Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-20
End of Vacation Announced in
Local Churches.
NEW RELIGION DENOUNCED
Dr.. Radcliffe Takes a Fling at Presi-
dent Eliot.
MALE TEACHERS ADVOCATED
DR.. Guthrie Says Boys Should Have
Them-Some North Pole
Gospel.

End-of-vacaton services were held in
many Washington churches yesterday. In
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church Rev. DIR. Radcliffe preached the
first sermon after his outing in Michigan.
He spoke of President Eliot's new relig-
ion."
president Eliot's new religion he
said. lis the latest effort at sailing near
the coast. He gave us five feet of educa-
tion and now he gives us five feet Of re-
ligion-nO sin, no salvation, no experience,
no creed, no Bible, no authority The
coast Is the more dangerous-there are
sudden squalls. hidden wrecks. sand bars.
Coasting does not pay. Even business and
intellectual achievement of the twentieth
century is acquired through attempting
and expecting the great things.
Hartman did not become the railroad
KING by handling toy railway. Cook
snugly ensconced around the stove In
satisfied. but not dissatisfied, is the VIC
torious principle The wide sea Is the
safe place. The great mysteries are
needed for the human SOUL There is a
reality Of Christian experience"
Rev. Charles E. Guthrie, in the Hamlne
NJ f. Church. made an appeal for more
male teachers in the public schools.
Favors Male Teachers.
Il have strong convictions" he said.
that the work of our schools will be
still further, improved when we take
steps to make the teaching profession
more attractive to men, At the present
time about one teacher in ten is a man.
We could not do better than adopt
the Ideas of some of our neighbors across
the sea. and put our boys, in their teens
under the care of men. There will al
ways be opportunities for women. who
are the natural instructors of children,
but growing boys need the example, as
ISOLATION. inspiration and authority Of
men for the best results"
He declared the United States should
where the necessity Of boys being under
the exclusive instruction of men is
strongly emphasized. He said boys were
likely to respect a man teacher more than
ure stand in awe of him. This. he claims
gives the man teacher the greater oppor-
tunity for shaping character and incul-
eating precepts of Christian morality.
"What Ais the Churchesp"
Bishop A. w. Wilson of Baltimore
preached at Calvary NJ. E. Church South
In the morning and Rev. DIR. Forrest J.
Prettyman in the evening The day
versary exercises Of the church. Rev
J. o. Knott of Covington. Va, will preach
each evening this week. A memorial win
dow for the late Mrs. w. A. Ballangee
wife OF the pastor Of the church, was
unveiled.
minister Presbyterian Church on What
Ails the Churches?"
There are many people," he declared.
who believe the church is dying. that
internal conditions or external influences
are sapping its life and drawing it to its
last earthly resting place. Hundreds OF
years ago men dug its grave. but the
past centuries of life and activity have
allowed no call for an undertaken.
Still the church is ailing. 1t has not
brought the gospel of Jesus down to the
level Of the common people To such the
Master spake and they heard Him gladly
We have In the past few years brought
our pulpits down from the top OF a mar
preacher still remains amid the clouds OF
philosophy. theology or science.
North Pole Gospel.
Gospel Messages from the North Pole
was the subject on which Rev. Dr. Spoon
er spoke at the Sixth Presbyterian Church
in the morning.
While, of course. the text makes no
direct reference to the discovery Of the
north POLE" he said, "still it is suggestive
at this time. because there has been a
conviction well-nigh worldwide that no
man would ever really stand on the top
Of the EARTH but now, after quest OF 200
years and more, two men. and, both
Americans, have stood almost simuta-
neousy on the enchanted spot.
I'VE are told that during the years Of
the search $1O.OOO.OOO has been spent that
nineteen ships one balloon and 400 lives
have been sacrificed in the ice foes of the
rotf In tn l,,k 4
for a few brief hours on a spot where
there is but one direction-south
'Peary says that the value Of the dis
covery will be sentimental rather than
ming up of the whole matter. And, yet
can we not discover in these tempting
lures of nature a direct challenge from
the great Creator. who never hands out
in the rough? BY way of the north pole
can we not hear His voice crying to the
race, There are rare treasures near you
find them! Calico. Sir Isaac Newton
Cook, Peary, heard the challenge and
responded to it, and 10! the marvels of
the ages result
The pole has been discovered because
men have dared and persisted In the face
Of obstacles apparently insurmounta BILE;
and We seem to hear this message ring
ing down from the top of the world: 'Ye
shall find Me when we search for Me
with all your heart. What marvel of
achievement would result II men would
search for spiritual treasure as Hudson
and Franklin and Hall and Peary and
Cook have struggled toward a valueless
spot at the end Of an imaginary line on
the bald frigid, hfeless top of the
earth'?"
Epworth League Rally.
The fall rally of the Epworth League
Church last night was addressed by Rev.
DR.. Eugene Noble. president Of the Wonn-
ans College of Baltimore. DR.. Noble was
introduced by the pastor. the Rev.
Charles L. Pate. who made short ad-
dress The opening prayer was by the
Rev. DIR. Marshall, pastor Of the West
Street Presbyterian Church.
The members of the Christian Endeavor
Society of the West Street Presbyterian
Church were the invited guests of the
Epworth League of the Dumbarton Ave
nue. Methodist Episcopal Church, and at
tended in a body. Special music was
given by a choir composed of thirty
voices. under the direction of William A.
Glover.