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mon at 8 p.m.?program of interest.
HE Washington Grove Christian
fcll. Workers' conference ami camp
meeting is to begin Wednesday
and continue until August 10. The first
meeting will be h*ld at 3:30 p.m., when
the general subject up for discussion will
be "The Fact of the Spiritual Life." Rev.
Dr. Henry P. Hamiil, pastor of Grace
MethodLt Episcopal Church, South,
Gaithersburg. Md , will be the leader.
A meeting for the children will be held
at ? o'clock, while at 8 o'colck Rev. Dr.
Whitford L. McDowell, district super
intendent of the Washington Methodist
Episcopal Churches will deliver the ser
mon, formally opening the conference.
The full program is as follows:
Thursday. July :>1?County Sunday
school convention. Forenoon and after
noon session.-. Speakers: Mr. Leonard j
Lea vail. Sunday school secretary of .n?';
Maryland Baptists; Mr. K. L. Hooper of
the Maryland Sunday School Association,
Rev. John R. Henderson pastor of the i
Presbyterian Church, Rockville: Rev. ?
Henry P. Hamill. Richard G. Koontz. C. i
D. LafTerty. and others- Mr. Charles1
W. Prettyinan of Rockville will preside j
at a conference of superintendents. Music
by Brownlngsv lie Band. Mr. R. Wilson
Walker. Gaithersburg, president; Miss
Isabel Kingdon, Rockville, secretary.
At 4 p.m.?Children's meeting. "The
Triumph of Obedience."
At 8 p.m.?"The Child of the Church."
Leader, Rev. Oscar W. Henderson, pastor
of the Baptist Church, Rockvill".
Friday. August 1, 3:30 p m.?"The Need
lor the Spiritual Life." Leader. Rev. W.
T. Gover, pastor of the Methodist Episco
pal Church South, Laytonsville.
4 p.m.?Children's meeting. "Sinai's
Love Message."
8 p.m.?Platform meeting. "Young
Peopie's Work,'' Mr. Irvine L. Miller, pre
siding. Speakers: Messrs. Claude W.
Owen. Gaithersburg; 'Charles F. Linger
of Washington; John B. Ely of Gaithers
burg; William F. Prettyman of Rockville;
J. R. Miihurn of Washington and Rev.
John E. Fort, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Laytonsville.
Sunday, August 3?9:45 a.m.?Sunday
school.
11 a.m.?Public service. Sef-mon by Rev.
Dr. William H. Wilder, president of the
Lucy Webb Hayes National Training
School for Missionaries and Deaconesses,
Washington.
3 p.m.?P.atform meeting. "The Lord's
Day?the Best Way to Keep 8&nday."
Mr. Thomas J. Owen of Gaithersburg,
presiding. Speakers: Messrs. B. T.
Welch, George R. Cook W. S. Dewhlrst
of Washington; W. H. H. Smith of North
Takoma and others.
7 p m.?Evensong and testimony.
8 p.m.?Public service. Sermon by Rev.
Dr. Henry P. Hamill of Gaithersburg.
Monday, August 4, 3:30 p.m.?"The Holy
Spirit and the Spiritual Life." Leader,
Rev. Oscar W. Henderson of Rockvilie.
4 p.m.?Children's meeting. "Some Real
Giants of Today."
8 p.m.?"The Federal Council of the
Church of Christ in America." Leader,
Mr. W. H. H. Smith.
Tuesday, August 5, 3:30 p.m.?"The
Human Conditions of Entrance Into
the Spiritual Life"; leader, Rev. Page
Milburn, professor in West Virginia
Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, W. Va.
4 p.m.?Children's meeting?"A Totir to
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HE season when camp meetings
have full swing has arrived, an 1
for the next six weeks will engage
the attention of a number of Washington
clergy of all Protestant denom'nations
The camp at Mountain Lake Park is no.v
In full swing, and Wesley Grove. Md..
will begin Its season the latter part of
this week. Th's ramp will be followed
by the Summit Grove camp about a week
later. August 8 the ever-popular Emory
Grove camp will commence. In addition J
to these, there will be the Great FaU"
ramp meet ng. to be held at Great [
Falls. Virginia, for three weeks, be- I
ginning August 10. The latter Is consid
ered one of the most popular camps in ;
this district of the Methodist Episcopal ?
Church South, and, besides the large
number of tenters on the ground, hun
dreds of Washingtonlans so out there
every evening by trolley and are present
at the services. Some of the mo*t prom
inent preachers in the country have been
engaged for this camp. The Salvation
Armv in also hold nx camp services in
connection with its summer charity work
* * * *
Station-?Bitot Campaign
HE Anti-Saloon League is making
great preparations for its national
convention, which will be held at Co
lumbus, Ohio. November 10 to 13.
This convent'on Is to be a Jubilee af
fair to celebrate the twentieth anniver
sary of the founding of the league. It is
expected 20,000 delegates will be present.
Special significance is attached to the
convention because at that t me will take
place the formal launching of t e Anti
Salr on League's big program for national
prohibition. The temperance fortes are
encouraged over the passage by Congress
and the successful operation of the Webb
law, and they dee n the time opportune
for starting the nation-wide fight.
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pastor Sunbam to
Itabe on Vacation
EV. J. HARVEY DUNHAM, pastor
of the Western Presbyterian
Church, leaves Monday on his va
cation, which will be spent at North
tield. Mass., and in the Adirondacks.
The pulpit will l>e supplied each Sun
day as follows: A u trust 3 and 10. Rev.
C. B. Post of Clinton, X. Y ; August IT,
Rev. Dr George s. Duncan of this city;
August -1 and 31. Rev. William I.
Campbell of this city.
* * * ;
Evangelist K. W. Rrenne'sen, general
secretary of the People's Pu.pit Associa
tion of New York, who has been attend
ing the convention of the International
Bible Students' Association at Ashevills,
N. C., will preach to the Washington
Temple Congregation (non-sectarian)
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. His
topic will be "Men of Destiny."
? * ? *
The Columbia Association of Baptist
Churches is to be petitioned by the trus
tees of the Anacostia Baptist Church for
admission under the mission board.
The church is without a regular pastor
at the present, and effort is being mad.'
to aecure one. Evangelist Belt lias been
1n charge of the services for some time
past.
St At. glnbrtto'd.
?yy EJV. J J. DIMON, rector of St. An
drew's Episcopal Church, will leave
in ths next few days for Ohio for hts
vacation
Rev Patrick Murphy, rector of St
MiOhael and All Angels' Parish, will b?
in charge of Rev. Dimon's work during
his absence from the city.
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3v. John I^stcher Showell, who re
ly real nsd as curate of Trinity Epis
copal Church, Ls serving as temporary
rector of Holy Trinity Church, near
Bowie. Prinrce George# county, Md
When Mr. Show-ell ^ resigned he an
nounced his intention of taking up work
in Idaho, btit later decided to remain in
the diocese of Washin. ton.
Rot. James Kirkpatrfck was fdrmerly
the rector at Holy Trinity Church.
?' ? * *
The District superintendent of th<
Washington Methodist Episcopal church
?s. Rev. Whitford L McDowell, wil
preach in Foundry Methodist Episcopa
Church tomorrow at both morning and
evening services.
During the month of A utrust the pulpit
of foundry Church will be supplied bj
the following ministers: August .1, Rev
Frank MacDardel, president of Penning'
ton Seminary, Pennington. N. J.; Augus
10, Rev. Frank VV. Luce, pastor Firsl
M. H. Church, Cleveland, Ohio; Augusi
^tyVYyVVVVYVV
17, Rev. J. Lewis Hartsock, pastor Union
M. E. Church, New York city; August
24, Rev S. V. Leech of Washington;
August, 31, Rev. Benjamin 8. Haywood
of Washington.
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pastor $inftfjam
Called to Xotoell Cfourcb
%% EV. HERMON SPENCER PINK
HAM, pastor of Itnmanuel Baptist
Church, who is spending his vacation in
Vermont, has received a call to become
itct. UriHrtUiM S. flNKHAM.
pastor of the First Baptist Church of
Lowell. Mass., according to advices re
ceived in local Baptist circles.
Members of tmmanuel Church have
heard nothing from the pastor in regard
to the call, and it is not believed that he
ha?? any intention of leaving Washington.
The Lowell church is said to be a large
and influential one.
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Cobenant Cent
N elaborate musical program is to be
furnished in the Covenant tent to
morrow evening, a decision having been
reached to have two soloists hereafter.
Mr*. Bradford, contralto, and Mr. James
Hicks, baritone, will be the soloists. Rev.
Bernard Braskamp will preach the aer
mon.
* * * *
Rev. George W. Van Fossen, rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church, will leave in
a few days for his old home in Pennsyl
vania, where he will spend his vacation.
Rev. C. W. SVhitmore, vicar of St. Agnes
Chapel will be In charge of the services
at Trinity during the rector's absence.
* * * *
Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley, pastor of the
Vermont Avenue Christian Church, is
taking an advanced course of study at
Co umbia University, as he announced
?cme weeks a?,o he proposed to do. lie
also has been go ng to Bethany Beach,
Del., as opportunity has afforded.
Tomorrow he returns to Washington
for the first of two midsummer sermons
in th?* Vermont Avenue Church, taking
for uls subject "Th?l Religion of the
Modern Mind.'*
* *
Declines Snail fetation.
?EV. DR. CHARLES FISKE, rector
of the Episcopal Church of St. Mi
| chael and All Angels of Baltimore, hae
; declined the recent election as coadjutor
bishop of Dallas, Tex.
* * * *
Kev. Hugh T. Stevenson pastor of
Bethany Baptist Ch"rch, is planning for
the encampment of the National Guard
of the District of Columbia, beg.nmnjj
August 4, at Harpers Ferry. Pastoi
Stevt nson Is chaplain of the 2nd Regl
1 fluent.
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Rev. J. W. Austin, rector of All Saints'
Ep scopal Church, Chevy Chase, Is spend,
lng Ins vacation in New York state.
Canon Dt Vries of the Cathedral of 88,
> Peter and Paul, Is In charge or the worh
- at All Saints' in the rector's absence.
1 ? * ? *
! Cbougfitt for tfie Sap.
t flrHlNGS are made to use and not tc
r ^ abuse.
* * ? *
Stop the cause and the effeet will van
t ish.
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t Always remember there is rhore that
Church, South, Colesville.
Wednesday. August 6, 3:30 p.m.?"The
Atmosphere for the Spiritual Life";!
leader, Rev. Frank F. Neel. 4 p.m.? ?
Children's meeting ? "The World's
Lighthouse." 8 p.m.?"Practical Evan-!
gellsm"; leader, W. T. Gover.
Thursday, August 7, 3:30 p.m.?"The'
Nurture of the Spiritual Life"; leader.!
Rev. John E. Fort. 4 p.m.?Children's '
meeting?"Our Perfect Dress and Serv- ;
Social;
G.
Ice." 8 p.m.?"The Church and S<
Service"; leader. Rev. Richard
Koontz, pastor of Epworth Methodist
Episcopal Church, Galthersburg.
Friday, August R: 3:80 p.m.?"The Real- 1
isation of the Spiritual Life"; leader.
Rev. Richard G. Koontz. 4 p.m.?Children's
meeting, "The Test of the Gods." 8
{>.m.?"Christian Education an<1 Litera*
ure"; leader, Rev. Henry P. HamiU.
Sunday, August 10: ?;45 am.?Sunday
school. 11 a.m.?Public service, sermon
8 p.m.?Platform meeting, "Home and
Family Religion"; ?*r. L Cabell William
son, president of Washington Grove As
sociation. presiding. Speakers, Mr. A.
H. Sorgenfrei, Mrs. E. D. Huntley, Mr. ;
R. E. L. Smith of Rockville, and others.
7 p.m.?Evensong and testimony. 8 p.m.?
Public service. Sermon by Rev. RIchar
G. Koontx of GaitherBburg. Closing
camp.
ird
or;
Supplemental services are to be held;
August 12 and 14, the program being as j
follows:
Tuesday, August 12 ? Forenoon and
afternoon, Montgomery County Anti
Saloon League. A number of addresses
will be made by leaders In the work and
a musical program rendered. Mr. John
L. Lewis, Bethesda, president. '
Thursday, August 14 ? Forenoon and
afternoon. Social service League of
Montgomery county. Representative
l speakers of social service will make ad
' dresses, and Mrs. Bernardino Means,
nurse of the 1
Mr. John
j league,
R. Hen
will report her work,
enderson, Rockville, is
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president; Mrs. W. C. Beck, Rockville,
secretary; Mr. Joseph Reading, Rockville,
treasurer.
RK\. Vuiiii-Ulti) L. Ml-UUWBLL.
Other Lands, China, Japan and Others."
8 p.m.?"Christian Missions?World
wide Outlook"; leader, R^v. Frank P.
Keel, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
one side to every question and it Is best
to look at It from every angle before
forming a definite conclusion.
* * * *
Never lose your temper, for when It Is
lost you lose your head.
* * * *
It takes two to make a quarrel, because
when one won't the other cannot.
* * * ?
Put yourself In the other fellow's place
and see what you Would do.
No honest person Is afraid to sign a
fair contract.
# * * #
It Is Just as much of an art to apply
knowledge as it is to acquire it.
* * *
Tou cannot give the same dose of medi
cine for every ailment The personal ele
ment must be taken Into consideration.
? * * *
A strong foundation Is nine-tenths suc
cess.
* * * ?
Never jump at conclusions. It is dan
gerous.
* * * *
Do not ihink you cannot accomplish a
1 certain undertaking that other cannot:
remember that every one has a different
talent
* * ? ?
Stagnation is dangerous. 80 keep mov
ing.
Christian' Cntreabor%our
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TOPIC:
Missionary Essentials, at
Home and Abroad. I. In
formation. Acts, 15:12-18.
Ignorance 18 Failure.
little can be accomplished In
wfJ any line of endeavor without
preparation, and the flrst essen
tial of preparation Is Information. A
workman might be
provided with the
best kinds of tools,
but unless he had In
formation concerning
the work to be done
he would be unable
to use them. In fact
we may consider'In
formation as the
meit Important of
all tool a
It Is the one thing
we must have In the
successful prosecu
tion of any work.
Information to knowledge and without
knowledge there Is no possibility for
achievement. Lack of information is
the occasion of Ignorance and ignorance
always means Inefficiency and failure.
The missionary must be well Informed
first as to the full nature and design of
the commission he undertakes.
* ? * *
The One Menage.
"Go ye Into all the world and preach
the gospel to every creature."
One might go to a heathen land and
teach many things and. yet not be a
Christian missionary. There Is more than
the mere going, more than the mere
preaching; he must be informed about
the message he is to deliver. The essen
tial demand is that he have knowledge
of the gospel.
One who remains at home may be
fulfilling the great Commission. He
goes in the Bpirit and power of his
{layers and his presence Is felt
h.ough his gifts for the spread of the
gospel.
The great missionary essential for
work at home and abroad is In having
information about the gospel that Is
to be preached. The source of. that
knowledge Is the Bible. Its study In
the spirit of prayer and faith afford!
all needed information as to the mes
sage. How to best deliver it requires
information concerning the habits, cus
toms and conditions of the people to
whom the missionary goes. At the be
ginning there Is necessarily much Ig
norance In this direction and which
can only be overcome by patient and
diligent labor.
JJreatipterp of Jleto ??orfe
Pupa Habor temple
4fletropoUs Cbiftce Mill Sgatti Skene
of &>unliap jfWorning &erbices to W&fyitb
laboring fWen lire 3nbtteb?$200,000
Announce!) as! ftorcfjase $rtce.
HE deed to the Labor Temple, 2d
avenue and 14th street. New York,
will pass Thursday from the cor
poration of the Greenwich Presbyterian
Church to the Church extension commit
tee of the Presbytery of N'ew Yo-k. The
price paid Is $200,000, and the Greenwich
Church will use this for an endowment.
For the last three years the church ex
tension committee of New York has
leased the property at a rental of $10,000
a year f-om the Greenwich CMurch. It
put off buying the property, because it
wanted to see whether the Labor Temple
Justified its existence, and because It
wanted the $200 000 set aside for the pur
chase to draw Interest.
The Greenwich Church Is ? merger of
the Fourteenth Street P.'esbyterian
Church, which worshiped In tha building
now the Labor Temple, and the Thir
teenth Street Presbyterian Chureh, which
used the edifice which Is now ths home
of the Green wick Church In West 18th
street near 6th avenue. Rev. Dr. James
M. Hoadley Is the pastor.
With the acquisition of the property
the extension committee will adopt a
new policy at the temple. One Innova
tion will be a regular service of divine
worship every Sunday morning, with
rreaching by Rev. Dr. Jonathan C. Day,
he superintendent. When Rev. Charles
Stelzle, founder of the Labot Tomple, was
In charge, he tried a morning service,
but so few came that he gave it up.
From now on the extension committee
will pay all the bills. Heretofore the
board of home missions of the Presby
terian Church has met the operating ex
penses, but the general assembly In May
Instructed the Presbytery of New York
to take over the temp'e. This settles
a great cause of contentloh In the church
at large.
Prof. William Adams Brown of Union
Theological Seminary has obtained
enough money through private subscrip
tion to conduct the temple for one year.
He Is chairman of the presbytery's com
mittee on home missions.
There is very little useful informa
tion ever obtained unless it is carefully
and persistently sought for. It does
not come to the careless and the Idle,
and even to the most diligent and per
sistent seeker it is never oomplete.
Knowledge breeds knowledge. In the
light of each truth discovered other
truths will be continually disclosed.
* * ? *
Recharging the Jam.
What is true of the missionary's need
for Information in relation to every
thing connected with his mission Is
equally true of those interested In
missionary progress. Mrs. Henry R.
Elliott, editor of Woman's Work, de
velops in her address entitled "Re
charging the Jars" that as It is at
times necessary to recharge a Leyden
jar with electricity .for service, so
must one keep alive and ready for
use one's missionary interest by fresh
charges of spiritual electricity gen
erated by the stoies of information
found in the missionary magazines.
Ttie prime object in presenting this
topic for the consideration of Christian
h,ndeavorers is to arouse them to a
sense of the importance of their seek
ing the fuhest information possible
about mission work, both at home and
abroad.
A Liberal Education.
It is important in both a spiritual and
an educational sense. A Christian who
Is not alive to missionary interests can
not be very much alive to any other
Interests of his church. The spirit of
missions is the spirit of Christianity.
The highest spiritual development is
found In consecration to the thought of
spreading the gospel over all the earth.
The study of the mission fields is very
valuable In an educational point of view.
By reading the lives of Livingstone,
?Jha mers, Williams Mackay, Paton and*
hundreds of others who might be
^tgrj'twiaaiei: iw?n?
7frliK RIl)le as * force for religion, for
civilization and even for the spread
of commerce on the face of the
earth, is dwelt upon with reverence and
enthusiasm by the press, both secular i
and religious, in commenting on the nine- i
n!^eVrnth annual report of the American
Bible Society. One encouraging feature of
the report, according to the Baptist
?atchman (Boston). is that "the life of!
modern nations la both opening new!
doors for thu advent of the Fible and !
opening the old doors wider." and it In- I
stances the course of events In China and
t e result* of the Balkan war as pre
saging "great changes in the attitude of
millions of people toward the Scriptures.'*
Iru. er* the reP?rt? ?rom home agen
I _'ea' ,*e read. show "steady and pro
1 fL efi*lve action" in most fields, especially
of the west. Mere figures may
th! V**?'!' dry anit uninspiring tilings."
a!!? w?ichman admits, yet bids one con
t'1?1 of the number of Bibles dls
r?oV?U. at least a portion "have been
ntnr,ii?,8p,r'tual advantage by very many
wh"e equally worthy of note Is
of devotion, fidelity and
"1 on the Part of many who
ties ' ,nto t'oiated communi
thlVrfn?AheB,e fl*ure? are appears from
as follows- Amerioan Bible Society,
amount t^a!, /^5Ues at home and abroad
slst of 7q\R'810 volumes. These con
mente lbl##? New Testa
we reoort .n^985 Portion?- Once more
any^?? ?"advance over the Issues of
w" r?aH?ii ?K ^e ?od?tys history. When
we realise that this la more than twiCe
the issue of five years ago. and that for
twenty-five years preceding that the an
nual Issues averaged 1,600,000, this very
noticeable advance becomes significant
and Is a tribute in Itself to the living
power of the Scriptures. Of the total Is
sues, 2,107,858 volumes were issued from ,
the Bible House In New York, which is I
an advance over the Issues of last year.
from the Bible House of 270,30;* volumes,
and l.Wl,751 volumes were issued by the
society's agents abroad, being printed on
mission and other presses In Turkey,
8yrla, Slam and Japan. The total issues
of the society In the ninety-seven years
amount to 98,206,175 volumes."
known to what vast extent the political
awakening in China was caused by the
leaven introduced by the Bible."
The society's statistics move the New
York Commercial to the following ob-,
servatlons on the Involuntary service
rendered to commerce by the spread of
the Gospel:
'?The one has broken the path for the
other where they have not traveled to
gether. Not < all the practices of com
merce. It may be, are quite as much
in accord with Kuspel teaching as they
ought to be, but more than any other
two forces In human life they have
been and are conquering the world and
molding It to loftier Ideals."
IriSLl OX IIIC Wl * bth>? rnmmmmm ? _ _ LJTf
which "issued during the year nearly,
7.000,000 copies of the 8crlptures In 460 I
different languages," which comparison |
brings to mind the statement of the
tnuianapo.iB Mews .hat tne latest figures
on the general distribution of the Bible
are "amasing in their magnitude." Year
by year throughout the world, we read,
the distribution Increase* and with
each increase "comes ah enlarged de
mand horn the field," analysing which
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?mv ? absorb
Wawv. .
although the
Kast Indian countries are close to them
In demand. It Is Impressive to con
sider that many peoples without a writ
ten language receelved their first in
sight Into such by the presentation of
the Bible or parts In their spoken
tongue. A pessimistic report was given
the other day by a missionary of long
experience In China. He said tjiat the
Chinese had as yet only a vague con
ception or Christianity. That may be
true. But this distribution la having
its effect and It perhaps never will be
?
Sometimes we think we are courageous
when we are merely quarrelsome. ? ? 1
are indulging in contentiousness, which
is but a cheap Imitation of coursge.
The really brave are peaceable. The best
soldiers we have ever met have been the
r nes most averse to war. Real strength
shuns strife. A homely Illustration of
the Immaturity of quarrelsomeness Is
the obvious fact that schoolboys fre
quently fight whereaa It la rare for
grown men to do so.
God give ?? men?a time like this demands
Great hearts, strong minds, true faith and willing
hands;
Men whom the Inst of office cannot kltl;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy I
Men who have opinions and a will:
Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a demagogue.
>n<i brave hla treacherous flatteries withoni
blinking; ^
Tall men, ann-erowned, who lire above tae IO?
In public duty and In private thlnkln^^^
That freely some great wrong forgives.
Tet nobler la the one forgiven
Who bears the burden well and lives. ...
?A. A. Ptooier.
f bow before the noble mind
Plan to Protect
ftigtya o! local Cfjnrcb.
Leaden of National Congre
gational Council to Discuss
Question in October.
5T 1b now said to be the purple of
Congregational leaders to offer- at
the very opening of the Natlona
Council of that body, at Kansas City
October 21 next, a resolution setting forth
that nothing to be recommended by the
council is to be to the prejudice of the
autonomy of the local chureh, Interfer
ence with Its polity or pastor, or suggest
what shall be the form of any doctrinal
statement. . ,, .. t
The leaders are said to believe tha
If such resolution be adopted, as they
think it will be if offered, smooth sailing
will be the fate of other measures,
seems to be thought that a modified re
port of the committee of nineteen, re
latlng to Congregational polity as a re
ligious body, stands a good chance of
adoption. It Is predicted that it may be
further modified in some minor details.
The sermon at the council opening is to
be preached by Rev. Dr. Charles E. Jer
ferson of New York.
The question for largest moment ro
the council looming up at this tlm* the
committee of nineteen report being pro
vided for. seems to be the theological
seminaries. Some are saying that Con
gregatlonallsts have at present but three
> seminaries for the training of their min
isters in traditional ways, via, Atlanta.
Bangor and Chicago. There Is isaid tobe
prejudice against reception of
Foundation pension money for professors
at some other seminaries. ,
It seems, furthermore, to be Jhe view
that the method of }{j?
seven Congregational societies, \it. the
American board, the American Mission
ary Association, the Publishing Society
and others, will be to make delegates to
the National Council, sitting every two
or three years as may be determined at
Kansas City, the same men as are In
official charge of the ?"J*!
it is believed, will bring about federation
in fact If not In name, or closer unifica
tion and efficiency, which are the things
Congregational churches are aiming at.
The moderator of the National Council Is
Rev. Dr. Nehemlah Boynton of Brodklyn.
lofting ItaDtr*.
Eight American Missionary
sociation Officials Die Within ??
Eight Months. *;
fmm* HE American Missionary Assocla
flF. tlon, supported mainly by Con
gregatlonallets, and working for
dependent peoples like Indians, negroes
and Esquimaux, has suffered the death
of eight of Its foremost people within
the last eight months.
These Include its treasurer, Mr. H. w.
Hubbard; President Gates of Fisk, and
Prof. Polndexter of the same university,
an institution that is almost an Integral
part of the association; Mr. Charles A.
Hull of Brooklyn, long chairman of one
of its main committees; Dr. Llewellyn
Pratt of Its executive oommittee, and
three of Its under officers or principal
office workers.
Rev. Dr. Charles J. Ryder, its senior
secretary, has been made treasurer for
the present* pending the selection of
Home layman. At the association's an
i nual meeting at Kansas City in October,
held as part of the national council meet
ing. memorial services will be held in
place of the usual devotional exercises.
More hopeful phases of the association's
work include the completion of the *i00,
000 endowment fund of Fisk University,
the return from aoroad of Or. L.uc.en ?-?
Warner, well known In CongregAi.onal
anu M. C. A. work, in Uuie to la^e
the buruen of the association s executive
committee, ana the new work of * ro> .
Haynes of Fisk and Columoia Univer
sities, who, it is ueUareti. has stored a
remaikaoie success with hiB plans to
create an muusuiai department ai the
Nafenvilie institution. 'lhe successthus
far made is. social and civic, in that, ?t
Is declared. It looks to tue niak.ng <n
the cotored mun an integral part ot the
body politic, and not a man to be provlu
ed tor by special legislation, or unusual
industrial arrangements.
named wo find instruction about many
lands and people. .duration in
Thev afforu a liberal eoucsuon ??
eeonraohy and history, and ln?Plf? _tt
more generous conception of the biother
hTi?POUghareftding of the i
and grreat achievements of inen J*1}? I
nave devoted their lives to the uplift
7,?? dwelling in darkness and super
ilfifuPn manv have been .ed to become |
missionaries, and in turn have.rendered ,
like glorious service for humanity. j
Ana thousands who have J"?*41 the
biographies of missionaries have had
th.fr interest In the cause of religion
widened and deepened, and they ***.*?
>een led Into higher, nob*er and holier
tBpirations of lite and duty.
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Mission Study Classes.
What every Christian Endeavor society
and every church greatly needs Is to be
filled with Information about the progress
of missions throughout the world.
Mission study classes in every society
and every church are of vital Importance.
The information there gained leads to
further Investigation, and then the mls
rio^ry magastne, the biographies and
current missionary history will be sought
for and In time the whole church will
he awakened to reallfcatlon of the possl
bfllUes for an early Chrlstisnlsatlon of
^information will cause missionary ln
, ?(Jvn It is the lack of It that causes
m much indifference to the sublime work
of the missionary.
* * * *
A Rearer View.
A clearer understanding, a near view, is
nil that Is needed. A business man In
gan Francisco, who is the president of a
?teamshlp line and heads the merchants'
^change, affords an illustration or the
effect of s nearer view. He states that
n year or two ago he, with others, went
to China to look over business conditions
sSi
"-ition. He met Dr. Bun i ?? />?"?
attended the celebration of the format on
Sf the Chinese republic Before hese
visits he had enterUln^ a prejudice
aaalnst foreign missions, but resolved to
ftudy the matter with an open mlnd.
He came back from China an earnest
advocate of the work of the mlsslona
"r ? After seelns "the great changes
{"L?? have been brought about in the
ssux..... IMu?ri?
?hm no itlcs and ths religion of tne peo
Dle. he felt that the credit of niuclh or
Shi* hftionced to missions as a t rem en
"f&fy Jbeal Woman."
ftepregentatibe Jlefltn to Digcugg Cfjig
Subject in Jftftfj baptist Cljurct)
?omorroto.
EPRESENTATIVEI J. THOMAS
HEPL1N of Alabama Is to de
liver a sermon on 'The Ideal
Woman" In the Fifth Baptist Church
tomorrow evening. In whieh It Is ex
pected he will present some phases of
the question of woman suffrage as he
views them. Mr. Heflin, as is well
known, has come out against the
granting of the elective franchise to
women and it Is expected that the serv
ice tomorrow evening will be largely
attended.
He speaks on the invitation of the
pastor of the Fifth Baptist ?'hurch.
Rev. John K. BriKR"
A special musical protrram lias
been arranged for the service. which
will be the last Pastor Brings will at
tend at the church until the ciosc of
his vacation, in September.
puring August the pulpit will be
supplied by Kev. Dr. Weston Bruner,
evangelist of the Southern Baptist
Convention and former pastor of th<?
church. *
unbap1 ^>d)ool1 Wesson
fteb. ^ugf) C.| &ttbengon.
Moses' Request Refused.
Exodus, 4:33 ; 6:1.
Golden Text?Blessed are
they that mourn; for they
shall be comforted. Matt.,
5:4
HREE events occurred In connection
with the return of Moses that we
ought to recall before we consider
the results of the audience between the au
tocratic Pharaoh
and the spiritual
shepherd, who had
heard the call of God
to become His rep
resentative In the de
liverance of His peo
ple. Before he start
ed to assume the
leadership In the
struggle for the free
dom of Israel, God
gave Moses an In
slfcht Into the means
by which He pro
posed to free them
from their oppression. He outlined the
course of events that Moses would wit
ness during the progress of the campaign.
This knowledge equipped him with the
holy enthusiasm of "faith to be strong
in the trials that he faced and fitted hith
to stand the strain of the battle for free
dom.
Illness on the way to Egypt was used of
God to teach Moses the absolute neces
sity of obedience to His command. Men
of destiny are apt through egotism to
think that they are above all lswsand
exempt from their provisions. Trouble
causes many to open their eyes to their
spiritual condition. The man who was
called to preach death. Judgment, life
and salvation had to experience the prac
tical power of these things in his own
soul. While sick at the inn Moses faced
the problems presented by death and the
hereafter, and as a result he was ?
by the neglect of the covenant
tions that entitled his ?*n to ihtrt
in the benefits of God's covenant with His
people. Whether it was throush the op
position of his wife or not that the re
inulred circumcision had been neglected, it
'was Zlpporah that rose to the occasion
and saw that the requirements were met.
There is no c ue other than this ex
perience to explain the return of Zlp
porah shortly afterward to the home of
Jethro. her father.
Another Interesting event was the re
union with Aaron whom Ood had ordered
to meet Moses on his Journey toward
Egypt. As a result of that conference
Aaron entered heartily Into the plans of
deliverinc Israel. This eloquent brother,
whose presence Moses cons'dered essen
tial to his success, was the man. whom we
will learn later in our studies, made the
golden calf. Experience verifier the
statement that "the very person whose
presence we deem essential to our prog
ress and success afterward proves the
source of the deepest sorrow of our
! hearts." which ought to teach us the>
lesson that Moses had to learr, that
God alone is the source of our ad van re- j
ment and the giver to men of faith
of the power by which life's flna vic
tories are secured. Aaron played a 1 romi
nent part In the rendezvous of the lead
ers and in all the events that followed
Pharaoh's refusal of their request
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Rendezvous, Request, Befusal.
When the assembled elders, who rep
resented the peop e heard the message of ,
Moses that Aaron spoke to them and saw
the signs that certified that they were
from God, who planned to make them
free, they worshiped Jehovah. The v. .li
ning of the support of the elders was
the first step in starting the fl es of
revolution among the oppressed Hebrews.
The return of Moses thrilled Israel with
the promise of emancipation and threat
ened Egypt with the danger of an up
rising under the leadership of one who
had been trained in its eou ts ond who
had heard the summons of God to be His
representative In the deliverance of His
people.
The appearance of Moses once more In
the court of Pharaoh marked the Inaugu
ration of an Insurrection against a
tyrranical government that Is without
parallel In history One can Imagine the
feelings that moved Moses, as with the
commanding dignity of a prophet of God,
he entered unon the scenes that had
hardly changed during his forty years'
absence. There was no regret, as he
reeal ed his past experiences, for h<> saw
clearly how under divine providence all
things had worked together for Rood
Pilled with the confidence that comes
from a knowledge of an alliance with
God he coilrkfceovisly demanded the right
of worshiping Jehovah for Israel. The
strength of their cause was not apparent.
Two men. one claiming to be a prophet
and the other his interpreter, demanding
religious liberty for the Hebrew slaves
did not Impress Pharaoh, for Jehovah had
no place among the godu of Egypt. -
The request of the two strangers on be
against mission work, but the nearer
view showed him the truth.
Only a Very few can haVte the prlvMeee
of a persona' view, but all may have ac
cess to reliable literature, glvtn? the
rlmple and unvarnished facts of mis
sionary achievements not only 4n China,
but In every part of the world.
? Beading MifloB.
It has been well said "that Chris
tianity is a rbadlng religion. Strong and
valiant books are in demand throughout
Christendom. The mental ongoing
which is so characteristic of the Chris
tian people is throuKh their conquering
so many books and taking to themselves
something of their mighty personality."
Biographies, books and magasines
abound from which information about
the mission work may be gathered.
Every Christian Bndeavdrer should im
prove these opportunities to increase his
or her Interest In and enthusiasm tor that
phase of service Which comprehends the
half of the tolling: masses aroused the
quick tempered ruler, who denied the
right of Jehovah any authority over
Isrenl, thut was implied in the request
of Moses, and h<? absolutely refused to
allow them to worship Jehovah. PharaoJi,
filled with arrogance and overconsoious
ness of his power and underestimating
2 ?t that mighty name, the
god of a subjugated and enslaved peo
ple, treated Jehovah with contempt am!
roughly banished Ills representatives
from the court. To the mind of that mls
* it.1! ru'er two were trouble-making
walking delegates who were stirring up
the people to be discontented with their
'?f' therefore, he determined to crush
their hopes by stringent labor legisla
tion that would give thein no des:re to
worship or allow them time to plot
against the government.
* * ? *
Labor Legislation.
The policy of Pharaoh paved the way
for the fulfillment of the divine program
to deliver Israel out of Egypt. He fol
lowed the sinful Inc.ination of his heart,
but God overruled hia evil plans so that
the oppressive measures ruptured the
ties that had been forming to unte the
Is;aelites to their adop.ed land, and unit
ed them into a unity as a people. The
excavator's spade has unearthed mounds
in Egypt that tell the story of ihe heav er
task imposed, namely, of making oi icks
without straw, and still demanding th?
same number of bricks. ?"Could ihose
oid ruins but speak, what tales of hard
taskmasters, of bloody lash.ngs, ol ex
haustion and distress would they icv. a!
to us."
Earl has pointed out that "the ancient
civilization of Egypt has passed away,
but the principles by which ^ha aoh was
governed is still in fo.ce. Wherever you
find injustice and oppression, whe.her in
factory, m ne, or sweatshop, the uglv
spirit of Pharaoh is back ol it. and how
ever men who represent the Phar.iohs
profess to believe in God, their actions
declare most loudly that they have re
pudiated Him Back of ail injustice lies
I the repudiation of the God of Justice."
i The person who compels any one to
' make bricks without straw will ulti
mately be summoned, as was Pharaoh,
before the God of justice.
The emp oyer may discover In the
method of the Egyptian to force the
i Hebrews by putting over them taskmas-,
ters of their own nation a modern po Icy.
because the men who drive workmen
under them the hardest are, as a rule,
men of their own race a'id nationality.
New light is always breaking forth iroin
the Bible to the student of the word.
Just as the inventor recently was ed to
investigate the result of straw upon r-lay
from reading this chapter and made an
Important discovery that lias affected
many a commercial enterprise, bo the
employer ami employe will discover, by
a study of the Bible, principles that wiil
solve and settle every industrial prob
lem of the hour. Every labor luest on
Involves an ethical principle that is baaed
upon the eternal principles of rel glon
a." proclaimed by the world's great at
master. Jesus Christ. The Old Testa
ment teaches the duty of ligtitenin the
burdens of the laboring man h? short
ening the hours of the toil t an 1 g;v;n?
h m his Sabbath for the worsli p o G d
[ Shorter hour* have made ?v. r na ion
that has ado te 1 it wea th!< r h?a thi -r
and wiser. The tol'er who takt < time to
pray Increases- his ?ttl lency, Th. co
nomlc superiority of America ami Eng
land has hi r-n attributed by both so
clologlcal aii't political economic experts
to their recognition of the Sabbath rest.
It helps all in their burden bear.ng.
* * ?
Burden Bearing.
The effect upon the pvoplr was exactly
what Pharaoh planned, but he had omit
ted God from his calculations. The man
that -huts out the Alml hty is doomed
to failute. Temporary success may come,
l.ut when Iho I.jrd's time comes lie meets
Ms d'feat. The Hebrew overseers com
plained of the taskmasters t'? I'haraoh
When they learned how the tasks earn*
to he I iifiOHcd they found fault with God'^
repi e-e'!ta' ives. If they had taken It to
God Instead of men He would have hown
them that the neverity of suffering was
nefcrssary to weid into unity the op
pressed people, so that they would all
follow th<? instructions of Moses to go
out vf Ef,> pt.
The remonstrance forced Moses to re
turn unto tiie L?vd and i?our out h>s soul
unto Go I. who (Id not tebuke His serv
ant for ui? expostulation. God knev th->
burdens cf I!l* poop'e and the motives
of His seivant, therefore H- comforted
lilm bv His a trices and promises. If
all thM pn f'? to folio ? Christ would
take thr'r n:'stmi!'-rstandliii:~ to ("h*i-t.
the great tjurden bearer, in prayer, they,
too, woul i " eomtoited. t e?ted and tit ed
for larger st-rvic?*s. Movs was cheered
by the answer God, for He t< Id him
that the hour tor the freedom of TIN
people had Just srrlved. He was t<? wit
ness before long '>?< b I'i.a a >ii and Ifrael
bowing to the will of God. We, t too.
shall be comforted ?n our trials ii wh? "
we mourn we would follow the example
of Moses and draw near unto God In
prayer. In answer to his petitions Ii
learned that Jehovah was cuing to give
political freedom to Israel by the re
ligious liberty that He utters today to all
in Christ Jesus Social, industrial, coni
merc al and politic*!! freedom are all
results that have followed soul liberty.
first and highest obligations of the mili*
tant church
* * * *
Influence in Knowledge.
It is a vast field of endeavor and to be
come a miss onarv specialist it is besf
to select some one particular fle'd at a
time. The use of a man will aid the
memory In the study of the written and
printed missionary news obtainable front
a given field, and this knowled e will
open the mind for a better and more use-l
ful comprehension of the whole scops
of mlss-'ons. .
The very first of ail missionary essen
tials is Information. In this, as In every*
thing else, 'knowledge Is the principal
thing. All our Influence for cood is de
pendent upon our knowledge of the truth
and its proper -use.
Great truth* are portion* of the aonl of nan;
Great aoula are portiona of eternity;
Each drop of blood that ere through true heart
ran
With k?fty message, ran for thee and ma.