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DIR. Edward Judson. OF New York, VINO
has been preaching so acceptably AT 'ne
First Baptist church for the past week.
was next introduced. In thrilling al
drese he gave the history Of the mis-
sion work he has been doing In lower
New York for the last fourteen years.
DIR. Judson Ii a son OF the Famous
missionary, Adoniram Judson, and his own
work has been greatly blessed. ne CAV,
I'D Mt Orange one OF the most dehgn..u'
pastorates In the North. and took littie
church in lower New York. which was
going steadily down hill He has now u
magnificent building. with all sorts Oh
Gospel appliances such as kindergarten
free dispensary mothers home, Day
nursery, etc, etc. DIR. Judson deciareu
his conviction that the civilization Oh
modern times would be more and more
dominated by the cities, which In turn
would be controlled by the lower grades
Of their population. Lower New YORK ne
said. was q great social ard politicai
swamp that bred nephritic vapors anu
poisonous miasma that anecteu power
fully the whole municipality. The secret
of good government for great ciues was
tn, evangelical work In their lower popu-
lstions The speaker said ne had no pian
10 suggest for the work here. but urged
not by means of outside organizations.
The large audience was entertained and
instructed by the address. and the so
ciety is 10 be congratulated on having
had pr Judson TO present the claims or
rs work
lies of the LooLinE-GInss.
I Park-Place church Sunday night
sy. Dr. w. J. Young preached power
al sermon on the Lies OF the Looking
Glass" lie took his text from James l.,
93d, oath. and 18th verses. and among
other things, said:
The text teaches that TO study ones
self In the light of Gods moral law In
tently and constantly is essential TO
life of holy deeds. There can be no sue
cess in any department Of life unless
there be selfknowleGge. The merchant
must know his capital. The profess
sional man must know In what direction
his ability lies. The student learns more
and more of his subject. but at the same
time learns how little he knows. In the
struggles of life II is well 10 know what
are our defects. where we need TO guard
ourselves. sielf-knowledge IL most diff
ficult attainment. The moral law Is
spread out before all Of us; but We go
on altogether unconscious OF our SINS
perhaps concentrating ourselves on our
gOO0neSS. IL Is lht lHhN ONiIti ihNN N'"N
we meet people every day whose garb In
dicates that they have made liberal
use Of the mirror. but who. while their
pose or strut tell more plainly than
words how attractive they think them
selves TO be. are la,rghing-stocks OF the
passer-by. Does the mirror lie? There
is a lie somewhere.
THE MIRROR IS TRUE.
The mirror IS true! but lie is thrown
on It. and lie IL reflects back. we are
often self-deceived. Many at the last
dav will speak of the deeds done in the
name of Jesus and be rejected, 10 their
surprise. The Bible has been quoted In
support of almost every sin. The hypo-
critic has studied it's morals. as the actor
studies the character he means TO I'M
personate. but knows he can never be.
II Is very true that there are ways or
presenting the Gospel that lead men to
condone their sins. just as there ara mir
rors that make us look better to our
selves than TO our friends. There are
faithless preachers of the Word. but this
is not the chief trouble. No; we deceive
ourselves. We fix ourselves W for the
gaze. 1t is astonishing what effect clothes
have on most OF us. Indeed, we
use the mirror 10 see how TO patch our
selves up. Most of us look Into the MIR
ror only on the Sabbath, when we have our
good clothes. not only on our bodies, but
ON our souls as well. l knew mana
plain rnaI.-who bad way of calling on
his intended at all sorts Of unexpected
seasons. At last accounts he had not
married. We ought to look at our faces
when in workshop or office. We look al
our clothes rather than ourselves; we
ara content II the clothes are sa'isfac-
tory. We often say Of girl that she
is stylish, when 1t is her dressoaker who
deserves the praise. So men glory IN
their coverings % wealth or culture.
or socia. standing. or descent from noble
ancestry.
ONLY CHARACTER COUNTS.
With God character counts, and no.
thing else. Sometimes we are looking AT
ourselves and do not know II. We are
as foolish as the dog who banks at his
own image. David condemned himself
10 punishment without knowing IL. Al
times We look. but do not look long
enough. We are disguised at one gaze,
dismiss the vision from our minds, ana
think of ourselves as before. Perhaps we
see our face ana know 1t IL far from the
IDEAL. hut we compare ourselves with
Others The higher the standard. the
more comfort do we find in this way OF
vieviue ,he matter. a girl may know
there are some noted beauties In town,
but IL is a comfort to know there are but
two or three. and they are not always
around. Strange TO say, we feel ike
accusing the mirror of lying only at
such times as we see ourselves as we
truly are God meant us all 70 be beau
tiful within. Let us see ourselves as
He sees us, our beauty all married. then
le' Us come TO Him that He may renew
ua He can DO It tonight. VIII you let
Him?
Opening of Asbury Church.
Sunday was a day of rejoicing with
the members of Asbury Methodist
church, II being the occasion of the occn-
pancy Of the edifce recently erected in
the West-End. Large CONGRATULATIONS at
tended the services in the new church
both morning and evening.
Rev. w. A. Christian, the pastor,
preached in the morning from the text:
keep thy foot when thou goest 10 the
house of God. and be more ready TO
hear than to give the sacrifice of fools,
for they consider not that they do evil"
Mr. Christian spoke OF reverence as an
essential basis Of religion, and how reve-
renee for sacred things was lacking in
these days. He then spoke of conduct in
the house OK God, the purposes of many
In attending church-to see, TO be seen,
to be entertained-but the right purpose
was to worship God. There were several
classes Of hearers. he said--the careless
hearer. the nearer who allowed the cares
| of the world 10 choke out the Word, the
nearer who felt. but upon whom the
truth made no lasting impression; the
heareY who sits and makes his business
| arrangements. and. finally, the hearer
who received the truth in an honest heart
| and made IT A part Of his life.
The reason why preaching was not more
| effective was because SO few really heard
| the Gospel: they thought of everything
else but what the preacher said.
The sacrifice Of fools was irreverence In
| the house Of God. laughing. talking. look
| ing around TO see who came in-keeping
| door as he called II.
The preacher closed his sermon with
| an earnest appeal for true spiritual wor-
| ship in the house of God.
| At night Mr.. Christian took as his
subject "a Mean Woman" taking the
| character OF Jezobe as the foundation
| Of his remarks.
Rev. Dr. j. $. Kern. OF Randolph Macon
| College. will dedicate the new church on
| the second Sunday in May.
Memorial to bishop Moore.
Sunday morning at Monumental church
Rev. Fenner s. Stickney preached a
memorial sermon on the life of Bishop
Moore to n very large and interested ali-