New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-07
WILSON HEARS A PLEA
FOR COMMONPLACE MEN
Listens to Short Sermon by
Youthful Pastor of Historic
Old South Church.
SPENDS A RESTFUL SUNDAY
President Hopes to Visit Golf
Links To day, and May Take
an Automobile Trip to
Dartmouth College.

From a stan Correspondent OF The Tribune
Cornish, y. H., July 6.-Vigorously
swinging a big palm leaf fan TO and
fro in an earnest endeavor to keep cool,
President Wilson sat for more than an
hour This morning in the Old South
Congregational Church here, during
which he heard the Rev. John F..
Schneider, the youthful pastor, urge
that those who hold exceptional places
in this world should not forget the
commonplace. as one could not get
along without the other.
II was hot in the little church, and it
was hintcd that the pastor purposely
kept his sermon within fifteen minutes
So that the Presidential party might not
suffer TOO much from the heat. The
President was accompanied by Mrs.
Wilson. Miss Jessie Wilson and her
fianc1. Francis B. Sayre; Miss Eleanor
Wilson. Mr.. and Mrs Tedcastle and
Or. Cary Grayson
The President began his first Sunday
at his new summer home by arising
about . o'coit, and after breakfast he
motored TO the church, which is about
three miles from Harlakenden. About
one hundred members of the cOngrega-
ton watched the President with more
or less awe during the services, and
even the minister showed traces Of
nervousness one thing which pleased
the President. however. was the abb
sence of a large crowd. for il seemed as
il the whole population OF Windsor goes
TO church at the same time. 4 score of
photographers were on hand, however.
and while the President showed some
Irritation at first he speedily regained
his good spirits.
The Rev Mr.. Schneider said in his
sermon that IL was the faithful pei
formance of commonplace duties which
enabled men to accomplish the excep
tional Without homely tasks great
things would be impossible. The COM
monplace man, he asserted, might get
along without the exceptional man, but
the exceptional man had to depend
upon the faithfulness of commonplace
men 10 enable him TO carry out his
great work.
Although the church is Congrega-
tlonal the President and his party par
took of communion. The pastor, how
ever. read the Presbyterian communion
service, the opening prayer of which
was written by the Rev. Dr.. Henry van
Dyke, whom the President recently APP
pointed Minister to the Netherlands.
The Old South Church is one of the
historic New England edifices. II was
built in 1T0S. The pastor, the Rev. Mr..
Schneider has been here only a week,
and to-day's service was the second he
had conducted at the old South.
The President spent the greater part
of the afternoon resting at Harlaken
den, couple OF heavy showers having
produced a degree OF GOODNESS. The
rest of the Wilson family, with the eX-
ception of Miss Jessie Wilson, went au
tomobillng. Miss Jessie, with Francis
b. Sayre, strolled about the grounds
for a while and then went for drive
in natty phaeton, Mr.. Sayre holding
the reins over a high stepping horse.
The President, accompanied by the
members of his family, who had re-
turned home, went on short motor
trip about q o'clock to sharpen his ap-
petite for dinner.
IL is the intention of the President TO
spend a part OF tomorrow on the golf
links IL the weather is fine. The near
es thinks is at Woodstock, but F. ID.
Kennedy. OF Boston. a retired cracker
manufacturer, has a fine estate here
on which is a private golf links 1t
was undecided this evening as to which
one Mr. Wilson would use.
Dartmouth College, at Hanover.
y. H., is only twenty-four miles from
here, and it was said that If opportu-
nifty offered the President would motor
there tomorrow. The summer school
at Dartmouth opens tomorrow and a
large number of students are there.