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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07

Melancholy, it has been observed, is the
dominant note Of Christianity. The wor-
ship of sorrow, said the poet Goethe, IS
the essence of the Christian religion. "A
great modern writer on Iife-problems has
condemned Christianity, because, he says
it glorffes suffering. christianity writes
William Hartpole Leclly, finds its ideal IN
one who was known as the Man of Scr
rows" In a remarkable picture completed
in the year 1914, the great German painter,
AIbrecht Duerer, has depicted Melancholy
as the muse Of Christendom. y female
figure severely draped, with forbiddng
coun.cnance, sits among the wen-used
emblems of all arts, the ruins of past
achievements, the materials for effort yet
to come. She broods, she suffers she
wonders. Above her are the magic square,
the members of destiny, and the passing
bell that sounds the end of all. Before
stretches an ocean that hens her In. What
beyond and after? There is rainbow of
promise in the sky but even beneath that
the baneful portent of a flaming star,
Could Duerer's 'Melancolia" speak she
might indeed utter the sweet and brave,
yet pathetic, poetry of our own speculative
day" writes the banker-poet, Edmund
Clarence Stedman, who makes an etching
of this painting the frontispiece of the vol
une of his Turnbull lectures on the Mature
of Poetry" and in his text asserts that
melancholy is the predominant note of the
dlstnctively Christian schools of poetry.
The Christian world has added" he OBJ
serves, "the minor notes to the gamut of
fancy. 1t discovers that if indeed our
sweetest songs are those which tell of sad
dest thought it is better to suffer than
TO lose the power OF suffering" The re-
Elective. retrospective subjective element
in Christian thought has brought q deeply
sorrowful tone into our life and literature
These estimates of Christianity as a sor-
rowfuI religion are due ! think to two
causes. one of which is legitimate, but the
other We must regard as wrong and to be
eradcated. In the first place, the Christian
has a deep understanding of this life here
on earth He knows that it is chiefly a
season of trial. temptation, battle and con-
hict often of sin and failure; it is a time
Of probation, and he cannot tell whether
he Will persevere 10 the end and win an
eternal victory, or suffer defeat. Knowing
life to be such and the risks and rewards
al stake. he cannot but be sorrowfuI.
In the second place. Christianity not as
It should be, but as it has been for many
centuries, is a system of life and faith In
which mans gaze has been directed in
Roman Catholic quarters toward the
cracifiX, in Protestant regions toward the
crueifixion, as the tombstone and main
spring of action. Life has been made a
perpetual passiontde and Good Friday,
Christ suffering, dying and dead for our
sins, has been the main thought and in
spiuJon of ChrIstendom. No wonder that
Christian thought, life and literature have
taken a melancholy. sorrowful tone!
But Christs passion was not the central
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thought of the apostles teaching; sorrow
and melancholy were not predominant ele-
ments in the thought and life of New Tesla
ment Christians They were the children
of the resurrection; they thought of our
Lord not dead on the cross, but as the
one that liveth, and was dead; and, be-
hold, he is alive for evermore, loving and
reigning in power and peace The Chris
tians of the first days troubled themselves
little about this life, it's temptations, suffer-
fngs and sorrows. They knew themselves
TO be citizens not of earth, but of heaven:
that not this but that is their true life,
their true home.
They knew that the spirit itself beareth
witness with our spirit, that we are the
children OF God; and If children then heirs;
heirs Of God, and joint heirs with Christ:
If so be that We suffer with Him, that we
may be also glorifed together.
They reckoned that the sufferings of this
present time not worthy to be com
pared with the glory which shall be re-
vealed in us; for the earnest expectation Of
the creature waiteth for our manifestation
as sons OF God because the creature itself
also shall be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious liberty of the
children Of God. (See Romans, Willie ff)
With this knowledge and faith firm in
their hearts the Christians of yore were
hopeful men; they realized that by the
resurrection from the dead of their Lord
a new life where earthly sorrows are done
away, new life which is the fulfilling of
our true destiny, the crown of our earthly
sorrows, the bourne of our earthly pill
grimage.
On this they always set their thoughts
and hope, and so they walked through the
trials and sorrows of this life with a tread
ever firm, elastic, hopeful
My friends! Your effort and mine in the
light of the glorious Gospel of the resur-
recuon of Christ and man should be to
become like the New Testament Christians.
We should look not upon the cross of sor-
row, but the cross of glory blossoming
with life and love; we should make not
alive ana reigning in heaven, the king of
our lives. We should regard not our de-
caying sells. but our risen Christ We
should dwell not upon the temptations and
suferings of this life but as children of
the resurrection and citizens of heaven.
servants of a living Lord and King. he
come men of hope. If only you, and 1 and
all Christians would live by the power of
C.rist's resurrection life, and make our
ascended Lord the sovereign and monarch
o. our souls then no longer should we be
guilty of clarifying suffering; no longer
should we make the man of sorrows our
Lord; no longer would we be citizens of
earth, devotees of pessimism, and minions
Of melancholy. The whole spirit and char
acter of our religion would be transformed
and cOnformed 10 the likeness of Christ's
OF Christendom and Christians not sorrow
and melancholy would be the dominant
note, but cheerfulness joy hone
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SERIES OF SERMONS.
Rev. U. G. B. Pierce at Sunday Even
ing Services.

Rev L. G. B. Pierce, minister OF All
Souls Unitarian Church, has arranged to
preach n series of seven special Sunday
evening sermons upon 1.-The Exodus: a
Story of the Souls Pilgrimage" The gen
eral text for the series is: Now these
things happened unto them by way OF fig
ure and they were written for our admoni-
toni Corinthians, Kill.
The subjects of the various sermons will
be as follows: This evening, In Egypt
and Oat-the Great Deliverance;" January
II, Food in the DESERT January 81
Sinai January %, '"rhe Calf of Gold"
February 4, "Hobab the Desert Guide
February IL. "Renembrances;'' February
IS. THE Free Soul
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striving TO lift himself above the range CT
brute appetites and characteristics?
"A year of grace. a gracious year in other
words, year filled not alone with hard
work and constant care, with the possible
mishaps and mistakes to which any man Is
liable, but year gloritied in all It's parts
through the shining in upon 1t of the love
and grace of the Almighty because or
which we shall not only be better ana
Drawer ourselves, but more gracious toward
all our fellows, making it to them as well
as to US a true year of grace. Is that not
the happiest kind of year of which man
can conceive? THE PARSON,
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"Sanctus Bell"

According to the Diocesan Record in the
state of Rhode Island, ''Sanctus BeIl'' has
recently been presented to ST. Johns (Epis-
copaD Church, Newport. which will never
sound save to announce to al hearers that
the highest act of Christian worship is then
taking place at the altar in the church.,
In addition to this bell, weighing LOO
pounds, and within the same tower a COM
plste set of chimes has already been hung.
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Idleness Causes Drunkards.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
DUBLIN, January Elm Dublin alone.
where there is such a dearth of employ
ment' it is estimate that $5,N3o,oG0 a year
almost $4,000 a day-is suuandered in
drink declared Father Paul in addressing
The Society Of st. Vincent de Paul at Duh
lin.
Why" he continued, $4,000 would
start factory. and 100000 given TO any
irish county tomorrow would set the mill
Wheels soing along its rivers. A million
sterling, the amount wasted in drfnl, an
huaIiE, would start industries throughout
ireland sufhcient to keep our people at home
in Dublin alone' ~
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Women's Missionary Meeting

ne January meeting of the auxiliary Of
me christian Women's Board of Missions
oL the Disciples of Christ was held Tuesday
ilorhihsa at 1913 clock in the Vermont Ave-
nue. Christian Church. Mrs Clara 9.
oeheiI president of the Woman's Society.
presided Mrs. Norwood and Mrs Rees well
coined the members and guests. Mrs. Stems
conducted the singing and Miss Nellie
SpeHCcr was pianist. Mrs. Yewell led the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07
THE WILBUR GLASS.
Where Sunday School Teachers May
Learn

Considerable interest is being manifested
by Sunday school teachers of the District
IN the Wilbur class, which meets dHch Sat
Irday evening at o'clock, in the pariors
of the Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church,
Columbia road near 18th street northwest
The instructor, from whom the class takes
its name is Prof. William A. Wilbur, dean
of Columbian College of George Washing
ton University. His aim Is to assist the
teachers of the Sunday schools OF the city,
using the international lessons, in prepar-
ing to present effectively the lesson to
their respective classes Sunday morning.
Prof. Wilbur declines to receive any COM
pensation fors his services, although this
Was offered. All Sunday school teachers
of the city are invited.
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Union Meetings Held

Inc colored ministers of the northwest
section of the city have been holding union
meetings prepare tory to their revivals every
afternoon at O'Clock at Plymouth Congre-
Sauonu Church. corner 18th and p streets.
IL L ne ministers have been addressed by Rev.
w. Il: Wlllams, an evangelist of the Pres
byterian Church, and Rev. W a RIack
Wen. The final meeting will be held at the
Piymouth Church this afternoon at =
o COCK, when Rev. DIR. Il. f. Watson OF
PhiladeIphia. viii speak
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A IS Bill Now Worth So, $50.
From the indianapolis Star.

l.. c. ST. John of this city has curiosity
in his possession in a five-dollar bill which
is 125 years old. He has just gained pos
session of it, although 1t was left to him by
his mother. who died some twelve years
ago. The bill was given her when a child
by relative.
1t was issued under the act of July 2, ITO.
by the state of Rhode Island, drawing per
cent interest per annun and signed by John
Arnold. Figuring compound interest 1t Is
now worth s.. $50.
1t is the intention of Mr.. st. John to COM
municate with the authorities at Washing
ton and ascertain IL the state Of Rhode
Island will redeem the bill.
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Week of PRAYER.

III accordance with the usage of MANY
years, the Week of prayer" will be OBJ
served by the Woman's Interdenomina tionoJ
Union OF this city next week from Monday
January ;. to Saturday, the 18th, inclusive
at II o'clock am, at the Calvary Pant'sP
Church, corner Of Sth ana H streets
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army returning from Yorktown, stopped in
Aiexandria, the French chaplain attached
thereto celebrated mass in the city
In 1910 the property of the First Metho-
dist Church of Alexandria, plain wooden
building and small parsonage adjoining
was purchased by st. Mary's parish. the
site given by Col. Hooe having become I'M
desirable, and the church was moved in
from the graveyard. Services being held
twice a month, priest from Georgetown
officiated va
This building did service until 1928. when
the erection of a brick edihce was 10
gun. AS the years went on additions ANA
Improvements We're being continually made
the building itself growing with the growth
or the parish. Ten years ago il was
round necessary to again expand, and the
old church was entirely rebuilt The pres
ent edlhce represents a cost OF some $40 90
or more, TO which must be added the
value OF all its furnishings, including a
hlaShihcent organ. 1t has a seating ca
pacity of 200 and is richly decorated and
height. "
In the history of St. Mary's are in
cluded the names of many pastors and
pariShioners which lend deep historical in.
terest to it. The intrepid Jesuit Fathers
We're Its first ministers, and the name of
81 Mary is interviewer in the story of
the Sons Of st. Ignatius In the new world.
one of the pastors in the early DAYS was
rather Anthony Kohlman who later went
10 Rome and became of the tutors
or the young Count Pecci, after Pope Leo
Aill' About 1880 Father Finottt an Ital-
ian nobienan, was rector of St Mary's
KEY. Roger Baxter, S. J.. an English Jesuit
O. much distinction. was another
A glimpse of the life of those early days
IN Virginia when St, Mary's was in its
infancy, Is given, if. entering in spirit the
unpretenu ous church in Chapel aIlev-the
building purchased from the Methodists~
one VIII examine the doors and then the
altar altar railing. They were of solid ma
lust locked a load of the precious wood
at AieXandria. sailing from Honduras.
v, w h en- the foundations of the church built
IN ls26 were being dug the grave of n
solder OF many years before supposedly
OF BraGdoSks army, was discovered and
so on IN detail tie story of St Mary's is
rtGn with the early history of the nation.
Inc present rector is Rev H. ]. Cutler.
TO whom is due the credit for the last re-
building Of the church
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The sixth anniversary of the pastorate of
Rev. John Van Schaick, jr will be cee-
brated at the Church of Our Father, Uni
versalist, 18th and l. streets northwest, to-
day Mr.. Van Schaick will preach an ami
versary sermon this morning at the II
o'clock service upon THE Parable of the
Sower." There will also be special music
for the occasion.
In honor of the anniversary the board Of
trustees of the Murray Universalist Society
will give a reception at the church next
Wednesday evening from until 1870
o'clock.
Mr. Van Schaick came to this city jan
uary 4, 1900, from New York city. He was
born November Is. 1878, at Cobleskill, n. Y;
was graduated from Union College in the
class of 1894, and taught after graduation
first in secondary schools and later in the
College of Enporia, Kan, where he occu-
pied the chair of history and literature. In
1898 he removed from Kansas to New York
city. where he was made assistant pastor of
the Church of the Divine Paternity. one of
the largest and most influential churches in
the Universalist denomination.
In this city, under his pastorate, the Uni
yersalist Church has had a steady and
healthy growth. A long standing debt has
been paid Off and today every parish
ganization is in a fourshng condition.
Mr.. Van Schaick has identified himself and
his people with many social and philan-
thropic movements in the city. He is an
officer of the Associated Charities and a
member of the committees for the preven-
ton of tuberculosis and summer outings for
children.
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SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF PASTORATE
OF REV. JOHN VAN SCHAICK JR

Universalist church? Nobody, or at least
only a few. believes in eternal torment in
these days To all these l reply that the
Universalist Church is not merely a church
of protest. For a hundred and thirty-five
years it has protested against harsh and
cruel dogmas discreditable to God and dis
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hcial legislation Will | hope. obtain in the
mother country, for in Great Britain today
one out of every three citizens at the age
OF SlSty-fiVe finds himself dependent on
public or private charity
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nopefulne88.
BY Rev w Devres d. E. Church.

1.-The suferings of this present time are not
worthy to be compared with the glory which shall
h revealed In u.s. Rom. viii :1S.
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Questioned as to plans and ideals for his
church in the immediate future, Mr.. Van
Schaick said:
Il am asked repeatedly, Why keep up a
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army, returning from Yorktown, stopped in
Alexandria, the French chaplain attached
thereto celebrated mass in the city.
The Globe-republican., 1906-12-06
GOT WRETCHE0 TREATMENT
School Teachers Left in Railroad
Yards All Night Without Light
or Fire.

The teachers who went to Greensburg
on the Thanksgiving excursion via the
Rock lsland report very extraordinary
treatment from the railroad company.
The company's side Of the matter, / ii
has side, has not been heard; but 1t is
hard to conceive any reasonable excuse
that the road could give for handling
human beings Ia the manner the teachers
were handled upon this trip.
The teachers report that instead OF
bringing them home on special train,
they were brought to the Bucklin yards
IN the middle Of the night and left there
the remainder of the night, with no fire
ncr llgut In the coaches, and without any
notification that they would not com.
plete Their journey, SO that they could 90
" hotel In Bucklin.
The teachers understood that they
were to be brought direct from Greens
burg to Dodge City There were passen-
gers with the especial" for Kinsley,
Spearville, Dodge City, Clmarron and
Garden City. The greater part of the
crowd were ladies. In getting TO the
train at Greensburg they had to 60
through a rain storm Arriving at the
depot they cou.S track of their
train for timl -~.. uas not suffi.
cient room at aiting room for all to
find shelter .n!-@Later they learned that
their cars we're somewhere In the yards
at Greensburg, and the girls went
through the rain to the coaches. The
train finally lett Greensburg, and In the
course Of time arrived ut Bucklin. There,
for some reason, the special was an
nulled, but the teachers say they were
not notified Of the fact. Instead of leav.
ing the coaches aud going to hotel, they
remained 10 the cars expecting every
minute to continue on the trip to Dodge
City. They say there were no lights and
no fires in the coaches. Some of the men
in one of the coaches made a foraging
trip In the yards and got enough wood to
build a fire for while, but 1t was not
enough 10 warm the coach. The cars
were bumped about most of the night by
the switch engine In the yards. The
women spent miserable night in the
cold coaches, the matter being made still
worse BY their having been out ia the
rain while looking for the train at Greens.
burg. The whole crowd seems to be very
indignant over the treatment received,
and the teachers are demanding that some
explanation be given them by the rail-
road company. The matter was reported
to the Commercial club at It's last meet
Ing, and committee was appointed to
Investigate the affair.
The Globe-republican., 1906-12-06
BRAKEMAN GRAY KILLED.
Santa Fe Trainman Caught Between
>, Cars at Syracuse Yesterday.

santa re Trainman Caught Between
>, Cars at Syracuse Yesterday.
Brakeman # h. Gray, who has been
braking on the Santa Fe from Dodge City
west, was caught between the cars at
Syracuse yesterday and mortally injured.
he was getting ready to put In d knuckle,
and started to pass betwee, the cars to the
other side Of the train, when an engine,
which came In on the same track, bumped
the train and brought the cars together.
He was caught between the couplings and
terribly crushed. An east bound train
took him on, the intention being to take
him Topeka, but It was reported that he
did not live but short time He was
braking for Conductor Harry Jones. Ssme
OF the tianm4n state that Gray, who had
no family, told them that he had no rela.
tives living, and that he wanted what
money he had to 90 to lodge to which
he belonged.
The Globe-republican., 1906-12-06
DODGE CITY RAILROAD BUILD.
ERS GET BUSY AT ONCE.
TWO DIRECTORS FROM HERE
Will Be Wichita, Dodge City &
Observation-Disclosures at
Dodge City.

4 charter will be taken out at once for
building railroad from Dodge CITY to
the Western line of Kansas through
Haskell and others counties on the line
desired, and from Dodge City east into
Pratt county. The name Of the road Is
to be The Wichita, Dodge City and Wesl.
ern, and Dodge City will be designated
as the roads principal place Of business.
Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Burnett Of this
. place will be named as two Of the d.
rectors, and the other directors will be
meJf VINO live 10 the counties west Of
here. The purpose Of the company will
be to construct. equip and operate q road
through the country above specified.
The railroad committee Of the Dodge
City Commercial Club met here on Fri
day with committee Of gentlemen from
Haskell and other counties und held a
half days conference regarding plans
for building the road, and came to an
agreement to get out the charter at once
and begin business.
The territory to be crossed to the west
Of Dodge City Is country which is
developing very fast and 1t is In vast
country which Is not touched at present
by any road. The advent of railroad
In this territory will be followed BY
greatly increased settlement in the diff.
ferent counties, and the importance OF
these counties will be doubled at once.
The people along the route west from
here are very much In earnest about
getting road, and they are prepared to
give every assistance that is possible In
building 1t.
Dodge City Of course will be greatly
benefited by the new road and with such
road 10 operation will become quite an
important jobbing point for the territory
covered by the road. While the present
company is only undertaking to build the
road as far west as the state line, the In
tention Is, little later, to get Into the
Colorado coal fields, and II all plans are
carried out successfully the start being
made at this time will ultimately result
In the building of an important line of
railroad.
At presen. there Is not much to an