Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-01
.AYS HIGH TRIBUTE
TO BISHOP ASBURY
President Addresses Confer
ence of M. E. Church at Gen.
tenEiaI of PreIate'S Death.
CALLED KNIGHT ERRANT
IN RESCUING OF SOULS
Peeretary Daniels. Bishop Cranston
and Bishop Henderson
Also Speak.

anu DlSnOp HENDERSON
Also Speak.
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PRESIDENT wilson, IN addressing the
=. timore conference of the Methodist
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tnl al go, Francis Asburv. who
led 100 years ago in a Virginia shantv
While endeavorins to reach the seat
f his conference. paid a high tribute
o the character and inspiring example
# this pioneer Methodist itinerant
PREACHER
.S,bor.ct.r &c osso,,i,II, , n,rrod-
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ic'' ne said fou cannot fake F."
haracter by constant consideration of
elf Won mako q ,,rie Rut if Won, do
oa' ou'H ~ ma "N''i" anu Houi you
GU make a cha racter.
In particular reference to Bishop As
Aury he said. "a knight errant in the
interest of rescuius the soul from alb
orption in it's physical environment
where il can breathe the pure air"
Md later he said. .There is no more
IcIiehtfuI picture than that of these
lniehts Grant of the spirit going up
nd down reSrJipc men from the dun
20 and distress of their sins"
;e said il was his hone that some
,.rthy monument would he erected in
Washington to commemorate this serv-
&c and example "as a reminder that
he pripces among us are those who
Forget self and serve mankind
Speaks in Behalf of Millions.
Bishop Earl Cranston. in introducing
$4,000 ,,.,-,;a. .,,, 70
pi ''"'V''o' ''e>i'o"'S'e 'ioush
FEARS since Bishop Asbury addressed
-ree.i,es RI President WASHINGTON and
quoted from inc pioneer n'shop $ words
Expression of "our confidence in your
hbility. integrity and religious SINGER
SS;l,,, 1y;,s,, in s,d; ,,or
towed the book from which Bishop
'ranston had been reading. and in turn
tuo.eu apps pres;den,
~. shinstou. LAYING particular empha-
is on this clause:
1T shall be nv endeayor to manifest
10 nrrity of NV intentions for pro-
noting the happiness of mankind. as
sau as the sincerity OF my desire to
kcrtribute whatever may be in my
bower. toward the civil and religious
fberties of the American people"
y. =
s.egation crowding the church and
Rocking around il on. into 18th street
ane Justify MY Country. It's of Thee"
nd the President joined heartily in the
n;hem. He remained during the entire
program. and at the end shook han
lit, many of the leading Methodist
ehurchmen.
,The text of the Presidents address
viii be found i'll another column)
The invocation was by Rev John r
wheeler, ordained in 1883 who prayed
TO hasten the close of the awful war
N Europe" Other veterans both OF the
sril war and of the Methodist minis
IS, assisted in the program.
Followed Trail of Asburv
-r,,,,ora G u.rd.rso, had
,b.r,a SON tho Trai, of .shurv :.
-, an,i,. ,,s.,, over the r,e,.,d
- nd. ..os h..
J,o,,s, rd pisbo, Ashrr, aud
;,.d ,r,b.r If tho b;s,ori, scene.
= ..,,,r,..s ;.;nav ue c.,,sd rim
The prophet of the radiant. rugged
restless- red road He pictured the
N.ae area; ane ar'u ,,ts. ..aa,s anu ..
Id the rate of 5000 miles a wear on
horseback. which have wrecked other
more stalwart men in few months
1T is the spirit of John wesley. Rob-
Francis Asbury that We need. said the
bishop
He paid him glowing tribute as side
by side with Lincoln. an assistant
FOUNDER of the republic whose statue
has proper place in the National Cap
tai with those OF statesmen. admirals
Ind generals
When Bishop Cranston place on the
program was reached he said he had
provided substitute. and presented
lose phus Daniels, Secretary of the
Navy. He referred to preparedness,
not for war, but for taking care of
ourselves in emergency, and was loud
y appiauded-
p
P 0iSA ASo.oi'.
In tho in,rod,ct;op Of Secret.rv
'ah'eis d note oi fnlrth was INTERCEPTED
hen Bishop Cranston said he came
from the Tar state The presiden, cor-
-. :, = 80 r.,
eeeeo MN W say II WAS lar heel
tate Bishop Cranston said he was
confident THAT his tars will never
ho" 'H''' "ee'' ~ any oiie'
Prayer that American Methodism
NAV he mobiIized into one mighty
h.,
r"s VI 'he i@'i" ""s maui NY
ister branches Of Meshodism in their err