The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-17
ROOSEVELT TO THE HOLY NAME
HE GREETS HUNDREDS OF CATHO-
Lies IN STRENUOUS SPEECH.
First MAN to PUT Down Contribution for
tho Erection OF Catholic Church I'm
Oyster BAy--"Lirc TO he worth Living
Must he a Life OF Active and Hard Work"

Oyster BAy--"Lire 10 He worth Llyinl
Must he Life OF Active and Hard Work
OYSTER BAY, Aug. 18.-President Roose
welt delivered an address hero this after
noon on american Manhood" before NOR
than two Thousand members Of the Hol.
Name Society from Brooklyn and othe
parts Of Long Island. The Brooklyn con
tingent brought the boys band from thu
St. John Orphan Asylum All fell In lin'
at the railroad station and, headed by thu
band and the members Of the Oyster Bay
branch, marched up Main street to thu
Catholic Church. Seventy branch societies
were represented in the march
The procession, after it had got TO the
church, turned into vacant field opposite
Secret Service men were stationed at the
gate and they refused to pass anybody
who didn't have II badge. The Secret
Service men were assisted by half a dozen
Central Office men from New York In the
field near a knoll was a covered platform
decorated with flags. About twenty men,
bers OF the clergy sat on the platform
So, also, did Miles O'Reilly. He was cheered
loudly when he came in
When the Presidents carriage drove up
after everybody was in the field. there was
n great display of enthusiasm. Everybody
cheered, the men waved their hats and the
knoll was white with futtering handker-
chiefs. The President acknowledged the
greeting and then the Rev. Father Powers,
pastor of st. Dominic's Church here, in
troduced him. Among other things Father
Powers said that Mr.. Roosevelt had the
esteem of every Catholic because OF his
honesty and his Justice to all. This state
ment was received with cheers and crys OF
"Yes, yes" The President said:
VERY REV. DEAN, REV. CLERGY, AND
You OF THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY: / count
myself fortunate in having the chance to
say word to you to-day, and at the outset
let me. Father Power, on behalf of my
neghbors, yonr congregation, welcome
Won here to Oyster Bay. l have a partial
right to Join in that welcome myself, for
it was my good fortune in the days Of
Father Powers predecessor, Father Bel
ford. to be the first man to put down a
small contribution for the erection OF the
church here. Applause
II am particularly glad to see such a
society as this flourishing, as your society
has tiourished, because the future welfare of
our nation depends upon the way in which
we can combine in our men-in our young
men-decency and strength Applause.
just this morning. when attending service
on the great battleship Kearsarge, listened
to sermon addressed to the officers and
enlisted men Of the navy, in which the
central thought was that each American
must be n good man or he could not be a
good citizen. And one of the things dwelt
upon in that sermon was the fact that a
man must be clean of mouth as well as
clean Of life--must show by his words as
we'll IA by his actions his fealty to the
Deity and to the Saviour il he is to be what
we have right to expect from men wear
Ing the national uniform. Applause
I'VE have good Scriptural authority for
the statement that it is not what comes
into mans mouth, but what goes out Of
IL that counts. I am not addressing weak
lings, or I should not take the trouble to
come here. am addressing strong, vigor-
GUS men who are engaged in the active. hard
work OF life; and life to be worth living
must be life of active and hard work.
arm speaking to men engaged in the hard,
active work of life, and therefore men
who will count for good or for evil, and it
is peculiarly incumbent upon you who have
strength to set right example to others.
| ask you to remember that you cannot
retain your self-respect if you are loose and
foul Of tongue, that man who is to lead
clean and honorable life must inevitably
suffer if his speech likewise is not clean
and honorable.
Every man here knows the temptations
that beset all of us in this world. At times
any man will slip. l do not expect per-
fection, but I do expect genuine and sincere
effort toward being decent and clearly in
thought, in word and in deed. Applause
As said at the outset, hail the work of
this society as typifying one Of those forces
which tend to the betterment and uplift-
ing OF our social system. Our whole effort
should be toward securing a combination
Of the strong qualities with those qualities
which we term virtues in the breast OF every
good citizen
Il expect you to be strong l would not
respect you il you were not | do not
want to see Christianity professed only by
weaklings, I want to see it a moving spirit
among men of strength | do not expect
you to loose one particle Of your strength
or courage by being decent On the con-
trary, should hope to see each man who
IL a member Of this society. from his mem
bership in il, become all the filter TO do the
rough work Of the world all the filter to
work in time of peace. and il, which may
heaven forefend, war should come, all the
liter to fight in time OF war. Applause.
Il desire to see in this country the decent
men strong and the strong men decent:
and until we get that combination in pretty
good shape we are not going to be by any
means as successful as we should be. There
il always a tendency among very young
men, and among boys who are not quite
young men as yet. to think that to be wicked
il rather smart; it shows that they are men
Oh, how often you see some young fellow
who boasts that he is going TO see life,
meaning by that that he is going to see that
part of life which il a thousand fold better
If it remains unseen! l ask that every
man here constitute himself his brothers.
keeper by setting an example to that
younger brother which will prevent him
from getting such false estimate Of life
az that.
Example is the most potent of all things.
If any one OF you in the presence OF younger
boys, and especially the younger people of
your own family, misbehaves yourself
il you say coarse and basphemous language
before them, you can be sure that these
younger people will follow your example
and not your precept. II is no Use to preach
to them II you do not act decently YOUR |
self You have got to feel that the most
effective way in which you can preach is
by your practice.
Just as I was driving up here a friend
who was with us said that in his experience
the boy who went out into life with foul
tongue was apt 80 to 90 because his kins-
folk, at least his intimate associates, them
sla.lxf hnI fnnaI TON De-.