The Washington herald., 1907-05-12
SUNDAY MORNING CHAT.

If the day ever existed, outside Of the
Imagination of those who have written
funny items on the subject when church
members sat and sang themselves away
TO everlasting bliss, and considered their
di.ty weR done after giving out an in
opportune tract now and then. il is GER
tainiy a thing Of the past The church
to-day is everywhere devoted TO good
works, and 1t would be hard TO find an
example more substantial aud practical
than the cooking class conducted by the
Church of the Covenant, az its mission,
Peck Memorial Chapel. The class is in
charge of Miss Georgia Robertson. who
has given much time. thought. and dnan-
cial aid TO this branch OF church work,
and the gentle art OF cooking is thorough
ly and entertainingly taught by her from
fire making 70 the last detail OF the finish
ed dish. Miss Robertson is an enthuslas-
tic believer Ia the gospel of good health
and tries 10 instil with each lesson the
importance OF the hOmely task Of pre-
pairing well the simple daily food
For certain it is. she SAYS, that the
demon drink would not claim so many
victims, and our asylums, alIushouses.
and prisons have fewer inmates if every
one in our land had been properly fed
and n0urished."
The late Bishop John P. Newman is
held I'm loving memory by many Wash
ingtonians. He served two terms as pas
tor Of the Metropolitan Methodist Epis-
copal Church, and is always spoken OF
by those who heard him as one Of the
most eloquent preachers the Methodist
Episcopal Church ever produced. Even I
a commonplace matter was made enter [
tanning by his peculiar charm Of express /
sion From a friend Of Bishop Newman |
heard the following account Of his early
pulpit efforts, which may be Of interest /
70 his old friends and admirers in the 4
city. The congregation before which he /
hrst preached thought his sermons a com
plete failure from every standpoint. So (
did they believe this that DR.
Eddy, one Of his professors at Casano- (
va Seminary, was given their view of /
the young minister DR. Eddy sent for /
him and informed him kindly but decid-
edly. that the ministry was Il work for
which he seemed entirely untitled. as
there was no probability Of his ever be-
ing able TO preach at all, suggesting mer-
camille life as perhaps more in accord
with his capabilities. Young John P. New
man, so my informant says, Strengthened
himself up. exclaiming:
Wait ten years and I'll show YOU
whether 1 can preach"
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church is
one of the most fourishing congregations
in the city. It IS a very young church,
having been organized about four wears
ago, Less than three years ago a lot was
bought on Columbia road. between Four-
-eenth and Fifteenth streets. and
church put up that seemed sufficiently
arge for some time to come, but so ran
dly has the membership grown that the
question of more commodious quarters
Is even now under consideration In
ne immediate future they are going to
ouild an up-tO-date Sunday school house
Dr.. Joseph Dawson, the pastor of CaI-
vary, IS an earnest preacher, and a tact
nj, sympathetic pastor, and 10 him much
'redit is due for the prosperity which has
attended the church. He is Of English
1ifth ana anticipates spending his sum
her vacation with his mother, in his old
home, Durham, England.
In a recent discussion as to the whvs
'+tHf "ate +tNNo "a tSHi CuuftU attendance I s
his was the masculine point Of view:
1T seems to me" said my critical 4
riend, that among other modern inno- /
-ations 1t might be good idea to dis
'ense with the two-sermon SUNDAY in
hurches where it is customary. There
nay have been a time when two sermons
n one day We're spiritually beneficial bYt !
think it is past. The modern man likes /
o do some thinking on his own account
which Is good thing for him. And then
gain. one train of religious thought on
sunday is about all that ordinary NOR
ais can take care of. TWO trains are I
pt to interfere with each other in the y
ingie-track brain of the average man I
hat the innovation Of which l sneak
7ould help the preachers in their general
FORK and release them from A sometimes q
evere physical strain, who can doubt? d
here are some public speakers who do {
OF ind it very difficult to deliver ad
resses at almost any time and on all oc-
asions. But they are the exceptions
o the average preacher however able. a
he attempt to freshly furnish food Tor .