The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-30

emergences of the party from the sta- l tion.
 1 The rain continued to fall but the l crowds in the streets cheered Presi- | dent Wilson all the way to the Crown
 and Mitre hotel, where other promi-
 nent citizens were awaiting to receive l the noted guest. Here Thomas Wat | son, an aged house painter, and the
 last living pupil of the school of Pres ident Wilson's grandfather, was in- | troduced to the President.
 INSPECTS FAMILY DOCUMENTS l President Wilson inspected documents dealing with the residence here of his
 grandfather, the Reverend Thomas Wood | row, and then drove to the Salvation that was the Presidents mothers home. ! Then he visited Cavendish house sin | Warwick road, built by his grandfather. and where his grandfather taught school and where the Presidents mother also once lived. The President remained for | 10 minutes and proceeded to the Lowther Street Congregational church. 1 The congregation rose as the President ] and his party entered and were con- l ducted to the front pew. As the party entered the organist played ''The Battle Hymn of the Republic" which was listed 1 on the programme as "The American Na- ltional Anthem"
 The Rev. MT Booth entered the pulpit, accompanied by the Bishop of Carlisle. Mir Booth gave the invocation and the choir and the congregation sang the | hymn: Before Jehovah's Awful Throne. l President Wilson joined in the singing. | MT. Booth read as the first lesson from l the sixth chapter of Isaiah, the choir l chanted "Oh, Sing Unto the Lord a New | Song" The Bishop of Carlisle read the | second lesson, which was from the sec
 ond chapter of Luke-the story of Christ l questioning the doctors in the temple. l Then followed another hymn and the Rev. Mir. Booth afterwards prayed for
 the King and theSPresident and his fam 1 fly and also for lasting peace. The
 congregation then sang 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and Mir. Booth deliv- | cred his sermon.
 PASTOR MUCH PLEASED 1 i.I feel great pride," the pastor said, ] in part, that the great and honored leader of the American people should
 have left the company of kings and set aside important functions to travel to | this border city in which his mother was
 born, to attend, as an humble worshiper, the church over which his grandfather once presided. Such action reveals his
 character. It is a great spectacle for the
 world.
 1 MT. President, two- thirds of your name
 belongs here, as the words Thomas 1 woodrow were inscribed on the church | roll 98 years ago. From then until 1885
 he taught the church the word of God.
 He gathered around him devoted band | of people who learned to do righteous ly. Here his children, among them your | sainted mother, learned to sing their hymns and to fear God.
 !, "Hence the peculiar qualification their | church felt and expressed on your cleo tion to your high and honorable office and which has deepened in the course I of the eventful years of your presidency. 1 The Rev. MT. Booth reviewed the land 1 ing of the Pilgrim fathers and the es 1 tablishment of religious liberties in Amer | ica
 "Tbese men," he said. .'laid the foun- dations for the great love of liberty and justice which has made the America" l people and which has found such prac- | tical expression in so signally helping to l the great victory in the European strug- gle against oppression and wrong. Is 1t not a further manifestation of the same | spirit which, in the providence of God, l is leading the worlds conscience in It's groping after universal peace? MT. President, our prayers for you ascend; our love for you is given and our praise of you shall be sounded as long | as we have breath.
 we all want to hear your voice. wont you speak a few words to us ?' lN PRESIDENTS RESPONDS | President Wilson hesitated a moment. and then answered: Yes. sir" and l walked to- a place in front of the choir | He was visibly affected as he resumed his seat after tho address.
 1 The Bishop of Carlisle sthen read an address in which he thanked the Prest dent for his visit ito your ancestrial city and for your presence at our wor- l ship in this sacred house, hallowed to you by association and bonds of filial piety."
 We recognize, with the whole of the God-fearing world" the bishop continued. "the splendor of your ideals and the greatness of your achievements on be-
 half of humanity for the promotion of righteous freedom. of the blessings of i peace and international brotherhood among men, We thank God that He has endowed in you the purpose and the power to bring these divine ideals to the entrance gate of practical realization and that He has sustained you by the mighty concord of the American people I in association with ourselves and our
 allies.
 BENEFIT TO MANKIND ] "We feel 1t of priceless benefit to man
 kind that. amid all the cares and bur dens pressing upon you in this fateful 1 hour, you found time to come to the l city of, your gr3ndfather's ministry and i the birthplace of your sainted mother /, May you, sir and your consort be brought l in safety back to your beloved land. God bless and guide you, sir"
 The service concluded with the singing
 of God Save the King" After the ben ediction President Wilson was taken to
 the pastors study where he signed the
 register and sat in the mahogany leath-
 CT upholstered chair that was once his
 grandfather's. Then he returned to the | church. where the congregation was still
 waiting and passed down the aisle and out of the door amid applause.
 /, It was still raining as the President i drove back to the Crown and Mitre ho-
 tel. Here he remained until o'clock when he drove to the station. He said 1 good-by at the car door to the notables ] who had come to the. station to bid him -g -S T