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Show i OCCASION TO FEAR INVASION FROM ABROAD- " I Churches and 8chools Are the Only-Army Only-Army and Navy Wo Need, Says Senator Knute Nelson. fP Jj Chicago. The churches and tho J schools of tho,Unlted States wcro held. up ns "tho only army and navy that " can protect - us In the-futureJ ,by -ki Knuto Nolson ot Minnesota on Friday Fri-day nlghL 'J i ' ' He delivered an address at ' tlio 1 rally that marked tho closo of tho eighth convention of tho Luther Lcaguo of America at tho Auditorium. Auditor-ium. Fully 3,000 persons wore present. pres-ent. "Sovcrcd by two vnst oceans from tho other great powers of tho world," ho said, "with our hundred millions or pcoplo and our almost limitless resources, wo havo no occasion to fear any attack or invasion from abroad. Tho enemy that will attack us, and tho danger that will threaton us, against which wo must constantly bo on our guard, wilt como from within; will conso when wo aro un-truo un-truo and unfaithful to our great trust and duty; will como when wo ceaso 10 pass good laws and when wo ceaso to enforce tho laws without fear or favor against tho rich and poor, tho high and tho low; will como when wo grnnt Immunity to transgressors and law violators; will como when wo allow al-low tho mammon of pelf and unrighteousness unright-eousness to rulo nnd domlnato; will como when wo stifle or permit to bo ttlfled tho conscience of tho masses of tho nation. "Against this enemy and this dan- ger tho only standing nrmy and tho only navy that can protect us and (,'uldo us In the future, ns in tho past, nro our schools and our churches. Theso, rathor than bruto forco, will bo our solace, our hope, and our sal vation." I |