The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-08

AT DEDICATION OF GRACE MEMO
RIAL REFORMED CHURCH.

He Says the Church Ia Consecrated to Ser.
vice and Duty, and That One Form OF
Duty Is to Take Care OF Those Who
Come to Our Shores From over the Seas
WASHINGTON, June 7.-President Roose-
welt attended the dedication Of Grace
Memorial Reformed Church this morning.
The new edifce, at the corner Of Fifteenth
and O streets, has been erected since Mr.
Roosevelt's elevation to the Presidency
the parish having experienced great pros
perity since the President of the United
States became a member OF the congrega-
ton. The pastor Of the church, the Rev.
J. H. Schick, preached the sermon, and
President Roosevelt made the following
address:
shall ask your attention to three lines Of
the dedication canticle: Serve the Lord with
gladness; enter into His gates with thanks
giving, and into His courts with praise. Who
shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or
who shall stand In His holy placer He that
hath clean hands. and pure heart; who hath
not lifted up his soul unto vanity. nor sworn
deoeitfully"
Three better lines could surely not be
brought into any dedication service OF a
church; and 1t Is happy thing that we should
have repeated them this morning. This
church Is consecrated 10 the service Of the
Lord. and We can serve Him by the way In
which we serve our fellow men. This church
Is coneecrated to service and duty. 1t was
written OF old that "by their fruits ye shall
know them" and can show the faith that
Ia in us, we can show the sincerity OF our de-
votion. by the fruits We bring forth. The
man who Is not n tender and considerate
husband, a loving and wise father. is not
serving the Lord when he goes to church
A. ~ all bN avn
here. Our being in this church, our COM
munion here with one another. our sitting
under the pastor and hearing from him the
Word Of God. must. II we are sincere. show
the effects In our lives outside.
We OF the Reformed churches have h pecu-
liar duty to perform in this great country
of ours a country still In the making for
we have the duty peculiarly 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 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 1 always take peculiar interest in
the attitude Of our churches toward the imml-
grants who come to these shores. l feel
that we sh ould be peculiarly watchful over
them because Of our own history. because we
our IatneTR came mere unQeT ike tOHultlOnS
Now that we have established ourselves let
us see to II that we, stretch out the hand OF
help, the hand Of brotherhood toward the
possible to sha pc themselves. and to get into
such relations that it will be easy for them to
walk vel Il in. The fopm oi fe duty peculiarly in
cumbent upon us of these Reformed churches
But We are not to he EXCUSED II we selfshly
given to us and do not try to share them with
our poorer fellows coming from every part Of
need NEE T Of the T hepns s I'd often not e ony
meet too many peopl e anxious to associate
with them for their detriment, but too often
too. few anxious to associate with them for
their good.
trust that with the conservation of each
our country, there viii be establish ed a fresh
centre OF effort to get at and to help for their
good the people that yearly come from over
cause Of Christianity, important to the cause
of true national life and greatness here In
mother thing, let Us 50 far as strength l is
given US. make 1t evident TO those VINO look
no. one 81 words merely. that i, tnds szPres,
sion in deeds; One sad. one lamentable phase
used as eloaks FOR the commission OF dreadful
or e OF endeavoT to further the cause OF
brotherhood In the human family: and we
must DO i in such way that the men anxious
Churches Of the United States, in our Church.
may not be able to find 1t by pointing out any
contrast between cur professions and our
lives
This church is consecrated here to-day to
Creator, and to an earnest effort on our part
so TO shape our lives among ourselves and in
relation to the outside world that We may
feel that we have done our part In brin gng a
little nearer the day when there shall be ON
this earth a genuine brotherhood of men.
After the dedication exercises the Presi-
dent returned to the White House for
luncheon, and then he and Mrs. Roosevelt
went for long drive in the northwest
suburbs of Washington. Their daughter
Ethel, who attends the Cathedral School
near Tenallytown, went with them as far
as the school.