The Washington times., 1913-02-03
DECLARES PRAYER
BETTER THAN BALL
FOR INAUGURATION
Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, "The
Georgia Cyclone Opens
Campaign for Purer City.

Declaring that a prayer meeting
would be far better for the Govern
ment. the people, and the President
lnan an inaugural ball, Mrs. Mary
Harris Armor, called by her admir-
ers The Georgia Cyclone" began
her campaign in the cause of temper
ance yesterday in the First Congrega-
tionaI Church. Although her efforts are
for temperance in general. Mrs. Armor
is especially anxious that the Jones'
Works excise bill and the Kenyon red
light bill be adopted by Congress, and
will bend her efforts to that direction.
The meeting held yesterday is one of
series of meetings. at which Mrs. Ar
NOR will speak urging the passage of
the bills, which will end on February
To- Tonight at s o'clock she will speak
in Emmanuel Baptist Church on Column
bia Road.
Commends President.elect.
Mrs. Armor commended President
elect Wilson for the stand he has taken
in regard to the inaugural ball. saying
that as a Christian he had taken the
stand against indecent dances which
would have been exhibited II there had
been a ball
That women should be allowed to
choose their own husbands and pro-
pose to the men whom they loved Is
the opinion of the Rev. John W. Friz-
zell, pastor of the Ingram Memorial
Church, expressed last night during the
course of his sermon on Marriage and
Divorce" I'm true marriage" said DR..
FriZzell, husband and wife must be
physically, morally, mentally, and emo
finno 1lN mated They ShnTld he nQS
sionately in love with each other The
supreme problem of civilization is for
parents to bring better bred children
into the world than they themselves
are"
DR.. Frizzell stated that it was more
important that children be trained for
marriage than for a business career, or
even for dying. Marriage should have
and divorce the same relation as surg
cry.
The Child's Religion.
The combination of academic and re-
Hgious teachings of the child was urged
by the Rev. James shera Montgomery.
pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist
Church. yesterday in sermon urging
that more attention be paid to the
teaching of religion In a child's lite.
He thought that at the present time re-
hgion had no place in the public schools.
ITO educate the youth with no
thought of Christian culture is to build
for the future without the fundamental
upon which our country must forever
rest for Its glory and perpetuity. The
foundation upon which everything must
lie upon, the reverence for law, rever-
ence for authority, and. above ali, rev.
erence for God"
Declaring that the one use for the
many religious fads that spring up IN
modern times was that of putting more
inf cir LAT Tfrr. re L
Wiley deplored the careless religious
thinking of today in a sermon In Yer
mont Avenue Christian Church last
night. Some definitions of the gospel,
heious malcontents used the mystery to
carry out their own ideals of religion.
Deal In Generalities.
There are men," he said, who are
trying to stir up people against the
organized church. Such men build no
churches and convert no sinners, but,
dealing in giittering generalities and
pleasing platitudes. they urge upon the
idiscontented the necessity of a new
religion"
That a misplaced optimism is largely
responsible for the existence of evils,
such as the white slave traffic, intem-
perance, and desire to get rich quick,
is the opinion expressed by DR.. ]. B.
NldyIOu before DeIOTe tDe members OF
the Y NJ. c. A yesterday afternoon.
The exploitation of children in our
sweatshops, DIR. Clayton declared to be
one of the most damning evils of our
times. These evils. he said, were
largely due to the optimism that looked
upon them and believed that they would
come out all right of themselves. The
proper optimism is that which does not
believe that everything is all right, but
believes that everything can be made
all right
The definition Of a Christian as the
individual who bears a cross through
life made by the crossing of the life
of self by the will of the Creator, was
given by Evangelist F. F. Cook before
the Washington Temple Congregation
yesterday. The evangelist declared that
those who would live up to the teach
ings Of the Saviour must always be on
the alert