The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-26

arc many people In this country
trying to "rOck the boat" I'rcSt~
dent Wilson SAID in AN address
here tonight before tho baltimore
Conference OF the Methodist Epls-
.opal Church.
The boat. the President added.
is too big for these people to rock,
particularly as they themselves
nr Of light material. In such
times as Tho present President
Wilson said. he looked to the
Church AS stabtlixing moral iu-
fiucI,ce.
He spoke in part as follows,
i have the feeling as look upon
you that ! have had in many other
"hnrchos-~~that ] am looking tn thu
faces of men and women who are
not interested In the temporary things.
but are interested in the permanent
things. that gye very little thought.
hope and believe. 10 the things that
separate us and give a great deal
OF tho 4ght /. the things that unite
us--thinSs that are good for the heal
ing of this nation not only, bat Of
he healing ~ all the nations This
* council III peace. cot ~ form
i'ians If peace for II is net cur privi-
lege ~ form such but % proclaim the
single supreme niSxp cf peace the
relation al our Lard and saviour.
4csGs Christ. because wars will never
have any ending until men cease 10
bate ane another, cease 10 be Jealous
~ another. get that feeling of reality
rs be brotherhood Of mankind which
~ the only bond that ran make us
thiuk lastly of one another and act
g}ehteousiy before God Himself
High Value on Churches.
i value the churches OF this cour-
49,
that makes for the stability of our
frany psople--nrt SO many tina, they
give me any particular conrern~~hut
n~ye-t aeless, great many people
vine in .lIa language If the eiav are
frying hard to rock the boat The
GA, is too biz for them to rock They
are OF such light material that they
nannot rock i; very much. hut they
are going through she motions, and Il
- just az we'll for them to look around
once in IA while and see the grea.
steadfast body of se'f-possessea Amer
leans not 20 he hurried in any nm
considered line IF action sure that
SGu are right. xca can ba calm; sure
snat when tho quarrel Is none ~
YOURS YOU can he impartial: sire that
the men who spend their passion
most will move the body polite the
" ASH ara th&k Ice rNTtiSN VIII moi DC
upon the great body Of American
citizens, but uron themselves
$50 that | look upon you in the
present circumstances as n great part
of the sssbllizer of the nation. You
know that somebody has ttust Invented
thing called sta hilixer that is
used in connection with aeroplanes,
and by some process the mechanics
nf which ! have not had explained TO
me. and perhaps could not under
stand II I had. this corrects the err
that when adjusted determines the
plane upon which the machine Is to
move. and the machine cannot depart
from IT. Something like that IN the
function of the great moral forces OF
rho world, tn act as sta biiizers even
when We go Zip in the air,
Comes For Reinsurance
Il have come to you tonight there
fore, may ! say. for reinsurance, to
look upon an undisturbcd body of
men who have their compasses and
know the moral charting cf the world
We know what haven we are bound
for We know the only legitimate
processes by which one can work his
way AGAINST the trade winds of evil
In the wor.i to the haven desired. So
I am sure that | shall 60 away from
mere REINFORCED. I ptfU tol iNti t0h
that the President BY himself is alb
soiuieiy nothing. The President is
what the American nation sustatns,
and IL il does not sustain him, then
his power is contemplate and insiG-
niffcant. II I can speak for you and
represent you. and In some sense hand
out the moral forces that YOU repre-
sent. then | am indeed powerful. II
cannot. then I am indeed weak.
The Days session.
Today's session. devoted chiefly to
the business OF passing on the char
acters and ability OF the 900 ministers
Of all grades included in the eight
districts OF the Baltimore conference
was replete with interest and even
snrprises, The chief surprise of the
morning was furnished by Rev. DIR. e.
4. REGISTER, secretary of the confer
ence, who rendered his resignation
from that office owing TO the great
strain which the work entaiicd upon
him.
Dir Registers resignation. coming
after his service of more than twenty
one years as assistant secretary land
secretary of the conference. was IL
source of great regret Ia the menu
hers generally. who characterize Dr.
REGISTER as zone OF the best secre-
saries in Methodism.'
Rev. DIR. Harry NJ. Canter. Of Har-
risonburg. Va. was appointed 10 fiji
the secretary's chair. and Immediately
took up his duties. DIR. Canter was at
ore time pastor OF the church AZ
Alexandria and Is son of Rev ]. w.
Canter, at one time pastor Of the
Mount Vernon Place Church, Wash.
ington.
DR.. REGISTER is the presiding elder
Of the Washington district. and for
number Vt years had beer secretary
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