The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-10
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RELIGION 0F FAITH
Striking Utterances in Adj
dress Made at Manning
ton Yesterday.

Judge Ira E. Robinson, OF Grafton,
Charleston and New York, is certain
that everyone Is out of step but
him" He said so in an address ia
Bible class at Warrington Sunday.
which grew out OF tine recent taberna-
Gle revival in that city. Judge Rob
inson Is ''pessimistic" Ito use his own
words) about the future OF this coun-
try. He thinks that the war has been
an orgyAthat the country is like 9
man awakening after being dead
drunk"
The meeting followed street pa
rade Of the Warrington Elks Com.
munity band and was gathering OF
men, which is non-denominational.
Judge Robinson spoke following pray
er by Rev. +. ]. Jennings, OF the Bap.
fist church. who spoke OF the speaker
as a "sevant of God" and prayed that
his message would be one direct
from Jesus" Following this and an
introduction by l.. S. Schwenck Judge
Robinson took the floor.
LAS we grow older things that we
believed as children disappear" OBJ
served Judge Robinson, sepaking to
an audience of adult memo wo-
men or children. Judge Robinson is
of the opinion that II is a mistake to
clarity many things. He advocates
"faith" such as governed "our faith
ers." In this connection no severely
criticised Columbia University.
people who are instructed by Col
umbta University professors come. to
look upon Christ as a symbol or
myth" said Judge Robinson: They
no longer have faith in His divinity
Judge Robinson sticks for the faith in
the Biblical word that our fathers"
had. He argues that I'VE" must not
give the Bible the practical meaning
that some old men give 1t.
II want to return to the Bible and
the Constitution" emphasized Judge
Robinson. From this he swung from
religion 10 politics, ana declared that
the primary election law is a farce"
that the election OF United States sen.
ators by the people is a step backward
instead OF forward; that this Is. not
a democracy, but q republic in a DEM
ocracy: that the rabble is not COM
petent to rule; that the people are
empowered to select superior minqs
to/govern them and do not individu-
ally nave d say III 6SNSA AAS&St $3.50
congressman or senator cannot
serey,the purpose Of the constitution
if he can be recalled or fail to be nom
mated again by a people" that
congress Is supposed to represent the
people while the senate represents the
state; that the Legislators OF West
Virginia violated the spirit Of tho
constitution in voting for equal suf-
frage.
have referendum, said Judge Rob
ipson," and now there is even a sug-
gestion that the individual voter set
lie international questions. What we
need is a constitutional lawyer in the
White house-a man like Harrison or
Cleveland" Judge Robinson praised
Woodrow Wilson's book "The State"
and lauded him as historian. but
feared he had forgotten some Of the
things that he wrote. Judge Robin.
son classed "newsstands" as an evil
Of the times, and magazines, publicaF
lions and newspapers are, poor reading.
He even criticised The Country Gem
tleman and The Saturday Evening
Post as being socialistic. He declared
that political writing Is all trash"