The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-08-22
Future Welfare of Nation Depends Upon Way
inWhch We Combine in Our Men,
Decency and Strength.
Fathers Must Teach Boys to Avoid Swearing,
by Example, for Preaching Without
Action is Useless.

oyster BAY. l.. l.. Aug 1G.-Struny
men who cum',iur cleanliness of word
and deed with physical might must
rule the nation il il would hrcomr
great. WAS the central idea of I'rrSi~
d"ut EooSrvrlt's address today before
Il large audience of Catholics. chiefly
men. ut st. puiminick'S church. With
ont clean tongue strength WAS weak
hut virtue must not hr hy word of
mouth merely: il must be lived, and
the fathers of the nntinn must set an
example of righteous speaking and
citing il the boys were to become
men of the proper kind.
President Roosevelt spoke at the
quarterly meeting of the Society of the
Holy Name OF l.ro"klyn ana Long
Island. lie wns heartily applaudrd
both before Hnd after his address by
the audience of 2.Onn or more persons.
Several Catholic prrlatrs of this dio-
crSr spoke briefly in continuation of
the meeting after the presidents de-
lErturc. The meeting is said to hHv"
been the largest in the history of th"
society "Nrry reverend dean. r"v
Name society" began Mr.. Roosevelt,
II count myself fortunate in having
the chance to say Il word to you to-
day and ut the outset let me, Father
Power in behalf of my nrighbors,
your congregation. welcome you here
to Oyster Bay. ! have Il partial right
il WAS my good fortune in the days
of Father Powers predecessor. Fn-
tllrr Bedford. to hr the first man to put
down :: small contribution for the
erection of the church here. am par
ticIIrly glad to see such Il society as
this ilolriShll" as your society has
llourishrd. because the future welfare
of our nation depends upon the way in
which we can combine in our lnrll--
in our young mcn-dcccncy ana
strength. Just this morning when at
tending service on the great battle
ship l<cnrS:ryc | listened to Il sermon
addressed TO the officers ana enlisted
men of the navy, in which the central
thought was that each American
must he a good man or he could not
be !: good citizen. And one of the
things dwclt upon in that sermon was
the fact that Il man must be clean Of
mouth as well as clean of life--lnliSt
show by his words as we'll as by his
actions his fcalty to the Deity and to
the Savior il he was to be what we
have Il right to expect from men wear
ing the national uniform. We have
good scriptnral authority for the state
nrnt that il is not what comes into II
mans mouth, but what goes out Of it,
that counts. am not addressing
WcnklingS, or ! should not take the
trouble to come here. am addressing
strong. vigorous men. who are rngag grd
in the active hard work of life, and
life to be worth living must be life
of active and hard work am speak
ing to- men engaged in the hard, active
work of life, ana therefore men who
Will count for good or for evil, and it
is peculiarly incumbent upon you who
have strength to set a right example to
others. ! ask you to remember that
YOU cannot retain your sclf-rcspect if
you are loose ana foul Of tongue, that
Il man who is to lead a clean ana hon
orablc life must inevitably suffer if his
speech likewise is not clean ana hon
ornhlc. Every man here knows the
temptations that bcsct all of us in this
world. At times any man will slip
do not expect perfection. but ! do
expect genuine ana sincere effort to-
ward being decent ana clennly in
thought. in word ana in deed. As
said at the outset. ! hail the work of
this society as typifying one of those
forces which tend to the bcttcrmont
ana uplifting Of our social system.
Our whole effort should he toward Sc
curing a combination of the strong
qualities With those qualities which
we term virtues in the breast of every
good citizen. | expect you to be