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Conference of Jfflarplanfe Hutfjeran ^pnob JHeete Here Jflonbap |g>unbap ^>cf)ool Snsititute 0ptn to JHemfiers! of &U ^nomination*
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RKV. S. J. Mil,I.Kit.
II!'. Knst'-ni Conference ?>f the
. Mar.v land Synod of the Lutheran
<*)>.;~e'i will hold its semi-annual
me< ting i'i St. .Mark's Lutheran Chur.-h.
<-f u'. ic- II. v. William A. Wade is the
pasim-, Monday.
The eon ."??r? m e is coinj?osed of the
Lutheran < hurches of Baltimore 'and
Was!iii'i;:o:i and suburbs belonging to
t ?? General Synod of the Lutheran
Church. i'c clerical roll numbering
about fifty.
The Maryland s"roil is iVv'ik:1 into
four conferences, which meet semi-an
r. j-illy. v. !<:*? the synod niseis otiiv on v
n year. T.e eastern conference has a
baptized nn mbership of over and
its estimated value of church property
is J1
The oft:, ??rs of tlie conference are:
Rev. Harry D. Newcomer, pastor of
Grace Lutheran Church, Baltimore,
pr? ident: Rev. S. J. Miller, pastor of the
Church of our Savior, Baltimore, secre
tary, and A. H. Weaver, Baltimore,
treasurer.
The morning session of conference will
begin at l'? o'clock with a half hour de
votional service, led by Rev. F. A. night
man, pastor of Grace Church Powell
naron. After the transaction of confer
ence business, an exposition of scripture
will be gi\en by Rev. l)r. 1.. M. Zimmer
nian. pastor of Christ Church, Balti
more.
At ;.*;?> p.m. a pa;.??-r on "Cur Funda
mentals of Faith" will 1?- read by Rev.
1*. 11. Mihler. pastor of Concordia,
Lutheran Church, Baltimore. At :t
o'clock Rev. Alheri Getty, pastor of St.
John's Lutheran Church, Baltimore, will
read a paper on "What Constitutes a
Good Lutheran.
Rev. Dr. L. H. W aring, pastor of George
town Lutheran Church, will later read a
paper on "Helps and Hindrances to the
Cnittcation of Our Lutheran Bodies."
Kev. Henry Manken. jr.. pastor of St. j
! Luke's Church, Baltimore, will read a j
: paper on "Organization for Young Peo
[ pie" at 4 o'clock, to be followed by Rev.
; S. H. Culler, pastor of Trinity Church,
Reisterstown, Md.. w ho will read a paper
on "Church Benevolence?How Best to
Cultivate."
The evening service will be in honor
of the 4.'$u anniversary of the birth of
Martin Luther (November 10, 14K3K Rev.
Dr. Charles F. Steek. pastor of Epiphany
Lutheran Church of this city, will have
charge of the vesper service, and will be
assisted by a number of tiie clergymen.
The speaker of the evening will be Rev.
Dr. Kzra K. Bell, pastor of First Luther
an Church, Baltimore, who will take as
his subject, "Glorious Manhood?Lu
ther."
Tho general public is cordially invited
to all the sessions of the conference, and
most especially to the evening service,
which, it is declared, will likely be very
largely attended.
St. Mark's Church, where the confer
ence will be held, is located at the comer
of Sth and B streets southwest.
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in; rt:;toratl?>:i of the chancel of
/| <?'?- Falls Episcopal Churchy at
Vli/ raiiH Churci Va., lias been com
pleted. a^i'l a service to observe the
event viit l?e held in the church tomor
row afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The chancel has been restored to its
criminal colonial style by the Society
of Descendants of Founders and Patri
ots and a silver plate placed on the rail.
All members of the Society of Descend
ants of Founders and Patriots, as well
as tl ? si interested in the preservation
of historic places, are cordially invited
to attend the service.
JSHorlb's ?Hcefe of draper
jjrHK week beginning- tomorrow will
Vl/ bo observed by the Young "Wom
an's Christian Association as the world's
week of prayer. At the vesper service
tomorrow afternoon Mrs. Robert N.
Page, u!fe of Representative Page of
. North Carolina, will speak on the topic "A
Message of LJberty to the Human Race."
Miss Nellie E. Monks, a well known
musician of the city, will be in charge
of the music and Mr. Norman Vought
will sing.
* ? * *
Rev. Dr. "William C. Brown, Protestant
Episcopal RIshop-elect of Cuba, is to be
the speaker in Epiphany Episcopal Church
tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock.
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Ciiurtijmen's Xeagtle.
^jrHE regular fall meeting of the Church
*6' men's league is to be held at the
Highlands tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.
Dr. William J. Jeffreys will speak on
' "Medical Missions" and the Bishop of
Washington, who will preside, will tell of
the sessions of the House of Bishops at
the recent general convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church In New
York.
? $ * *
$3aulist mission
for iJon-Cattiolics
?EV. BKRTRAND 1*. CONWAY of the
Paulist Fathers of New York will be
gin a mission for non-Catholics in St. Pat
rick's Church tomorrow. He will take
Tor hi- subject "The Good Shepherd."
The evening services will be held for two
weeks each evening, at 7:3? o'clock.
* ? * *
Rev. Jo n Van Schaick of the Church
of Our Father (Universalist) and Rev.
IMysses ?H. Pierce of A11 Souls' Uni
tarian Church, will exchange pulpits to
morrow morning.
* * * *
&tuei)isl) ?rrbitts to
IBr $elb Comorrotu
fll RE* v'ltMATlON f?st!\al v.-ill be
hfM In the chapel of Luther Place
Memorial Church tomorrow afternoon at
B o clock.
Rev. A. J. Ens tain, pastor of the Swed
*
ish mission, will speak on "Martin Euther
?the Man and His Message-"'
^ .?.
Covenant feutibap
&ci)ool to ftallj*
R. F. J. GOUED of London, demon
strator for the Moral Education
League of England, is to address a rally
of the Sunday school of the Church of
the Covenant tomorrow morning. A spe
cial effort is being made to have a large
attendance.
* * -'f *
tHnton ftebibal
itteetingg to Continue
?9JTHE union revival meetings which are
; being held by eight Eckington pas
! tors will be continued next week each
evening in Bethany Baptist Church,
Rhode Island avenue and 2d street. The
pastors will occupy their respective pul
pits tomorrow.
? SjS 3|t &
The Epworth league members of Doug
las Memorial M. E. Church will hold a
"Win-My-Chum" week from tomorrow to
the following Sunday.
l&tttor Accepts Call
to Zion Cfjurclj
Special (Xirresiiontlfm-e of Tbf h'lar.'
HYATTSVIEEE, November 8V 1913.
?EV. H.- V. Saunders,, rector . of St.
George's parish, St. Marys county.
Md., lias accepted a call from the vestry
of Zion parish, and will assume his new
duties December 1.
Zion parish includes the parish church
at Reltsville, Prince Georges county; St.
Mark's Chapel, Montgomery county, and
St. Paul's Chapel, College Park.
The newly selected rector will succeed
Rev. C. I. Lalloche, who. after a con
tin nous service of over fourteen years,
resigned the rectorship of Zion parish,
accepting a .call at ills native place. Rock
ville, S. C.
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Rev. Dr. Harry F. Ward of Chicago,
secretary of the Methodist Episcopal
Church Federation for Sooial Service, is
to spend a few days in Washington
speaking in several of the Methodist
Episcopal churches here
Dr. Ward, it is pointed out. aroused
the greatest enthusiasm by his address
before the gathering of Methodist men
at Indianapolis.
He will speak in Foundry Church Sun
day, November !??, at 11 o'clock, and in
Hamline Church at K p.m. Monday morn
Ifng. at 11 o'clock, befpre th.> Methodist
preachers in McKendr^ee Church, and
Mondav evening at S o'clock he will spoak
in Wesley Church and Tuesday evening
at S o'clock in McKendree Church.
# $ # a
Stall? Bap.
?HE Centennial Baptist Church Sun
day school will observe tomorrow as
rally day. It is expected there will be
a large representation present from the
home department, which, it is declared,
has grown remarkably in the last year.
Mr. R. W. Christian is superintendent of
the Sunday school.
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#eto J3ipc ?>rgan 3n
stalled.
HE first recital since tiie installation
of a new pipe organ was given last
night in Kpworth Methodist Episcopal
Church South, corner Tth and A streets
northeast, under the direction of Mr.
RKV. K. K. III'. 1.1..
IIKV. W. A. WADE.
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Christian' Cnbeabor^our
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TOPIC:
Christian Home Life.
2. Tim., i :i~5
Honip Is not merely roof and room.
It needs s*>inethinjf to endear it:
Home is where the heart can blooui, t
Where there's ?ome kind lip to ch?er It.
What is home with none to meet,
Noue to welcome, n?>ne to gr?>et us?
Home Is sweet?and only sweet?
When theru's one ve love to meet us.
HERB are no earthly joys so sweet
as those of the home. The world
has its pleasures and delights, but
in the home is found the calmer and more
tranquil bliss that is
true and enduring.
Stay, stay at home, my
heart, and rest;
Homekeepln? hearts are
happiest.
The most charming
thought we have of
heaven is in the con
ception of it as
home. We are not
so much impressed
by the description
of a place "decked
with gold and pre
cious stones and
pearls" as we are with the thought in
Christ's wordB: "In my Father s house
are many mansions. I go to prepare a
place for you."
We understand the significance of home,
| its sweetness and sacredness, and so our
highest ideal of felicity is embodied in
thS thought of heaven as home. Imper
fect as the best earthly home is, it is our
most expressive type of heaven.
Home in one way or another is the
great object and ambition of life.
"It stands at the end of every day's
labor, and beckons us to its bosom, and
life would be cheerless and meaningless
did we not discern across the river that
Louis A. Potter, jr., organist of Calvary
Baptist Church. Mr. Potter is a member
I of Epworth Church. Miss V. M. Rice is
i tiie organist at Epworth.
Mrs. Potter sang apd the pastor. Rev.
i Robert L. Fultz, made an address. In.
which he congratulated the congregation
on being possessor of an or^an of un- i
usual tone and volume. The- organ fund
was started by the pastor about two
vears ago. and he has been largely in
strumental in bringing the undertaking .
to success. Special services dedicating
the instrument will be held in the near j
future.
* * * *
i Cbangtlifit Cook
Comes Comorroto
?VAXGELIST F. F. COOK of the Peo
ple's Pulpit Association of New York
will -arrive in Washington tomorrow
morning and preach at the Sunday after
noon service of the Washington Temple
Congregation uion-sectarian) in New Ma
sonic Temple at .i o'clock.
? The Godly In and Out of Christ Jesus
is the subject Mr. Cook has chosen for his
discourse.
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Cptoortl) league.
?jrjRUEN MISSION CHAPTER of the
Epworth League, at 1st and M
streets southeast, was recently organ
ized with a membership of about fifty.
Its ofiicers, who were formally installed |
by the District Epworth League cab- I
inet Sunday evening, are Mr. Frank ]
Shaw, president; Miss Fannie Johnson,
vice president: Miss OUie Rawlings, !
second vice president; Miss Eva Whit- j
tington, third vice president; Miss
Ethel Lehman, fourth vice president; j
Miss Mayme Raum. secretary, and Miss
Sadie Cross, treasurer.
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Iowa Avenue Chapter will hold a
business meeting and social Tuesday !
evening at Iowa Avenue M. E. Church, |
Iowa avenue and Emerson street north
west. A program has been arranged. I
Mrs. Charles R. Duehay will lead the
devotional service Sunday evening at
7:15 o'clock. The chapter is especially]
interested in social service and will !
direct its special efforts along that line
this winter.
* * * *
Dumbarton Chapter had over 200 peo
ple at its mysterious social on Hal-'
loween. The monthly business meeting !
will be held Tuesday evening at the
home of Miss Wade. 1
? $ $
The Chevy Chase Chapter devotional
meeting Sunday evening will be led by
Mrs. OfTutt, the topic being "What Can
We Do for Our Little Brothers and Sis- !
ters?" A Halloween social given on Hal
loween in the church was much enjoyed. I
The church was attractively decorated
and the program v\as appropriate. Re-j
freshments were served.
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Mrs. S. C. Cissel will speak at the de
votional meeting of Foundry Chapter to-1
morrow evening on the subject: "What|
divides us from the life beyond glimpses
of the pleasant mansions prepared for
us."
To be happy at home is the ultimate
hope and desire of all our planning.
"There is no place like home, though
it be ever so mortgaged."
* * * *
The House Is Not the Home.
The externals of the home do not con
stitute its deepest meaning. The house
may be clean and yet not calm; it may be
well furnished and yet not orderly. The
cleanliness that is next to godliness, is
the cleanliness of mind and heart, and
the richest furniture and adornment is
in the display of a peaceable and loving
spirit.
Home in nut merely four square walls,
Though with pictures hutis: aud gilded;
Ilomo is where affection calls,
Killed with ahrlnes the heart hath builded!
Houie! fJo watch the faithful dove.
Sailiug 'neatli the heaven above us;
Home is where there is one to love:
Home is where there Is one to love u?!
* * * ?
Home Work.
The modern home is in many respects
quite different from the home of olden
days. The spinning wfteel and quilting
frame are childhood memories of the old
today and many of the household imple
ments of the past are unknown save as
recalled by ancient chronicle.
But little of the world's work is now
done in the home. In olden times most
of it was done there, but since the estab
lishment of great manufacturing indus
tries, it is easier and cheaper to buy
than to make by hand at home.
There is more separation of the mem
bers of the family than in former genera
tions; yet the home is still the place,
more than anywhere else, for moral and
religious training.
Our theme is not of the home in gen
eral, but of the Christian home life.
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Hearthstone Altar.
To make our homes truly Christian
homes, the head of the family must not
only set a personal example of pious de
! Can We Do for Our Little Brothers and
Sisters?"
At a board of control meeting of Wash
ington District Epworth League held in
Wesley Chapel Wednesday evening, al
though the representation of chapters
was not as large a3 usual, tiie reports of
work being done were unusually bright
and encouraging. Several chapters re
ported a decided increase in membership,
that of Rosedale Mission having inci-eas
t ed 50 per cent. Many also reported in
creased attendance at the Sunday even
ing meetings.
Three new chapters have been organ
ized since the last meeting?Lincoln Ave
nue, Laytonsville and Bruen Mission. A
mission study class is being conducted by
the district second vice president for local
second vice presidents, and several mis
sion study classes have been, organized
in the local chapters. There seems to be
increased interest in Epworth League
work all along the line.
* * % *
The regular monthly business meeting
and social of the men's cja^s, formerly
the Pinkham class, of Immanuel Baptist
Church was held at the church Tuesday
night. A larger number of the men
were present and spent a delightful even
ing. Under the leadership of the new
president, Mr. Owen K. Truitt, and teach
er, Mr. Loring D. Uaskill. the class is pi e
paring a vigorous campaign for the win
ter. There were seventy-eight men pres
ent in the class Sunday.
21 graying ?ueeu.
HE native women in the Transvaal
are said to have s wonderful power
in prayer. They have a prayer urion of
800 members, scattered over that part of
South Africa. To the annual confer
ence one dusky delegate went as a rep
resentative of the Queen of Swaizlland,
making a difficult journey <>f four days in
order to attend a series of prayer meet
ings. After this woman's return to the
queen's "kraal" the queen gathered rome
of her women together and held a prayer
meeting. The prayer movenienr. which
arose five years ago, is under the super
vision of the missionaries.
9 JJote Jfrom SSurma. -
A. PEAKING of her service as a mis
sionary in Burma, a young woman
said:
"We dwell not upon the external life,!
with its mosquitoes, frogs, spiders and
smells, but upon the blessings of the in
ner life. Fellowship with the Master,
joy in service, the blessedness of light
bearing, of sowing and reaping in the
school work, over 100 won to Christ in
the last few years?these are some of the
blessings."
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21 Jtlacefcontan Call
9 PRETTY little gospel f-tory comes
from the province of Cordoba in Ar
gentina. An Italian family there, hearing
; of the. work of a mission atat ion, began
correspondence* with the missionary in
I charge. Later the missionary visited the
I family, the latter cheerfully bearing the
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Ingram jHemorial Cfjurcf) to ?Bc Weenie
of Congregational (gatherings ?omor=
rob), Jttonbap anb Cuesbap.
JH'Hi: Sunday school institute to be
held at the Ingram Memorial
Congregational Church the after
noons and evenings of November 9, 10
and 11 will be of special interest, it is
declared, to aU Sunday school workers
of all denominations, as the problems to
be discussed will treat of the Sunday
school work in general as well as taking
up the problems confronting Sunday
schools In Northeast Washington.
| Dr. Milton S. l.itticfie!d of Boston. an
! expert on Sunday school work, will be as
j slsted by Dr. B. S. Winchester, editor and
I educational secretary of the Congrega
tional Sunday School Publishing Society.
Miss Frederica Beard, superviser of
teacher training of the Congregational
Church, will also assist in conducting the
institute.
AH members of ehurchcs on Capitol
Hill are. especially invited to participate
in the institute and hear these leaders In
the discussion of twentieth century meth
ods of church school work.
& Stirring Appeal.
OXK of the most stirring appeals
of. recent months is that of Miss
Florence Smith, "a well known mission
ary in Valparaiso, Chile, who tells of the
condition of women in The L<and of the
Southern Cross. She says: .
"From Monterey to Punta Arenas,
from Peru to Uruguay, a woman is
exalted and enthroned. In the cathe
dral of every metropolis, in every
church in town and: village, in every
chapel of the countryside, a woman
reigns supreme. From the top of
Mount Cristobal, the mountain which
dominates the entire Santiago plain,
a colossal statue of the Virgin Mary
looks down upon hundreds of thou
sands of devotees. * * ?
"Surely in a land which has exalted
the ideal of a sinless, unstained wom
anhood above every other ideal we
might hope to find actual womanhood
raised to a level of purity, of intelli
gence, of culture unknown elsewhere.
"But ask the women of Colombia as
they work with pickax and shovel
on the highway, or stagger under bur
dens loo heavy to be borne. y\sk the
woman street car conductors of Chile.
Ask the multitudes of women in the
whole continent who have lost honor,
self-respect and hope. Ask the mothers
of the 40,707 babies who died in Chile
alone in a single year less than one
year old because of alcoholism and
anti-alcoholism conditions."
Miss Smith stresses the need for
more woman workers in I-atin Ameri
ca. She says: "There arc actually
working in South America, Central
America, and Mexico 354 married
woman missionaries, and 234 single
women, including all America, British
and international societies of every de
nomination. Of these 241 married
women and lol single women repre
sent the American church. There is a
great work for married women to do."
Miss Smith believes that the founda
tion of real missionary work among
the women of I.atin America is in edu
cation. and especially in the training
of native workers.
portment, but must be in a sense the
priest or priestess in the observance of
the rites of religious service enjoined in
the word of God. God's altar has a place
in every Christian home, as much as it
has in the temple or church. The reading
of the Scriptures, prayer and praise may
not be omitted in the home of true dis
ciples. If religion does not manifest it
self in the associations of the family, it
will not manifest itself anywhere else.
If it exists at all it will find expression
there.
"The home is the school of all the
Christian graces," says Amos Wells,
"with love for the beautiful teacher."
The home is not made religious by the
mere formal observance of family wor
ship. What profit can arise from the
mere act, if the members of the family
are wrangling and quarreling and find
ing fault with one another.
If the lessons of sympathy, kindness
and love are not learned, the altar erected
is not unto God, but unto Formality.
The Scripture must make its impress
upon the heart and the prayers must not
be simply offered, but must be lived.
The most charming, the most beautiful,
the most sacred and the most happy place
on earth is an ideal Christian home.
* $ * *
The Divine Guest.
There are non-Christian homes where
mutual love and generous sympathy,
forbearance and kindness for each
other exist and find daily expression.
Th< true Christian home has all this,
with the added sense of divine protec
tion and harmony in the relationship
which includes the All Father with
the earthly family.
The only true Christian home is
where Christ is an invited and wel
come guest. The word Christian has
no meaning aside from the personality
and influence of Christ. So when we
speak of a Christian home we are con
sidering only the part and place Christ
has in the life of that home. If .His
presence there is at 4ll times welcome
and deserved there can be no ques
tion about its being a Christian home.
The thought of the world is that re
ligion in the home or in the social
life is detrimental to enjoyment?that
the social life is injured by the pres
ence and interference of religion?that
the zest and sparkle of life is banished
if the gospel enters as force in the
social 3ystem.
This idea comes from a misunderstand
ing of the true relation that Christian! tv
bears to human society.
Religion should not stand aloof from the
world, nor should the world stand aloof
from religion.
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Religion in the Parlor.
Christianity does not lessen, but en
larges the pleasures of the home and the
social life. We have a beautiful illustra
tion of this in the account given of
Christ's first miracle. lie by His own
'choice appeared at a social gathering. It
was a festal occasion. He heard the glad
strains of the nuptial music. He mingled
with the guests and His presence cast
no gloom over the festivities, but con
tributed in a marked degree to the com
fort and happiness of the assembled
friends ar.d neighbors.
When the wine, which was considered
essential to the occasion, failed, He
promptly, in the use of miraculous pow
er, supplied the lack. He was not out of
place in that home or In that social gath
ering, for it is not possible for Him to
err. And it do^s not appear that any
who were present were sorry He came or
wished that He had stayed away. Had
He not come the wedding feast would,
have been a sad failure and there would
have been humiliation and wretchedness
instead of the joy aiKl gladness which
prevailed by reason of His gracious pres
ence.
This illustrates - how it should be in
every home and in all the social life of
the world: Christ an invited and welcome
I expense of t?:c trip. As a result of a
week's visit, after having preached every
night, he baptized twelve, and, with one j
already baptized, formed a church of thir-:
teen. The missionary s?ay:j that ?he secre! !
of his succiss there va.-s the reading of |
the Bible for more thp.n twentv-iive vear:<|
by the const crated wife and mother. !
Often persecuted and cri:elly treated by i
her once drinking .husband, she never
J tavc up until the L*.rd ii.-r a nie
cious victory in hvr entire' f: rnily. They
had never heard a sermon until the ar
rival of the missionary.
in fapan.
^TlFTY years ago no portion of the j
?P Bible was translated into the Jap
anese language, nor was, the Bible in
any language allowed ti> be circulated in
Japan. Twenty-five years ago the com
plete Bible In what is called the author
ized version was printed. During the
quarter century the Japanese language
has greatly developed and becomc stand
ardized. the people of the various prov
inces coming to speak the "Tokio dialect."
It was. therefore, felt that a revision
was necessary. and a "revision commit
tee" was appointed recently by the "per
manent 'totnmittee "oirthe translation, re
vision, publication and preservation of tha
text of the holy Scriptures in Japan."
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| Rainier Sunday.
mm* HE laying of the corner ftone of
/II &t. John's Episcopal Church, 34th
street and Rainier avenue, Mount
Rainier. Prince Georges county, just
over the District of Columbia line in
Maryland, Sunday afternoon, it is pointed
out, was a notable chapter in the devel
opment of an energetic and rapidly
growing congregation of Episcopalians
in that section.
Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, bishop of the
Episcopal diocese of Washington, offi
ciated, assisted by Rev. Henry Thomas,
rector of St. Matthew's parish of Hyatts
ville, and Rev. John M. E. McKee, who
has charge of St. John's Church.
The edifice was filled to the doors, the
aisles being crowded, and many were un
able to secure admittance.
A mixed vested choir of seventeen voices
under the direction of Mr. S. Finley Hayes,
with Mrs. Hayes at the organ, sang an
especially prepared program.
In his address the bishop congratulated
the congregation upon having erected the
church with funds raised by the indi
vidual efforts of the members. He said
this, in his judgment, was preferable to
having one individual subscribe the en
tire amount, which is frequently done
for churches.
The bishop before laying the corner
stone confirmed a class of seven, and a
window in the rear of the church, donat
ed by Dr. John S. Dorsey, a member of
the vestry of St. John's, was dedicated
to the memory of his wife, who died Feb
ruary 22, 1912, and who was vary active
in the work of forming and building up
the congregation.
guest. He is the same, "yesterday, today
and forever." As he was at that far-off
wedding in Cana of Galilee, so He is to
day. As ready and willing to minister
aid and comfort now. as then.
"Behold, I ?tand at the door and knock;
if any man hear my voice and open the
.door, T will come in to him. and ^ttll sup
with him and he with me."
Open the Door.
If you feel that the presence of religion
in your home will shed gloom instead of
joy and blessing, then you will not hear
the divine voice, and will not open the
door to the only guest who can make
your home life Christian. To make it
Christian is to make it happy; and all
happy homes are blessed sources of hap
piness to other homes.
Ix>ve has miraculous power to multiply
itself so as to enfold every new claim
ant. L<ove for our own home expands
so as to reach other hearthstones.
The Christian home life is the center
from which radiates the sweetest and<
most effective influences in the moral
uplift of the world.
Every member of the household has
a part in the home life. The Christian
Endeavorer can have no higher duties
than those connected with the work in
and for the Christian homes; and there
are none who may not, if they will, ren
der service here.
I'?K>r indeed tiiou must be. if around thi'e
Thou uo ray of light and Joy rnnst throw;
If no silken cord of love hath bound thee
To some little world through weal or woe;
If no dear eyes thy fond love enii brighten.
No fond voice answer to thine own;
If no brother's sorrow thou canst lighten
By daily aympnthy -and gentie tone.
The latter committee is composed of two
agents of each Bible society and one rep
resentative from each co-operating mis
sion. ?
The following is an extract from the
most recent report of the "revision com
mittee":
"At the clo.^e of 1911 the gospel of Mark
ht?d been published, and the preliminary
('rafts of Matthew. Luke and John hud
either been completed or were well under
way. The second rcvi?ion of Matthew
in rail committea had proceeded to about
the fifteenth chapter. Dur;npr the present
ytar, in addition to the preliminary drai'ts
of Luke and J-oim by the subcommittee,
to whom that work was intrusted, the re
vision by full committee of the latter
half of Matthew, the. whole of Luke and
a portion of John lias been accomplished
and preliminary draft has bten li.ado
of a considerable portion of the Act3-"
?? -t #
Rev. Dr. C. Ernest Smith i3 announc
ed to preach, tomorrow morning in St.
Thomas' Church, near Dupont Circle, a
second sermon on "Tito Inaido of the
Cup." In h*s first sermon, precxhed Sun
?day, Dr. Smith showed the t.-vlt irfltt
encc, which, in his opinion, tb" Coo:
might be expected to exert. He will
show in this sermon the good it might
directly or indirectly do.
2." , ? 4 -?? v
If you make a mistake, find out the
cause. -4 . *
? * * ?
Always look out for improving any
thing you undertake.
DR. MII.TOX I.ITTI.KPIKI.l).
MISS I RFJIKRirt RKARD.
Jlltgfjtp Conflict ^icttoeen
Cross an to Crescent 3s (?>ti
?n tfje ?ark Continent Crcscent M
?EJaxing, i)ot ?Hailing??Hill tfjc
Cfjurcf) &enlr ?ut $er lltabers to
Unspire Christians in Africa?
ONB of the unoccupied fields in
Asia, not even Arabia, can
Jr fr1 compare in strategic urgency
today with the unoccupied regions in
Africa, whore the force* are assembling
now for the great conflict between tlie
cross and the crescent and where the
vast unoccupied fields are the battle
ground. .
"At present Islam is conquering and
nothing ran stay its onward march or
can redeem Africa from its grasp but
the carrying of the gospel of Christ into
every part of the unoccupied fields."
says Dr. Samuel Zwemer.
"?Paganism crumbles before Islam. The
situation is critical, and the testimony as
regards the urgency of this part of
the missionary problem Is unanimous
in its character and comes from every
part of the mission field From Syria,
Japan, the Philippine Islands. China.
India. Burma, Ceylon, the New Hebri
des, Sumatra, Arabia, Ualuchistan. and
even Peru, testimony has come that, in
the estimation of leading missionaries
in these countries, the most urgent mis
sionary world problem is to meet and
overcome the Mohamm< dtau advance in
Africa, and this testimony concerns the
UliiHVU|i|i'd tlclds of Africa.''
"The li;i 11 letield is before our c>?s,"
says Dr. Frank Weston, tin Canon of
Zanzibar, "tlio fore s of the en. inj are
drawn up. Will our church send out
her leaders to inspire the African Chris
tians?"
Dr. Henry Holland of cjuetta. Ualu
chistan. says: "Africa should tirsi re
ceive concentrated attention because If
pagan Africa once embraces Islat.i, then
the work of converting it to Christian
ity will be a thousand times mote diffi
cult and slow : once Africa is under tlit
sway of Islam, the days of spiritual
harvest, such as have taken |>!aco in
Uganda, will be over forever. Africa,
in my opinion, otters the most urgent
call at the present time.
"In the dark continent the crescent is
waxing, not waning." says ltev. \Y.
H. T. Gairdner. "It is already half
moon and expects soon to be full. In
Africa every Moslem is a natural mis
sionary." *'
unbap1 i?>d)ool1 Hes&on
jgp fteb. i%>ugfo 3E.| &tebtng<m.
Abstinence for the Sake
of Others. Romans, 14:7-21.
(World's Temperance
Sunday.)
Golden Text?It is good
not to eat flesh, nor to drink
wine, nor to do anything
whereby thy brothers tum
bleth. Romans, 14:21.
, IFFERENCES concerning the duty
of every Christian obeying the
literal commands of the law and
(the privilege of their exercising the
rights of personal
liberty had divided
the church in the
city of Home, to
whom Paul sent
this letter.
In the chapter
before us for study
the apostle takes
up those questions
that had tilled tlie
Roman Church
with a spirit of
discord, seeking to
remove the differ
ences by teaching
the members the foundation principles
that ought to guide them in their mutual
relations with one another in their church
life. Correct Christian conduct Paul
pointed out to be the result of right re
lations with Christ. He tried to har
monize the divided church by showing to
each faction its mistakes.
Most of the difficulties in our life as
Christians and churches are due to our
inability to sen things from the same ,
point of view which for those who arej
called to belong to Jesus Christ ouirht I
to be the standard of our J^ord, because
He will judge our life and labor by our
fidelity to His principles, precepts and ?
practice. If we are guided by His cum- ;
niand to love one another *?(. will cyercise ?
the spirit of toleration of tiie views of j
others and work harmoniously for thei
advancement of the kingdom of Cod v. 1th!
those who hold dlver^nt views con-vm- j
ing non-essentials vet are on?- ??vit:- as in
their love and loyalty to Christ, w ho has '?
placed upon us the personal responsibility
for our brothers' life, physical, moral arid I
religious, which we cannot evade.
4= ? * $
Personal Responsibility.
As a result of His life, death and in
surrection Jesus Christ obtained dominion ?
?over all in this life and in the world iq
come. Paul presents an assurance ot' im
mortality which in our worldly-minded -
ness we are apt to forget. We ought to
i!ve each day conscious of the fuel that
there is a life beyor.d, wherein v.v will
face adjudge who.se decision will be based
upon the record of our life and ruuri<jt be
reverse-.!. If we lived in tiin faith of
standing before him to tender a;? account !
for the deeds done in this world, and
. specially for the rather for whom Jesus ;
a!;o. there would be no strife between us
and our fellow-men
There .a n.u it doubt concerning the
future iife, although, as Fosdick has told
n;-. "the reasonableness 01 universe
i-- pledged t thc? fmmorfcility of man;
the ber.thcer.oe of -iod is unthinkable
without it: the verdi'c: cf the spiritual
,.ccr3 cmtirms !t: an ', when it is put to
the verifying tert i'fe it builds the
loitiest character. I.'eath Is a great ad
venture. but none r. ed go unconvinced
that there is an issue to ,'t."
We wiil determine .he issue of the fu
ture bv our prrsei.; life, especially >11 our
! ? at;o'is 10 tho;o for whom Christ e'ed
If we love Chr'.it Lc cause He l^rst loved
us, then we will yrove'our love for Him
by our service. Our self-denial, sacrifice
and self-control will demonstrate our
love for Him. When we stand before
the throne of judgment we will tlnd that 1
Christ throughout all the ages has J
identified Himself with His suffering,
struggling and self-sacrificing people. In
that hour when even the giving of a cup
of cold water in His name will not be
allowed to pass without receiving sem#
reward, many will be surprised by thai
fact of some forgotten service, self-da*
nial or sacrifice made on behalf of tho
poor weak brother for whom Christ d1e4
being recalled, especially when they ax?
told that "inasmuch as ye did It unto
one of the least of these ye did it unto
me"; and when Christ, the Judge, will
give the reward due fo the faithful
Jesus will consider our work as done for
Him. Those who ill-treat and do not loV??
their brethren here and now may look
for the judgment going against them, be
cause we cannot escape our responsibility
as a servant of Christ in that hour when
"every one of us shall give an account of
himself to God." God has given ut> an
opportunity to ma'*e our live? either
stumbling blocks or serviceable to the
weak brother*
* * $ *
Stumbling Blocks or Serviceable.
A distinguished bishop tells how he
found he was led to W? self-rtestralned and
into fields of usefulness by the realisation
that he represented <"hrist. God lias
called us to be His representatives to
men. To many we arc the only living
witnesses of the gospel's power to save
men from their sins.
The lives of the followers of Jesus
Christ are lite only Bibles some people
read, so we ought to be careful as to the
influence of our lives upon man, lest by
our actions we become "a stuinWins
block, or an occasion" for the fall of the
brother for whom Jesus died.
When we come to apply the teachings
and principles of this lesson to modi rn
life we find that the question or hin ting
our brother is not in our food, but in
drink. If by our drinking we hurt the
one for whom the Lord died we are not
living in accordance with the law of loVe
lhat ought always to prompt ever> act of
a Christian's life.
IJaul summons us to renounce our rights
and liberty to drink for the good of otti
ers. To live a life of self-denial is Christ
like. By practicing abstinence for the
sake of others we will aid In the building
up of a strong character for ourselves
and assist the weak brother to overcome
his temptations. If Jesus died for us we
ought not to hesitate willingly to practice
self-control and self-denial whenever we
can help, by practicing abstinence?w hicli
is always?the brother for whom Christ
died.
We cannot escape our responsibility for
tho coming generations. We must not
forget to consider the intluMice of our
life upon th- moral and physical genera
tions cf those who will follow in our
train. We should practice those things
that make for their righteousness, peace
and joy in the lloly Spirit. We an mold
ing today the society of tomorrow. Wo
owe it to God. our country and church not
only to restrain ourselves by refusing
to use iiitoxi. ating liquor in any form,
but also to allow no opportunity to p;?ss
to dethrone King Alcohol by outlawing
an.l abolishing the greatest organised
force that today retards the develop
ment of the eiiurcnes, country and civil
ization.
I Jr. Eniil Kraepelin of the t'niversity o*
Munich has demonstrated the tremendous
less of physical, mental and muscular
efficiency that comes from ev?*n the mud*
erate use of the demon of alcohol. Alco
hol affects tiie tissues of the body so that
they disintegrate, while in time they af
fect ail the vital functions of the body.
It partly paralyses the normal body, and
its effect upon the white corpuscles,
the sentinels of health within our blood,
is shown in the lowered vitality of the
life of the modern drinker, especially in
tuberculosis, typhoid and pneumonia. It
will weaken the mind, as will also the use
of the cigarette, while Its constant use
imperils the life of the nation and the
soui>? of men. especially of the drinking
man, for no drynkatd will enter the king
dom of Heaven.
The application of the principle of the
golden text will solve for us all the
problems of questionable pleasures and
amusements. There is but on? test: Will
my life be detrimental or helpful to my
f< lIow-men as a result of my doing what
is proposed? With that test we need not
fear the result if we are trn to the Holy
Spirit's leadership, for the results follow
ing the application of the tests will
prove our faitli.
If w> are to have the mind of the Mas
ter in this matter w< will s<ek to glorify
Ued by a life of self-denial and service
for the good of mankind, so that we may
help. aid and assist al! worthy and weak
i?ruili-r.s jor whom Christ died.