The Washington times., 1913-07-14
HOLY NAME SOCIETY
PRAISED BY PASTOR
The Rev. Father Hannah Points
to Its Work in Uplifting Nor
ais of Community.

Work accomplished by st. Martins
Holy Name Society in the interest of
the public morals provided the theme
for an address by the Rev. Eugene A.
Hannah. in st. Martins Hall, last night.
He cited number of instances where
the sale of improper literature and post
cards has been stopped by the society.
and said that only last week 1t had
been instrumental in prohibiting an i'm
moral exhibition in a local amusement
house.
THE fight of our organization is one
that must be kept up INCREASINGLY said
Father Hannah, who is the society s
spiritual adviser. 1T must be our rule
to fight vigorously every public amuse-
ment that has a tendency to lower the
standard of Christian morality
Announcement was made this morning
that more than half of the $4,000 needed
to build a new parish house for St
Joseph's Church, on Capitol Hill, has
been subscribed, and much of it has
been paid in cash. The comnittee Of
100 men of the parish who are raising
the fund expect to have the full amount
pledged by the end of the summer.
Outing for Orphan Boys.
The orphan boys of st. Joseph's Asy-
lum- are the guests of the men of the
parish today at the carnival being held
on the church grounds. About seventy
five boys were taken from the asylum
to the scene of the carnival, where all
the amusement features wre opn to
them.
Darwin's theory that all life developed
from a simple cell. a microcosmic proto-
plasrn, was declared yesterday to be in
direct contradiction to Biblical teach
irigs. by Evangelist H. Clay Rockwell.
who said the Omnipotent had created
a perfect being" when he made the first
man and that since that time the sons
OF Adam have been descending the
moral and physical scale. One result
OF this, the evangelist told the Wash
ington Temple congregation. is that man
kas degenerated so that he only lives
three score and ten years today, where
as he used to live 800 years.
AS further evidence of Darwin's error
Mr.. Rockwell said that Albert Russell
Wallace, the scientists predecessor In
the development Of the theory of evolu-
tion, admitted just before his death that
he was mistaken in his early theory as
TO the origin of species.
New Church for President.
Announcement was made yesterday
that the Central Presbyterian Church.
Third and i streets northwest. where
President Wilson has been attending
services, has been sold to the Mt. Car
mel Baptist Church. colored. and that
the construction of a new building for
the Central congregation at Irving
street and the Avenue of the Presidents
win begin August J. ''-
The purchase price Of the old church
edifice was, 5000. of; which $1,000 viii
be paid August ) and the balance some
time later, The building will not be de-
livered to the Mt Carmel Church until
early in December, by which time II Is
expected the new building will be nearly
completed. The new church will cost
about s5O.0oo. A. P. Clark, jr., will be
the architect.
A union meeting of the lexington
Presbyterian and the United Brethren
Churches was held last night in the
edifice of the latter congregation. Next
Sunday evening a similar meeting will
be held in the lexington church, and
these alternate meetings will continue
until September 4.