The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
HARDING ENJOYS
 FIRST REST SINCE
 HIS NOMINATION Attends Church and Spends Rest of Day at New Jersey Home of Senator and
 Mrs. Frelinghuysen
 By Associated Press


 Raritan, N J., June 27.-Senator War ren G. Harding, republican presidential nominee, enjoyed his first day of rest since he was nominated two weeks ago, at the country home of his friend and colleague, Senator Joseph K. Frelinghuy- sen, here today.
 Fatigued after several months hard work in the Senate, interspersed with a strenuous pre-convention campaign and numerous conferences since he was nom.- mated, Senator Harding has given up all political work during his stay here and Is devoting most of his time to relexa- tion He has seen no political callers, and no definite engagements have been made for him here. The plan of doing little work on his speech of acceptance while here has been abandoned and the senator will not resume compilation of the draft until after he returns to Washington
 The Senator and Mrs Harding attended church this morning and spent the rest of the day quietly at The Hills" the Frelinghuysen ancestral estate They worshiped at the Third Dutch Reformed Church, small, quaint colonial type structire on the main street of the village of Raritan. Senator Freylinghuysen s father was one of the founders of the church, which was built in 1851, and Sena- 'pt Y EtSlilSHuyStll Ill1nSetI IS an elueE there.
 FEW ATTEND SERVICE
 Senator and Mrs Freyilnghuysen and their eldest daughter, Victoria, accompa- nied Senator and Mrs. Harding to the church. Apparently but few persons in town were aware of the presence of their distinguished visitor, as less than l11 persons attended the service, and there was onlva handful of the curious out side to catch glimpse of the nominee as he entered and left the edifice
 There was no departure from the usual church service An American flag at the right of the pulpit was the only dec- oration. Rev. J. A. Iumley, the pastor. chose for his text Romans x:5: Brethren. my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved"
 In the course of the sermon. which had been prepared without knowledge that the nominee was to attend the service, Rev. Lumley said:
 "The whole nation must return by the way of statesmanike nobility to world respecting national integrity.
 Men must be saved from the deadly thirst for unholy power and vainglo- rious attempt to wreck our national life on the altar of their unjustifable ann bition.
 ''The nation must be safeguarded against the narrow-visioned adventurer who would cruelty the best that the worst misht be enthroned.
 "The municipality must be saved fron, the fallacies of the shams and shadows of personal liberty and licensed un-Ameri- eanism.
 The people need to be saved from their sons, from their deceiving social fa1lacies, from sins in the market place, from sins in the social set from sins in the highways of industry. from sins in legislative halls and from sins in the church of Jesus Chrst''
 Senator and MT. Harding. who are Bap- lists, followed the service with deep in- terest, joining in the singing of the hymns and in the scriptura! responsive reading by the congregation. No direct reference to the nominees presence was made from the pulpit, although in the course of his prayers the pastor gave thanks that the Lord has looked upon us with favor. and asked that divine blessing and restored health be granted to those in legislative relation to gov ernment and those in executive positions who are weary of mind and body"
 After the service the pastor came down from the pulpit and was introduced by Senator Freylinghuysen 10 the nominee and members of his party.
 Senator Harding congratulated the pas. tor on the fine service" and then shook hands with members of the congregation who crowded about him.
 Former Gov. Edward c. Stokes of New Jersey and MT. and Mrs. F. F. Reicker. were Senator Freylnghuysen's specially invited guests for luncheon. Mrs. Reicll- ert is chairman of the Republican State Nomans Suffrage Association. Senators Frederick Hale of Maine and Frank E. Kellogg of Minnesota who accompanied the Harding party here from Washing ton and are weekend guests at "The Hill" also attended the luncheon. Sena- tor and Mrs. Harding spent the after noon quietly on the Frelinghuysen es- tate. The nominee plans to play round of golf with Senator Frelinghuysen to- morrow morning and rest the remainder of the day. He plans to start for Wash ington late tomorrow, arriving there about midnight.