The sun., 1903-11-17
ROOSEVELT IN LINCOLN'S PEW
DELIVERS AN ADDRESS ON 1.-THE
AMERICAN OF 1908"

DELIVERS AN ADDRESS ON ~ HE
AMERICAN OF 1908"
.'The American OF lSO8'--Ser,ices In
CommemOration Of l0Oth Anniversary
Of N. u. Avenue Presbyterian Church.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1o.--At the services
tonight at the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church in commemoration OF the
Tooth anniversary OF it's founding. President
Roosevelt delivered an address from the
pew occupied by Abraham Lincoln during
his residence in Washington as President
OF the United States. In the Lincoln pew
with the President were Secretary OF
State Hay, who was private secretary
to President Lincoln, Mrs Hay and Secre-
tary to the President Loeb. Secretary
Shaw. Secretary Moody, Secretary Hitch
cock and MaJor-Gen. John NJ Brecken-
ridge, U. s. A., retired accompanied the
President and occupied pews near him.
Justice Harlan of the United States Supreme
Court presided over the services.
The ceremonies opened with an organ
prelude, followed by the singing Of the
hymn Onward Christian Soldiers After
Dy tllS lscN. ID. IipeihsSib - A'b
John Bach McMasters. LID, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, delivered schol-
arly address on THE American OF 1903.
Justice Harlan then introduced the Presi.
dent, whose address might well be entitled
"The American Of l903' The President
said
Mr.. JUSTICE: Let me arst express p the ap-
ters for his exceedingly, interesting address:
and the address showed what he can justly
claim to be.the historian Of the people OF
the outward forms and observances were.
ago, And. Mr. Justice, / tkInk that the re-
cital has left in the minds OF all Of US the feel
ing that. while We revere our ancestors we
the present day.
To each generation comes its allotted task:
and no generation Is TO be excused foT failure
eu n as an eaoase or failure Se Fact @
1t Is not guilty Of the sins Of the preceding
suppose It was surprise to many Of US
to realize that hundred years ago. IN the
days Of the fathers the lot OF ths poor 90 debtor @
to the undeserved human suffering then Il
tha he time fnh that iih there should be Corruption
and Nc ysaay ean dyvGp Ia pSnae ana mas s d1de S party
CARDS the deepest. as regards the vital, Ques-
the ri lrht to challenge the best effort OF every
American worthy OF the name In putting
down by sve,y means IN bis power GoTrqp1iqn
pubIe bIt,"lf lie me ApEla@sc Al And remsmbsr.
you. the people Of this soyGrnment by the the
legislator, the executive officer. the Judge,
are not TO be excused II they fall short OF their
duty. yet their doing their duty cannot avail
In the last resort we have to depend upon
TIE jury drawn from the peopie to to comEIfIs ,EIt
life, and unless that jury does it's duty. unless
it is backed by the public sentiment OF the
s9p s ae S3aa T2h p oeas . for G nsash
Mi Justice. a man would be q poor citizen
Lincoln's pew and not feel the solenn sense
OF the associations borne in upon him., and
to thank the or peSefh & Of t' or
the sense OF historic continuity. which has
made them keep hiS peTb unddhangeed1 gsd a. e1.
church as long as our country endures. We
have not too many monuments OF the past,
and s Us o be o tRe
We owe to those who have gone before and of
This evening / sit in this pew Of abraham
Lin coins together with Abraham Lincoln's
who S5 y soqa ID
a''H President. a Nhso. NO. during his time Of ser:
that he, could draw from the unseen powers
above him, It was, Abraham Lincoln; and
mshh 9h paopa and wsn SSnkfa he hnd
lived for them to give his life at the end--if
ever there was man who practically applied
what he taught in our churches, 1t WAS Abra-
The other. day, ! was reading, on the s.us.
Of Of Mr. asy ss o me not OF
the most remarkable that he ever made, de-
livered right after, his reelection, ! think
memory is correct. from Baltimore. Md.
and sailed for an address from hlm from N
man who had just come successfully through
a great political contest, in which he felt that
he had no time to think whether or not any
thing was AZ stake for himself.
The speech is devoid of the least shade Of
bitterness There is not word OF unseemly
There is not word of glorincation of himself.
in any Si III ha hs eccoe
is over, now that the civic strife has been
completed. for all decent men who love the
country to join together In service to the
country, and in the speech he uses, thor
onghy Lincoln7lke, phrase when he says:
ssTe m 10, anv s. ryns e0fn o IN maRe Re
clear that he had nothing to say AGAINST any
opponent. no bitterness toward any opponent;
that all ne wished was that those who op.
posed r'.t him should oin with those who favored
him in working toward common, end.
IL would be trte to say anything about
Lincoln, and yet am going to point to one
thing In reading his works and speeches,
his addresses, one is struck by thn, fact that
bitterness seemed to die out of MIN. In the
Lincoln douglas debates one ran still catch
The man was in the arena. ard as the blows
were given and taken YOU could see now
and then that he had feeling against his
anita conist When he became President and
faced the crisis that h" had to face from that
time on do not think that you can find an
expression, a speech of Lincoln =. q word Of
Lincoln s, written or spoken, in which bitter
ness is shown to any man. His devotion to
the cause was so great that he neither could
nor would have feeling against any individual
In closing. Mr.. Justice let me say in thark-
ing YOU of this church. the. church SO closely