The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-04-23
VICE PRESIDENT LAUDS WORK
Of THE SALVATION ARMY

and she pricked my conscience as a
Presbyterian then. and she has been
hitting IL many a blow since.
Difference Between Horses and Men.
L remember we'll what she said
boz the different way in which we
treat men and treat horses-how IL
a horse falls down on the icy pave
ment. the street-car stops; one man
"a second, a third and a fouth-pats
the horse on the neck and says,
Whoa, boy and no one asks the
horse how he happened to fall down.
But, in our treatment OF our fellow
man, h said, when he is down, be-
fore we ever attempt to help him up
we inquire how he came to fall down |
n what was in him to make him
fall. For the first time in all my
religious life l understood what was
meant by the Scriptures q do not
quote accurately: How can you
love God whom you have not seen
If you do not love your brother whom
you have SEEM From that time |
have watched, and whether / could
by word of mouth or by contribution,
| have helped this Salvation Army,
for what the world really needs, and
you know it and | know 1t, is not
somebody who is underneath you
pushing you up, or someone who is
above you pulling you up, but 1t is
somebody h is just beside you,
walking with with you and keeping
you up, and that is what The Saliva
ton Army does for humankind.
Brotherhood in America is some /
thing of a joke. In the city of Wash
ington a lady's maid will not asso-
ciate with a chamber-maid, and a
chamber-maid will not associate with
a scullery-maid. A chauffeur will not
associate with a Government clerk,
and a Government clerk will not as
sociate with a clerk in a store. And
what a clerk in a store will associate
with | have neve found out. We
preach here about democracy and
about God making all men equal, and
we go on, each man arrogating to
himself that he is just a little bit
better than any other man.
Now. The Salvation Army does
not do that. Mrs. John d. Rookie
Teller, Jr. and the lowest ~magdalene
sitting by the wayside of life are
treated just the same. The Sal
walton Army says, God made you
all, and if you expect to have any
standing in His sight you have got to
get nearer together and closer to-
gether and have more confidence in
each other :,
Asks Blessing on Salvation Army.
Il do not wan you to think that l
am disloyal to my own church, be-
cause 1 belong to one that you cannot
quit. They can throw you out, and
1 do not want to be thrown out, and
| do not mean that should lessen any
zeal you have for your various de-
nominations, but | do mean that this
organization fills a great need in the
world today. The problem is not one
Of labor or capital, or of poverty or
riches, or Of democracy or aristocracy.
The problem of this age is to believe
that men are mutually helpful to
each othe. and that men have NUT
ual interests in each other. That is
the problem of this age and toward
the total solution of it all religious
organizations of America will con.
tribute, but l know of no %organiza.
ton which will stand back of men
and humankind better than the Sal.
vation Army. And for it's success |
pray Gods blessing! 1t can find
things out for you that you and /
could not find out.
There is a man out here at Scots
dale that ! think more of than n
man in America. Do you know why?
| will tell you: Because when he
goes by my little bungalow he throws
up his head and yells: Hello, Toni!
1 am not Vice-President OF the Uni
ted States to him; | am just a plain,
old-fashioned, ~God-fearing American
to that man. That is what | like
about that fellow, and that is what |
like about The Salvation Army. That
is what, l hope, will permeate into
the hearts of the churches and into
the hearts Of all our people"