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LOVE OF MERCY
AND JUSTICE IS
HARDING CREED
PRESIDENT ELECT CHOOSES
BIBLICAL TEXT UPON WHICH
TO TAKE OATH. HE BELIEVES
IN PRAYER.

MARION, Ohio. Jan. Ex-senator
Warren G. Harding has chosen tho
Biblical text upon which he will take
the oath of office as president of the
United States. He will ask that the
same Bible which George Washing
ton used be opened at Micah, sixth
chapter, and eighth verse, which
reads:
"He hath showed me. o Man. what
is good; and what doth the Lord re-
quire of thee but to do Justly, and to
love mercy, and to walk humbly with
thy God"
Senator Harding's thoughts have
been much upon the Bible of late. For
the past two weeks he has been TAX
ing numerous degrees in Masonry.
First Of all, he was elevated to the
thirty-second degree in the Scottish
rite. Then he was made a Shriner
Moro recently and at rome here in
Marion, he has been taking the ROYAL
Arch degrees. SO he has been sur.
rounded by a particularly solemn re-
ligious atmosphere. The president
elect commented upon this last night.
and pledged his belief in the efficacy
of PRAYER. He believes that PRAYER
will help him with the problems that
are before him in the White House.
Senator Harding said that the af
fairs of this nation have been adrift
for long while. but he is approach
ing his task with confidence and faith.
He believes faithfully that God will
make him equal to the responsibility.
During the past ten days." he
said, "I have been taken far back into
the story of the creation and have
found it adding to my sense of re-
lirious devotion. Prayer grips the
heart and adds TO ones confidence.
I believe in prayer believe in
prayer in the closet, for there one
faces God alone. Many times the
outspoken PRAYER is only for peoples
ears. can understand how those
prophets of old in their anxieties.
problems, perturbations and perplexi-
ties. found courage and strength
when they gave their hearts to the
great Omnipotent in prayer.
"How many things there are in
scripture that we in our worldliness
never discover.
"After all men are much alike.
God made us all in the same image
and there is no difference in us ex-
cept as we have developed, or when
the weirht Of responsibility is
shou'dered unon us. Then Cod makes
mon equal to that responsibility. II
is the touch Of responsibility that
makes human beings awake.
"The Government of this republic
has been adrift." Senator Harding
continued. "and the inevitable result
has followed. But am not afraid
for 7 know throurh courtesy. conf
dence and close adherence to Justice.
one viii still have at his call tho
"reat minds and intellects in This
"roat rcnublic. and with their t,,1th.
advice and direction, we cannot 20
wronr"
So far ae Marion IS concerned tho
conference NJ "heet minds" virtually
rarno to IN end vesterdav. A fcw
"host minds" are expected oarlv this
'root hut cprator Hardinp durinr
the rreater mart Of the time he ro
r'airS horo win bo settling IN nonv
~ his nereora' brqinoss arairs. Rv
Tho ond of tho woek he should he nm
dor Tho e11rrv skies Of Florida. Tho
skies ont hero have been 1eaden for
week nr more With snow q-,rries
now and tton the weather has heIned
n denrcss the senator and he will bn
o'a3 m throw ofr al cares and wor-
''es for time and rot the breath of
Tho southern mines ard pa'rns in his
lungs.