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These are located in various parts of the
country.
The mission work of the Presbyterians
in Cuba and Porto Rico is to be discussed
by Miss Petrie, who has recently given
much time to an investigation of the eff
fort in these possessions.
The president of the society, Mrs S. d.
Luckett, will preside over the meeting.
The other officers are: Treasurer Miss F.
c. Childs, Chevy Chase, Md: recording
secretary, Mrs Harvey S. Irwin: CORE
spending secretary. Miss Sheldon Jack
son; treasurer Christian Endeavor Union,
Frank McChesney: secretary of young
peoples work, Mrs. ]. G. KEEPER; secre-
tary of literature, Mrs. Albert Chesley;
assistant secretary of literature, Miss Ger
trude Wright: secretary for freedmen,
Mrs. B. w. Guy: chairman mission study,
Mrs. NJ " Richards.
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~ HE church is losing its hold on the
OI. people, according to Rev. Charles
SteiZle, superintendent OF the Pres
byterian department of church and labor,
and If it is ever to recover or increase
its power, he says, 1t will be necessary
for 1t to advertise its goods, in the man
ner that theaters. department stores and
other commercial enterprises inform the
public of their attractions and bargains
Mr.. StelZle says that the United States
leads all other countries in the world
when 1t comes to advertising in the field
Of commerce, but 1t is far behind others
when it comes to advertising in the field
Of religion. England and Scotland are
ahead Of us in the latter respect. be-
cause there the church carries on a sys-
tematic publicity campaign in the way Of
attracting the publics attention to its
doings.
According to this clergyman. the daily
newspaper is the best medium for attract
ing the people to the word Of God, and
that for the reason that it is read by
everybody, the rich and the poor. He
also finds that booklets, calendars, hand
bills, electric signs, billboards, bulletin
boards, street cars streamers and BAN
ners are excellent mediums by which it is
possible to draw the attention Of the peo-
pie to the houses of worship
Mr.. Sickle said the other day why he
is strong advocate of church adver-
Using and how such a campaign could
be successfully carried out Asked why
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Newspapers Most Valuable.

"The daily newspaper is without any
question the best advertising medium for
the church." Mr.. Stelzle replied. unless
you are seeking to gain the attention of
particular group of people. who may best
be reached through class journal or UNI
less you want to attract the attention of
limited number of people to a specific
proposition. On the other hand, for gen.
eral publicity the newspaper is unexcelled
i for our purpose. A magazine may have
superior advantages for those advertisers
who engage in national advertising cam
paign, but the church seeks to attract the
attention of the people in the city in
which It is located 1t can best DO this
through a newspaper which is read by the
same constituency that ii is trying to in
fiuence.
you know the newspaper has the ad-
vantage In appearing every day, and
hence it is always up to date. 1t is read
by practically every man and woman in
town, and if al item of unusual interest
is printed it is talked about by every body
in the city. The newspaper is sought aft
er by the reading public 1t already has
the entree into the homes OF the people,
and it Is not looked upon with suspicion.
Indeed, most folks have the utmost con-
fdence in the paper which they welcome
into their homes. Therefore. 1t is not
necessary to overcome the prejudice of
the reader. as might be the case with
some other forms of publicity. Newspa-
pers usually have large circulations some
of them issuing enormous editions. Hence
the newspapers reach more people than
can be reached in any other way
"A church engaged in institutional or
social work has an excellent opportunity
to advertise what is doing through an ex-
hibit which may be placed in public or
semi-public places. or used on special oc-
casions when exhibits are in order Such
an exhibit may be placed in the vestibule
of the church or in some other convenient
but conspicuous place, where 1t may be
easily seen and examined. Such exhibits
may be Set UP and placed In prominent
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Argument for Advertising.

THE church should advertise. because
men must be reached where they are. Il
is the man who is outside Of the church
who most of all needs the message which
the church has to give. It is incumbent
upon the church to take the gospel to
men, whether they come to church or not.
but It is desirable that men should go to
church. Obviously, the church must en-
ploy the media which viii give ii a point
of contact with those outside and away
from it Agencies or methods must be
used that will bring 1t close to the people
and through which it may tell its story.
There were no newspapers in the times
of the Apostolic Church. neither were
there the facilities for publicity which are
found on every side in this twentieth cen
fury. If they had been available, il is al
together likely that the disciples would
have employed them. As ii was, Paul
wrote the Epistles with considerable in
convenience, and caused them to be sent
throughout the church by special meSsen
ger. At a great sacrifice, the preachers
of earlier days went about to tell their
message, in hall and street and from
house to house. The prophets would to-
day be denounced as most sensational in
their methods of attracting men S atten-
ton in order to present their teachings.
There probably has never been preach
er in modern times who has dared TO ne
as advanced In his methods Of advertising
as they were. But the church would do Wen
to catch something of the spirit of these
prophets even though IT does not follow
all of their methods
LASTLY. the church should advertise,
because it is slowly but surely LOSING
ground in our great centers of popu a.
ton. which are inevitably to dominate the
nation. Indeed, from all parts or the
world there come stories Of losses in
membership, either comparative or &C
tual. In the face of this, dare the church
sit back and leave untried single meth
cd which may win men to Christ, pro-
vfded this method be legitimate?"
What do you consider the most sue
cessful methods for church advertisinS?'
was asked.
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Good Billboard Displays.

II the church can get good location
In district which is passed by large
numbers of people-say, for instance, a
trolley transfer point, or the junction of
two principal streets, or opposite the en-
trance to public park OF in the heart
OF the hotel district-such advertising VIII
be profitable. A large bulletin board
on the sidewalk OF the church, or on half
a dozen principal corners near the church,
announcing in an attractive way the
speaker and his subjects. or some other
special feature of the church's work.
will he considerable help. The bulle-
tins must be large enough to be read from
a passing street car, and the matter
painted upon them should be ia as few
words as possible. The whole sign must
be taken in at a glance. Plain black
letters upon a white background, with
out any adornment, is the best general
style to follow.
Hotel proprietors VIII often permit a
church to place in their vestibules neatly
framed permanent notices OF the church'
for the accommodation OF their guests.
Boarding house keepers may be persuade
ed to accept announcements Tor the sun
day services. which may be mailed each
week, a sufficient supply being sent to
give one TO each boarder. Handouts and
dodgers have their value but, as rule,
the average coarsely printed handful
does not bring many results. Small CARDS
are as a rule much better. Poster win
dow cards are effective They should be
artistically printed, so that the store
keepers will NOT object to using them
through fear of marring their window
displays. Vestibule motto cards, contain
ing pointed Scripture texts, have their
value Announcements which are first
drawn by hand in a novel style and re-
produced in a dark blue print are very
directive and should be more generally
employed when only small number is
required. Advertising novelties should be
very sparingly used, unless there is some
thing about the article that is put out
neCuliar flo
idea which you desire to impress upon
the minds Of those who receive A."
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~ EV. HENRY ANSTADT, pastor of
~ Christ Lutheran Church at Gettys-
burg, Pa. who has just been
called to the passionate of the Luther
Place Memorial Church of this city, ia
succession 20 Rev. Lloyd C Douglas, who
has taken up the work of the Interna-
Tional Young Mems Christian Association
committee, with headquarters at the Uni
versity % Illinois. plans TO preach his
first sermon N the local pastorate Janu-
airy Z. He will probably come to the city
shortly to arrange for d residence.
The pastor has been in charge of the
Gettysburg church for the past five years
and has seen the work show much ad-
vance.
He plans to PUT special effort in the
work here. and believes that much prog
Eess will be the result.
Rev. Mr.. Anstai; was born at SeifngS-
grove. Pa. June Is. 1863. and is q son Of the
late Rev. Or. Peter Anstadt, Lutheran cler-
syTuan and former editor of the American
Lutheran the earliest publisher of Cen
eral Synod Lutheran Sunday School Les
son Helps. and also the author Of a num-
her % books. His parents moved to York,
Pa. when he was less than year old,
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need Of educational facilities for the
white race in many sections.
In line with the general policy OF
the UniverSailst Church as whole, the
Church Of Our Father will devote por-
ton of the winters activities to this sub
ject, with view Of making the needs
which exist specifically known and of
assisting those who are working In this
particular field Of advancement
The Sodahty Of the Blessed Virgin VIII
receive holy communion at the o'clock
The Sodality meets every "Wednesday at
30 2. m, and is conducted by Rev. James
i. Smyth.
Solemn high mass will be sung Sunday
at II o'clock by Rev. John NJ. Mcnamara
Father Snyth will preach the sermon.
christian Science will be discussed by
Mr.. Clarence c. Eaton of Tacoma, Wash,
in a free lecture to be given in the Me-"
National Theater tomorrow afternoon at
3 80 o'clock. The lecture is to be given
under the auspices Of the First Church
of Christ. Scientist Of this city
Rev. DIR. ]. H. Gambrel OF Texas Is to
preach In the Fifth Baptist Churcn To-
morrow morning at Ii o'clock, Whlle III
the evening Evangelist VIII d. UpshaW
of Georgia will deliver the sermon BON
are interesting speakers and 1t Is ex-
pected large audiences VIII De III
tendance at both services. Evangetst
Upshaw is know as the georgia -
clone and some months ago cohoucteu
series Of meetings at the t1fth Chuioii'
which were especially successful
\
Rev. A. S. Mowbray. pastor OF the
North Capitol M E. Church, is to preach
at the Gospel Mission this evening a.
O. clock and Evangelist Belt Will pe the
speaker at the services to be heio TO-
morrow evening at the same hour. spe-
cial music will be rendered at both serV-
ices.
+
Evangelist Thomas Harrison VIII con-
duct the evening service in Wesley Meth
odist Chapel tomorrow evening.
The evening service tomorrow at the
First Presbyterian Church will be illus
trated. The subject will be our FIJI
pino Cousins" The lecture will illustrate
customs and conditions, and will
show the transformations effected by the
United States government, as well as the
work of Protestant missions.
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5unnap Gbening
lectures

<<~ DREAM OF SOCIALISM, is the
VI subject Rev. DIR. Wallace Rad
~ clifYe will discuss In the New
York Avenue Presby terrain Church tomor
row evening in his series of Sunday even
ing Lectures on some modern IDEAS as an
ticipated and illustrated In the strange
imagery and symbols OF the prophet Eze-
KEEL
The meetings are attended by many
from other denominations interested In
the scholarly discourses which Dr Rad
cliffe Is giving.
A short musical program Is also rem
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49, HE quarterly meeting Of the Won
~ ans Home Missionary Society of
the Presbytery OF Washington,
which meets Thursday at ~ . clock, in
Gunton-Temple Memorial Presbyterian
Church. is 70 be addressed by Mrs. Teunis
s. Harnlin widow of the former pastor
OF the Church OF the Covenant, and Miss
Josephine Petrie, secretary of the young
peoples work OF the Presbyterian wom-
ans home mission board
Mrs. Hamlin will discuss the PreSby-
terrain and other mission scenes she visit
ed on her trip around the world, from
which she recently returned She will
also pay particular attention TO the home
mission projects which she has. from
time 10 time, given special attention
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REV. HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER.
Johns Episcopal Church. Lafayette
square. next Friday evening. His topic
will be The Practical Effect Of Chris
tianity in the Orient, and 1t is under
stood will show how the peoples of the
far east, particularly those Of japan.
have had their civilization induced and
fastened by the spread not merely Of
the civilization of the occident, but by
the eners1zing and salutary spirit of
Christianity. The clergyman has been
asked to make the address by the central
missionary committee Of the diocese of
Washington, under the direction of Bsh
op Harding.
The missionary council of the third de-
partment of the Protestant Episcopal
Church las charge Of this and similar
services, and the meeting in st. john S
Will mark the first of the character TO be
held in the diocese of Washington.
AS Rev. Mr. Tucker is president Of st.
Paurs College OF Toxic, Japan and
soon to take up his work as missionary
bishop, it is expected that his peculiar fit
ness to speak of the work OF missions will
attract large attendance Of those inter
ested in the effort.
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man. Nehemiah stood firm in the death
struggle of Palestine's paganism for su-
premacy. To pray and labor gave MN
his success. In his experience we ought
To see the secret of success for every
great spiritual service that has to battle
against the scorn of today, the secret op-
position of protested friends. and the
open hostility of the foes OF christ ana
away from Gods service. Let us be
"steadfast, unmovable, always Astounding
in the work of the Lord, for as much as
we know that our labor is not in vain IN
the Lord" II we offer our life upon the
altar of service or sacrifice to God and
concentrate all efforts of our labor for
Him we shall conquer all of our foes. In
every struggle God will draw near to
help. If He be for us, who can be against
IN or defeat us? When He is our strength,
SUCCESS is assured
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the church should advertise, the min
lister said:
Zone night a few years ago I went to
a suburban town of about twenty thou
sand people to give address under
the auspices of a church brotherhood.
Being ignorant of the location of the
church in which the meeting was to
be held. the drug store across the road
from the station offered a convenient
place at which to inquire.
" Can you tell me where the First
Presbyterian Church isl I asked one
of the clerks behind the counter.
" No he replied. with some hesita-
ton. Then. turning to another clerk
he said: George, tell this gentleman
where he can find the Presbyterian
Church.
81 don't know just where 1t is the
assistant answered, but I believe that
it's about three blocks down this way,
pointing in a southerly direction.
ITO make sure that 1 would waste no
time, a young man who stood on the
corner was asked the same question. He
had never heard of the church. AS 1
was walking up the street a young
woman was politely requested to show
me the way, but she, too. was ignorant
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Social Service.

He started his civil reforms by securing
a united effort in which both the rich and
poor co-operated in building the city walls
The condition OF the poor whose serv-
ices in rebuilding the wall were contrib
uted became more distressing as IL be-
came more difficult to supply the family's
need For months many of them had NOT
been able to secure regular employment
The hostile actions of the pagan foes in
creased the scarcity of the food supply
To meet taxes and provide food they had
borrowed from the money lender. The
burden of paying the exorbitant rate OF
interest increased and sent them deeper
into debt Nehemiah provided a public
table for all who visited him He fed
all who came, until. having decided upon
his plan of action. he publicly pointed out
to money lenders their violation of God's
law. bringing scandal upon their religion
and acting unjustly to their brethren. 1t
was contrary TO the law for a man to
charge interest upon loan made to an
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stores or other centers where the people

stores or other centers where the people
may be reached
Billboard advertising has been placed
upon a very substantial business basis.
1t is rather difficult in the average city
70 act independently of a national assoc
citation of billposters and distributors, as
this body loans or leases the bill boards
or board.ngs in all OF the large c ties and
most desirable towns of more than 1900
inhabitants in the United States and
Canada. The argument for the bill
postery is that people do not purchase
advertised articles so much because OF
what they know about them as because
they know of them
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advertiser-who must so attractfvely and
so convincinsly present his proposition
that il will appeal TO those who nave
perfect right 70 buy Or not 10 buy-that
is, there is no particular authority vested
in the church which gives II the power
to insist that men should come into its
organization unless they have by virtue
of their confession OF Christ already COM
nlitted themselves TO the cause which the
church represents.
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Couldn't Find Church.

Couldn't Find Church.
..\Vhat was the trouble? Was this
a new church enterprise. in an obscure
mart Of town. of which the community
had not yet had time to learn? NO.
The church was one of the most promi-
nent in the city. and it was over one
b,,dred wears old. 1t stood on the
most Travelled corner in the city, In
beautiful little square. Every street
car in town passed by its door me
steeple could be seen from most any
point within a mile. But mere were
i've different persons, within three
blocks of the church, three OF them
saiesneople in popular stores, ana p,e-
sunabIy all of them residents OF tne
town. who did not know where the
church was a.,
church. it's officers and most OIL ~
meD,hers took 1t for granted that
every man woman and chic IN 10"
at least knew where the chuTch couIu
be found At first thought TINS sltua
ton seems unpa rdonable. but general
eynerience and practical experiment
have proved that about the same con,
dition exists in nearly every city ahn
town of any size III the country. MoS.
men outside the church are lsnorant
Of the location and especially or the
work of particular church enterprises
in the cities in which they live.
Now. it is not so much a question
as to whether a man can hnd pace
to worship when he desires 10 90 "
church as 1T is whether the church
has done it's full duty in acqu ia t,,ls
him, first. with the fact that ne mus.
90 fo church if he would get the most
out Of the Christian life. and, second.
that here is church which can help
him develop the best type OF MANHOOD
For how can men be expected to go to
a church of which they have not
heard. and how can they feel that that
church has the message which they
need, unless this fact has been repeat
edIy made plain to them?
THE burden of this matter rests upon
the church and not upon the man outside
the church, for be it known to all church
men that there is no specific command in
Scripture for the non-Christian to attend
church. We find there are many COM
mands which have to do with church at
tendance, but all of them refer exclusive
Nv to the Christian. 1t must be quite
evident therefore, that the church is
placed in the position Of solicitor-an
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dered at the services by the quartet choir.
The music which has been rendered by
choral organizations at the Sunday even
ing services in the Church of the
a chorus organized by Mr.. Otto Forney
Simon from the members of the church
and others. with Mr.. Louis C. Atwater as
accompanist.
The chorus will start with sixty singers.
1t is proposed to give music largely from
the Oratorio. running through the pre-
nminary service at 7:3O o'clock and the
regular O'Clock service. Tomorrow
evening choruses from Gounod's Re
demption" will be sung as follows: Forth
the Royal Banners Co." THE ReprOach-
err" THE Earth is My Possession" Lord
Jesus, Thou to All Bringest Light and
Salvation" Beneath the Cross Remain
ing" Lovely Appear Over the Noun
The oratorios of the Messiah" "St.
Paul." Elijah Life and DEATH Jus
tus'' and the Daughter Of Jarus'' are in
preparation.
The promotion of the education of white
boys and girls in the remoter districts of
the south was discussed at the regular
monthly meeting of the board of trustees
of the Church of Our Father, Universalst,
for December, held Wednesday evening
A committee was appointed to arrange
for an effective presentation or the topic
in the form Of a mass meeting to be held
as a Sunday evening service at some time
during the winter
The biennial convention of the Uni
versalist Church, which held at
Springfield Mass, recently developed All
advanced position in the alliance of the
church with movements for sociological
uplift. The movement in this direction
was ardently supported by number of
the leading clergymen of the denomina-
ton. including Rev. John Van Setback
jr., pastor of the Church Of Our Father.
The church extension work that has been
done in the south during the past few
years has incidentally shown the great
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EHENNAH found that the building
~ of the cttys walls led him into
~ other reforms Every moral
change prepares the way for another re-
form Mastering the difficulties presented
by heather enemies was much easier
than conquering the foes within his own
forces Nehemiah found that the dread
ftl condition of the labo1ng men through
whose energy the walls were rapidly be-
ing erected filed his soul with a passion
for their relief. The Sagacfty, skill and
success which crowned his efforts are
worthy Of our study in this day. when the
cry OF want is heard in the land of plenty.
There ought not to be in any land today
any want that hurts The survey OF So
cial conditions reveals the bitter want fire.
Quently within a few doors Of superfuous
plenty. The curse Of poverty is recog-
sassd hy all but there Is no agreement
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as to its cause and cure. Today, as In
Nehemiahs time. the borrower is the
servant OF the lender" The money sharks,
by excessive usury rates, had crushed
hope out OF their poor victims and re-
duced them to absolute restitution, SO
that they sold their daughters into slav-
cry to provide the needed payments for
food. Nehemiah did not attempt to cure
the evil until he had carefully mapped
out plan that promised success for his
social service policy.