Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-15 | Page 4 | Timely Topics

j TIMELY TOPICS THE DAHQCrtS OP RICHES Th hlatory of America basin with a little band ef man and womn who aet anil from tha eld world Into what eeemed to them ta be a wild aad deeert place. They deatred nothing for thomeelvea aave th opportunity to nerve their Ood aa their eonaetencee dictated. They found th rlchoat country la an th world. Aad today, while other natloaa erruggle for iltnc, Alaarteana ar rich-and aeour aad at peaca II.. 1 ' It is not wrong to be rich, but It la daagaroua There la a tendency la man and aatlone to Ignore the loeeona ef the peat, and te believe that what haa happened to others cannot happen te them, if they follow the aama course. Over and ever la hlatory the eplrtt of man, which by Ita power created great ehrUlaatlona. haa fallen dowa to worship what U haa created, and tha material thing haa auffecated the spirit which created It. Thar la. then, a time in the affairs of a nation whr tha aplrltual power that gave It wealth te begin with must prov ltalf etrong enough te dedicate dedi-cate that wealth te the thing ef tha eplrlt or be overwhelmed, by th material. America foday stand at tha Verting ef the waya. Ita wealth la groat. . So, toe, le He spirit, aa evidenced evi-denced In th morale of the people during the great war. Can thla country conceive, aa no etvUlaetlea yet haa been able to conceive, that material rtchea are a aacraanent? If Amotion can do thla and wS believe that It can and will do thla thaa tha light of hope to' all th world will be kept brightly burning. ' . , Unootn once aald from a torrent bean that America waa "th mat beat hop et earth." Hla word are truer today thaa they ever wr Utlca Obrvr Dlapatea. . .