The Washington herald., 1911-11-26
LIVE TOPICS OF THE DAY
IN WASHINGTON CHURCHES

A union thanksgiving service win be
held Thursday, November 80, at 1880
a. m, In the United Brethren Church,
North Capitol and r streets, at which
DR.. Henry E. Brundage. pastor Of the
lexington Presbyterian Church, will
take as his subject Lights and shad-
ows." Special music will be provided.
The churches uniting at this service are
the lexington Presbyterian, Gurley Me-
I mortal Presbyterian, United Brethren.
Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Protes-
tant and st. Paul Methodist Episcopal
South. The pastors OF all these churches
will participate In the service.
Declaring that without the help Of Or
ganized Christianity-the church-so-
ciety itself would collapse. the Rev. DR..
C. Ernest Smith gave, on Sunday morn
ing, at ST. Thomas p. E. Church, the
first Of his series Of sermons on "Are
men giving the church a square deal?"
He claimed that though men antago-
nIstic to the chNrch have done fine work.
yet their parentage or their surroundings
have been Christian. To show how mems
lives affected their children and their
neighbors, he quoted the records OF the
descendants OF two families, one infiu-
enced by the church and the other not.
In five generations there were LOO de-
scendants from the latter family. OF
these 80 were professional paupers; 40
were physically wrecked by their own
wickedness. More than half the women
were immoral OF the whole number,
10 were convicted criminals, sixty ha-
bituaI thieves, and seven murderers.
The other descendants came from
Jonathan Edwards New England pas
tor. Not one OF his 1.Ss4 descendants
was convicted Of . crime; 80 were relig-
ious workers, thirteen college presidents,
three United States Senators, sixty-fve
college professors, 100 lawyers, sixty
physicians, seventy-five army and navy
officers, and sixty prominent authors
Several were governors OF States, and
one was Vice President.
The poor workmanship of mechanics
SO prevalent in recent years, and the
spread OF unbelief as manifested in So
cialism. could also be traced. DIR. Smith
thought, to a disregard of the teachings
Of the church.
Every man has a perfect right to
say whether he will bring the church into
his life or not" said DR.. Smith in con-
clusion. THAT is between him and his
Maker. But that man cannot deny that
he and his. and everything around him
have been helped mighty by this church.
And 1t is not the part Of true manhood
ing their backs getting the boat ashore.
Take an oar. Don't rely on other peoples
goodness and other peoples work. Stop
being leaner; be litter"
The Pastors Federation Of Washing
ton and vicinity will hold its regular
meeting in the Young Mems Christian
Association assembly hall Monday morn
ing at II o'clock. Rev. Charles Wood
mo- fN ~ he nf
will deliver an address on his recent trip
to South America.
The Intermediate Society Of Riverdale
Presbyterian Church is having an inter
esting contest between the red and the
white sides. which is to continue through
the month of December. Points are
counted as follows: For participation by
reading, 2; by an original talk, 8; for
proficiency in Bible drill, 2; for voluntary
prayer, 5; for punctuality at the. prayer |
meeting, 2; for new members, Is F. NJ. |
Stephens Is adviser to the society, which |
now has 80 members. The members en- |
joyed a straw ride to Hyattsville last |
night.
BrookIand Baptist Society this week |
elected Miss Amelia L. Etz president to |
fill out the unexpired term Of Mr.. Walter |
who recently left the city. |
The new president has appointed pledge |
committee, consisting of the following |
members, to report not later than De-
cember 3: P. II. Watson, Miss Maude
Jackson, Miss Aura Middlekauff, and /
Miss Lucy Lynch.
The First Methodist Protestant Society
was recognized Wednesday, and the
officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Harold Watts;
vice president. Miss 8. d. Hartley; cor
responding secretary. Miss Eunice Hart
ley; recording secretary, William HantZ-
mon; treasurer, Robert st. Clair.