Article September 10, 1955 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from Earl L. Douglass

The Evangelical Christian Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Herbert Hoover, former President of the United States, made one of the great speeches of his career ... on the occasion of his eightieth birthday.... Mr. Hoover said:

"A nation is strong or weak, it thrives or perishes upon what it believes to be true. If our youth is rightly instructed in the faith of our fathers, in the traditions of our country, in the dignity of each individual man, then our power will be stronger than any weapon of destruction that man can devise. ... I say to you, the neighbors of my childhood, the sons and daughters of my native state, God has blessed us with another wonderful word— heritage. The great documents of that heritage are ... from the Bible, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. Within them alone can the safeguards of freedom survive."

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