The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-08
ROOSEVELT IN
DUTCH PULPIT
Dedication of Reformed Memorial
Church in Washington.
PRESIDENT CENTRAL FIGURE
BROTHERHOOD oF MAN BURDEN
OF HIS ADDRESS.

I washington, June THE handsome
new home of Grace Reformed Memorial
church. which President Roosevelt Al.
/ tends, was dedicated today with ap-
propriate exercises President Roose-
welt, with his family. attended and
made a brief address.
Rev. J. NJ. Schick, the pastor. read
the exercises of conservation, and Rev
D. D. Bach of Fredericksburg, Nd.
preached the dedication ceremony.
President Roosevelt occupied one of
the bishops chairs which he presented
! 10 the church. He was introduced by
me Rev. Mr.. Sehick, and spoke as fol-
lows:
Roosevelt's Address.
I shall ask your attention to three
INES of the dedication canticIe: Serve
the Lord with gladness: enter into his
gates with thanksgiving and into his
court with praise. Who shall ascend
INTO the hail of the Lord, or who shall
stand in his holy place? He that hath
clean hands and a pure heart; who
hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity,
nor sworn deceitfully.' Three better
lines, surely, could not be brought into
any dedication service or a church: and
It IS happy thing that we should have
repeated them this morning. This
church is consecrated to the service of
the Lord, and we. can serve him by the
way in which we serve our fellow men.
This church is consecrated to service
ana duty IT was written of old that
Dy their fruits ye shall know them. .
and we can show the faith that is in US.
we can show the sincerity of our devO-
Ton, by the fruits we bring forth The
man is not a tender and considerable
husband, a loving and wise father, is
not serving the Lord, when he goes to
church; so with the woman so with
All who come here Our being in this
church, our communion here with one
another, our sitting under the pastor
and hearing from him the word of God,
must, If we are sincere, show the eff
fects in our lives outside
Duty of Reformed Churches.
I'VE of the reformed. churches have a
peculiar duty to perform in this great
country Of ours, a country still in the
making, for we have the duty peculiar
" incumbent upon US to take care of our
brethren who come each year from over
seas to our shores. The man going to a.
new country is torn up by the roots
from all his old associations. and there
Is a period OF great danger to him in
the time before he gets his roots down
in the new country, before he brings
himself into touch with his fellows in
the new land. For that reason L always
take a peculiar interest in the attitude
of our churches toward the immigrants
who come to these shores. feel that
we should be peculiarly watchful over
them because Of our own history, be-
cause we or our fathers came here IN
der like conditions. Now that we have
established ourselves let US see to il
that we stretch out the hand of help
the hand OF brotherhood. toward the
newcomers and help them as speedily
as possible to shape themselves and to
get into such relations that it VIII be
easy for them TO walk well in the new
life
II trust that with the conservation
of each new church of the reformed
creed in this country there will be es-
tablished a fresh center 20 get at and
help for the good of the people that
yearly come from over the seas to US
No more important work can be done
by our people; important TO the cause
Of Christianity, important to the cause
Of true national life and greatness here
in our own land
Another thing Let US so far as
strength is given US, make it evident to
those who look on and who are not Of
US that our faith is not one of words
merely; that it finds expression in
deeds.
pro%I,arI0oJ &c NJ