The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-10-25
RELIGIOUS FAITH
OF: PRESIDENT TAFT
REV. Or. JOHN WESLEY HILLS
SERMON IS ELOQUENT ANALY.
Sis OF TAFTs CHARACTER.
FAITH IN GOD AND CHRIST
Praises the Sunday School az an In
stitution Of Greatest. Importance
and Shows His Sympathy for All
Forms of Religious Belief.

Rev. DR.. John Wesley Hill, presi.
dent Of the International Peace Forum
of New York city, recently preached
to large audience at All Souls
church. Chicago. a sermon on "The
Religion of President Taft"
DR.. Hill began by paying a high
tribute to the United States as a
Christian nation, and said that 1t was
a striking testimony to the religious
character Of the American people that
they have always insisted upon the
elevation of devout, conscientious,
cody men to the highest office within
their gift. He asserted that President
Taft met these requirements, stating
that the president had gone farther to
conserve the cause of Christianity in
its home and foreign propaganda, no
less than in the application of its prin-
ciples in social and civil Justice, than
any of his illustrious predecessors.
Born Of godly parents" said DR..
Hill. "and reared in an atmosphere
saturated with the Puritan spirit, his
characte and career rest upon that
religious basis which has developed
his sense of personal accountability
to Gcd, love of truth and justice, sen.
sitiveness to the feelings of others,
reverence for sacred things, adher-
ence to law and order. fidelity to
duty and devotion to the spread of
Christian civilization"
DR.. Hill. discussing President Taft's
religious belief, said that the presi-
dent, as Unitarian, belongs to the
Charming school, believing as clearly
and distinctly in the divinity of Jesus
Christ as did Edward Everett Hale,
whose prayers were always offered in
the name Of Christ. To show that his
faith constantly manifested itself in
Mr.. Taft's public addresses, DR.. Hill
quoted from speech delivered by tho
president ct the Tompkins Avenue
Congregational church, in Brooklyn,
wherein he praised the Sunday school
as IAN institution Of the greatest irr.
portance to our country, where the
lessons of the Bible are unfolded, and
where boys and girls learn Of God and
of Jesus Christ, and 80 lay the foun-
dation of enduring religious character.
DR.. Hill pictured President Taft az
man of simplicity, sympathy and
Christian democracy, who practices
Christianity in helping the poor and
needy, and who. while president Of the
United States. after addressing vast
adience in Carnegie hall. New York,
found time to visit the Bowery Mis-
sion and utter encouraging words to
an audience Of q thousand wretched,
fallen. discouraged and despairiDg
men. DR.. Hill asserted also that
President Taft IL man Of prayer and
that his reliance upon God 10 the Sc
cret Of that great SELF. control which IL
the GROWING virtue Of his characte. (
Dr.. Hills analysis Of the preljdent's
religious belief WAS accompanied BY,
numerous citations from the presi-
dents speech. delivered on various
occasions to religious audiences. He
insisted that there 70 nothing OF big.
otory or intolerance ID the religious
/ life Of President Taft. His address
Of" said Dr.. Hill. breathe the spirit
/ OF Christian catholicity and strive for
union OF all true believers IN sym
patty and loving cooperation. = FIis'
breadth Of religious Views was shown
whom adj dressing TIA catholic summer
school &c Cir Haven. He said, |.
tn "a not = catholl e 3 and Than addsd
that Z. s