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PASTOR TO REMOVE
FOLLOWERS DOUBTS

What is the proper day on which to
observe the Sabbath-Saturday or Sum
day?
That is the question which has aroused
lively controversy among the members
of the John Wesley African Methodist
Episcopal Church on 18th street between
and Nj streets. In fact. the discussion
has become fierce that the pastor OF
the Methodist church has decided to
preach a series of sermons to convince
his congregation that Sunday is properly
observed as the weekly day of rest.
All was we'll in the congregation until
recently, when Rev. Lewis Sheafe pastor
of the Peoples Seventh Day Adventist
Church began to preach in the Beacon
Light gospel tent on Dist street. between
l. and NJ streets. only three blocks away
from the Wesley church. He presented
arguments to show that Saturday should
be observed as Sabbath. A few of the
Methodists dropped in to hear him and
they told of his sermons to others. They
In turn, attended and the discussion began
to become general. There were support
ers of both sides and some warm disputes
followed
AS result of the controversy Rev c.
{. Alleyne. the pastor of the Methodist
church, has been requested by some men,
bers OF his congregation to present argu-
ments Ill his sermons in support of the
observance of Sabbath on Sunday He
VIII discuss the matter for the first time
In his sermon at IL o'clock today
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DR.. ADLER TO SPEAK AT
BIG NEWPORT CELEBRATION

NEW YORK. September "a tablet
erected by the Spanish and Portuguese
Congregation Shearith Israel of this city
IN the ancient synagogue at Newport r.
l.. which 1t owns, will be formally dedi-
Gated on Labor day. September :.
The tablet, which is an elaborate one of
marble and bronze, is memorial to Rev
Isaac Touro. rabbi of the synagogue from
the date of its conservation 1868 until the
American revolution, and his two sons,
Judah Touro, the celebrated philanthro-
pist and soldier in the war of 1912, and
Abraham Touro, both of whom endowed
the synagogue and old Jewish cemetery
at Newport, as well as contributed in
many ways to the permanent embellish-
ment of that municipality.
Rev Abraham Perera Mendes, whose
name also appears on the tablet was the
rabbi of the synagogue from the time it
was reopened in 1883, after having been
closed for over half a century, until his
death in 1893. He was the father of the
Rev. Dr. II. Pereria Mendes, the minister
of Congregation Shearith Israel.
The ceremonies will be under the
auspices of the Congregation Jashuat
Israel of Newport. which regularly
worships in the historic edifice under an
arrangement with the New York Congre-
cation. They. will consist of prayers by
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an honest way. Why should he be treat
ed as if he were an outcast and a para
site on society? Young people frequently
grow FESTIVE when their elders become
reminiscent or venture to instruct or ex-
hort them If the youngsters only had
patience they might hear something that
would make them wiser and better. There
is loquaciouS general of the civil war,
now well on into the eighties. who likes
to talk over the old times, and who also
has a fund of shrewd counsel at his COM
mand. which he is willing to share with
others. Some people in his town look
joyed a profitable talk. with him. re-
marked the other day, Il would rather be
bored and hear what he has to say than,
not to be bored and to miss what he
has to say" .aFff,
Father Taylor, famous city missions
airy in Boston, who worked usually among
the sailors. once visited a home of wealth
and talked with its mistress concerning
personal religion. When her husband irel'
turned at night and found that Father
Taylor had been there, he was indignant
and said to his wife, why didn't A SSu
send him about his business?" fHHl.
husband. If you had been here" was her
reply, Il guess you would have thought
that he was about his business" Maybe
the reason why certain persons bore us is
they cherish nobler thoughts, that they
have better stored and better trained
minds. while we are more intellectually
and morally shallow. Under these cir,
cumStances 1t is no wonder that II is hard
to establish point of contact. But ought
THE PARsoN.
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Sunday Morning Talk.
Bores and What to Do With Them.

Bores and What to Do With Them.
There is class in human society that
ives on from age to age, to which, by
common consent the name bore is APP
piled. II is as expressive a term as
could be employed to designate the pre-
else characteristics and functions of
these persons. The very name sug-
gests the slow constant, persistent bur
rowing down into the very heart of an
others personality. The average bore
really eats into the life of the man whom
he attacks-not consciously very often, to
be sure for bOres are usually well-mean-
ing persons-but they are thick skinned
and they do not know when they have
stayed long enough, but go on draining
ones personality The placardS in
conspicuous place in the office on whicE
are written such gentle reminders as
This is my busy day or MY times are
in thy hands, have no more effect upon
the bore than all this talk of suppress
ing noise on the Fourth of July has upon
the average small boy They VIII pore
on as long as you Will let them, and so
the question becomes a practical one now
can we shield ourselves from their raw
ages?
OF course we can send them along to
somebody else. That is the simplest
course and one does take an almost
well now Mr.. -. the man Tor you
to see on this subject is down the street
a block or two. l know he will be glad
to give you hearing, and he Is just the
person to listen to your story and TO help
Won with your plans. A certain type
of bore can be easily disposed of in this
fashion-the men who have some second
or third rate cause to push, or some hob
by to ride
Rnt another class of bores demands
not after anything. They simply want
tn bask in the sunshine of your pres
ence, to take the best hours out OF your
working day TO rehearse the small bits OF
gossip that have hoateo trelr way or ~
let YOU entertain them. The time comes
in such cases when the better way is
frankly to say Now | must ask you to
excuse me. | have an important letter
to write or / have piece OF sewing that
must be done before night. or L have
pie to bake and l know you will under
stand the situation CThe bore won't;
but never mind) There was once long
suffering congregation who5e minister
persisted in droning away for three-quar-
tiers of an hour or more every Sunday
morning when his sermon would have
been more effective if it had been half
as long. While he was on his summer
vacation. his standing committee pur-
chased a small clock and put it in the
desk where he could see it every time he
looked down at his Bible or his manu-
script On the minister's return, instead
of being piqued he took the hint gracious
ly and none of his people after that ac-
cused him of being a bore.
But maybe some bores have a right
to be heard. and before we hastily char
acteriZe them as such we would bet
ter inquire as to their errand and
message. Even the man that comes to
insure your life though a perfect
stranger, is entitled to courteous word.
He is trying to make an honest living In
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tions is derived from offerings received ~
church services The practice is for a
church TO devote one Sunday to foreign
missions. another to home missions and
others TO education. church extension. etc
Representatives OF these causes are in
vited to present them to the people on Sun
days when offerings are TO be taken. and
such representatives naturally make ev-
cry effort to eXalt the work they repre-
sent. regardless of the excellence and needs
OF the others. A stormy Sunday means
a light collection, and other causes, d.
rectly indirectly. affect contributions.
so that the benevolences of each denomi-
nation rely for their support on exceed
ingly haphazard methods.
The leaders quoted are urging their de-
nomnations-and they represent several
of the larger bodies-to begin a movement
looking toward system in the churches.
They say that all the causes OF the de-
nomination should be supported on some
pro rata basis to he decided by the gen
eraI assembly or convention of the de-
nomination.
An outcome of two summer conferences
just held by young laymen of the Episco-
pal Church is the organization of a ma
tional movement having for its aim the
telling of young men of all the principal
cities in the east what the young men IN
a few of those cities are doing for mis-
sions Notably in Washngt on. Pittsburg.
Buffalo. Baltimore, Springfield. New York
and Louisville young business men who
belong to the Episcopal Church are do
inc a good deal, outside of office hours
and as volunteers, for the missionary
work of their church throughout the
world In some other cities, notably
| Philadelphia. Jersey City, Rochester, Erie.
| Cleveland Detroit. Syracuse and B!ng-
| hamton, laymen are organizing for the
| establishment of schools in which to train
| Law volunteers how to work for the hold
| ing of annual missionary councils and the
! raising of money for missionary purposes.
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Wig Mi88ionarp Conference
Endorsed by Roosevelt, Taft and Bryce---Aims to
Increase Revenue and Decrease
Administration Expenses.

The subject Of missionary work takes
week OF another International and inter
UNCONVENTIONAL missionary conference to
be held in Edinburgh Scotland. in June
OF 1910. This will be the third meeting
Of the kind. 1t has the special indorse
ment of President Roosevelt. William Fl.
Taft James Bryce and other prominent
men of affairs.
y number of the leading religious bodies
of the country, including the Presbyterian,
Congregational. Methodist and Baptist.
have or have recently had national COM
mittees considering the matter OF denomi-
national gifts for missions and benevo-
lences in an effort to accomplish two
things: To increase the sum total of such
gifts and to reduce so far as possible the
cost OF administering the money received
through the churches. The consolidation
of missionary boards has been suggested.
but in the one or two instances where 1t
has been tried the results. according to
leaders. have not been satisfactory. Four
years ago, For example the Methodist
general conference accomplished such a
consolidation, which this year they had
to undo.
The subject is one which is receiving
constant study from leading men in all
bodies. and one or two of them are frank
~ admitting that two causes are respon-
sible for the need of the present agita-
ton. one is the lack of system in the
way offerings are made to UNCONVENTIONAL
causes by churches and individuals, and
the other is the real, although uninten-
tional rivalry between various causes in
the several denominations.
In all the denominations, these leaders
say. the bulk of the money received by
mission boards and benevolent organiZa-
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BLIND CHAPLAIN AND AGED
PREACHER MAKE ADDRESSES

niShed us an example IN the lie ana Cna'-
acter of Jesus Christ.
Have we made mistakes in the past
and fallen short of the ideal. we are
not to mourn over our mistakes. we are
to forget them, unless 1t be to proht bN
them but ever press toward the mark
for the prize of the high calling OF God
in Christ Jesus weaving for our
selves out of the loom of life's activities
a perfect character. Creeds. isms, forms
and ceremonies may be stepping stones,
But they are not ends, perfection is the
goal.
THE text denotes activity. Forward
ever forward, is the admonition: the
requisites are courage, endurance, skill
as illustrated in athletic games on the
field of battle, and in the peaceful pur-
suits of life. Be honest be truthful, be
pure. You will respect yourself and all
the world in turn will respect you. When
we have finished our course in this world
what have we left? Only the character
we have builded and assimilated for our
selves
Dr. Judkins, in the evening spoke OF
the futility of lifelong struggle after
wealth and power. He clasSed them with
the corruptible things of this earth and
he advised his auditors to strive for the
things that are incorruotible. ~
We are born, we grow to youth. to
manhood and to middle age, and then we
grow weak and old. and gradually fade
away and are forgotten" he said. why
should we struggle to accumulate great
wealth and power? When John d. Rookie
Teller dies and f. II. Hartman succumbS
to the undertaking law of nature, will his
wealth be of service to him?
Both of these men will be buried and
the great treasure their giant brains have
procured will be of no use to them.
I'VE cannot compare the incorruptible,,
undefiled. unfading treasures promised
man in heaven with their anthithesis on
earth without being thankful that we
have been promised a better and grander
life after DEATH
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preachers Ere Fitting.
Few Remain With One Congregation Twenty
Five Years Some Notable Longtime
Pastorates in New England.

John Chatwin Jones Of the Baptist Church
at Spalding. England. He recently cele-
brated his eighty-fifth birthday. and with
it came his sixtySecond year in Spaldng
church. Still another patriarch is the
Rev. Canon Wilde. rector of Louth, Lin
colnshire, who in his eighty-fourth year.
has just started the fiftieth year of in
cumbency of the parish church at I.outh
If they should resign their charges. they
would hardly create the stir that the
Rev. Mr.. Shaw did in the little town of
Ashby, Mass. when one morning he
preached his sermon as usual and then
went on follows: Dear friends. we
have met here together for thirty odd
years AS minister and congregation. We
have worked together for the good of the
church and brought 1t to the position it
occupies today. and aside from the church
there is a personal element of friendliness
my preaching Sunday after Sunday for
three decades and, l hope. with some
profit. But a younger generation Is grow
ing up among us, new ideas of thought
and observance confront us, and | realize
that thirty years is long enough for any
minister to lead the same congregation.
l appreciate your desire to help and to
keep me, but as l look ahead ] see that it
would be unWise. The time has come for
us TO part and for younger man to take
my place"
He was one in thousands. The congre-
CATION would have rendered him an emer
titus position. but he would have none of
it. He saw that the time had come when
for the good of those among whom he
had labored there must come another.
Rev. Henry n. Jeter. one of the con-
SpicuoIS figures IN Rhode Island church
affairs, has been pastor Of the Shiloh
Baptist congregation at Newport thirty
three years and has made his coiored
church one of the most notable in New
England today. Rev. Henry T. Cushman
Of the First Universalist Church in Provi-
dence has been with his present charge
thirty years. Rev. Henry Bassett of the
Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in the
same city has served twenty-five years
Rev. c. j Baldwin of the Baptist Church
at Granville, Ohio. has been there for
twenty-three years. Rev DR.. Daniel
March, now ninety-two years of age. was
pa of the Congregational Church at
Woburn, Mass. for twenty-five years and
has occupied an emeritus place since 1898
But all of these are the exceptions
There are few such cases. Life is less
simple now than ii was thirty years ago
The demands OF the church are more COM
plicated and strenuous. The family
doctor is passing and with him is going
the preacher who held the same sort of
relation to the family And yet there
are those high in ecclesiastical matters
who today assert that the long passionate
was the better thing for the church, the
people and the community than the pres
ent ever-chanSlng state.
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To the Congreeat ton of the Mount Yer
non Place NJ L. Church last Sunday the
blind chaplain of the House of Repre-
sentatives, Rev. III. y. Couden. spoke in
the morning and a septua genarian OF
Virginia Rev j. E. Judkins, preached in
the evening.
Chaplain Couden took as his text the
words of Pau! to the Philippians Sd
chapter 18th 18th and 18th verses: Not
as though | had already attained. either
were already perfect, but l follow after, II
that l may apprehend that for which also
| am apprehended Of Christ Jesus.
Brethren | count not myself to have
apprehended: but this one thing ] do,
forgetting those things which are behind
and reaching forth into those things which
are before. | press toward the mark for
the prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus"
The preacher said in part:
This text appeals to me because it
declares in unmstakable language the
purpose of life viz, perfection in charac-
ter. We are to meet the obligations of
life amid all it's temptations and build for
ourselves characters which will stand the
test Of time and eternity.
God furnishes IN abundance the raw
material it is mans province to produce
the finished product.
Iron ore DR.. Cuuden said, lis the raw
material. the implement shaped by the
artist for a definite purpose is the fin
ished product" He illustrated further by
citing wheat and wool raw materials
Every child born into the world is the
raw material the perfect man is the fin
ished product he added. I'VE have
standards of value in the commercial
world the literary world and in art; in
the moral spiritual world God has fur
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THEY ARE JEWS IN EUROPE,
BUT CATHOLICS IN MEXICO

NEW YORK. September Rabbi Mar
tin Zielonka, who had been sent by the
Union of American Hebrew congregations
to Mexico to investigate the conditions
among the Jews Of that country with a
view TO the organization of congrega-
tons reports that in the cities he visited
the Jews, as a rule, do not associate with
each other a Jews. In fact, he reports.
they are not known to each other. and in
the city of Mexico few are acquainted
with as many as ten others of the race
In every city there are some who deny
their origin and attempt to hide their
identity. In asking the governor of Jalis-
co il he knew of any Jews in his capital.
Guadalahaja. the first name mentioned
was that of a man who thought he was
not known as a Jew. Here and there
are many Jews who have been converted
to Christianity for business or marriage
reasons. says Rabbi Zielonka. In the
city of Mexico he was told of a prominent
family converted to Christianity. the
members of which go TO Europe every
year before the fall holydays. where they
celebrate the festivals III their old home.
In Mexico they are Catholics, in Europe
Jews.
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NATIVE OF THIS CITY
DIES IN PHILADELPHIA

Rev. DIR. Samuel II. Hoover. a native of
this city and well known among church
members here. died in Philadelphia
Thursday night at the Methodist Hos
pital. At the time of his death he was
presiding elder of the north district of
the Philadelphia conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church.
Dr. Hoover was the son of the late
Samuel and Lydia Anna Hoover of this
city and a brother of William H.,
Thomas T., John n. and Arthur Fl.
Hoover and Mrs. George Burkln, who
was formerly Miss Hattie Hoover
Bishop Earl Cranston of Washington,
il is expected. will appoint a successor to
DR.. Hoover as presiding elder within a
short time.
The funeral services will be held in
Philadelphia Tuesday morning.
Born in this city, he was graduated
from Dickinson College after which he
spent a year an instructor at Fort
Edward Institute. New York. Following
his ordination he held these pastorates in
named: Old Sanctuary Church. 9TH street
below Girard avenue; Park Avenue
Church Old Sixteenth Street Church (now
Trinity. Sloan Church. Paschalville;
First Methodist Church. Easton; ST.
Peters Church. Reading; Columbia Ave
nue. Church. I'D street and Columbia
avenue: Fortieth Street Church and
Forty-third Street Church.
DIR. Hoover succeeded the Rev. DIR.
]. r. T. Gray as presiding elder. He was
a member of the Los Angeles general
conference and the first reserve delegate
TO the recent general conference at Balti-
more.
DR. Hoover was a member of the Phla-
delphia conference forty years. He was
a devout man and close stuCent OF the
Scriptures. He came prominently before
the public last December. when he was
chairman of the committee of nine min
listers which investigated the charges
against the Rev DIR. William II. Shaffer,
and decided that the minister would
have to stand trial before conference.
This decision stirred the Methodist
Church throughout the country.
Mrs. Hoovers health has been in a
critical condition for several months, and
il is feared that the death of her husband
will PROSTATE her. Early in the summer
II was reported that she was not expected
TO live
The widow. two sons and one daughter
survive the minister. .
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Silver Bay on Lake George was the
mecca for many Washingtonians during
the summer months From the first day
Of the conference of Young Women 5
Christian Associations at which Washing
ton was we'll represented there has been
steady stream of delegations and indi-
vidual visitors going from this city. and
1t is stated the total will reach over six
ty. Among the local Y. NJ. c. \. workers
who went were William Knowles Cooper
Edward w. Hearne, Mrs. Hearne, Tom
Hearne, Lyman l.. Pierce. T. Clifford
Pierce, f. G. Denison, William Stewart
W. \. Scott, y. II. McAllister, William
Jessop and Mrs. JessOp. d. A. Davis and
Mrs. Davis, r. w. Bone, A. NJ. Chesley
and Mrs Chesley. f. r. S. Croggon, Wal
ter Gillian, Myron j. Jones. Arthur l.
Smith, Z. J. Worms. Harry w. Arnold
Mrs. Arnold and Nellie Arnold, John B
Sleman. jr.. Harry o. Hine. Albert Welch
]. c. Steifbold. Lieut.. Col E. w HalforI
U.S.A., A \. Protzman.
OF the summer institute for secretaries
of the Young Mems Christian Association
William Knowles Cooper, general secra-
tary elect of the Washington Y. NJ. c. A.
was the dean.
LII carly Aug tIItit "ttt tNtitS SIN
past, present and future Washington
secretaries and their families on the
ground and a picture was taken of thc
group. 1t was suggested that the Wash
ington Y. NJ G.. A had transferred its
summer office to Lake George.
1t happened that the four general secrc-
taries who directed the Washington as
ISOLATION at different intervals during tbs
last ten years We're present and q snap
shot was taken of the group. Mr. Sieman
who is one of Washington's business
men. was secretary following the asso
cations New York avenue building fro
and at the time when the Columbia Ath-
letic Club property on G. street was pur.
chased. Lyman l.. Pierce succeeded Mr.
Sleman. and under Mr.. Pierce the cam.
paign which resulted in the present mag
nificent plant on street was managed
Mr.. Pierce has just returned from "A tw,
years sOiuOrn in Australasia in The
| interest of the Y. NJ. c. y. He stated
at Silver Bay in an address that the visi
of the feet to Australasia was the big
gest thing the government has done Il
make the people OF that region under
stand the real strength and spirit o.
the United States Mr.. Pierce is genera
secretary of the laymen's missionary
movement.
Under the administration of Edward w
Hearne, who followed Mr.. Pierce the
present effective departmental organiza
ton, the successful financial anC
house management of the Y NJ c. A
and the strong army and navy. rail
road and student branches We're de-