Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
A Community Forum
And Men S SBibIeCIaSS

Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ
Andrew Jackson.
A few months before he died
Abraham Lincoln. asked his old
friend Joshua Z. Speed to spend the
night with him at the soldiers home.
He arrived early in the evening and
running up to the presidents room
found reading his Bible. Il am glad
to see you profitably engaged.
"Yes," answered Lincoln, Il am prof
liable engaged. ]" Well" said Speed.
If you have overcome your doubts,
l am sorry to say that have not"
The president placed his hand
upon his old friends shoulder. and
said with unusual solemnity, fTake
all this book on reason that you can.
the rest on faith and you will live
md die a t7ppier man."
Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet
anchor to your liberties. Write its
precepts in your hearts and practice
them in your lives To the influence
of this book we are in debted for all
the progress made in true civiliza-
tion. and to this we must look as
our guide. .p-Ulyses S. Grant.
Il have been driven many times
, too my knees" Lincoln once re-
marked to his friend Mr. Henry c.
Whitney. by the overwhelming con-
viction that / had no where else to
go. Ny own wisdom and that of all
about me seemed in sufficient for
that day" President Mckinley made
similar statement.
"When at last the great end is at
tanned, when the lost image of God
is restored to the human soul, when
the church anthems can be pealed
forth without a discordant note. then
will angels join in the chorus and all
the sons of God again shout for JOY.
James A. Garfield.
"Oh. my friends, not scholarship
not invention. not any of these noble
and creditable developments of our
era not to these. but to the word OF
God and the church of the Lord
Jesus Christ must we turn for the
hope that men may be delivered
from consuming greed and selfish-
ness.'-Benjamin Harrison.
God is the being above all TO be
loved and served. Religion seems to
be the best thing in all the world.
Here L take my stand for life When
dying, the martered President said,
1T is Gods will. His way is best, -
William Mckinley.
Even men who are not profess
sedly religious must, if they are
frank, admit no community per-
manently prospers, either morally or
materially, unless the church is a
real and vital element in the COM
munity life Theodore Roosevelt.
"The future of the nation cannot
be intrusted to the children of Ameri-
ca unless their education includes
their spiritual development. Pres
, ident Warren Harding.
above all things man and women,
| believe me, the world grows better
from century to century, because the
God reigns supreme. from genera
ton.
Let pessimism be absent from our
minds and let optimism throw its
glow overall our souls and all our
| lives henceforth and forever,
Lest public utterance OF William
Eware Gladstone.
81 commit my soul into the hands
of my Saviour. in full confidence that
having redeemed it and washed it In
his own precious blood. he will pre-
sent it faultless before my Heavenly
Father" From the will of J. Pier
ont Morgan.
.'The greatest source of unde-
veIoped power IN America is the soul
of man. Roger w. Babson.
Nearly every man admits that the
Bible is the greatest of all books but
few have realized the importance re-
lation its study bears to commercial
success and prosperity.
Mr.. Roger w. Babson. the Stat
istician of Bostons a recognized busf-
ness expert, at the head of business
with an annual income OF more than
a 81 .000. 600 is among the first of our