The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-26

moo to God and to the State" was
.. subiect of an address by President
NV to the 1000 people who at
.5sd the public open air missionary
.,ice at Mount St. Adams this aft
o, an the close of the Cathedral of
saints Peter and Paul.
rh.s President was accompanied by
,,rs Roosevelt, Admiral Dewey and
prg Gen. John NJ. Wilson. After a
a,oCession. led by the Maine Band III
s.ssoehs and cottas. of a choir of 500
,.,i,es The clergy of the diocese of
washington and the bishops Of the An
,,can communions in America. the
9nsnjug prayers were read by Bishop
name Of Albany. The President was
irtroduced by Bishop Satter1ee. The
President spoke, in part, as follows:
Address of the President.
oBishop Satterlee, and to your rep
rAs4ntatives of the church, both at
home and abroad; and to all of you,
,my friends and felloW-citiZens:
II extend greeting, and in your name
sense the guests of the nation to-
dav. In what ] am about TO say to
vol I wish to dwell upon certain
thoughts suggested by three different
mutations: In the first place, Thou
shalt serve the Lord with all thy heart,
with all thy soul and with all thy
mind the next, BE We, therefore, wise
as serpents and harmless as doves;'
and, finally, in the Collect. which you,
Bishop Dolne, just read, that We be-
jng ready, both in body and soul, may,
therefore. accomplish these things
which thou cOmmandest.'
To an audience such as this l do
not have to say anything as to serV-
ing the cause of decency with heart
and with soul | want to dwell, how
ever upon the fact that we have the
right to claim from you not merely
that YOU shall have heart i'm your work,
not merely that you shall put your
souls into it. but that you shall give
the best that your minds have got to
it also.
In the eternal and unending war;
fare for righteousness and against evil
the friends of what is good need to
remember that in addition to being de-
cent they must he efficient; that good
Intentions. high purposes, cannot be
effective and a substitute for power to
make those purposes, those intentions
felt in action We must have the pur-
pose and the intention. If our pow
ers are not guided Alright it is better
that we should not have them at all:
but in addition to being guided Alright,
we must have the power ALSO we must
cultivate the power also.
Doves and SerDents.
In the second quotation, remember
that we are told not merely to be harm
less as doves, but also to be wise as
serpents. One of those Characteristic
humOrists whom this country has de-
veloped and who yelled under jocular
phrases much deep wisdom, one of
those men remarked that it was much
easier to be a harmless dove than a
wise serpent Now, we are not to be
excused if we do not show both quail
ties. 1t is not very much praise to
give a man to say that he is harmless.
We have right to ask that in addi-
ton to the fact that he does no harm
to any one he shall possess the wisdom
and the strength to do good to his
neighbor; that, together with inno-
cence, together with purity of motive,
shall be joined the wisdom and strength
to make that purity effective, that mo-
tive translated into substantial re.
suit.
Finally, in the quotation from the
collect we ask that we may be made
ready both in body and in soul, that
we may cheerfully accomplish those
things that we are commanded to do;
ready both in body and in soul; that
We shall fit ourselves physically and
mentally, fit ourselves by the way in
which We work with the weapons
necessary for dealing with this life no
less than with the higher, spiritual
weapons; fit ourselves thus to do the
work commanded, and, moreover, do it
cheerfully.
Heart Must he in 1t.
Small is our use for the man who
Individually helps any of us and shows
mat ne does it grudgingly We had
Ialher not be helped than be helped
~ mat way. A favor extended in q
manner which shows that the man is
sorry that he has to grant it is rob-