Evening star., 1924-03-23
BY THOMAS n. MARSHALL,
Former Vice President of the United
StRtea.

States.
Movements which crystaIlize into
law usually are traceable to the con-
duct and experiences of mankind.
My early recollection Is that people
devoted about eight hours a day to
business. spent another eight hours
at rest and refreshment and conse-
Grated the remaining eight to poll
tics and religion.
1t was period in the life OF the
republic when men still conceded 1t
to be their duty to support their gov
ernment, and did not believe it was
the duty of the government to sup
port them. 1t was a period when the
prosecution of business was entirely
divorced from the principles Of gov
ernment. 1t was a period, also, when
the church and state were completely
d1sassociated. When 4 man looked
after business ne looked after busi-
ness; when he discussed politics he
forgot business, and when he thought
or talked upon religious subjects 1t
was with the belief that they had moth
Ing whatever to do with either business
or politics. With conscience void
or offense before God and man the
northerner could sand his sugar, wet
uown his prunes and call the family
10 morning prayers; the southerner
could oner up his alterations to the
Deity and then order about his COL
ored slaves. who worked for him
without other compensation than
clothes, food and shelter. Our three
coordinate branches of government
never discharged their functions
with less Interference. one with either
OF the other two. than the people
looked after their business, their poll
tics and their religion.
All this has changed We have got
ten our business into our politics
and our politics into our business, and
now, at what seems to be the begin
ming of a new transition period, we
are getting our religion into both our
business and our politics.
We are not going to unite the
church and state in America. Men
are to remain free to Worship God
according to the dictates of their own
consciences, but more and more W.,
are going to give serious Thought 10
the question whether the vaccination
OF business and politics with the prin-
ciples of the Man OF Galilee will not
produce better business and cleaner
PotANiSS' anu we consider this
question we expect to be confronted
with arguments for and against the
existence of the historic Christ
whether His principles will be of
value toward the betterment of busi-
ness and politics will depend upon
whether those who seek to appIy
them have confidence in their divine
origin
1t was custom in the old state
theater of France when new play
was TO be presented for the ushers
TO inquire Of the patrons. do you
come to hiss or applaud" The pa
irons had preconceived ideas OF the
histrionic ability of the players and
were presumed to have made up their
minds as to what they proposed to
do. Myriads of men approach the
contemplation of the Holy Scriptures
In a similar way, some, like myself
DeHeVlng them true and accepting
them as a prescription for the ills of
me; others. doubling them and re-
gardlng them as the Scheming devices
OF men who sought to make out of n
myth a divine character and to Undue
that character with all the attributes
of god. These latter approach with
a microscope, hoping to find some de-
tect in the character or a flaw in the
account of that character as revealed
in the Scriptures. Recently 7 have
thought 1t advisable to consider
whether there is not enough reason
in mankind to induce a majority of