The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-12

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dist Missionaries Occupy PuIpits.
Rev. Lloyd Douglass. pastor of Luther
| Place Memorial Church told a large
congregation yesterday morning that thou
sands of members of orthodox churches
had accepted the Christian Science teach
ings of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy. which
was evidence that the church had failed
to satisfy the needs of these people DR.
Douglass also took occasion to sharply
critieise people who condemned the
teachings of Christian Science without
| familiarizing themselves with its prin-
eiples
DIR. Douglass took his text from the
fourteenth chapter of the Gospel OF John
twelfth verse; Greater works than
| these shall We do"
I am not a Christian Scientist" he
| said, "and my position as pastor of an
orthodox church makes that point quite
clear Yet ] had rather be identified
with that cult than to be Identified with
the large ard increasing body of people
who are Jealous in impugning all Of it's
| teachings without going 10 the trouble
OF investigating.
Value Not Understood.
When Mrs. Eddy began her teachings
she felt the Christian Church was fall
ling to realize the practical value and
usefulness OF the power which Jesus
! Christ had delegated TO His disciples
! Some of the most ardent enemies OF
| Christian Science are people who have
not taken the time or trouble 10 study
the principles set forth In Science and
Health 1t would be better If these poo
pie would devote their controversial
powers to some matter upon which they
had more information.
During the past week the question Of
! the future of Christian Science has been
raised. Christian Science will in no way
| be affected by the death Of Mrs. Eddy.
Her death will not affect the future Of
| Christian Science any more than the pass
/ ing OF t1latn affected mis- philosophy &"
! Or. Douglass spoke along the same
! lines in his sermon last night and paid
a high tribute to Mrs. Eddy, who, he
| said. was a woman with, fine soul
Talks on Modern Minister.
/ y
/ Church last evening. the pastor. Rev.
Earle Wilney, discussed the functions Of
the modern minister He said. in part;
why don't people heed the message
Of the Cos pel7 For many reasons Some
/ people like literary sermons. ornate ser
| mons; others like little bits OF nothing,
/ like soap bubbles that explode and fall
/ to the ground, others, soothing strip. /
have no objection to people coming TO
i hear the music but I want them 10 give
me a chance. Some people don't like the
| trumpeter. 1t is too bad that so many
OF Us don't like 50 many preachers.
After all. the preacher is just like other
( folks
He has a spirit and can be blue and
| Respondent and don't forget that he is,
/ first OF all. a man. and ought 10 be every
/ inch a man, and, as King Lear said, every
inch a king. Believe the best that he
SAYS Don't worry about the trumpeter.
hear the message. Jesus Christ Was buff
/ feted, spat upon. and crucified; but He
saved the world
Faith In Life To-day.
! Rev Donald c. Macleod gave the first
/ Of a series OF lectures on THE conspieu-
Gus virtues Of American life to-day at
First Presbyterian church last night
He explained that the primary founda-
| ton of virtue Is faith. which might be
in the twentieth century included as one
4 of the chief characteristics OF the Amer
| lean people.
| He denounced Thomas Payne for his
Age Of Reason" in which he attacked
! the Christian faith, but declared that
/ faith and reason were all one, and not,
as Payne avowed, antagonists Many
1 persons, he reasoned, took little stock in
what they term faith, because OF its
coat Of many colors' but in the eyes
of God, Or. Macleod said, there could
| be but one faith.
| Rev. Augustus J. Duarte. S. J.. preach
ed Yesterday at the solemn high mass
/ in st. Aloysius' Church. He spoke of the
approach Of Christmas and asked the
| congregation that in making mortals
happy they should not forget 20 make
/ their God happy by strict attention 10
their Christian duties Father Duarte Is
one of the most eloquent preachers in
the Jesuit order.
! Last night there was a reunion Of the
sodalities Of the Blessed Virgin, which
was attended by all members of the so
dality Special music was given by the
sanctuary choir.
Gives Church History.
Services were held at the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church last night.
when Rev. Wallace Radcliffe preached
on the Jerusalem chamber" and gave
bits OF the church history.
Announcement was made that next
Sunday Rev George A. Johnston Ross,
Of Bryn Mawr Pa, will exchange pull
pits with Mr. Radcliffe. Mr.. Ross is a
distinguished author and preacher of the
Presbyterian Church of England, and
was recently called from Oxford, Eng
land TO his present charge
At Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church the pastor. Rev, Frank ]. Good
sky" He saio, in part:
." I saw new heaven and new earth
means, as has been well pointed out. that
God never makes a new heaven, but he
makes new earth The kind of sky you
have determines the glory OF the earth
on which you live. Some men live by
rule, from grit. OF routine: their horizons
are limited, and therefore their accom-
plishment is small. We are ruled by our
ideals. If they be sordid and mean. the
life shows il; If they are high, beyond our
attainment, they act as magnets to draw
men TO nobler things. If we settle down
in easy contentment with small results.
We fail. A mans reach must exceed his
grasp. The archer aims above his mark
to allow for the fall due TO CRAFTY. the
mariner who wants to 20 five knots an
hour must have wind which blows
faster than that So with life; the ideal
p