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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
WILL CHURCH BASE BALL BE
A MEANS TO RELIGIOUS UNITY?

attend the games and thereby exercise a
beneficent influence. In fact, the minister
of the gospel should be found where the
people are-in the highways and byways.
And the people found in large num-
bers at base ball games. The people are
not for the priests and ministers. but
they are for the people. We are told to
leave the ninety and nine and go after the
one These days the ninety and nine and
the one also are apt to be found at the
base ball grounds.
The national game will make us Ameri~
cans what We are credited with and ought
to be, democratic; brought together In one
harmonious mass; harmonious except on
the question of the umpire, and am glad
to see that The Star always stands by the
umpire. The umpire Is not only the judge
of play, but he represents authority. He
Is not infallible-neither are players or
spectators. The players can never win q
game, and the spectators should never try
to help by abusing the umpire. II Is unfair
and unjust. Americans boast, and with
some reason. too, of justice and fairness.
at is the national game which will de.
velop and strengthen our young men. and
make them better men and better citizens--
democratic. fair, reasonable, just. stronger
in body and In mind. There is no reason
why they should be less Christian because
they are more athletic.
Cato the Just played handbaIl I would
like to see ministers of the Gospel play base
ball. 1t would do them good; 1 am not SO
sure of what would happen TO the umpire.
The national game is a great one, and
II is good thing for the game and for
the Christian churches that the latter have
taken 1t up and taken up young men who
play the game / am free to say that the
Marquette League has come to stay. and I
trust that the Episcopal and other church
leagues VIII do likewise, and be even stron-
ger and better next year than this. But
as to religious unity, l am afraid we will
not have that until the umpire suits all
the players and all the spectators"
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The Length Of Sermons.
From the Indianapolis News.

From the indianapolis News.
It is said that Emperor William, shortly
after his accession, ordered that his court
chaplains should never preach longer than
ten minutes; and it is reported that the
clergy generally have followed the rule, al
though it does not apply to them The re-
suit Is short sermons in all Lutheran pull
pits. and great revival of religion. Only
the other day Bishop Potter declared that
a sermon ought never to be more than
twenty minutes long. Differing from both
these authorities, we are informed that
King Edward cuts OUT the service alto
gether. and never appears in church until
just before the sermon. which would seem
to prove that he thinks the sermon the
NEST important feature of the service
So the issue is presented. In our opinion
If we may venture to have one, no abso-
lutte rule can be laid down. A sermon of
ten minutes duration by some preachers
would be torment; while one of forty or
even fifty minutes from other preachers
would be delight. However. as there are
few men belonging to this latter class, per-
haps II is safe to say that the presumption
is in favor of the short sermon. II men are
to be tortured, It is better that the torture
should be brief. And II. as is the case
there are few great preachers. II seems
wiser to run the risk of losing a delight
prolonged. and to adopt a rule that will
apply to the average preacher and the
average congregation. On the whole, the
argument seems to favor the short sermon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

The mission wood yard resounds with the
echo of the workmans and of the
sharing of the saw through each working
day. for as soon as one man has laid aside
the tool another has to pick it up. and the
cords of pine wood, boxes and other In
hammable material is broken up and stored
away in the wood yard supply department,
where it, Is kept until ordered by those
having need of 1t.
Each man who enters the wood yard,
whether old or young, does what work he
can. He may chop or haul, pick up, pile
up or knock rusty nails from the barrel
slaves; he does what he can and no fault
is found with him. In some cities where
the mission has established wood yards the
poverty stricken strangers who apply for
aid are put to work, and each man is re-
CURED to do a limited amount of labor in
-ecompense for the gratuity bestowed upon
him. Some of these men work early and
.ate to accomplish this. The older and in
firm men, who have fought life's battle and
lost. are backward in their labor and &C
complish little, just about much they
did in life-only they were able to do better
If they desired, and today they are not able
on account of their years, while their
young nelghbor fresh and strong with the
vigor of life, works quickly and accom-
plishes his work in less than half the time
the old men take. And to these youths In
other cities nothing is said. while old men
suffer abuse sometimes and struggle along
with their labor until darkness comes on
and the supper table In the mission house
has been deserted. But not SO in Washing
ton. Cid men are treated young men.
They are placed on equal footing, and
each is told to do what he can.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

fresh dedication of your powers to the
work In hand now School boy, the bell is
ringing, and you soon exchange the free.
dom OF ell outdoors for the confines of the
school room. Are you going to be a better.
more faithful. punctual polite student than
you have been? How many little people In
the other less-favored lands would like TO
have the chance you have in a good Amer.
lean school, with its modern facilities and
methods! Yes, school boy. you are to be
enVied, not pitied; to be thankful that YOU
have this chance to make a man of your
self through industrious study.
Routine worker, you know your tread.
mill pretty we'll in the home the shop the
factory, the office. 1t seems to you YOU
have drudged along perhaps a good many
years in the same narrow groove. But
there has been a little let-up, IL not more
than for few days a week and Septem.
Der summons you to have another brave
wrestle with your task. Acquire the SOL
dier's attitude. Much of his work is tire.
some drilling SI put he performs It with ma
chine-like precision. Your work may DO
your salvation, after all. One of the most
prominent ministers of this country told
me the other day that while he had. In a
certain sense. outlived his youthful enthu-
siasms, he had this compensation for them,
namely, the sense that the main thing for
any man Is to be ready for the long haul"
the steady, persistent grapple with mo.
notonous recurring tasks, even IL there
appears to be an almost endless series OF
them. Is there not suggestion Of comfort
mere Tor mothers, clerks, stenographersy
artisans and all whose labor is more or
less in nature of drudgery?
But how about the people who have
not been away from their tasks and their
homes all summer long, who have been
tied up by some responsibility? How about !:
those to whom the summer has brought
sorrow and loss? Has September a mes
sake for them? Certainly. It speaks OF
compensation; II means to them as well 40 /
to others the advent of q new season OF
hope and of opportunity. In the slow
working out of Gods plans. something
rich and compromising may be In storof
before another summer swings around. IT
is reasonable" said Thoreau. that a man I
should be better at the end of the summer
season than at its beginning" II that iol
the outcome in the case of each Of us, We
have reason to hail September's coming
with Joy and to commit ourselves trusting
ly and confidently to what II and the other
golden months of autumn have In stoeA.
THE PARsoN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
SUNDAY MORNING TALK.
September Again.

Why, was 1t three months ago, or was it
only yesterday that we were moraliZing
about the blessed let-up which summer
brings to humanity? Lo and behold. be-
fore we had half a chance to realize all
our anticipations. to say nothing about
carrying out all our good intentions, the
sweet summer time has flown and here we
are again, most of us, face to face with
another long stretch of duties. Our back
is turned upon those golden summer morn
ings by the lakeside or seashore, those
moonlight evenings, heavenly In their
enchantment, those glorious drives and
tramps, that memorable days run into
the country, that cheer and comradeship by
the campfire, those innocent little fiirta-
lions in the mountain boarding house. Yes,
it is goodbye to them until another year
at best, and perhaps to many of US 1t
seems as If there would not be quite an
other summer like this hummer.
But, after all. are these Joys entirely
lost? Ought one to cast aside forever his
vanished summer as though it were a
sucked-out Granger II out Of your holiday
something of worth has come into your
life more information about beautiful
places in this beautiful world. reinvigora-
ton Of health, fresh outlook upon prob
lens of life, a greater strength to meet
them, a new friendship, a more cheerful
faith in God and man. then all the labor.
care and trouble of the coming autumn can
never rob you of what you now possess.
Believe that you have thus added to your
capital a fund Of experience and enjoy
ment. and draw on that fund the coming
wear. Few of US get as much as we might
out Of memories. II some golden day Of
August or July now stands out In the retro
spect live 1t over often during the coming
season. II you ind yourself in tight
place bark back to the meadow where you
heard the nightingale sing or to some other
memorable moment OF the vanished sum-
mer.
Show yourself worthy Of the JOY and
profit the summer has yielded you by q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

Rev. Eugene A. Hannah, pastor of st.
Martins Roman Catholic Church. at North
Capitol and streets northwest, who is
well-known as a base ball enthusiast, was
discussing the national game last evening
in the church rectory with a party of
friends. Finally an interested listener ven
tured a query as to whether the game Of
fered any possibilities as a means to re-
ligious unity.
ut is fortunate for the young men OF
the District Of Columbia" said Father
Hannah, that the various churches. Cath
Ole and Protestant. have taken up the
question of athletics. "A sound mind and
a sound body They are particularly to
be found in the national game. Sections
and B Of the Church League represent
the Protestant element, and the Capital
City and the Marquette League the Catho-
lie element The champion teams of the
Church League are now contesting for hon.
ors, and no doubt the winner will compete
with st. Stephens Institute of the Capital
City League for supremacy. A series OF
games that has excited intense interest IN
the District has been played recently be-
tween st. Martins. pennant winners in the
Marquette League, and Episcopal Chapel
of the Episcopal League.
"A large number of thoughtful people
see in this series Of champion games a
happy omen for religious unity in the fu-
ture. Be that as 1t may, this contest
makes for good fellowship-the fatherhood
of God and the brotherhood Of man. It
makes the players and people who enjoy
the games better citizens and better men.
1t breaks down barriers of religious preju-
dice and bigotry. 1t teaches both players
and patrons alike the value of fairness,
not only In ball games, but in religious con-
troversy. 1t is a school of restraint, dis
cipline and self control. The reverend gem
tlemen interested in their respective teams
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

Scattered throughout the environs OF
Washington are many interesting houses OF
worship which are too small IN structure
and membership te claim the title OF
church. but which have, by reason of fire.
Quent additions and rebuildings. risen be-
yond the title OF chapel. In nearly every
suburban settlement will be found at least
one of these little chapels, or a church that
was once a chapel. They are. fguratively
speaking. the arms of the mother church
reaching out to her wandering children
The constantly increasing migration OF
the urban jewellers to the more attractive
suburbs makes 1t necessary for the pastor
of the city church to practically take the
church to his straying congregation. This
he does, literally by establishing these little
chapel auxiliares. While the members of
congregation who establish homes in dis
trlcts greatly removed from the church are
always in the minority they are not COM
pletely abandoned. and quite often they
form the nucleus upon which is built lar
ger congregation and finally a self-support-
ing church
Some twenty years ago the rector OF the
Hyattsville. Nd, parish found II necessary
to establish a chapel within reach of the
parishioners residing In the southern
tremity of his parish. He decided upon
Bennng and at that place a small mission
under the control of Trinity Church and
given in charge of II. Fields Saumaring.
Again, in 1900. change was made in the
control of the chapel. This time it passed
into the hands of the bishop and was joined
in circuit with the Church of the Good
Shepherd, this city, and St. Matthews at
Chesapeake Junction. When this change
was made the little chapel. now All Saints
Church, was placed under the direct charge
of Rev. c. r. Stetson pastor of the Church
of the Good Shepherd, and his assistant
Rev. c. s. Abbott, jr.
The chapel, which is located just oppo-
site the Benning race track and next door
to the public school at Benning was built
after the approved ecclesiastical style of
architecture, and, though small made a
good appearance. 1t was made as COM
modious as the community at the time of
building seemed to require, but after Il
came under the control of the energetic
workers of the Church of the Good Shep-
herd the congregation soon outgrew The
chapel. 1t was found that there was TO
suitable meeting place for the various so
cteties of the church, and a movement was
started with view to charging the build
ing and increasing its efficiency.
The first plans We're for a guild hall,
which was completed last year The hall
was built on the rear of the cha pei and,
besides increasing the size of the struc-
ture, 1t added to the attractiveness of the
little building. In this hall two very inter-
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practical difficulties with which they. like
the rest of us, must contend, they are striv-
ing in humble faith to make real the fair
vision of human brotherhood which has
haunted man from the beginning.
There are fifteen Of the societies. whose
communal unit is the family" Of from ten
to seventy members. grouped in New York,
New England, Ohio and Kentucky. with
one branch in Florida. The Shaker COM
munities were organized about lit years
ago, by New Englanders or their imme-
date descendants and many Of the traits
conspicuous in New England life Of a CEN
fury ago are inwrought in the constitution
Of these communities
They possessed the originality and in
venr:ve faculties Of their race and made
many valuable inventions, among which
are the screw propeller, turbine water
wheel, circular saw, cut nails and metal
pens. Much of their machinery and labor
saving appliances used today are Of
Shaker manufacture. An appliance that
commends itself to women visitors is that
brother does the family washing in a
Shaker washing mill with a Shaker cen
frugal wringer. Whenever possible pow
er is furnished in the different depart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

Mission was established the one object of
the promoters was to give the homeless
and enable him to sustain life. They have
pursued this object and kept it up with SO
much success that the impoverished stran-
ger, who, foot-sore and tired wander into
the mission house, is sure of warm greet
ing from the superintendent. He knows he
get a comfortable place to sleep and
his regular meals for SO long a time as he
wishes to stay. In consideration of this
charity he knows also that he will be called
upon to pay for his lodging and board in
labor.
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ments by water motors. and without the
numberless labor-saving contrivances 1t
would seem impossible that the neatness
and comfort now prevailing could exist.
The clean, airy rooms. restful to weary
eyes; the bright, CHEEKY work rooms. thor
ough sanitation; the attractive reading
and music rooms. the pleasant dining
room and immaculate kitchen, where, in
the North family. nothing whose life has
been forfeited is ever cooked, quicken in
terest and awaken healthy appetite.
1t is not alone in the matter Of labor
saving devices that the Shakers are pro-
gressive. In opinions they are abreast of
their time AS expressed in their Com
pendulum" of doctrine, I'VE feel ourselves
untrammeled by the letter of yesterday
and write and express our views in ac-
cordance with the increasing light Of to-
day"
Their peace convention was under the d.
rection of Eldress Anna White, the leader
of progressive Shakersm, who recently
said: "Hard-headed conservatism does
much to block the wheels Of progress and
prevent the advancement of radical ideas.
Conservatism is essential and good in it's
place, but it is out of place when inter-
cepting the scientific religious trend of
thought"
The hospitality, kindness and charity of
the Shaker is proverbial Their simple di
rectness of speech and manner is attrac-
tive and wins confidence, and with all
there is dignity born of perfect sincerity.
1t is an ideal place for those whose minds
turn to communistic life The vast farms
await but the coming in greater numbers
Of skilled hands, active brains and hearts
consecrated to brotherhood and love, to
bring forth the best in humanity, to make
Of these green hills and fertile valleys
very paradise. Here the loneliness of the
solitary farm life is done away. With
1,Aa l1 ,,.yI,t
out this system of practical communism,
as their latest work on Shakerism declares,
creating a life of purity, social freedom
and altruistic industry" one soon becomes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
4 Church for CHILDREN.


esting organizations hold regular meetings
the Boys Club and Brigade and the Girls
Friendly Society
The Boys Club and Brigade is an organ
ization of about forty Of the youngsters Of
the church. ranging in ages from twelve
TO eighteen, and IL is n purely social club.
the weekly meetings being devoted to in
structive games. Recently, however the
club Invaded the field of sport and organ.
lied base ball club The brigade, a mili-
tary organization modelled after the school
cadet corps, Is under the charge OF Capt.
charles Armbruster. a member OF the High
School Cadet Corps. Capt. Armbruster has
devoted considt rable attention TO All Saints
Boys Brigade. and under his able leader
ship the organization has ma de great prog.
ress. He is It's drill instructor and once a
week gives the boys an hour of instruction
in the manual of arms. In this work he
has an efficient assistant in Lieut. Harry
SterZer These two young men are menu
bers of the Church of the Good Shepherd.
but have associated themselves with Mr.
Walter Barnes. treasurer of All Saints.
who has charge of the Boys Club.
The Girls Friendly Society is composed
of the girls OF the church. and has a MEM
bership equally large as the Boys Club.
This is under the direction of one of the
deaconesses of the Church OF the Good
Shepherd and four assistants. members of
the Ladies' Guild Of All Saints
These two young folks organ cation
while by no means the most Interesting
features of this interesting little chapel,
are quite unique. and differ from similar
organizations in that they are entirely un.
UNCONVENTIONAL They number among their
membership children of almost every de.
nomination. some OF whom I've at a consid.
cradle distance from the church.
The plan upon which the directors have
been working for the past three or four
years is to make the chanel the social cen-
ter of the com munity. and i'm this they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

The army of choppers and helpers repair
to the wood yard at 8 O'Clock in the morn
ing and work until II. when they receive a
hot dinner in the dining room. From j
oclock until . they labor again, when they
return to the mission for supper, after
which they attend gospel meeting and then
retire to the dormitory In the morning
they are awakened for breakfast. and then
once again take up their routine of work.
One days work pays for one days lodging.
and IL man cares to stay a month or
longer he Is welcome, so long as he con-
tinues to pay for his board and keep by
the employment Of the Ratchet or saw.
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or the Sel-Lmitation of the Divine.
D., Pastor Of the New Church.

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-08
Up to the People.

IT ought to be very plain to
everybody by this time that
there will be no railway rate
Legislation that will afford the
country any relief by congress
until the people tell their repre-
sentatives that they must pass it
or make room for men who will.
AS for the Pioneer, although
a firm believer in repu blican prin-
ciples, we are prepared to help
elect democratic congress if a
republican congress will not go
about this matter in earnest.
The people of this country can
have reform in railway rate any
time that they want it. All that
they have got to do is to make a
united demand for it, and bills
which now cannot get through
the United States senate in two
years, if at all, will be pass
ed by that august body in two
days.
Why shouldn't. the railroads
rob the people? The people do
not seriously object. The rob-
berry will go right on until we do
seriously object.
How long shall we be content
to let the robbery go on?
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Time To Clean Up.

Elk PUBLIC EXAMINER JOHNSON
is out with another report charg-
ing failure to enforce the law
againstboth former auditor Dunn
and the present incum bentof the
office, S. e. Iverson.
We believe that this whole mat
ter should be entrusted to an i'm
partial committee of experts
and thoroughly sifted and investi-
gated, in order that the truth
may be known as to these charges.
The charges were first made in
the heat Of a gubernatorial cam
paign; were rabidly upheld and
circulated by one party, and
bitterly denounced by the other.
The people Of the state, as well
as the accused, are entitled to
know whether these charges are
well founded, or whether they
were inspired by the hope of
political advantage to be gained.
The legislature should set
about the investigation Of this
matter in a manner which will
give the people of Minnesota
assurance of an, absolutely i'm
partial Investigation, in a man
ner which will preclude the pos
sibility Of whitewash as thorough
~ as it prevents political hatred
from fastening an unjust charge
upon an innocent official.
Let us have the truth of the
matter free from any faint of
factional prejudice.