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Show AN ELOQUENT CLEHOVMAN. One of the moat eloquent clergymen In New York city at the tr.oenl timi Is Iter. Thoa. 11 Bllcer, pastor ot n Souls' church Althoukh a traP"a lively newcomer In the metropolis having hav-ing removed there from UuBalo tbret nr.v thomas sLicnn. or foir years ago Mr Hllcer has nl resdy made a large place for himself in the religious, political and civic life of the city He It one of our belt after dinner ipeikers, and Is In constant de-maud de-maud for functions ot this kind An excellent exempts ot bis style and trend of thought Is furnished In tho following paragraph from his sermon on Thanksgiving day ' The first business busi-ness of every American ' said Mr Sllcer. "Is to be nt for America He may regard It as a good stnn 1 for business busi-ness to enr'ch himself, but being enriched en-riched he Is the trustee ot those riches, and not their owner He may regarJ It as a great opportunity in which to be free, but the only purpose of freedom free-dom la to live the higher life 1 believe be-lieve In the sovereignty ot the reopln In tho great democracy, de-mocracy, which Is working out Its salvation and the salvation ot the world " Or Sllcer Is actively engaged In aiding tho movement la favor of municipal reform, and Is obs of ths closest and most confidential friends of Got Iloosevclt |