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Evening star., 1907-11-03
Ordination Services.

There were ordination and presentation
services at the Metropolitan Baptist
Church on r street between 18th and 18th
streets northwest Thursday, October 81
at 1 ocloc., pm. The council was com
posed Of repre- esentatives OF twenty-five
Baptist churches Of the District OF CO.
lumbia and vicinity.
Rev. William d. Jarvis. president Of the
Baptist Alliance of the District Of Co.
lumbia, called the council to order at 30
pm. Following devotional exercises the
roll of churches was called. Rev. f. B.
Gordon was elected moderator and Rev
]. l. Loving secretary; William d. Jarvis
was named catechiZer; DR.. NJ w. y. Nor
man, pastor of Metropolitan Baptist
Church. presented two candidates, stu
dents of Howard University, to be exam
ined in the Baptist doctrine. The candi-
dates were Andrew Hogan and Luke u.
Best. After a careful and rigid eXamiua
ton they were declared eligible. The or
Holmes: scripture reading, Rev. William
II. Johnson. invocation. Rev. James L.
Willis; hymn. Rev. J. 7. Smith; sermon,
Rev. A. J. Tyler: prayer. Rev. " alter II.
Brooks; presentation of the Holy Bible,
Rev. William J. Howard: extending the
right hand of fellowship, Rev. George W.
Lee; charge. Rev. NJ. w d. Norman.
The council was invited into the lower
auditorium where luncheon WAS served
by corps of members from each church.
Evening star., 1907-11-03
WHY EVERY MAN
IS A FARMER

The para Die Of the sower may more
properly be called the parable OF the
soil" said Capt. Theodore Valiant. the
evangelist. in the course Of his Friday
evening lecture at the HOmeward Bound
Mission. 119 Pennsylvania avenue. The
field is the world of human hearts and
Jesus Christ IS the husoandman. The
seed is the Word of God. and the object
Is to plant that seed in every heart and
make it fruitful to the glory OF God and
the salvation of souls.
Under the great head OF farmer
every true man should volunteer to help
Him to plant the precious seed in every
land and in every heart"
Speaking of the Bible, Can't. Valian.
said the American Bible Society in eighty
eight years has issued 10000 copies OF
the book. while the British and Foxetgn
Bible Society since 1904 has distributed
1sO000,oOo copies The book has been
translated into more than 900 languages
and is now accessible to more than three
foUrths Of the human race.
"Ah. the cares of the world and the de
ceitfulness of riches and the lust OF other
things" Capt. Valiant concluded. How
few there are who use these things as
stepping-stouss to their feet rather than
as miIlstones about their necks" HE
spoke of the seed that got IN and down
and up and declared that good ground is
thoughtful. earnest heart that studies The
truth AnG win iLu consent Of the vii.
and with deep affection for God, accepts
il. Such q man is born from above with
Il new heart and new life. He fights
sin and lives where God IS. He makes ro-
ligiOn the business Of his life and viii
Evening star., 1907-11-03
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES.

Hundreds OF Christians are f1ocktng to
the Mohammcdau standard in Turkey to
save being massacred.
IN the diocese Of Canterbury, England
daily communion services are held in III
of the 800 Episcopal churches
out of $500 members of the London
Diocesan Church Lads Brigade over 5000
attended the annual service at St. Paul S
Cathedral.
a cooking school and q nursery are
among the innovations at the First Pres
byterian Church IN Seattle. which is to be
dedicated late this month
The congregation of the Free Church at
lllord, England, mas given up its church
building rather than be under the domi-
nation of one rich man.
The congregational national ministerial
relief fund received SS1.2S0 during the
last three years and now has 12l persons
on its dependent roll.
The control Of Vanderbilt University has
been turned over 20 the general confer
euce OF the Methodist Church South by
the Tennessee conference.
The publication committee Of the Pres
hyterian Church of England has named
Rev. John Mccartney Wilson as editor of
its Monthly Messenger.
The fumes from the scores of factories
are running the fabric of the fine cathe-
dral at Southwark, FL gland, and the bor-
ough council will be asked to abolish the
noXious gases.
The Society of Foreign and Domestic
Missions Of the Episcopal Church. of
Which George G. Thomas of Philadelphia
is treasurer has expended over $500 900
during the past year.
\ $4,000 home for the faculty. superin-
tendents and nurses of the Iowa Metho-
dist Hospital Des Moines will he built
by the Methodist conference, being the
first Of its kind in Iowa
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MISSIONARY SUBJECT.
Fertile Soil
for the Seed"

eign field before we send him out. He
has to have numerous satisfactory in
dorsenents and has to pass muster be-
fore the board. We think we use every
safeguard possible to avoid this criti-
cism.'
Right here let me put in what a men,
Der Of the Presbyterian board of foreign
missions had to say on this same sub
ject. It was Rev. DR.. Stanley White a
new member. but thoroughly versed in
the missionary labors of his denomina-
ton.
we put our candidates for the for
eign field through a severer test as to
their particular and general qualifica-
tions for the field-mental and physical
than candidates for West Point are
required to pass" he declared 1T is
Evening star., 1907-11-03
GEN. BOOTH VISITING
NEW YORK CITY

NEW YORK, November 2.-The re-
Hgious fervor which characserizes the
Salvation Army was much heightened by
the arrival here yesterday of Gen William
Booth, the patriarch leader of the organi-
zatIon. Indeed inasmuch as his present
tour Of the United States will probably be
his last, his stay of about d week here
will be a sort of triumph. Gov. Hughes
and representatives of every walk of life
Will participate in a series of public
meetings arranged in the veteran nvan-
gelists honor.
Cen Booth will deliver three addresses
bin the New Amsterdam Theater tonor-
row, and it IS expected that all of them
VIII be attended by big Sa!vationist
demonstrations.
The formal welcome Of the city and
sta.c viii take place Monday at Carnegie
Han Gov. Hughes will preside. Gen.
Booths visit here is cOinCident with the
torly-sIXth anniversary of his founding
:Ie salvation Army.
Evening star., 1907-11-03

things they had to drink at dinner time
I told him the impression among many
people was that it was this sort Of thing
that turned many against missions.
How about it?" I asked
He smiled.
There are all sorts OF missionary en-
terprises," he said, speaking very guard
edly; ''aIl sorts, and there are all sorts
of missionaries in every missionary
enterprise. Some allowance should be
made for the fact that some religious
bodies do not require as high standards
in their missionaries as others. Some
allowance should also be made for
human nature
AS for the Methodist Episcopal
Church, We have a very, very careful
examination of candidate for the for
Evening star., 1907-11-03

It would certainly be an interesting
the Presbyterian or Methodist Episcopal
Church who has never taken it--and
to go to New York and look over the re-
spective mission headquarters of those
denominations. The two buildings, each
owned by the denomination that uses the
best part of it, are modern office build
ings of the skysCraper class, right down
in the business district of New York.
The Offices Of the various boards are
alive with clerks, stenographers and
messenger boys, and the men IN charge
come down to work early in the morn
ing and leave late in the evening, and
are busy all the time
There is no loafng on the Job. And the
most interesting thing about It IS that
all of this business is entirely without
the impetus that pushes ahead all of
the other big enterprises in New York
all those that do not partake of the
religious or philanthropic character-the
desire for money. 1t is a work Of love
nothing else.
But certainly, on the surface Of things
at least, it is a work Of love conducted
upon practical and not visionary lines,
and a work that should by no means be
the laughing stock of other big enter
prises which have New York as their
headquarters. There is certainly no such
waste Of money here as is frequently to
be found in the Offices of the industrial
magnates Of the metropolis.
D. A. G.
Evening star., 1907-11-03

There has been some disposition to
cr.uctse missionary management lately,
lust as there has been ever since mis-
sions began. Perhaps particular atten-
tion has been directed toward the sub
tect by the recent letters Of William 7.
Ellis, a Presbyterian minister and news
paper man Of Philadelphia, who went
around the world "On the Trail of the
American Missionary" and wrote what
he saw for The Sunday Star and several
other parers in this country. These let
ters uore'-read by the members of the
two big mission boards already men
toned. and the good things-there were
many of them-that Mr.. Ellis had to
say about missions and missionaries
were heartily approved, but most of the
bad things" were deeply resented and
have brought forth, especially from the
Methodist Church, some warm rejoin-
ders.
What ! wanted to do was TO get al the
real feelings Of the mission "magnates"
with regard to these and other recent
criticisms Of their work. So I walked
right Up TO them and asked them about
il.
The first paragraph Of my letter con
ta'rs the substance Of the replies I got
+r +lrr NJ trodirt hriildinc and across the
Evening star., 1907-11-03
OF TWO IN THIS COUNTRY
CRITICISMS

not our fault If minister not fitted to
be a missionary gets in once in a while
We do all we can to keep up the high
standard of the PERSONAL Of our corps
And I believe all Of our missionaries
are Just the sort of men we should have
in the field.
Many critics of missionar' es do not
stop to consider. or else they do not
know. that missionaries are not only
preachers of the gospel Of Christ. that
while this is their most important work.
they have other things to do. Some of
our missionaries are college presidents
and others are mechanics. Is there any
sane person who would expect the college
president to have the intimate knowledge
Of machinery that the mechanic has, or
the mechanic TO have the polish and
general culture Of the college president?
Such might be the case; but it is not
things to all men-that IS. 10 a limited
extent, of course. That is how we get
our hold over the un-Christian people.
THE missionary field has become so
complicated and the work so linked with
the Introduction Of our western civiliza-
ton into other parts of the world that
1t is no longer a simple matter Of send
ing out a preacher Of the gospel"
Evening star., 1907-11-03

solemn high mass for the repose of
the souls Of the faithful departed was
celebrated, according to the ritual OF the
Catholic church, al St. Paurs Church, 18th
and streets, 'tf.trsday. at 7 O'Clock a. m
There was congregation of devout wor-
suffers and the singing was by the parish
choir of fifty male voices under the d!rec-
ton of Prof. Winchester.
The Rev. Father ]. r. Mackn was the
celebrant. with the Rev. Fathers Walsh
and krug as deat on and sub-deacon re-
spectively. Mr Joseph Dunn was the
canton and the incidental solos in the
mass were sung by Masters Raymond
King. Mortimer Carroll Reaney Kelley
Charles Hall and Rudolph Bartle.
Evening star., 1907-11-03

Louis Spohr's God, Thou Are Great"
is to be rendered by the choir of St.
Andrews Church, 14th and Corcoran
streets northwest. in place of the SER
mon at evensong today at o'clock.
This oratOrio is by the same author as
The Last Judgment" which was sung
with so much success by St. Andrews
choir last winter No cards of ad-
mission are neceSSary.
Evening star., 1907-11-03

and calm, for you VIII probably some day
see eye to eye.
Tied up then as are most of us In the
network of home business. school, society
and church relationships. let not for
get that even in this intricate modern
tangle the individual will still be felt just
in proportion to the size Of his brains and
the worth of his character.
THE PARsON.
Evening star., 1907-11-03
WITH THE Y M. G. A.

A building for the colored men Of Co
lumbus, Ga, has just been opened. 1t
was the gift of George Foster Peabody.
who with his brothers recently erected
an association building for the young
men of Columbus in memory of their
parents.
Evening star., 1907-11-03

The corner stone of Galbraith A. NJ f.
Zion Church is to be laid today at 3
p m. by the officers of Nimrod Grand
Encampment of the Ancient Order of
Knights of Jerusalem. The church is to
be erected on 9th street between L and
NJ streets northwest
Evening star., 1907-11-03

This was interesting, so brought up
another point. I asked him about the
criticism widely voiced by Mr. Ellis
and other travellers, that many mission
aries display inexcusable provincial
ism" away from home, especially on
shipboard. I related the story of the
woman who was in hot water during an
she made herself obnoxious to other
passengers by finding fault with the
Evening star., 1907-11-03

count Of the attendance at one even
ing at the Liverpool, England, Y. NJ. {.
A. showed It to exceed 1900. The gym
ma SUM had 10 young men On the floor,
there We're go students in educational
classes. $50 studying music, fifty in the
reading ROOM twenty in the social room,
twenty playing games. and 800 listening
to a lectule on education.
Evening star., 1907-11-03


oouIse' 50 we hau several long chats.
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caused = smile and , mod If tho head
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hin,
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understanding IN the foreign fields. thew
have had to get together to oo-onerata
with each other. Each wear thew are
learning how TO do this batter"
Church union abroad az we'll az at
homer? querled. thinking of the
amount Of time and spaca that has bean
given to this subject within the mast
few years and Of the steps taken bv
Evening star., 1907-11-03

The corner stone Of the new Y. NJ. c.
A. at Brisbane. Queensland. was laid by
the governor. Lord Chelmsford, assisted
by the archbishop and prominent divines
of the city. Messages were read from
King Edward and President Roosevelt.
The property was the 100000 gift Of Mr..
and Mrs. Cribb.
Evening star., 1907-11-03
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Evening star., 1907-11-03

of the city. Messages were read from
King Edward and President Roosevelt.
The property was the 100000 gift OF Mr..
and Mrs. Cribb.
The governor of the state OF GUIANA
iuato, Mexico has offered to become
honorary president of a Y. NJ c. A. to
be formed there. The American consul
has been actively advocating the organ
ization while the mine owners, operators
and managers have called for the associa-
ton and voted to stand back of 1t. The
membership fee will be $40 30 according
to popular decision. This is the largest
fee recorded.
The head official Of the Chinese Tele-
graph Company at Foochow, Fukien
province, China, paid the fees of ten
young men to study telegraphy In the
Y. NJ c. A At the end Of the course
every man voluntarily paid back the
money as they felt they had gotten so
much good from the classes.
The Chinese Y. NJ. C. A branch in
Toxic has had $50 stud ents studying
eager to learn English that when all
the desks and stools were filled they
begged fos standing room admission to
the classes. In all branches thu asso-
citation had 100 young men enrolled last
year These men came from every
province of China and represented some
of the best and most influential families
of the nation. Over 900 of them nave
embraced Christianity through the in
fluence of the association
Prince Bernadotte, for fifteen years
president of the Swedish Y. NJ c. A,
presided at the recent national associa-
ton convention at Jonkoping. 1t was at
tended by 1000 delegates. The open
air meetings We're attended by 6,GO0 peo-
pie, and 800 boys a youths meeting. The
Swedish associations are leading in an
effort to secure a weekly half holiday for
clerks for athletics and recreation.
Evening star., 1907-11-03

These religious business men" were
only too glad Of a chance to defend their
course, so we had several long chats.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-26

Rev. Sam Jones called them,
were imbued with the same
kind of energy as some, OF these
yonng champions of the cotton
patch. In some sections there is
no complaint of the scarcity of
labor, but in other sections
there is a fearful lack of suffi
cient cotton pickers.
1t is certainly time for Mr..
Jno. w. Twiity of Valdosta 10
give us a communication from
that part OF the world. We
shall expect to hear from him
through The News real soon and
hope he won't disappoint us.
DR.. r. A. Truesdell, formerly
of Kershaw but for the past five
years located at Whitmire. IS in
the city and has about decided
10 locate In Macon as soon as he
can find suitable office.
Mr. Clarence Hobbs, who
used to be telegraph operator at
kershaw, IS now masing his
home here, having accepied a
position with the NJ. ID. & S
Ry. Former Lancastrian.
Macon, Ga.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-26
Mysterious Disappearance.

Cherryville, N. c., special in
The Observer Mr.. +. T. Oonder,
formerly resident of this place,
who went to Augusta, Ca, dur
ing the te'egraphers' strike to
take position with the Postal
Company, left that city on the
18th of October in response to a
message saying that his wife
here was sick. He has not ar
rived here yet and nothing what
ever has been heard relative to
his whereabouts.
MIR. Conder was a meg Der OF
the Pythian and Masonic orders
of this place.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-26
Old Lady Found Dead on
Hearthstonc.

Mount Gilead, N. c., in Char
lotie Observer: News of The
death OF Miss Mary Ann Harper,
an aged maiden lady whose home
was six miles east OF this place,
reached here today, and it i
thought by some that she was
murdered. So far no reliable
information has been obtained.
The report, however, is to the ef-
feet that neighboring gentle
man went to her home ON busi-
ness early Monday morning and
not finding her and seeing her
door partly open, he went into
the house. To his surprise he
found the old lady lying in front
Of the fireplace, dead. Ga inves-
tigation indications of murder
were found, whereupon the coro-
ner was notified. An inquest
was held today but The result
has not been learned. The lady
was a harmless person, living
alone some little distance from
her nearest neighbor, and was
thought by some to possess mon.
ey.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-26
More than One Model Farm
er in Upper Part of Coun-
ty--Mr. E. S. HoWie's Sue
cess.

MIR. Editor: Please allow me
space in your valuable paper to
state that there is II ore than one
scientific and progressive far
mer in the upper part of the
good old county of Lancaster.
noticed in your issue OF Oct.
the 10 the progress of Mr.. T. w.
Secrest, and | wish to state that
there are more people than Mr..
Secrest that can and do make
two and three crops on the same
piece OF land in year. My
fther made a fine crop Of oats
on his 2 acre bottom and then
gathered a nice lot of peas. He
also cut and cured nice lot of
fine peavine hay off the same
land. Also another instance OF
good farming: He planted and
worked a nice piece of cane, of
of which he picked The most rank
part, and made sixty three gal-
Ions OF good molasses, and then
gathered lot of good green feed
Now today he has a lot of 1ood
feed ready to be cut and cured
for winter hay,
Ii MIR. Secrest wants to SET
what farming is all he has to dc
is to get in his buggy and rid,
up to the farm of Mr.. +. S
Howie, who will be glad to tax,
him over a farm and show hin
what farming is.
Well, | hope no one will thinl
that | am in any way boasting o
Mr.. E. s. Howie's farm, but
want people to know that he il
not dead yet, With much re
CARDS to the Editor and all the
readers of The Lancaster News
| rem ain farmers son,
H.
Osceola, S. @ Oct. %, 1907.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-26
Death Results from Children
Playing on r. r. Track.

Lincolnion, N c., special in
yesterdays Charlotte Observer:
Pearl, the 12.year.old daugb.
or OF Mr.. Gray Bynum, who
lives one mile west of Iron Sta
ton, whose injury by the east
bound train on the Seaboard Air
Line was recorded in The Obser
yer today, died about 8 O'Clock
this morning. 1t seems that the
child was vying with playma I q
as TO which one would stay on
the track the longer in the face
of the on-coming train, and tar
ried too long on the track. In
her attempt 10 recross the track
alter her companion had left it.
the little girl fell. Realizing hei
danger, she attempted to roll
from under the wheels of the
engine, which was almost upon
her, but the lett leg was caught
and crushed below the knee, a nd
the right elbow mangled.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-26
Murdered in Hotel.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 23.-Als-
ton d Berry, who registered
from Rome, GA was found mur,
dered tonight in a room at the
Fairfax Hotel. He had been
dead several days
While there is no question in
the mind OF the police that Ber
~ was murdered there is abso
lutely no clue to the parpetrator
of the deed. One shot went in
he back of The head, which was
deemed sufficient to cause death
and in the opinion OF physicians
it could not have been self.in-
flieted
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-26
A Nevada Bank Fails.

Reno, New, Oct. 23.-The
State Bank 81 Trust Company,
with headquarters at Carson and
branches at Goldfeld, Tonopah,
Manhattan and Blair, closed it's
doors this morning. The State
bank examiner is in charge. The
difficulty was due TO inability to
realize on stocks placed as Sc
curity for a $40o, 900 loan, made
The Sullivan Trust Company
last year.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-26
The wv axe Forest Hazing.

Wake Forest special in the
Observer: The recent trouble
over the suspension of five men
for thirty days, for making a
freshman dance, and over which
many of the students, becoming
wrought up, asked for admission
to the University, has at last
been settled and the students
re-instated.