--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Lyon, David R. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 21 number: 1 published: 1917-11 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'David R. Lyon, "Our Flag Must Stand," *Improvement Era* 21, no. 1 (November 1917): 44.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2101unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2101unse start_page: 44 end_page: 44 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-11) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2101unse publication_year: 1917 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Our Flag Must Stand — ; 44 IMPROVEMENT ERA his left hand, during the entire conversation; and when pre- sented with the tract, he takes it in his right hand, and lifts it high above his head, bows, and thanks and re-thanks the mis- sionary. No matter in what part of Japan tracting is being carried on the same polite forms of distributing them are proper, and the same methods of receiving them are in vogue. It is in accord- ance with a national custom, and the successful missionary can never violate the laws of custom and hope to obtain results from his labors. Therefore, this act of house-to-house tracting, simple though it may be in the western countries, of necessity assumes an artistic aspect in this far eastern "Land of the Ris- ing Sun." Osaka, Japan Our Flag Must Stand Our flag must stand! "lis God's command: No despot foe shall rule this land; Nor shall we wait While cruel hate Defies all laws of church and state. Our flag's unfurled To free the world, 'Till every tyrant down is hurled 'Tis ours to fight To o'erthrow might, To stand up bravely for the right. No king shall stand Upon this land, Nor rule the world with iron hand; 'Tis God's decree All men are free, God has no place for tyranny. Then rise in might, Ye sons of right, Show cruel despots how you fight! With stars impearled Our flag's unfurled— Our mission is to free the world! fe^r5 $? ^f^y