Evening journal., 1918-11-20

Nice-President and Business Manager
Goldey College.
r grew, played as other English boys
( played, and in due time was sent 10
E Richmond College, of the University Of
Y London, from which institution he was
= duly graduated.
r "He decided 10 devote his life to re-
, lgl0us and civic welfare work, in
America, and came to this country. His
, FIRST appearance in America was as pas
tor Of a small country church. II was
too small to hold a man OF his mental
stature, and he went 30 YOnkers, N. Y.
. 10, too, was too small to hold him and
we next see him bursting into national
prominence as pastor OF the Metropoli-
tan Temple in New York city. lie
served there with distinction for several
years, and his name became household
word.
"In 1900 he became pastor OF Central
Congregational Church In Brooklyn, and
for eighteen years has held that pas
toral relation
"Slnce he came 10 this country repre-
sentative educational institutions have
shOwered him with hOnOrs. Wesleyan,
Syracuse and Columbia Universities
have conferred degrees upon him, as
also has the University OF Vermont.
"He has served with distinction as
chaplain Of the Twenty-third Regiment,
Organized Militia Of New York, and seen
active military service on the Mexican
border.
1T would be useless for me TO tell
you Of the high-mindedness and the
elequence of this Shropshire boy now
I 20 aglQ1a Nnfr will haNn
ample opportunity to Judge of these
things for yourselves. You will find
this Engllshman by birth and American
by adoption to measure up fully TO the
broad estimate Of him that has been
made by the American public.
ut gives me profound pleasure TO in
troduce to you, DR.. S. Parkes Cadman,
pastor OF the Central Congregational
Church in Brooklyn and one OF the I'm
est human products OF Wellington, In
Shropshire"
Dr. Cadman Speaks.
"At this time" DR.. Cadman said In
addressing the graduates, 'you expect
advice from all sources as TO how to
attain success. You can't be taught
success; it is more often born of fail
ure. There are things more valuable !
than knowledge. The only knowledge |
worth while is the knowledge trans
lated into wisdom. IN education could |
have saved the world, we would now
be Prussianized. Germany is an exam
pie OF what distorted science can ac-
complsh for Itself.
THE new world OF today makes the
world Of 1917 as remote as medlaevil-
ism. More than in the history Of any
ffu1nc .daau ha 20
women for leadership" he said, in ad-
mitting that he was a staunch advo-
cate Of woman's suffrage.
When he said that. he might at that
time be facing the future Presidentina
laughter rippled through the house.
"Oh, don't be too skeptlcal," he con-
tinued. 1T will be a great day for
the White House when a woman rules
the nation and her husband wheels the
baby carriage down Pennsylvania ave
nue..
There will be a vast increase in
the feminine influence both in state
and political affairs in the future" he
predicted. Men have made a poor
enough flzzle OF politics; the wars a
proof Of that.
'Too many people have the wrong
conception OF democracy, and It isn't
good policy TO say you believe in
democracy until you combine reason
with judgment and know what you're
talking about Blindness is unpardon-
able. 1t doesn't stand TO reason that
kittens are biscuits because they are
born in an oven"
A burst Of mirth greeted this Illus
tratlon.
'Bolshevidsm is an example of
democracy run mad. Our men who Il
died in this war believed in our power
TO make their sacrifice worth while.
Let us have a country that's worth
dying for"
The speaker criticised the policy OF
some of the fragrant, extravagant ex-
lmples Of journalism which shrieked
With headlines such as I'VE Did It,"
America Won the War"
Let us be fair-minded and grant
hat there were other men fighting and
lying on the field up TO the last. We
must be just. If there's TO be any
entrance into Byrlln let
ne tell you that it will be the Belgian
roops who will lead the march.
THE young people graduating TO- III
light have the exceptional experience
I the panorama of all history being
ividly shown before them. Other wars III
we're but the overture to the appalling. III
laster symphony Of the war Just ended III
thank God that America awakened in II
ime" III
"'rhe war has brought the rebirth Of
American manhood The ne'er-do-well III
y whom revivalists shook their heads
ma predicted a warm future. has re- III
ueemed himself on the battlefield
mere Dr. Cadman told the story NJ
q a. so-caiied 'rotter,' who gave his Iife III
" az save MS lieutenant on the field
&c, only wish" declared the sneakor
with that man. '0es Vi heaven
me draft was one OF tha -, III
men who decorated pool rooms IN tne
street corners. II l had INV "a. ana
would decree that every one q, way ,So l II
spineless loiterers be taken into ,s III
army and given military training ,Sas
would drill their feet Off"
The most amusing story he told was Il
OF the Transformation Of a son OF the Il
idle rich. "When his mother bid him |
C1.t;n,,od an Dona Nina