The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-16
THE ORANGES.
BLOOMFIELD.
MONTCLAIR
PRAISES ROOSEVELT
SAYS He is TYPE OF MAN
NEEDED TODAY.
Rev. DR.. John Mcdowell Speaks Before
Mems Club of East Orange
Church.

The present financial situation was
touched upon and a tribute paid to Presi-
dent Roosevelt last night by speakers at
he annual dinner of the Mems Club, OF
Arlington Avenue Presbyterian Church,
Fast Orange. The type of man said to pc
most needed at the present day was vivid
ly described by the Rev. DIR. john Nc
Dowell. of the Park Presbyterian Church.
this city. and awakened considerable ap-
rlause. His sentiments We're echoed py
the Rev. William Warren Giles, OF East
Orange, and Jonn Lenord Merrill, or the.
same city. who followed.
An unexpected feature of the evening
was the introduction to the club of Lin
coin e. Rowley by the Rev. DIR. John M.
Thomas, pastor. "as the City Clerk, and
whom l understand to be the next Mayor
of East Orange" This declaration received
a warm response, and gave strength 10 u
rumor current in the city for some tlhe
that Mr.. Rowley was expected TO pc a
prominent candidate for the hepupnsan
mayoralty campaign next. year. Inc Sies
Clerk bowed an acknowledgment 10 uS
greeting, but said nothing. -
eReplying to a query of what is 1ne
crying and imperative need of today, saio
DR.. Mcdowell, some men might say
money, yet / believe we have as muen
money as ever, Others would coIieeive
it TO be organization, power, ye' and and as a
,as,7lt have agieantic power. Some would
say opportunity, yet | believe II Is acme
of these things. lido
wealth and seize the opportunity laying
on all sides of us. It's the crying neeu
today of every realm of life, lncludlnS
notifies is il not true that the polltlcai
need of today is men, men VINO VIII
stand squarely ON the Issues OF me- Ihen
who will stand s~quarely on then plat
forms? 4ha
religious world. There was a time Wnen
people believed religion was all IN tne
feminine gender. 1t is now the demano ol
religion that men shall have a snare III
il The man who fills the bill must be a
man of vision. one who cannot only see
thifgs, but see through things. And now
very imperative is the need TO-DAY IN rnao
financial distress. We also need tne i ~
of knowledge and the man of action. Inc
man of theory has had his innings.
9TH man in the White House IS a man
made mistakes. but who does not MAX
a mistake. Our problem IS the Jolhlhs
together of theory and practise, ana we
reed a man of u~nswerving, principles am
who will make his principles known, Al
of these things are found in a CHRISTIAN
man. We believe these qualities Will come
and they are coming through une 's na,st
ings of the church, and the chureh must
produce for itself and country the Type
Of a man described
Mr.. Giles believed there never before WE
II DGIlti IAliiC HAAoh
waited men who know how to think than
the present. He advised his hearers not
TO worry themselves about panics, and be-
iieved il was a good thing to see water
squeezed out of corporations. In 1910, he
said, people would look back on 1907 and
wonder why they allowed themselves TO
be worried.
DR.. Thomas told Of his leaving next sum,
mer to become a college president, and
said the nation depends IN the man in the
fields, and he intended going back to Yer
nf9nt and trying to build up young men IN
trat state to become future leaders.
Mr.. Merrill said that in his opinion the
church is not coming down TO the masses
sufficiently, and that there was just as
Important work to be accomplished here
as In The foreign missionary fields -.
The affair was attended by many pol1ti-
cal leaders of the city, including Council,
man Edward s. Pierson and Samuel
Whinnery, who has been elected a member
of the Board of Education from the Second
Ward. High compliments were paid to the
leadership of DIR. Thomas and the work he
has accomplished for the church.