Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-17

Remember that tA4 bieaohing. does not
count ffsit is not baked up by practice.
There is no good OF SSur preaching to your
boys to be brave. If you run away. There
is no good of your -pro1cifing to them to tell
the truth. II you do not. There is no good
of your preaching tp them to be 4unselhsh,
II they see you sslfkh With your wife, dis
regardful Of others yourself.
I'VE have right u, expect not only that
you will come togethef5in meetings like this;
that you will march in procession; that you
will Join In buildinsup such a great and
right also to expeF khat IN your own
homes and among yAuf own associates YOU
will prove by your deeds that yours is not
a lip loyalty merely. That you will show in
actual practice the faith that Is in you.
Citizens Influence on State.
I'm the last analy sfig tiife whole future state
depends upon the average citizen having in
his nature the mixture of strength and hon.
esty which makes ino-their sum. what we
call good citizenship. to the making up of
which go many qualities. but three above
all. .k!GLRsI YAH ,7t
I'm the first place. the quality Of hon.
esty; we have got to have that first. l
am using 1t in its broadcast sense-honesty,
including decency In private life, cleanliness
Of word. cleanliness of speech as well as
of life. decency toward the state Including
honesty, which IL 1t Is really possessed,
stands at the basis Of patriotism Itself; that
Is indispensable.
II see in the audience there a man wear
ing the button of the, Grand Army Of the
Republic, a man who fought in the great
war. In that war the quality needed In
the first place was patriotism. do not
care how strong man was, how brave
he was II he was crooked, If he did not
have In him the love of country, then his
other qualities made him a curse. The
man who had no love of country was
traitor; and If he was strong and able and
brave, he was only the more formidable
and dangerous a traitor.
$50 In civil life the greater a mans
ability, If not combined with the moral
sense, the more dangerous that man Is as
a citizen, the worse he Is as citizen. I'm
less there is spirit Of honesty in a man,
unless there is a moral sense, his courage,
his strength, his power but make him
dangerous creature in our life, a man
or political systems, to be feared and to
be hunted down. You need that quality
first-the quality Of honesty, the moral
sense, the quality which in one of its
manifestations made. patriotism In the
years from 81 to '6o; and that is not
enough.
I'm the war you needed to have man
patriotic. but that did not do by itself.
l do not care how patriotic a man was. II
he ran away he was no good. In addition
to patriotism; you must have the power
to make that patriotism effective In
addition to honesty, you must have the
power to make the honesty count. In
other words, together with honesty, with
decency, with cleanliness, must go cour-
age, resolution, strength, the power to
make yourself felt as man in the work
of the world You must have courage
and you must have patriotism, and in
addition. have said again and again,
with your courage and with pour patriot
ism must go the saving grace Of common
sense"
The applause at the conclusion of the
Presidents address was enthusiastic and
the cheering continued until he had en-
tered his carriage and been driven away.
Some Catholic prelates of this diocese
spoke briefly in continuation of the meet
ing. after the Presidents departure. The
meeting Is said to- have been the largest
in the history Of the Society Of the Holy
Name. .i-slaus