The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-13
PULPIT GRACED
BY ROOSEVELT
Meeting of American
Tract Society.
JUSTICE BREWER PRESIDED
CHARACTERISTIC SPEECH or
THE PRESIDENT.

var ASHINGTON, March u. - The
Wv Washington meeting of the
American Tract society was
held today in the presidents
church, the Grace Reformed church.
Rev. Mr.. Schick, pastor, Justice
Brewer, honorary vice president,
presided and made a brief address set
ting forth the important work carried
forward by the society. President
Roosevelt delivered the address and the
Rev. Judson Swift, field secretary at
New York, made a report.
The report stated that the society
would celebrate it's eighth anniversary
in May next; that the immigrants were
coming to the United States in inCreaS-
ing numbers, and if the average for
the last few months continued, the
million mark would be reached for the
year. The SOciety'S cOlpOrterS are
among the converted foreigners. They
meet them on arrival and follow them
to their homes and places of employ
ment. distributing Christian literature
in the language or dialect which they
speak.
The call for the societies special and
UNIQUE work, the report says is great
er than ever before in its history, and
it's resources are greatly OvertaXed. A
most earnest appeal is made for in
creased gifts.
RooseveIt's Speech.
The president spoke as follows:
q am glad, on behalf of this church,
to say Amen to the appeal that has
been made by DR.. Swift on behalf of
the great society. Mr. Justice, you
quoted the advice of a poet, to be
doors rather than dreamers.' In the
book of all books. there is a sentence
to the same effect: BE ye doors of the
word. and not hearers only
Let us show ourselves today doors
of the word, uphOlders in fact of what
has been preached to us by DR.. Swift.
should ever keep before it as one of
the chief parts of its duty that of
caring in all ways. but especially in
spiritual ways, for the people who come
to us from abroad
1.-THE United States government does
endeavor TO do its duty by the immi-
grants who come to its shores. But
unless people have had some expert
ence with the dangers and difficulties
surrounding the newly arrived immi-
grant they can hardly realize how
great they are.
Temptation of immigrants.
He is exposed to innumerable temp
tations, innumerable petty expressions,
on almost every hand; and unless
someone is on hand to help him he lit
orally has no idea where to turn. No
| greater work can be done by a phil
anthropic or religious society than to
stretch out the helping hand to the
man and the woman who come TO this
] country to become citizens and the
parents of citizens, and therefore TO
do their part in making for the future
/ of our land. If we do not take care OF
1 them: if we do not try to uplift them
| then as sure as fate our own children
will pay the penalty. If we do not
/ see that the immigrant and the chill
| dren of the immigrant are raised up.
most assuredly the result will be that
our own children and children'S chill
dren are pulled down. Either they viii
rise or we shall sink. The level of well
| being in this country viii be a level
! for all of US. We cannot keep that
| level down for a part and not have il
| sink more or less for the whole IL we
/ raise it for d part. we shall raise it
! to a certain extent for the whole
| Therefore it means much, not merely
/ TO the immigrants. but to every good
/ American, that there should be at Ellis
| island the colporters of this society
| and the representatives Of other re-
| Iigious and philanthrOpic societies, tc
| try to care for the immigrants body
| and above all to try to care for the i'm
migrants soul
First Duty of Man.
at is, OF course. unnecessary to say
that the things of the body must bS