The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-11
REV. BOVARD'S ADDRESS,
He Says That Men Who Love
Their Country Are Needed
To-Day.
Patriotic Words Spoken at Metropoli
tan Temple to an Enthusiastic
Audience.

Addresses were delivered yesterday after
noon at the Metropolitan Temple by w.
S. Bovard, DID,. pastor of Trinity NJ. E.
Church, and by J. NJ. Glass of Pasadena.
The following programme was rendered:
Organ voluntary Harry Schuette; opening OF
meeting, H. w. Outflow, chairman; America"
Choral Society and audience; prayer, Rev. c. A.
Rabing vocal solo, Dearest Mother, Do Not
Chide Me-" Miss Anita schmied, soprano ZEN
cored); prelude, J. NJ. Glass OF Pasadena; eco
lnmbia, y Choral Society; organ solo; address by
w. S. Bovard, DID,; Hail Columbia" Choral
Society and audience.
j. NJ. Glass in the course of his remarks
created much laughter and applause. He
said in part:
There are great and tremendous ques-
tons to-day that devolve upon the people
OF this Nation. ] am a reformer. | be-
lieve in God, l believe in Christ, believe
in the church: and the church is awak-
ening.
1--WE say up with the public school, the
church and the home, and down with
everything that seeks to tear them down,
| am patriotic fellow and [ can't help it.
[ was born on the fourth day of July. I
was on the wrong side of the war of 1861
because was born in Kentucky, but, thank
God, L am on the right side of this A P A.
movement"
Mr.. Bovard addressed the audience on
1.-THE Kind of Citizens the Crisis Demands"
He said:
THE pulpit and the press are our Ma
tional watch-towers. The warning has
gone forth for a long time that there is
forming black cloud over our country.
1t is called 'alienism.' Is there distinct
feeling of Americanism to combat this
al1en1sm and what manner of citizen is re-
quired to battle this alienism?
Every historian includes within his his
tory of nation what is known as the ma
nn) raIt Go n I
distinct Americanism we must look to our
religion. The religious instinct is INSOFAR
able with our being, and it is the strongest
feeling. 1t is not whether we will have
religion, but we Will have what religion?
81 ask, Have we a National religion p
l answer we most emphaticalIy have. I
ask if it is organic and | answer no. We
have no union of church and state. Our
National religion can only be atmospheric
and persuasive. There is religious at
mosphere which we spiritually breathe.
1--WE have National motto of religion
Every man shall worship God according
to his own conscience
1--WE understand that in this Nation the
spirit OF Americanism is the feeling of
reverence to our God and our Nation
We remember that in our nation there
was the recognition from the very first of
God. The Bible has ever accompanied
the constitution. / believe the Bible, the
the flag of freedom, should go hand IN
hand together
II believe there should be a shout of
applause from the people when the Book
OF Freedom is brought before them as
loud as the shout with which they hail
the flag.
"The Bible is no more sectarian book
than God is a seotarian God. 1t is the
mother of freedom. 1t has given us such
men as Washington, Lincoln and Garfield.
| believe the three fundamental facts of
religion should be taught-belief in God.
in the Immortality of the soul and in the
accountability of each man to his God. To
maintain peace and prosperity is to main
tain one and undivided union; let there
be one flag. We have another motto-a
political motto-'We are country for the
people, of the people and by the people,
popular government. In this country a
mans weight should not be determined
by what he has, but what he is. We need
to look at this danger which comes from
Judging of O citizens standing by what
he has.
$50 we need to have to put again st the
selfish organizations of men-trusts-th
unselfish organization where men sacrifice
themselves for the good of all. Too many
of us, like the steamboat that could not go
and whistle at the same time cannot speak
for the National good and at the same time
work for it.
wealth will not save nation. 1t may
be some are trusting to our wonderful
physical growth. The greatest nations
have fallen in the very zenith of their
power. Greece had her scholars, and
Rome her statesmen, and yet both Greece
and Rome have fallen. We must be men
and women of personal purity-religious
purity and social purity. These will guar
antee to this Nation perpetuity.''
The discharged Chicago streetcar horses
are trying to pass themselves off on Euro
pean customers as prime roast beef This
country will be even for 1776 and 1872
Rochactor Tirnos