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The Washington times., 1902-02-17
THOUSAND HATS BY MAIL.
Result of n Joke Played on Young
Hay state Man.

As a result of a chain letter joke Ches-
ter W. Bliss, of Springfield Mass, son OF
President Bliss. of the Boston and Albany
Railroad. has received nearly one thou
sand hats by mail Mr.. Bliss, when seen,
declined to discuss hats. He replied to
every question about the hundi eds of hats
bearing his address, received a. the post
office in Springfield:
Don't know anything about it.
Postmaster Hyde was non-communica-
tive. All he would admit was that hats of
high and low degree and of all shapes,
styles and sizes had been received at the
postOfice daily. since shortly after the
Harvard Yale football game, all consigned
to one person. The hats could not be de-
livered by the carriers. and when the per-
son whose address they bore was notified
to call for the packages he refused to ac-
cept the headgear. The hats accumulated
until the holiday season. when wagons
were used to assist the carriers IN the
delivery Of the Christmas mail. Then
wagOnload was sent to the residence of
Mr.. Bliss, but he refused TO take the hats.
and back to the postofiice they went.
Every incoming mail brought It's quota
of ancient or second hand lids. until
the storage room was exhausted. and the
clerks were so tired Of seeing hats they
went bareheaded. IT is said that Mr..
Bliss won a hat at the football game In
Cambridge last fall, and in consequence
of reply made to comments OF friend
a chat letter was started which resulted
in the food OF hats that transformed the
postoffice into an imitation OF bargain
day at rummage sale.-New York Sun.
The Washington times., 1902-02-17
| DIR. RAINSFORD URGES
GREATER SACRIFICE
Makes Eloquent Plea at
Church of the Epiphany.
HOLDS UP CHRIST AS A MODEL
Eminent New York Divine. in Point
ed Language, Indicates the Faults
and the Sins of Omission of the
Christians of Today.

Rev DR.. W. S. Rainsford. of New York
preached to a large congregation at the
Church OF the Epiphany last night upon
the subject contained in the surrender OF
Christianity. In an eloquent appeal he
urged greater sacrifice. holding up as a
model to all men Jesus Christ, who sacri-
feed his life for others.
DR.. Rainsford took for his text st. John
Kills: Therefore doth my father love
me. because l lay down my life that
may take it again. No man taketh ii
from me. but l lay It down of myself.
have power to lay it down. and I have
power to take it again. This command
ment have 1 received of my father"
Question of Sacrifice.
The question of sacrifice was brought
forcibly to the attention OF the listeners.
language, indicated the faults and sins of
omission of Christians.
THE day is surely coming when the
church, broadly, has got to widen,' said
the speaker. This day must come. Its
growth has been process in this direc-
tion, and its future will follow along the
same lines.
"It must be said, Peace on earth to
men of good WILL something better than
Peace and good will to men
Sacrifice of Jesus.
"The sacrifice of Jesus has always oc-
cupied the front place in the minds Of
men from his day until this. 1t has come
IN tnIa tHa Of
despair, cruelty. persecution-the age
which produced :he Inquisition, We have
nothing to do. That age is past. We
can 1ot condone, and why regret? 1t was
pre- ductive of much that was great and
good.
I've are beginning now to understand
that society is the basis of life--5ociety
with its mutual sacrifices of individuals,
one toward the other. Around the throne
OF Christ is wound the sentiment of sacri-
fee. The heart of religion is sacrifice.
Art I'm Sacrifice.
There is art in sacrifice, and one sees
1t in a great painting which pleases man
kind, or which portrays some inspiring
thought. That picture represents the sac
rifce of thousands who went before the
genius who produced it. All their sacri-
fees found compensation in him.
There is sacrifice in nature. All the
lesser of animal life sacrifice their lives,
There is sacrifice in the poet. Many are
the poor scribblers who wear away their
very existence.
THE scientific spirit is in the world
today, and we are face to face with some
thing new. Tens of thousands of scien-
lists, speaking all languages. are search
ing with common purpose for the truth,
and it is eagerly sought after. scientist
in foreign land discovers a new species
OF fish, Immediately the news is tele-
graphed to all the world. This Is the
proper spirit. the spirit which broadens.
No heart ever beat with such sympa-
thy as did that of Jesus. never was there
such an example of sacrifice"
The Washington times., 1902-02-17

Much has been said about the decline
Of the pulpit. Great stress has been
laid upon institutional Christianity
Many have thought that the activity or
the Church in ameliorating social con-
ditions would finally take the place OF
pulpit influence. Indeed, it has freely
been said that the function of the
preacher or church leader. by whatever
name called. must in the future degen-
crate into catering to the desire OF the
people for mere amusement or mental.
rather than moral, instruction. The
preacher would be forced into giving
illustrated lectures on Sunday evenings;
to discussing current events Sunday
mornings And it must be admitted that
scme eminent pulpit orators have al
ready yielded to the temptation to Sc
cure congregations by these methods.
And thus we are brought face to face
with the question. What is the sphere
of the church? What is the function
of the preacher?
Let us eliminate at once all reference
TO the personal pastoral duties of the
clergy. All will admit that the priest,
or rector, or pastor. or preacher, as
the chief officer of the church is vari-
ously called, must baptize converts, ad-
minister the communion, bury the dead,
and marry the betrothed But what is
his duty to the regular Sunday congre-
CATION? What shall he do to build up
ahltrahc What is big ra1 to
the social activities of the day?
The answer to the first question, il
we are to interpret the preachers duty
in the light of the New Testament, is
plain. He is to preach the gospel, the
whole gospel. and nothing but the gos-
pei. He is not to undertake an exposi
tion OF political duties. He is not to
furnish an Interpretation of current
events. He is not to deliver orations on
art Or literature. His field is limited
strictly to the Christian upbuilding OF
his hearers. And in doing this, he is to
abstain absolutely from polemics. The
place for ecclesiastical warfare Is not
the pulpit. Men and womena attend the
services of the church In order to learn
the way of peace. They are jaded with
the struggles of the world, social, COM
mercial. and political. They do not wish
to renew strife in the sanctuary.
The world has its own specialists in
the spheres outside religion. They are
better trained and more perfectly
equipped for treating art and literature
and politics than most of the clergy.
When the man steps into the pulpit as
the authorized preacher of the gospel,
The Washington times., 1902-02-17
THIRD KUBELIK RECITAL.
Small Audience MnrveiS ut Violin.
lists Technique.


Washington no longer regards Kubelik
in the light OF a novelty, or perhaps it
was the fact that the music-lovers who
are attracted by the playing of the youth
ful Bohemian violinist do not care for
Sunday performances; whatever the rea-
son. the audience that attended the third
kubelil1 recital last night only half filled
the Columbia Theatre. and while there
was a good deal of enthusiasm expressed
over the playing of The remarkable young
man, at no time did the interest equal
that displayed at either of the earlier
concerts
Kubelik was assisted by Maria Victoria
Terrilhon pianist OF much more than
ordinary ability, while Herr Rudolph
Friml played the accompaniments.
The programme included the Nendles-
sohn concerto, without which no musician
believes a concert is complete. KubcIik
gave reading altogether his own to the
number, particularly the andante move
ment, while the fairy movement" was
played with anything but regard for
tradition. In the entire concerto Kubelil.
continued TO impress his audience prin-
cipally with his wonderful technique-he
was at all times secure in his work, but
he never reached the hearts of his hear
ers. When it came 10 the BaZzini and
the Paganini numbers. however, Kubelik
t!iumphed over their manifold technical
difficulties as few yiolinists ever have.
Miss Torrilhon's playing was character
lied by thorOughness of method, firm,
crisp touch and clear, singing tone. At
times she performed most brilliantly and
her contributions were all admirable.
kubelik played for eneores Schumans
Traumerei and the Swan number from the
Carnival of Animals" of Saint-Saens,
and Miss Torrilhon gave the Chopin Noe
turne in major in response 20 the de-
mand for an encore after her playing of
Paderewsk's Cracovienne Fantastique.
The Washington times., 1902-02-17

largely attended meeting Of the Ly-
ceum of the Second Baptist Church was
held yesterday afternoon. The principal
speaker was Major Charles Il. Douglass
who took for his theme The Home Life
of Frederick Douglass.
While his paper held the interest OF the
audience throughout. the intensity OF
feeling was not manifested until Hon.
Edward H Deas, chairman of the Repub-
lican committee OF the State OF South
Carolina, ascended the platform and
stated the reason why Mr.. George X.
Rooster should not be confirmed as col
lector of internal revenue for the State Of
South Carolina.
Mr.. Deas furnished evidence to show
that Mr.. Koester was one OF the prin-
cipal participants in the lynching of three
colored men ir South Carolina in the year
1898, and that he had taken no pains to
conceal the fact.
Further, he claimed the colored men
had been convicted of no crime whatso-
ever and might have been innocent Of the
The Washington times., 1902-02-17

ity may be neglected by the layman.
1t is his business, not the minister's,
to attack corruption. 1t is his duty to
organize societies. guilds, clubs, insti-
tutions, for the improvement of social
conditions. In other words, institution
al Christianity is the weekday work
of the Iayman, not the instrument OF
the clergyman.
The decline in the power of the pull
pit, if there has been decline, is due
to the attempt of the clergy to do too
much. They have taken up the work
which belongs to the laity. and have
been obliged necessarily to neglect
their own peculiar duty. They have
endeavored to be organizers of move
ments which are purely social. The
explanation of this is simple. NO man
can stand by and see conditions which
ought to be remedied uncared for. Any
earnest man will lend a hand. and in
doing so. something else must De over
looked. But, just as the Apostles were
forced to abandon the serving OF tables,
in order that they might give them
selves to the ministry of the word, so
the clergy of the present day cannot
be the leaders and organizers Of insti-
tutions, and at the same time retain
their influence as preachers of right
eousness.
The Church must show its apprecia-
ton of the fact that whatever affects
the welfare of mankind affects her. But
her energies in the matter must be put
forth by her laymen. When that is un-
derstood when the laity undertake the
work for which they are the best htted,
then the world will no longer regard
the Church as without sympathy with
mems physical, as well as moral, needs
The Master himself was never indif-
ferent to the social and physical condi-
tion of man And the clergy are not.
But if they are to lead men to Christ
they will have all they can do If they
devote themselves to the moral side
of the Churchs work.
More education, more culture, more
intellectual power, is required in the
pulpit today than ever before. 1t is not
there, largely because the time and
brains of the preacher are frittered
away in institutional work. Bring home
to our brothers in the pews the fact
that they have a duty to perform, be-
cause I'VE are members one OF an
other" and the proper relations be-
tween the clergy and the people will
be restored. The preacher will lead
greater numbers to Christ, and the
brethren will see, when they are led
there. that the brotherhood of man is
just as fully recognized by the Church
as is the fatherhood of God.
The Washington times., 1902-02-17
Worshipped in an Armory.
What General Butler Threatened.

Not long ago i tourist in New Orleans
went to see the statue of Andrew Jack
son in that city, on the pedestal OF which
is inscribed, United We Stand Divided
We Fall" Seeing an old colored man
standing by. he asked: Uncle, did that
inscription stay there ali during the civil
war;"
NO. sah," responded the old uncle,
hit didn't stay dar endurin' de wah. In
de fust place, dem letters was standin'
out laik dey was plastered on. Den de
wah bust loose. and he Confederate GIN
raj down yere, he TUX a chisel and cut
dem letters off smooth. Den OIL Gin'ral
Butler, he come erlong wild his Union
sojers, an he TUX a ohisel an cut dem In
deep, laik dey is now. An. Lord. how
de folks down yere did sw'ar when oil
Gin'ral Butler brush de dus' off'n his
clothes an git up frum his wu'k an say,
Use a-gwine to hang de fus' Johnny Reb
what cuts dem letters off ag'in.' San
Antonio Express.
The Washington times., 1902-02-17

he is speaking for and in the name of
he will jealousy guard his chosen mes
sage from proclamation by introducing
matters which are beneath the high
plane upon which he stands.
The answer to the second question is
equally clear. The pastor must show to
the world that the Church stands for the
equality of man in the sight of God. He
is not to confine his energies to any one
class of people. He is to make man
kind his study. that he may carry to
them message as broad as the COM
mission given to the Apostles: 60 ye
all nations" High and low, rich and
poor. must find in his teaching an an
swer to their moral and religious ques-
tions. satisfaction of their moral and
religious needs. The man who does
this, and whose sincerity is unques-
toned, will never need any adventitious
aids to build up his church. He will re-
quire no sensationalism. His sympathy
with man in the concrete will draw men
to him. And. if he be conscientious, he
will draw them after him to Christ.
Thirdly. his relations othe social life
of The world should be developed, not
in the pulpit, but in his daily life. He
may participate in every movement for
the betterment of mans condition. by
organizations, by great reform move
ments, by endeavoring to influence leg
islation. by making it publicly known
that he stands for everything that tends
10 the removal of abuses in society. He
is to lend a ready ear to every appeal
for moral support when organized cor
ruption is attacked. But he should not
make his pulpit the platform for abus-
ing particular evils in the body social.
On the contrary. he is TO endeavor TO
counteract the principles which lead to
abuses by preaching a higher morality
and by fixing the responsibility for So
cial evils upon the Indifferent and
worldly Christian. 81
This brings up the meaning CT the
words written by ST. Paul to the
Ephesians. I'VE are members one of
another" The church is a great
brotherhood Every member thereof
is bound by the closest ties to every
other member. No, injury can happen
to one which does not affect all others.
In the person of the most insignificant
Christian. the whole body of Christ is
attacked. Therefore. the duty OF the
Individual Christian Is not the simple
thing it often appears to be. 1t is
plain. from this point of view, that
every one of us owes far more than is
generally admitted, OF duty toward our
brethren. No sphere of human activ-
The Washington times., 1902-02-17
OPPOSE MR.. G. r. KOESIER
AS REVENUE COLLECTOR
CoAozed Lyceu Disolals Intense Feeng-Major Douglass
Tells of His Father

charge preferred against them. At the
conclusion of Mr. Deas' speech the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously adopt
ed by a rising vote of the house:
Whereas it has come to our attention
by what seems to be indubitable proof
that Mr.. George r. Koester is guilty Of
the crime OF lynching and mob violence in
the State of South Carolina and of incit-
ing others to acts of violence against the
laws OF the United States and the mainte-
nance of orderly government, and is
therefore not a fit person to hold office
under the Government OF the United
States; therefore be ii
Resolved, That the Lyceum OF the Sec
ond Baptist Church. composed OF colored
men from every section of the United
States, enter its protest against the con-
iirmation of the said George r. koester
and petition the President OF the United
States to withdraw his nomination.
Among other speakers were Messrs.
George II. White Jesse Lawson, Prof
James Storum, and Lieut.. r. E. Toomey
Miss Florence Chapman read several Sc
lections.
MIR. r. W. Thompson presided at the
meeting.
The Washington times., 1902-02-17
THINGS TRULY GREAT
ARE MYSTERIOUS"
Declares Rev. Dr.. Tupper at
Y. M. c. A. Meeting.
Philadelphia Divine Tells of the
Gentle Manner in Which Christ
Treated NicOdemus.

The Rev. DR.. Kerr Boyce Tupper, OF
Philadelphia, was the speaker at the
weekly meeting of the Young Mems
Christian Association. held in the Colum-
bia Theatre yesterday afternoon.
DR.. Tupper spoke upon the meeting of
Christ and Nicodemus, and the loving and
gentle manner in which the Saviour had
treated the latter. He said in part:
Must lie born Again.
The one thing that Christ sought to
do for Nicodemus is the one thing that
am trying to do for you today; he tried
to bring him into the fold of God No
man can see the light, the love from
heaven, until one great thing enters his
soul. He must be born again. Christ
talked the matter over frankly with the
man. He impressed him with the great
fact that he must be born again.
THAT seems very mysterious thing
that man can be born again from above
But let me tell you that everything in
this world that is truly great is mys-
terfous. We say with Nicodemus, How
can these things be- and then We reject
them. Only let a man try these things
that seem so mysterious, however, and
he will say with Nicodemus that these
things are true. Don't stand off and ques-
tion, and say. How can these things be
true? but accept them and come into the
fold of God.
Do the VIII of God.
TRY TO do the will of God and the
light will hacona bripbtar apJ hrigbtor
every day"
particularly attractive musical pro-
gramme was rendered. Miss Anna Park,
the famous cornetist, of New York, con-
tributing several selections.
The Washington times., 1902-02-17

The place for ecclesiastical war
fare is not the pulpit. Men and wo-
men attend the services of the church
in order to learn the way of peace.
They are jaded with the struggles OF
the world. social, commercial. and
political They do not wish to renew
strife in the sanctuary.
The Washington times., 1902-02-17

The pastor may participate in ev-
of mans condition, by organizations,
by great reform movements. by en-
deavoring to influence legislation, by
making it known that he stands for
everything that tends to the removal
OF abuses in society. But he should
abusing particular evils in the body
social.
The Washington times., 1902-02-17
PIONEER EDITOR OF IOWA.
Founder of the 'FairfcId LEDGER
Now sojourning in Washington.

Mr. w. ". Junkin. of Iowa, probably
the Oldest living newspaper man in the
Hawkeye State. is guest at the Norman
die. He will spend a short time on
pleasure visit TO the Capital.
Ia 1853, when newspapers were few in
Iowa, but when their influence was fully
as great as Il is now In proportion 10 the
population, Mr.. Junkin founded the Fair
field Ledger" publication l.ow managed
by his son. 1t is one OF the most prosper.
Gus s;uail papers in Iowa.
The Washington times., 1902-02-17
THE PREACHERS RELATION
TO THE ACTIVITY OF SOCIETY.
By Rev P. WILLIAMS Pastor Church
BY Rev R. P. WILLIAMS, Pastor of Trinity Church.

The decline in the power of the pull
pit, If there has been a decline. is
due to the attempt of the clergy to
do too much. They have taken up the
work which belongs to the laity, and
have been obliged necessarily to neg
lect their own peculiar duty. They
have endeavored to be organizers of
which are purely social.
The Washington times., 1902-02-17
4 Change in Business.

Mr.. II. c. Bowie, a local representative
here for the Leyering Coffee Company. OF
Baltimore, has resigned TO take a similar
position with J. X. Ergood. of this city.
Mr.. Bowie's resignation was accepted
with much regret. as he was always re-
garded as a frst-class salesman He will
begin his new duties today.
The Washington times., 1902-02-17
TWO IMPORTANT LECTURES.
Events in Public Course of the Cath
Ollie University.

Two important lectures will lie given
this week in the public lecture course of
the Catholic University. The first will
be by Rev. DR.. Aiken. professor of apollo
getics, and author of a recent important
work on Buddhism and Christianity COM
pared, on THE Ancient Christian Monu-
ment Of Hsi-an Fu." DR.. Aiken will lee
ture Wednesday afternoon at i:30 o'clock
at the Mcmahon Hail.
The second lecture will be given on
Washinstor's Birthday, Saturday after
noon. at the same hour and place. by Hon.
Henry 3. f. Macfarland, chairman of the
Board of District Commissioners. The
subject of Mr.. Macfarlands address is
George Washington in the Twentieth
Century"
The Washington times., 1902-02-17

eether of the members Of the church in
closer bond of Christian fellowship.
The congregation Of ST. Joseph's Roman
Catholic Church worshipped in the
armory At the 1890 mass the large drill
shed was almost filled. The Rev. G. p.
GilIen. pastor, preached the sermon. lie
spoke Of the change and thanked the state
authorities for granting permission. which
was unusual, to use the armory. He also
drew lessons to be learned from the fire
and believed that it would prove bene-
fit to the people of Paterson.
Worshipped in an Armory-
The First Baptist Church congregation
worshipped in the Holland Reformed
Church, on Goodwin Street, the Park
Avenue Baptist Church in the unoccupied
Emmanuel Baptist Church. and st. Marks
Church in the Broadway Reformed
Church.
More than fifty thousand visitors poured
into the city today to view the ruins OF
the great fire. Added to the residents
this large number filled the streets so
that they were literally packed.
The Washington times., 1902-02-17
HOODS Pills Gs5e tii.. DiIlans1 an ,lssr

ness, jaundlce, sick headache, nausea. indiges-
ton, break up a cold. prevent fever. 26c.
BY mail of c, /. Hood s. Co.. Lowell, Mass.
The Washington times., 1902-02-17
Pressmen to Hold Banuuet.

The local union of pressmen has decid-
ed to hold a banquet on the evening of
February %. Indications point to large
gathering.