The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-28
ROOSEVELT Pays TRIBUTE

nUUOLgLLI RHO InluUIl.
Attends Anniversary Ce1ebra-
ton OF Birth of John Wesley.
CROWDS HEAR THE PRESIDENT.
Methodists Hold Monster Mass Meet |
ing at Carnegie fall in New York
10 Celebrate Wesley's Life for the
Religious World.
New York, Feb. 27.-President
Roosevelt was the chief speaker last
night al great mass meeting at Car
negie hail. held ito do honor to the
character and lahors of John Wesley, |
the founder of Methodism, scholar,
missionary, philanthropist, preacher,
gentleman The meeting was held
under the auspices OF the New York
thank Offering commission. which has
had charge OF the local work of The
Twentieth century thank Offering
fund of $200o0,000, that has been
raised by the Methodists throughout
the country to celebrate the advent OF
the Twentieth century of the Christian
era. The hall was crowded to the doors
and hundreds We're unable to gain adj
mittance President Roosevelt reached
the hall, escorted by a detachment of
mounted police, at $50. Cheers and
hand clapping announced the arrival
of President Roosevelt. who advanced
from the rear of the platform, accom-
panied by the presiding officer of the
meeting Mr. Bovine. Chairman Bovine
then announced the hymn, BLOW Ye
the Trumpet. Blow" by Charles Wes-
ley. Bishop Cyrus d. F'oss of Philadel-
phia then led the meeting in prayer,
closing with the Lords prayer. in
which a mighty volume of voices
| Joined, Mr. Bovine made a short adj
dress. ir which hes said that Method
| ism is constantly growing except pcs
sibly in a few effete cities on the At
duced President Roosevelt, the audi
\ enre rtstng &c SsscHt hiia
4 President Roosevelt said in part:
81 am glad to have the chance of
addressing this representative body
| of the great church which Wesley
founded, on the occasion of the com
memoration of the 200th anniversary
of his birth. In celebrating the Won
/ derful growth of Methodism. in re-
/ joicing at the good it has done to
the country and to mankind. I need
/ hardly ask body like this to re-
member that the greatness of the
fathers becomes to the children a
shameful thing if they use it only as
i an excuse for inaction instead OF as a
spur to effort for noble aims. | speak
speak to you as American citizens.
The pioneer days are over. We now
all of us form parts of a great civil
lied nation, with a complex industrial
and social life and infinite possibilities
both for good and for evil. The In
struments with which, and the sur
roundings in which, we work, have
changed immeasurably from what
they were in the days when the rough
backwoods preachers ministered to
the moral and spiritual needs of THEN
rough backwoods congregations. But
if we are to succeed, the spirit in
which we do our work must be the
same as the spirit in which they did
theirs. These men drove forward,
and fought their way upward, to sue
cess, because their sense of duty was
in their hearts, In the very marrow OF
their bones. The church Wesley
founded has throughout it's career
been a church for the poor as we'll as
for the rich and has known no dis
tinction of persons. 1t has been 6
church whose members if true te
the teachings of it's founder, have
sought for no greater privilege thar
to spend and be spent in the interes
of tho higher life, who have pridet
themselves. not on Sinking rough
du.y, but on undertaking it and carry
ing it to a successful conclusion.
81 come here tonight to greet yol
and to pay my tribute to your past be
cause you have deserved we'll of man
kind, because you have striven will
strength and courage to bring neare
the day when peace and justice shall
obtain among the peoples of the earth.
At the conclusion of his address
the president was heartily applauded
The hymn, "See How Great Flam
Aspires,' was then sung. During tn
singing, President Roosevelt retired
from the hall.
. On leaving the meeting at Carnegi
: hall President Roosevelt entered hi
! carriage and was driven to the Univel
: sity club accompanied by Secretar
: Loeb. Surgeon General RiXey an
| Commander Cowles, and escorted a
before by mounted police.
' At the University club the presiden
I met President Nicholas Murray Bu
Z Ter Of Columbia and j. B. Bishop, wit
I whom he conversed at length. TIL
+ presidential party left the Uniyersit
club for Jersey City at ILLS p. m.