Evening star., 1925-07-13
BRYAN, IN sermon,
DEFENDS CREEDS.
Avoids Controversial Points.
Answered by Pastor
in Evening.
By the Associated Press.

DAYTON. Tenn, July 13.- William
Jennings Bryan look back on an old
fashioned sermon to a Sweltering crowd
of believeres on the courthouse lawn
here yesterday afternoon, and last
night at the same place the Rev
Charles Francis Potter, pastor of the
West Side Unitarian Church of New
York City, told a more comforta BILE
audience of the creed of the modern
lists.
He Calleth Thee" was the topic
Of Mr.. Bryan's sermon, and through
it he depicted a Christ who alone
can save the world from future wars.
The crowd. which began assembling
more than two hours before time for
the sermon, applauded now and then
while numerous shafts drew fervent
''Amens" from their midst.
Mr.. Bryan made his gestures with
a broad palmetto leaf fan, and de-
livered his sermon coatleSs.
The sermon was interSpersed with
an intermittent clicking of cameras,
as news-reel photographers ground
out pictures of the crowd, the speaker
and the courthouse about which they
were grouped.
Avoids Controversy.
So free from controversial state
ments was Mr.. Bryan's sermon that
DIR. Potter, who had planned to answer
the afternoon speaker at his service
last night, took exception TO but one
remark.
The doctrines of Christ have lived
for 1900 years." Mr.. Bryan said. and
they have furnished so complete a
moral code that no scholar has dared
add a word TO it. Religion was here
ha colo
When the schools get through with
our children. they still must have
something else. The only advantage
of an education is to increase their
capacity for service. The dull man
with a passion for service will render
more service than the man with a
keen brain and no passion for service" "
In his talk last night from the same
platform. Mr.. Potter said:
Mr.. Bryan said You can give
man a dull brain and passion for
service and he will render more serv-
ice than the man with simply a
BRAIN
The fallacy of that is that you do
not ind a passion for service among
people of dull brain. That's a socio-
logical fact. The great services have
been rendered by men of intellect.
There is no record in history of any
man of dull brain ever having rem
dered great service to mankind"
Crowd Cheered Bryan.
The choir, drawn from several Day
ton churches for the union service, was
singing a song as Mr.. Bryan came
upon the rough wooden platform be-
side the courthouse. He was greeted
by cheers.
Nearer, My God, to Thee" the
crowd sang, as II stood.
The Rev. A. G. Stribling, pastor of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
then prayed that those too skeptical to
believe might be led to believe. There
was clatter of moving picture cam.
eras as Rev. w. A. Moffat, pastor of
the Baptist Church, arose to introduce
Bryan. Mr.. Bryan he termed a man
who throughout his life has stood for
his convictions and fought for what
he felt was the right of both political
and moral questions.
And he had been right on moral
questions" he said The words
brought a volley of handclapping
To-day 1 introduce him to you by a
title due him as a representative Of
the lowly Nazarene." He then pre-
scented the speaker as Brother
| Bryan"
The fundamentalist leader spoke
briefly on his activities in the relig-
ious world, saying that when in the
| heat of political campaigns ne had
! refrained from participating in re.
| ligious exercises for fear that his &C.