Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-08-06

who have been spending part Of the
summer here with their relatives have
returned to their home In Jackson
vile.
Communion services will be held in
Gerardstovn Presbyterian church
next Sunday at ii a. IN. Preparatory
services Saturday sp. M. You may
also state that | am holding meeting
at Shanghai this week, preaching
each night. Rev. C. u. Weller, pres
hyterial evangelist Will preach at all
these services, both At Gerardstown
and Shanghai.
The long and severe drought which
has prevailed in this county during
the entire month Of July was broken
IN last Sunday merning by a fine
gentle rain which kept up for several
hours. The rainfall was not great but
what fell went into the ground aud
did much good. The corn in some Sec
tions of the county has been ruined by
the dry weather but generally The corn
has been greatly revived and by few
more such rains will make right good
corn.
Rev Charles b. Williams, Fspisco-
pal Bishop of Michigan, occupied the
pulpit of st. Parthslomew,N New York,
which is the church home of the VAN
derbilt family, recently, and criticised
the Bible class teachings of John ID.
Rockefeller, Jr. Bishop Williams said;
IA scion Of wealth recently used the
figure of the gardeners treatment of a
rosebush, cutting off all but the hardi-
est buds, that the flowers might be
perfect, say that it was right to APP
| ply that idea to human relations,
and that doctrine was advanced, not
in board meeting, but before Bible
class. They say that rose by any
other name will smell as sweet, but
the odor of that rose TO me smaeks
strongly Of crude petroleum. In our
industrial concerns such rs soap faeto-
ries and oil refineries we have learned
that the profit is in taking care of the
by-products aud what would other
wise be the waste, and nature, we see,
allows no waste That Ia the way Q
must do to follow Christ's philosophy.
/ wonder If the young man ever read
the Bible which he processes TO teach
That doctrine of the rosebush was the
cold, mereiless, scientific doctrine OF
evolution applied to human relations.
the doctrine that the individual was of
no use other than to perpetuate and
develop the species. Compare that
with Christ's philosophy of The Shep-
herd who, having ninety-and-nine
sheep safe IN the fold goes out to look
for the enc which is lost. Compare it
with the father who, having The right
eous members of bis family and house
hold gathered around him, goes out TO
seek aud welcome the prodigal, who
has spent his substance IN rioioas liv-
ing and in foreign lands. The present
church, like the ancient synagogue, is
lapsing into the work of ministering
spiritual luxury to tie morally fit
Parish work you have-yes; but it is a
postscript to the real work of the
church, which confines herself to one
moral class, and when they move up
town she follows them. OF course, ii
is good thing to keep the core Of so
ciety clean, but If Christ came again
today, would He confine His ministry
to this Glass; Two types of Christians
compose our churches of today. One
type preserves the character as the al
Gent Egyptians preserved the body by
embalming it, and this type is very
much like the mummies and not
much good to anyone. There IS rich
man in a southern city who for the last
twenty years has been dong personal
work without any trumpets to call at
tention to It. This man has taken
fallen women into his home, has treat
ment has rescued them and even car
ried many OF them into happy mar
riages where, with their past un-
known and buried, they have become
respected and honored leaders Of socie
ty"