Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-16
LOOKS TO AMERICA FOR
STRENGTH AFTER WAR
DIR. W. u. Ellis Gives His Impressions
of World at Strife 10 Lay
mems Convention.
NOT FOR PEACE AT ANY PRICE;
Virtue and Integrity Among the
Things Worth Dying For-Distin-
guished Speakers Address Large
Gatherings at Meetings.

Grace street Baptist Church was
crowded to its utmost seating capacity
again last night when three talks were
given to the delegates attending the
I.aymen's Missionary Convention. There
arc almost 1000 delegates already reg
i3tcrcd for the convention and more.
ar" expected TO register hcfor. ih.
close.
One Of the finest addresses vet heard
Was delivered last night by Or w Z
Ellis. of Swarthmorc, Pa. editor of -,
"leId Of The Continent" DR. Ellis il
conner or phrases and lie hold his
audience throughout the address fo,
an hour or more
lie had for his subject when, tho
EoyS Come Home From the Trench.s"
ana n" analysed the situation Of tho
war showing what would he the gen
ciai outcome. He showed that tho
world was passing through one Of the
greatest uphesvals in it's history and
ne attempted TO prove that out OF IN.
@Fsat sacrifice Of human life aud prom
'I'H there would come "somiethinp
worth while"
TELLS OF SUPPOSED
TELEGRAM FROM DENOSTHENES
Or Ellis Is speaker OF inimit.hle
IL "hich was shown at the very first
"heh he told Of supposed telegram,
p"ssihG from Demosthenes to some
Ireck who was trying to b. an orator
ne referred to tho wcll-known state
neht that Demosthcncs placed peb
o'eS IN MS mouth to make his cnin-
,.a'ioh the more clear. When IN,
'fetk. who would be an orator wire,
pemosthenes to know il he would ad
,'He me placing OF pebbles in his
mouth; the famous orator wired back
ne would advise the would be
go 70 MI his mouth with cement.
rFHfA
DR.. Ellis Saio
Dr; Ellis had been urged to 90 to
,rortii CAROLINA ana also asked TO come
-. iane here" he said because it is
INC home OF Washington. J.frers,.n
John Marshall and Henri hooan.. , a"i''
events" worm
~ went rapidly into his subject and
$500 several big events OF the
history. He declared that n
me Crusaders had been mon viii u;
enough vision, the presari 700. n,S
nol nave started. Had they held tbe
tti"ofE theE gained. .is declared IN,
,nefe would have not been tho ,orri
o'e inassacres OF the Armenians
END OF WAR WILL
BEGIN NEW REGIME.
lie believed tina, the presen, war
80, Wing the proposition coming
''''''S toh lily that nations
nave as much right 10 life liner, :,
me. me pursuit OF happiness as n.dividuais,
mIs' ne said would be settled for All
ume ny the present war. and he al
yIsed his hearers TO look carefully on
the present war, which, he declared
would be the last one.
lie declared II TO be tho end ., ~,
lnihgs and the beginning OF new re-
eime- lie said II was the first time
!" history mat all religions were Tight
ing under the same flag. Men have
learned, he said, that they are citi
zens OF the commonwealth of humani-
~ lie spoke OF the great outpour
HES OF money TO aid the suffering in
the war zone.
lie voiced his opinions regarding
peace at any price and said he was
not one OF them. There are things
worth dying for. he declared. and sa id
that virtue and integrity were among
those things for which one could vel!
give up life.
He spoke OF the passing of vodka.
ANA said that Russia had looked to
America, and cot rid OF alcohol on ac-