The Washington times., 1909-03-07
Persons at All Souls Watch
ing for Auto When He
Suddenly Appears.
ACCOMPANIED BY
BROTHER CHARLES
Leaves Services and Takes Walk
Before Returning to White
House.

President Taft stole a march on
several hundred persons who were
waiting for him outside All Souls
Church this morning by suddenly
appearing among them and walking
calmly into the church with his
brother, Charles P. Taft.
The policeman stationed there
and the church officers were expect
ing the arrival Of the President in
an automobile, and he had almost
entered the edifice escorted by the
Secret Service men, when he was
suddenly recognized. He might have
passed without attracting the at
tention of the crowd had he not re-
moved his hat to salute a friend.
No Demonstration
There was no demonstration along the
street or at the church. but there was
q noticeable craning OF necks when it
became known that the Chief Executive
was in the vicinity.
The President and his brother were
seated four pews back in the church.
They paid close attention 10 the Rev
DR.. U. G. B. Pierce, the pastor, during
the sermon.
The church was crowded with mem
bers and sightseers. They filled all the
seats and the aisles and overfiowed
upon the sidewalks a hundred or
more well-dressed men and women, who
could not obtain admission, were salts
fed TO remain on the sidewalk through
out the service in the hope OF getting
a glimpse of the new Executive.
Takes a Walk.
Mr.. Taft remained until the service
was finished and then passed out
through deep lines Of waiting admirers.
Men and women alike saluted him as he
passed out
On reaching the sidewalk, instead OF
turning toward the White House the
party again elbowed through the crowd
and sauntered across Fourteenth street.
and toward Thomas circle. A large
number of those who had waited out
side the church followed
Everyone who passed recognized the
President and bowed. He returned every
3
At Dupont circle the party entered the
house which Charles p Taft and his
family are occupying.
The President remained there for
more than an hour before returning TO
the White House.
breaches on Reverence.
DR.. Pierce took his text from the fifth
verso of the third chapter of Exodus:
Put off thy shoes from thy feet, for
the place whereon thou standest is
holy ground"
The need of men today, as always,
Is a fine sense of reverence" he said.
''In the haste and press OF life men
are prone TO forget that business is not
the whole Of life. Men were not made
for business. though business has an
honorable place in our affairs. But
these matters are often so engrcssing
that people sometimes forget the end
10 which these things should contribute.
The old word 'woridIinesG' is sometimes
used 10 describe this absorption In
things Of the senses. It is really too
good a word to be so corrupted. To
be worldly should mean the inclusion
OF the whole world, and not merely
the material phases of 1t. For surely
reverence for spiritual realities is en-
titled 10 the leading place in a uni
verse peopled BY spiritual beings. The
nt6n who falls 10 see this is unWorldiy.
because he knows little OF the larger
world which lies beyond his senses. TO
he worldly, in the fuller sense or the
word. should mean the recognition OF Il
world In which material things have
their due place. but which is not ex-
S hausted by these things.
Fighting God
Another element Of reverence is the
recognition Of progress as the law Of
our nature There is something holy IN
the orderly unfolding Of our life 1t is
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