The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-05
LAWLESSNESS IS
HIT BY BISHOP
Bishop Coadjutor Ingley
Points Peril of Lawless-
ness in Address.
POINTS NATIONS JOB
Americas Task Is TO Produce
Ideal Brotherhood Says
Bishop to Mems Club.

Lawlessness and lack Of the proper
respect for the law of the land was
pointed out as one of the perils which
threatens to prevent this nation from
fulfilling it's destiny in an address de-
livered Tuesday evening by the Right
Reverend Fred Ingley, former rector
of ST. Matthew's Parish here and now
Bishop Coadjutor of the Denver Dio-
.cese of the Episcopal church, before
a gathering of the Mems club of the
ST. Matthew's church at Guild hall.
1t was in the nature of home-com-
ing for the church leader inasmuch as
it was his first public appearance in
Kenosha since he was called from his
parish here to accept pulpit in Dem
yer, from which later he was raised to
the episcopacy. He recalled in his ad
dress that he served the st. Matthew'S
church here for eight and half years
and that he cherished most highly
the memory of, those years of service
and cooperation here.
Bishop Ingley took as his subject,
"Our Nations job" pointing out in
the beginning that February as the
month of the birthdays of Washington
and Lincoln was a most suitable time
inA which to consider problems con-
fronting the nation.
He declared that the task of Amer
lea as. the acknowledged leader Of the
twentieth century was to produce an
ideal brotherhood. He pointed out
that the schools and the churches
were the institutions, which must be
depended upon to aid in solving this
problem. He pleaded also for a re-
vival of home life, maintaining that
the American home had become almost
dormitory and nothing else.
"There are two many part time par
ents," he declared. "Too many fathers
and too many mothers always willing
to let George do it. when it comes to
training the children. I sometimes
fear that too many woodsheds have
been turned into garages and barrel
stave education has been sadly
neglected"
Need Religious Training.
Bishop Ingley also warned that ir-
religion was another peril which this
country must overcome. Religious
training is necessary, he maintained,
as a nation is no stronger than its
religious ideals. Wealth and power
can purchase place, he said, but per-
manence can only be secured by main
tanning high religious ideals. He
pointed out how other nations had
occupied the center of the world stage
for period and how each, if it did de-
cline, faded out of the picture because
of a growth of irreligion
The peril of lawlessness was the
last one to be mentioned by the speak
er.
of laws would bring in the nillen-
MUM, Wisconsin would have had the
kingdom come long ago" said Rever-
end Ingley, as he acknowledged that
there are possibly too many laws on
the statute books. He then added,
however, that this was no reason for
lack of respect for the law of the
! land.
Liberty is not license" he said
"The only liberty worth having is that
! liberty safeguarded by law. The men
ace OF lawlessness is threatening to
undermine the constitutional govern
ment under which we have advanced
and if it does, this nation may be-
come another Russia. Let reverence
for law be enshrined everywhere"
Has Hope for Future.
in closing his address Bishop Ingley
declared that he had faith in the
future of America and was confident
that real patriots would arise and in
the ordinary walks of life help solve
the problem. These patriots, he said,
who sacrificed for the common good,
no matter in what line of endeavor,
and sacrificed without hope of reward
In Kenosha," he said, every prob
lem is found with which the nation
has to deal today. There is a chal-
lenge here to each and everyone of US
to do our part in helping America
perform its job-the building up of
an ideal brotherhood"
The address followed the regular
dinner and meeting of the club. It
was the last meeting of the year and
the following officers were elected for
next year: President, r. S. Whitaker;
vice-president, A. j. Palica; secre-
tary-treasurer, James Blair.
Prior to the address Miss Susan
Whitaker and Norman Pitt, accom-
panied by Mrs. W. H. Schroeder, pre-
sented several vocal numbers which
won the appreciation of the audience.
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