Evening journal., 1911-09-11


Of Barratts Chapel, the "cradle OF
Methodism," at yesterdays all-day an
niversary, and preached a sermon on
morality and civic virtue and the
necessity to caution and train the
young of today against the pitfalls OF
the great cities.
Almost touching elbows with Ware
and his friend. Judge Norris S. Bar
raft, a lineal descendant of the
founder Of Barratts Chapel. stood the
great champion of American Method
ism. DR.. James NJ. Buckley of the
Christian Advocate, and the Rev. Linn
Bowman, the young Philadelphia pull
pit orator and pastor Of Park Avenue
Methodist Church.
While the picturesque grove sur
rounding the little country church
was filling with automobiles and
carriages-not few of them contain
ing Philadelphians, particularly those
visiting Delaware-pastor f. j. Coch-
ran and District Superintendent,
Stephenson got started the congrega-
tional endorsement for a fifty thous-
and dollar endowment fund for old
Barratt's Chapel. Recorder Ware put
in two new tens and Judge Barratt
gave a hundred dollars. This made
the congregation get busy with
pocketbooks.
Swatting mosquitoes was the form
oflexercise INDUCED in by the congre-
CATION. both within and without, as
central and bay shore Delaware Is
now having its September run OF
these pests.
Judge Barratt related the history
of the founding of Barratt's, in 1880,
of Asbury's travelling on horseback
and swimming streams to gather re-
cruits and of the final meeting Of
Bishop Asbury and DR.. Thomas Coke
in that very high pulpit when, after
kissing each other, Asbury, Coke and
Freeborn Garrison held the first
Methodist council.
Mr.. Ware was introduced as the
founder and joint donor with his
brother of the beautiful Abigail Ware
Memorial Church of Philadelphia.
Judge Barratt was introduced as the
great grandson Of the founder of Bar
rats Chapel MIR. Ware said in part:
"To us of the big cities, who hear so
much of the waning sway Of religion
It is cheering to have such an expert
ence as that of today, to be able 10
come to the very fountain and there
participate, to be quickened in spirit
and refreshed in every way. ] wish
there we're more from the cities with
us so that they might carry away with
them memories to strengthen them and
to be reflected upon others.
problems to which the thinking
people are giving close attention are
the apparently almost mad desire OF
those in the country to get into the
cities, and the incipient counter-move-
ment Of the city dwellers to get back
to the SOIL The latter has hardly
reached the proportions to make IL
weigh greatly against the other, bul
nevertheless it is a fact and the nexi
few years may see it tell more heavily
With the surge to the towns so strong
WIN a boom il would be could th'
young men and the young women coml
to us thoroughly anchored to stronl
religious convictions. So thorough.
imbued with the principles of right ant
wrong that the evils of great cit.
would appeal to them, not as pleasure
magnets but as pitfalls to be shunne'
and guarded against as are physica
ills and dangers. II is a though
which should enthuse the teachers
lay and clerical and nerve them Z
even greater endeavors.
ITO achieve this desirable end there
is no factor more powerful and ef-
fective than the Sunday school. 1t is
there the foundation should be laid
deep and wide, deep enough to ground
in rock and wide enough to support
a superstructure of faith that will re-
sist all assaults upon it,
Moral and mental training today
are impaired through the head In
' stead of the back. The true instructor
is the one who rules through love ant
. respect and not through fear and thu
, birch, who achieves results through
suasion and example and not expecta
ton of punishment and reward
But with all the forces at worl
! there are only too many homes II
which the atmosphere is of the time
long ago instead of the twentieth
, century. Compared with results, tn
! work sometimes appears out of al
= promotion. But remember the diff
. culties which the builders Of thi
= chanel encountered a century and
= quarter ago. and the task which con
S fronted the two bishops when the,
J. met here for the first time. You hay
/ the example of giants of faith an
treasured memories and traditions Z
enthuse you" =
Two friends Of Mr.. Ware. Mrs. W. (
Bougy and Mrs. Theresa Boyd. fror
I south Philadelphia. sang at the ser
i vices with the Frederick Choir.
DIR. Buckley breaches.
> DR. James NJ Buckley, now hnishin
his thirty-second year as editor OF IN
ny Christian Advocate and shining hgh
. in Methodism, preached at the nign
: service with a brilliant harvest moo
i streaming through the grove ana INT
- the historic church he sald'
u "The growth Of Methodism is chieh
> the consequence of the fact tina
! Methodism made religious eXperienc
v tbe main thing. They believe in
change Of heart through the infuenc
of the Holy Spirit. They believe tina
trulv converted persons were made l
feel that their main duty was to lov
God with all their heart and thei
lfellowmen as themselves. They wer
Z. not as particular as many other dc
d nominations as to a large number
q minor doctrines, provided man b'
r lieved the fundamentals of the Chris
Y tian religion. He might think an
It let think on other religious theories
4. DR.. Buckley set his hearers
= laughing by declaring that he cam
d within a year of being born a Del;
e. warean and within a second marriag
q. of being a lineal descendent TO N