The Washington times., 1918-08-11

DR.. ]. H. Jowett in the great hall OF
the House of Commons upon his re-
turn from America to the ministry
of Westminster Chapel, Buckingham
Gate. Proposing the health OF the
honored guest, Mr.. Lloyd George re-
ferred to DR.. Jowett as one OF the
great preachers of the EngIlsh-speak-
ing world and said that he was
proud to have had a share in bringing
him back to his native country. With
those who had organized the ''kidnap-
ping" expedition, he felt that it was
a matter OF national Importance that
they should get back DR.. Jowett.
England needed ali-her great preach
ers and moral and religious teachers,
not only for present, but for coming
events.
There is a new land. confronting
U.S. said NE Lloyd George. what
manner of Hand it wilHbe will de-
pend on how the war goes and how
things go after the war. I am more
confident today than / have ever
been, and for reasons IL would not be
relevant to enter upon at this mo-
ment. But one of the latest reasons
is the impression made on me by the
American troops i saw in France.
They are really superb in material
and training and in the way they
have borne themselves in the trying
of battles they have
fought. I found a great spirit OF
which strengthens our con-
viction of victory.
THE war has upset everything in
a way beyond precedent in the his
tory of any war; and when once 1t is
over, the falling into normal con-
ditions will be another disturbance.
But what especially concerns us
here in the expected great social and
economic disturbance, is the extent
of the moral and religious or spirit
ual disturbance caused by the war, a
factor upon which depends all the fu-
ture of Britain. There are two al
ternatives. One is that the war will
have sobered the millions who have
passed through the fires, whether in
France, or through the anxieties at
home. Their vision will have been
broadened. Their sympathy will have
been deepened. Their outlook and
purpose will have been made clearer.
ffrmer, and more exalted. There are
who have been in daily con-
tact with death; walking hourly over
its trap doors. These have come In
contact with very terrible realities
That is one view. The other is that
there are millions. who, during these
years have endured privations. dis
comfort, wretchedness as well as
pain and terror, and who have made
up their minds to have a good time
for the rest of their lives when
It is over That is a very dangerous
frame of mind for a nation to be in,
a frame of mind in which it requires
great guidance and control. and,
above all. great appeal.
You will understand why II is that
We. especially concerned with the future
II this land. were so anxious to- have
back among us DR.. Jowett. There is no
in the world that owes so much
10 preachers as Great Britain; and there
never has been a time in the history of
Britain when the future will depend so
much on the strength, and penetrating
power. the influence and the spiritual ap-
zeal that will have to be made to the
multitude. There have been great gaps
n the ranks of our leading preachers.
/ remember when. as a young man.
anne TO London a great many years
lgo. On Sunday mornings ] went TO
near Mr.. Spurgeon. In the afternoon !
would so TO hear Canon Llddon, and in
he evening ! heard DIR. arkcr Those
we're the days when you could have
heard Canon Farrer, Dean Stanley.
horlay Punshon. and Hugh Prices
Hughes. You also might have heard DR..
Dale and DIR. Maclaren. Just think OF
[. What a race Of giants. They have
Ill passed away, leaving very serious
gaps in the ranks of our prominent
preachers, and We cannot afford that
wen one Of them should leave our
'hores. The loss Of a great preacher
Utmost Is irreparable, and 1 feel that we
lave achieved something that was
worth a great effort, in getting one Of
he greatest Of them back among us 80
In conclusion the premier said that
'fficial protests had been made by
America when IT was heard that he was
laving a hand in getting the great nom
preacher back.