The Washington herald., 1908-05-17


debt # gratitude b the Methodist ctrcnt riders,
the Methodist pioneer preachers, whose mossment
westward kept pace with the increment o. tne
frontier who shared all the hsrshps in the LIE q
the frontersulan while al the same time minister
ing 10 that fr0ntersnans spiritual nee0s and seeing
that bis pressing material cares snd the hard and
grinding poFerty q his life did not wholly e1-
tEnguish The divine srs within his soul. Such was
your Work IN the past: and yOn work In tns
present is as great FOX the need and oppor'unity
for service widen TIE field Of national interest
widens Il Is not true in this cOantry that the
poor have grown poorer; but II is true that 10 many
sections and particularly IN our large cities the
rch have grown 30 very much richer IS 70 widen
the gnh between the nan of very large means and
the man who makes each days livelihood by that
nciencJ, and deep convictio1. band together for
mutual help, those who do nost TO keep
Tie gulf froEn becoming too vide.
True religion, through church oTsaniz4t tinns
through phiiAnthT0Ede 0EgauizaJOns in al tho heIu
of kindred eadsayor can manifest itself IS effective
ly In the cTJwded and complex life of today as IN
the pioneer yesterdays; and the souls o. men Feed
the light nov. and strive bindiy toward It. a.
they needed it and stroge toward it in the vanished
past.
It is your task to do tho work q The Lord on
the farm and IA the mine, in the countingToom and
the factory in the car shops. and beside ths blast
ing furnaces hIst As Ii VAS the task OF your
spiritual iorbears to Westle for the souls Of the
men and women who dxelt Oh tho stumpdotied
olearinEs IN the wilderness
Looks at the Future.
NO nation in the world has more
right than ours to look with proud con-
ndence toward the future. Nowhere else
has the experiment CT democratic gov.
ernment. of government by the people
and for the people. OF government based
on the principle OF treating each man on
his innate worth as q man, been tried
on so vast a scale as with US: and on
the whole the experiment has been more
successful than anywhere else. More
over, on the whole think It can be said
that we have grown better and not
worse. for If there is much evil. good
also greatly abounds. and if wrong
grows, so in even greater measure grows
the stern sense of right before which
wrong must eventually yield.
1T would be both urmsuly and unwnTaBtsd 70
become fEint-hearted or despairing about the
tons future. Clear-syod and far-sighted men who
are both brave Of heart and cool Of head. while
not for a moment refusing 70 see and aeknowiedge
The many evils around Us. must yet also Zee.
confident assurance that in the struggle We shall
wiz. and not lose that the century that has Just
opened viii see great triumphs for or people
But in The zIrest Way 70 achieYe this triumph Is,
while never losing hope and beiisf IN our progress,
yet st the same time 20 refuse 20 blind ourselves
to what is eEii in the complex play Of the many
forces. working through, and uiih. and Against one
another in the upbuiiding of social structure.
There Is much that tends toward evil as well as
much that tends toward good; and the true patriot
is that man who. without losing faith in the sooa,
does his best % combat the esil - stamp il out
where thst is possible, and st least to minimize
It's results
Prosperity such as ours, necessary
though Il be as the material basis OF
national greatness. inevitably tends 70
undue exaltation OF the merely material
side Of the national character; and We
must largely rely on the efforts OF such
men and women as those ] am address,
ing to build up the spiritual Iife, without
which the material life amounts 10 moth
Ing.
As Eenaztion slcoceds generation the problems
change IN their external shape; cd needs vanish
and Bew needs arise. but It remains true ever
that In the las analysis national greatness naioSal
hsppiness. national S8ccess. depends upon the cnsr
scter Of the individual man and individual
We need socd laws; ws need 20 have these laws
honestly ard fearlessiy administered; We need
wealth We need s1enos and AT Shd all the kin
dred activities that spriug from the cieFeE brain
and Ile deis mana hAi Ea@L q al We he-4 inc
essential qualities thst in their sum make up the
good man ard the good woman most Of all Ne
need that fno and healthy family lifs The lax Of
which makes sny seeming material pgcspezity but a
giitseFing shan.
If the aTerzgn man IS have and hard EuTknE and
clean-liTinE II tho average has the qualities
which make good wife and good mother, II each
has gelfEespec and II each realizes that the great
est thing IA life Is the chance 70 DO serTice-Ehy.
then the future q the nation is secure We CAP
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womanhood without eosdsEaaing what Is evil We must
condemn the man who Is either brutal and vicious.
or weak and coEanily; the man who fails tG DO bis
duty by the public, who is q bad nsighboT, an
dier, an incouSdeTats and selfish husband, a neg
leetful father
Apropos to Woman.
so also We must condemn the woman
who. whether from coWardice OF cold
ness, from selfish love OF ease or from
lack OF all true womanly quality. re-
fuses to do Alright her great and allies
sential duties Of wifehood and mother
hood. We admire a good man; but we
admire a good woman more. We believe
In her more. All honor is due the man
who does his full duty in peace, who as
a soldier does his full duty IN war; but
even more honor is due the mother. No
human being has a greater title 10 re-
spect than the mother who does her full
duty. who bears and rears plenty Of
healthy children. so that there shall be
national growth and not national de-
cadence, so that IN quality and In guam
tity our people shall increase. The meas
ure Of our belief in and respect for the
good man and the good woman must be
the measure OF our condemnation OF the
man and the woman who, whether from
yic!ousness or selfshness or from vapid
folly. falls TO do each his or her duty in
his or her special sphere.
Courage unselhshness. common sense. devotion TO
high ideals proper oaTs for the things of the
spirit, and yet also for the things Of the body-
these are what we most need TO see IN OuT people
these The qualities that make Up the rght type
Of family life: and these ere the qualities that by
precspt and by example you here, EhOm am ad-
dressing. are bound 20 DO al in your power 10
make the typical qualities Of American citizenship.
At the conclusion Of his address. the
President announced that owing TO an
other engagement It would be impossible
for him to hold the reception IN the Col
lege OF History, as had been planned
There were cries for Mrs. Roosevelt from
the audience. and she stepped to the front
Of the stand and bowed her acknowledg-
ment, to the plaudits Of the throng.
Several selections were given by the
Temple Quartet. after which Senator ]. P.
Dolliver, of Iowa, addressed the body.
Address by DoIIIveF.
In part, the Senator said:
1T is a very great pleasure TO psrtiei-
pate with you in the exercises of this
hour. On behalf OF the trustees OF the
university desire to express their appre-
citation that the General Conference has
thought 1t fitting, In the midst OF its de-
alterations. TO visit this spot and see the
foundations Of the institution which the