Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
TABERNACLE WANTED.
President Appleton on the Interna
tiOnnl Rendezvous in Washington.

tiOnnl Rendezvous in Warrington.
President A. Stewart Appleton of the
Peoples Church of America-known as
the church without creed"-has issued
a call to the world, to people of all de-
nc limitations, or no denominations Cath
olics. Professionals Free-thinkers, Budd-
bists, Methodists, Baptists, agnostics, scien-
tists or whatever opinion anywhere pre-
walls, for funds to erect a building in
Washington, to be called the International
Rendezvous rostrum to which speakers
Of all religions will be welcome
THE only doctrine" said President APP
pleton to reporter, at his residence, 1925
18th street northwest (which our church
and 1t is hardly fair to call 1t a church,
for Its membership is made up Of so many
diverse elements, SO that 1t may more prop
erly be called a religion, the twentieth CEN
fury dispensation-our only doctrine is that
every person be allowed to think and wor-
ship according to the dictates OF his own
conscience. Our appeal is to persons of
all shades OF belief for the necessary money
to build tabernacle in the national cup
ital, with, of course. library, reading rooms
and necessary business and social rooms
where representatives Of every religious
and scientific thought may associate aud
work tremendously for exchange of opin-
UNFOLDING iof mankind 7'e -
This continued Prestdent Appleton
handing the reporter. a printed page. "is
the only so-called creed the Peoples
Is not creed, but Hather q distinct dis
avowal OF any-merely an association of
IDEAS. 1t was promulgated in 1888, and
you will observe. embraces most every
possible shade of belief" .----~a---...-.
The document was headed 1.-THE Twen-
tteth Century Dispensation-the New
Awakening, or the Social Movement of
the Nineteenth Century. Religious. Eco
nomic, Scientific"
The object of our proposed tabernacle"
said President Appleton, SIS to have new
speakers and lecturers every week-the
most noted men and women in religion.
thenae1who VIII give to the people easily
and by word Of mouth the results of the
latest discoveries in knowledge. These
have been kept in the books. The secular
press Is doing much to pDpularize knowl-
edge, but the people love to hear us well
as to read. Let US have the funds to year
such a tabernacle in Washington and more
good will be done by it than by any other
kind Of work that directly reaches the
people-not alone the scholars.
Il know whereof I speak, for consid-
cradle part Of our work in the north and
erection of summer resort schools Of phil
osophy. where all branches Of knowledge
are taught, by lectures chiefly, so that the
summer resorter may learn without weari-
taught: typewriting, also. and stenography,
as well as science, philosophy, history,
art. music and whatever the lecturers
choose to speak upon.
James g. Stevenson, the well-known
liberal thinker and author of The Medita-
tons of an Idealist,' who is with us in
these things, is now in Georgia looking up
land for winter school OF philosophy. in
connection with which we shall have an
agricultural community laid cut in five
and ten-acre farms.
But what we want here in Washington
is headquarters building-an international
rendezvous. 1t will be a great resort for
travellers who visit the national capital,
and from it we expect to issue a weekly
newspaper, containing the addresses of
our speakers, in the principal languages
which educate the world-English German,
French. Spanish. Italian, Scandinavian,
Russian, Chinese. japanese, Hindoostan,
Gujarati-others, If necessary"