. The redemption of the south end, a study in city evangelization. eant tobring something to pass. Every step he took meant disasterfor them; every expansion of the Morgan meant the restrictionof their institutions. He was bringing light into the SouthEnd, and darkness had to flee before it. It was said of Napoleon that his generals willingly andcheerfully died for him. It is mark of great leadership thatinspires such loyalty. At Morgan Memorial one finds anotherevidence of this loyalty to leadership—scores of men and womenlay their lives on the altar of devotion, inspired by him whostands at
. The redemption of the south end, a study in city evangelization. eant tobring something to pass. Every step he took meant disasterfor them; every expansion of the Morgan meant the restrictionof their institutions. He was bringing light into the SouthEnd, and darkness had to flee before it. It was said of Napoleon that his generals willingly andcheerfully died for him. It is mark of great leadership thatinspires such loyalty. At Morgan Memorial one finds anotherevidence of this loyalty to leadership—scores of men and womenlay their lives on the altar of devotion, inspired by him whostands at the head of the institution. In nothing, perhaps,more than in this is true greatness revealed, that one knowshow to surround himself by able associates. Small men imaginethey shine best, and perhaps they do, by having mediocrity forsubordinates. True ability selects ability. Morgan Memorial isthe product of a master mind, and one who has known how toselect strong and worthy men and women to develop the insti-tution in order to carry on its ministry of HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS EDGAR J. HELMS AND HIS WORKERS 117 First among these associates is Rev. W. M. Gilbert, who holdsthe appointment to Morgan Memorial as a member of the NewEngland Conference. Genial, alert, forceful on the platform,tireless as a worker, he is the righthand man of his chief inevery enterprise. Dr. Helms facetiously introduced him re-cently as the cardinal of the institution—a title that fitshim well. He also came out of the West, having been born inMonmouth, Illinois. Like Dr. Helms, he is a graduate ofCornell College in Iowa, from which institution he came toBoston University School of Theology, receiving his degreethere in 1909. He united with the Central Illinois Conferencein 1903 and preached two years at Madison Avenue Church inPeoria. After his theological course he served two years inthe work of the Young Mens Christian Association, and wasconnected also with the Railroad Young Mens Christian
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