The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-03-01

They sang his favorits hymn, How
Firm Foundation" He sang. too, in hi
glorious. free way. Then they smiled
farewell al one another-he. the outgo-
ng President Of the United States; they
his Observation-Disclosures Of the erase Re
formed Church.
Nothing in his religious fellowship SC
became him as the leaving OF Il Il was
Mr. ROoseveIts last DAY Of worship as
President. and he observed IL with sim
pIicity and dignity. The church observed
Z ia the same mood
Makes No Reference.
Rev. John N. SchIck, pastor preacher q
good old-fashioned gospel sermon, as IS
his custom He did not refer in any way
10 the occasion. or 20 its significance. He
preserved the religious chastity Of MS
emple, as he has always done.
But those who followed the iitsny found
little collect fmbedded in the ritual not
indeed. extemporized, but spoken with
that unmisJakable emotional emphasis
which gave touch OF beauty 10 the IN
spoken farewell Il was a prayer that
sod may lock after him who is about
20 leave and go into strange lands.
That vas all
The President greeted few members
NJ the church personally. and then has
tened away. A crowd thronged the side
walk. He bowed his way through II
snilingly. He left the chapel where he
hss woTshiped in the eight years Of his
Presidency without any ostentstion or
formality.
In ali the eight years the President has
been faithful worshiper. He has prob
sbly not missed q half dozen services in
any one season. Bonds Of affection have
sprung up between him and the church
people, who are, for the most part. far
away from his life as President. He
brought to the church his wholesome air
II democracy and made himself az home
among the sturdy class OF GOd-fearing
men and women which he found within il.
Plain Sermon Preached.
He heard a plain, Straightforward Cos
pei preached-the kind which he prob
ably prefers The church has never ex-
plotted his membership. II has deliber-
ately sought the background. President
Roosevelt was welcomed 20 its fellowship
IN a Christian way, without any thought
Of taking advantage OF hts rank.
The pastor OF the church prides himself
Hpon the fact that be has not preached q
sermon. or even 2 paragraph OF a ser
mon, which he would not have preached
lad the President not been in attendance.
He has never referred 10 public ques-
tons. IS so many lstteT-day ministers are
doing He has never sought to hatter the
President. nor 10 bring confusion upon
his enemies The Bible vas large enough
for him. The fashions OF the day found
20 Judgment in the church.
our church has been essentially q
church Of the common people since its be
ginning in Switzerland SAYS Dr. Schick.
It Is the church OF the Presidents an
cestors- I think our present church rvpi-
fed 70 a large degree the early spirit OF
our denomination 7 believe the President
found IN Il a congenial religious atrnos-
Phere, and I know he Is a deeply re-
hgious man.
Taft at All SouIs'.
PTesidsnt-elect Taft attended services
yesterday morning in All Souls Unitarian
Church. Fourteenth and L streets north
west Rev Ulysses G. B. Pierce. pastor
of the church, preached Of the JOY and
true happiness 10 be derived from the.
Christian life Dr. Edward Everett Hale
assisted in the services.
The President-elect rode 10 The church
in an automobile from the residence Of W
J. BoaTdnlan, in P street, where he viii
be guest until March T.