Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-19
THEMES OF PUlP|TS Gypsy SMITH Speaks
REV. John Van Schaick Ad- Addresses Two Vast Audi
vocates District Suffrage. ences in Convention Hail.
IPENALTY FOR PATRIOTISM CAUSES MANY TO WEEP
Questions Put Revvat Paints Graphic Word
by Congregation. Pictures OF Calvary
DR. WOODROW IDEALS HELPING MAN IN THE STREET
in H1pns the Duty OF Christians
Servic on the Platform
PENALTY FOR PATRIOTISM
DR.. Spooner Answers Questions Put
by Congregation.
)R. WOODROW EXALTS IDEALS
Make for High Accomplishment in
Mems Work, He Says-Lutheran
Service in German.

Advocacy of suffrage for the District
of Columbia was expressed in the sermon
at the Church of Our Father by the
pastor, Rev. John Van Schaik. jr., last
night.
Answers to questions propounded by
members of the congregation provided a
novel feature to the services at the Sixth
Presbyterian Church. The replies were
made by the pastor, DR.. A. w. Spooner-
Exaltation of the value of ideals In the
lifework of men was the purport of the
message in the sermon of Rev. Dr. Sam
uel II. Woodrow at the First Congrega-
tional Church.
The service was conducted In German
yesterday afternoon at the Zion Evan
gelical Lutheran Church.
Penalty for Patriotism.
"Christian Citizenship was the theme
of Mr.. Van Schaick. He declared that
the people of the District should be
aroused to the duties of citizenship and
should have an opportunity to voice their
sentiments at the polls-the right to vote
Patriotism in a nations capital city,
governed as is Washington. he asserted,
is penalized. To vote. he SAID, residents
of Washington are forced to return TO
the states many of them going hundreds
of miles at expense of time and money
I'VE celebrate in our church today, ne
said, "Christian citizenship Sunday, IN
conformity with custom long estab-
lished among us. The business of the
church is the business of religion. The
duty of the church is to cultivate the
spirit of religion in men-l mean the Ire
and spirit of Almighty God in the souls
of men,.
He declared that although the church
is not a teacher of politics. it ought to
take politics an aid and as channel
into which to pour the life 1t creates.
He said further that. although he mad no
right to tell any man how TO vote, he
had right to say that every man who
nas a vote ought to cast 1t.
Pastor Answers Questions.
The congregation of the Sixth Presby-
terrain Church Sunday week ago u.s.
tened to, a canned sermon, hearing
William Jennings Bryan's prince Of
Peace" on the photograph. Last evening
Dr. Spooner gave answers to questions
left ON the altar before the service be-
gan. He pronounced the plan excellent
He said it enabled him to tell his listen
ers what they wanted to know.
1t has been announced that Rt Rev
j. II. Van Buren. Bishop Of Porto Rico.
will preach at the open air service on
Mount ST. Alban next Sunday.
Services in German.
Harvest thanksgiving services We're held
at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 9th
and p streets, yesterday. Rev. c. r.
Bergner, the pastor, preached In the
morning. Rev. DR.. +. p. Henninghausen
of Baltimore spoke at the German service
in the afternoon. Products of the fields
and orchards were used to decorate the
church auditorium.
Value of Ideals.
DR.. Woodrow last night at the First
Congregational Church delivered the first
of a course of lectures on Joseph, The
Dreamer and Worker" The lectures will
be continued each Sunday evening until the
middle of December.
His topic last night was THE Dreams
of Youth" He told briefly of the life of
Joseph from infancy, and gave a descrip-
ton of the people and customs of biblical
days, as he explained. that the congrega-
ton might have setting for the stories
which he will give them during the series.
He said:
Visionary ideas are essential to success.
Dream your dreams and your visions.
For the boy of today, who dreams and
permits himself to erect castles in the air,
is the man of tomorrow who does things.