Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-14
BIC AUDIENCE HEARS
SECRETARY DANIELS
At WESLEY MEMORIAL
DELEGATES to General Confer
ence Cheer Great Patriotic
Address and Music by Camp
Gordon Military Band


behind him, with a monster civilian au-
dfence banked before him and with the
flags of the allies futtering from every
hand Secretary OF the Navy Josephus
Daniels spoke until the cheers cracked
like gunfre at the wesley Memorial
church Saturday night
He smoke of America and Of Amer
ica's war, what we have done 10 win
il and what we viii continue 10 do
until the Stars and Stripes have plotted
the German eagle from the face of the
earth And at every word Of his speech,
almost the applause crashed and crash
ed again. like vocal exclamation points
battered out by the force Of his utter
ance
1t was not alone Josephus Daniels.
secretary OF the navy. who spoke in
Atlanta II was Josephus Daniels, life
long Methodist, telling his brother Meta
odists that there must be no northern
church and no southern church, but one
mighty church of militant Methodists.
IL was Josephu Daniels, sturdy Chris
tfan. rejoicing in the clean manhood of
the American army and navy, glorying
in the Christ that was never so needed
in the world as He is today And it
was also plain Joe Daniels, patriotic
American with other patriotic Ameri-
cans. ready TO make any and all sac
AAAaA -AAAASAANG a. 49, AAN~N~~-A
may endure
He shot out At them the bald state
ment that where politicians. statesmen
and business men have blotted out the
Mason and Dixon line, il is surely time
for a church of God to do likewise,
though sacrifices and concessions must
be made And as he said il. certain OF
the delegates were quiet and certain,
others rose in their seats and yelled.
while one good brother in the choir
became so excited that he cried wow!
and VOW again long after the 9TH
ers had ceased to shout.
Crisis of Christianity
He told them that in this crisis the
world looks 10 Christianity and that the
Christians of the world must cling TO
their faith and take il out to bleeding
humanity for their comfort and their
salvation
He smiled at them with that broad.
good-humored smile Of friendliness, as
he smoke Of the churches that are ali
in the army of the Lord, except the
BAPTIST church. which is the navy of
the Lord p"
..Snce I've been secretary of the navy,
I've wondered if / oughtn't TO turn
Baptist" he said drolly.
And from far in the rear came clear,
high voice, Come on in The waters
fne.'
The house roared with laughter at
that. but they grew silent as ne went
on. speaking of the American boys who
are laying down their lives on land ana
SEA telling of how Harry Lauder sang
Co. his country and his country's boys
though his own heart was breaking at
the death of his son. asking that they
also give courage and cheer to the LADS
lighting over there" keep the home
fres burning, maintain the morals OF
the hattie line at home as the troops
are maintaining the morals on the red
horizon in France
For an hour or more he spoke ana
when he had finished. they cheerde him
= tr.o,,-, the appIause that had gone
before were mere samples. Only the
md Stouued the cheers, and they
started again when the tune changed
frorn The stars and Stripes Forever
a certain weil-known song regarding
the land OF cotton
There we're many who went TO the
wesley Memorial church last night IN
the belief that they were going 10 he@F
Secretary Daniels. but who spent tne
evening al a picture show Not lhrous"
choice. there was reason
Long before o'clock. the church was
5ar,t,ed Arrivals on the hour were
ro-cad 10 content themselves with seats
an the vestibule or on the curostone OF
the sidewalk There was no gettlng
b vthe doorways: they were SOLID
crush OF people
Inside the church every seat was
taken-auditorium- gallery. balcony anu
aU The entire choir loft save for a
few choice seats was occupied oy the
.onbined bands of two infantry regi-
renrs from Camp Gordon Behind them
rioted the coIors OF the allies; flage OF
America. France. Great Britain, Italy
and Belgium. The flags EXTENDED all
around the church. hung from every
pillar and pew and railing
Church PILED
II vas very hot in the church, but
nobodv minded the weather when those
rufn bands began 10 play. IL was Ike
an the military bands you ever heard
rolled into one. sweeping smash OF
martial music that sent the shivers
CHASING I'D and down your spine First
I. vas a medley Of military airs, De-
ginning With Columbia the Gem OF
the Ocean" and topping off with
Dixie"
when they lit into Dixie and the
boys with the trom6ones began TO snoe
then, out for a million doiiars worth
ara the boys with the fifes shrtIled
them for another million doalarS worth,
the peooie bounced up like rubber balls.
Thev cheered and they yelled and they
waved their handkerchiefs, while one
little old lady in the balcony Just stood
there with the hard lights playing
axairst her white hair and the tears
simply streaming down her scared and
wfthered cheeks
All this time Secretary Daniels had
not vet appeared on the scene, but when
ne did step to the platform, II was the
signal for an ovation that lasted for
many minutes The band played The
star SpangIed Banner" played II as At
lauta has never heard II before not
even excepting the playing OF the Metro
uoIftan orchestra at opera
Bishop W. r Lambuth called the as
sembIv 10 order After the singing oi
Onward. Christian Soldiers and prayer
hv Rishop Warren A Gambler, the banC
ed -over There" Bishop Lamoutf
tben introduced Governor Dorsey. whS
in turn introduced Secretary Daniels
The governor got as far on his intro
duction speech as TO mention the secre
tarv as "a prominent leader in TN
councils of the Democratic party ant
one of the country's most successIu
editors who. since his selection as sec
rotary of the navy. has forbidden I'M
use of alcoholic
on that word the applause knocked IN
rest of the sentence into a cooked hai
Nobody heard from the lips of the gov
.rror ms. what IL was Secretary Dan