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Protestants and Catholics Confer
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rant both in enlisting in the cause to-
gether, and letting the world know they
are together. e, The . sa acre. ness Of the
vorce was held by both to be supreme
duty. G) Care Of the Immigrant of alien
speech. Both admitted that they are not
beginning to meet the problem presented
by these newcomers, and that they could
hardly do so If they were worked to-
gether. Nevertheless. they could do
much more together than apart.
An agreement was entered into further
to study the problems together and to
have further conferences that may lead
to cooperation. The last of the three
meetings was held Thursday last.
One of the Catholic priests who attend
ed the conferences. just before taking the
train for the west, said:
eve came to New York on our own &C
count. We represent nobody save our
selves. and yet by ourselves we mean a
considerable proportion Of the clergy of
our church, especially in the west. We
told the Protestant secretaries. whom we
found to be Christian gentlemen that We
do not credit the things we hear about
them. Unkind things are said by Prot
estants about Catholics, but the savers
do not represent the real Protestant
spirit. We are in perfect accord with
these Protestants on the place of Christ
and the sanctity of the home. We want
help in the northwest in shepherding the
thousands. even millions. who come here
from Europe. The Catholic Church Is not
holding them. That may be admitted
frankly. 1t is better that they be Prot
estants than that they be nothing. More
than that. in the humming northwest
with its bumper crops. its schools with
out religion. Catholic and Protestants
alike fail to hold the we'll bred and the
we'll fed young men. This is true of both
sons of Americans and sons Of immi-
grants. What is to be done? That is
our quest. Both Catholic and Protestant
fail at the same point. / do not say
which fails in larger degree. Together
We do not do what we ought to do and
young men by the thousands. even mill
lions. in the northwest, beginning at Chi
cago. are drifting into infidelity. into SEN
suality. and into the next step. private
dishonesty and public graft. 1t is time
those who believe the divine Christ and
His church to have a mission In the
world of sin to work together as far as
they can. 1 am glad to say we found
our Protestant friends Of like mind"
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Christmas Entertainment.

The annual Christmas entertainment OF
the Gorsuch NJ. F. Church Sunday school
was held Wednesday evening. An un-
usually large attendance enjoyed an inter-
esting program of Christmas music drills
and dialogues by the Sunday school
scholars. under the direction OF Edwin r.
Donaldson. assisted at the piano by Mrs
Donaldson. Leroy and Ellsworth Franks
rendered duets and Miss T.. Il. Pullman a
soprano solo, followed by an echo chorus
of Sunday school girls. Santa Claus i'm
personated by Mr.. Donaldson, arrived in
due season and distributed presents. Ow-
ing TO the illness of his son with scarlet
fever. Rev. w. l.. Lynn was unable 10 he
present. but "A gift OF money from tho
school was sent to him and a remem-
brance to Mrs. Lynn. w. X. Hunt, the
superintendent of the Sunday school. was
remembered also, We're Mrs. 4. j.
Crymes and Miss Mary RANDY, teachers
of the primary department. and George
Peyton. the sexton. Gifts of books from
Rev. w. l.. Lynn, the pastor. 10 the Off
GERS of the church. the officers and teach
ers of the Sunday school and the MEM
bers OF the Bible class. Of which he is the
teacher, were also distributed.
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vHE Old Testament closes with
prophecy of the coming OF
second Elijah on mission or
preparation. That prophecy
was fulfilled when John the
Baptist began his ministry.
John was thirty years old when he
began to preach. He called the people
TO repent. and he gave his reason for
his message. 1.-The kingdom of Heaven
is at hand Every Hebrew was look
ing for the coming Of the time when the
Messiah should be their king. but they
did not think Of it as time for repent
ance. nor did they think it was close at
hand.
When the people heard such a startling
message from one whose clothing was of
camers hair and whose food was that of
the poorest wanderer in the wilderness.
dried locusts and honey from the trees
and the rock. they would naturally ask.
WHO art thou?" II am the voice of one
crying in the wilderness. Prepare We the
way Of the Lord" was his answer.
OF course the strange preacher attract
ed IL crowd. The people came from miles
around. Multitudes, hearing him. repent
ed. confessed their sins and were bap-
tized in the river Jordan
Then came the proclamation. The KING
was coming. John was only the advance
agent. preparing the way for one SO great
that he was unworthy even To be the
slave who would unlace and carry ms
shoes for him. IT was Johns work TO
preach the necessity for repentance, and
baptize with water as the sign of out
ward cleansing: it would be the work OF
Christ to search mems hearts and Dap
tie them in the Holy Spirit and in fire,
cleansing the evil out Of their lives and
preparing them for service. Those who
refused to repent would be destroyed by
fire, those who repented would have their
lives beautified by the Holy Spirit Those
who received the King in their hearts
would be separated from those who re-
fused to heed his words. exactly as the
farmer at the floor where grain was taken
to be thrashed with a huge fan separated
the light and useless chaff from the val
liable kernels. And as the chaT, blown
away, was gathered up and burned, while
the grain was carefully carried to the
barn, so the unrepentant would be de-
stroyed, while those who confessed their
sins would inherit everlasting life.
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will power. hurt our character, lessened
our dependability and injured our useful
ness to God and men. 1t makes no diff
ference what 1t is that we may decide
to do, whether getting up at a certain
hour In the morning, or being on time
to our meals, or not spending more than
a fixed amount for our lunches, or doing
this or that detail of business or house
work today-whatever it IS, big or little,
easy or hard, If once we decide to do it,
then let US set our faces like flint against
any temptation to swerve from it. Try
being resolute for the first month of the
year. You will like the habit so much
that you'll never give it up. and your
neighbors will like you, too, for they'll
always know that when you say thing
will be done, it is done.
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Of The Star.

NEW YORK, January /, 1910.
HERE has been held in this city
this week a conference that
may mark a new era In An1eri-
can religious annals 1t was a
meeting. held by previous ar
rangement. between Roman Cathohc
priests and secretaries of a Protestant
missionary society.
The names of the priests cannot be
given. Neither can the name OF the
missionary society. On one side 1t was
stated that to proclaim to the world the
character of their mission would be to in
lure their efforts, and in the other case 1t
was explained that further conferences
are to be held, and that publicity might
cut them off. Such is held to be the
temper of the Roman and non-koman
feeling.
The conference held In this city this
week was sought by the Roman Catholic
priests. and gladly responded to by the
Protestant secretaries. The priests stated
at the first meeting that they represent
some of the large Roman Catholic causes
of the middle west and northwest; that
conditions there are such as to require
the help Of everybody who is waging war
on sin in the name of Jesus Christ; that
much of the distrust obtaining between
Catholics and Protestants is due to lack
OF personal acquaintance. and that there
are so many people outside of all the
churches that it is imperative that those
that are in them, of all names, should get
together and oppose the common enemy:
The secretaries warmly welcomed the
priests, admitted all of their statements,
and for three days, or at conferences on
various matters held on three successive
DAYS, studied with these western Catholic
leaders how cooperation might be brought
about There was in the conference no
sacrifice of position by either side. Doc
trines were not brought up. There was
no need. Three great questions were AT
once found on which there was perfect
agreement These were. CD The divinity
of Jesus Christ 1t was agreed on this
that both stood together and that the
attacks upon both are sufficient to war
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second best animal ahead of Tho leader
The latter al first re fused to help pun
the load. When he saw that his master
was determined To humiliate him h.
gnawed the harness of the new leader.
and was thus once more in his old posi-
tion. This act was repeated a number
OF times-as often as the damage WAS re
paired. Finally DIR. Young restrained
him, so that lie was compelled To look
on. inactive. while the usurper received
his training. Then he began To Greve
for his lost position, and soon died of i
broken heart. How much more like that
dog most OF are than like John the
Baptist.
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Christmas Music.

The choir OF the Gurley Memorial Pres
byterian Church. under the direction OF
E. H. Jones. closed the year last Sunday
with the following interesting Christmas
music. At the morning service: Organ
prelude, Onfertoire Fantasia CTours). Miss
Marguerite Allen. organist anthem,
Angels from the Realms of Glory OBul-
lard: anthem. And There Were, Shep-
herds (Williams); offertory solo, The
Newborn King lie Espoire). J. NJ.
Cooper. Evening service: Organ pre-
Jude. Morning Song from Peer Gynt
oGrieg), Miss Allen: anthem. There Were
Shepherds CNoelsch): anthem. Adestes
Fideles Reading): offertory solo. Fear Ye
Not 0 Israel Dudley Buck). John o.
Merwin: anthem, Festival TIE Deum
dudley Buck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
"In the Beginning, God"

LII lie 0eR1uulU&, 0OO.
The first day of the year is the time
to begin this companionship with God.
A business man in a New York town
has a motto card hanging in his room
which reads: In the beginning Of the
year. God. In the beginning of every
Christian activity, God. In the beginning
Of every business undertaking. God. In
the beginning of each day, God" Those
who make that motto their rule of life
and live up to it will find that all the
year. from the first day to the last: will
| be a time of joy, and the year will be
the most really successful year ever eX
perienced by them.
Nicholas Herman, an awkward, unedu-
Gated lad, who was born in Lorraine in
the seventeenth century, called such life
Of companionship with God the practice
of the presence of God" He entered
monastery. but because he broke every
thing he touched. he was put into the
kitchen to wash the kettles and pots and
pans. He had calm belief in the pres
| ence of God with him everywhere, and at
all times. and his very countenance
showed that Gods presence was more
real to him than aught else. Men travelled
long distances to talk with him in his
kitchen. THE time of business does not
differ with me from the time Of prayer"
he told them, land in the noise and clat-
ter of my kitchen. while several persons
are at the same time calling for different
things. 1 possess God in as great tran
quillity as If were upon my knees at
the sacrament"
\ Philadelphia pastor has said. Sup
pose we begin tomorrow morning and try
all day to live as If Christ were visible
with us. 1t will keep us patient and
sweet at breakfast time. even If the
cereal has been scorched. or something
has gone wrong in the kitchen. It will
keep us kind and gentle when people
jostle against US and do not do just as
we would have them do. 1t will make us
strong to endure temptation when we
are put to the test in any way. We will
do our work better. more honestly. more
conscientiously, more skillfully, because
the eye Of the Master is on us. It should
be possible to practice the presence of
Christ for one little day. If we do this
we can do it second day. and then a
third day. 1t will bring new power into
our lives, new energy, new fidelity, new
joy"
Comment on today's topic Of Christian En-
deavor and other young peoples meetings.
10:1O)
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His Call.

We sometimes think of God as SILENT
ooh If only I could hear His voice as
did Moses and Elijah and Isaiah ana re-
tor and John and Paul." But are We SO
hard Of hearing that we cannot note that
divine voice as the Lord speaks? what
10 that voice in your heart but the voice
q, your Gode What is that voice IN ma
ture~in the falling snow, in the shihis ~.
moon and star, in the green OF the az
and the pine, in the singing OIL nt,ie H.
dren. in the word OF a 1riend-oul
word of God coming rlsnI 10 HIM IN the
dressing us? Do We not near hun III .n
letter: of kind greeting which we receise'
DO we not hear Him in the clasp OF ss III
pathetic human hand, In the sli.,iT %
trust. in the look from honest eyes Doe .,
not the Bible become vocal as We Turn
ito naces. and the worship-is 1t not IKE
the Christ speaking on the HILLSIDE as ..
old He spoke when we pray and sing ana
listen to the message from the puIpi.,
Cod is not silent. We can hear Him. II
NE listen for His still voice. in the wild,
est confusion of earth, In the rush ana
hurry OF the days, in the sorrow which
comes through cloud for moment III
the quiet Of the night. when an is SO
still and our heart tnrops aioie Se "
keep us awake.
How splendid this listening to God! We
neei to keep silence from our cries ana
our talking that we may hear HIM. we
need to Sit StlIl at liiItcS thdt ~'
anioy that Voice like the sound OF many
waters" for it is longing for our atten-
ton. And we need to keep the ears OF
our souls attent that in the widest NOISES
Of earth we may note the understanding
tone. deep and rich. of the Lord d. as n me
fear the silence Of the new year as III
creeps upon us in the midnight hour. nor
need human clamor deafen us that we
should be forgetful Of Him Who speaks
AZ never man spake. We need not dread
the hidden days as they come sweeping
down upon us from the mists of unknown
seas for the King is addressing us With
precious words of assurance. Nay. we
can hasten forward and address HIM as
we personify the new year, and make
thus our greetings the echo of His glo-
rious greeting as He tells us how much
of good He has in store for us In the
DAYS to come Happy New Year, dear
chld He calls And ssnd we and it w up our
..Than ,rhee. dear Christ; am no longer
afraid. but glad. for 10! Thou art there
in the untried, unknown days:
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we ought because of this individual an
prehenson and dread.
We smut our eyes. and muse
HOW our own minds are made
what springs Of thought they use
How righten'd. how betray'd-
AND spend our wit to name what most emnlov
unnamed. F-o'
But still. as proceed
The mass swells more and more
VI volumes yet TO read
or secrets yet to explore
o"r nalr grows gray. our eyes are dimm'd oul
heart is tanned. -
Now. what have we to counteract all
this? What can bring calm and courage
and happiness as we face the future and
make us forget past trials in the new
lights of hope which are rising over the
eastern horizon? God surely does not
mean for us to be SO troubled and fearful
He wants us to be steady in our faith
and love. and brave in our beings as we
look into the coming days How does He
help US? How does He "quiet all these
wild alarms?
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Jealousy or Humility

1t is not easy for one who has been
leader thus to take second place. In MY
Dogs in the Northland. Egerton Il.
Young gives an incident in point. He had
one dog, a magnificent leader. which took
great pride in his work and his position,
DIR. Young was abundantly satisfied with
him and did not like to think or dls-
nfac;ng him. But 1t was necessary TO
: I've another leader in reserve. in case of
accident. So one day he harnessed the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
His Presence.

/. First, surely. by making us know
that He, the God of Eternity, is with us
as He was with our fathers, and that Gle
Will never leave us nor forsake us. The
Bible is SO full Of assurances in this re-
gard that If we began to quote we could
fill pages. 1t is good Bible exercise for
the closing or the opening year to mark
the verses which thus pledge Gods I'M
ceasing care. and they are as applicable
today as in all the days gone by God is
there facing us in 1910. We are not going
to a strange new emptiness which we
much try to fill and master, but we are
going to meet the Almighty. who not
only knows all the year. but has planned
1t. and filled 1t with light. and adorned
1t with fragrant flowers, and has His an
gels sounding their harmonies to greet
us. Oh, what joy when we think of
year with God! No apprehension is
possible when we know We are meeting
Him and He is awiting for US. There are
no happenings with God. He knows, and
He orders. and He stands by to help
and bless. There is no chance where
God is; He has plan for us, and while
we are free to accept or reject, if we ac-
Cept we can be sure that His plan can
not fail. There is no failure with God;
and while we may err and at times grow
faint and weak, His mighty victory is
ours and We can enter into it, and be
glad. There is no change in Gods love
ioi o'- ~ 'AA''. ~ may SeSiii lOo STedI
for our comprehension. but that is be-
cause it is SO tremendously big and elo-
rious. There is no forgetfulness with
God. We may forget. but He-neyer.
Though there are many of us, He calls
us all by name-oh, precious truth.-and
we are dear. each one of us, in His sight
There is no going backward with God
And when we fall He lifts us up and en-
courages us to go on. and tells us We
shall arrive at last at the destined goal
We need to school ourselves to feel
this We want to think of it INCREASINGLY
in the morn ng when we awake: An
other day with God" at night when we
end the day: God has followed and gone
before and the day is His and in His
keeping" In the midst of all the emer-
gencies of our lives, in the little events.
the work. the pleasure, the companion
ship. the quiet hour. we must know that
the Father is near, right by our side. low
ing, blessing, speaking. assuring, point
ing upward Where, then. can terror or
dread find place? 1t is to deny God to
allow them to come near. Where are
nervous trembling and fear of death? 1t
is to forget His encircling arms to allow
the thought of them to hurt us Where
are loneliness and sorrow? It is to un-
learn the divine lesson of love to let
them show their tear-marked faces God
.s in front of us, God is behind us. God is
beneath us, God is above us. and His
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
Resolves.

I'll To greet the unseen with
cheer" as Robert Browning expresses it.
is not merely boisterously to shout. 1t is
rather to know what we are to do and to
strive to be in the coming year. clear
plan for ourselves in conservation and
LOYALTY and endeavor is the spirit of all
And the dread born Of the
past is swept aside in the gladness OF
ambition and in the enthusiasm OF love.
What a splendid thing, after all, 1T Is to
live. since our life Is eternal and the
grave Is not an end. but an incident!
What an inspiration each new day brings
as we think of all we can do and all We
can say to make the world purer and
happier! The old weaknesses which have
been pIaguing us are cast aside; We Will
not give them place even in thought.
Memory brings the old story, and we.
with fine discrimination and set will. SIM
ply throw away the things we do not like
to remember, for God has forgiven the
faults and sanctified the sorrows, and
hold only to us the dear things of favor
and love We are not afraid, not we, as
we face the future, for God Is there. and
we want to work for and with Him as
never before. Hence our resolutions. Let
us make them, for they are great helps
If rightly made. not only to hold US from
error and lead us to good, but also to
make us courageous
How we can resolve and what resolu-
tions shall be ours is for each to consider
himself. prayerfully. 1t may be some sin
has gained control: let us determine.
since the new year is to be lived in the
presence of God, to fight 1t. 1t may be
some fond imagination has kept us from
earnest struggle: let us tear 1t from its
throne and place in it's honored seat the
noble vision of pure manhood or woman
hood. 1t may be some opportunity has
been sighted or wholly neglected i'm the
past: let us now determine to seize it and
fill it. 1t may be some devotion. some
worship has been forgotten: let us now
go forward to rake 1t definite and reg
ular part of our lives. There is SO much
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Plans for Joint Installation.

Department Commander Samuel G..
Mawson of the Spanish War Veterans
announces that all arrangements are
complete for the joint installation of offi-
GERS of Miles. Harden, Lawton, Petit,
Aston and Dewey camps at Grand Army
Hall, 1412 Pennsylvania avenue, tomor-
row evening. There will be addresses by
prominent men. The ceremonies will be
conducted under the direction of In
stalling Officer George West Byron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
Christmas Festival.

The Sunday school of Anacostia NJ. T..
Church held its Christmas festival
Wednesday evening at : o'clock. The
cantata The Real Santa Claus was Civ
en-. with piano and orchestra accompani-
AnAUI y. e. Smithson directed the choruses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
Election of Glass Officers.

Thursday evening. at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Hugh T. Taggart, the boys Of
the first class Of Holy Trinity Catholic
Sunday school Of Georgetown held a
meeting and elected the following officers
Philip McGratch. president: Barry Pierce,
vice president; Ralph Warner secretary.
and Frank Kane, treasurer. The
other members of the class are James
Keane, Arthur Prodigy. William Knowles.
Charles Tennyson, William Childs and
James Hayes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
In the Washington Churches

and the teachers and scholars erch.np.d
presents. The superintendent, William A.
B. Suit, was given q handsome organ
lamp. and the pastor. Rev W. E. Bird.
was presented with a cash contribution.
Fort. to which the recipients appropri
ately responded. A large audience was
present.
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Learning to Be Resolute.

:: f s.: {: !:
he sets out to do: he uses his
good resolutions as building stones in his
own character instead of letting them
be taken from him and shipped below as
paving stones in the kingdom of failure
We can all win the title of "resolute"
this year If we will be more concerned
to hold doggedly to every resolution we
make than we are to consult our mere
convenience in the breaking of them.
Resolution making is not New Year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

- x their Christmas entertainment this
year the children Of Christ Protes-
tant Episcopal Church presented a
Juvenile jingle by Antony A. Sousa
entitled 1.-The Discovery of the
North Pole" 1t was given at the parish
hall in East Washington.
The Sunday school children played the
different roles assigned to them with
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great success and exhibited surprising
dramatic and musical ability.
After Crook" and "Bleary' had dis
covered the pole they were arraigned
before Santa Claus and his court of
snowf1akes. They are forced to admit
that Santa was the original discoverer
of the north pole and Crook" was pen
allied by being chased to the top of