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FEAST DAY OF ST. JEROME TO
BE OBSERVED SEPTEMBER 80
Special Services to Be Held in Roman Catholic
Churches in Honor of This Doctor of
the Universal Church,

September Is to see an anniversary IN
honor of one who Is regarded as one
of the greatest doctors of the church
St. Jerome-whose learning and great
service in the cause of Christian schoi-
arship has gained for him. 1t is pointed
out. the title of doctor of the univer-
sal church" The feast date is Septem-
Der 80, and in the Roman Cathoic
churches the day will be specially OBJ
served.
Speaking of the life and work of St.
Jerome, a leading Roman Catholic au-
thority recently said:
Jerome was a native of Pannonia
He was born about the year 342. His
father, Eusebius. a man of good estate,
gave his boys a frst-rate education.
Jerome, after excellent studies made at
home, was sent to Rome to complete
them. The tutor selected was pagan,
Donatus, who instilled into his pupils
an absorbing love of Latin and Greek
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.'4ases of science. They have largely
contributed to the knowledge of Ian
i5siaees.
Foreign missions have accomplished
Ihore than any other force in spreading
civilization over the world-more, even,
than commerce. for they have invari-
ably preceded commerce and opened
the way to II.
No one will question this who is at
al familiar with the history Of Africa,
China and Japan.
In speaking about foreign mission
aries publication OF the Smith so man
Institution says: The contributions to
history. 10 ethnology. to philosophy. to
geography and reiisiousp literature
form q lasting monument. to their
fame"
There is no other force so potent in
changing an ignorant and savage COM
muntty into civilized one
This Transformation is sometimes ac-
comptished in a brief period of time.
Mr.: A. L. Wallace, who wrote OF the
Celebes, said:
Forty years ago the country was a
va1dernssss the people naked savages.
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A Grand Testimony.

X y
A Grand Testimony.
In an address made by Sir W. Mack
worth Young, after his return to Great
Britain from the lieutenant governor
ship of the Punjab, he said:
LAS a business man speaking to
business men, 1 am prepared to say that
the work which has been done by mis-
sionary agency in India exceeds in inn
portance all that has been done, and
much has been done by the British gov
ernment in India since its commence
ment. Let me take the province which
I know best. l ask myself what has
been the most potent influence work
ing among the people since annexation
ffty-four years ago. and to that ques-
tion l feel there is but one answer
Christianity as set forth in the lives
and teachings of Christian missionaries
1 do not underestimate the forces that
have been brought to bear upon the
Punjab by the British government. but
am convinced that the effect on native
character produced by the self-deny-
ing labors of missionaries is far great
er. The Puntab bears on its historical
roll the names of some great Christian
statesmen, men who have honored God
by their lives. and endeared themselves
to the people by their self-denying
work. but l am convinced If they could
speak to US out of the great unknown
there Is not one or them who would
not proclaim that the work done by
men like Clark, French. Newton and
Foreman. who went in and out among
the people for a whole generation or
more, preached by their lives the nobil-
ity of self-sacrifice and the lesson of
love to God and man. was a higher and
nobler work and more far-reaching in
its consequences"
This is grand testimony for the for
eign mission work as a promoter Of
the world ideal of universal education
and civilization.
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NEW YORK. September 1S.-Young
Mems Christian Associations of the
country have just passed the S1o0.-
1000 mark in the accumulation or
property. The exact figures are SlO3'-
$4,000. Practically all of the money
is invested in 759 buildings, in their
equipments and their libraries In ad-
dition. there is pledged for more new
building. s4,935,000 There is some
debt, but it Is relatively small.
To maintain all association work last
year took in even figures $4,000, 900.
This covered state and country work.
In addition to it the associations in
the United States contributed last year
s433. 100 to associations in foreign
lands. where association work Is both
growing and rapidly attaining self
support and control.
There was gain of 10000 men and
boys in Bible classes last year, the
total enrolment standing now at
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Four Great Fundamentals.

The Epworth League stands for four
great fundamentals: First, spiritual
development in ourselves and others;
second, world evangelism: third, social
service. and fourth, a clean. wholesome,
uplifting program of recreation and
culture.
The development of efficiency along
these four lines requires training, and
this need the league seeks to Meet
by means of courses of StuGy, designed
for the use of classes organized in
the local chapters. Text books have
been prepared by the best writer's
available, and uniform method Of
study devised that Is designed to ac-
complish the best results. In general
more than fifteen. who choose their
text book and leader. and meet for an
hours collective study and discussion
once week for period Of eight
weeks. Some of the older text books
provide longer courses, but the newer
ones are all divided into eight lessons.
Text books are furnished at mini
mum cost, and the leader is furnished
with sets of helps that render his work
easy enough for almost any member
spiration for each class In the thought
that similar classes are studying the
same subjects in the same way in
other Epworth~ League chapters all
over the country.
Naturally the Bible study courses
come under the supervision of the
spiritual department. but the classes
are made up from all the members of
the chapter. for obvious reasons: There
are four distinct methods Of Bible
study. employed at the various stages
of development. First. there is the
study of texts-what Moody called the
microscopic method-which Is the most
elementary.
When it is remembered that the di-
vision of the Bible into chapters and
verses did not belong to the original
book. but is comparatively modern
device. it will at once be seen that
this Is the poorest method of Bible
study. The second method Is the study
Of books. and this is. Of course. an
advance over the study of texts. Then
there is the study of groups of books
a still further advance-and. finally,
the study OF doctrine, which is the
highest development in the study of
Gods word.
These last methods Moody calls tele-
scopic methods. All of these methods
are used In these courses. and the
earnest student acquires a good work.
ing knowledge Of the Bible by means
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CHAPEL IN MEMORY OF BISHOP POTTER
TO BE DEDICATED ON OCTOBER 90
Is Located Grounds of Cathedral of St. John the
Divine in New York and Has Cost S25O,OOO

A chapel In memory Of the late
Bishop Potter of New York is now COM
pleted as part Of the Cathedral of st.
John the Divine now building in that
city, and will be formally opened and
consecrated october 20. the thirty-sec-
ond anniversary of the prelate's con-
secration as Bishop of New York.
The chapel has been erected by the
late bishops stepsons, the Messrs.
Clark Of New York, at a cost OF
s250,0O0. 1t is one of seven that
now surround the sanctuary of the
cathedral. 1t is church in itself. hav-
ing seating capacity Of 400. with organ,
choir stalls and every appointment of
parish church.
cenotaph by Fraser. with a recumbent
figure by the same sculptor, has just
been placed in the chapel and will be
consecrated with 1t in October.
When the bishop died he was buried
in the crypt, Immediately below the
high altar of the cathedral itself. His
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remains are now to be removed and
placed within the cenotaph.
This is Henry Goldman Potter, who
was son of Bishop Alonzo Potter Of
Pennsylvania. His uncle. Bishop Hora-
ito Potter of New York, was the one
first to propose the building of tho
cathedral. and a cenotaph bearing his
figure in marble is to be placed in the
sanctuary. Immediately behind the high
altar. This is the location traditionally
selected for cenotaphs of founders OF
cathedralS.
On the cathedral grounds. to empha-
size the outdoor religious work of
churches today, and in keeping with
outdoor pulpits found frequently in
England, there has just been completed
a Gothic pulpit of large proportions. 1t
is erected of yellow granite. similar to
the exterior of the stone in the ,athe-
dra1, and at the corners are figures OF
SIS. Matthew. Mark. Luke and Joan.
The pulpit is forty -one feet high. cost
$25,000 and was given by Miss Caroline
Phelps Stokes, one of the two t:tokes
sisters who gave st. PauHs Chapel to
Columbia University.
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The Federal Council of Churches OF
Christ in America is launching it's COM
mission on .interchurch activities in the
hope of inducing the more than 13o
federations in as many cities and
states to enter upon more and better
work. and of bringing similar feder-
atoms into existence in additional CEN
ters. The new commission comes to-
xether next week and Mr.. Fred b.
Smith of the old men and religion
movement, is head of the organization
There are in it representatives from
the Christian associations. the Chris
tian Endeavor. all OF the brotherhoods,
missionary movements and Bible class
work.
The plans carry forward in sense
some Of the schemes set forth when the
men and religion movement was
launched These include the making OF
men and women even in numbers In
church membership, where now the
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literature. Jerome, though free from
degrading vice. was vain and swayed
by worldly desires and views Of life.
Driven by a vehement longing after
knowledge. the young student, as soor
as he was of age. set out upon his trav-
els. He made a tour through Gaul
staying at Marseille. Toulouse, Bor-
deaux and many other cities. renowned
for their f1ourishing Roman schools
At Triers about the year $40 God touch
ed Jerome's heart and entirely convert
ed him.
From that time the saint pursued
virtue with the same ardor with which
he had followed after human knowl-
edge. He spent four years in a fright
full desert between Syria and Arabia.
doing penance and fighting against
temptations. Though scorched by a
glaring sun, he says, surrounded by
the widest scenery. reduced to a skel-
eton by fasting. watching and bodily
austerity, his skin burned almost bla ok
by exposure to the heat of the days
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perance and all forms Of social serv-
ice. Some eighty cities are to hold
these conventions, and the respective
religious bodies will carry on pre-
liminary educational campaigns in each
Of the cities for one month before the
date of the convention and two weeks
after 1t. Nothing so systematic has
ever been put into a missionary cam
paign before, it is claimed.
From a foremost representative OF
one of the big home societies 1t is
learned that friction obtaining a decade
ago between the home and foreign in
terests has disappeared. Religious
bodies that ten years ago conducted
distinct societies now maintain their
societies, but cannot conduct their mis-
sionary work as a whole.
Into this advance the laymen's mis-
sionary movement has entered. Hence
the high expectations now put forward
concerning the campaign now opening.
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lDesire a League,
Offensive and Defensive,
With Every Soldier of Jesus Christ.
JOHN WESLEY.
EPWORTH LEAGUE DISCUSSION
By ROBERT D. BURBANK,
President OF Washington District Epworth League

without Christian knowledge. They
know ancient history, and Latin litera-
ture, and English composition and
mathematics, and other matters of that
sort: but when their knowledge of the
| Bible. or of the great religious move
ments of the past and present are
tested, they are sadly deficient.
If, like Niagara, and the Mississippi
at Keokuk, they could be harnessed,
they would bring power into the church
that would set many wheels to turning
and hasten the coming of the kingdom
dom because they know but little about
the kingdom: and because that is true,
it is the work of the Epworth League,
as young peoples organization, to
provide this knowledge SO sorely
needed.
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REV. H. c. WARREN COMES AS MINISTER'S
ASSISTANT TO CHURCH OF THE COVENANT
Clergyman Who Broke His Back Five Years Ago While
Wrestling Princeton Takes Up Work
at Local Church.

Rev. Harold c. Warren. newly select
ed minister's assistant at the Church
of the Covenant, has arrived in Wash
ington and taken up his work. He will
preach there tomorrow morning.
Five years ago Rev. Mr.. Warren.
while an undergraduate at Princeton,
broke his back while wrestling with
another undergraduate in the university
gymnasium, and for eight weeks he
lay helpless, while surgeons virtually
gave up hope of saving his life.
His courage. however. pulled him
through, and he graduated with his
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CHURCH FEDERATIONS BEING URGED
-. TO DO MORE AND BETTER WORK
Federal Council of Churches Of Christ in America
Launches Commission 1nterchurch
Activities With This Object IN View

women outnumber the men by 100000
or such matter. and the enrolling OF
some hundreds of thousands of laymen
as volunteer Christian workers
Now the commission of the council
proposes stimulation of Christian work
in all cities, the prevention of over
tapping, and the general carrying for
ward of the federated idea for which
the council stands.
Leaders in these federative plans. in
addition to those named. include Will
liam c. Stoever. president of the
Luther League; Mr.. John NJ Glenn of
the Sage Foundation. Mr. Hubert
Carleton OF the brotherhood of st. An
drew; Mr.. c. r. JOY, editor of the Meth
odist Christian Advocate of New YORK;
Mr.. Frank L. Brown Of the Interna-
tional Sunday School Association. Rev.
Dr. Peter Ainslie. head Of the Disciples
of Christ unity plans: Mr.. William
Shaw of the Christian Endeavor move
ment, John r. Mott of the Y. NJ. c. A,
Mr.. W. r. Moody of the Northfield
schools and Mr.. R. z. Diffendorfer of
the missionary education movement.
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BRANCH RICKEY TO
ADDRESS ONO CLASS
Leader of St. Louis American League
Base Ball Team to Be at Bright.
wood Park Church Tomorrow.

Manager Branch Hickey of the St
Louis American League base ball team
will deliver an address at the ONO
Bible Glass meeting at Brightwood
Park NJ E. Church. Sth and Jefferson
streets northwest, tomorrow. at s:4s
am. All men are invited.
The ONO Glass, which is led by Mr..
H. s. Omohundro. is noted for having
the most prominent spei) )sers in all
walks of life address it.
= To reach church. 9Th s. eet car lex
cept one marked Soldie Home) can
be taken. One should g off at Jeffer-
son street and walk thru. squares east.
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The missionary leaders Of all Of the
Protestant churches are starting on
what they expect will be the biggest
campaign ever waged here or In any
other country. From every section
these leaders have, within the last few
days, centered their plans in Chicago.
Here are being gathered home and
foreign missionaries from every part
Of the world, few from each religious
body. but probably 100 in all. They
are speakers carefully selected and
brought fresh from fields.
Congregationalists are to bring there
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BIG MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN ABOUT
TO BE WAGED. IN THIS COUNTRY
Protestant Leaders in Charge of Effort Expect Il
Will Be Largest of Its Kind Ever 1naueurated
Here-Starts In Chicago in October.

ten home and ten foreign missionaries
besides directing officials. The purpose
is to perfect a common campaign in
which every phase of missionary en-
terprise shall receive proper emphasis
and publicity.
Starting in Chicago next month, go
ing next to Detroit, then to Colorado,
missionary movement has a series of
rallies and conventions, similar to those
of ten years ago. A change has been
made from the earlier campaign, and
In this one home interests will be in
cluded.
Emphas sized in the home missions will
be the subject Of the immigrant, tenn
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Universal Peace,

Another of the worlds ideals is uni
versal peace. For the promotion of
this end there is no power among
heather nations comparable to that of
foreign missions.
The missionaries in every land are
Industrious agents for universal peace.
The work of international Cancellation
that has recently been carried on by
the federal council of churches of Christ
ica is founded on the activities of for
eign missionaries.
The first decisive step toward world
peace Is to secure peace and unity
among all the churches. The foreign
missionaries are accomplishing great
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class. At first he rode in a wheel
chair; then with crutches he made his
way about, and all the while establish
ing a record at Princeton.
Later he entered Mccormick Theo-
logical Seminary, at Chicago, where he
graduated in the spring.
He was ordained to the Presbyterian
ministry at his home church-the
Swarthmore, Pa, Presbyterian-last
week, and arranged shortly thereafter
to come to this city and take up the
work at Covenant Church.
He succeeds Rev. Howard Hannaford,
who is shortly to take up missionary
work in the orient.
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MISSION TO BEGIN
AT EPIPHANY CHAPEL
Rev. DR.. R. n. McKim to Preach
First Sermon Tomorrow Evening.
Rev. C. F. Edwards to Continue
Services

A mission to cover one week is to be
inaugurated in Epiphany Episcopal
Chapel, 18th and c streets southwest.
tomorrow evening at o'clock, when
Rev. DR.. Randolph H. Mckim, rector
of the Church of the Epiphany. will be
the preacher of the occasion.
The other services to be held from
Monday to Friday evening will have
as preacher Rev. Charles F. Edwards,
vicar of the chapel. These services
will also be held at s o'clock
This mission is being undertaken by
Rev. Mr.. Edwards in order to rally to-
gether the communicates of the chapel
after the summer season and to enlist
all members in active service of the fall
campaign.
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Evangelist Billy Sunday, who is now
engaged in one of his big campaigns in
Omaha, previous to coming to Balti-
more in the fall. whence he may make
q ,bEief trip to Washington, has made
a bigs hit With the social set of the
Nebraska metropolis. according to adj
vices 'reching this city.
Miss Bacon, who is regarded as the
prettiest debutante of the past season
in Omaha, and who. with Mrs. Ronald
Paterson, is shown tagging" the ia
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whcre'e- human hear. doth wear
JOYS myrtle wreath or sorrows gives
-'whcre'er a. human spirit strives
After a life more true and fair.
There Is the true mans birthplace grand
His IL q world wide ,fatherlaod.
where'e er a single slave doth pine.
iWhere'er one man may help anothef-
Thank God for such birthright; brother
That spat Of earth Ia thine and mine!
There Il the true mans birthplace grand-
Ris q a world wide fatherland.
49, James Russell Lowell.
Human brotherhood is the basis OF
all true world ideals -
Wrefe'sr one man may help another.
His y .a-vorld- wide fatherland-
THE mission spirit rests upon the
brotherhood of mankind
Christ .proclaims this in. His great
comrni ssion. go ye into all the world
and preach NV gos-
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instruct them how
to secure the larg-
est results with the
smallest expendi-
ture of energy, time
and money, and
|e efficiency experts
are spending count
less hours in the
[enort to invent Ia
|bor = saving and
|time-saving meth
|ods and machines.
Originating in the
world of labor, the
[c1n~n 80 H. ll-,f
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Get me some money" Mr.. Sunday
called to a bell boy at his hotel when
Mrs. Paterson and Miss Bacon tagged"
him. and when the boy returned with
a handful of silver the evangelist paid
literally for a number of the tags.
Then the photographer came along
and snapped" the society women. with
Billy Sunday properly tagged and with
face radiant at the opportunity of be-
ing BILE to help the work of the Visit
ing Nurse Association.
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efficiency has spread from the fields of
unskilled to those Of skilled labor, per-
meated all the branches of the me-
chanical and other industries. and final
ly reached and transformed all branches s
Of business. and even gotten into poll
tics; but apparently the last to feel the
influence of this ideal is the church of
God, where 1t might most naturally be
expected to develop first.
y +
Defining the Church.
Worth M. Tippy defines the church
thus: "The church Is a religious home,
a sanctuary for worship. a school for
religious instruction. a fighting unit
for the new world that is building. 1t
is a social center of the highest type,
since it gathers into relations Of mu-
tual helpfulness people of every age
and condition, and since it adds to the
of the ordinary club the
power of religion and the generous
sympathies Of the altruistic impulse.
The church is the most broadening and
it's vision Is to the ends of the world
whittier the gospel Is being carried, and
since its citizenship is in heaven as
we'll as in the earth"
viewed In Ine ABHl VI tHiS ueHnltl0n,
1t Is very apparent that the church has
at least as great a need as any branch
of industrial or business life Of the
of individual efficiency.
AS in secular life. this individual eff
cheney must be based on the individual
sense of personal responsibility, and
the degree of personal responsibility
to the amount of knowl-
edge had by the individual; SO in the
realms of religious life. as in all others.
knowledge Is power"
The church has much undeveloped
power potential power, 1t may be
ealled-in tho form Of young lives
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Christianity Has Not Failed.

Just now the outlook Is not encour-
aging for an early realization of the
worlds highest IDEALS for now great
est of the European nations are doing
everything possible to turn the world
into a slaughter house.
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nous evangelist for the benefit of the
Visiting Nurse Association of Omaha,
has many friends in Washington, she
having graduated at Chevy Chase Semi
nary two years ago, and during her
stay here was hostess at one of the
Assem- blies of the Order of Washington
at Rauscher's and a frequent guest at
the Chevy Chase and Washington ana
Columbia country clubs. She visited
Mrs. Short Willis and Miss Olive Willis
frequently.
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of them. The courses in personal evan
gelism also are under supervision of
the first department, and they offer
splendid opportunity to the Lacquer to
train for the great business of life
soul-winning.
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TOPIC:
World Ideals and How Foreign Missions Will Promote
Them-Dan. :3645.

furnishing their rude homes with hu-
man heads Now it is garden"
The. change was due to the work of
foreign missions.