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INTERSTATE CONVENTION.
z. M. C.. A. Committee Here An
uouuces Plans for It.

Announcement regarding the annual in
terstate convention of : the Y. NJ. c. A.
for Maryland. Delaware West Virginia
and the District of Columbia to be held
in Frederick. Nd, March 800. has been
issued from the headquarters OF the in
terstate committee in this city The dele
gates will make their headquarters in the
new association building at Frederick,
which was built at cost of S65, 600 and
which was dedicated January last.
Regarding the speakers for the Occa-
sion, several of whom are from Wash
ington. the announcement says:
1.-The subjects include every phase of
association activity and touch at many
vital points the religious life of the state,
of the city. the country and industrial
districts. The speakers include great
preachers. distinguished statesmen, we'll
known Bible teachers and successful
Christian workers. Among these are Rev.
Dr. S. H. Woodrow. Washington. and
Rev. John Timothy Stone, Baltimore. Mr..
Robert ". La Toilette. the distinguished
United States senator from Wisconsin,
will deliver an address on The Nations
Greatest Need The problems of the in
dustrial work will be treated by two ex-
perts. Mr.. Charles l.. Fay. for a number
Of years the successful secretary in the
bituminous coal regions of Pennsylvania,
and DIR. Peter Roberts of New York, who
has made special study of industrial
conditions. The Importance of Outdoor
Lie Today Will De the theme or Mf. y.
A. Cruikshank editor Field and Stream.
Special emphasis will be laid upon BIZ
BILE study and the committee his been
most fortunate in securing Mr.. James Nc
Conaughy, for many years associated
with Mr.. Moody at Mt. Hermon. to de-
liver five addresses. Our Responsibility to
the Men in Foreign Lands will be present
ed by Lieut.. Col. e. w. Walford. who has
been in close touch with the work in the
foreign field. Among the other conven-
ton leaders are the following experienced
association men: City work. c. K. Ober,
New York: county work. l.. A. Coulter,
Virginia; railroad work, II. o. Williams.
New York; student work. Clayton S.
Cooper and Frank v. Slack. New York
DIR. r. II. Lewis of Western Maryland
College. DR.. c. G. Doney of West Vir-
ginia Wesleyan College and DIR. Charles
X Swartz of Johns Hopkins. The in
spiration of the great meetings. the touch
of the strong personalities and the prac-
teal discussions of the needs of men and
what can be done to meet these needs
will make this convention of peculiar
profit to all who attend"
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PARIS February .9.-There is a grow
ing indifference among the French as 10
the fate of the nations ecclesiastical IN
stit,rtions even the most ancient and IN
nccent Once there would have been ire
mendous stir over the death of the veneer
abe Cardinal Archbishop of Paris in the
modest house to which he had been driven
from his palace on the Rue de Grenelle.
Once there would have been serious con-
nict with the police over such an act as
the removal of the Sisters of the Order OF
st. Augustine from their hospital of the
Hotel Dieu. on the left bank OF the Selhe'
opposite the Cathedral.
In neither case was there any outward
act on the part of the people. AT the time
of Cardinal Richards expulsion from the
stately home which he had inhabited for
many years the prelate was an aged ana
sick man. The ordinary course would
have been to allow him to remain until
his death. but If any such offer was made
it was not accepted by the old cardlnai,
who preferred. apparently. to share the
fate of the other members OF the Cath-
Ollie episcopacy. And so there was the
spectacle of the head of the church IN
Paris the functionary whom the govern
uent had recognized in concordat days.
and a sanity churchman who had always
maintained correct attitude in all con-
troversial matters. being turned out into
the street at the bidding of a commissalre
of police as If he were person OF sus-
pected character.
Another case of anti-clerical luminosity
was the expulsion of the Sisters of Mer-
cy These women had labored long and
devotedly and perfectly gratultously In
the cause of the sick; they were sent
away as unceremoniously as Ii they were
unworthy servants who had demanded an
increase of salary. In this particular In
stance the government was not concerned;
II was an affair of the city council under
whose administration the Hotel Dieu Is;
but the spirit of the thing was the same
In spite of the enormous popularity of the
sisters the demonstration was but re-
stricted one, and. compared with the
scenes of two years or even eighteen
months ago, shows how little the people
care II NJ Alpy. member of the munich
pal council. is correct the sisters nave
nursed the sick poor in hospitals within
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xxyv7 HAT God Is" was the subject
NJ o. a recent address by Capt.
w Theodore Valiant at the Home
ward Bound Mission.
The subject was suggested by an inter
esting incident. A small girl had father
who was tall and an uncle cher father s
brotherl who was short. One day when
her mother was telling the child of God
the younger person interrupted the older
with the question::
Mamma, what is God like? Is he tall
like Eather or little like uncle Capt.
Valiant was told of the question and the
sermon resulted.
At first, Capt. Valiant pointed out that.
as in the case Of many things in connec-
ton with nature and human existence. a
perfect knowledge of God is not possible,
but that such knowledge is not neces-
sary in order to form correct ideas OF
Him. ITO know God" he declared, lis
to know, first that God is: second, what
He is in Himself. and third. what He is
to u.s." He then took up consideration
of these three topics.
THE Apostle Paul" he stated. says.
He that cometh to God must believe that
He is And how blind must that mind be
that resists truth SO delightful and so
evident The least grain of dust, the
author Everything in the work of crea-
ton speaks of Him. All exalt His glory.
The heavens. that splendid vault spread
out as a pavilion: those brilliant stars
scattered over all it's parts. whose vast
multitude presents us with the most splen-
did of all spectacles: those immense
globes which roll over our heads in silent
majesty, without the least embarrassment
in their movements or the least obstacles
in their revolutions: those clouds. the
chariots of the Lord of Glory: the winds
which are His messengers; the sun that
regulates the celestial movements, whose
heat rejoices. fertilizes and WHITES all ma
ture around US: the various seasons, with
out whose changes and SUGGESTIONS our
earth would either produce nothing or soon
be exhausted, and this earth itself, en-
vironed by a sea as a girdle, so full OF
the bounties of it's, "reator. and so richly
clothed with treasures; all these things
declare with one voice what all nations
whether rude or civilized. have admitted
in all ages. that there is a God, that there
is one supreme cause. who is the intelli.
gent author of all things
I'VE are told indeed that the fool haiti
said in his heart, there is no God. Blu,
while his heart hopes and wishes there
was none, his conscience brings alarming
proof that there is a God who sees and
knows him. If there be no God. why
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of the Epiphany. and Rev. r. P. VII
liams, rector of Trinity Church and arch
deacon of the diocese Men now located
in other doceses who are mentioned for
bishop of this diocese are Rt. Rev. c. H.
Brent, missionary bishop of the Philip
pines; Ri. Rev. Alexander Mackay Smith.
Misrepresentation of Pennsylvania. and
William Mercer Grosvenor, rector of the
Church of the Incarnation, New York
city.
OF these Bishop MackaySmith can be
eliminated at once. a rule of the church
making him ineligible-it stating that the
bishop of one diocese cannot De elected
bishop of another. except missionary
bishops, who may be translated after
five years service. The other five are
eligible and it is now thought all will be
nominated at the time of the diocesan
convention.
The matter has not been discussed at
ali among the clergymen of the diocese.
Rev R. III. McKim of the Church of the
Epiphany was a candidate for the local
bishopric at the time Bishop Satterlee
was elected about twelve years ago.
Canon Harding is regarded as one of the
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NEW EPISCOPAL BISHOP.
OF WASHINGTON TO BE
ELECTED EARLY IN MAY

, most loved of the local Episcopal clergy
men and his nomination is believed by
many to be probable on that account.
Archdeacon Williams was mentioned as
the successor of Bishop Leighton Cole
man of Delaware. He has been rector
of Trinity parish for the past twelve
years and archdeacon for several years.
Bishop Brent has recently spent much
time in this city, appearing in several
local pulpits and at other church gath
terings. and is said to have made ia
vorable impression. He is a graduate
of Williams College. was first rector of
Trinity Church. Lennox. Mass. and went
to the Church of the Incarnation in the
metropolis about thirteen years ago.
Preliminary to the election of the
Bishop of Washington all the organized
congregations of the diocese will Easter
Monday elect wardens and vestrymen
These wardens and Vestrymen will elect
one layman for every organized parish
congregation and an additional lay dele
gate for every clergyman in the parish
in addition to the rector All the clergy
men of the diocese and all these lay
delegates will meet in a convention to
elect bishop. The diocese includes all
the Episcopal churches in The District
of Columbia and in Montgomery, Prince
George, Charles and ST. Mary counties,
Maryland. and the convention delegates
will number nearly 200
The convention will meet May 6. The
nomination of persons deemed fit for the
bishopric will first be made and tnen the
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have the wicked such dread OF con-
science. why do they flee when no man
purSueth'
LET us contemplate what He is To
Moses He said 4 am that | am. He Is
what He is. This sublime and transcend
ant expression includes AL. He Is always
the same and his years shall have no end.
He is eternal. embracing in his existence
the past. the present and the future.
Psalms, Xc:15 says: From everlasting to
everlasting. thou art Cod He is a pure
spirit. without mixture or material COM
position. not limited by shape nor bodily
organization. He fills immensely and yet
occupies no place. In Him all that live
live and move and have their being. He
communicates himself to all, dinuses HIM
self through all. is the great director OF
all. present in every place and yet con-
fined to no place. He is almighty. He is
infinitely wise. He is infinite In knowl-
edge; everything is uncovered to His
eyes; nothing is hidden from His view.
He sees to the bottom of our souls. He is
infinitely holy and the source of all holi-
ness.
And now let us consider what He is to
us. He Sustains relations to us in nature
and in grace. He is our Creator, Pre-
server, Benefactor: Father Law-giver.
Redeemer and Judge. In all these rela-
tons He bestows upon us multiple favors.
both righteous and mercful, and all de-
signed to save us from ruin and to pro-
mote out present and everlasting happi-
ness.
Our creation was the first act of His
goodness to us. He called us from moth
ing. after He had prepared for US
abode marked with proofs of his good
ness. Notwithstanding all the changes
produced in our world it still bears upon
it palpable proofs of the goodness of thu
Creator.
And God also preserves us. We are
feeble mOrtals We cannot prolong our eX-
istence. Art. precaution. care. prudence,
all are useless. without the hand of God.
There is no essential connection between
one moment of our existence and another.
1t does not result from our existence to-
day that we shall live tomorrow. And
how abundantly has He furnished every
thing to supply our wants and multiply
our comforts on whatever side we turn.
The sun that enlightens us, the air
breathe, the earth that bears and nour-
ishes us are proof of His care.
THE knowledge of the goodness and in
finite mercy of God ought ever to be
joined with the knowledge of His justice.
Let us not forget that He is also God of
vengeance. His holy word declares: The
Lord Is just. The Lord trieth the right
eOus. but the wicked and him that loveth
violence His soul hateth; upon the wicked
He shall rain snares, fire and birthstone
and a horrible tempest
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FRENCH BECOMING INDIFFERENT
TO FATE OF CHURCH INSTITUTIONS

a hundred yards of the same site during
1 300 years 1t is indeed. considered prob
able that it was quite near there that 81.
Genevieve, the patron SAINT or faTis'
nursed the sick and wounded OF the ParlS-
ians who defended the city against the
army of Clovis. about 800 A. ID. This ana
the other actions of the saint have been
recorded by the painter. Puvls de Cha-
vannes on the walls of the Pantheon.
The Hotel Dieu itself was founded by ST.
Landry, Bishop of Paris, on the island
near Notre Dame. and for long time was
an example to the world. being. perhaps.
the best equipped and best managed. and
also the richest and most generous. hos
pital existing. At one time in the eight
zenith century many as 5000 patients
were in treatment at the same time.
Every provision was made for their com
fort. and at one time number of padded
dressing gowns and many pairs of felt
boots were kept in stock for the use of
patients being transferred from one ward
to another.
To understand the divisions that exist
In the country there must be taken into
account the fact that. while one-haf
of the population is taught that black is
white, the other half is just as posi-
tivoly instructed that white is black. In
the government schools the youthful
mind is made to venerate the French
revolution. to regard 1t as the charter
Of NATIONAL liberties. In the free or
liberal schools, the children are taught
to execrate this period in history as the
most abominable that ever disgraced man.
kind.
These divisions penetrate below the sur
face, and attack the very unity of the
home. NJ. Jaures. who has, been thunder
ing against the Chauvinist in England and
elsewhere in a brilliant speech, is an In
stance of this mournful fact. 1t is an
open secret that his daughter. notwith-
standing the strong anti-clerical views of
her father. has entered a religious sister
hood, while the mother dwells apart from
the husband for reasons of the same sort.
These problems are being fought out in
many a household in France at the pres
ent hour. 1t is only by a process of
exhaustion that there can come relief.
The prospect of the church in France, of
which Mgr. Annette is now the high
est representative. is not very satisfactory
If we render account of the tempera-
ment of the faithful and of that histOri
cal fact that this people is not apt for
long and painful warfare in an apparent
ly losing cause.
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photo by Harris IL Ewing.l
present DIR. futile. Bishop of Missouri
Will take order for the conservation of tbs
new bishop to his high Office. If the
Washington convention elects bishor
May It is hardly probable that these
steps will be completed and the bishop
consecrated before autumn.
In the meantime. the standing commit
tee of the diocese of Washington becomes
the local ecclesiastic authority and ad.
ministers all the duties of the bishop ex-
cept those exclusively episcopal. Fol-
these latter duties the committee is en-
powered to invite other bishops of this
church to the diocese. The chief duties
of this kind are those of confirming and
ordaining.
This standing committee. which was
elected at the last diocesan convention, is
composed of Rev. r. H. Mckim, presf-
dent: Canon Alfred Harding, SECRETARY;
Archdeacon r. p Williams, Rev. T. J
Packard, rector of Prince George parish
Montgomery county. Md. and Messrs. c.
H. Stanley. chancellor of the diocese
Melville Church. and j. Holdsworth Cor
don. In this committee. majority is a
quorum for the transaction of ordinary
business. three-fourths for extraordinary
business.
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UNION OF MEMS SOCIETIES
DISCUSSED AT CONFERENCE

The New York Tribune recently said:
A movement has arisen for the uniting
of all the mems organizations of evan
gelical religious bodies in this country in
loose general body that shall make pos
sible the free interchange of plans and
ideas of leaders, so that some common
purposes which are held by the various
brotherhoods may be pursued in unity
and harmony. The scheme has not as yet
taken definite shape, but there has al
ready been held one conference of leaders,
at which were represented the Episcopal
Brotherhood of st. Andrew. the Presby
terrain Brotherhood, the Mems Movement
of the United Presbyterian Church, the
Brotherhood of st. Paul of the Methodist.
Church. the Interdenominational Brother
hood of Andrew and Philip and organIza
ton committees which are working for
brotherhood movements in the Baptist
and Congregational bodies. Besides these,
the Wesley Brotherhood of the Methodist
Church and an organization among the
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PUBLIC MEN AS GUESTS.
Twenty-Four-Hour-a-Day Club Plans
to Hold BANQUET.

William H. Taft. Secretary of War:
John Barrett. director Of the international
bureau of American republics; l.. r.
Wiley, judge of the United States court
in China, and John r. Mott secretary Of
the international committee of the Y. NJ.
c. A, will be the guests of honor at q
banquet to be given by the TwentyFour-
Hour -a-Day Club Of the Washington Y.
NJ c. A., at Rauscher's next Friday
evening.
The club which is giving the dinner sup
ports field secretaries Of the Y. NJ. c. A.
In the orient and In South America. and it
has invited for this occasion men in pub
lie life who are interested in the develop.
ment of those sections of the world,
After-dinner speeches from the guests,
II is announced, are expected.
The committee I'm charge is composed
Of S. w. Woodward Henry B. +. Mac
farland. John B. Sleman, jr., George Otis
Smith and James Sharp.
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For the purpose Of eecting a successor
to the~late Rt. Rev. Henry Yates Sat
terlee. as Bishop of Washington. a con-
vention of Episcopal clergymen and deli
gates of the diocese will meet May<6 in
this city. Whether an election will result
on that day cannot now be foretold, for
several days may be required for the
balloting before one man obtains the
necessary majority votes. About ninety
clergymen and the same number of lay
men will make up that convention, and
for the choice of a bishop a majority of
the clergymen must first vote for the
same man and then a majority of the
laymen.
In the talk regarding a successor to
Bishop Satterlee three clergymen outside
of this diocese and three local rectors
have been mentioned most prominently.
The local man are Canon Alfred Harding,
rector of ST. Paurs Episcopal Church;
Rev r. NJ. McKim, rector of the Church
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CARDINALS INSTRUCTIONS
FOR OBSERVANCE OF LENT

Cardinal Gibbons has issued instructions
to Catholics for the observance of Lent.
and these will be read in the local
churches today and other Intervening
Sundays before Lent. The announcement
says:
First-AN the faithful who have COM
pleted their twenty-first year, unless ex-
empt by dispensation or some other legiti-
mate cause, are bound to observe the fast
of Lent.
Second-They are to make one meal only
a day. except on Sundays.
Third-A small refreshment, commonly
called collation., Is permitted in the even
ing.
Fourth-The following persons are ex-
empt from obligation of Hastings: Per-
sons under twenty-one years of age; the
sick: nursing women; those who are
obliged to do hard labor. and those who,
through weakness. cannot fast without
great prejudice TO their health
Fifth-The faithful are reminded that.
besides the obligation of fasting imposed
by the church. this holy season of Lent
should be, in an especial manner, time
OF earnest prayer. of sorrow of sins. of
secluson from the world and it's amuSe-
ments and of generous almsgiving.
BY virtue of indult to the United
States. dated August 3. 1887, and renewed
for ten years May %. 1907, the following
special dispensations are granted:
First-The use of flesh meat is permit
day Mondays. Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays. with the exception of the
second end las: Saturdays OF Lent But
flesh meat and flsh are not to be used at
the same meal during Lent, even on Sun
days.
Second-The use of butter cheese eggs
and milk is also permitted every day in
Lent.
Third-It is allowed in the morning to
take some warm liquid. as tea, coffee Or
thin chocolate made with water and with
this liquid a mouthful of bread.
Fourth-Those for whom the hour of
noon may be an inconvenient time for din
ner may invert the order and take their
collation. in the morning and their dinner
in the evening.
Fffth-The use of hogs lard or drippings
instead of butter is authorized in prepar-
ing permitted food.
Sixth-Pers~.s exempt fror, obligations
of fasting are free to take meat more than
once on those days when its use is grant
ed by dispenSation.
BY virtue of an indult granted TO us by
the holy see March II, 1895. and renewed
until March II. 1915, we permit to all
workingmen and their families the use of
flesh meat once day on all fast days and
abstinence days throughout the year, with
the exception of Fridays. Ash Wednesday
and Wednesday and Saturday of Holy
week and the eve OF Christmas.
Those who are exempt from the obliga-
ton of fasting are free to take meat more
than once on the days mentioned. Those
who avail themselves of the indult are
not allowed to use flesh meat and fish at
the same meal. and they are earnestly ex-
horted to perform some other acts OF NOR
tification such as abstinence from intox-
icating liquors.
The Pascllal time extends from the first
Sunday in Lent until Trinity Sunday, dur
ing which time all Catholics who have at
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NEW YORK. February 30, 1S

NEW YORK. February %, 1905.
TN some quarters laymen are getting
desperate and are going ahead to do
things. openly telling ordained men
to get out OF the way. In New York city.
beginning early in December, there were
held some private conferences of minis
tiers and laymen, in which were Presby-
terians. Baptists. Methodists. Congrega-
tionalists. Dutch Reformed. Episcopalians
and representatives of perhaps one or two
other denominations. Week after week
the conferences We're held. ministers do
ing most of the talking and laymen stead
lily diminishing in numbers.
A fortnight ago the ministers. still lead
ing, gravely resolved that the times are
not now propitious for advance move
mcpts: that the winter is half over, that
soon summer vacations will be under con-
sideration and that perhaps it would not
be fitting for the churches to engage in
any unusual work anyhow. These are the
exact findings as shown by the resolu-
tons.
The few laymen who were present OPP
posed the adoption of these resolutions.
and when they were passed by the minis
terial vote two of the laymen boldly an