The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-10
HELD
Up AS PROPHET OF
GOD|N WH|TEHOUSE
Newark Clergyman Calls the
President a Beacon Light for
the Whole World to Emulate.
is PREEMINENT AMONG
MEN FOR ALL THAT'S GOOD
Christ, Lincoln and Roosevelt to
Be Chiseled on Tablets of
Time as LiberatOrs.

President Roosevelt was lauded to the
skies, as was also the memory of Abra-
ham Lincoln, yesterday morning in
Emmanuel Reformed Episcopal Church,
Fourth avenue and Broad street, by the
Rev. Robert w. Peach, rector of the
church, in his
Roosevelt, he said, was a man and
pr ophet raised by God for a special
purpose and mission. The President,
he said, stood precminent among men
for ~forcefulness of character and cour-
age of conviction, and he sur
passed all Americans in knowledge Of
national events.
He declared that Roosevelt had saved
the country from ~lawlessness and cor
ruption in business and politics from
running rampant. He characterized
him as being one of the three great
.liberators of mankind-the other two
being Christ and Abraham Lincoln.
Mr.. Peach took his text from Mat
thew xiii, 81:
20 Jerusalem, Jerusalem. thou that
killest the prophets and stonest them
which are sent unto you"
The subject of the sermon was Lin
coin and Roosevelt; Prophets Of God"
Mr. Peach said he considered Abraham
Lincoln the greatest apostle since st.
Paul surrendered his life on Patmos
Isle, and Roosevelt, a prophet raised UP
by God to meet an that
needed a God-raised man to grapple
with.
Contrastcd with Lincoln.
"The condition existing in this coun-
try" said Mr.. Peach, was such that
had not Roosevelt risen in the majesty
of a divine inspiration, and became
the nations chief executive, lawless-
ness and corruption in national and
commercial affairs would have become
rampant. And yet, no man in all con-
temporary history has been more wide
~ slandered in his public life; no man
SO bitterly attacked and hated"
He said that the marvellous insight
of Lincoln was ven surpassed by that
of Roosevelt. Lincoln was greater than
Roosevelt only in that the latter was
more impulsive, easy to give way to
temper. Roosevelt may be a very
deep-loving man." continued DR.. Peach,
but the public does not know it; he
may be a genial and w~arm-hearted
mar among his friends, but it is not
universally known, and because the
general public does not know the man
Roosevelt, it thinks Of and weighs him
only as President, on the scales Of
biased opinion, and has accepted the
opinion and denunciation of unscrupu-
lous politicians as tho true measure of
the nan In honesty, Roosevelt matches
Lincoln; in knowledge Of events he sur
passes any man in America, and in the
knowledge OF the commercial and pollti"
cal situation of the country he sur
passes all Americans, save. ~perchanee,
our present Secretary of War. Greater
is Roosevelt than Emperor Wilhelm;
there is no man in England his equal,
and if the great men of history should
be c~atalogued Roosevelt's name would
stand before Napoleon, Caesar and
even Alexander the Great in forceful
ness OF character and the courage to do
right
Mr.. Peach read several clippings from
the EVENING STARS print Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's message to Congress
and said that for sound philosophy,
warming and exhoftation the message