Evening star., 1924-09-22
President Defines u. S. Liberty
In Holy Name Society address
Conceptions Broad and Tolerant, He
Declares, Constitution Guaranteeing
Full and adequate Equality to AH.

The text of the Presidents address
before members of the Holy Name con-
vention yesterday follows:
Something in all human beings
makes them want to do the right
thing. Not that this desire always
prevails; oftentimes it is overcome
and they turn toward evil. But some
power is constantly calling them
back. Ever there comes a resistance
to wrongdoing. When bad conditions
begin to accumulate, when the forces
of darkness become prevalent, always
they are ultimately doomed to fail,
as the better angels of human ma
ture are reused to resistance.
Your great demonstration which
marks this day in the City of Wash
ington is only representative of many
like observations extending over our
own country and into other lands, so
that 1t makes a truly world wide ap-
peal. 1t is a manifestation of the
good in human nature which is of
tremendous significance. More than
six centuries ago, when in spite of
much learning and much piety there
was much ignorance. much wickedness
and much warfare, when there seemed
to be too little light in the world,
when the condition of the common
leSsness, when most of life was rude
harsh and cruel when the speech of
men was too often profane and Vul-
gar. until the earth rang with the tu-
multi of those who took the name of
the Lord in vain, the foundation of
this day was laid in the formation of
the Holy Name Society. 1t had an
inspired purpose. 1t sought to re-
dedicate the minds of the people to
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the name of the Supreme Being 1t
was an effort to save all reference to
the Deity from curses and blasphemy
and restore the lips of men to rev.
erence and praise. Out of weakness
there began to be strength: out of
frenzy there began to be self-control;
out of confusion there began to be
order. This demonstration is a man
Hesitation of the wide extent to which
an effort to do the right thing will
reach when it is once begun. 1t is d
purpose which makes a universal ap-
peal, an effort in which all may unite.
The Importance of the lesson
which this society was formed to
teach would be hard to overestimate.
Its main purpose is to Impress upon
the people the necessity for reverence.
This is the beginning of a proper CON
ception of ourselves, of our relation
sup 10 edcn blneG, ana our relation
ship to our Creator. Human nature
cannot develop very far without il.
The mind does not unfold the crea-
tive faculty does not mature. the
spirit does not eXpa nd. save under
the influence of reverence. 1t is the
chief motive of all obedience. 1t is
only by a correct attitude of mind
begun early in youth and carried
through maturity that these desired
results are likely to be secured. 1t
is along the path of reverence and
obedience that the race has reached
the goal of freedom, of self govern
ment, of a higher morality, and a
more abundant spiritual life.
"Out of a desire that there may be
progress in these directions. with all
that such progress means, this great
society continues it's efforts 1t rec
ognizes that whoever has an evil
tongue cannot have a pure mind
We read that out of hte abundance
of the heart his mouth speaketh.'
This is a truth which is worthy of
much thought. He who gives license
to his tongue only discloses the con-
tents of his own mind. BY the excess
of his words he proclalmS his lack
of discipline. BY his very violence he
shows his weakness. The youth or
man who by disregarding this prin-
ciple thinks he is displaying his de-
termination and resolution and en-
phasizing his statements is in reality
only revealing an Intellectual pow
erty, a deficiency in self-control and
self-respect a want of accurate
thinking and of spiritual insight,
which cannot come save from rev.
erence for the truth. There are no
human actions which are unimpor-
tant, none to which we can be indlf-
ferent. All of them lean either
towards destruction and death. or
towards construction and life.
Strength in Discipline.
"To my mind, the great strength
of your society lies in it's recognition
Of the necessity of discipline. We
live in an impatient age. We de-
mand results and demand them at
once. We find a long and laborious
process very irksome, and are con-
stantly seeking for short cut. But
there is no easy method OF securing
discipline. 1t is automatic that there
is no royal road to learning. The
effort for discipline must be inten-
sive, and to a considerable degree it
must be lifelong. But it is absolutely
necessary, if there is to be any self
direction or any self-control The
worst evil that could be inflicted upon
the youth of the land would be to
leave them without restraint and
completely at the mercy of their own
uncontrolled inclinations. Under
such conditions education would be
impossible, and all orderly develop
ment intellectually or morally would
be hopeless. I do not need to picture
the result We know too well what
weakness and depravity follow when
the ordinary processes of discipline
are neglected.
yet the world has never thoroughly
learned this lesson. 1t has never
been willing entirely to acknowledge
this principle. One OF the greatest
needs of the present day is the es-
tablishment and recognition of stand
ards, and holding ourselves up to
their proper observance. This cam
not be done without constant effort
and it will meet constant opposition.
Always there have been those who
fail to recognize this necessity. Their
opposition to it and their philosophy
of life were we'll expressed by Robert
Burns in that poem which describes
the carousings of a collection of vag-
abonds, where one of them gave his
views:
A fig for those by law protected;
Liberty's a glorious feast.
Courts for towards were erected,
Churches built to please the priest.
THAT character clearly saw no use
for discipline, and just as clearly
found his reward in the life of an
outcast. The principles which he
proclaimed could not lead in any
other direction. Vice and misery
were their natural and inevitable
consequences. He refused to recog-
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