A few years ago when George Bush was serving as our Vice-President, he represented our country by attending the funeral service of Leonid Brezhnev. You remember, of course, that Brezhnev was the leader of the Soviet People from 1964 to 1982. Then President Bush was talking about the necessity of faith for leadership in our country. He said very emphatically, "I don't believe a person could be President of the United States without faith in God." Then he added that he felt this faith was universal -- that it was much more than we think.

An amazing thing happened at the funeral of Brezhnev. Things were running to a military precision, a coldness and hollowness pervaded the ceremony. There were marching soldiers in steel helmets. There was an almost endless stream of Marxist rhetoric -- but …