The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
MARSHALL urges
LOFT|ER ideals
Vice President Says Country
Needs More Men with
Backbone.
MAKES PULPIT ADDRESS
Deplores Rush for Money that Turns
Peoples Minds from Thoughts
of Religion.
MAKES PULPIT ADDRESS

Not more laws, more policemen, more
battleships in the navy. or a larger stand
ing army-these are not the crying needs
OF the American Republic today, but
more men who have backbones in them,
who are big enough. and not too busy
making money, to stand up for high
IDEALS
This was the summing I'D by Vice
President Marshall of the principal need
OF the country. in a speech on .Religion
and Our Own Country last night at the
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, at
Fourth and streets southeast
The chief point made by the Vice Pres
ident was that the country that is not
built on a firm religious foundation is
doomed to decline and fall, but his talk
could not be described as q religious ad-
dress. in the ordinary sense OF the phrase
His theme was religious. but he handled
II in the free and easy way characteristic
OF his public speeches and touched on
everyday subjects.
Craze for Money Regretted.
He deplored the rush for money that
turns mems minds from religion, and
yet commended the energy that gets
money. He said that II he could he
would make great deal of money him
self, but that he would like to make IL
so cleanly that a child could cut its
teeth on the coins and not get microbes
into its system"
IF you hzd asked me during the cam
paign what the chief evil in the scheme
of the American Republic was ] would
have said IL was the tariff he said,
but now 1 say it is the idea that its
citizens owe nothing. either collectively
or individually. to religion
-
with the present-day craze .'for getting"
fame, but he said:
You mothers and fathers. do not
blame you for being proud OF your sons
and wanting TO see them become PresI-
dent some day. but IL ! had any blessing
for them. I would not pray that they b.
come Vice President of the United
States" he said.
Socialist, but not the kind of a Socialist
who believes that il I have two goats
i must give one TO my neighbor." He
said he was a spiritual Socialist, who
believes that God made men brothers.
mot step-brothers or half-brothers. but
full brothers."
Il would rather have an American peo-
pie who would make an image Of Baal
and worship II. than a people who felt
they need have no God at an
Takes Fling at Ministers.
Mr.. Marshall said he was an old
fashioned" churchgoer. or the new
fashioned churches he said:
In order for ministers to fill their
churches today they must preach of the
sinking of the Titanic. or OF the latest
bit OF scandal in society,"
He closed his address with an ex-
hortation to Bible study.
Il wish men would read the Gospels
Don't bother about Jonah and his first
submarine experiment. Read the Bible
and make no answer to any man but
yourselves"
Mr.. Marshall sees an Intimate rela-
tion between the church and the state.
OF the teachings OF Thomas Jefferson
he said:
He separated the church and state.
He taught that a man could worship
God according to his own conscience.
But, unfortunately, many men have
interpreted this to mean that man
need not worship according to any
conscience"