The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-04-01
lHE PRESIDE
Makes ADJ
ekFORE THE BALTht
FERENCE OF THE ME
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

EEloNOl AL MI
|. waehinrton. March 20. Pres IN
'rnson spoke before the Balti ore 81
creme Of the Methodist EpiscopdN
hnreh. south, in annual session here.
Hts appeal was to the nation for
snnort I'm administering his office.
Refefrlnc 10 the dangers Of our mis-
ionaries in some Of the foreign lam
e said in part as follows:
awars will never have any ending
ntil men cease to hate one another'
sase 10 be Jealous Of one another, get
u feeling Of reality in the brother
ood o. mankind, which is the only
ond fhat can make us think justly Of
ne another and act righteously before
cd ninself.
Il haye the feeling as l look upon
ou fhat l have had in manya0ther
hureh conferences, that l am looking
the faces Of men and women who
re nod interested in the temporary
,irrs. but are interested in the per
lament things who give very little
nouahf. / hope and believe, 10 the
hines that separate us and give a
reat dcal Of thought to the things
hat mite u>-things that are good
n the healing If this nation not only
ut for the healing Of all the nations.
irThh {, a council of peace, for ii
not hour privilege TO form such, but
proclaim the single supreme plans
oeace. the relation Of our Lord and
apior. Jesus Christ.
II value the churches Of this coun.
~ as ! would value everything else
hat makes for the stability of our
uoral processes, there are a great
uauy pcoplc-not so many that they
i've ma any particular coucern-but
iefarfhclcss. great many people who
4 tie language Of the day are trying
mrd 10 rock the boat The boat Is
30 bid for them to rock. They arc Of
hch light material that they cannot
ock II very much. but they are going
hrouch the motions, and 1t Is just as
veil for them to look around once In
while and see the great steadfast
,ody Of self possessed Americans not
= be hurried into any unconsidered
Iine Of action, sure that when you are
aghi You can he calm, sure that when
Inc unnrrel is none Of yours, you can
k6 IMPARTIAL, sure that the men who
fend their passion most will move
he BODY polite the least, aid that thu
action will not be upon the great
iody of American citizens, but upon
themselves.
$50 that I look upon you in the pres
bit circumstances as n great part 81
he sfabilizcr Of the nation. You know
hat somebody has just invented n
hing called n stabilizer that Is used
n conncotion with aeroplanes. and by
home process, the mechanics Of which
: hare not had explained To me, and
-trhapS could not understand If | had,
his corrects that erratlc movement Of
be machine. so that II, when adjusted,
etcrpincs the plane upon which the
,fchIne is to move and the machine
hnnot depart from it. Something like
bat Is the functions Of this moral
cree of the world, to act as stabllizers
ven when we 20 up in the air.
II have come to you tonight, there
ere may I say, for reassurances, to
COX upon an undisturbed body of men
sllo have their compaSSes and know
he moral charting of the world. We
nov what haven we are bound for.
Ne NOV the only legitimate processes
which one can work his way against
Ne trade winds of evil In the world
. ihe haven desired. So I am sure
hat j shall 90 away from here rein
creed.
~ heed not tell you that the prcSi
Ieat BY himself Is absolutely nothing.
ne president is what the American
Iaiion SustainS, and If 1t does not sus
AIN BIN, then his power is contempt
nIe ond insignificant. If l can speak
Ier gou and represent you and in some
Ia1eo hand on the moral forces that
vfn represent, then l am indeed pow
sEful. If I cannot, then ! am indeed
weak I shall hope and believe that l
&eN go away from here sustained ms
IIzhop Gambler has so generously said
" ypur prayers. hope I shall also
~ hat | am sustained by your conn.,