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Evening star., 1908-01-26
BRApBuRN NEMoR1AL NJ. E. CHURCH. !.

Smith when he offered to become the pas
tor of the church. Mr.. Smith had preached
for several years as idyman, and IN
Baltimore and in Washington he had
been active as a mission worker. While
doing that he made many speeches on the
streets of both cities and in jals and
other institutions II was identified with
the Methodist denomination. and when he
saw the condition of the Bradburn Church
he felt that some special steps should be
taken at once to revive the church and
restore the building.
He went to the trustees of the church
and had talk with them. He spoke to
ging interest in the church. His talk was
optimistic. enthusiastic. backed up by
pluck. 1t was decided that the first thing
to do was to make the needed repairs to
the church. q
But the cost Of such repairs 1t was
estimated would be nearly a thousand
dollars. For the few men at that con-
ference to assume such a financial burden
seemed impossible. But will made way.
The pastor suggested that he and the
trustees of the church do the work them
selves.
X
Labor day saw the work begun.
Twenty-Five members and friends of the
church took the vacation from their daily
labors to begin the repair work. The
minister pulled off his coat, rolled up his
sleeves and began the task and the
others followed his lead Almost every
week day since then workers VINO occupy
the front pews in the church Sundays were
seen there with paint brush or ham
mer after the completion of the work
of their respective vocations The ver-
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satlle accomplishments of the male mem
bers of the aggregation came strongly
tEto evidence during those days Tne
pastor and one or two others developed
talents along the line of painting, var
niShing and interior decorating of the
simple kind. There were tinsmiths, too,
who repaired the roof and put up sys-
TEN of caves troughs. carpenters, too
were found and new vestiAue across
the front of the building and new pull
pit are the results of their labors
Among other things this working con-
has eXcayated a cellar for the church.
installed a new furnace and heating
plant, put in gas lighting to take the
place of kerosene lamps. revarnisheu al
the pews and painted the woodwork, put
up new wall paper. repaired the old car
pet where it was possible and put down
new where needed and nave done many
little things which helped to make the
edifice look like new.
And the end is not yet. AS soon as the
cold weather lets up and the days grow
longer more improvements will be under
taken. This will include the building of
a Sunday school house as an annex to
the church and the erection of a belfry.
During the past three weeks a series of
revival meetings has been in progress,
and a material gain in the membership
has resulted. Last Sunday, the pastor
reports, fourteen new members We're re-
ceived and more have signifi d their in
tention to join within a short time.
This method of putting loco worth of
repairs on church edifice with ony a
small outlay for the material used is re-
gardad as unique in this city.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
PLACES OF REFUGE FOR
- JEWS REGARDED AS NECESSARY

the speaker of the duma. 1t would have
been better had such a statement on the
jewish question emanated from Stolypir
or the car"
The Ito and Zionism.
do you not think the Zionists have
carried out the task to which Mr.. Zang-
will has turned his attention."
'"Zionism is larger issue and is more
of a moral question. Itoism aims at
supplying the immediate material wants
of those driven out of one country and
not admitted to another
1T has been sugg -sted that the Ito set
tiers would form the nucleus of the first
Palestinean settlement under the Zionist
flag. Do you think 1t likely that men
who have built up colony by their own
exertions would abandon it in favor Of
Palest.ne?
Il am quite sure that Zangwill will
most vehemently refuse to admit that he
has any such object in view. A man
who has broken new soil under the plow
who has created a culture. built up
houses. erecta a political structure,
would never abandon them. No, the inr
teraction between Itoland and Zion viii
be of a different character. BY creating
a secure and well-to-do Jewry you have
helped to produce the likelihood of moral
ly elevated Jews-Jews of education and
hiiO"lcdSt-dHu lIlS the d"dheu-
ing of high ideals that cannot thrive amid
the sGual.d and miserable circumstanc s
in which these very Jews would hav
been compelled to live had no Itoland
xsted. Such Jews will have been
brought up amid Jewish surroundings and
will be animated by jewish feelings and
therefore capable of making sacrifices
for creating an historical home for other
Jews. Let me take an actual instance
of what mean. The English Jews. with
Lord Rothschild at their head. and tn
Hilfeyerein der deutschen Juden-peopie
VINO would not think of abandoning their
homes, and who pooh-pooh the idea OF
Jewish Observation-Disclosures they havs
Jewish hearts make good use OF their
wealth for Jewish purposes. The Ito
settlers would produce younger sons who
would be useful for pioneer work In
Palestine and for building up a Jewish
political fabric there"
You do not perceive any dangers In
a competition between the two move
ments?"
Il do not think any competition exists.
IT is a mistake to suppose that there
does
Would it not have been better II there
had been only one movement so that tho
resources could be apportioned partly for
immediate needs and partly for strictly
Zionistic obiects?'
Il do not think so. Our resources are
too scanty even for the political work
which we have to do. We never intend
ed to devote a penny of Jewish money to
;he East African scheme. but merely to
hand 1t over to some other Jewish Or
ganization."
Evening star., 1908-01-26
"DIsAPPOINTMENTS RUNGS
IN LADDER TO SUCCESS''

.Success-What is SuccesS?' was the
subject of an interesting lecture FRIDAY
night by Capt Theodore Valiant. evangel-
ist of the Homeward Bound Mission
10 PENNSYLVANIA avenue northwest. He
said when a weak man meets witt. re-
verses he often gives up and quits trying,
instead of remembering that 'disappoint-
ments are often the rungs of the ladder
by which the strong man climbs to sue
cess Capt Valiant said a true detinl-
ton of success can be found in the hlth
chapter of Matthew. He told OF Pauls
life and advised his hearers. TO seek God
and serve Him faithfully, and success
would be sure.
Mrs. Haslam, commander of the mis-
sion, followed and urged men to lor-
sake their sins.
what is your life?" asked Capt. Theo-
dore Valiant in recent address before
an audience at the Homeward Bound
Mission. He began by pointing out that
at the beginning of the new year 1t wa
proper time to take stock and, there
e, the question was pertinent.
DO we wish to hear true answer?
he continued We'll let us hear it from
the lips of the apostle: 1t is even
vapor, which appeareth for little time
and then vanisheth away. 1t is a mo-
mentary scene of hopes and fe RS. o
Ioys and sorrows, of comforts ana cares
ii is a shadow that passeth away. This
span of mortal life is time that we must
redeem 1t is a time of visitation. an
accepted time, a day of salvation, time
beyond which time will be no longer.
Lord. make me TO know mine end and
the measure of my days lat l may know
how frail / am So teach us TO num-
ber our days that We may apply our
hearts to wisdom"
Capt Valiant p. oceeded to ask the ques-
ton of three classes of people-the aged,
those in middle life and the young peo-
ple. He asked the aged to remember
that their days are numbered and to
them he gave this advice: First, this
day devote yourselves apart to God, be
D tient under your infirmities, cultivate
a devout spi, it and a heavenly frame of
mind be tender, kind and condescending
to the young, impart TO them your coun-
sef encourage them to 90 good and en-
deavor to encourage them to every plan
and effort having for their object the
happiness of man and the glory of God"
In asking the question of those in mid
die age the speaker desired them to con-
slider whether they have progressed in re-
ligion as they should in the past year.
and whether they have been as useful 10.
their fellowmen as they might; and he
urged them to make the new year more
D. ofitable than any previous year
In speaking to the youths, Capt. Valiant
pointed out that many of them were
drifting in the stream of indifference to
religious things and if not rescued will
end in ruin.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
WILL BE BUSY DAY
AT PEOPLES MISSION

Plans have been made for a busy day
at the Peoples Mission. 1910 street
northwest today, and audiences which
will fill the new and larger quarters are
expected.
Mr. Thomas C. Noyes will deliver the
principal address at the evening service
at o'clock This service Will be pre-
ceded by a sacred concert by the orches-
at 6:i5 and praise service at 1:3o.
Solos by Mrs. r. c. Noyes will be lea
ture of this evening meeting Mr. Noyes
is chairman of the board of trustees of the
mission. and it is expected that his ap-
pearance on the platform there VIII at
tract many of it's friends.
The Sunday afternoon meeting at the
mission will be conducted by the WON IN
of the institution Several special fea-
.ures are also announced for the Tuesday
icft meeting. +. w. Hearne, genera!
SECRETARY of the Y. NJ. c. A.. will give
.,Iole lesson, Miss Lydia Hughes Will
sing and Mr.. J. Reilly Stanton will play
A vio'.n solo. Hugh A. Thrift is the reg
ular leader for the evening.
Evening star., 1908-01-26

# the music An anthem was sung by
the Arlington Presbyterian Chapel cholr
and a solo by Miss Ruby NCroson.
The reports from the delegates showed
progress The secretary summed up the
Individual reports. showing that less than
80 per cent of the school population OF the
county is enrolled in the various SUNDAY
schools.
DIR. NJ. L. Church and A. NJ. Smith OF
the state executive committee were pres
ent and gave short addresses commend
ing the work Of the association.
DR.. Corbett then appointed Messrs. j.
D. Ashford. w w. Middleton and Harry
Thomas a committee to arrange for a
mems meeting to be held February 16
Mrs T. B. Young was elected a delegate
TO the state convention, to be held in
Roanoke April IA to 16. Rev. William
Pierpoint reported a working constitution.
which was adopted.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Nh Local. Churches

Child labor will be the theme discussed
by many pastors in their Sermons today
The national child labor COMMITTEES has
ISSUED a letter to ministers throughout
The country, requesting the observance OF
Sunday, January -, as child labor day.
Last year similar request was follow
.a by many, ana II is expected that d
number of local pastors will speak along
Aat l.ne today.
The revival services at the Whitney
Avenue Christian Church conducted by
stev. c. +. Gilmore of Crewe, Va, Tor
.nree successful weeks closed Friday
evening.
The success of the meeting was found,
it is declared. not only in additions to
the congre CATION, but in the general up
LIT of the members.
The music was under the leadership OF
Mrs. J. S. F4nney, organist, a specia-
program being arranged Tor each rven-'
.ng Among the soloiSts were Mrs. Erani.
Meetze. Mrs. f.. NJ. Gathright, Mrs U.
~ Colburn. Miss Edith Colourn. MIS-.
Annie Downing, Miss sadie Lewis, MI
Bridwel and Mr.. S. w. Greenfield. IN
ADD ton to ABOVE the choir consisted OF
MISS Laura Schneider, Miss Kate Moore,
Miss Edna Colourn. Mr.. Hiram Scnell
and Mr.. Shambaush.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made to hold
the regular monthly meeting OF the Bap-
tist Sunday Sc.ooi Union, OF winch P~rf4
W. trlsoy is president To-Day. Ihe com
mittees are arranging an interesting pro-
gram.
At the meeting of the Young Peoples
Society of CHRISTIAN Endeavor OF the
Metropolitan Baptist Churcn. coiored, Il
street near 18th street, sunday evening
last the following officers We're installed
NJ 4 n
church: President. Daniel w. Chase;
vice president, Miss Clara X. Wilson,
secretary, Miss Nellie Bowler; assistant
secretary, Mss B.atrice ware; tr~ asurer,
Miss Heleria triend; pianist. MISS Louls-
Clarke. CHairmen-Lookout committee.
MIR. James S. Chapman, prayer nesting,
Mr.. Joseph A. Thomas. soclai, MISS Luz
cinda Harris; sick, Mss Maggie Bain-s'
nower, Mr. Il. l.. K. W W4ntleia; collectors,
Messrs. Getaway Hill and William HOP
k.ns Appropriate exercises followed tAo
installation.
The members of Hiram Lodge. +. A. A.
NJ, have made plans to attend the morn
ing service at the Western PRESBYTERIAN
,nurch at IL O'Clock to-day, and IL Is
announced that all memDe-s 5 of the Ma
sonic oraer are invited to the service.
Miss Mary Gertrude Stockweil, vino is
the guest OF the Ohio Society mere, Will
sing at this Masonic service. 1t Is also
announced that She Will sing dl 1ue HiSel-
ing of the Epworth League OF the Metro
polit4n NJ T.. Gnu ch at O'Clock, ana
at The First Presbyterian Church at
o'clock.
Ms G. E. Dimock, who with her hus-
band spent some months IN frdnce u
past summer, will give an account OF the
pI esent religious conditions III Fla.4c~.
monday, January p, at IL O'Clock. IN the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Churca.
Mrs. Dimock is regarded as an attractive
speaker.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
IA. 100000 CATHOLICS IN
THE UNITED STATES

MILWAUKEE. Wis. January 25.-There
are 1897. .426 Roman Catholics in the
United States, according to the ..dvance
sheets of the 1908 Wiltzius Catholic di-
rectory, published in this city. These fig
ures. including the figures for the Philip
pines, show an increase of 19S,093 over
last year Adding the Catholic population
of the Philippines. which amounts to T.
io6, the 100000 Catholic population
OF Porto Rico, and the 30 600 Catholics of
the Sandwich Islands, the entire Catholic
population under the United States flag is
22o1s,S7s AS all figures are submitted to
the directory publishers by the various
lrchblshops and bishops. the total may be
taken as reliable estimate. A census
has been token in most of the archdio-
ceses and dioceses. and the very latest
figures have been submitted.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Religious Liberty 6ranteo
Bolivia Now Allows Missionaries of All Denoni-
nations to Garry On Work Among Its Peo-
pe-Fie1d Reports Optimistic.

before these Indians show any lastin
benefit from what is now being done %
them. probab bly, not until the present ge'
eraticn has died out. SO thai the your
peOple are the ones upon whom the tin
being spent. They are eager to ao
vance. ard with proper teachers VII! make
Il good showing.
The government has offered TO SUBJ
sidza mission schools. and these oppor-
tuntins will in most cases be seized as
the opening wedge for better things TIL
NJ -thcdist mission at La Paz. in charg@
of Rev. and Mrs. Francis NJ. Harrington
was offered last year 1J,oG0 Bolivian del
lars to establish high-grade school. to
be in charge of the mission board at
New York and Mr.. Harrington also was
supplied with 25UO Bolivian dollars to
organize a government high school at
Oruro. the railroad center of the republic
This has now been open for year. in
charge of four men from this country.
who are able to teach all the higher
branches and the reports from it are
most encouraging.
The Indians live simply. They. are
mainly engaged in agricultural work.
using methods that are very primitive and
knowing nothing CT scientific cultivation.
The wooden plow is seen everywhere-in
fact, the older men absolutely refuse to
utiliza the modern impl ements that have
been obtained for them by the mission
aries. But they have higher moral stand
ards than most of the whites, and fer
his reason are expected to be good ma
rial on which to eXpend missionary ef-
Fort OF his own work Mr.. Allan says:
II went to the Argentine eight Y ars
ago as the agent of the Australian Scutn
American mission. For four years
worked in the Argentine Republic t7ach-l
'ug founding schools and preaching. as
occasion offered. The work was sup
nortad by friends in Australasia and
Great Britain. and it was thought advis-
able to form committee in England to
work Jointly with the fri ends in Australia.
With the prospect of religious freedom In
Bolivia. / and three others thought we
night endeavor to break up virgin soil in
that country. We selected the Quechua
indians as our field of labor and pitched
ur tents at Cochabamba, on the plateau
about 5000 feet above sea level.
I'VE have had no opposition among the
Indians. The half-braeds at first tried to-
make trouble. but this has died away.
We work ON the lines of the China inland
mission and lock to God to send us the
necessary funds. After organizing an
English section the Bolivian Indian mis-
sion committee will go on to New Zea-
land and get back TO my work In time
for the harvest, in August or September.
Evening star., 1908-01-26

r N the southeast section Of the city there
/ is dominic and his flock whose chief
4 characteristic is pluck. They are con-
nected with the Bradburn Memorial Meth
odist Episcopal Church. on K street be-
tween 18th and 1ath streets southeast
The pastor is Rev. j. Edgar Smith and
his congregation numbers about nun
dred.
Five months ago, when the member
ship in the church was much smaller
than 1t is now and the church edifice di-
lapidated and out of repair. Mr.. Smith
and few faithful members started to
@stablish prosperous church and to re-
store the edifice so that 1t would be one
in which they could take just pride. Their
chief possession. with which they hoped
to accomplish that work. was pluck, and
they have shown that with that and with
the faith that goes with it much can be
accomplished.
A prosperous congregation was at one
time a feature of the church. But sew
eral years ago, it is said. there were dis
sensions and strife among the members,
and as a result of the split which fol-
lowed the membership dWindled to almost
nothing. The needed repairs on the
church building were not made and the
ndifice soon became almost unfit for use.
The wall paper dropped from the walls,
leaks appeared in the roof and the interior
woodwork and decorations were almost
ruined.
But there still remained few who were
faithful in their affiliation to the church,
80 +bay 0otbora1 about Rev T I.dgar
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON. January 8. 1905.
The speech which Mr.. Israel Zangwill
recently delivered in Manchester, Eng,
naming Morocco as the approximate To-
cation of the settlement TO be establish
ed by the Jewish Territorial Organ "a
tion Qto) induced correspondent of the
London Jewish Chronicle to seek an in
terview with DIR. Max Nordau The noted
writer and Jewish leader talked inter-
estingly of current questions which are
of great concern TO Jews. but he also
paid glowing tribute to Mr.. Zangwill
as a devoted worker for the Jewish
cause. \ discussion of Mr.. Zangwilf s
latest speech led to talk of Jewish colo
nzation in Morocco.
But such a settlement would take
considerable time to establish. and was it
not the raison detre of the Ito. the alleged
failure OF the Zionist movement hitherto
and the .neCess .ty of establishing an i'm
mediate Nachtasy?" he was asked.
THAT touches the general problem OF
colonization IN new country Is IL
possible to place large numbers of un-
prepared people on an utterly waste SOIL
where everything has to be created? This
problem is the same whether the country
is a no-Enans land or an unsettled part
of a European province. Ports and roads
are the first necessity. so that the peopie
can b. supplied with goods until the
pioneer work is accompl shed. i never
considered ZangHill a fool. He would
not think of dumping down thousands of
people whore there Is no possibility OF
conveying supplies.
But could such a land. If obtained, be
regarded as a refugee?
"A man flying from persecution and
immediate danger of death has everything
10 gain froni going to an absolutely un-
settled country for year or two. 1t
will only be necessary to help him for q
wear or two until he becomes self-sup-
porting. That is a question of money and
organization.
''Do you think the necessity for such a
refuge still exists"
Undoubtedly the need exists. and 1t
will become more and more urgent as
time goes on. Consider the hardships
which your alien acts bring on hundreds
OF people, the tragedies that are frequent
" unfolded before the immigration boards
In America. too. about . per cent of the
total arrivals are refused admission. Last
year 10000 immigrants arrived at New
York and OF these l3.ooO were refused
admission. Probably one in every twenty
of these 1900 was Jew. England and
America have their alien acts. In Rus
sia the prospects of political liberty
are very dark. Even Chomakoff. tn
speaker OF the duma, whose statement
concerning the Jews. reproduced in the
Daily Telegram. is very gratifying, does
not hold out any prospect of immediate
emancipation for the Jews. and he Is only
Evening star., 1908-01-26
STATISTICS OF LUTHERAN
CHURCHES SHOW GROWTH

The Lutheran Church in the United
States is growing rapidly. The year 1907
has witnessed marked increase in the
work The membership. which has now
passed the 1000 go mark, shows an in
crease of ~ o53 which is growth of 4
per cent. The 100000 communicate mem
bers are divided into Il. 142 congregations.
with sos ministers. The total benevo-
lent contributions are little over 81 per
member, and total up TO 81 200 AL, which
is an increase during the year of over
$4,000 The twenty-four theological
seminaries of the church have a value OF
81 a0s 800 and an endowment of only
500 GO short OF S1oo0.000 Students to
the number of l ,131 are studying IN these
halls, under ninetyzssx professors.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Large funo for Mis8ion8
Churches of the World Contributed Over Twenty
two Millions of Dollars Last Year-Ameri-
can Societies Gave About Sc, 100000.

sionaries on the foreign field. their to-
tai being PSI; but the Methodists. with
1850 native helpers, are far in advaDce
of others III this particular. The lead
ing British organization is the Church
Missionary Society tChurch af Eng
laEd). and in contributions this society
leads the world with a total of. 81 SIS,
1S., and also in the number OF ordained
missionaries it supports-419.
The totals for the year show Il slight
falling off in the number of ordained
missionaries. but since the total num-
ber OF native helpers Increased during
the year from S3.61S to 95.s16. there
was, nevertheless, a marked increase
in the total Christian force on foreign
mission fields. Another notable in
crease is shown y in the statistics of
missionary schools on the field. These
Increased in number during the year
from 29e1o to %. sos; and the number
OF scholars increased over 10000 last
years total being 1.257 .64J, while this
years is considered over 1900 900.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Congressmen to Speak.

At the Sunday evening meetings of the
Central Union Mission for several weeks,
1t is announced. the principal addresses
will be made by representatives Among
those scheduled to sp ak are Representa-
tives j. T. Lloyd of M .ssouri. l.. P. Pad
gett of Tennessee Morris Shepherd of
Texas, f. z. Chandler. jr.. of Mississippi
and Butler Ames Of Massachusetts.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Close Revival Tomorrow.

Rev. w. D. Wood of Roanoke, Va, who
has been conducting a series of revival
meetings at the Tenth Street Baptist
Church. at 10th and r streets. of which
Rev. S. Geriah Lamkins is pastor, will
leave the city tomorrow. He speaks at
II am on The Faithful Steward and
at pm. on "The Attributes of God"
He is the president of the Independent
Order of Rsd Men (colored) of the United
States. and recording secretary, of the
Valley Baptist Association of Virginia.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
For Better Sunday Observance.

At a meeting of the Washington Cleri-
Gus, the members of which e the local
Episcopal clergymen, held Tuesday.
strong resolutions in behalf of better
Sunday observance were unanimously
adopted The resolutions declare that
tn re Is a growing irresponsibility toward
the keeping of Sunday as the Lords day
and that this sentiment portends danger
Gus results TO the nation If not checked
at once.
DR.. George Harlan of the George Wash
lngton University also addressed the min
listers on the claims OF the university on
the citizens of the District.