The Washington herald., 1918-01-07

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And he replied. mot one."
"oh. II I don't sell the sensational
papers," said a newspaper friend e
me. "my competitor will"
And said a barber. III I don't keey
my shop open on the Sabbath. my
WILL
When Jenny Lind Baked.
Jenny Lind. the Swedish nightin
gale. was commanded by the King oi
Sweden to appear in the palace anc
sing for the entertainment OF VISITING
royalty one Sabbath. She refused L
go. saying. II can not" '
And when the King commanded hei
presence. she refused.
He jumped into the carriage oi
state and was driven to her home
and as her liege lord. commando,
her to come and entertain the visit
ing royalty. She arose and said:
'T owe my loyalty and my alleg
lance to q greater and higher ant
mightier monarch than thou-JesuI
Christ-and I will not CO."
As President Butler. Of Columbia
said one time in an address. greed fol
gain and greed for power seems tC
have been binding us to the old-tim'
distinction of right and wrong ant
among business men and men at th'
bar and found advisers, shrewd anc
successful, who are substituting tn,
penal code for the moral law. Righ
and wrong has given way to legal
not legal or illegal or better yet
honest law-honest and dishonest, anS
IL we fail in forming those trait
which make for Christian character
all of our learning. all Of our powel
is absolutely useless.
Bluntly put, my friends. I thinl
this: The trouble with America Il
the lack OF moral principle. New
moral statutes may be needed. but
statutes cannot put morals where
morals do not exist &C., ..r. --
Morals and Wage Scales.
You cannot raise the standard Of
morals by raising the scale of wages
you've got to go higher than the
pay envelope to find out the cause
of vice and OF virtue-and it5s IN
the heerts OF men and of women.
tell you men of Washington TO.
night. the thoughtful business mer
all over this land are awakening 4
the perils that threaten our cite:
and our civilization in the wide-
spread disregard for the old-time prin.
ciples of integrity, honesty and man,
hood and business men everywhere
are recognizing as never before thai
IL civic Righteousness prevails, IL graf
in high places Is overthrown, il th'
great avalanche of vice that threat
ems our nation Is stopped. II the tida
wave OF intemperance and dissipa
ton that threatens the young man
hood OF our land and imperils ou,
destiny as a nationIif these evi
forces are going to be defeated q
will be done by and through the re
ligion Of Jesus Christ. That's th'
only religion.
why call We me Lord. Lord, anC
do not the things I say" IN poll
tics?
am not a partisan. believe Il
the man instead OF the party. Al
though I am a Republican. anti-sa
loon Republican. I vote for a Demo
crat IL he is a better man than the
Republican. I didn't vote for vii
son. but I'll back him to the las
ditch. because he's a great man.
why call ye me Lord. Lord. ant
do not the things / say" in politics
weaseI-Eyed Politicians.
The trouble Is. my friends. that the
Lincoln, the Clay. The Webster. thu
Sumner. the Calhoun and the Doug
las type of American statesman hav,
been supplanted by the good-for-
nothing. God-forsaken, rat-hole. tin.
horn, weasel-eyed, peanut-grafting
politicians of our day and yet the day
of politicians of that kind and Of that
brand Is over with: they are through
with that type OF politicians in Ameri.
ca. We are getting through with tha
class OF fellows.
Jesus Christ will abolish lust
Jesus Christ will regu'
late every tariff; Jesus Christ will
regulate every social and financial
question. Oh, my friends, there is nc
reason why the politics of today
should not become the communion oi
tomorrow.
The trouble Is We have no God in
American politics; we've got a ganl
of devils. We've got the devil of OF.
tice-seeking. we've got the devil oi
fraud, we've got the devil OF graft
we've got the devil of injustice. we've
got the devil OF wastefulness: we've
got no God; we've got plenty of rum
we've got plenty Of rye. we've got
plenty of beer. we've got plenty OF
pork barrels. we've got plenty of city
plenty OF State. plenty of national
God.
1 do not believe in the union OF
church and OF state. No, sir! And
you never can unite, sir, and dictate
and run this government by any &c.
power on God Almighty
dirt. Never! Never!
We will swim our horses. my
friends. in blood to their brides first!
l don't believe in the union of church
and Of state, but I'D like to see a
party recognize open and above board,
without disguise. without cant-the
God in whose name Columbus discov-
cred America, the God in whose name
George Washington and the Cont.
mental army won our victory in the
dark days Of 70.
@Don't Relieve In God"
I'd like to seq them come out openly
and acknowledge the God who pro-
tected our armies OF '76. of 1872, OF
1913. of 1861, of 1898, and the God who
hovers over the Stars and Stripes to-
day in the iconflict of the world-the
God of our happy homes, the God oi
our virtuols men and the God of our
virtuous Women. the God OF our little
children and the God OF our bountiful
harvests, the God Of our prosperous
nation.
"oh," said a fellow to me in Illinois,
Bill. It wouldn't be fair to put in
the plank of a political party the rec
ognition of a God when we've got a
lot Of people in this country that dom I
believe in a God"