Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-27

virtue But turn to the debtor side. War
is enormously costly; three-fourths Of the
cost of our government is for warlike pur-
poses. AS for the virtues sometimes fos-
tered by war, peace is more friendly to
them. Let US, therefore, long and pray and
labor for the realization Of the happy vision
of the text. 1t accords with the constitu-
ton of man, with the Gospel and with the
trend of history.
Man is not by nature a beast of prey
else he would not be kind to a PROSTATE
foe. The Gospel stimulates mans better
nature by revealing Gods infinite love in
Christ to all mankind.
Notice, now, the course of human his
tory. In antiquity the usual state of the
nations was war; now it is peace The
progress has been more rapid since the ref
ormaton; permanent embassies date only
from that period, and the equality Of the
great and small nations in international res
lations was first recognized in the peace Of
Westphalia in 1648 The progress Of peace
has been accelerated in our generation.
Arbitration has come much more into
vogue-by the United States most of all
and treaties of arbitration have been nego-
tiated by the Argentine Republic with Italy
and Chile. The Hague peace conference of
1899 is shining mark Of progress. 1t
drew up a full code of war, ameliorating it's
calamities as far possible. Better STILL
1t inaugurated new provisions for the pre-
vention of war, particularly a permanent
international court of arbitration. This
may be called pre-eminently an American
idea. 1t was advocated by resolutions of
the Massachusetts, and Vermont legisla-
lures half a century ago and by Charles
Sumner in the national Senate thirty years
ago, while our Supreme Court, as Judge
Penfield has lately shown. is an interna-
tional tribunal of arbitration in miniature"
The Anacostia Churches.
The churches in, the Anacostia section
generally observed Thanksgiving day with
appropriate ceremonies At the Anacostia
Methodist Episcopal yChuEeh. corner Of
Jackson and Pierce streets. there was a
good-sized congregation present at the fore
noon services. The choir, which was direct
ed by Mr.. Daniel G. Smithson, rendered a
special musical program Aev. Charles o.
Isaac, pastor of the church, offered prayer,
following later with q brtef address on the
subject Of tie day.
Rev. Mr.. Gillfllan of washington con-
Quoted the THANKSGIVING exercises which
began this morning at $3.50 o'clock In the
Washington and Fillmore streets, Anacos-
tia. The minister delivered an appropriate
sermon. 1t had been previously announced
that donations received at the church to-
day would be for the little ones Of the Bell
Winter Home at the head Of Franklin
street, Anacostia, and as result many
packages of provisions were sent to the
edifice to be forwarded as an addition to
the Thanksgiving day dinner OF the chill
dren. Mrs. Mary Davenport, the wife of
the rector Of the church, managed this part
Of the program. -
Members of the congregation of the Gar
den Memorial Presbyterian Church, on
Minnesota avenue, Anacostfa, assembled
last evening at the church by invitation to
attend a social, held under the auspices
of the Ladies' AID Society of the church.
Mrs. Mary Simpson, the president of the
organization, was in charge of the musical
and literary program that was rendered,
after which refreshments were served. The
principal event of the evening, however,
proved a surprise to nearly all present.
Rev. T. Boyd Gay, the pastor, and his wife,
who were in attendance, We're invited to
one of the adjacent rooms. where they were
presented with numerous Thanksgiving deli
cacies. including large turkey
Mass at o'clock this morning, In which
the prayers for. the authorities were re-