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REV. MR.. GOULD MAKES
SPLENDID ADDRESS
Exercises ut EilSs Home Last Sunday
Very Largely Attended - High
School Orchestra Delighted Those
Present With Musical Program.

! The most largely attended or the
Sunday afternoon exercises being
held at the Elks' Home was that of
last Sunday, when about fifty mem
bers were present. The sieaker of
the afternoon was the Rev. William
D. Could Jr., rector of Christ Church
this city, and the subject OF his ad-
dress was The Two Opposilig Forces
in The United States Today"
In his discussion of theH subject
the speaker asked his hearers to go
back in their memories fora period
of eight or ten years ago, sEhen it
first became evident that there were
two great forces contendingif for mas
terry in this country, the ore, those
whose desire for advancement, for
giving the people generally d greater
share in the benefits and rights and
privileges of government were first
championed officially by former Pres
ident Theodore Roosevelt, to whose
splendid work the speaker payed
glowing tribute. stating that future
generations will more thoroughly un-
derstand the magnitude of the work
which he did, the results which he
accomplished, now that the lbias of
personal prejudice has been remov-
ed and the public is able to perceive
and understand under what difficult
circumstances his work was done.
He referred to the fact that when
President Roosevelt had nearly COM
pleted the term for which he had
been elected, he did not attempt to
be elected for the third tern, al
though it is possible that he could
have done so, but instead he Hooked
about him for man whom Ihe be-
lieved could be depended uppn to
carry out the work which h9 had
started and finally decided upsn Sec
| retary Taft. No man was Held in
| higher esteem, no one has ever ques-
toned his honesty of purpose or his
earnest desire to do the right, but
shortly after his election the forces
Of reaction surrounded him. those
who were opposed to everything that
was progressive, who believed In spe
cial rights and special privileges for
the special few, who had not awak-
ened to the fact that a new day had
dawned, a new era was upon us, but
who still Systematically plodded on,
confident in the belief that the pros
perity of the few, no matter how
secured, meant the prosperity of all.
When Mr.. Roosevelt found that
the man he had selected to continue
the work of which he was then the
leader, through hrs easy going ~
had been completely Fooled sn) fz4t
the interests of the great masses of
the people were in danger OF being
lost sight of entirely, he became dis
gusted and angry, and then came the
break and the fight for progress.
Those same forces are still engag-
ed in conflict today; the fight is still
on, and will always be, and everyone
| Has W tame d D.tl 1 LII II, "aSthSA IN
intends to do so or not. In conclud-
ing his address, the speaker called
the attention of his hearers to the
fact that no man can be good citi-
zen who is not God-fearing man.
4 Men who do no: attend church, who
do not lend the weight of their 1ntiu-
ence to the church, who attempt to
assume a neutral attitude between
I the church and its enemies, can not
really claim to be good citizens, al
though they may possess many most
excellent qualities. The man who
saws that he believes in God, but who
never recognizes his duty and obliga-
ton to God, apparently, bellies his
statement that he believes in Him.
The speaker stated that he believ-
| ed the recent worldwide war was an
expression of Gods wrath at the chill
dren of men who had so far forgot
ten their God that they had placed
many things before Him, such as
worldly possessions, power, work.
pleasure, ETC., and, as a matter OF
fact, every great war has resulted
from the action of the people OF
their time forgetting their God. BIZ
BILE students, he stated, were familiar
with the causes Of the conflicts de-
scribed in the Bible, and certainly
students of ancient history were ia
miliar with the fall of Greece and
Rome, how they followed the adop-
ton of standards of living that were
in direct conflict with the teachings
of the Bible. He then urged upon
those present that they endeavor to
set examples of right living, that
they attend church, that they live
up to the principles and teaching OF
their order, and that the influence OF
their organization be unitedly cast
into the balance for the right and
for God
The High School Orchestra, COM
posed of Misses Margaret Skinner,
Elsie Robbins, Evelyn Pritchett, An
ma Simmons and Mamie Harrington
and Messrs. James McAllister and
Calvin Dali, furnished the music, and
received encore after encore. The
first number was cover There,
(which was sung by the entire Or
lchestra. The second was solo by
Miss Elsie Robbins, 1--WE Longing
For You" The third was a duet by
Misses Margaret Skinner and Evelyn
Pritchett, whispering Hope, and
the fourth was a solo by Mr.. James
McAllister, Forgotten"
Following the close OF the exer-
cises, Mr.. Edward Van Buskirk play
ed a number of selections.
Next Sunday Rev. William l., Hon-
man, pastor of ST. PauPs M. r
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