The Washington herald., 1910-10-16

ages ago into a doctrine by thsolOgians-
Is his prenatal activity among children.
independent or his hourly performances
with men and women.
II sin and righteousness are Unborn.
then ones struggle 70 be good begins
with ones great grandfathAr; but that
venerable relative, denying personal re-
sponsibility, hastens 10 shift the blame
backward where It is summarily passed
along by others to the guilty and an
swersbls snake as found at last in the
third chapter OF Genesis II is a long
road and a mystifying argument
While interpretations and deductions
may differ. II is acknowledge on all
hands that Satan is astir very early in
the morning. not 10 mention pretty late
at night. He has prospered, even though
myriads OF adversaries have met him at
every turn. Religious optimists are sure.
however, that no is gradually giving
ground before a doom that was foreor-
datned when the universe was made.
Warfare Against sin.
The best organizing talent in the world
to-day is theoretically combating sin.
Millions OF dollars. exceeding all previous
records. are going into missions. Ren-
gious movements. adequately financed and
ably manage, are at work among the
very foundations OF things. The Sunday
school. once the perfunctOry annex or
religion. where old men. human pillars Of
the altar, taught bad boys present by
compulsion. and mollycoddes. present
from choice, and where old women in
black bonnets and bombazine dresses In
structed good little girls has grown 10
be martial in its swing. interest and
force-the great recruiting camp OF the
modern church Onward, Christian
Soldiers has become as exciting as
Yankee Doodle" and a ffe and drum.
No matter how he is viewed as a
whole. John D. Rockefeller has given the
Sunday school the persuading impress Of
business. commerce. and success. He is
no sour. old-fashioned nonentity In a front
pew. but a commanding figure with money
in his pocket and a friendly look on his
face. His testimony counts. with boys
and young men. But he is only the rep
resenta1ive OF now common type
A pickle maker. coming out Of his
mothers kitchen where he learned his
trade into fortune Of many millions. IS
another conspicuous worker I'm the sun
day school. as rebuilt and rejuvenated on
present day lines. SO is John Wanna
maker. as every one knows, and SO is the
Michigan man who discovered subs,i-
tute for whalebone. and. in consequence
thereof. is the owner OF big factories and
many bonds and shares.
dOre Roosevelt are teachers now or have
been The Sunday school man can be
found IN the big advertisements OF maya
zines and newspapers. He is doing busi-
ness in Wall street and throughout the
land
Churches Exceed saloons.
Wickedness. being noisy and getting
into print seemingly multiplies its inhu-
ence ana numbers There are more
churches and Sunday schools IN the
United States. however. than saloons
The pupils total 1267O,soo. and there are
1888 Goa officers and teachers. William y.
Hartshorn. a millionaire and business
man. is the active commander-in-chiefo OF
this gigantic army Of recruits.
Indeed. he is the greatest Sunday school
figure on earth, and his name is almost
as familiar in Europe as al home. Rem
tamin F. Jacobs of Chicago "a Napoleon
IN the held." Mr. HartshOrn said 10 me,
ruling with hand of iron, as was
necessary at the time, brought the Sun
day schools OF the world into a workable
confederation When he died. Mr.. Harts-
horn was hts logical successor. And so
a Napoleon was followed by a paciher
diplomatist, and flnancier.
interviewed Mr. HartshOTn al a. m.
Even so. he already had been working
for two hours at his desk. Ordinarily. he
leaves his bed al . o'clock Sometimes
he begins business at T. II he is partic-
ulerly busy he may get up at 3 He is a
compact, muscular. and magnetic man.
with a short, gray beard, and sympathetic
brown eyes Of the peculiar shade that
invites personal confession and harrow
ing tales OF disappointment or sorrow
Boston Is his home during the winter
In summer he goes to Dyke Rock Cot
tage. on the shore OF Massachusetts, Bay
IN which there Is a spare bedroom known
as the Prophets Chamber"
Many sided Genius.
Eminent men from every quarter OF the
globe have slept IN the chamber-men
who needed 10 be cOnciliated, enlisted
and put 10 work The HartshOrn genius
Is many sided with power especially 10
bridge over differences Of dogma and 10
silence disputes. One or two nights in
the Phrophets' Chamber has been known
10 turn a controversial lion into turtle
dove.
One year Mr. Hartshorn led 500 Ameri-
can delegates to Jerusalem. where a
worlds convention was held at hts sug-
gestisn. Again. he proposed the city OF
Rome. A month or two ago he was the
recognized captain of the 400 men and
women who met in Washington. coming
from twenty-fouE countries and repre-
senting forty-seven denominations He
is a publisher with a large business. but
he gives nearly all OF his time 20 re-
ligion. Put Yourself in His Place" from
Charles Reade, Is the law Of his daily
practice. He married the only daughter
Of Daniel Sharp Ford. who owned the
Youths Companion. but he has no chill
dren except two foster daughters.
Still, the most human part OF his life
and the most pathetic. concerns his
youth ana childhood He was a stam-
mering, boy, an exile in the loneliness
of silence and an object OF both ridieule
and pity
Glory Of Victory.
II he had been a weakling ne would
now be a dumb and isolated farmer
among The hills Of New Hampshire. His
struggle for speech. his courage and de-
termination, is the strange story of a re-
markable victory wrested from apparent
disaster. He IS a smooth and ready or
ator now, and few OF the thousands OF