New-York tribune., 1903-02-23
OBSERTED By SERMONS.
Visitors to ST. PaufS Inspect Wasl-
fngtoR Pee.

In most of the churches yesterday the subject of
the sermons, in keeping with the day. was George
Washington
Owing to indisposition. the Rev. Robert Norris
Kemp was unable 80 deliver the Washngton's
Birthday address he had prepared, to unusually
large congregation, at St Pauls, Broadway ana
Vesey-st., at the morning service. The Rev. Mr..
Bower preached short sermon. After the SER
vice a large number of visitors. who had at
tended the services wandered through the side
aisles of the church. gazing at the tablets COM
men1orating the services at the inauguraton OF
Washington in the churcn. gathering il groups in
the Washington pew, the seventh on the north
side aisle and thronging in the chance to see the
tablet imbedded in the wall on the north side. to
the memory of Sir John Temple, Consul General
to New-YoIk the first representative of the British
Government appointed to this country after the
Revolution
Sermons al other churches in part as fol-
lows:
The Rev. DIR. GEORGE c. LoRIMER. Madison
Avenue Baptist Ghurch-The first biography writ
ten of George Washington described him almost as
painter said of him that he was a man Of of in, n
and md that If he e na9 @aud Pse have BEEN IN
among the fiercest of them ! confess tnat Ii II ne ne
portray him, he would not mean so much to sne as
he does & Tnep se him Of mon Ga to us
the character Of a religious man. Inc age IN
one sense it was more goddess and irreligious
age than our own There is no qfpth at & 0I ePoS
the close OF the eighteenth century 1t was for
from from " religion There has been decline of the
senstiveness Of the consciousness of what an obli-
washington discerned this connection between mo.
educstion along ethical lines. cannot but recall
the warning of the Father of his Country to his
es3Ple esfon of the Importance of Christianity " eo"
Rg RR MN0T sAYAGE 4 HntaFaa
Do Do not think cRey Of his being rich though
S he ~aS G5 4f 6S 1d nsds s5ea @
bs h nto 81 epng eY anaeE eE The wealth the
power the character OF " Was1ngon @ % was was nas aes
away.
The Rev. DONALD SAGE MACkAY. Col
legiate and Lincoln We're rie men
f to the STATE Not what they could get out Of
Personal per sggrandseent but from the st the
last see the welfare Of the nation as the peace9
in these mems lives Tss saGs we RGt aTe fa fod Was
not ntSe nGa aenetic man He was reserved dident
and apparently indifferent to public applause He
politicians favor with & COURT % or secure f0ne
IN pso IS w His fes eae ne Inspires Is not only the
respect, but the Overwhelming affection OF men.
passions and Drejudces Of his own day this SUI of
m a ssfGPy sPongS hSqs osy ths as When
he was called TO be a leader and RESPONDED py
seTafioH that snatched victory from defeat and
neryed % f bsfrs of wtf the Revou6n
won by Washington because he realized the urgency
OF the present nloHleIIt-
The Rev Dr. ROBERT s MACARTHUR, Cal
vary Baptist Church-Washngton has a place
among the immortals. His position is absolutely
secure His prominence is becoming even greater
as the years pass. The same remark will apply to
Idncoln and TO Mckinley. who. with Washington,
are the three great Presidents Of the United States
The first foremost in the founding of the sov
ernment the second III its preservation. and the
third in the remarkable extension OF the national
domain Once Washington was localized, diInoSt
idoized- He is studied more wisely now and 1t
has been found that he was only q man, ana AT
times very human. indeed. But he remains the
very best type of man. and perhaps his example
is All the more valuable because he very
human. Washington Britisher more than an
American In fact, there was no distnctiVely
American character then-he helped to make the
type But he had certainly 10 such marked Amerl-
canisrn as characterized Lincoln or Mckinley. But
Washington the best type Of a Britisher He
fought on American soil the same fights that
Brifons had fought on English soil He fought for
true British principles against the false Brftons
represented by George Ill He fought for the same
The Declaration of independence answers back to
the Bill of Rights. and the Bill of Rights answers
back to Magma Charta- Eighteen hundred and
seventy-six would have been impossible without
1eSs and 1858 would have been impossible with
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