The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16
MINISTERS MEET
Methodist CIsrgymsn Hold Reg
uIar Session in N. E. Church.

The regular meeting OF the Providence
District Methodist Ministers association
was held this morning in the vestry OF
the Mathewson Street Methodist church.
In the absence of the president. Rev.
"A. j. COultas. the meeting was presided
over by the vice president, Rev. H.A.
Ridgway.
Devotional exercises were conducted by
Rey. w. y. Gardiner Of the Olneyvile
NJ r.. church. after which a business
meeting was held.
The paper OF the morning was by Rev.
Thomas r. Chandler. of the First NJ. y.
church of Newport. r. l.
The essayist said I'm beginning
ITO study man who has played his
role in history and now lives I'm written
record, i'm chseled monument or I'm epoch
making movements Il easy.
ITO study q statue when there Is suf-
ficient distance TO give good perspective
Is easy, but the task increases the nearer
our approach to the statue II is not an
easy task to study men OF our own time
and form any correct estimate of their
characters, their motives or their polices.
But such is my task i'm this study OF
Kaiser Wilhelm II. the ninth king of
Prussia and third emperor OF United
Germany
lie then passed 10 an intimate and a
most optimistic view Of Wilhelm II. dwell,
ing first upon his boyhood and education.
Continuing. the story of the death OF
his father and grandfather was told and
the dramatic piece OF history outlined by
which he came To the throne,
His marvellous political military and
social activity were also themes for an
interesting discussion as was also the
description Of how he strengthened his
relations with the foreign governments
Of Europe and his aggressive policy OF
ftrHa itfsr fNsf .tras l.s
world power and Keeping her as queen
on the chessboard OF European politics. ="
Wihelm's military life in reorganizlng
his army aud IN building q new navy
was interestingly described. together with
an account OF his reforming the social
ana industrial Conditions OF his empire.
Finally the speaker referred 10 the En-
peror's quarrel with Bismarck and show
ed that Bismarck was too autocratic and
WAS trying To usurp the authority Of the
Emperor upon the basis OF the old or
dinanCc which made the cabinet RESPONSE
BILE 20 the laime minister and the prime
minister responsible 90 the Emperor.
"The order OF things said the speaker
'Wilhelm ~ set aside and Bismarck fell
His foreign policy continued the
speaker. was intended 90 make Germany
supreme iu Europe and protect her colonies
throughout the world.
This fact the speaker, thought. might
I
with America through the Monroe Doc
trinc, as he protects also his colonists in
South America
In closing his most entertaining paper
, the speaker euiogzed upon the the vir-
tues of the German Emperor as follows:
~ brief summary may help as to grasp
the sulondid qualities Of the emperor lie
h at once a lord OF hosts. a yachtsman,
poet, a composer. painter and "a
preacher. lie can write a song and sing
II. play the music for it and conduct AN
orchestra iie can talk tiuently iu Ave
modern lang j5gcS and read Greek ANA
Latin.
Gle paints pictures and II good critic
of The paintings uf others
lie can shoot game at the rate of two
a minute for four cons 'cutiNe hours,
though hc has The use of hut one arm. He
is a student of engineering and practi-
cal electrician Tie can cook as well az
eat tlg has written public prayer and
can ConduUt u religions service as well as
] "a bishou tIt can command feet az
we'll as an army. % ship "a well ASA rcgi-
I mcnt lle can mako speeches that ,tartle
the world. tip can scare people. although
sine his recent accident he H. little
more cautious.
"It ls sald thnl he visited the Paris cN-
position as an unknown man. nearly Caus-
Ing Inc German representatives. in Paris
anil France Co have the heart trouble
whcu they dlscoN red the fact llc hns
great literary ability aud reads piles of
/ books. iic o. friend cf peasants and
monarch-. bat terror to his cn"m -
"ilc works from = q. M 10 : p. M. sud
seems wei nigh umnipotcnt lie DR. sses
a dozen times a day to meet his various
/ demands
an this ho docs. though he is hut ~
I years old. Ncrlly he is~a modern WI
1 liam thc Conuuorur
Thr uupcr was followed hv n discussion
from those present which brought f1r-
ward many dimere nces Of opinions With
the ossaNisf of the dsF.
Tho regular mcetiug 81 tho tongrega-
tinngl ministers WAS held this morning ln
thr Bible room ~ the Renehceut church.
when a logical puprr was presented hN
Rev y. y Emerson on "A Naurausuc
/ Argument for the Chrisurn A." ~' tOi-
J pwcd py diseussipil.l