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Outstanding the stars Human cruelty
surpasses description. The envious ma
ture. the bit .ng tongue, the meanness
which turns an esteemed friend into an
eavesdropper and a Slanderer cannot but
make one doubt how far We are superior
In this day and generation to the savage
and the brute. But it has always been
so. Joseph was type of Christ, and
if Christ was cruelty treated the disciple
must expect to share His sorrow. Ea tn
is no place to gain repute or appreciation.
1t is for action and battle and service.
There is another place where the truth
is known and thither the man must press
and thence he must look for comfort and
help.
We need not repeat the story of Joseph.
1t is familiar to US; We can almost tell II
by heart. The light-hearted boy. loved
by his father perhaps to partiality and
yet not spoiled; dreaming and thinking
and feeling the days before him. yet
never neglecting the present: telling his
father with anxious frankness about his
brothers evil living with kind of child
ish surprise that they should do such
things: taken by them who ought to have
loved him and sold into slavery; a serv-
ant, q prisoner falsely accused, a helper
soon forgotten. deliverer and ruler
this was Joseph.
Let us take some of his marked charac-
teristics and apply them to ourselves.
He was dreamer, prophet. Yet these
them that we wonder why we cannot en-
ulate them with success such as was his.
Perhaps we could If we really cared to
make life something more than a play
ground for our self-pleasing. Perhaps we
could III only we would open our eyes
and SEE the largeness of existence and
throw aside the pettiness Of selfishness
and the complaining at trities. Perhaps
we could if only we had the desire to
please God rather than men. and yet to
serve men for Gods sake. Perhaps we
could if only we had the Inspiration to
make our manhood or womanhood a
splendid thing, satisfactory to our own
conscience and Just before God
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
WESTMINSTER DEANERY.
Ideal Pulpit to Send Forth Messages
to the People.
From the London Post.


The deanery of Westminster is the most
dignitied office in the Church of England.
by long tradition its occupant must be n
man of great scholastic eminence one
capable OF expressing the knowledge and
capable of influencing the thought of his
age.
1T is as lifting in theory as it is true in
tact that the great deans of Westminster
should in themselves represent the typicaI
qualities that distinguish the Church OF
misunderstanding sobriety tolerance
Never before has the need for those uuaI
ties been so evident, never before has the
moderating and unifying influence Of tie
church mad more vital value in national
life. The successor to DIR. Robinson will
have great opportunity. and if the man
can be found able to obtain and To hold
the attention of churchmen as some of
his predecessors have held il he may ac-
complish work OF greater magnitude
than theirs. Westminster is the i'll. al
pulpit from which TO send forth mes
sage to the people.
The packed and ever-changing congre-
cations of the abbey represent erety
class in the community and every portion
of the country. The tone and spirit OF
Westminster can penetrate to remote
country churches. and is felt in every
place in church life. the abbey has not
yet been used as fully and effectively as
might be to influence the great masses
of the people who have newly come to
the power OF reading and the possibility
OF thought.
The most pressing need OF the church.
and therefore the first duty of Westmin-
ster, is to develop and utilize the faculties
that popular education ought to give to
the people. TO stir popular interest in the
literature. and the history of the church.
and of the state, to make all men realize
their place as links in the long succession
of generations that has built up the Eng
lish character and the English nation.
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By Rev. DR.. Floyd W. Tomhns.

~OSEPH was a wonderful mana
81 typical man in many ways. We
~ love to read the story Of his life
with all its romance and tragedy. we
love to picture his trials and his victories.
every one Of which is q sermon. HIS
boyhood. his youth. his manhood, attract
us by their healthy. natural freshness
and courage His patience. his faith. his
long suffering under suspicion ana
treache.y, his accomplishing endurance
of base injustice from those who ought to
have known hlm-these make him hero
of the first rank. For men are made by
agony: they are born out of the furnace
of affliction, and in their lonely and 81
lent lives few recognize them until 1t
is too late, and then their praises are
mockeries Murderers are not those
clone who shed blood and kill. They are
those who impute false motives. base pur-
poses and unworthy deeds to the men
whom they are as incapable OF UNDER
standing as a child is incapable OF I'M
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Church MOURNS
BISHOP WHITAKER
Nine PreIates to Attend Flu
neral of Head of the Epis-
copaI Diocese.

INE bishops of the Protestant
~ Episcopal Church will attend
~ the funeral of Bishop OH W.
Whitaker tomorrow afternoon at
O. clock in the Church of the Savior in
Philadelphia. They are the Ri. Rev.
Alexander Mackay-Smith, who will
oficiate: the Rt Rev. William e.
Doane of Albany, the Rt. Rev. John
Scarborough OF New Jersey, the Rt.
Rev. George Peterkin of West Virginia,
the Rt Rev. Ethelbert Talbot OF
Bethlehem: the Rt. Rev. FSederlck
Burgess Of Long Island, the Rt. Rev.
Edwin Stevens Lines of Newark. the
Rt. Rev. James Henry Darlington of
Harrisburg and the Rt. Rev. Alfred
Harding of Washington.
Bishop Arthur S. Lloyd will represent
the Domestic and Foreign Missionary
Society.
Prior to the ceremony in the church a
brief service will be conducted at Bishop
Whitakers home by the Rev. Thomas
j. Garland. secretary of the diocese of
Pennsylvania. At the service in the
Church of the Savior the Rev. DR.. VIII
liam nj. Groton, dean OF the Divinity
School, will say the sentences; the Rev.
DIR. j. De Wolf Perry will read the les
son; Bishop Mackay-Smth will recite
the creed and prayers and Bishop Doane
will offer the closing prayer. The Rev.
Henry Martyr Medary will be master of
ceremonies.
Bishop David FL. Greer of New York
and Bishop John G. Murray of Mary
land sent kilograms stating that they
would not be able to attend the funeral.
The University of Pennsylvania is
mourning the death of Bishop Whitaker.
Provost Smith has ordered the flag on
College Hall to be lowered at half staff
III token of the loss which the university
has suffered Bishop Whitaker had been
d trustee of the University of Pcnnsyi-
vania since 1856 and at the time of his
death ranked as fifth on the board in
time of service. Provost Smith, together
with former Provost Harrison, Samuel
Dickson. eX-Gov. Pennypacker, Joseph e.
Rosengarten and Samuel r.. Houston will
represent the university at the funeral
If his health permits Vice Provost Pen
niman will also attend the funeral.
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1@QNQU
Rev. DR.. John Henry Jowett.
Tbr Baste to @et poor.

years have to explain and vindicate him
self before quickened public conscience.
which more and more demands the equal
ization of human burdens and oppor-
tunities The taxes which legislative
bodies are prone to put upon large and
inherited incomes and other restrictions
by which entrenched wealth is being
hedged about reveal the trend of public
sentiment
But why should a man wait for old
age or wait for government interven-
ton before he realizes that one great
value of money is the service 1t can
render others and not its possessor. Most
rich men come to realize that the pal
aces and yachts. the equipages and style
with which they surround themselves In
due season pail upon one built for higher
things. and many Il man and woman now
living in the midst of luxury OF the
most ample and material sort wou'd
give a good deal to recover the Zest OF
the days when they were much poorer.
and. indeed, scrimped so far as earthly
possessions so.
The only sensible and safe course IL
for the money maker and the money
| upon money simply as a means 10 an
end, and that end the serving OF hui
manity. God gives him the power ID
get money, and he has a right TO exercise
it. but he must seek it chiefly as tool
wherewith he can add something To
the higher and finer life Of the world
He may frankly admit that he is after
money, but after ii for moral ends IN
order that he may bring about certa n
needed changes in society. that sle may
educate the iliterate, feed the hungry.
clothe the naked, put an end to inter
national discGrd.
On.y such an aim disnities the pursuit
of wealth and the kingdom of God will
come fully in the world when the none
makers are in as great haste to giT"
away as they are to acquire, when tho
look upon themselves as stewards an
trustees, but not as sole owners OF what
they have. This attitude will make tho II
more scrupulous concerning their meth
DDS of acquiring money. more carefHl
| about their personal expenditures, more
eager and more competent To give away
money where it will do the most good.
And for those of us who are not mi :
lionaires, or never expect to he, the les
son is also needed that sharing what
we have, be it little or much money. be
it knowledge or influence or good cheer.
is the only way to live happily and to
die contentedly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
By the Churchman.

e611H HY this lively scramble among
DleDA the millionaires to get rid OF
~~ their money? Have we not
been told from our youth up that every
American boy should early become a
worshiper at the shrine of success and
by means of frugality industry and sa-
gacity take his place in the millionaire
class in due time. Do not 'get-rich-
quick" schemes naunt themselves in our
faces as we open our morning mail. and
is not the money getting passion taking
flrmer possession of most of us from
year to year?
Yea, verify, but set directly athwart
this stream of tendency an opposite dis
position appears. John and Andrew and
other captains of industry and masters
of finance seem to be carrying on their
old game of competition, but this time
they are rivals in the effort to part with
their fortunes on such ways as their kind
hearts and shrewd judgments prompt
them to do. and they are not the only
men who are initiating Santa Claus not
simply at Christmas time. but all through
the year.
Evidently the deep-seated desire to grab
sion to give and serve. Whether or not
the turn of the tide has really come we
hail these indications as harbingers OF a
better day. 1t need not be inSnuated
that poSseSsorS OF great wealth may thus
be atoning for any wrongs in their meth
DDS of obtaining it, or that they want to
make their peace with their Maker before
the summons comes, as it must shortly
come, to render an account OF their COM
pleted lives. Let us interpret their gem
erous impulses generously and believe
that they have been moved by the best
impulses to scatter far and wide what in
former years-the years of their youth
and prime-they had the skill and wit TO
accumulate
1t certainly looks if the prophecy
of one of these men to the effect that
in coming years it would be discredit-
able to die millionaire would be full
filed not many centuries hence, and
perhaps sooner than pessimists think.
At least, the rich man will i'm coming
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Answer Of the True God.

Then Elijah was ready to call upon God
In few brief, simple words. spoken in
quiet tones marked contrast with the fu-
tile cries OF the morning-Elijah made
known unto God his desires and the rea-
son for his action. Lord God of Abra-
ham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known
this day that Thou art God in Israel, and
that 1 have done all these things at Thy
word. Hear me, o Lord, hear me, that
this people may know that Thou art the
Lord God, and that Thou hast turned
their heart back again
The answer was instantaneous. The
fire of the Lord fell and consumed the
burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the
stones, and the dust and licked up the
water that was i'll the trench.
The effect was electrical Awestruck,
the people fell OH their faces, and with
one voice cried out: The Lord He Is
the COD; the Lord, He is the God
1t requires a moral earthquake like this
to give some folks tile courage 10 cali
their souls their own.
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BOOTH ANNIVERSARY
Of KING JAMES, BIBLE
Occasion to Be Observed IN
Trinity Episcopal Church
Tuesday Evening With
Bishop Harding
Presiding.

~N observance of the 3ooth ANN
vi versary of the King James version
~ of the Bible Will DE heiu "a
Trinity Episcopal Church ." anu
streets northwest. Tuesday eNenlhs' WIZ.
,ho Rt Rev. Alfred Harding, Blshop OF
Washington, presiding.
Rer DIR. McGrew of Silver SPRING
Md. will make an address on previous
Versions" and other promiheh.
oe this diocese will be heard History
70 ~. Kinp James Version" VIII De
discussed by Rev. DIR. C. Ernest smith,
rec,or Of St Thomas Church, while
tho subject of Rev. Thomas J. Packard
of Rockville, Md. will be oupsep".n'
Versions, Including the MAI s'"ai
ings Bible" a. .,,,,
.The closing address Of the meeting
uiu he by Rev. Edward Slater Dunlap
W.. - ao,or of st. Johns Church.
aSsisi All naal. from the subject AN
Appreciation of the
OF the Bible.
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CHURCHES TO HONOR
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Special Services to Be Held in
New York Avenue Presbyte-
rian Church and Other
Churches in Honor
of Emancipa-
tors Birth.

TN little log cabin in the state of
Kentucky many years ago a little
baby boy first saw the light on this
day. He was Abraham Lincoln. later
martyred President Of the United States,
and today In many of the churches of
this city and country his birth will be
commemorated and the thoughts of many
will go back to that humble beginning in
old Hardin county and ponder for more
than moment, perchance, of the great
life 1t gave the nation.
When Mr.. Lincoln was in WASHINGTON
he always worshiped in the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, and the lit
tie black painted pew on the main aisle
in the center Of the edifice was the one
IN which he sat. In this church today
Rev. DR.. Radcliffe will preach a special
sermon on the memory Of Lincoln, and
the pew will be more than an ordinary
object of interest
Though In the years since Mr.. Lincoln
sat IN the church the seatings have been
changed, the pew in which he sat has
never been removed, and shows the style
OF church pew used fifty years ago.
In the Luther Place Memorial Church
Rev. Lloyd c. Douglas, the pastor. will
also preach special sermon on MIR. Lin
coins life.
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Epworth League Business Meeting.

Epworth Leaguers of Wilson Memorial
Church last Monday evening held
their regular monthly business meeting,
followed by a social. The league room
was artistically decorated and the attend
ance was exceptionally large The pro-
gram rendered consisted Of recitations
and readings by Mr.. Edward Truman,
Rev. James l.. Nolan. Mr.. William
Fleming and Miss Elizabeth Prender; a
vocal solo by Mr.. Merrick and piano
solo by Miss Grace Ryon. a handsome
bouquet of roses was presented to Mr..
and Mrs. James II. Allen in honor of the
tenth anniversary of their marriage.
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Peoples Church Work.

\ special invitation is issued to the
public 10 attend the evening service in
the Peoples Church at 643 Louisiana
avenue northwest this evening at 100
o'clock. Rev. q. j. S. Hunnicott, pastor,
will preach on The Unity of Faith
MessrS. Theodore Valiant and George
Lauterbach, elders of the church, will
also present their views on this subject,
and will be followed by Rev. Emil Tobler,
who will deliver short address point
ing out that all the great religions of
the world are harmonious as far as the
great fundamental principles are con-
cerned; that they all teach the duty of
man to recognize the existence of a SUI
preme power and intelligence, and to
lead life in conformity with certain
eternally valid laws, in order to gain the
peace OF mind that is the prime essence
of salvation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
"Get OF the Fence"

Translated into the modern vernacu-
lar and spoken in the presence OF the
modern indecision from which we suffer
today, El.,ah's words might run some
thing like this: II am tired OF this
everlasting seesaw, this hopping about
like birds from branch 10 branch. Have
you any opinions at all? VIII you ever
have any convictions at all! Whlcn
side are you on. anyhow? You're not
on either side. Get off the fence keep
on one side or the other. Choose"
And the people answered no' WORD.
Choosing was just the one ng they
felt incompetent 10 do.
Then Elijah made proposition. Two
bullocks were TO be taken, one by the
priests OF Baal. the oIher by himself.
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ARCHDEACONRY TO
MEET WEDNESDAY
Bishop Atwood of Arizona Will
Be Speaker of the
Occasion.

~ MEETING OF the archdeaconry of
VI Washington is to be held We'd
~ nesday morning in Trinity Epis-
copal Church, with the Rt. Rev. j. w.
Atwood. Protestant Episcopal mission
airy bishop Of Arizona, as the principal
speaker.
The Bishop Of Washington will pre-
side. and it is expected that there will
be large attendance.
The session will begin with a cele-
bration Of holy communion at 10 o'clock,
at the conclusion Of which Bishop At
wood will make his address. Con-
siderable business is to be brought to
the attention of the archdeacOnry for
action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Curing 9nnerisio1r.

Two affairs were to be built, the bull
locks laid on these, and all preparations
for sacrifice made. with one exception:
no fire was to be placed underneath the
offerings by human hands. "And call
you on the name of your GODS said
Elijah, land will cali on. the name Of
the Lord. and the God that answereth
by fire. let Him be God
According to Elijah's instructions. the
priests Of Baal built an altar prepared
the bullock. and called on the name OF
their god. 20 Baal hear us. q RaaI
hear U.S." In the morning they began.
at noon they were still making their
hopeless cry. "And there was no voice
neither any that answered" In despair
and fury they !eaped upon the altar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Get Off Your Job.

The key to success today is thought TO
.r.t a man shall be ION to his job, but
- he is really going to amount 10 any
.,,,ng he must occasionally ''get of his
;oh," No matter how good thing
man may be working for. there never
was q thing in this world as big as the
man himself The business man who
suhmerges himself in business all day
long without q break, who takes his bust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Y. M. C. A. Meeting.

1.-The Religious Life of Abraham Lin
coin will be the subject Rev. DR.. John
Wesley Hill of New York will discuss
at the Y NJ c. A. mass meeting for
men in the New National Theater this
afternoon.
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon is to pre-
side and the Invocation will be delivered
by Rev II. n. Couden, chaplain of the
House of Representatives. The chaplain
of the Senate, DIR. Ulysses G. B. Pierce,
will also deliver a prayer, While the
Bishop of Washington will pronounce the
benediction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12

recognition, of the supreme end of life
the advancement of Gods glory
But perhaps one lesson from Joseph's
life most needed by men and women of
today is the lesson of how promotion
came to Joseph 1t would be difficult to
find Z. worker vino would not welcome
promotion, but not every worker is will
ing to travel the surest road to promo
tion-the difficult way of doing ones best
at any cost. The keen eyes of thousands
of elnploye are ever watching for work
ers who are travelling this road. and
there is rejoicing when there is evidence
that an emp!oye is fitting himself for
larger usefulness.
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DR.. Jowett Coming to Liberal Congregation.
The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church of New York Raised
Nearly $34O, 900 Last Year
in Contributions - Pastor
Comes From an English
congregational Church.

~ HE richest Presbyterian church in
VI the United States-the Fifth Ave-
nue. Church Of New York-has
called to it's vacant pastorate the Rev.
DR.. John Henry Jowett of the Carr's
Lane Congregational Chapel Of Birming-
ham, England. This church, which in
cludes on its membership rolls Mrs. An
drew Carnegie and Mrs. L. Parmelee
Prentice. daughter OF John d. Rookie
Teller, has been without a pastor for
some time past and there has been much
speculation as to who would be called to
fill the pulpit
Last year the congregation raised near
~ $340,O00, about $4,000 going to home
missions, $1,000 to foreign missions,
S19o,OOO to miscellaneous charities, SO, 600
to congregational expenses, and the bal
ance was divided among various boards
Of the Presbyterian Church.
In England as in parts of this country
there has been considerable discussion
regarding DR.. Jowett's annual recom-
pense, which, it is said, will be $4,000,
with the use of a house.
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Wireless Electioneering.
rom the London Chronicle.

From the LONDON CnfOnlclt.
The first election campaign to be fought
by wireless biography is taking place
at Newcastle-under-Lym where Can't.
Eward S. Grosan, the African explorer.
lis opposing Josiah Wedgwood.
Capt Grogan had just started on his
way home from east Africa when the dis.
solution was announced. Ever since then
he has been sending daily marconigrams
to his supporters. and these are posted
up in the constituency. After reaching
Eugland he will have about three days
In which to work before polling day,
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Baptist Ordination.

Augustus I. Nasmith was ordained a
Baptist minister at the Hyattsville. Md.
Baptist Church, Wednesday. Rev. Theron
Outwater, pastor of Kendall Baptist
Church, was the moderator of the occa-
sion. Rev. Hinson v. Hewlett, pastor of
the Second Baptist Church. preached the
sermon. while Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson Of
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ness home with him at night, and rolS
home of all its charm with the horrible
nightmare of the mart. whose sleep is
but to dream of new ways of turning
minutes into money, Will probably sue
coed in gathering dollars enough to
build himself bigger tomb than his
nelghbor. give his heirs something to
light over. and the lawyers enough TO
pay them for keeping up the fight. but
the man will miss life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
PASTOR a11o P@0PIW
Lincoln Sunday School Service.

~ HE Sunday school of McKendree
Ill NJ. e. Church, Massachusetts ave-
nuenorthwest between 9th and 10th
streets, will observe Lincolns anniver-
sary today at 10 o'clock. Representative
George W. Norris of Nebraska will adj
dress the school. Col. w. II. Crook will
also speak. The Apollo orchestra will
render special music.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Lesson of One Life.

The story should be read in full as it is
given in chapters 81 to oU of Genesis 1t
will require less than an hour, but the
hour will prove one of the most enjoyable
ever spent over book.
That story Is crowded full of lessons
for today. 1t tells of faith in God which
remained steadfast in spite of trial, of
patience through years Of waiting for
justification. OF manhood that received
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Commander Evange1ine Booth.

, ,th and A streets northeast. Maj. Frank
Watt: Union Methodist Episcopal. 9th
!; St eet between H and l streets, Maj NJ.
f Barter: North Capitol Methodist Epis-
copal, North Capitol and X streets, Staff
Capt w. c. Crawford