Evening star., 1923-02-19
.NAT|ON \ WEAKENING,
! DECLARES BISHOP
Says Patriotism and Respect
| for Law GroWs-Preaches
] to Sons of Revolution.
WR., HARDING ATTENDS
MANY Members of Diplomatic
Ne Ne Corps at Services at St.
Johns Church.

Sriotism and respect for law was urg-
ed by Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Gailor,
bishop OF Tennessee, at the services
Of the Sons of the Revolution In the
District Of Columbia, in commemora-
lion of the birth of George Wash
ington, at st. Johns Church, 18th
and II streets northwest, yesterday.
The impressive ceremony was at
tended by President Harding and
members of the diplomatic corps.
Bishop Gailor declared that despite
accusations against the American
people a national spirit is awaken
gswhich, he declared, must be made
81 blessing to the country and to the
world. He urged that the nation be
"a consecrated servant and benefac-
tor of mankind.'
Bishop Gailor's Sermon.
In speaking Of the American prin-
ciples of Freedom of the Individual
and Supremacy of the Law Bishop
GaIlor said. in part:
I'VE can hardly be said to have sue
Ceeded in realizing either of these
traditions On the contrary. we are
all painfully aware of a sad lack of
reverence for law, and this condition
is not improved by groups of people,
who organize themselves into bands
of regulators to enforce the laws
tney faEOr.
I'VE have forgotten that liberty is
an earned degree and involve a SOL
emn responsibility. What / mean is
that freedom cannot be conferred on
:: people by mere legislative enact
ment. 1t has to be won by men who
have shown the capacity to exercise
, it and the task of the statesman to-
day Is to keep a free people from for
getting the discipline. the self-re-
stratnt, by which freedom has been
earned.
Safeguard of Liberty.
But the safeguard of liberty is
the sense of the obligation of service.
'rhat also is the redemption of de
1nocracy, which may be a very noble
and splendid thing if exercised by
people who have a profound conviction
of the obligation to public service.
And this means fellowship. This
means freedom from blind partisan
ship and the Willingness to know
and understand the other mans point
of view.
''And today we are all sharing in
the great awakening of the public
conscience, which says that business
and politics and society must be made
moral. So the state is interfering
with individual liberty, so called. 1t
repudiates the notion that free gov
ernment means the right of the
strong man and wicked man to take
advantage of and despoiI the weak
man under the forces of law"
In speaking of George Washington
bishop Gailor said:
NO nation in the world perhaps
owes it's existence 80 pre- e-eminently
to the courage and devotion of one
man as does the United States; and
certainly no nation can boast of a
founder whose personal and public
character has so splendidly sustain
cd the criticisms of four generations
Leaves Two LeEacics.
His first legacy to his country
men was his religious faith. In his
farewell address he declared his firm
conviction that the stability of the
republic would depend upon the main
tenance of the moral standards, and
said Whatever may be conceded to
the influence of refined education on
minds of peculiar structure, reason
and experience both forbid us to ex-
pect that national morality can pre-
vail in exclusion of religious princi-
ple.'
Ills second legacy was his belief
in the national idea. AS a prophetic
statesman, he saw the heterogeneous
into one, mighty whole, and, as a re-
cent critic says, .he dared to use
the word nation and to advocate the
national idea long before nine tenths
of the people saw that they were
bound to become nation or desired
to be one.
To-day the dream of Washington
has been fulfilled and all Americans
are responding with gladness to the
privilege and responsibility of the
national life.
Hold Memorial Service.
During the service The Star Span
cled Banner" was played and the
colors Of the Sons of the Revolution
were presented, while taps were
sounded and the commemoration of
George Washington and the de-
ceased members of the society were
read.
The officiating clergy were Rev.
Thomas Edward Green, chaplain Of
the Sons of the Revolution of the
District Of Columbia; Rev. David
church. Washington. d. c.; Rev
Robert Talbot, rector of ST. Paul's
Church, Washington. d. G.; Rev
Robert Johnston, rector of st. Johns
Church, and Rt. Rev. Thomas Frank
Gailor, Bishop of Tennessee,
Committees in Charge.
The committee on the church serv-
ice was: Henry B. Byrd. sr.
Larkin W. Glazebrook. Thomas
w. Lockwood, jr., Capt. Lee w.
Wright, U. S. NJ. c., secretary. and
ex-officio. Brig. Gen. George Rich
ards, u. >. NJ. T., president, and the
Rev. Thomas Edward Green. d. D..
s. T. D., chaplain of the Sons of the
Revolution in the District of CO.
lumbia
The aisle committee was: Capt.
Lee w. Wright u. S. NJ. c.. chairman;
Frank E. Webner, Lieut.. Commander
Horace D. RouZer, L. S. N; Maj.
Edward F. Riggs. u. 9. A: Richard n.
Mason, Edward F. LOCKER. Harry r.
Kenner, William B. Crowell Col.
George C. Saffarrans, L. S. A, retired:
Benjamin A. Harlan, Lieut.. Com
mander Joel T. Boone, U. S. n.
The members of the diplomatic
corps who attended the service were:
The Brazilian ambassador and Nine.
de Alencar, the Peruvian ambassador
and Sonora Pezet, the Bolivian min
lister and Sonora Ballivian, the Mic
araSuan minister and Sonora Cha
MORO, the minister of Panama and
Sonora Alfaro. the minister of the
Serbs, Croats and SloveneS and Mrs.
Pavichich,, the Venezuelan minister
and Sonora Arcaya, the cherge DAFT
faires of Iatvia and Mrs. Sega, and
the counselor of the Polish legation
and Mrs. kwapiszewski.
VIII Elect Officers.
The election of officers of the Sons
! of the Revolution of the District of
Columbia will be held at the La
Fayette Hotel, 18th and I streets,
next Thursday
The society will on that day CO.
operate with the Daughters of the
Revolution in a joint celebration of