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~ HE Young Peoples Society Of Chris
III. tian Endeavor of Keller Memorial
Lutheran Church has installed the
following officers: Claude A. Derr. presi-
dent; Miss Marie Humphrey, vice presi-
Miss Ethel Batson, corresponding secre
tary; Warren Settler, treasurer; Mrs. A.
w. Cummey, intermediate adviser; Mrs.
]. L. Deveney, junior superintendent; Miss
Marie Humphrey, lookout committee chair
man; Harry Snyder. missionary commit
tee chairman; Mrs. L. A. Kalbach, prayer
meeting chairman: William Weber, music
committee chairman; Miss Joy Colwell,
social committee chairman.
Eastern Presbyterian c. E. Society
will have an echo meeting of the Atlantic
City convention Sunday. July 23, when
the returned delegates Of this society and
others will make reports of the best fea-
lures of the 1911 convention.
Miss Hilda U1rickson. delegate Of the
First Congregational Endeavor Society
Missionary Conference. started from
Washington this week to attend the ses-
sions Of that organization from July II
to n
Y
Kendall Baptist young people will con-
tinue throughout the summer their reg
ular Sunday and Tuesday evening Chris
tian Endeavor meetings. The three dele
gates of the society to the Atlantic City
convention will report to the society at
a date TO be announced.
Among the Washington pastors who
were in attendance this week upon the
sessions of the Christian Endeavor con-
vention at Atlantic City were the Revs
s. H. Woodrow and s. r. Swift, First
Congregational Church: Rev. F. T. Ben
son. Rhode Island Avenue Methodist
Protestant Church; Rev. Earle Wiley,
Vermont Avenue Christian Church, and
Rev. w. A. Melvin, First Methodist
Protestant Church. Frequent references
were made to the absence of Rev. F. d
Power. who was for many years trustee
. of the United Society OF Christian En-
deavor, and whose recent death is deep
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@etting a Blight Start.
Bp Keb. CHARLES 5tel3le,


Sf7 a handicapped by weak
~ inherited pull
If. in addition, he comes out
debasng degrading this makes his
said that II
right kind Of
family
which professional
physically
half of the being immoral
habitua thieves and
Not of
a them learned
prison This family has
million and quarter dollars
of
not alw by choice disadvantage birth
the fisherman died Jonathan Ed
family 1900
identified OF these thirteen
thirty judges 100
judgs 100 were awyersany
physicians seventyfve Of
college grad
Vice President OF the
of states members OF Con-
foreign courts Fifteen rail-
and large industrial en-
Almost
and of public welfare mas e the
impulse long-ived family
the Of grandparents
to himself to give
be rich
training them
concerned but he help I'M
mensely character
children for an inheritance
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Iy mourned by all the officials Of the So
ciety and the regular attendants Of the
endeavor gatherings. Rev Earl Whitley,
present pastor of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church. was elected trustee to
fill out the unexpired term Of DR.. Power.
x X X X
The following new officers are serving
the Riverdale Presbyterian intermediate
Society for the six months from July l.:
George T. Montgomery, president; Miss
Annie L. Lewis. vice president; James
Ketner, recording secretary; Thomas
Montgomery, corresponding secretary;
Edison, delegate to the District union.
DIR. Harry P. Welsh Is the society's adj
wiser.
X X
At the rally held this week at Atlantic
City of Endeavorers who are members of
Disciples churches twenty-nine states
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were represented and the District of Co.
egates with an attendance of twenty
eight, as compared with thirty-three from
Pennsylvania. 1t was stated more than
1900 societies Of Christian Endeavor had
been organized in the Disciples churches
during the past two years.
X X
The Knox Memorial United Presby-
terrain Society has inaugurated a hot
weather contest" to continue for two
months. Points will be given for at
tendance. punctuality and participation.
The secretary of the District union re-
ports that July 1, the seventy-five In
termediate and young peoples societies
of Christian Endeavor belonging to the
union had an aggregate membership Of
4,16O
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Goes to Tuskegee School.

Cornell University has recommended. by
request, that Nathaniel Allison Murray
be appointed teacher Of agriculture al
Tuskegee Institute, Booker Washington
school Murray is a graduate Of the M
Street High School Of this city. with q
postgraduate training of two years 81
Hampton Institute. He afterward tooR
the two-year course at Cornell. Finish
ing his university work, he taught at
Princess Anne Academy. on the eastern
shore of Maryland. The young man is
the son of Daniel Murray Of the Con-
gressional Library and Of Mrs. Anna
Evans Murray, who established the kin
dergarten system for the colored chill
dren of Washington.
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Need the Gate to Abundance,
REV. SAMUEL W. GRAFFL1N.

Need the Gate to Abundance"
Scripture Basis: Phil. 4:1s;, Cor, 1918;
Phil, Alb.
<<T. UNGER is the best sauce, 4"
III runs the old proverb: and no
~ where Is this more vitality
true than in the spiritual life. Indeed, 50
true is 1t that Jesus placed 1t in the
Beatftudes. saying Blessed are they
which do hunger and thirst after right
eousness." All that we possess is the
result Of a sense Of need. Savagery Is the
child Of tropical abundance, the great
and useful products Of mans inventive
genius were born Of wintry rigor or
hostile surroundings. In our religious
living, 1t is the feeling that the world
around Is cold. that we are engaged in
a great combat, and that unless we
strive we shall starve. spiritually. that
drives us to wrap the mantle Of God
love around US; to arm ourselves with
the "panoply Of God" and seek most
earnestly for the bread and water of
life.
Then, our needs are one Of the surest
indexes Of our character The man or
woman Of many temporal needs is gen.
orally so engrossed in the satisfying of
them that they have no time for spiritual
things: while to those who put the soul
and its needs first there comes q sense
of freedom from the things that are
purely earthly, and both time and OPP
portunity to secure those that minister to
the soul.
Two things are true concerning every
life. First. that one Of the surest indi-
cations Of right estimate Of ourselves
Is that such an estimate Is always fol-
lowed by an overwhelming sense Of our
limitations, which brings US to think Of
our need Of divine help to enable us
to overcome them. This is followed by
fact equally true, namely, that to
no prayer is the Divine ear more open
or responsive, more immediate. than to
the prayer that rises from heart fully
conscious of it's need.
Three Scriptures are given us. The
first, Phil, 4:19 has been called "A blank
check upon the bank of heaven" Here
we have infinite resourse coupled with
limitless promise. No need is too great
for such abundance. No soul need re-
main spiritually impoverished that dares
upon the "Giver Of all good In answer
to such an invitation.
The second Scripture, / Cor, 1913, en-
phasizes phase Of need and abundance
so common as to be of almost daily or
hourly occurrence; that is, the need of
deliverance from temptation. In this
verse we have another Of the unquali-
fed promises that are so frequently
found in Gods Word. Out Of the very
realization, that we are in desperate need
because of temptation. springs a turning
to the Faithful God" and His Way of
escape"
The third and last OF these verses, Phil,
Alb. is a valiant war cry from the lips
of that rare spirit Paul. who. from the
depth of his conscious dependence upon
God for all things, and with the memory
of his past trials and triumphs fresh in
mind. cries out, II can do all things
through Christ which strengthened me. 3"
Thus from our need, as from his, springs
a sense Of dependence upon the Great
Source Of help and In place Of need We
have abundance.
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5ilher Bap Conferenre
prominent Speakers 0dlil partifipate in Aleetngs
to plan Enhancement for the " 3slen AMI Religion
6oruarh Hlnhement

A good deal has been said about the
'.men and religion forward movement
In the public press. The first formal eff
fort in addition to the recent recognition
day observed in many churches in June
last will take the form of a conference
at Silver Bay on Lake George, July 22-30.
Here plans for the opening of the ninety
city campaign to be started next fall will
be gone over with the delegates and the
teams OF expert speakers present. who
will exchange views and work out details.
IL Is said nearly all of the ninety
~cities that have arranged to enter into
the active campaign will be represented
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PRAYER.

PRAYER.
Behold the mountain Of the Lord
In latter days shall rise
On mountain tops above the hills.
And draw the wondering eyes!
To this the joyful nations round.
All tribes and tongues. shall flow:
Up to the hill Of God, they'll say,
And to His house we'll go.
The beam that shines from Sion's hill
Shall tighten every land
The King who reigns in Salem's Towers
Shall all the world command.
Among the nations He shall Judge:
His judgments truth shall guide:
His sceptre shall protect the just,
And qucll the sinners pride.
No strife shall rage. nor hostile feuds
Disturb those peaceful years;
To plowshares men shall beat their swords,
To pruning hooks their spears.
No longer hosts encountering hosts
Shall crowds Of slain Geplore:
They hang the trumpet in the hall
And study war more.
Scotch Paraphrascs of Isaiah, 11:2-6.
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1sroRY repeats itself. Acti,

m. ISTORY repeats itself. Action Is
SH followed by reaction. The pendu-
~ lum swings from one extreme to
another. So it was with Manasseh. the
successor of his father Hezekiah, as King
of Judah. There was a complete revision
under his administration from the re-
liigous practices and policy of his father.
The young king, who was only boy
when he commenced to rule. fell under
the influence Of reactionaries. He was
guided by their judgment in the early
part of his administration, so that he
uprooted the reforms inaugurated by his
father and did that which was evil in
the sight Of the Lord" The lad, who had
been trained in the precepts Of Jehovah.
who ought to have been influenced by
the example of his father. not only re-
fused to listen to the warnings OF the
prophets. but entered upon a life of sin.
like unto the denominations of the heath
en-, whom the Lord had cast out before
the children of Israel" The heather prac-
tees in the religious cults Of Palestine
were so foul and degrading that they
ought to have been put down then, as
they would now, by force II necessary,
yet Manasseh did worse tnan they.
X
Record.
H. Ii
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- Ey. w. R. wEDDERSPOON. D. D..
* pastor of Foundry Methodist
~ Episcopal Church. will preach
Sunday morning and evening prior to his
departure from the city for the vacation
season. His theme in the morning will be
..The Sure Word of Promise and In the
evening Gods Voice in the Yosemite
Valley"
DR.. and Mrs Wedderspoon go to Bay
View, Mich, where DR.. Wedderspoon as
sists Bishops Berry and Hughes in the
assembly there, later going for a rest In
Canada, and returning to Washington
early In September.
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by delegates. These local committeeman
will become acquainted with the team
members and familiarize themselves with
the details of the scheme
Among the speakers who will partici-
pate in the conference are Rev. C. Sill
vester Horne of London, Rev. Clarence A.
Barbour of New York. Rev. Robert
Moore. DID,, former pastor of Foundry
and now of Brooklyn; DR.. Ira Landrith
of Nashville, Mr.. William Edgar Cell.
John l.. Alexander. secretary of BOY
Scouts of America; Rev. Charles Sickle
and Fred b. Smith.
G. w. F. Swartzell is chairman of the
local committee. 1t is expected five Wash
tngton delegates will attend the Silver
Bay conferenle.
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Men ann Religion

Consideration Of the Men and Re-
ligion" movement will be taken up by
the men of the congregation of the
Gunton-Temple Memorial Church Sun
day morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. c.
Everest Granger. the pastor, having
called a meeting for that hour.
The campaign will be In progress
during the season Of 1911-1912 in both
America and Great Britain. 1t Is the
belief of Mr.. Granger that 1t Is not
too early to plan for the work. which
because of its international scope he
10 confident will be most interesting
and inspiring.
The Young women's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society Of Ryland M. E..
Church will give trolley ride to Glen
Echo. Nd. Monday.
Bishop E. e. Hoss Of Nashville, Tenn,
one of the leading men of the Southern
Methodist Church. will preach at
Mount Vernon Place Church Sunday
morning at the IL o'clock service
Bishop Hoss is on his way from Chau
tauqua, N. Y. where he has been lee
turing He formerly was editor Of
the Nashville Christian Advocate.
Can the Church Make Good?" will
be the topic of Rev. Charles Stelzle
superintendent of the department OF
church and labor of the Presbyterian
Church. Sunday morning, when he will
occupy the pulpit of the Church of
the Covenant. In the evening he will
speak in the Church of the Covenant
tent Mount Pleasant street and Park
road, the subject at this meeting be-
ing The Cure for Worry"
The annual outing Of the Washington
district of the Epworth League Monday
is expected to be one of the most sue
cessful ever held by the organization
The outing this year will be a river trip
to River View and Indian Head. Base
ball games and athletic events for both
boys and girls have been arranged. 1t
has been announced ice cream will be
served free to all children on the morn
ins boat.
All services of the Fifth Baptist
Church will be continued throughout the
summer There will be preaching by the
pastor, Rev. John e. Briggs, at IL and
4: - o'clock each Sunday, except during
August when the pulpit will be supplied
by DIR. G.. w. Mcdaniel. pastor Of the
First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va,
and by the former pastor, DR.. Weston
Bruner, now of Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. DR. Thomas Chalmers Easton, who
was pastor of the Eastern Presbyterian
Church for more than twelve years, will
occupy the pulpit of the lexington Pres
byterian Church Sunday, July % and 80.
DR.. Easton now resides at East Orange,
n. J.
Washington Baptists Who Are lay
ing Up Trouble for Themselves Is the
subject to be discussed by E. Hez Sven
before the Capital Baptist Church con-
gregation Sunday night at S:15 o'clock
in the Typographical Temple, 423 G
street northwest.
novena in honor Of ST. Ann will be-
gin Monday evening at 80 o'clock in
ST. AIMS Church, Wisconsin avenue ex-
tended. The services will consist of a
short instruction, special prayers and
benediction of the blessed sacrament, and
will he conducted by the pastor. Rev. T..
O. Smyth, every evening at 7:30 o'clock
and in the morning after the s O'Clock
mass. The novena closes July 26, the
feast of st. Ann.
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Rev. George Fiske Dudley has been
rector Of the parish since 1893, when II
was organized. The corner stone was
laid in 1894. The chancel, crossing, tran
septs and two bays Of the nave were fin
ished and used on Easter day, April To-
1895. The parish is one of the most
fourishing of the denomination
The foundations of the structure are
now nearly completed. and 1t is expected
the completed church will be ready for
occupancy in October.
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Keh. 0M. &. 0@fnnerspoon
on Dis Annual Vacation
Reb a. q. Rolmes to CONDUIT Pastoral oeaork at
foundry in Pastors absenfe--al Regular 5srh.
ICES to Be Continued 49,

During the pastors absence Rev. n. III.
Holmes, ID. d.; of the Pittsburg Confer
church services, In Foundry DIR. Holmes
is a preacher OF great ability, and by his
winsome spirit has won the hearts OF all
who have met him.
The bright hour services Sunday
evenings are deslervedly popular as man
ifested by the large audiences attending.
The bright hour" and all other regular
services in Foundry will be continued
during the summer months Thus when
many churches are closed for the even
open door and a bright service for all
who may seek It
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Riggs, George A. Lewis and g. Bowie

Riggs, George A. Lewis and g. Bowie
Chapman
Several changes were made from the
original plans, including the provision for
three large central doors and the elabora-
ton of the tower decorations. The adj
and the tower ninety feet high 1t will
cost approximately $4,000. bringing the
total cost of the edifice to more than
$4,000. The material being used is black
granite, and the trimmings will be Of
terra Gotta.
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# R@unoap School lesson
NH Bp Ret: !19ugb a. Sttbenson.

tory Of Judah. was marred by its activ-
ity in arresting the reforms OF his father
and SURPRISING all his predecessors In
iniquity. The characteristic of biblical
biographical record is that both sides are
given. In the statements Of Manasseh's
reign. which was inaugurated at pc
riod Of peace, prosperity and power, we
read story of sin that surpassed all
others in the depths to which he went in
departing from the way Of Jehovah. The
details OF his departure are In the lesson
before us. Hezekiah sought to centralize
the religious life OF the nation by the
worship of Jehovah I'm Jerusalem. Ma
nasseh sought to satisfy everybody by
where all the local and foreign deities
could be represented. He restored the
heather affairs upon the hills where the
Cannanitish and local deities were wor-
shped oftentimes with lascivious rites.
The commercial and political relations
with Assyria led to the Introduction OF
the pagan worship of Assyria. He des-
ecrated the temple by erecting and plac-
ing in its sacred portals affairs to the
worship Of the host Of heaven, placing
them on an equality with Jehovah. Po-
litical expediency may have led him to
introduce this false faith because Ma
nasseh ruled as a vassal King of Esar-
haddon.
The valley of Hirnon once more be-
came the site OF the furnace of Moloch.
where the king offered his children as
sacrifices. He encouraged all forms Of
faith. no matter what it's character.
MacLaren tells US that "Manasseh's ca
ger acceptance OF a miscellaneous multi
tude of deities was an unconscious
confession Of the insufficiency of each and
all of them to fill the void of the heart
and satisfy the spirit The Lord re-
buked the king and the people whom He
had led into iniquity by lowering their
religious standards, and they would not
listen The one who refuses Gods VOICE
Will suffer. We face the same danger
today. If We follow false gods and
standards we, too. like Manasseh, will
reap what we SOW
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Repentance.

The days Of captivity did for Manasseh
what the prosperity. power and position
Of the palace could not do. The way Of
the transgressor is hard. In his suffer-
ings Manasseh sought the Lord. The
teachings Of his father came back to him.
It Is another illustration of the proverb.
Train up q child In the way he should
go. and when he Is old he will not de-
part from It." Conscience memory and
experience brought him to humbly seek
the favor Of the God Of his fathers, whom
he had replaced by his carved Idol and
dishonored by his denominations" God
heard him and restored him to his posi-
ton Of power in Jerusalem Then Ma
nasseh knew that the Lord, He was God"
1t frequently takes trouble, tribula-
ton and trials to make us see the
error or our ways. The horrors of
prison brought Manasseh to God. 1t
may require the fires of affection to
show US our transgressions and make
us turn from our iniquity unto God
for pardon. Manasseh proved by his
works. as he sought to restore the wor-
his conversion. yet he could never undo
the harm he had done to others. There
Is another lesson that the experience
of Manasseh teaches. 1t foreshadowed
the truth enunciated by Christ to the
woman Of Samaria concerning the char
acter OF God and worship.
God is a spirit and they that worship
Him must worship Him In spirit and
In truth" Manasseh was away from
Jerusalem. with its sacrifices and serv-
ice, yet he was able to make his
peace with God In far of Babylon. It
is almost a miracle for one hardened
in sin, as was Manasseh. to repent.
He cried unto God and was heard, for
the Lord Is nigh unto all them that
call upon Him.. II Manasseh could be
restored then the door Of repentance
and restoration Is open to all who
will heed the words Of the prophet.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and
the unrighteous man his thoughts;
and let him return unto the Lord, and
He will have mercy upon him. and to
our God, for He will abundantly
pardon
Gods offer is still open. He that
heard the prodigal heard the cry OF
Manasseh in the far of country. and
will hear you. There ID forgiveness for
you: yea, more there is peace, pardon
and power in Christ II you will Re
nant. and turn yourselves from all
your transgressions. so iniquity shall
not be your ruin" God does not desire
the death of sinners. We should turn
from wickedness and live" We must
cease to do evil, learn to do WELL
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Reaping.

The king. who prosecuted the prophets
and people failed to heed Gods warn
ing, wherefore the Lord brought upon
them the captains of the host of the
King Of Assyria, which took Manasseh'
and led him by a hook In his nose to
Babylon. We have no extra biblical ac-
count. yet 1t is apparent that Manasseh
became involved in a rebellion against
Assurbanipal. To master the uprising
against him the Assyrian king made one
Of the most remarkable marches in all
oriental history. Turning away from the
usual military roads, he crossed the IT,
girls and Euphrates rivers, then marched
over the Syro-Arabian desert, surprised
his enemies, chastised and punished them,
then carried large numbers into captivity.
The spells in cattle. according to the
cuneiform records, were so great that
they filled the land.
In this company was proud Manasseh.
Frustrated by his own iniquity. God
would have saved Manasseh IL he had
listened to His warnings. He refused to
heed and brought on himself degradation
and suffering, for then 1.-The Lord brought
upon them the captains of the host OF
Assyrta." One who has suffered the tor
lures Of Siberia for Christ counted them
as nothing to what Christ had suffered
for him. The sorrow. struggles and suf-
fertng OF Manasseh in the far country,
like the prodigal whom Jesus made i'm
mortal, led him to seek the Father.
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Manasseh's Wickedness and
Penitence.

III Chron. 3S:1-20. Golden Text: Cease to
do evil, learn TO do we'll. lsa., 1:l8-17.
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101nf DIRK is progressing rapidly on
kvllDH the addition to complete St

Stephens Episcopal Church.
14th street northwest near Columbia.
road. The design is by William North
rup Dudley. architect, of Boston, Mass,
executed under the direction of the par
ish building committee. which is COM
posed Of Judge G. M. Hustled. chairman:
Commodore G. H. Peters, U. 8. N, re-
tired; William II. Saunders, Maj. E. F.
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Manasseh's reign. the longest in the his
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