiny des des- tiny rests in ln keeping in the paths mapped by the patriots in Independence hall hail years ago who set their hands to the inspired declaration which gave birth to this republic |