The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-03-31
PRESIDENT SPEAKS
SAIS PEOPLE BEHIND PRE SIDENT
GIVE him his POWER
War none OF Their own

WAX NUNE III IRElR UWN N
Chief Executive Says 1t Is Possible
for Us to be Impartial - Places
High Value Upon Churches-Ex.
cited Ones Who Lose Their Heads
Must Not Rock the Boat.
Full confidence in the great body
Of calm people Of the nation. who
serve as "stabilizers," when the ex-
citable ones try to "rock the boat" in
these perilous days, was voiced
Thursday night by President Wilson
in an address before the Baltimore
conference of the Methodist church,
South, in annual session at Washing
ton, D. c.
The president appealed to the ma
tion for support in administering his
Office, saying, IF I can speak for you
l am powerful, if can not, I am
weak" He said it was possible for a
people to be impartial when guar
rel is none of their own" Referring
to the danger of missionaries in some
foreign lands Of which he said he had
thought much Of late, he added:
"Wars will never have any ending
until men cease to hate one another,
cease to be jealous Of one another,
get the feeling of reality in the broth
erhood of mankind, which is the only
bond that can make US think justly OF
one another and act righteously be-
fore God himself"
Bishop Warren A. Gambler. Of At
lanta, Ga, in introducing the presi-
dent, declared that the members OF
the conference were behind him as
patriots. Secretary Daniels occupied
a seat on the speakers platform dur
ing the session.
The president said in part: II
have the feeling as I look upon you
that I have had in many other church
conferences, that l am looking in the
faces of men and women who are Ut
interested in the temporary things,
but are interested in the permanent
things, who give very little thought,
I hope and believe, to the things that
separate US and give great deal Of
thought to the things that unite us
things that are good for the healing
of this nation not only, but for the
healing of all the nations.
"This is a council of peace, not to
form plans Of peace, for it is not our
privilege to form such, but to pro-
claim the single supreme plan Of
peace, the revelation Of our Lord and
Saviour, Jesus Christ. Because wars
will never have any ending until men
cease to hate one another, get that
feeling Of reality in the brotherhood
OF mankind which is the only bond
that can make us think justly Of one
another and act righteously before
God himself.
81 value the churches of this coun-
try as 7 would value everything else
that makes for the stability of our
moral progress. There are a great
many people-not so many that they
give me any particular concern, but
nevertheless a great many people who
in the language of the day, are trying
hard to rock the boat
The boat is too big for them to
rock. They are of such light material
that they can not rock it very much,
but they are going through the mo-
ton, and it is just as well for them
to look around once in while and
see the great steadfast body of self
possessed Americans not to be hur-
ried into any unconsidered line of ac-
ton, sure that when you are right
you can be calm, sure that when the
quarrel is none o. yours, you can be
sure that the men who
spend their passion most will move
the body polite the least and that
the reaction will not be Upon the
great body Of American citizens, but
upon themselves.
$50 that I look upon you in the
present circumstances as great part
of the stabilizer of the nation. You
know that somebody has just invent
ed a thing called a stabilizer that is
used in connection with aeroplanes,
and by some process the machines OF
which I have not had explained to
me, and perhaps could not under
stand Il I had, this corrects the er-
ratio movements of the machine, so
that it, when adjusted, determines
the plane upon which the machine is
to move and the machine can not de-
part from it. Som ething like that is
the function Of the great moral forces
Of the world, to act as stabilizers
when we go up in the air.
II have come to you tonight,
may I say for reinsurance.
to look upon an undisturbed body of
men who have their compasses End
know the moral charting Ct the
world.
eve know what haven we are
bound for. We know the only legiti-
mate processes by which one can
work his way against the trade winds
Of evil in the world to the haven de-
sired. So I am sure that I shall go
away from here reinforced.
II need not tell you that the presi-
dent by himself is absolutely moth
ing. The president is what the Ameri-
can nation sustains, and if it does not
sustain him, then his power IS con-
temptible and Insignificant. If I can
speak for you and represent you and
in some sense hand on the moral
forces that you represent, then I am
indeed powerful. If I can not then l
am indeed weak. I shall hope and
believe that I 90 away from here sus-
as Bishop Gambler has so gen
erously said, by your prayers. hope
shall feel that am also sustained
By your confidence"
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