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Labor of the Presbyterian Church.
| <<r F city authorities were to put the
W unemployed on labor farms and
shut up the cheap lodging houses
and the Mills hotels they would
be doing both the loafers and
their municipalities a good turn. So
said a semi-society journal published in
New York recently. in discussing the I'M
willingness of the unemployed to go to
the country.
There are several important considera-
! tions which are usually overlooked I'm the
average discussion of this question.
There are factors both economic and So
cial which persist in asserting them
selves in spite of the dilettante effort to
send the immigrant and the city laborer
back to the SOIL" unmindful Of the fact
that very few OF them came from the
soil.
II the present tendencies continue. and
there is little doubt that they will. we
may as we'll make up our minds that the
city will be compelled to solve the prob
lem of the unemployed, without any
thought as to receiving aid from the
country, excepting, perhaps. in extra
ordinary circumstances and for limited
! period.
Nautilus, the great economist of former
days, used to say that the time would
come when we could not supply the peo-
Pile with necessary food because. he as
serted, While the population was growing
in geometricaI proportions. food supply
could be produced only in arthmetical
ratios-that is, while the population in
creased in ratios of I. 2. 4, s, IL. etc.
food could be produced only In ratios of
1, 2, 3. 4, 5, and SO forth. Therefore, he
prophesied starvation for most of the
human race. and he welcomed wars and
pestilence as visitations Of Divine Prov
dence. But his theory hasn't worked out.
Whereas, in former days. it required
two-thirds of the population to raise the
farm products necessary to supply the
country with food, today. on account of
the use of agricultural machinery, il re-
aures only one-third. But while the in
PRODUCTION Of labOr-saving machinery
main on the farm, there has been as Yet
no machine invented which will increase
the eating capacity OF the rest of the
world.
Whatever may be the condition in some
parts of the country, and whatever the
/ temporary demand for men on the farm
during certain seasons, the fact remains
that economic laws have decreed that
eventually most men must live in the
city and there work out their salvation.
How can 1t be expected that those who
have tasted the life of the city. which
the countryman longs for. could be In
duced to forsake it for the loneliness of
the field, from which the farmer Is flee
ing?
But, it may be said. granted that the
effort to colonize be futile. in view of
the factors which are driving men to the
city, what is there to prevent the people
of the city from accepting temporary
work on the farm during q period of bust
ness depression?
There are two classes Of men who
would be concerned in such a PROPOSE
ton; first, the skilled artisan. who is out
of a lob for the time being. and. second,
the unskilled laborer, who earns small
wages even when he is employed.
I can imagine the expert workman
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The Joy of Christmas Day.

And on Christmas days their one noi-
day since Thanksgiving, they went to The
homes for which they had been planning.
Several hours were given to the distribu-
ton. And what a good time they had.
In one house the father was sick, ana
there were only few pretend gifts
for the children. In one other homo the
chi orens happiness. Il thought they
wouldn't have any Christmas at ALL she
said 1--WE hadn't penny to spare from
Cur eatins, and l couldn't bear to think
OF the tears OF the children. But now 1t s
all come out right -
How happy those young people were
that night, they talked over the day!
They determined at once that they would
have similar gooG time the next year.
But somehow, having got into the real
spirit Of giving, they were unable to wait
for Christmas. Within six weeks they
found home where there was no coal.
and they asked a dealer to take nalf
ton q, once. And they did many otanr
weary tcllers and sufferers.
TIL 'se Young people entered into the
real sIlri, CT Christmas giving-the spirit
OF the wise men, who came to wo.s'.ip
the baby Jesus on the first Christina:
morning, bringing to him their gifts
These gifts were Of value not merely be-
cause they might have been sold for
lnuch money, but because the wise men
threw themselves SO heartily into tn cir
giving. They gave themselves The long
journey did not deter them from taking
their Sits. Nor did they expect any
thing in return, for how could a poor
iitt.c babe. whose parents were too poor
and uninfluential to secure a proper
place tor his birthplace. give them any
RI turn lrat did not worry the giyers,
however: they gave for love of the Babe.
And until men give their. Chris mas
gifts. not because they hope for retur II
OF any kind. but because their hearts are
81 I'LL G.. love that they must give, our
observance OF Christmas will be distort-
ad and i; complete.
Ihere IS Only one way to make it COM
pete, the heart must be filled with th.
love Of Hin who was born at Betl:eaa.n
more than 1900 years ago.
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airy to the dark continent himself. Presi.
dent Roosevelt displayed especial inter
est in this African jubilee. In passing
1t is to be said that missionary leaders
are enthusiastic over the advertising that
Christian missions In Africa are getting
from Mr. Roosevelt's visit. He has beer
at particular pains to visit all the mis-
sions in the neighborhood of his hunting
grounds. and he plans to attend as a
delegate the worlds missionary confer.
ence in Edinburgh next June
Speaking in connection with the jubilee
Mr.. Roosevelt made these significant re-
marks:
at has been a dark continent, and
some OF the white men who have gone
there have by some of their acts deep
ened the gloom. Our own country has In
the past committed grave wrong against
Africa, for which it should amply atone
and no better atonement can he made
than that which is being made by the
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denomination into line with the inter-
denominational advance of the laymen
over all the continent. One of the lead
ing laymen of the denomination. Col.
Elijah w. Halford. secretary to Presi-
dent Harrison, was the first secre-
tary. As he was needed as a chief
speaker in the laymen meetings through
out the country. he resigned the secre-
taryship and became vice chairman. 8.
Earl Taylor. a leader in young people
work and missions, an extraordinary or
ganiZer, has succeeded Col Halford as
general secretary, with c. V. Vickroy,
the founder Of the young peoples mis-
sionary movement. as assistant secretary.
J. Edgar Leaycraft is president.
Now that the African diamond jubilee
fund has been raised, the laymen are
preparing for a general advance along
the whole line of missionary organization
and giving. They are following up care
fully the Methodist end of the seventy
four city campaigns, which the laymen' 9
movement is holding over the country.
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Preparing the Gifts.

What happy times the young people had
during the eight weeks, as they made
their purchases and planned their gifts.
OF course, they learned all about the
children and about their parents,
1oo-names, ages, needs tastes and
so on. They bought half dozen in
expensive dolls. Then. sometimes to-
gether. sometimes separately, the two
girls seHed neat little garments. and so
prepared an outfit for each doll. They
prepared other little gifts-some dainty
handkerchiefS for the mothers d muller
Or two for the father, an apron for the
older daughter of the household and nit
tens for the boys. Sometimes it was II
or II O'Clock before the young people
could be satisfied to leave their pleasant
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Wearing Overalls to '.Get Next"

He was like a Christian worker who
only this year finished his earnest life
on earth. 1t is told of him that, while
a pastor in Oakland. he secured tenn
porary employment at the Southern Pa
cific railroad shops, DOMINIC overails
and working in the night shift. not that
he might gain notoriety, some men
might have done. but that he might
get next to the men. attain their view
point and thus understand low best to
bring them in touch with JESUS Christ.
One of the best brief characterize
tions of the life of Paul has been writ
ten by United States Senator Beveridge.
who says:
Here We have a young Pharisee. a
gentleman, a man of good family and OF
some position i'm the world, with the
straitest of Jewish traditions to bind
him. He has sound education, he is
well grounded i'm Greek philosophy and
Roman law. His abilities are those of a
man i'm million. A brilliant future 10
before him.
with the fury of a zealot. we find
him upholding the old church by per-
scouting the new. In those days reli-
gion was no mere fad. Ii was mat
ter of freedom or imprisonment. often
one of life and death
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American missionaries Of every creed
and church. who are now doing so much
in every corner of Africa for the physical.
the intellectual and moral betterment of
the people.
THE twentieth century will see and is
now seeing the transformation of Africa
into a new world. Within a few years
it's vast domain has been partitioned
among various European nations. These
nations are expanding enormous sums of
money and utilizing their best states
manship and colonizing abilities in the
development of colonial empires of wide
extent and extraordinary material posi-
biities.
But there is question that is larger
than either government or trade. and that
is the moral well-being of these millions
who have come under the protection of
modern governments. The representative
Of the Christian religion must have his
place side by side with the man Of gov
eminent or trade. and for generations
that representative must be supplied In
the person of the foreign missionary from
America and Europe. Civilization can
only be permanent and continue bless
ing to any people if, In addition to pro-
noting their material well-being. it also
stands for ~ orderly, individual liberty,
for the growth of intelligence and for
equal Justice in the administration Of
law Christianity alone meets these fun
damental requirements.
The upright and far-seeing statesman,
the honest and capable trader. the devoted
Christian missionary. represent the COM
bined forces which are to change the
Africa of today into the greater and bet
ter Africa of the future
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Ucntly extra work kept them in the even
ing. Sometimes one or two of them were
free but it was seldom they were all free
al the same time.
On this particular evening they were
talking of poor people of their acquaint-
ance who were having a hard time. Most
people would probably think that they
themselves were having hard time. for
one of them, a young woman, earned only
s., IL week, out of which she had her
board to pay and all her clothing to buy:
another was an orphan, who paid her
own expenses out of earnings nearly as
small. while the third, young man, was
an operative in shoe factory. with only
81 a week. which was little enough for his
living. But they forgot their hard times
i'll thinking of other people who had
still harder times.
As they talked OF some of their neigh
bors who, on account of sickness or some
misfortune, We're looking forward to a
hard winter, one of the three proposed
that each one of the company save 30
cents week for the next eight weeks
for the purpose of carrying some Christ
mas cheer into these homes. The others
eagerly agreed. Then they spent an hour
planning what they would do with the
money.
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American Negroes and Africa.

President Roosevelt is too good a pur-
veyor of copy for the newspapers to
ignore the relationship between work
for the betterment Of the Africans in
Africa and work for Africans in Ameri
ca He declared: THE responsibility of
America toward Africa is emphasized be-
cause of our past history ard because of
the number of our citizens who are Of
African descent. As a result Of the Afri-
can slave trade, that crime of the ages,
and of two and half centuries of slav-
cry in America. the United States has
nearly 1O,OOO0OO of coloced people as
part of its citizenship. No other country
outside of Africa has SO large a negro
population. and. what is more, there are
no other 1O010,cn negroes in the world
who own much property and have as
large percentage who are intelligent.
moral and thrifty. The education and
uplift of the American negro now going
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Christmas Midnight Masses
s.4~t.

similar services. hut this year the num-
Der will he much larger
The list OF churches where the mass
will be celebrated Includes
ST. Patricks. St. Aloysius. St Mat
theWs. The Shrine of the Sacred Hear,.
st. stephens. ST Martins. st. Josephs
ST. Domnic's. ST. Peters ST. Anthony 3
at Brookland. 81. Marys. the Church OF
Our Lady of Victory New Cut and Con-
duit roads,. st. Johns tForest Glen. the
Church of ST. Francis de Sales at Lang
don. ST. -Augustine's and the Church OF
the Nativity at Brightwood.
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Pastors at First Baptist Church.

Rev. Theron Outwater. pastor Of the
hendail Baptist Church. will occupy the
pulpit OF the First Baptist Church. 18th
ana - streets northwest. this morning.
hev. ROBERT Owens of the Maryland Bap-
list church Will be the preacher i'm the
evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-19

A Great University Pro-
posed for China. Without
Christian Basis, Alarms Mis-
sion Educators-To Be Chi
cago University Extended
Would Discredit All the Mis-
sion Schools and Colleges
Which Are Now Giving
China Western Education
Harvard. Yale, Princeton
and University OF Pennsyl-
vania Do Differently.
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New Altar for Mt. Rainier Church


Miss Katherine Lynch and Mrs. William
Rogers.
At the Christmas services Father Mark
will be assisted by Rev. Nicholas Web
her Of the Marist College at Brookland.
During the past few months the work
in st. James parish has been particularly
successful Funds for a new sanctuary
carpet have been collected and triple
gong was donated by Miss Libbie Carroll
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Sc
!. Dr.. McMasters for First Baptist Church
i i. 1 :

Wednesday evening decision was
reached to ask him 10 take mp the work
here at once.
The call was extended to him before
he left the city and his acceptance secur-
ed Later he left for his home in Toron-
10 where he will spend the holidays
with his wife and three small boys. lie
viii then remove his family to Wash
ington
Rev. Mr. AIcMasterS is about forty
years Of age and married a daughter OF
John Dryden. formerly a cabinet minister
Of Ontario, Canada. He is regarded as a
forceft1l sneaker and the members of the
First Baptist Church are pleased with the
news that he has accepted the call to
serve the pastorate.
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THE Wise Men at the Manper. ;

Al the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
episcopal Church Rev. ]. Howard Wells,
the pastor will discuss THE Wise Men
at the Manager" at the service this MORN
ing In the evening he will speak on
The Worlds Search for the Christ"
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Is he not sailing.
Lost, like thyself ocean unknown. and IL
he not guided
by the same star that guides thee Why
shouldst thou hate then. thy brother?
Hatch he thee: Forgive. For tits sweet to
stammer letter
OF III" Eternal's language; earth IL is called
forgiveness. -Bishop Tegner.
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Peace Sunday.

Today is known throughout the coun-
try as Peace Sunday, and In many of the
churches OF Washington the pastors will
probably make special reference to the
movement for peace in all parts of the
globe.
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DR.. Talbot at St. Thomas

Rev. DR.. Robert Talbot, rector Of st.
Paufs Episcopal Church. will preach i'm
S.. Thomas Church in 18th street north
west this evening at O'Clock on invita-
tion of the rector. Rev. DIR. C. Ernest
&lith. Rev Canon Austin OF st. Thorn
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At Bethany Church.

An interesting service will be held in
Bethany Baptist Church, Rhode Island
avenue and I'd street, this morning. when
the pulpit Will be occupied by j. j. SAL
lade secretary of the American Baptist
Home Mission Society.
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Our Christmas Gifts


work But they had to go to sleep or be
unready for toll next day.
The night before Christmas the three
had final meeting. The gifts We're TIED
into dainty Christmas packages and each
was labeled with the name of the child
or parent TO whom it was to go. Five
pounds Of candy and five pounds of nuts
were brought forward by one of the trio
These were equally divided into ten lots
for as many children.
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Methodism in the Dark Continent

Methodism in the Dark Continent.
Although the Methodists have been in
Africa for seventy-five years. it is only
in the past dozen years that their work,
after having been pioneered by the great
Bishop William Taylor has assumed
large dimensions. 1t is now established
In six general centers-Liberia, Angola.
Madeira Islands, Portuguese East Africa.
Rhodesia and north Africa. where an
attack has begun on Moslem strongholds.
With the money now raised All immense
advance will be made. Bishops Hartzell
and Scott have been in charge of the
raising of the jubilee fund, with five field
secretaries under them.
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The Laymen Organize.

This African jubilee year will be memo
rable in Methodist history as the time
when the Methodist Episcopal laymen' 8
missionary movement was actively
launched, bringing the men of this large
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New Church Organ.

The new organ at ST. Thomas Episco-
pal Church will be installed in the edi-
nee In time for the services Christmas
morning. according to the expectations
Of the rector, Rev. DR.. c. Ernest Smith.
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Christmas Prayer Service.

A special Christmas prayer meeting
service will be held in Hamline Methodist
Episcopal Church. in 9th street northwest.
Christmas morning. 1t will be held from
Z To o'clock.
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Unwilling.

The Bishop of Washington will unveii
the new chance window of St Marga-
ret's Protestant Episcopal Church, Con-
necticut avenue and street, this MORN
ing at IL o'clock
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Then Christ sought out artisan.
A low-browed, stuBted. hagxard man
And motherless girl. whose fingers thin
Pushed from her family want and sim
These set lie in the midst Of them,
And they drew back their garment hem
For fear Of deflement, "Lo. here" said He
The images ye have made Of me-
-IOweu
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The Heart Of Christmas" is the SUBJ
1ect Rev. F. W. johnson. pastor of Grace
Baptist Church, will preach upon in that
ed'fice this morning.
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NAk tury Of foreign mission work
wv IN China by 4 m e + a n
churches? That is the ques-
ton which will shortly be agitatinS the
country even more deeply than the ia
nous tainted money controversy. AS
has been several times intimated. Mr..
Rockefeller's special commissioners have
returned from the orient. and the an
nouncement may be expected any day of
an unprecedented gift for Chinese edu-
cation.
II is now known that the inner circles Of
mission leaders are greatly perturbed
over the information which has come to
them privately that Mr. Rockefeller S
millions will not be used. as has all along
been expected. for Christian education,
but that the great university which he is
to found. in the name and through the
agency of the University of Chicago will
be avowedly non-Christian and monroe
ligiCus. This feature of the gigantic prof.
ect may be altered at the eleventh hour
by pressure brought to bear upon Mr..
Rockefeller himself This pressure is or
will be strong, for tremendous issues are
at stake; and Mr.. Rockefeller is a devot-
ed Baptist.
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forward should be accompanied by the
increase of the missionary and Christian
forces on the continent from which his
ancestors came.
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OH bOO0S . AieSe A@~s' 'iN~>
Sunday school lesson. Reviewo
A TRAVELLER tells Of Brahman
"a government official in India,
A himself not a Christian. who
marveled at the life Of the mis-
sionaries: Behold that mango
tree on yonder roadside! Its fruit is ap-
preaching to ripeness. Bears it that fruit
for itself or for its own profit? From
the moment the first ripe fruit turns the
yellow sides toward the morning sun I'M
til the last mango is pelted off. it is as
sailed with showers of sticks and stones
from boys and men. and every passerby,
until 1t stands bereft of leaves, with
twigs knocked off. bleeding from many
broken branch. and piles Of stones UNI
derneath and clubs and sticks lodged in
its boughs are the only trophies Of Its
joyous crop Of fruit. Is it discouraged?
Does it cease to bear fruit? Does 1t
say, If am barren no one will pelt me
and I shall live IN peace? Not at ALL The
next season the budding leaves. the beau
teous flowers, the tender fruit again APP
pear. Again it is pelted and broken and
wounded. but goes on bearing. and chill
dren's children pelt its branches and en-
joy its fruit.
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comment on today topic of the Christian I'm
d.. ,vor So,.ictics Epworth League. Baptist 1ounG
i.nnI,.-s |. MON etc ..Our Christmas Gifts,
Mart o:l-lI.
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In the Washington Churches
+ ff.t5tttt

as parish will preach the sermon in ST.
Paufs Church at the same hour.
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Bishop Bristol Here.

81 !: g:
mon which Washingtonians have
had the chance of hearing by the former
pastor of Metropolitan Church for some
months past and there will doubtless be
a large attendance. In the evening the
pastor, Rev. DR. John Reid Shannon.
will continue his series of special ser
mons His subject will be bible Reve-
lations OF the Opening OF the Books of
Destiny in the Spirit Woodland l Saw
the Dead. Small and Great. Stand before
God and the Books Were Opened"
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OF the Catholic pastors held such a serv-
ice, but they were discontinued. Lately.
however, sentiment has been growing
in favor of again celebrating the mass.
and this season the mass will be held
Last year several OF the churches had
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& : i: s :;
mas Some Years ago many
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annual appropriation. comes the news
that the special effort which the Metho-
dist Episcopal churches of the country
have been making to raise $500 900 to cele-
brate the African diamond jubilee is a
success.
One President of the United States
helped launch this campaign and another
helped to celebrate its conclusion. Presi-
dent Roosevelt made the principal adj
dress at the inauguration of the jubilee
in Washington last January. and Presi-
dent Taft was the central figure at the
demonstration in Carnegie Hall, New
York. Monday night, when the Jubilee
formally ended, with the goal reached
Roosevelt on African Missions.
Probably because he intended to be-
in, Of ,picSinn-