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pastor's Tbirn Annihersarp.
Ret %. a. @am of 0dlest 0Masbington Baptist
Congregation to Be @ihen Reception in parlors
of Gburfb Alonnap Ghenir~

TN observance Of the third anniver-
sary Of the pastorate Of Rev. Ben
jamin Donald Cav at the West
Washington Baptist Church. reception
will be rendered him by the members OF
the congregation in the parlors Of the
church Monday evening.
Besides q musical program a number Of
Baptist pastors Of the city will make
short addresses in which they will speak
of the work Pastor Cav has accomplished
for the denomination during the three
years of his pastorate in the western part
OF the city.
In that time it is pointed out the men,
bership of the congregation has doubled,
it now having on its rolls over 600 per-
sons. The growth OF the Sunday school
has also been remarkable it is pointed
out, the membership having also doubled
since the pastor took up the work at the
church. In a like manner have the benev-
olences Of the congregation increased In
the past three years according to the
figures of the churcf1's treasurer.
Pastor Cav plans to spend q part OF
his summer vacation at Mortified. Mass.
later going to Clinton, Mass. as well as
Bennington, VT, in which cities he
will occupy the pulpits Of the First Bap-
fist Churches. He will leave Washington
late in July.
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EoUR THOUSAND DELEGATES, repre-
sentative of every state in this
~ country and province of Canada,
including a few from abroad, are ex-
peoted TO attend the, annual general con-
venffon of the International Bible Stu
dents Association to be held in the audi
forum at Glen Echo. Md, for one week
beginning Sunday morning, July Z, at
$50 o'clock. J. j. Rutherford of New
York city is to be the chairman of the
gathering and Maj. Gen. w. p. Hall, U.
S. A.. retired, and Mr.. j. It. D. Pyles,
both of this city. are prominent in the
work of the organization.
Pastor Russell of Brooklyn Tabernacle
is president of the association and, &C
cordifg to the program, will deliver a
number OF addresses during the course
of the meeting Mr.. A. /. Ritchie of
New Lisgard. Ontario. is vice president
of the association. and Mr.. f. w. Bren-
nielsen of Dallas, Tex, secretary. They
will address the convention and in addi-
ton ,about twenty public speakers are
scheduled. for discourses during the pro-
gram. Methods for, conducting Bible
class study are to receive special atten-
ton.
Sunday. July :, is to be Praise day;
Monday. Hope day: Tuesday, king
dom day; Wednesday, "Fruitage day;
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mourn for honest men, as in Jerry the
Miller he says:

mourn for honest men. as in Jerry the
Miller he says:
They laid him in his earthly bed:
His millers coat his only shroud;
Dust to DUST the parson said,
And all the people wept aloud.
For he had Stunned the deadly sin;
And not grain of overtoI
Had ever dropped into his bin,
To weigh upon his parting SOUL"
Then to be true to God. that Is the
climax of all verify. Here prince and
pauper, bond and free. wise and unlearn-
ed may meet on common ground, and
taste alike the peace that only comes
with conscious rectitude. Men have borne
calumny. suffered imprisonment, died at
the stake, for what they felt was right.
with no support save that which still
sustains the valiant sons OF truth in
their long warfare with the hosts of sin,
namely, the conscioueness that One above
knew them to be true to themselves,
their neighbors and to Him.
Out Of these three great forms Of active
truth, are born the greatest Of the things
that are worth while. the only things
which will abide; when, with our tools
outworn. we drop LIES task and take our
places with the things that were.
The first Of these Is character, the Sec
ond is the common good. the third, the
doing Of the will of God.
Character" in man. the one abiding
thing. And what is character apart from
truth? What other virtue can atone for
one small lie? What pennance can ex-
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III CHRISTIAN enotabor 9our E5l|
\ = Bp Rarbtp'S. 3rmia III

Of territory, the great population. the di-
versity of political divisions and the
variety Of languages and. dialects thai
the missionaries have most difficult
task in carrying civilization and Christi
anity to that land.
Fully half of the one hundred and eigh-
ty million population are devotees Of the
lowest and most degrading forms of gu
perstition, 'worshiping sticks and stones
and rags, fearing demons, covering In
terror of the invisible powers of the air
and in slavish subsection to the crafty
witch doctors"
1t is estimated that sixty million of the
population are Moslems. The missionaries
of that faith are aggressively active. and
as they require of their converts no spe-
cial morality of life, they are reaching
the people and making harder the work of
the Christian missionaries There are still
some four million adherents Of the Alb
yssinian and Coptic religions. These re-
ligions, though dating back to the earliest
times of the Christian era, have greatly
degenerated, and their adherents are now
more easily converted to Mohammedan-
ism.
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Separation of Church and State.

This great principle upon which the
constitution of the republic and our whole
system Of government, state and national,
rests should be recognized by all the
churches. and this recognition may be
considered one of the essentials to any
possible scheme of Christian unity. It is
to be hoped that some way may be round
Church to give their cordial support to
this principle, Notwithstanding the in
falhble procurement of Pope Plus TX
In 1854, in his Encyclical letter, article
So: ''Condemning the separation of church
and state" Notwithstanding also an
other article in the same Encyclical. No.
"a. declaring that kings and princes are
not exempt from the jurisdiction OF the
Church.
May l ask Father Doyle to recognize
the motive Of the recent action of several
of the dioceses Of the Episcopal Church
in opposing what seems to us violation
Of this principle on the part OF the
Roman communion?
It Is Incorrect to speak of this action as
an insult to the Roman Church; 1t is
rather an effort to protect from violation
one Of the important principles of our
American Constitution.
OF course I cannot agree with the dis
tinguished rector when he speaks of the
Church OF Rome as the Old Mother
Church To many of us the Church of
England is the Old Mother Church; that
ancient British Church which existed in
England for centuries before any repre-
sentative Of the Church of Rome appear
ed on the scene.
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Life, Love and Labor.

Our first study related to the close of
Christs career, while the eleventh lesson
recalled John the Baptist, who introduced
Christ, as the Savior and Sovereign in the
new realms. From the dark. damp
dungeon came the visitors with the Ques-
ton Of the prisoner whom Christ claimed
to be the greatest Of all men. The
superiority OF the one who is in the king
dom to John was emphasized as well as
the fact that Christ fulfilled by HIS min
istry. miracles and message the require
ments Of the prophets. Our study last
week was a combination OF both lessons
assigned for the day. Tho love Of the
penitent marked by the WomAnfs sacrifice.
was only surpassed by the LOYALTY OF
Christ to one Of His follower The soul
that has sinned has q champion IN Christ.
who welcomes the penitont
All who enter upon the Christian life
are summoned to q Life Of service. Jesus
saves men that they may serve Him in
advancing the kingdom OF God among
men. Tho social struggles that call for
our entrance ana endeavor are q sum-
mons from our Lord to serve our Savior,
Sovereign and eocety by life conse-
Grated TO Code glory and thus fulfill tho
plans OF the kingdom. even a. Christ full
flled the Fathers viii. The socialization
OF the spiritual truths taught by our Lord
10 tho duty that demands our life, love
and labor.
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bring again to his native shores the sick
ness-riven Livingstone In the midst of
the great hardships The jungles give way
before him and his triumphant march.
His fearlessness when approaching the
hordes Of savage black men is not only
remarkable, but inspiring. Then we note
the great change. as the spirit of the
Prince of Peace comes into his heart as
he kneels beside the stricken Livingstone
and hears him say that he wishes his
heart to be buried in Africa" He kneels
before the cross of Calvary, and the
whole world looks on as Henry NJ. Stan
ley emerges from the jungle changed
man. and one Of the most loyal followers
Of the meek and lowly. yet divine Naza-
rene.
Under the teachings of Livingstone and
the other missionaries with whom he
came in contact were recognized three
fundamental and immutable laws. First.
the law of life. that ushers in the race;
the second the law of death. that seizes
all, and third, the law OF gravity. that
strange force which binds into whole
the countless fragments Of the universe.
He believed that the Man of Galilee, the
Son of God and Son of Man, obeyed and
yet broke all these laws. and was there
fore himself divine.
The need Of the world is the measure Of
our task. And it was this sentiment
zell. the missionary bishop of the Metho-
dists In South Africa, who has done such
q wonderful work there.
1t was our privilege here in Washing
ton but a year or so ago to look into his
kindly and inspiring face, and to see the
zeal that cleaned from his eyes, like the
sunlight that dances upon the rippies Of
the lake. We saw him go to the White
House, and cherish in our hearts the
words OF the chief executive of our ma
ton as he applauded him in his mis-
sionary success. Then came that tri-
umphant tour in which the Methodist
for missions and made Bishop Hartzell
supremely happy.
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rates 1t from Europe), the 1sthmus Of
Suez (Which connects it with Asia, the
Red sea (Which separates it from Asia.
and the Indian ocean on the east. the
Southern ocean on the south, and the At
lantic on the west
The length of Africa Is 1870 miles. its
breadth about 400 miles, its area esti-
mated as II 500. 1913 square miles, and its
population at about 1sOOO0.OO0 It's prin-
cipal political divisions are Morocco, AL
geria, T'Inis, Tdpoh. Barca, Fezzan, the
mahdis dominions Abyssinia, the Orange
Free State, the Transvaal, Senegal,
Liberia and the italian, British, German,
French and Portuguese possessions in
various sections of the land
1t is stated that there are 523 different
languages with 800 dialects in Africa.
We can readily see from the vast extent
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labored as a medical missionary among
the natives of South Africa, ministef1ng
to the suffering bodies and the oaTkeheo
minds, bringing peace and comfort 10
MANY hearts of that long neglected people.
Then as an. explorer he discovered III
1a40 Lake Ngami, and for several years
exn1ored the Zambesi and knauza basins
to Loanda.
From there he recrossed the contnen.,
discovering Victoria Falls in 1850 From
that date to 1869 he was engaged IN lead
ing government expeditions up the IAN
best and Shire rivers, and IN eApiollne
the Royuma and the Chambesi valleys;
While navigating the Ianganyha n nS
was driven back by the Manyema' ano
was relieved by Stanley at U5ni IN lsll.
Parting with Stanley In the 1oi!o"ins
wear. he returned to Lake Bangweoia anu
died there in 1873. His heart, wmcn mao
SO long beat in loving devotion " .nS
Land and people Of Africa. was remover
from his body and buried there; Hs
BODY was carried to the coast ana snip
ped to England and was buried IN west
minister Abbey.
He opened up a large part Oh lne eoos
would be ignorant OF today. He SO nveo
among the people as to win their ir1eno-
ship and love and was thus enaoaoo W
veal to the world the deepest lhougnts
and aspirations Of the natNes VIII ia, mr'
he lived and for whom ne !aooreo.
Through him and other missionaries VAST
regions of Africa have been opened up
and the cause OF missions mas Deen
steadily advancing. 500,
We are stirred as we look oacA osSt
the history of missionary activity IN an
narts of the dark continent ana single
out those heroic figures who nave nvea
and loved in such q way as to carry Out
the direct teachings Of the Masters evan
gel and to hasten the coming or TINS
neglected part Of the world to the foot
OF the cross We see Livingstone cut
ting his way through the jungle IN the
dim days of the past and we wonder at
his indomitable energy. At the same
time we know that God was in his heart,
and that heart was beating for the re-
demption of the black man and ever
praying that the most neglected OF all
the worlds races might not be denied q
seat before the heavenly throne In that
day when the redeemed shall come from
the east and the west and from the north
and the south, and sit down with AOra-
ham and Isaac, in the kingdom OF God.
Livingstone's faith was of the deepest
and most sublime nature. IL STANDS out
in marked contrast with the many ais
ciplcs who question and doubt until they
can see the print Of the nails and can
put their finger In the pierced side OF
the Christ He did not wait Tor evil
dence to prove that the door to Africa
was open, but went forth under the d.
vine commission to find and open a door
to homes and hearts of the people OF
that destitute land.
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pamphlet Of facts and figures" concern
Ing missions in Africa: it contains recent
information on population, area, geo.
graphical and political divisions, educa-
ton and progress made by Christian En-
deavor.
\ \ X
Eastern Presbyterian Christian En-
deavor Society completed its new board
OF officers Sunday evening by electtng
as president Miss Grace English.
\ X 4
The Ohio State Christian Endeavor
convention, held at Canton from Tues
ay to Friday Of this week, had Mr.. Percy
s. Foster to conduct the song services.
\
The lawn party and sale held at
Friendship House Wednesday for the
benefit of the work there, was in charge
of Miss Lydia Burklin Of First Congrega-
tional Church, who was assisted by a
committee of thirty young people, which
included Endeayorers from all parts Of
the city.
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jaded souls this book has been We have
been told so often that a simple childlike
faith does not comport with manly dig
nifty; that when we find this counselor
OF kings kneeling three times a day in
humble prayer, to offer thanks and crave
at heavens hand such guidance as lit
tie child might ask, we stand reproved
for any lack of faith which We have
shown and seek again the place of
prayer.
/ Our other Scripture is a heaven-sent
challenge both to hear the truth and in
Its strength to overcome; to which Is
added. as an ultimate reward. the prom
Use OF new and secret name. What this
name is. or why it should be craven in
white stone. we cannot tell: faith bids us
trust, and He who gives this promise be-
ing God of Truth, we shall not trust in
vain The faith of Daniel and of John
brightest when all else was dark. and
voiced its confidence in Gods promises
as sure to come to pass because that God
Himself was true.
Plate asked What is TRUTH" What
answer shall we give to such an inquiry
today? II truth can be expressed in terms
of active life, we must be true to our
own selves. true to our fellowman and
true to God.
How comfortable is the soul that knows
no guile. Wen has the princely poet
said:
ITO thine own self be true;
And 1t shall follow, as the night the day.
Thou canst not then be false to any man"
He that is true to himself, whose mo-
tives are transparent. whose word is sa-
cred as his bond, who hates no lie so
much as that with which men deceive
their own souls, who fears no inquiry be-
cause he has no evil past to hide, that
man Is bleSt. And doubly blest Is he who,
when the day is done, bowling to his
Maker at the hour Of prayer. can say,
Thou knowest Lord that I have been
sincere in dealing with myself this day"
But truth with self is but the stepping
stone to- truth with other men. Rich is
THE life Of man or woman, boy or girl,
who has dealt fairly with the world
around: whose books are open to both
God and men. Men love such men, and
in that early classic Of American poetry.
SAKE has portrayed the grief of those who
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DR.. and Mrs. Davis.

Looking toward the conditions in Brit
fish East Africa, We see the devoted son
of Pastor Davis OF the Westminster Pres
byterian Church Of this city, and stated
clerk Of the presbytery Of Washington
city, bringing the healing art Of medicine
to the natives in one hand and the Bible
in the other. Telling them of the won
drous Christ who died for them, that they
might live In the great hereafter. and at
the same time doing all in his power to
bring them back from their beds of sick
ness.
BY the side of DR.. Davis Is his devoted
and consecrated wife. rendering service
as a trained nurse to those people for
whom the world in general has but little
consideration. There in that far-off sta
ton these two devoted young people are
carrying on their great work-far on the
frontier firing line of the Masters forces.
That God may grant them abundant and
ever increasing success Is the prayer of
every Christian Endeavorer Of this and
every other land. No one Is worthy Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-29
REVIEW OF LESSONS FOR
SECOND QUARTER.

The Appearances of the
Risen Lord. easter Les
SON. Cor, 1911.
The Use of the Sabbath.
Mark, a:a3-3:6.
The Appointment of the
Twelve. Mark. 3:7-Io;
Matt, s:13-16.
The Beatitudes. Matt,
5:1-I2.
Poverty and Riches.
Luke, 6:2o-26; 16:1e-3I.
The Law of Love. (Mis-
sionary Lesson.) Luke,
6:27-38; ROM, 1850.
The Old Law and the New
Life. Matt, 5:17-26.
Truth { u lness. Matt.
5:33-17; JAS, 3:1-12; 5:I2.
Hypocrisy and Sincerity.
Matt, 6:I-I8.
Hearing and Doing. Luke,
6:3o-4o.
Christ's Witness to John
the Baptist. Matt, :2-Ie.
The Penitent Woman.
Luke, 1860, and The
Temperance Lesson. Eph.,
5:II-2I.
Golden Text for the Quar-
ter: | am not come to de-
stroy, but to fulfill. Matt,
SIT.
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and rules today, has
given us a different
attitude toward the
Prophet OF Nazareth
than the crowds filled
with strangers, SYM
pathizers and scoffers
that hocked to hear
Him during the days
of the Galilean min
istry that has largely
been the subject Of
our quarters study.
The fact that Jesus
was crucified as a
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pla,u.ing Cbebp Gbase
MG. Congregation

NORs the purpose of considering the
IT organization of a Methodist Epis-
~ eopal Church and the offer Of the
Chevy Chase Baptist Church to sell to
such an organization its property at Con-
necticut avenue and Shepherd street.
Chevy Chase. meeting Of all interested
persons will be held tomorrow at PM
in the church.
Rev. DR.. John w. r. Sumwalt and other
Washington Methodists will attend. The
meeting. il is declared. will be Of interest
not only TO Methodists. but to all resi-
dents and property owners in Chevy
Chase. Williams. Martins, Otterbourne
and these vicinities. !,
The evening. service tomorrow in Fifth
Baptist Church will be devoted to Scrip
ture reading and sacred song. 1t will be
an evening with the choir" under the
direction of Mr. w. ]. Palmer. A short
talk will be delivered on music by the
pastor, Rev. John L. Briggs.
-
In the metropolitan Baptist Church. 9Th
and A streets northeast. special patriotic
services will be held both tomorrow morn
ing and evening. The themes of Pastor
John Compton Ball will be The Dangers
That Threaten Our Land and the
Remedy and Why We Love Our Coun-
try
The Clark class of young men have
decorated the entire building with flags.
using forty large flags in the display.
Martial music will be rendered at both
services. 1885,.
Rev. Frank J. Good win. pastor of Mount
Pleasant CONGREGATIONAL Church. was
given. the degree of doctor of divinity at
Amherst College during the week The
pastor is an alumnus of the institution.
Rev. William Sunday was made a D. d.
by the faculty of Westminster College
near pittsburgh, during the past week
according to advices received in church
circles here from the Smoky city. The
clergyman. who is an evangelist, was
formerly a professional base ball player.
ri Gil Long. a Chinese Christion mission
airy of Foo Choo, China, who wears the
quaint garb of his countrymen and whc
was delegate to the recent General Con
ference OF the Methodist Episcopa
Church in Minneapolis, is to make an ad
dress in Dumbarton Avenue Methods
Episcopal Church tomorrow morning a
IL O'Clock. DIR. J. G.. Nicholson, pastor
of Dumbarton Avenue Church, is especi
ally DESTROYS that a large attendance
greet the missionary.
Pastor Swem Is TO ADDRESS the congre
CATION of Centennial Baptist. Church to
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Christian Gnneahor Nnion
Officers to Be 9nstallen Monbap
5erbites 00aill DE Belo in eastern presbpterian
Gburfb -Reb George a. tfliller announeeo as
Officiating Clergyman

the installation Preceding the induction
Of the new officers reports OF the work or
the past year will be given by the re-
firing officers and department superin-
tendents. A feature of the meeting will
be a solo by Mr.. Edwin Callow Of the
Eastern Church quartet.
The evening will close with reception
In honor OF the new officers, in charge Of
the Christian Endeavor Society OF the
Eastern Church.
President Holmes will appoint 10 direct
the different branches of the union
work the following: Mr.. Horace NJ. GILL
man. superintendent of extension depart
ment: Miss Agnes t. Suman. superin-
tendent of junior department: Miss
Myrtle Scofield. superintendent OF Sais-
sionary department: MIR. w. f. Bratth-
awaite. superintendent of the music de-
partment: Mr.. E. c. Trumhower. superin-
tendent of citizenship department. and
Mr.. Edward Tarring, superintendent OF
Transportation.