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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-07-21
Only a Word.

A young girl sat on the piazza of
her home, her pale cheek and droop-
ing figure telling of recent illness. She
wasiwatchingthe raking of leaves from
the grass, and as the man passed near
her with his rake, she aroused herself
from her Ian guor to say: "You keep
the lawn looking so nicely, John. I
like to see it that way"
He was only the hired man, a
stranger in a strange land, and this
was but one of score of duties that
he was paid for doing. Probably no
one had ever thought of praising him
before, and he had no answer ready.
A week later, the gentle invalid
was gone-slipped away suddenly out
of encircling arms, out of the world
like the vanishing of a snow wreath.
No one thought of John as among the
mourners; he was only the driver of
the family carriage which carried
some of the friends, but to one of
these with whom he found himself
alone he told of the kind commenda-
ton, the last words he had heard the
girl speak, and added, with voice
growing husky, GAS long as 1 stay
there, the lawn shall look as Miss
Helen liked to see it"
The little word had left a legacy of
brightness, and awakened a heart TO
new loyalty and faithfulness.-
Selected.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-07-21
Wild Animals Still Plentiful.

Most boys have the idea that wild
animals are very rare now, or that
you must go into the far west to find
them. While this is true of some of
the large kinds, it is yet safe to say
that anyone in the eastern states can,
within five miles, and usually much
less, get into region where he may
discover some wild creatures. He
may walk through place again and
again without seeing anything alive
except few birds, but he may be
sure there were many bright eyes and
keen ears and noses that were OBJ
serving him and fully taking in the
fact that their deadly enemy was
passing near. Especially at night or
late in the evening is this the case
for the wild Fourfoots have learned
to come out only at night when men
cannot see them.-Ludies' Home Jour
nal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-07-21
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The Washington times., 1902-03-03
H/IMAN INTEREST SERMON
CATCHES POPULAR FANCY
BaAimoze D1ine Declares Public Wants 10 Kno1O Of oUe
n,enS in EUezy Day LTe-Are Used in The Press.

Rational Christianity in the Pulpit
was last night the theme of Rev. DR.. Ar
thur Mercer, pastor of the New Jerusalem
Church of Baltimore, who preached at the
New Church. Sixteenth and Corcoran
Streets northwest.
The sermon which appeals to newspa-
per meg was discussed at length, the
speaker de laring that the sermons print
ed in the daily papers are due 10 the
public taste He gave description OF
his experiences with Baltimore newspaper
men, and, asking many, he said. what kind
of a sermon they preferred. had found
that the popular pulpit discourse of to-
day is that dealing with the human in
terest Of life.
Sermons of this description" declared
DR.. Mercer. ARE being preached in all old
orthodox pulpits. but not by Swedenborgian
ministers. whose purpose is to explain
the hidden mysteries of the scriptures.
and not discuss the surface of life"
He found his text in Jonah iii:1,2:
and the word of the Lord came unto
Jonah the second time, saying, arise go
into Nineveh, that great city. and preach
unto it the preaching that | bid thee. "
the old idea of preaching Christianity and
The Washington times., 1902-03-03

the kind of preaching which should be ex-
pected from the church. Many Of the IDEAS
of Swedenborg. he said, have been ap-
propriated by pulpit orators of the ortho-
doH church, which has prevented the
growth of the former to a certain extent.
The 'old" church, he thought had prac-
tically abandoned its doctrines. and is
dealing with the every day affairs of life.
In the story of Jonah we have the Bible
instance Of successful preaching" said DR..
Mercer Now the preaching of the new
church is not popular. and the question
arises, What kind of preaching is?
In Baltimore | was able to find out
what the newspaper men considered good
stories They agree on one point it must
not be doctrinal sermon, or as one of
them expressed 1t, the public doesn't
care for Biblical sermons
They impressed me with the fact that
Biblical sermons are dull, much to my
humiliation. The public wants sermon
full of the movement Of every day life. 1t
must deal with current events.
The religion of the orthodox church
Is practical, and the sermons are prac-
teal"
Dr. Mercer then spoke Of the Sweden
borgian Church. declaring that the re-
ilsion IL breaches is that of the Bible,
that Its purpose is to reveal the Bible,
and that the surface themes so eagerly
discussed by the orthodox pulpit are not
touched upon
The Washington times., 1902-03-03
BISHOP BRENT DEFINES DUTY OF
AMERICA TOWARD PHILIPPINES
United Must MOI Work
Far Auoyk Islands VII

duty also to the state. and 1 feel it my
obligation to talk upon public questions
as they affect both the church and the
state
The United States. after the custom of
Americans, went into the midst of the
Philippine problem hastily and without
careful thought. We expected to finish
everything up hastily, since it is our ma
tional characteristic to do things with a
rush. g.
1T is not the duty Of this Government
to abandon any OF the work 1t has started
out to accomplish, but on the other hand
the necessity for action and endeavor
along the lines laid out is obligatory. A
little difficulty must not hinder US.
We have a sacred duty to give the
Fiiipinos the best form Of government
and our religion. The time will come
when they shall be an Independent peo-
pie, and will look back and thank us for
what we have done for them
Il have gone to the Philippine Islands
feeling that to go is not an obligation but
great pleasure. Ifeeit the same senti-
ment in taking up the work there that a
lover feels when he throws a rose into
the lap of the woman he loves
Bishop Brent is the first Episcopal
bishop TO be appointed to the Philippines.
The office is for life, and he Will return
there to remain as long as he lives. He
went Immediately to Baltimore after the
morning service at St Johns, where he
preached two sermons.
The Washington times., 1902-03-03

''The Duty of the United States to the
Philippines" was the subject of an elo-
quent sermon yesterday morning at st.
Johns Episcopal Church. by Rev. Charles
H. Brent. Bishop of those islands. He
maintained that the American people
must not give up the great work begun
in the East.
To distinguished audience, in which
were assembled Governor Taft, Surgeon
General Sternberg, of the army; Justice
Brown, of the United States Supreme
Court, and Mrs. Roosevelt, the wife of
the President. the wcll-known ecclesiastic
claimed himself, not only churchman,
but a patriot. 1t was his duty. he said,
to speak upon the questions of state.
The Filipinos will in course of time
become an Independent people" said the
Bishop, "and they will look back and
thank the United States Government for
what it has done for them"
Bishop Brent preached what was char
acterized by the large congregation as a
remarkable sermon. Throughout the serv-
ice he did not refer once to the ritual, but
recited the entire service from memory, a
feat of mind seldom achieved. At the con-
clusion of the regular morning service the
holy sacrament was administered, Bishop
The Washington times., 1902-03-03

Brent again conducting this service from
memory and without reference to the
prayer book.
He was introduced by Rev. DR.. Mackay-
Smith, the rector Of st. Johns. who has
accepted the Office of coadjutor to the
Bishop of Pennsylvania. Bishop Brent
took for his text John. iv:22. "Ye worship
ye know not what; we know what we
worship; for salvation is of the Jews"
The theme. as he developed it, concerned
the obligations OF nations. and after trac-
ing the course of patriotism through the
worlds history up to the present day he
brought the question directly to the situa-
tion in the Philippine Islands.
1t Is the duty of ALL he said Ito be
patriotic citizens. Christ was a patriot,
having a duty to the state. realizing it,
and following the path of duty. His whole
life was an example of patriotism, glori-
Gus, pregnant with meaning, and result
ing in great good
Again, he demonstrated that Paul was
a patriot appreciating the duty which
he owed to the state, and doing all that
patriotic. noble citizen could do.
while Bishop of the Philippines said
the divine. Il am nevertheless still citi-
zen of my country, and because l am a
bishop / am none the less citizen, but
more a patriot.
Il have a duty to the church. but u
The Washington times., 1902-03-03
REVIEWS PROGRESS
OF BAPTIST CHURCH

Principles" At this meeting Rev DR.. j.
J. Muir will preside.
A collection of the portraits of the early
pastors of the First Church will be ex-
hiDited in the lecture room, and an in
formal reception given by the ladies' of
the First Church at the close OF DR..
Browns address.
Next Sunday, March 8, the sermon at
the First Church will be "a Forward
Look at the Coming Century" centen-
NAL ode has been written by Miss Mary
Mackin and set TO music by Mr.. Percy
S. Foster. This hymn Will be sung dur
ing the centennial exercises. The public
is cordially invited to all services.
The First Baptist Church was estab-
l;sned shortly after the removal of the
National Capital to Washington Six per-
sons composed the little band from which
the present congregation has grown. and
most of them were in the Government
employ. In the 100 years which have
elapsed the congregation has spread a
hundredfoid, numbering now over 600
members.
The growth OF the church was at first
gradual, as that of all stable things
must be. In the year 1907 the first pastor,
Rev. o. B. Brown. was engaged to con-
duct the work. Three years later a
church was formed on Capitol Hill near
the present location OF the navy yard.
This is the Second Baptist Church. Viz
ginia Avenue and Fourth Street south
east, of which Rev. E. II. Snow Is the
present pastor.
In 1927 another colony started out and
formed the Central Church, but the action
was ilI-advised at the time, and after
about seven years the Central Church
was reabsorbed by the First Church.
When the missionary movement began
The Washington times., 1902-03-03
Rev. DR.. E.B. Pollard breaches
on Its Growth in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
IS NOW A CENTURY OLD
First Congregation in This City Estab-
hshed in 1so2-Religious Services to
Be Held Each Day During the Week
Work of Former Pastors.

Rev. Dr. E. 3. Pollard. Pm. D., pastor
of the First Baptist Church, Sixteenth
and Streets, at Yesterday mornings ser
vices delivered a sermon in which he re-
viewed the history of the Baptist cause
in the District during the past 100 years.
He dwelt at length in loving and rev.
erent language on the services rendered
by the pastors Of the church. the adver-
stiles under which they labored in their
efforts to establish the church on a firm
basis, and their final reward in seeing the
success of their undertaking
Dr. Pollard, at the conclusion of his
sermon, announced the programme which
had been arranged for the celebration of
the one hundredth anniversary Of the
First Baptist Church. which is to take
place this week, as follows:
The public exercises will consist of a
historical programme at Calvary Church,
Eighth and II Streets. this evening at 7:30
O'Clock Addresses viii be delivered as
follows:
THE Era of Establishment" by Rev
E. b. Pollard, acting pastor Of the First
Baptist Church: THE Era Of Enlarge
ment," by Rev DR.. c. C. Meador, of the
Fifth Baptist Ch H. and The Era of
Cooperation" by Rev. Dr. S. II. Greene,
Of Calvary Baptist Church.
Mr. w 5. Shalenberger, moderator of
the Columbian Baptist Association will
preside The music is to be under the
direction of the Calvary Church Choir.
Tomorrow evening at the First Baptist
Church, Sixteenth and Streets. there
will be an interdenominational service
Addresses will be made by DR.. ]. G. But
Ter, Dr. T. S. Hamlin. DR.. s. NJ. Newman,
DE-. y. Mackay Smith, Dr. ]. NJ. Schick.
and other clergymen. Hon. Samuel Pa5co
is to preside at this meeting.
On Thursday evening the First Church,
the mother church." will have home
evening at which responses viii be
given or read from absent and former
members and "reminiscences and greet
ings from former sons of the church. The
chief address of the evening will be made
by Rev Thomas 5. Samson. d. D., OF
Philadelphia, son Of the late president
OF Columbian University. DR.. George
W. Sampson. At this meeting Rev. DR..
A. j. Huntington will preside
On Friday March Z, at 7:30 p. m, Rev.
Thomas Edwin Brown, ID. D., of Franklin
Pa. VIII deliver the centennial address.
this being the anniversary day. His sub
ject will be The Century of Baptist
The Washington times., 1902-03-03
INITIAL MEETING HELD.
Rev. DR.. Pollard Takes Fourth CHAPTER
of Second Corinthians as Text.

| The first of a series of meetings to con-
tinue throughout the week. commemora-
tive of the one hundredth anniversary OF
the establishment of the First Baptist
| Church, and the centennial of the estab-
| lishment of the Baptist denomination in
| the District OF Columbia, was held last
night at the First Church, Sixteenth and
o Streets northwest.
Last night the Rev Mr.. Pollard took
as his text in the fourth chapter of
| Second Corinthians that portion of the
third verse which quotes from the 10th
Psalm, Il believe and therefore have 1
spoken He spoke of the Psalmist's con-
fdence in his judgment of God
Il once knew a man." he continued.
who was an expert on silks He knew
of his abilities and was willing 10 stake
his reputation on his judgment But the
Psalmist was willing to go beyond this
He was willing not only to stake his
reputation. but his life, in fact, his very
all on his judgment of God. Faith is
dependent upon experience. 1t is induced
by feeling. it is induced by speech With
out speech there is no faith.
E" L believe and therefore | have a right
to speak Talk is cheap. they say. but
some speech is golden. To say Just the
right thing at the right time is capable
of moving the world. Words fifty spoken
are apples of gold framed in fretwork of
silver.
Conversation is a lost art We no
longer have volume after volume of table
talk, and other evidences of such wisdom.
and yet some of the sweetest utterances
of our Lord were given only to the few
who might be gathered about him No
attempt to propagate Christianity with
the sword as did Constantine, and, later,
Charlemagne, can succeed.
1T is only through the blessing of the
Holy Spirit that Christianity has reached
the development of today. The wall of
ignorance Is greater than the great wall
q China. Yet faith alone is required for
its demolition.
while attending one OF the great re-
vival meetings / was much Interested in
watching the untiring energy of that
great worker, Mr.. Moody. Before the
meeting was called to order ne was hur
rying about among the crowd and coming
to man sitting next 10 me asked: Are
you a Christian
"On hearing the reply. No. l expected
to see him sit down and talk to the man,
but he did not He turned TO ME and said
Are you a Christian When told that |
was he said: Speak to that man. and
hurried on. That is the message that is
constantly coming to all of us, Speak to
that man Divine life seeks expression
at all times. God has made man because
Divine life sought expression and made
him in his own image.
"If there Is one thing we need it is
Divine life in our souls to make life
brighter and better"
The Washington times., 1902-03-03
The Musical Programme.

An unusually attractive programme was
furnished by the famous Rooney Boys"
Of Chicago. The company consisted of a
yiolinist, flute player, banjo player, and
two singers. Master Jamie Crippen is
conceded to be one of the finest boy So
pranos now singing upon the concert
stage or elsewhere
Mr. Shape Is a pleasing and impressive
speaker He is stanch supporter of
association work in his home city.
The Washington times., 1902-03-03
"SONG OF THE NINETY
AND nine" HIS THEME
Rev. w. w. Curry breaches
on Celebrated Hymn.
Tells of Its Accidental Discovery by Mr.
Sankey, the Noted Evangelist,
While in Scotland.

The story of the "Songof the Ninety and
Nine" was the topic of the sermon preach
ed last night at the Church of Our Father,
by the Rev Mr.. w. W. Curry. Mr. Curry
gave the history of this great hymn as
follows:
"One day. while DR.. Moody and Mr..
Scotland, Mr.. Sankey bought a newspaper
from train boy, and turning to the poetry
of poetry which attracted his attention.
He showed them to his friend. who did
Sapkey. however. was particularly pleased
The Washington times., 1902-03-03
CATHOLIC CHRISTENDOW
TODAY HONORS POPE LEO XIII

grand jury, examine the charge and the
testimony for and against the accused
and submit their opinions and record of
proceedings to the bishop for judgment
In the United States of Columbia,
where laws had been passed for a su-
peryision of worships and the confisca-
tion OF church property. and several bish-
ops had been banished for protesting
against them, great excitement followed.
The Government finally entered into a
convention with the banished bishops of
Medellin and Antioquia and abandoned
the prosecution Instituted against the
clergy. The bishop of Panama. in an ad-
dress to the Congress. explained and JUS
tilted the attitude of the bishops and
clergy. General Trujillo, the new presi-
dent in a special message to Congress.
asked them to repeal the obnoxious laws,
but the assembly on May 13 refused.
The assembly in Bolivia having intro
duced q law suppressing the jurisdiction
of the Pope, and making the clergy and
bishops state officials, Bishop Juan de
Dios Bosqne protested.
In Corea a persecution against the
Catholics began early in the year, several
Christian villages were depopulated and
plundered. and members of the faithful
imprisoned. Bishop Ridel, Vicar Apos-
tolic of Corea. was imprisoned January
2S and menaced with death. but was
finally eXiled.
World More Liberal.
From the foregoing it will be seen that
the position of the Papacy the world
over. when Leo XIII was crowned with
the tiara. was not that which it is today,
after a quarter century of Jealous and de-
voted work by that grand cid man" of
Rome, who is one of the most prominent
figures of the century and respected by
all denominations and nations.
The Washington times., 1902-03-03

with them. He cut the lines out and past
ed them in his note book,
"a few weeks laterf heA two evanseiists
were conducting servicein Scotland, and
after Mr.. Moody had finished particular
ly fine revival sermon, he turned to Mr.
Sankey and asked him to sing something
appropriate to the occasion
Mr.. Sankey replied that he could not
think of anything at that time as appro-
pirate, but having already sung the
Twenty third Psalm three times during
the service. he did not think it possible
to repeat it. 1t was then that ne re-
membered the verses clipped from the
newspaper while riding on the train. He
took out his note book where he had
placed the bit of paper, but a great diff
ficuity confronted him. the tune He made
up his mind not to bother about the air,
but to trust in the Lord for it.
He arose before the great audience ig-
norant of the slightest idea of how he
would begin to sing the hymn Without
a seconds hesitation, he started in the
key of A. and went through the first verse.
Here again he met difficulty. Would he
be able to do it again? He started the
second verse, and through to the fifth
"At the end of the fifth verse there
were tears in the great evangelist s eyes.
After Mr.. Sankey had finished, Dr. Moody
leaned over and asked him where he dis
covered the hymn. Mr.. Sankey replied:
That is the hymn that you would not
listen to on the train the other day
From that time on continued Mr..
Curry. 'the hymn has grown in popular
ity. Mr.. Sankey placed 1t Immediately
among his collection. 1t is now sung by
every Christian speaking congregation in
the world"
Mr. Sankey, Mr.. Curry stated, afterward
found out that the verses, which were
signed Anonymous. had been written by
a young Scotch woman named Miss Eliza
beth Cecilia Clephane.
The Washington times., 1902-03-03

to gain strength in America the Baptists
of the District of Columbia, ardently
ospoused the broader view of Christian
duty. One of the early apostles of the
movement was Mr.. Luther Price. He
was a member of the First Church, an
eminent preacher In his day, and pio-
neer in missionary work. He was also
the founder of the Columbian University
Since the early days of the last century
fifteen white churches OF the Baptist de-
nomination have been founded in the Dis
trict. The colored Baptists also represent
a very large body.
The First Church has occupied four diff
ferent buildings during the hundred years
of its existence. The first one was a
modest structure at the corner of Nine
teenth and | Streets northwest, the pres
ent site of the First Colored Baptist
Church. A new building was erected on
Tenth Street in 1893, and occupied for
twenty eight years.
The gloom of u great national catastrophe
hangs about this building. After its use
fulness a church was over it was re-
moved and enlarged and became Ford's
Theatre It was here that the assassina-
ton OF Lincoln occurred.
BY the year 1861 the Tenth Street build
ing lad become too small to hold the
growing congregation, and the First
Church united with the Fourth Baptist
Church, removing into more commodious
quarters on Thirteenth Street near II
Street, northwest. The building then oc-
cupied is now known as the Builders
Exchange.
The present handsome building at the
corner of Sixteenth and o Streets north
west was erected in 1880, and has been
the home of the church ever since.
Since the church's establishment there
have been but FIVE regular pastors, re-
markable record. These five pastors have
been the Rev. o. B. Brown. the Rev.
stephen p Hill, the Rev. A. D. Gillette,
the Rev J. H. Cuthbert, and the Rev.
Charles A Stakely. The latter resigned
nearly two years ago, and since his de-
parture the Rev. Edward b. Pollard, Phi.
D., has been the acting pastor.