The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-09

Won cannot give anything for the
is.t1ern1rnt Of your child or for the
hetiertnent OF your brothers child, |
or for the betterTuent of this In |
stitution. but. 10. you have a treas !
ure thai you cannot get rid of Your |
stocks and bonds and mortgages
may diSa ppear in the cataclysm OF /
this war: your lands may be taken !
fror.l YOU ON defective titles but let !
rae tell you this. you have never |
wiped an orphans tear away, nor |
given Solace TO weary soul nor |
Is hispered words of advice and cheer |
10 fallen brother. or lifted up a |
lonely soul, but 10, that Dressing has
tonne back TO abide with you
through. the countless years and |
through tho tirueiess and eternal
years OF eternity to come. (Ap-
piaa&e.)
oh. veg; you have made good |
there wish ] had the power Of |
som magi. that might unroll |
space and distance and let every |
'naH and woman connected with the |
Loyal Order OF Moose see these mag |
nifleent grounds: these fine educa : |
tIouai interests; this environment |
surrounding these children. that be-
fore God cannot, cannot. cannot, !
fail 10 make the right kind |
-of nen and women. eAppIause)
Oh. Yes. Won are going 10 prove |
that the doctrine OF environment Is |
q true doctrine, Why, | know 1t is. |
I was cross. disaKreeabie old |
bachelor. and then foolish woman
married rae. tIaughter.t And she |
has been nay environment for |
her hand and smile while / am do /
ing a. tLauglter)
Hero Is the Answer.
Nav / Just touch upon this war
for one moment, not To discuss the
right or wrong OF 1t with you. be- |
cause you know we are right tAp-
pause,} Not to can attention TO the
at,t22 brave, loyal and patriotic men
of this order who are willing to go
In their death, II need be, in the
! cause IF humanity and the common
rights of all tAppiause.D But to call
attention 10 the fact that a war
which might have been avoided was
Unavoidable. DO you get thate A
war which might have been avoided
was unavoidable It could have
been avoided IL In England or
France or Germany seventy-fiye
years ago there had been Moose
heart fApplause- Cain was not n
Moose FIFE was II neutral ard gffrj
six thousand years the world around
whenever a!-nation could set itself
of said A n1 my brothers keeper?
Now, you couldn't have establish ed
Mposeheart, and you couldn't have
five hundred thousand Moose in the
i world with all the streaming in
/ fiuenc"s coming from the doctrine Of
Aooseheart for neutral American
!. Rsap.et.s ppla44sa>A b .flh., Il =. regret.
+ the awful loss Of life " hleh we must
undergo; but. my dear friends, it
lustifics itself. pays for itself~-fnr
the age~oid cry of Cain shalt he an
swered by the American people so
That thA wsF4A Will knew that V+.4
mean it--~that we are our brothers
! keeper. and that wrong and crime
: and injustice To man the world
around must stop. (Applause
] What does eur order stand for
! What does America stand for7 What
rs the underlying principle OF this
government | say 1t Is not the Dec
Iaration OF Independence; II is not
the constitution OF the United States,
| both of them the greatest documents
that ever fell from human lip or pen.
! say that this republic OF ours, as
this order OF ours, Ii 1t have right
to be and a right to continue to be-
must have tor its cornerstone the
golden rule OF the Nazarene, that
/ Whatsoever you would that men
should do unto you, do ye even so
unto them. applause
Now, will you tell me that thess.
conflicting theories upon the part OF
+ one great government. that nations
live by might that the strong should
survive and the weak go down, that
the moral law IN I'm allegiance in the
hour OF warfare: will you tell me
that great, mighty people like this
could ever have arbftrated a uues-
tion like that No my friends; ii
could not be done And so we are
in tho fight, and every principle Of
This order our order, and everything
that Mooseheart stands for today,
flor she has justified her right to be
and you will Justify her right to con-
tinue TO be. (Appiause.)
May ] not ask of you that you will
renew your faith. re-dedicate your
self to the cause OF humanity. re-
consecrate your lives In Moosehe cart
and through Mooseheart to a new
born, reborn, resurrected world OF
brotherhood
I. Urge upon Ill men everywhere to
i get into this movement and other
movements like them for the cleva
ton, uplift, puriacation and happi-
ness Of humanity