The Washington herald., 1913-03-03
SEATTLE PASTOR
HAS BUSY DAY
Rev. Mark A. Matthews, Pres
byterian Moderator, De-
Evers Three Sermons.
"SIX RS" HIS THEME
'Tall Cedar Of the Sieras" Says that
Gospel Is the Only Means
of Reformation.

S ding the clear note of optimism
END Of the strenuous life for churchmen
Rev Dr.. Mark A. Matthews, OF Seattle,
f.zrE. moderator Of the General Assem-
big the Presbyterian Church. u. ). A,
Eu.w- throughout the country as the
"a cedar of the Serras.'' and better
90: S the pastor of the largest single
E'=rtestant parish in the world. preached
tt-,s times yesterday in Washington to
-a- Il audiences. including scores of in
raj visitors.
Is morning he will address the Pres
N.g ~ian Ministers Association in an open
ing at the New York Avenue
H.rch. DR. Matthews will attend the
.. @ gural ceremonies tomorrow of Will
and Marshall, both of them COM
E.. lcants of the Presbyterian Church.
on Wednesday he will return to
lie by way of New York.
lowing an elaborate mid-Lent musi-
programme at the Church of the
.nant yesterday afternoon. Or Mat
rs preached a sermon on the six
1t was a splendid plea for funda-
tails in church and state alike. He
ed the six RS as: Ruin by sin. re-
ption by Jesus Christ, regeneration
the Holy Spirit. reformatio through
regenerated unit resurrection. which
power in the universe can prevent.
ana reigning with Christ. which involves
the notion of personal fellowship.
World should BE Pure.
In the course Of his sermon, he said:
We are very anxious to reform things.
But We have power at the wrong end of
the work of reformation. The only power
in this world that can effect real reforma-
tion is the Gospel working in the heart
Of man. Society is only reformed as the
individual units are regenerated. There
is no good reason in the world why the
great political world should not be pure.
We have impure politics because II con-
sists of impure units.
If regenerated men were put into con-
troll politics would be pure. 4 mans ex-
ternal life should he compatible with
his internal life. y man cannot be
Christian on Sunday and be a rascal III
the store or hank on Monday. There are
no calendar days in the Christians life.
Il am not interested in the programme
of spasmodic rcvivalS. for the church
should be in state of revival all the
time. Christianity is not A creed not
doctrine, not a philosophy. 1t is a life.
There is no room for dupliCity. dishon-
esty, nor chicanery in the Christian life.
a man need not tell me he had TO do SO
and so. He did not need to do any such
thing
In the morning. AT the Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church. DIR. Matthews ad-
dressed himself to the problems confront
ing the Presbyterian Church as church
and made strong plea for return to
the fundamentals of the live PRAYER meet
ing. the devotional study of the Bible,
and an everyday programme of personal
evangelism.
In the evening. at the New York Ave-
nue. Church, DIR. Matthews declared.
among other things, that the Presby-
Terian Church and the United States
government are alike derelict-the former
in its inadequate missionary schedule of
one hundred new missionaries in China
in three years. and the latter in its fall
u-e to recognize the republic of China.
We should have one hundred new mis-
siOnarleS for China every year for the
next ten years" declared Moderator Mat
thews, ito cope with the enormous prob
lem of evangelizinE China And. in my
Judgment. if Il programme like this is not
adopted there will be little chance Of
over Christianizlng China.
The refusal Of our government" he
continued. Ito give official recognition to
this splendid young republic destined
TO be as powerful and helpful to all Asia
as the United States now Is in North
America. is a blot on the fair page of
American diplomacy and the spirit and
purpose of our own democracy"
DIR. Radcliffe Prcncbes
Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, d. D.. preached
10 a large congregation yesterday morn
ing on Patriotism" taking Jehosaphat
as a model ruler. In part he said:
Blood will tell and the best ancestry
is a Christian ancestry. Jehosaphat had
that. Character is not handed down.
but the elements that constitute char
acter are. Jehosaphat led the people
back to God. We talk of the recall of
Presidents. judges and shcriffs, but what
is needed is a recall of the people. The
people lapse. fall away from God, and
need to be recalled. The Bible is neces-
sary to the welfare OF the nation.
Recall the long list of departed ma
tions and you will recall a long list of
Bibleless nations. When You go up to
Capitol Hill and see the lawyers pre-
senting their cases you are not impressed
that IL is an act of worship. When
YOU go into Congress and see the warm
discussion you are not impressed that il
IS an act of worship. But government
is from God and judges and rulers are
to be the ministers of God. Vital religion
is the need of the day and in our nation
atty the church is the best of all insti-
tutions cultured religion will not do
In that line COnfuCianism is the best and
the answer TO Confucianism is China. If
new movements reform movements. and
the whole brood in that line dare TO
challenge the old ways, l dare to chai-