Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-27
81 am for the SALVATION ARMY"
Says Thomas R. Marshall

IF Chairman Ladies and Gentlemen: My
M visit to Arizona at this time. as most of you
AVx know is not of pleasure. 1t arises from
the sad and mournful experience that we have had
in our famiy-not without hope and not without
it's compensation
HE who said. 1900 years ago. Suffer little chill
dren to come unto Me and forbid them not, for or
such is the Kingdom Of Heaven, has given US sur
cease from sorrow in faith.
"I said to myself that while here would say
nothing any public question: but when was in
formed by Mr.. Clark that there was to be meet
ing for promoting the interests of The Salvation
Army I said could not keep silent and be faith
full to the memory of the little one we loved
well it, by any word of mine could induce you
gentlemen to be faithful to the little ones still
earth.
81 have sat for seven years in the seats of the
mighty and have met, perhaps more Of the great
men of the earth than any American prior to my
time has seen-scholars. statesmen, dipo-
mats patriots, orators, warriors-and yet, of all
the great that the opportunities of my office
have enabled me to meet, the greatest man have
not man-he was woman, and her
name is Evangeline Booth.
Il speak that with lip service, but as
the genuine outpourings that have sounded above
all human passions of who has tried with clear
and deliberate judgment to survey the world and
tried to find out what the world most needs.
II have not myself opposed any measure Of
legislation good men have thought would con-
tribute to the good Of the people, but more and
more. years go by and the nearer get to the
Of the twilight and go home 1 hope, am
WINGED that the wisdom of mankind is to promote
the real happiness of the human race and that
there is but one supreme thing in every human life
that will enable a man to reach what Thomas
Jefferson said-that is. a supreme belief in an
overruling and ALLOWING Cod
II myself. most of you know, old
fashioned, blue stocking Presbyterian, but am a
far better Presbyterian than am Christian, and
there a lot of others in the boat glory
in the traditions Of my Church. l have faith thats
it is power for good in the world. 1 not
lessening the love and respect bear for my
when l say to you that it is my deliberate judg-
ment that there is not anything in the world to-
day that is comparable to what The Salvation
Army is doing for mankind. never have doubted
it since 1 first met and listened to Evangeline
Booth OF all the worlds greatest orators she is
The greatest.
III, instead of being a Salvation lassie she had
been actress woman would have eraced the
stages she would have; it, instead of being a Saliva
ton lassie, she had been a politician it would not
have been worth while for anyone else to run on
the other ticket.
ut has been ten years since first met her and
presided over one of her meetings She pricked
my conscience then Presbyterian and she has
been hitting it many blow since.
Il remember well what she said about the diff
ference in the manner in which treat men and
horses; how. If horse falls the icy pavement.
the street car stops, one mana second-a third
fourth pats the horse the neck and says,
Whoa. Good boy.' and one asks the horse
low he happened fall down. But in our treat
ment OF our fellowmen. she said that, when is
down, before we attempt to help him up we in
Quire how he came to fall down and what was in
MIN to make him fail.
For the first time in all my religious life UNI
derstood what meant in the Scriptures Il do
not quote accurately by How you love God
whom you have not if you do not love your
brother whom you have seen?
From that time / have watched, and wherever
I could. by word of mouth or by contribution.
have helped this Salvation Army. for what the