The Washington times., 1913-01-27
MORAL BEAUT|FY|NG
Of CAPITAL NEEDED,
DECLARES PASTOR
The Rev. Whitley Pleads With His
Congregation to Help Clean
Up City.

Declaring that the moral beautifying
Of Washington was far more important
than the physical beautffying which has
received SO much attention from Con-
gress, the Rev. Earle Wilfey, pastor
Of the Vermont Avenue Church, yester-
day pleaded with the members of his
congregation to work individually for
the moral cleanup of this city. Mr..
Wiley had prepared statistics showing
that conditions were such that children
on the way to school were forced to
pass by saloons and that the red light
district flourished within biscuit throw
of police stations.
DR.. Whitley stated that the physical
beautifying of Washington was most
commendable, and Congress was going
about the matter of removing eyesores
slowly, but in the proper way. At pres
ent he declared European cities were
far more beautiful, but that Washing
ton was being made more beautiful
every year and would finally compare
favorably with any of them. The moral
beauty of Washington, however, was
lacking.
Sermon On st. Cecilia.
st. Cecilia, as the patron saint of
church music, was the subject of an
address by the Rev. Wallace Radcliffe
yesterday in the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, who said that be-
cause that saint went to her death
singing 10 musical instruments she had
been looked up to ever since as the ex-
ponent of the ideal religious music. DIR.
Radcliffe said music had a strong place
in all religions and formed part OF
every service.
Really beautiful music affects some
people just as a sermon does" said DR..
Radcliffe. in some respects music can
be called the Interpretation of poetry
which brings us closest to God. For
person who has any conception of the
beautiful, no effort is required to feel
The beauties of good music"
That geologists are coming down to
the teachings of the Bible in their de-
auctions was the statement made by
Secretary E. ". Brenneisen, of the Peo-
pies Pulpit Association, of New York,
in his lecture before the Washington
Temple Congregation yesterday after
noon on Progressive Creation. The
next thousand years, he said, would
see the perfection OF the earth and
geologists were beginning to believe it.
Nearing the MilIinium.
Beginning at statement OF st. Paul
that thousand years was but a day
In the sight of the Lord, Mr.. Bren-
nielsen showed that the creation of the
earth takes 5000 years. He said the
earth was now in its sixth thousand
year cycle, and at the end of the time
the millennium would be reached. For
rner biologists have scoffed at the crea-
ton of the earth in six days, and de-
clared that II took millions of years,
but they are now content to accept st.
Paul's explanation, and agree that 6.0oo
years is the time meant
Miss Gertrude Leonard delivered a
lecture at the Young Women's Chris
tisn Association yesterday afternoon on
"Mormonism, showing the beliefs aTiG
customs of Mormons and proving TO
the satisfaction of those present the
faIlacies of their arguments in defense
spent great deal of time among Nor
mons and spoke most Interestingly of
thei- lives.
Sketch of Founders Life.
In speaking of Mormonism MISS
Leonard gave a short sketch IF the life
of Joseph Smith, the founder of the
religion. She asserted that the life Of
the average Mormon woman is an ex-
ceptionally hard one and concluded her
lecture with a brief consideration of
lne pontlcal phase or Morlnonism. In
this regard she said the balance %
power in half a dozen States is held
by Mormons.
The mission work done in Labrador
In the last seventy-five years was the
subject of an address by the Rev. c.
Ernest Smith last night in St. Thomas
Episcopal Church. He said that the
church had for a long time done what
could be done for the unenlightened in
the far North countries, and the ef-
forts made had been met with signal
success.