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Show WORLD PROGRESSES, SAYS MR. BOH Baptist Pastor Incidentally Puts in Good Word for -Woodrow Wilson. Choosing his text from Paul's epistle to tho Philistines, wherein .Paul said: 'Forgetting those thiups which arc behind, be-hind, 1 press forward," the He v. L. S. Bowcrinan, pastor of tho Immanuel Baptist Bap-tist church, ilolivercd a powerful sermon on " progress! vism" last evening, lie did not coniino hia address to politics, but spoke rather of tho progressive spirit that is now manifost everywhere, in. all movements in the United States. -'Paul was in a position to be a re"-aetibuary re"-aetibuary by "birth, wealth and position,' posi-tion,' ' said tho Rev. Mr. Bowennan, ''but the man who sees thcfncc ot Jesus Christ and knows him is never content to sit still. Tho reactionary stands for tradition because he beliovos it gives special privileges to u. special class. The progressive believes in doing do-ing something lor someone else. Ji, is the progressive spirit that prompts the foreigner to come to America. He knows that he will bo at a disadvantage , here and he is at a disadvantage here. I IIo comes and endures this because ho has faith that by so doing ho is giving Iiis son a chauco to be and do something bettor than ho is or can do himself. ''With reference to a great political party, with which 1 have been connected most of my life with which my father was connectod and under whose banner ho fought three years the. great trouble trou-ble is that the party has boon living in tho past. 'Its leaders havo been telling tell-ing what has been done. The problem of that dav, however, is not the problem prob-lem of this day. The grent battle now before the people is as to whether the people shall rule or not." Tho attitude of the press wns criticised, criti-cised, the speaker declaring that the average newspaper-was simply a commercial com-mercial institution ami as such gavo tho uews to the people according to the dictates of the owner. "The Commoner,-' ho declared, "that weekly paper published by William J. Bryan, ha? a greater and bettor influence for the morals of this country than any other paper." The progressive spirit was declared to be evident ovorvwhero in this country. Tho lcv. Mr. Boworinan mentioned recent re-cent movements by which a senator had been unseated, a judge of ono of the federal courts had been impeached and other instances. While ho said that ho regretted the individual instances, he was glad that. 1he people were showing an awakening moral conscience that would demand purity in public, office and puritv in life. Tho reason of the unrest, he said, was tho fact thai men are beginning to poo the terrific- inconsistency incon-sistency of what they aro and of what thov should bp. "The groat leaders of the progressive party of America aro Christian men," said' the speaker. "And all honor to that great denomination, tho Presbyterian Presbyteri-an church, out of which that progressive progres-sive partv has chosen a candidate for both the presidency and the vice presidency. presi-dency. Tho true progressive must see .lesus Chrisi." |