Editorial January 30, 1943 Issue

Go Forth to Live, Men in Uniform!

Peter V. Ross

Democratic nations come into existence to play a noble part in earth's program. In the strength of youth they recognize no limitations on their ability to progress and fulfill their legitimate ambitions. Each day does the world advance because of their effort. Their highest type of rulership is "government of the people, by the people, for the people." Alert to the designs of unscrupulous neighbors, they press toward their laudable objective. They go forth to live, not to perish; and live they will so long as they conform to the pattern shown in the mount.

As the God-fearing democracies exert the energy and faculty with which divine Mind has endued man, they will survive the assault which has been made upon them in this era. They possess an unquenchable vitality, "and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding." With these divine qualities come the might of defense and the will and capacity to carry on decade after decade.

Those nations which glorify God and continue their valiant warfare against evil will come out of this greatest of conflicts seasoned for praiseworthy activity. And the men who go out in uniform should expect to continue in inviting careers. They should expect to live, not merely as heroes on the pages of history, but to live visibly among their fellows as before, except in statelier stature.

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