Evening star., 1914-01-12
MEN WITH BACKBONE
NEEDED BY THE NATION
Declaration by Vice President Mar
shall at the Metropolitan :.
Presbyterian Church.
Says Country Should Have More
Bible Readers-Exto1s the
Gospel of Peace.

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or more laws. but more men with back
bones, willing to stand up for their ideals
of right, are necessary for the preserva-
tion of the United States as nation, de-
clared Vice President Marshall in talk
last night at the annual praise service
of the Womens Missionary Society," at
the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, of
which Rev. Paul R. Hickosz is pastor, 4th
and B streets southeast
II would rather the American people
should bow down to idols and images
than that they should acknowledge no
God at ALL" exclaimed the Vice President.
That nation and that people cannot con-
tinue whose people do not worship some
deity
Bible Readers Needed.
This nation needs more men who are
not ashamed to read their Bibles and to
shape their lives and their conduct ac-
cording to its precepts. Too many OF
the ministers of today find it necessary,
in order to fill their churches, to preach
of the sinking of the Titanic, to discuss
the latest gossip or scandal OF society,
or to deliver orationS on subjects tnat
may possess an ephemeral interest. but
connection, with the vital truths of the
gospel. I wish more men would read the
Bible. Don't bother about Jonah and his
submarine experience; just read the gos-
pels and then try to form your lives III
accordance.
Rome was in the height of her glory
said Mr.. Marshall, land was mistress OF
the world until the oracles began TO
argue among themselves. When that
occurred the doom of Rome was sealed.
So it is with any country
I'VE want a great nation, but without
religion it can never be- The govern
ment of the United States does not rest
upon the shoulders Of the President, nor
on the Supreme Court, nor the Congress
of the United States. 1t rests upon you,
the people of the United States.
Preached Religion of Peace.
When Christ was born in the manser
the world those in authority said that he
was doing the country harm. He told of
the abolishing of armies and preached a
religion of peace. This did not suit the
people, and when they slew Him they
placed Him in vault with the seal of
the emperor upon it. He came forth de-
spite the fact that they thought He was
in that tomb forever. and His word has
lived~for all of these many years.
this earth as a free moral agent. with
power to go to he'll If he SO desires, and
that is all right If in going his way he
does not cause harm 20 others. l have
known men to quit drinking not for the
sake of their wives. but because they did
not wish to set a bad example to their
children. Men often become good for the
lesser reason.
II am d Jeffersonian democrat, and I
hold Thomas Jefferson did great thing
church and state. Please God they will
remain separate. Worship God as you
will, said jefferson. and SO / say. But dc
not think, as many do, that because we
are allowed to worship as we please we
are absolved from attending to religious
duties. II this republic OF ours is to en-
dure. it is not through statesmanship nor
for social or economic reasons. We must
go back and place our faith in God.
What Is Best for the Country.
What this country needs is not laws
police nor large armies. It needs men
with backbones. men willing to stand fol-
something more, and men who do not try
only to make. money. ! say make money
and would like to make all that I pos.
sibly could. but I would have 1t made sc
cleanly that your babies could cut thcil
teeth on 1t and never be polluted.
II have never seen a man who defed
God who was not PROUD of it, but they
are all superstitious and viii shiver wher
a black cat crosses their path.
II am a socialist, but not the kind OF
socialist who thinks that If have twt
goats I must give one to my neighbor
l am a socialist of the spirit, one who
believes that God made all men brothers
not stepbrothers or half brothers, but full
brothers."