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Lewis L. Bingham knows Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt believes in churches and that if more people attended, there would be an increase in moral earnestness, which is essential to democracy. He asks her to show Theodore Roosevelt the enclosed appeal as he thinks it would interest him.
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1911-11-11
Chester F. Ralston sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of a sermon and asks his opinion of it.
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1911-01-19
Invitation from George William Carter to attend the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the New York Bible Society. The anniversary sermon will be given by John Henry Jowett on Bible Sunday.
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1911-12
President Roosevelt encloses Bishop Charles Henry Brent’s sermon and assures Silas McBee that he will talk to Brent. Unfortunately, Roosevelt must return to Washington, D.C., early, and he asks if it would be possible for McBee to bring Bishop of London Arthur F. Winnington Ingram to visit in Washington, D.C., rather than Oyster Bay. Roosevelt will play tennis with Ingram on the White House court.
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1907-08-31
President Roosevelt shares editor of the Churchman Silas McBee’s interest in and puzzlement over the sermon of Bishop Charles Henry Brent of the Philippines, which he analytically criticizes.
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1907-08-27
Herbert W. Ladd reminds Theodore Roosevelt of an article Ladd sent to Roosevelt which was similar in thought to what Cardinal James Gibbons expressed last Sunday.
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1911-10-03
Cyrus K. Stockwell has a series of sermons he plans to give that include the favorite texts of several famous people. He wants to include the favorite text of Theodore Roosevelt and asks Lyman Abbott to find out Roosevelt’s favorite text, or one of them.
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1911-10-02
Reverend Smith thanks President Roosevelt for what he said to Smith this morning, and wishes that he “could preach on Sunday what you on every week day practice so splendidly.”
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1907-02-11
President Roosevelt holds the “big stick” and “peace” papers as he looks towards the United States Capitol building. A number of papers fall out of his briefcase: “cotton scandal airing,” “magazine article written,” “investigation of Castro,” “beef trust jostle,” “a submarine trip,” “cabinet changes,” “speeches made,” and “sermon preached.”
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1905-10-01
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Walter Thompson for the sermon and appreciates the reference to his father, Theodore Roosevelt.
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1911-11-29
Theodore Roosevelt is pleased that George E. Talmage’s sermon was published and is glad to have him in the parish.
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1911-10-31
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Walter H. Johnson for the copy of the sermon, which Roosevelt read with interest.
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1911-04-26
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Chester F. Ralston for his sermon.
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1911-01-23
Theodore Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Paul Underwood Kellogg and asks that he read an article by the Englishman Jacks in the Yale Review, which comments on an article Roosevelt had sent Kellogg. Roosevelt finds Jacks’ article immoral and refers to Kellogg’s mention of the U.S. Constitution binding the states in unity. Roosevelt chastises Kellogg for not recognizing that “two million men” fought for that unity during the Civil War and that the U.S. is committed to going to war to protect that unity.
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1915-05-06
President Roosevelt thanks William D. Murphy for sending him an extract from Robert Stuart MacArthur’s sermon. Roosevelt asks Murphy to also thank MacArthur for what he said, as he highly values MacArthur’s opinion of him.
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1909-01-02
President Roosevelt thanks Ivy L. Lee for the gift of a nicely bound book on Uncle Remus. He looks forward to reading both the sermon by Lee’s father, James W. Lee, as well as Lee’s own character sketch of Joel Chandler Harris.
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1908-12-31
President Roosevelt commends Reverend Roland Cotton Smith on a recent sermon that he gave.
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1908-12-21
President Roosevelt praises Ulysses G. B. Pierce, a Unitarian minister, for the sermon he gave at a service Roosevelt attended.
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1908-10-19
President Roosevelt thanks Reverend Richmond for the letter and enclosure, and is glad about some of the things which Richmond has spoken about in his sermon.
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1908-02-04
President Roosevelt thanks Judge Pritchard for sending him the sermon. He is sorry to hear of Pritchard’s daughter’s illness, but is glad to hear she is getting better.
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1907-12-09