Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28
FIXES HIGH STANDARD
BISHOP POTTER TALKS TO THE
NAVAL CADETS.

ANNAPOLIS. Md, January 2S-Right
Rev. Henry Goldman Potter Episcopal
bishop of New York, preached before the
brigade Of midshipmen and large congre-
cation at the chapel exercises at the Naval
Academy yesterday. In addition to over
700 midshpmen, there was present large
congregation, composed of naval officers on
duty at the academy, with members of their
families and friends, and a number of resi-
dents Of Annapolis Among those present
were Mrs Edwin Warfield, wife of the gov
ernor of Maryland, and Col. Oswald Thigh
man. secretary of state and Mrs. Thigh
man.
Special music was furnished for the oc-
casion by the choir, composed of twenty
five midshipmen, and Prof Charles A.
Zimmerman, leader of the Naval Academy
under the direction of the leader. Mdship-
man Stephen B. Mckinney of Knoxville,
Tenn, and 1t never sang to better advan-
tage. Among the musical numbers were
solos by Harold def. Burdick of Lawrence,
Kan, and William B. Piersol of Philadel-
phia.
Bishop Potter selected as his theme for
the sermon THE Fishers of Men, the text
being from Matthew iv 1880:
'And Jesus, walking by the sea of Cali
lee saw two brethren, Simon, called Peter,
and Andrew. his brother, casting net into
the sea, for they were fishers. And he
make you fishers of men. And they
straightway left their nets and followed
him."
Bishop Potter spoke of the power that
one man may exert over another. Address
ing his remarks particularly to the mid
shipmen, he said:
Individual Power.
''There never was a man who did not
find another whom he held as an ideal;
that's the kind of youth we want to repro
duce That goes on all through life and
human nature. And what I want you to
realize Isl the vast power that each one
carries with him and how you can give to
another life a turn one way or another
Does it occur to YOU he continued,
that Andrew held the future character
of Peter in his hand? You are settling the
question of your intellects. Your relations
with one another are the same as were
those of older men in college. You per-
haps know 10000 persons casually and a
half dozen intimately; that is, those who
are congenial; and there are other con-
ditions that bind you together"
In conclusion Bishop Potter said:
This country wants in its public service
the illustration of the higher virtues and
self-restraint and men of uprighteousness
and power"
At the conclusion of the service Bishop
Potter greeted a number Of the -congre-
cation.
1t was largely through the efforts of Mid
shipman Charles E. Hovey of Portsmouth,
N. H., president of the Naval Academy
Young Mems Christian Association, that
Bishop Potter decided to come to Annapolis
yesterday.
The Afternoon Service.
An unusually large congregation was
present at the afternoon service in St.
Anne's Episcopal Church. at which Bishop
Potter again preached. Rev. Joseph p.
McComas and Rev James H. Smiley rec.
tor and assistant rector, respectively, and
Chaplain Henry H. Clark of the Naval
Academy, assisted in the services.
The bishop preached from text made
up from St. Paurs first epistle to the Ephe-
SLAMS, verses 16 and II, and the fourth
episte of st. Paul to the Corinthians
m:i-7.
This sermon was upon the superiority Of
the Christian religion to the other religious
systems of the world. The advantages he
pointed out were it's doctrine of the father
hood Of God and it's appeal to the con-
sciences of men.