The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-07-16
PRAISES
THE MEN WHO TOLL
DURING THE SUMMER
HAS 4 GOOD WORD FOR THOSE
WIG CAN'T GO TO The
SEASHCRE.
HELPS LAY A CORNERSTONE
Thinks The Church Should Mean
Something Mere Than Place For
Taxing a Small Dose Of Religion
Once : Week.

WASHINGTON, July 12.-In assist
ing Sunday to lay the cornerstone OF
a church which has for a part OF its
equipment a gymnasium, a swimming
pool. bowling alleys and club rooms,
President Taft took occasion to pay
tribute to the civil employees of the
Government, who being compelled to
remain in washington while the Pres
ident goes 10 the seashore and legls'
lators seek their vacations, carry on
the work of the Government.
The President also spoke of the
wisdom of providing rational amuse'
ment as a part of church work, thus
making religion a welcome part OF
life and not something ito be i'm
proved only once in seven days and
then to be taken in as small a dose
as possible.
The church is to be known as the
Ingram Memorial Congregational of
which DR.. ]. w. Frizzell is the pastor.
President Taft, who is a Mason and
who at a recent cornerstone laying in
this city worked for nearly fifteen
minutes in spreading mortar all over
the surface upon which the big gran
lite block was to rest, was somewhat
disappointed when he found that his
only function was to place in position
and seal to the stone metal box con-
tanning photographs of himself, of the
Master and various records and trink-
ets.
Il am an accomplished Mason" pro-
tested the President.
Dr.. Frizzell laughingly replied that
the church did not want to take any
chances and had had the stone set
before the President took charge.
"As l understand the plan of this
church." said the President, lit is to
make religion a part of the life OF
those who are members of the church.
ii is to furnish rational amusement.
1t is to make the church so attractive
bv reason of it's social qualities, by
reason of offering an opportunity for
physical exercise, for intellectual ex-
ercise. that those who are members
of it shall regard religion as a neces-
e M u
regard as something a part to be i'm
proved once every seven days and
then to be taken in as small doses
as possible and still conform to the
religious law. ! am glad to know, to
see and to believe that all churches
in a way not so complete as this plan
indicates are adopting the view that
there is nothing inconsistent be-
tween religion and duty and happi-
ness and rational amusement, and
that the union of all of them is not
something that is repellent to the real
religious soul"
1t was well, the President said, that
the church was established in Wash
ington, the seat of the Government of
the country. He said he did not mean
the President and the Cabinet,nor the
Senate, nor the House of Representa-
tives.
There is something" he said, that
goes to make up this Government as
machine that continues to operate
when the President goes to the sea
coast and the Senate and the House
go home and when the members OF
the Cabinet disappear in various
directions from this somewhat heat
ed temperature, and that is the Gov
eminent of the civil seryants-train'
ed civil servants, who know how
things ought to be done and through
! whose agency the Government will
be carried on from now until the
end of time, as l hope.
They are a trained body of SER
wants who are willing, for a reason
able compensation, sometimes much
too low, to give out what Is best OF
them to the carrying on of this Gov
eminent in an honest, effective way
men who are philosophers enough
to know that by the enjoyment OF
small salary, if they rid themselves
from the worry and the corroding
effect of mercenary ambition, they
can get more happiness out of life
in seeing their families grow, in the
education of their children, than by
aspiring to be millionaires and plu-
tocrats.'
AS memorial to his son, who
died several years ago. o. II. I'M
gram, of Eau Claire, Wis, in 1907
gave 100000 toward the building of
this church.
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