The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-04-23
STATESMAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO
PERSONALITY OF EVAN
GElINE BOOTH.
ARMY FILLS GREAT HEED"
Problem Of the Age 10 10 Arouse
Brotherhood Of Man, Says Mr..
Marshall IN Voluntary Appre-
citation of Army's Work.

A heartfelt appreciation Of the Sal
walton Army and Commander Evan
geline Booth was made by Vice-Pres-
ident Marshall in an informal ad-
dress before a small group of people
i'm Phoenix, Arizona, March IA.
Friends of the Army preserved the
address.
Accompanied by Mrs. Marshall, the
vice president went to Arizona to
grieve over the loss of the little
foster son who had come to mean so
much 20 them. Finding himself called
upon TO speak, the vice president
chose the Salvation Army to talk
about, and gave as his reason the fol-
lowing statement:
Il said 30 myself while here |
would say nothing on n public
question, but when | was informed
that there was to be a meeting for
promoting the interests Of the Sal
walton. Army. 1 said l could not keep
silent and be faithful to the memory
VI ~ LULU IA VIC lOf@o oO WOAAs ~
by any word of mine | could induce
you gentlement to be faithful to the
little ones still on earth"
Continuing the vice president said:
Il have sat for seven years in the
seats of the mighty. INT l have met,
perhaps, more of the great men OF
lie earth han any American prior
o this age has ever seen-schOlars,
atesmen. diplomats, patriots, ora
warriors-and yet of all the
se.t me that tAe opportunities of
my office have enabled me to meet,
the &c test man | have met was not
il T. u ..c " ( a woman, and her
he is h a cine Booth! l speak
- with ne ere lip service, but as
80 genuine ~ovtrourines that have
Junded above 81. human passions Of
me who has triea, with a clear and
lie ibe:ate jCdsA. a.. 20 survey the
word and tried to ind out what the
world needs.
Wise to Promote Happiness.
Il have not myself been opposed
20 any measure OF legislation which
good men have thought would con-
tribute to the good of the people, but
more and more, as the years go by
and the nearer | get to that time
when | must push aside the purple
curtains for he twilight and go
home. | hope, | am convinced 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
God.
Il am myself, as most of you know,
an Old-fashioned, Questioning Pres
byterian, bat | am a far better Pres
byterian than | am a Christian, and
there are a lot of others in the same
boat. ! glory in the traditions of my
church. | have faith that 1t is a
power for good in the world. am
not lessening the goodwill and re-
Spect | bear for my own when / say
TO you that 1t is my deliberate judg-
ment that there is not anything to-
day in the world that is comparable
to what The Salvation Army is do
ing for humankind. l never have
doubted it since | first met and list
ened to Evangeline Booth. OF all
the great orators in the world, she
is the greatest.
IF, instead of being a Salvation
lassie. she had beer an actress, no
woman would have graced the stage
as she would have: if, instead OF be-
ing a Salvation lassie, she had been
a politician, it would not have been
worth while for anyone else to run
on the other ticket. 1t has been ten
years now since first met her and
presided over one OF her meetings.