The Washington herald., 1914-11-24
NEW NATION TO RISE
FROM FIRES OF WAR
CONTINUED YkoM PAGE ONE.

farm lands in the world, more than all
the rest Of Europe owns. Russia has ten
corn states like Illinois yet undeveloped-
Russia has $50 00O 600 in gold In her war
chest taken from her own mines.
Russia has awakened. In a few years
she has spent Sl.3jO, 10000 for rifles and
machine guns. Russia is fighting TO get
back things she has lost, things she
never has had. Germany is fighting only
10 keen what she has. Russia is fight
ing for religious freedom, political free
dom. press freedom. Russia Is like the
Door boy fighting for wealth. Germany Is
as the millionaire's son striving TO Keep
the wealth his father gained The poor
boy always has been more successful
than the rich boy.
Nation by nation, DR.. Hills explained
the occasions for the war but said the
causes were burned deep in racial antag-
onisms
but all that God was in the days of
Abraham and David said DR.. Hills,
God is today. All that God said, all He
did, He Is saying and doing today. God
still is with US. He has given to preach
ers. Sunday school teachers, to all
spreaders of His word the greatest op-
portunity OF history and this winter WIZ
see them buster than ever before and His
word will be heard and understood and
believed as never before.
DR.. Hills was introduced by Henry B.
F. Macfarland, who said the auditorium
of First Congregational Church had heard
Presidents, Senators, evangeltsts, the
greatest men of the nation, speak, ana
that 1t was fitting the name Of DIR. Hills
should be added to the list of great men
who had stood in the churchs pulpit
Rev. DR.. Wedderspoon, pastor OF Foun-
dry NJ E. Church, and Rev. Charles
Wood. pastor of the Church Of the Cove
nant, aided in the services.
Singing arraIgnment OF the average
church member as a ''drone or critic, "
coupled with a plea to all church MEM
bers to Join the ranks Of real workers,
stood out in bold relief as the feature Of
yesterday afternoons session of the con-
ference.
Rev. DR.. N. B. Williams, Of Chicago,
who prevented Billy Sunday from return
ing to baseball and who started the Ia
nous evangelist on his career. was the
speaker who gave the preachers idea Of
the average church member" He de-
clared the preacher In revivals seldom
can count on more than per cent, and
often counts on no more than per cent
of the church members to go out In the
streets to save souls.
I'm a school in which 1 taught.
declared DR.. Williams. Il found nearly
every one OF inc HlcH "hO
studying for the ministry had failed
in business, health or otherwise and
that almost without exception the
girls had had unhappy love anairs'
were suffering from broken hearts
and were there to lay the broken
pieces before Christ and give the rest
of their lives to Him.
How satisfied are we with our
Paris fashions when we are just back
from the milliners or tailors- We Tor
get that God sees not our outward ap-
pearance Christian life is the life
lived every day and not only on sun
day"
Rev. DR.. Camden NJ. Cobern, archaelo-
gist OF the Allegheny College Of Pennsyl-
vania, who spent six years in Palestine In
recovering relics to aid in the study and
understanding Of the Bible. told Of many
remarkable discoveries not yet given to
the public through the press. He de-
scribed q leaf of papyrus, leaf from the
Gospel of Matthew. written in the third
century, and told of the twenty-five new
Testaments that have been uncovered.
DR.. Cobern said the most ancient hymn
book Of the Christian church, written in
the second century within fifty years OF
the death Of st. John and containing
forty-two hymns, has been brought to
light.
There was one man in the sixth
century," said Dr. Cobern, who was too
poor TO get pepyrus, but he had to have
his gospel He wrote 1t on pottery and
We have found II, ten pieces, all num-
bersd and bearing the same words We