Show TWO GREAT BIRTHDAYS This month we celebrate the birthday of two great Americana Ameri Amen cans cana both leaders one the father of his country the other the father of liberty in his country And have we wo stopped to think that in between these two birthdays we ve also celebrate St. St Day It is indeed appropriate for the tho type of patriotism and Americanism each of these great men displayed came from a heart that over overflowed with love lovo for country just justas as our h hearts arts overflow for those we love on St. St Valentines Valentine's Day And now Faith Hope Love these three but the greatest great great- est eat of these is charity 1 l Cor 13 I love this quote by y Nathaniel Willis II If If there is anything that keeps the mind open to Angel visits and repels the ministry of evil it is pure human love Ab Abraham abam Lincoln the lawyer from the backwoods who whop p preserved served the Union in its greatest test crisis I am sure we are familiar with the life lifo story of Lincoln He Ho was a most lovable man and he discovered early in his life two great sources of knowledge one one one books and the other people People older than himself who had lived and had experiences and who were willing to share those experiences with him Whenever he heard beard of a book he borrowed it whenever he met a stranger h he ho questioned him not able to own books he stored away their r contents in his own mind he memorized long passages and used d the things he learned i Y People everywhere trusted him for his honesty and they liked I him for his friendliness and good humor He was not the best lawyer but he was the best story teller in the area In one of his debates with Douglas he made this statement which I have always admired When the white man governs himself himself him him- i self that is self self government government bJ t when he governs himself and also governs another man that is not self-government self that is No man is good enough to govern another man without with out that mans man's consent He loved Liberty and Webster tells us this about Liberty God grant liberty only to those who love loye it it and are always ready to guard and defend it Let our object be our co country i And d by the blessings of pf G God d may than country itself become a 8 vast and splendid monument not of oppression and terror but of wisdom of peace and liberty upon which the world may mar i gaze with admiration forever i So now is the time for all of us to rededicate ourselves to I patriotism and love of country to the kind of love and patriotism shown by great Americans Mabel Mabel R. R Larsen I Americanism Chairman American Legion Auxiliary Department Department Depart Depart- I ment met of Utah I I I I 1 I |