The Washington herald., 1912-07-15
SPORTS VERSUS
RIGHTEOUSNESS
Double headers" Part Of Subject
Of Sermon by Rev. J. W. 3.
Sumwalt.
SERVICES IN OTHER CHURCHES

| Declaring that men thirst after base
| ball more than Righteousness, and thai
they would rather go to see our gieam
ing giadiators trample on the necks oi
the opposition than go to church. Rev
DR.. John W. R. sumwalt. superintend
ent Of the District Methodist Episcopa
churches. in a sermon, at Foundry Nj. L
Church yesterday, took for his theme the
Biblical Beatitude, Blessed is he thai
hungers and thirsts after righteousness
for he shall be filed"
DR.. Sumwalt, who spoke in the absence
OF Rev. DIR. w. r. Wedderspoon, pastor
of the church, the latter preaching al
Ocean Grove Tabernacle, also asserted
that the automobile seems to be more
popular than Righteousness these days.
There is a double-header advertised al
the baseball park" said DR.. Sumwalt
.'the sun is shining its hottest; the all
is sitting; yet many thousands OF mer
drop everything to go to the games, anc
| some Of them are sore II the seconc
game does not go eleven innings. Bu'
when Sunday comes II is positively too
hot to go to church"
DR.. Sumwalt used the hunger and
thirst" test in his sermon. as a sort oi
acid test Of mans ambitions. He de-
clared that the ultimate test is what a
man really cares for. THE hunger and
thirst test must be applied" he said
Nothing else will answer"
Among other things, DR.. Sumwah
iayed the desire for culture for culture
sake. and. the Unsuitable thirst for amuse-
ment as an end in itself, as wrong
motives to govern a Christian
He declared that the automobile seems
to have the right of way with many ap-
petites, and that even a mortgage on
the old homestead does not seem to STOP
the victims of the craze.
Yesterday afternoon DR.. Sumwalt
preached before a group Of Methodists
at Chevy Chase. and conferred with
leaders In regard to the establishment
OF a Methodist church in that suburb,
He also preached at Mckendree NJ. e.
Church in the evening. the open air
services planned by the organization being
called OF on account OF rain.
Despite the heat of yesterday, attend
ance at the morning services of many
churches was reported above the average.
In Protestant churches this was account
ed for. in part. by the fact that large
number OF the clergy are not beginning
their annual vacations before August.
Several preached their last sermons yes
terday for the summer. notably DR.. Rad
Chile ana WI ltdft Ntth
to be gone until the middle Of September.
The afternoon service at Lincoln Park,
under the auspices OF the Protestant
churches in that vicinity. and the peo-
pies open-air evensong at o'clock at
Mount st. Alban were well attended.
There were but few evening services.
several of those being held out Of doors.
Covenant tent and the union service of
lexington Presbyterian and United
Brethren are conducting successful pop
ular open-air meetings Sunday evenings.
At the Washington Cathedral. Rev.
Charles Fiske. rector Of St Michael and
All Angels of Baltimore, preached on
THE Christian Light"
Two Of washington's assistant minis
ters occupied pulpits IN the absence Of
the pastors. They were Rev. Lewis E.
Perdum, at the First Congregational
Church. and Rev Bernard G. Braskamp,
at the Church of the Covenant. At the
Church of the Holy Comforter. Rev.
John Walter Daily who was installed as
assistant pastor last Sunday. has entered
upon his parish work. and assisted in the
services yesterday.
Rev William D. Moss has decided to
accept the call of the Presbyterian
Church at Chapel Hill, n. c. He occu-
pied the pulpit at Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church yesterday morning.
while the Washington Heights Church
was supplied by Rev J. C. Elliott. Of
Albany, Greg. Mr.. Moss will probably
take up his work in North Carolina
about September l.