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Mrs. Henry Farouhar addressed the
regular meeting of the Women's Al
lance at All Souls Church yesterday
morning at ! o'clock on the subject,
Principles of Initariansm. Mrs.
Louis a. Simon acted as hostess at the
meeting, which took place in the lee
ture room OF the church.
Reasons for Bible STUDY" pointing
out the place the Bible occupies in the
DEVELOPMENT of morals. government and
the religion of :hc world, was the sub
ject of an address last night by Dr..
Paul Il. Hickok. pastor OF Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church. as q part of the
program OF the conference now being
held at the Brookland Baptist Church
i :: !:
The annual joint meetings of the con-
gregation of the Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church and the church
society was held Thursday evening
General growth and progress were re-
ported since the last meeting. Pre-
ceding the business meeting. dinner
was served by the Ladies' Aid Society
to more than 800 persons. A change in
the methods of financing the organiza
ton from collection of pew rents to
weekly offerings. was announced by
Rev. Clarence "A Vincent, pastor of the
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for his life, and the day after he want
ed to die. No great moral victory was
ever won in such fashion. Let the
person who gets to the point where he
wants to start out and smash things
remember that
Moses was called to a big work. Pos
sessing such advantages as were pos
sessed by very few, If any. of his ma
ton, the Impression grlpped Moses that
he must rescue his people from slavery.
The pressure upon him must have been
tremendous. He heard the stories of
bondage and outrage and oppression.
something. Finally this feeling be
came so strong that Moses, as We say,
boiled over. and Killed :: man whom
he caught beating a Hebrew. But this
was not Gods way of liberatinS His
people. That was no improvement upon
the spirit of the Egyptians. So Moses
hid himself for forty years in the
desert until in the loneliness OF Its
solitudes, he had met with God by the
bush that burned but was not con-
sun,ed. and, meeting God, had felt his
own spirit transformed. Thus trans
formed, this man OF passion was able
to go back to his brethren and lead
them by the Influence of his moral
might to freedom and conscious
national life.
Meek as Moses.
The second part of this story discloses
the first great test of Moses sclt-mastery
and fitness for the leadership of Israel.
He had led his people out of Egypt into
the wilderness, and there had been Il re-
volt. made the more serious by the fact
that Aaron and Miriam. the brother and
sister of the leader, had taken the lead
in stirring up the trouble. How did
Moses handle the situation? BY expelling
the rebels, or denouncing them. or fore
Low
No, for there WAS different spirit in
command in Moses life. He was willing
to leave the whole matter of personal
justification i'll Gods hands. God proved
that his confidence was not unjustitied ::
and then it was this same Moses, with
ready forgiveness, who prayed that the
plague be lifted from Miriam. Is 1t hard
to understand the mastery which such
man might obtain over his followers?
Self Mastery.
In the last part VIC have the story Of
an organized rebellion led by certain of
the T.evites against the rule of Moses.
II takes no unusual sight to see how
easily the situation might have become
very dangerous 1t is enlightening to see
the way in which Moses approached the
mutineers. The old. lnperious, self sufii-
cient Moses was gone. But there had
grown UP character of tremendous
moral strength. There was no fear, but
with great boldness. and in entire reliance
upon the support of Jehovah, Moses
faced the rebelious Levites and pro-
nounced upon them their doom. So We
see his man, who, in his youth, seemed
doomed to make Shipwreck of life be-
cause of his passion, able to lead his
nation to freedom and to climb himself
to one of the highest pinnacles OF
human achievement because of the way
in which he allowed God 10 transform
his inner life.
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Tbe Great Rebibal of 1875
Kfra(len bp Recent Ghfnts

Interesting renfllisc euces of the great
revival of 1878 are contained in a
paper on "Rcviyals of Religion recent
~ prepared by Rev. Robert A. Davidson,
pastor of the Falls church Presbyterian
church in which he traces the history
Of such movements since the dawn of
tbe christian era. and in which he points
ONT the differences between revival
and conversion.
.F,verv genuine revival comes. from
sod" saws Dr Davidson. in part. out
= comes in answer to the prayers of
Gods believing people They all origi-
nate in praver. and the blessing will be
in proportion TO the number praying
\ revival always commences IN lhe
,hurch and in the hearts OF oe1eEefs.
Tor there is nothing I" revive III the
hearts of the unsaved. What they need
is to be born anew Ru1 there Is some
,aing IN the heart OF a believer TO be
revived The life may he almost ex-
ringrlished but, like that of a drown
ing man, It may he revived by. the Holy
spirit And this il what takes place
IN revival.
Ana when the church is thoroughly
evived. when the hearts OF CHRISTIANS
are all agiow. then souls will be con
ye-ted' The conversion of souls Is the
Effect of a revival and not the cause
Of it. II flows from the revived con-
.Iition of the church. just as the stream
lows from the foun1ain.
The greatest revival I ever witness
3D. continues the pastor, was the
great revival of ISIS. II was time
or great financial Representatives,
Friday every day in the week for {.
series of weeks-but in the midst of II
people all over the land betook them
selves to prayer. and it was at this
time that the Fulton street prayer
meeting was established in New York
nv which continues to this day. A
man who Travelled from Omaha to Bos-
ION at that time said that he Jour
eyed through 1000 miles of prayer
meetings for he found daily prayer
Meeting in every city and harn'et on
ne route.
1t is believed that million persons
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~ the christian Endeavor meeting
tine member who takes part will select
the Bible character in which he or
she finds some special interest and
explain the nature of the interest and
toll what help the study of the char
acter has afforded.
The characters OF the good men and
women of the Bible are presented that
We may gather from their experiences
lessons of faith, hope and courage for
our own lives. We should study them
with deep attention. They are like us
in ono respect at least. they have
sinned and their example under such
condition will help us better 10 I'M
derstand our needs. privileges and
duties in following the one sinlcs3
example that is set before as
Above all other fINoritc characters
of Bible men and women there is one
character without spot or biemiSh, pure
and perfect-the God man, Jesus Christ.
His must ever be our chief favorite
character for study and emulation.
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h7 CHRISTIAN enneabor' Nour ii
MI+ Br Rarntr q. 3r'n'n Il

Er cFea, in act. vou have hrcn IN lhoufht'
Re stirring as the times, II" ire with nre
Thrpa ten th. threat n"r. aud OUTAGE Inc preW
NJ Dragging horror: shall infertcr eyes
That borrow their hcharfcrs from Inc great
,;rou great by your example and PUT on
The dauntless spirit of resolution
SHAKFSFEARE
H.. stroyc no; for tho wreath of fame:
From bc1sycn the power that novel MIN came
Aud welcome As tho mountain ar
Fine voice that hadc him dar"
onward he bore. and bsttlcd stu
With a most frIu enduring WIZ.
His only hope to vim and rise.
His "ny aim the skies. -
In the biogrs plies of the Bible We
ind examples of the highest type oil
ma nhood and greatness of cha racter
and we find that their greatness arises
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will deliver the fourth of his lecture
sermons on the general topic The
War Among the Nations" the special
topic for discussion being belgium
the Architect of Heroism. The Ep-
worth League of metropolitan Church
cordially invites all persons to drop
into its vestry at 6:io O'Clock, just
preceding the evening service, when
Mr. Triplett will talk on converted
Purses" and special music VIII be reh-
der"d by young men OF the orsah'za-
ton.
Rev Aloysius Romano. Oldest mem
Der of the faculty of the college OF
the Sacred Heart. Woodstock. Nd, dled
this week in Baltimore He was born
In 1912 In Naples, and entered the So
ciety of Jesus when but sixteen years
of age. Father Romano was twice com
PEELED to flee his native land on account
of his religious connection. coming 10
the United States in 1877.
Bishop Harding presided over tine
meeting of the Washington t!e:1"us.
an organization composed OF the 'ierSf
Of the Episcopal diocese of Washins
ton, held last Tuesday afternoon at thn
F.bbitt House Among the speaker
were Canon William De Nries, ReE
Robert Talbot and Rev. George Mi
hanson Smith, and resolutions OF sym
pathy were passed on the recent death
Of William II. Singleton, president OF
the Washington Board of Trade. and
an ardent worker in the Episcopal
Church.
The washington Glorious is composed
Of clerpymen of the Washington do
cese, which comprises the District and
four counties in Maryland-Prince
Georges, Charles, st. Marys and Mont
gomcry.
At the Sunday morning services at
All Souls Church a handsome carved
oak pulpit or reading desk is to be
dedicated. The pulpit is the gift TO the
church of Mr. and Mrs. John d. Pattcn,
in memory Of their son. Conrad Ma
gruder Patten. who died in February.
1900. while he was a student at Har-
ward Law School
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of Israel from the
N d i mite peril
that t h + e a tened
Israels d V elop-
ment as a nation
people. The growth
and extinction as a
of his faith follow
ing his call. conse-
Grafton and the
commencement Of
his career as a re-
liGious re f ormer
and leader OF Israel
we considered last
week. Our lesson
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individual. but came down. as it were.
directly from heaven. What i bless
ing 1t would be to this Land if We
could now have such . widespread
revival Let us rejoice in the great
outpouring of the Holy Spirit as shown
in the meetings conducted by Mr.. Sun
day in Philadelphia. and pray that the
capital OF the nation may be visited
with similar but even greater work"
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from the Ifct lHdt
Prom heaven the pow
or that NOV ed them
came."
They did II o
strive for I n e
wreath of earthly
fame. Their
'cply hope To win and
rise, their only aim
the skies
was the inspira-
ton that led them
to the zenith of
great n IS and
power. This is the
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Rulers of Men.

In Josephs history we learn now true
statesmen are made in all ages. God
directs the life work of the great and
good The instruction that He gives
by discipline and His Spirit is neces-
sarv before any one can he a great
teacher or ruler of men The bios-
raphy of Joseph should be the states
mems manual. II would teach them to
study more closely their nations his
tory and - discover more clearly their
atoms needs. Joseph. as Il God fear
ing student Of history. saw and taught
what WAS coming upon Egypt and set
TO work 10 economiZe its resources.
America needs now men like Joseph
10 teach our senators wisdom. A few
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Testing the Troops.

Two or three times Peter temper al
most cost him the fellow ship of his
Lord. But when that temper had been
conquered. and that power directed into
proper channels. Peter became the
leader of the church
The late DR.. NJ. .. 1Ioee of Richmond,
Va. used to tell of two Christian men
who fell out" One heard that the
other was talking against him, and he
went to him and said: will You be
kind enough to tell me my faults to
my face. that ! may profit by your
Christian candor, and try to get rid of
them" Yes. sir. I will do L. he re-
piled. They went aside. and the former
said: Before you commence telling
what You think wrong i'll me. will you
please bow down with me. and let us
pray over il, that my eyes may be
opened to see my faults as You Will
was done. and when the prayer was
over. the man who sought the inter
view said: Now proceed with what
YOU have to complain Of in me- But
the other replied: After praying over
it. it looks so little that it is not worth
talking about. The truth is. I feel
now that in going around talking
against you I have been serving the
devil myself. and ! have need that you
pray for me and forgive me the wrong
have done you.
Some Pegs to Hang Thoughts On.
Is anger ever used b. God" Is il
ever approved by Him"
L YOU had been chosen to Lead the
Israclites out of slavery. how would
yea haye gone about it?
Name some other leaders whose pas
sions have proved dIsas trous.
We have had rebellions and strikes
in this count-v. What is the proper
way to deal with them?
What is the New Testament attitude
toward anger?
How does this apply to national
treaties providing for arbitration?
What was there about Moses act
that was wrong?
Is 1t self-mastery when God subdues
our passions"
May We consider our conversion
genuine when it has not controlled the
temper"
What caused the change in Moses
from passion to selma stery"
The Keynote Sentence.
He that is slow TO a1Ge: is better
than the mighty; and he that ruleth
his spirit than he that taketh q city"
Prov, 1882.
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Gideon, the hero Of our lesson.
brought things to pass because Of his
faith in Jehovah and his obedience to
the high calling of God to be deliverer
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BY ROBERT d. BURBANK.

Topic for discuSson-MoSes: From Pas
, sion TO Self-Mastery. Exodus. Ell. And
it came to pass in those days, when
Moses was grown up. that he went out
unto his brethren, and looked on their
burdens; and he saw an Egyptian shifting
an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
II. And he looked this way and that
way, and when he saw that there was no
man. he sInote the Egyptian. and hid him
in the sand
Numbers. 1o:1. And Miriam and Aaron
spake against Moses because of the
Cushite woman whom he had married
for he had married a Cushite woman.
.. And they said. Hath the Lord in
deed spoken only with Moses? Hath He
not spoken also with u.s. And the Lord
heard it
above all the r9en which were upon the
face of the earth.
10. And the cloud removed from over
the tent: and behold Miriam was leprous,
AS white as SNOW: and Aaron looked on
Miriam. and behold she was Ieprous.
II. And IA ron said unto Moses 80 my
lord. lay not. ] pray thee. sin upon us.
for that We have done foolishly and for
that we have sinned.
T.. Let her not. ] pray. be as one
dead. of whom the flesh is half con
sumed when he cometh out Of his
mothers womb
IL. And Moses cried unto the Lord.
Sa ing, Heal her, Q God, l bcseech
Thee
Numbers 49, And they rose Up be-
fore Moses. with certain Of the children
of Israel. two hundred and fifty princes
of the congregation. called to the as
sembly. men Of renown:
.. And they assembled themselves
together against Moses and against
Aaron. and said unto them. ''Ye take
too much upon you, seeing all the con-
Rregation are holy, every one of them.
and the Lord IS among them: where
fore then lift ye up yourselves above
the assembly of the Lord
!. And when Moses heard 1t, he fell
upon his face
). And he spake unto Korah and
unto all his company. saying. In the
morning the Lord will show who are
His, and who is holy, and will cause
him to come near unto Him: even him
whom He shall choose will He cause to
come near unto Him..
Passion.
Passionate hatred of l. wrong must
dover the leader who is able to show
the way of escape. lie who placidly
endures the evils around him, saying
! that it has always been SO, and that
| these things must be, does not bring up
any day of release. " lille passionate
hatred is the power that can remedy
wrong, it must first be connected
with accomplishment before IT becomes
effective. 1t is like the potential power
that tumbles in a cataract: the dam
must be built, the power transformer
must be installed, and wires strung,
,, before the power i'll the waterfall moves
street ears and lights homes.
Moses hated the Industrial wrongs
o. his people that his wrath exploded
in murder. He gave up the problem in
despair, concluding that industrial civ
ilization was mockery, and reverted
t o the simple life of a herdsman. What
was the matter? He tried to fight the
devil with fire. And fire never hurts
the devil. He is used to it, But it does
hurt the man who tries to handle it.
1t was the same thing that Eliza h
tried to do when he slew all the false
priests and thought he had put an end
to idolatry in that fashion. The very
next day, you remember, he was fleeing
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divinely taught statesmen in our land.
teaching others wisdom. would soon
bring about many great changes for q
better national life. God is as willing
to teach statesmen in this day as He
was in .Ioseph's day, if they were as
willing to be taught as he was
1t would not take long +" solve our
political problems if we had men in
control like Joseph and those who
learned of him. taught aud inspired of
God for leadership of the nation. Every
! highly gifted man is :: gift Of God to
The age in which he lives and To- all
subsequent ages: hut there are SO few
wh" fully consccrate their lives as did
Joseph. to the work AS God appoints
II t" he done. Our elections give us
our rulers-tre they also God elected J.?
The voice of the people is not always
the voice OF God. TO what extent have
We wisdom taught statesHen" To
what extent is our nation wise and
understanding people"
II would be fortunate indeed If our
statesmen found in Joseph their favorite
character for study and emulation.
Moses.
In somewhat similar line Of character
| may be mentioned Moses, David and
Daniel, who under divine tuition were
the peerless statesmen of their times
In any reference to the favorite charar-
tiers in Bible history these names will
have prominent place Moses was great
as the laWSiver to his nation. but great
err still in "eateeming the reproach of
Christ greater riches than the treasures
OF Esytp: and in refusig to be called the
50 of Pharaoh's daughter and choosing
10 suffer affiictfon with the people Of
God rather than enjoy the pleasures of
| sin for = season. He was so great
that when God sent hin, as His serva mt
he rendered such faithful service that
.0d Had h
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were converted TO Chris; during that
great awakening. y popularity of it
was that it did not center around any
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today takes up the most inspiring and
Instructive masterpiece of the book of
Judges. that tells of the victory of the
200 who under the leadership of Gideon
went into battle with pitchers, lamps
and trumpets. depending upon the spir-
it of the god of battles for 4 complete
victory and triumph.
When Gideon was convinced that God
had called him to be the field marshal
of Israel in the campaign for freedom
from the desert tribes that were con-
trolling Palestine and deriving his fell
low -countrymen of their harveSts and
wealth, he called for volunteers to en-
ter into the conflict under his leader
ship to assemble at Ain Jalud. between
Jezreel and Beth Shan. or. as the les
son says, beside the well OF Harold"
From the summit as well as from the
side of Mount Gilboa the forces of
Israel could see to the north the $4,000
Midianites that tilled the plain of Es-
draelon and the valley of Jezreel near
Little Hermon. Before entering into
conflict with the host of Midianites
Gideon was directed to test the small
number of troops that had responded to
his call to defend the nation against
the aggressions of the Midianites.
Testing the Troops.
Gideon did not seek to inspect the
equipment of Israel, for the volunteers
were unarmed. There was no physical
examination to pass or training in the
manual of arms or the art of marks
manship. for Gideon trusted not in the
power OF equipment, ability and eff
cheney OF his lighting forces, for he
looked for victory to come mot by
might nor by power. but by the spirit
of Jehovah of hosts" The first essen
tial for membership in his army was