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President Roosevelt received the beautiful books from David Decamp Thompson. He comments on his observations of the connections between labor problems and churches and those of Young Men’s Christian Association movements and railroads.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-23
President Roosevelt wishes that he could be present for the 200th anniversary of John Wesley’s birth as he feels that the benefit the nation has received from Methodists cannot be overstated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-29
President Roosevelt believes that the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Wesley has a particular interest for Americans because the growth of Methodism took place during America’s national life and the Methodist church reached its largest development in the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-09
President Roosevelt would be pleased to dine with Samuel W. Bowne on the evening of the Wesley Bicentenary Celebration. However, Mrs. Roosevelt will be unable to attend and President Roosevelt must depart after the celebration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-31
President Roosevelt will be unable to attend the dedication; Congress is in session and he is already scheduled to attend the two hundredth anniversary of Wesley’s birth and then will be in Canton, Ohio for President McKinley’s birthday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-27
President Roosevelt is unavailable in December and has already promised to speak at a bicentennial celebration of John Wesley’s birth.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-06
In an excerpt from a speech delivered at Carnegie Hall on February 26, 1903, President Roosevelt reflects on the Methodist Church and its founder, John Wesley, on the 200th anniversary of his birth. Roosevelt says members of the church pride themselves on seeking a higher life, by undertaking hard work and seeing it through, which will bring justice and peace to the people of earth.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-17
President Roosevelt addresses representatives of the Methodist Church gathered in Carnegie Hall on the bicentennial of John Wesley’s birth. He opens by noting that it is in the United States that the Methodist Church has grown the most, starting from about the time of the Revolutionary War. The Methodist Church has also played “a peculiar and prominent part in the pioneer growth” of the country, particularly in westward expansion. Methodist preachers and ministers served as a moral guide for the frontiersmen and women to help them conquer both the “forces of spiritual evil” and the hostile terrain of the frontier. Roosevelt urges the church of the present day to show the same spirit of courage and determination as these earlier pioneers in order to advance humanity, kindliness, and brotherhood within the nation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-26
President Roosevelt addresses representatives of the Methodist Church gathered in Carnegie Hall on the bicentennial of John Wesley’s birth. He opens by noting that it is in the United States that the Methodist Church has grown the most, starting from about the time of the Revolutionary War. The Methodist Church has also played “a peculiar and prominent part in the pioneer growth” of the country, particularly in westward expansion. Methodist preachers and ministers served as a moral guide for the frontiersmen and women to help them conquer both the “forces of spiritual evil” and the hostile terrain of the frontier. Roosevelt urges the church of the present day to show the same spirit of courage and determination as these earlier pioneers in order to advance humanity, kindliness, and brotherhood within the nation. This is a press copy of his speech.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-26
President Roosevelt addresses representatives of the Methodist Church gathered in Carnegie Hall on the bicentennial of John Wesley’s birth. He opens by noting that it is in the United States that the Methodist Church has grown the most, starting from about the time of the Revolutionary War. The Methodist Church has also played “a peculiar and prominent part in the pioneer growth” of the country, particularly in westward expansion. Methodist preachers and ministers served as a moral guide for the frontiersmen and women to help them conquer both the “forces of spiritual evil” and the hostile terrain of the frontier. Roosevelt urges the church of the present day to show the same spirit of courage and determination as these earlier pioneers in order to advance humanity, kindliness, and brotherhood within the nation. This is a press copy of his speech with edits marked in pencil.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-26
John S. Dennis is sad that Theodore Roosevelt will no longer be in New York City and feels that he has lost an “efficient support” and “true friend.” Roosevelt showed loyalty to truth and courage. Dennis and his wife wish Roosevelt success in the wider field now open to him as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and hope he will “strike the same note of righteousness in National affairs.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-04-13