Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-11
bless the people as they had been blessed
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MI. Macfarland,s Address

+ Commissioner Macfarland then smoke Az
ter offering the congratulations of the Dis
trtct government he said:
Twenty-Five mlIionL America MS more
than fourth OF our population march UNI
der the banner of John Wesley Yet 1t is
hardly more than a century since that
great spirit went home =. Gentleman
scholar, saint, practical reformer great
organizer, marvellous preacher, who took
the world for his parish, he has drawn to
follow him as he followed Christ on every
continent, vast hosts greater than all his
hopes $3.50
They have been and they are mighty
force In the development of our own coun-
try. Pioneers, state builders inventors,
soldiers, men of affairs, they have had
great part in our material progress, con-
tributing presidents generals, admirals,
judges, governors, senator's, representatives.
merchant princes, industrial captains and
notable lawyers, practical doors of things.
But, like their great leader they have COM
bined with this a far more important serv-
ice in their contribution to the spiritual
life and progress Of the nation, furnishing
great preachers and teachers, practical
idealists, who made the unseen real and
present, brought out the true values of this
world, allured to brighter worlds and led
the way. This. like Wesleys work of the
same sort, is priceless. Our best critics
at home and abroad see now more keenly
than ever that we do not need to be urged
to acquisition and achievement in material
things, and that there is no danger that we
shall not grasp and get all that We ought
to have individually or as nation
of wealth and power. Our danger is that we
shall become absorbed in the pursuit of
these things, that we shall be content with
primacy among the nations, with unparal-
leled riches and unexampled authority, and
forget that there is anything else.
ut is not true, as some of our foreign
critics say, that already we have lost our
spiritual life, and that the cynical, sordid
face given Uncle Sam by the cartoonists
oil rEo aatn ptrf
we were all like some of our fellow citizens
who, unfortunately, are sufficiently con-
spicuous to catch the foreign eye, that
would be true of us. As citizens. as lovers
of our country we give honor and gratitude
to the Methodist Church for its testimony
and it's example, mnistering to the life of
the spirit nourishment and inspiration We
| can measure our obligation to the churches
| by the thought of what all else would be
| worth If the soul of the nation was dead.
| We do we'll to rejoice today with You who
| have raised here in the heart of the nation
| al capital, on this beautifui avenue, soon,
| hope to have a worthier name than 18th
| street, a new Foundry Church, which, by
| a happy coincidence, reminds us of that
| famous Foundry Church In London, where
| Wesley first housed the Methodist Society,
! and preached the gospel Of peace on the
| spot where cannon had been cast.
"Your edifice, like your founder and his
| church, stands broad and strong on the
| firm earth, points all men plainly to higher
| and regard of every man and woman"
The Formal Exercises.
| Bishop Hamilton spoke. briefly before
| beginning the dedieatory service, saying
| that the church did notfIwant members
| rich in money, but rich IN those attfl-
| butes that will builduup. the church life
The opening words of the ritualistic
dedicatory service were read by the pas
tor, Mr. Moore. The church was present.
| ed to be dedicated by President Addison
| M Smith of the board OF trustees, and
Bishop Hamilton made the declaration
| and read the dedieatory prayer.
The sermon in the evening was preach
| ed by Rev. Dr. Adams of Brooklyn. Miss
Wahly and Mr.. Lawson sang a duet, IN
sprer and Hearer of Prayer and Mr.
Butterworth sang Gounod's Hold Thou
NV Hand" At the conservation of six
deaconesses - Miss Florence F. Frost,
| Miss Clara Bell Kehoe, Miss Jean M. Pat
terson Miss Janet f. Kemp, Miss Eliza
| beth Morton and Miss Bertha Sanford
/! the bishop efficiated
This evening service will be held in
| the church and will be known as the Ep
worth League service, when an Epworth
League window will be dedicated. Meet
| fngs in connection with the dedication
will be held every evening this week ex-
cent Saturday evening; and three serv-
1 ices viii be held next Sunday, Rev.
Luther B. Wilson, the former pastor, who
began the church erection, preaching in
The beauty and convenience of the
/ new church was we'll seen yesterday,
when it was filled with people passing to
\ and fro. Phe memorial windows of opal
| glass. brilliant In the morning light.
/ added materially tosthe beauty of the In
terror scene, augmenting the artificial
| light from the sparkling electric bulbs
in the dome.