The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-08-21
FOR CLEAN LIVES
ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES A RE
LIGIous SOCIETY.
The NEED or PURE LIFE
His Rcmarke Appiauded by Large
and Enthusiastic Acknowledgment
az WeiI as Conduct important for
All to Consider.

az WeiI as Conduct important for
All to Consider.
OYSTER BAY, n. Y-Presldent
Roosevelt delivered the principal ad
dress at the quarterly meeting of the
Society Of Holy Name, of Brooklyn
and Long Island, held here Sunday.
''Decency of Speech and Conduct"
constituted the theme of his address,
which was enthusiastically applauded
by an audience of more than 1000
persons, chiefly men. During the af-
ternoon special trains brought hun
dreds of member of the society to
Oyster Bay from Brooklyn and west
ern Long Island, AS the president
drove up to the stand in closed
carriage, accompanied by Captain w.
II. BroWnson, superintendent of the
Naval academy, Secretary Barnes and
a representative of the society, he
was accorded an enthusiastic recep-
ton. band the while playing Hail
to the Chief" After the audience had
sung America" Father Power, rector
OF st. Dominic's. introduced the presi-
dent in a felicitous speech.
When President Roosevelt rose to
speak he was greeted with cheers,
and it was quite minute before
he was able to proceed His address
ia part follows:
Very reverend dean, reverend clergy
and you of the Holy. Name society:
I count myself fortunate in having
the chance to cay a word to you to-
day, and at the outset let me, Father
power, on behalf of my neighbors,
your congregation, welcome you here
TO Oyster Bay. have partial right
to join in that welcome myself, for
1t was my good fortune in the days
OF Father Powers predecessor, Father
BelfOrd, to be the first man to put
down a small contribution for the
erection of the church here. l am
particularly glad to see such church
as this fiourishing, as your society
has f1ourished, because the future
welfare of our nation depends upon
the way in which We can combine in
our men-our young men-decency
and strength. Just this morning,
when attending service ON the great
battieship Kearsarge, listened to a
sermon addressed to the officers and
enlisted men of the navy, in which
the central thought was that each
American must be good man or he
could not be good citizen, and one
of the things dwelt upon in that SER
mon was the fact that a man must be
clean of mouth as well as clean of life
must show by his words as well as
actions his fealty to the Deity and
to the Savior if he was to live Alright.
We have good scriptural authority
comes into a mans mouth, but what
goes out of it that counts. 1 am not
addressing weaklings, or l should not
take the trouble to come here. l am
addressing strong, vigorous men who
are engaged in the hard work of life,
and life to be worth living must be a
life Of activity and hard work l
am speaking to men engaged in the
hard, active work of life, and there
fore men who count for good or evil
and it is particularly incumbent upon
you who have strength to set right
example to others. | ask you to re-
member that you cannot retain your
self respect if you are loose and foul
of tongue, that a man who is to lead
Glenn and honorable life must newt
ably suffer if his speech likewise is
not clean, and honorable. Every man
here knows the temptations that be-
set all Of us in this world.