Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-04
Rev. John Van Schaick on
Voyages of Explorer.
HAD NORTH POLE IN MIND
Services in Other Local Churches
Yesterday.
MGR. FALcoN1o ATTENDS FEAST
DIR. Neil's Reason for Empty Pews.
Bishop Hall Calls Woman
Mans Conscience.

Before a large audience in the Church
of Our Father. Universahst, yesterday
morning Rev. John Van Schaick, the pas
Hudson" He told of how in an ancient
London church. still sta nding in Bishops
gate street, Hudson. with his crew and
his son John. partook OF holy communion
before leaving for the voyage of ddscov-
cry.
I'm four days they were to start on a
royage to try to discover passage to
Japan and China by way of the north
pole said the pastor. THAT Is the frs:
authentic reference to Henry Hudson in
history. 1t binds the past to the pres
ent."
Large audiences We're also in attend
ance In many of the other churches Of the
city. A two-week mission was begun at
the Shrine of the Sacred Heart by mem
bers oe the Jesuit missionary band OF
New York. Rev. w. J. Ennis preached
at the solemn high mass in the morning
and OF the vesper service in the evening.
Father Mulry will preach this evening.
Mgr. Falconio. apostolic delegate to the
United States. attended the patronal feast
in s.. AIMS Catholic Church In the
morning. Rev. Nicholas Jasselli celebrat-
ed the mass. Mgr Bonaventure Cerret-
-, auditor of the papal legation, and Fa-
Georgetown served as deacons of honor to
The delegate.
Winter Services Begun.
The winter schedule of services was in
augurated in St. Mary's Catholic Church
in the morning. Rev. Father Weber of
the Marist College, at Brookland. preach
ed at the high mass. Father Wunnen-
berg. the pastor. announced that low
mass will be said every Sunday morning
at 7:3O o'clock and 9:15 o'clock, the latter
service being for children.
Rev. DIR. S. G. Neil, secretary of the
American Baptist Publication Society.
preached at Metropolitan Baptist Church
yesterday morning on the text THAT they
may adorn the doctrine Of God, our
Savior. in all things
1.-The idea is clearly brought out" he
said. "in the text that it is the Chris
tian's business to decorate the Gospel. To
make it flash and sparkle and flower
and blossom before the eyes of men. The
reason for empty churches and ungos-
peeled crowds is frequently due to miscon-
ceptions of Christs church and gospel"
The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
was commemorated in ST. Dominic's
Catholic Church. Catholics from all parts
OF Washington visited the shrine during
the day. Solemn high mass was sung al
II o'clock in the morning by Father
Hughes of the Dominican House of Stud
les at Brookland.
The winter order of services was begun
at ST. Patrick's Church with the begin
ming of forty hours devotion, which is be-
ing observed today. Rev. Dr. Russell. the
pastor. celebrated the high mass yester-
day morning.
Bishop Hall at st. Adams.
Bishop Hall of Vermont preached at the
open air services at Mount st. Adams in
the afternoon. The occasion was the
tenth anniversary of the founding of the
National Cathedral School for Girls. In
his address the bishop said mans con-
science is found in woman. He declared
that the quicker moral sense of the
woman. together with her deeper religious
life, serves as a guide to man. Bishop
Harding spoke at the services in the
morning in St. Adams Church. In his
remarks he called attention to the first
gift TO the school by Mrs. Phoebe Hearst
He also paid tribute to the work of Miss
Nourse who contributed to the work of
founding the institution.