The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

Hold Their Meetings.
L have found some good men among
the rich and 1 want to impress upon
you this one fact that nothing is such
cheap claptrap as the talk that all the
rich are bad and al the poor are good"
Before an audience that increased every
moment Of his speech and dwindled rap
idly when the address was concluded,
the Lord Bishop of London talked for
twenty minutes yesterday morning to
the Brotherhood of ST. Andrew in Con-
tinental Hall His address. evidently
extemporaneous and heartfelt, made a
deep impression on his hearers, not so
much because it was pretentious or ora
tortcaI. but because ii was simple and
direct and eloquent
When the bishop appeared i'm the hail.
the entire assembIage rose 10 its feet
paying him that silent respect, instead
Of bursting into cheers. Declining the
use OF the Presidents carriage, he had
walked from the White House, accom-
panied by Snas AIcBee, editor of the
Churchman; President Houghteling. of
the convention, and Rev. Dr. Anderson,
the chaplain.
Garb Attracts Attention.
He was clad IN the usual manner Of
an Anglican divine. with knee-breeches
and Roman collar, but distinguished
from his fellows by the gold cross which
hung on his breast and the episcopal
ring.
The lord bishop gives no impression
of Drawn.
When he arose, at the request of Pres
ident Houghteling, after having spent
some moments in silent prayer the as
semblage appIauded him to the echo,
and it was five minutes before he raised
his hand TO quiet them.
Glad to Be Here.
He expressed his delight at being able
TO come TO America. and to Washington,
and 10 meeting Of the Brotherhood es-
peclally since-aud the bishops eyes
twinbled-he had been offered 500 and his
expenses TO go elsewhere Before laying
down the cardinal qualifications necessary
for influence upon others. the bishop
asked his hearers TO Keep in mind that
il was the unconscious influence that
every man eNerted. rather than the con-
sci0Us influence. which really counts.
He said further that there was no
member Of the brotherhood who did not
exert some influence, either good or bad
What I mean by the influence Of a
man among men," ne said. is the
amount of conscious or unconscious good
that he does by the influence Of his ex-
ample. The scope Of conscious influence
is indniJesimai when compared with un-
conscious influence. I know for myself
that ] usually make a most awful mess
of 1t when 1 tly consciously 10 Influence
any one. ] also know by many examples
that / have reached further and better
in almost all directions when l was least
aware of it,
Must Be straightforward.
THE first secret of a mans influence
among his fellows is that he must be alb
solutely straight and straightforward.
TINS is one of the first qualifications Of
your President, with whom 1 have had
three or four hours Of most interesting
conversation during the past two days.
The second secret is that a man must not
have too good an opinion of himself. The
boys at school at college, and the men
on the street viii have no use for a man
who is consumed with his own impor-
tance. In England we express it by say
ing a man must have no side. Since COM
ing to your city / have learned that you
express the same thing by saying a man
must have no frills.
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humOr. The fourth is the possession Of
q serious object in life-seriousness at the
bottom Of character-and the fifth is sym
pathy. The last and crowning secret for
one who would have influence with his
fellow-man. is faith. People who cannot
believe in anything always turn TO the
man Of faith iu time of stress"
At the conclusion of his address the
bishop was escorted 10 the White House,
where ne took luncheon yesterday, and
afterward was driven 10 the Episcopal
residence Of Bishop Satterlee.
Conducts Question Box.
The prayer at last nights meeting was
pronounced by J. Pointz Tyler, Arch
deacon Of Virginia, who was followed by
Hubert Carleton, general secretary Of the
ing Question-boX, which has been the fea-
ture Of many conventions in other
places Mr.. Carleton invited all sorts OF
questions regarding the work of the
brotherhood and answered them with an
alacrity which astounded the audience
Some Of his replies were serious, others
witty, but all were to the point, He de-
veloped clearly the reasons for the broth
erhood. and the need Of it. and seemed to
have no difficulty in making clear all
doubts as % the work of the organization.
The forward movement under the
craftsmanship of w N Kline was next
taken up, and after a speech by John
NJ Locke. Of New York, urging gener-
Gus support the contribution cards were
passed. Up to last night $l,7S0 had been
collected during this convention, maxi
ing a total of S1l,2Sl now ready for DIS
tribUtion.
Rev. Mr. sill speaks.
Rev. +. Il. sill. o. II. c., West Park,
y. Y. then spoke on The boy and
church" and said that the boys were
the strength OF the church, and that 10
them alone the church in America could
look for her future. The meeting was
closed by prayer by Rev. Mr.. Sill
At q meeting of the United States
Council at the Ebbitt House after the
conference last night. the present Of
fcers were unanimously reelected. They
were: Robert II. Gardiner, of Boston.
president; II. W. English. Of Pittsburg.
vice PRESIDENT w. NJ Kline. Of Phila-
delphia. vice president; c. c. PaysOn.
OF Brookline, Mass, treasurer, and HUI
bert Carleton. general secretary.
Devotional exercises marked the onap-