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deavor circles and in all church work
must have spiritual preparedness
which alone can make the motive right
1t is quite different to love pre-emi-
hence and to love the work by which
pre-emfnence may be gained.
Many seek leadership with unworthy
motives. Like Diotrephes (John. 3:9)
they love pre-eminence for the sake of
pre-eminence, and not for the good
they can do.
Earnest. active leadership in the
work of the Sabbath school, in young
peoples societies and in all church
work will receive praise. honor and re-
ward. but these things are not the mo-
love for Him who has called them to
the service and whose grace has quail
flied them for its performance.
Many are called to leadership who
nobly respond and lead the hosts of
God to many victories in the holy war
against sin and evil; but many are
shrinking from the responsibility of
leading in work for which the talents
God has given them fully qualify them
to perform, If they would but become
His true followers.
Every true Christian is both fol-
lower and leader. II he Is a fol-
lower of the Sublim.s Leader of Men
his life, however obscure in the eyes
Him who is the life an,l-the light of
men. He who leads one soul to
righteousness is greater leader in
Gods estimation than he who is merely
the commander of earth's greatest mil
itary army.
The opportunities for the Christian
Endeavorer to render immortal service
are abundant and great. Be faithful
follower of the Captain of All Captains
and He will equip you for efficient
service in leading. guiding and direct
ing others into the ways Of truth and
eternal life. ss...
Let the. topic for today come to you
as the command of God.
Be follower! BE q leaderi
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nation Of Gods plan for the world. sing
Ing "All the ends Of the earth shall re-
member and turn unto the Lord. and all
the kindreds of the nations shall worship
before Thee"
The last chapter Of Matthews gospel
concludes with the message Christ
gave to the disciples after His resurrec-
ton. All authority hath been given
unto me in heaven and on earth. Go
We, therefore. and make disciples Of all
nations, baptizing them IN the name of
the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe
all things whatsoever I command you.
and 10, am with you Away. even unto
the end of the world"
This has aptly been called Christian
ity's marching ORDERS" but coupled
with the command is the promise of
His continual presence to the end, sig
nifying the ultimate fulflllment of these
orders.
The world wide view of the mission
of the church was first expressed in
the words of Jesus, but Paul under
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lem world. and to other parts of the
world hitherto closed to Christianity.
Korea now has over quarter OF a
! million Christians. though the nrst
Korean was baptized in 1886. Japan,
which received its first Protestant mis-
| sionary in 1859, now has S5T organized
churches, with a membership of more
than 10000. and with influences ex-
tending far beyond the reported lists OF
Communicates. In 1912 there were six
verts in China; in 1900 there were 1l3,-
900, and today there are over 100000.
There are now nearly 100000 native
Christians in India, and In the last dec
ade the Protestant Christians have
increased there nearly half million,
or 33 per cent In Egypt the Protestant
Church grew from siXty-seven mem
bers in 1864 to more than $4,000 In
1914.
These examples do not cover the field.
but illustrate the progress being made
throughout the whole widely extended
range of Christian operations affecting
the unevangelized world But status
tics are dry and embarrassing. and
better understanding of the situation
may be gained from the following ex-
tract from a letter just received from
Rev. Benson Baker, superintendent or
the NJ. E. Mission at Meerut, India, to
Foundry Chapter. which is supporting
three native pastors under MS dlrec-
tim.
IT really do not know of better
place in all the world to put money If
you want it to really count for the
kingdom. We are facing such great
movements here and are SO over
whelmed by the possibilities that we
do not know what to do. Not only the
possibilities, but what We actually
have! Just think of 1t! over 22,0oe
Christians to care for, and only hand,
full of workers to care for them. Ana
they must be taught, these people
must-they are yet like children, and
we are building the foundations OF
church. Oh. 1t is great, 1t Is Wonoer-
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october "a twentJ-one Baptist churches
in Washington and vicinity will begin
cooperative evangelistic meetings which
will last three weeks.
DR.. Weston Bruner OF Atlanta, Ga. who
is Superintendent of evangelism Of the
Baptist home mission board. with an able
corps of evangelists and singers, will as
f,ist the local pastors. Some years ago DR..
Bruner was pastor of the Fifth Baptist
Church OF Washington. where he did much
work both along the lines of evangelism
and church development.
Already several preliminary and pre-
paratory meetings have been held. Cot
t.ige prayer meetings are being arranged
II. ali sections Of the city. in addition to
special calls for prayer from the pastors
Of the churches.
Some days ago there was meeting
s:eld of all the cooperating pastors and
representative laymen from the respective
churches at the Calvary Baptist Church,
where plans were outlined for the CAM
pafgn.
DIR. j. j. Muir, pastor of the Temple
Baptist Church, is chairman of the COM
lnittee on schools and colleges. DR.. G. G.
johnson. pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist
Church, is chairman OF the committee on
personal work.
DR. Il. d. Cav, pastor Of West Wash
zIlgtnn Baptist Church, Is chairman OF the
committee OH census. Rev. John Z. Briggs.
pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church. is
chairman Of the committee on publicity.
Rev. H. T. stevenson. pastor of Bethany
Baptist Church, is chairman of the COM
mittee on shops and factories.
Rev. W. W. McMaster. pastor of First
Baptist Church, is chairman OF the COM
mittee of street and rescue work. Mr..
j. A. Ford is chairman of the committee
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RATVE EVANGELBTC MEETINGS TO BE HELD BY TWENTY-ON
Dr. Weston Brner Of Atlanta Of Evangelism
Of Baptist Home Mission Board, With Corps of
Evanseists and Singers; to Assist
Local Pastors

on advertising. Mr.. Z. +. Vrooman is
chairman Of the committee on finance.
These along with Rev. ]. c. Ball. pastor
of the Metropolitan Baptist Church, COM
| The assignment Of evangelists and
singers to assist the respective pastors
and churches is as follow:
! The First and Temple Baptist
ings with E. V. Lamb. evangelist, and
| J. P Schoefield. singer.
! The others will be served as follows:
! lmmanuel-Ray Palmer. evangelist;
H. A. Ruby, singer. Fifth-Weston
Bfuner, evangelist: E. l. Walslagel.
singer Bethany-T. o. Reese. evan
geIist; W. B. Schoefield. singer. West
l.. Blankenship. singer. Petworth-Ra
leigh Wright, evangelist; w. Z. Rodg-
ers, singer. Metropolitan-W. NJ. An
derson, evangelist; Plunket Martin,
gelist. Maryland Avenue. W. Hick-
erson, evangelist. Centennial-A. J.
Cofass. evangelist. Anacostia-s. W.
Kendrick, evangelist. Congress Heights
F. W. Fisher. evangelist. Randall
Highlands-J. E. McManaway, evan
Cherry dale-Henry Miller. evangelist.
Kendall-Evangelist to be announced
later.
/ Pastors OF Del Ray. Herndon and Cap
/ itol Heights Baptist churches will do their
own preaching, but will actively CO.
operate In the evangelistic campaign.
. Union services will be held at Cal
vary Baptist Church daily at 1880
am. during the week and also Sunday
afternoons. At the noon hour, services
will be held at shops, factories, car
barns and possibly in some department
stores. Services will also be conducted
; in rescue missions. lecture halls and on
| the streets.
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stood that the very life of Jesus
was an expression of this very mes
sage, as he showed when he wrote in
his second letter to the church at Co
rinth, God was in Christ reconciling
the world unto Himself"
Paul recognized that it was not
Christ's mission to appease an angry
God. nor yet to reconcile to Him Israel
alone, but the whole world. And Paul
asserted his faith in the ultimate sue
cess of that mission in his letter to the
Philippians. declaring, ''at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow, of things
in heaven, and things in earth, and
things under the earth: and that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord. to the glory Of God the
Father"
Also in his first letter to the Co
rinthians Paul wrote thus of the ulti-
mate triumph of Christianity; Then
cometh the end. when He shall have
delivered up the kingdom to God. even
the Father; when He shall have put
down all rule, and all authority and
power"
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Sometimes the pupil outstrips the teach
er, but in every instance both the
teacher and the one taught are follow
ers of some one still higher.
1t Is sef-evident that no mere man
can be a perfect leader of men, for all
need to be led themselves.
Who. then. has a right to say, fol-
low me in all things?
| Is there such a one?
The presumption is in favor of an af-
firin;.tive answer. For mans well-being
! IL is essential that he should have d
perfect guide and leader. The neces-
sity for 1t exists. and science has es-
| rablfshed that in all nature, wherever
! there Is necessity existing for any
| thing, there will always be found the
thing itself.
+. feet and infallibie leader.
/! Men at best are blind leaders of the
blind.
| So we must look for perfect leader
outside the pale of mere human society
Where shall we look for such one?
MEN are created q little lower than
; the angels"
I Shall we then look to those next
| above us in degree to find one who can
! with absolute authority say. Follow
| me-?
But is it not evident that however
] pure and holy the highest angel may
1 be, he cannot set for us an example III
ply steal life, for the reason the condi
| tions and experiences of the angelic
| life are dissimilar to those of the hu-
man life:
| We cannot live IS the angels live
| and. therefore. cannot take them as
| patterns for the earthly l.fe.
| Beyond the angels is God. He Is a
| Spirit infinitely holy. just and true.
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| anniversary of the reformation Of the
sixteenth century.
The service is to be held at the Me-
mortal Lutheran Church, Sunday night,
October 81, the 39Sth anniversary OF
Luther's mailing of the theses to the
church clerk at Wittenberg.
1t is expected that all the Lutheran
churches in the city will participate.
The speaker has not yet been selected.
but will probably be a distinguished
representative of the Lutheran Churcl
in the south.
X Il y 4
The nineteenth annual convention OF
the Sunday school institute Of tho
Protestant Episcopal diocese of Wash
ington will be held Wednesday, Octo-
Der 20. 1t will open with the Bishop
of Washington officiating at holy COM
munion.
Rev. C. c. Foley, professor Of the
Philadelphia Divinity School. will de-
liver an address at this meeting on
THE Church's Relation to the Chris
tian Training of the Children Of the
Church s-- ..
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of Washington. as in other dioceses
Of the province. Sunday, October Il. Is
on which the first topic for sermons
or addresses will be tb Religious NI5e
Meaning of Church Membership" and
the second topic, Religious Nurture in
the Home"
ject is school and college day." and
the topics are 1.-THE Church School as
the Trainer of Leaders-Educatio
During the Critical Period Of Habit,
forming Age" and Cole college LIFE Life t and
During the Period When Purpose Is
Fixed SUNDAY t October tep,e a. as ves he
sacred Ministry as Vocation" and
ssThe Public School and the Church"
The provincial board. 1T Is said. trusts
that by the cooperation of rectors and
parishes the greatest use may be made
Of these special days.
Under direction of the Lutheran Min
isterfal Association preparations are
being made for the celebration Of the
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he Is certain 20 pursue course. even
with the same ends In View. that Will
manifest hls own identity and avoid
the imputation OF a lack of originality
II Ia L characteristic feature of nan-
lsiad, both OF tine learned and the I'M
learned, the exalted and the humble.
20 lay claim TO leadership. and all
Without exception are IN some measure
avsrse to being led.
No one wants to appear as stepping
;u the footprints OF another. Whether
poor IN station or in mental forces.
Il Is a natural desire in all men to
lead in some limited way or other.
The irrepressible 81 told you So 10 a
proof of this innate ambition to direct
the course Of others.
Had you followed my advice 'or done
as 1 said you would have prospered
and escaped the trouble you are In
lie the language heard on every hand.
So far az this or that particular
thing Is concerned. the claim is as
serted Follow me-
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There are fashions in Christian work
as in other things, and churches are
putting into their mana cement up-to-
date ideas comparable with the speed
ing-up Of plans In industrial concerns.
The opening Of the working year of
the churches this October is to see,
among other new ideas, church for
children.
Several of the cities IN the east an
nounce such plan. There is no new
building, but the existing one is used
and the hour is 9 o'clock Sunday
morning. Young men form the gov
erning body, and there Is financial
management quite distinct from that
of the church conducted for older peo-
pie.
The pastor or assistant pastors preach
the sermon. There is no separation OF
Christians on age, since the children's
church welcomes people of all ages.
and the II o'clock service welcomes
children. The advantages claimed are
the large use of parish plant, and the
tremendous interest young people are
found to take in it because it is their
own.
From Ohio and the middle west come
reports Of the Inauguration in several
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AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION
is READJUSTINC ITS WORK
Reports to Be Heard at Meeting to Be Held IN New
Haven, Conn. Shortly.

of every third. 1t seems TO be agreed
that the chief reimbursement OF Congre-
gational benevolences to be made at
New Haven will affect the building So
ciety, the home mission society and the
state societies. The change will be In
the nature Of closer cooperation. the
aim being to secure efficiency and save
expense. Educational plans, proposed
some time ago, may be considered, but
are said not to be likely to be acted on
at this time.
Congregationalists and Lutherans ara
looking forward To anniversary cele-
brations to such extent that 1t IL now
stated that Lutherans will send a dele
cation to New Haven to invite Puritan
and Pilgrim descendants to take part
in their 1917 celebration. with the
pledge that Lutherans will help them
in their 1920 one. The Lutherans are
doing much just now to induce all
Protestants to join them in 1917. One
celebration is the four hundredth an
niversary of the beginning OF the
Reformation in Germany. and the other
the three-hundredth of the landing Of
the Pilgrims.
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CHURCH NOTES.

conference are Rev. j. M. Culbreth, one
Of the general secretaries Of the EpWorth
League, from the central office at Nash
Vile; Rev. c. c. Bush, conference mis-
sionary to Africa, and Rev. Edward K
Hardin, pastor Of Mount Vernon Place
Church.
| In the Church of the Nativity. Bright
wood, the closing exercises OF the
mission, which has been in progress
the past week. will take place tomor'
| row evening at o'clock.
Rev. Joseph NJ. Snyder. member OF
| the Redemptorist Order from Annapo-
| lis. who has been conducting the mis-
| sion. will oficiate at the services
which will consist of the recitation OF
diction of the blessed sacrament, after
which the papal blessing will be given
~ X X
Rev. John Love. secretary of the
Southern Baptist Convention Foreign
| missionary Society, is to preach in
Bethany Baptist church tomorro"
evening.
Representatives of the fifty-eight
colored Baptist churches in the Dis
trict of Columbia will meet to-
morrow at $3.50 o'clock at the
Metropolitan Colored Baptist Church in
a 'get-together meeting" to be addressed
OSAeAA
lima.
This meeting is preparatory to a capt.
tal-wide evangelistic campaign which it
is planned to hold in Washington for two
weeks, beginning the latter part Of Oc-
tober. Rev. Mr.. Carroll will also address the
Baptist ministers meeting at the same
church Monday at II am.
X X X
The third week in October. includin 6
Sunday. october II, one or more week
day sessions, and Sunday, October "a.
has been designated by; the Episcopal
provincial board of religious educa-
ton. acting under the general board.
as "Education week." to be set apart
in every parish for the presentation
of the subject of religious education.
by prayer, preaching and offering.
The last general convention laid its
principal emphasis upon education as
the churchs most immediate duty. and
the. synod of the province of Wash
inrton has Endorsed this emphasis. The
PROVINCIAL board feels that the present
need is to awaken every member of the
church to realize how vital. essential
and alI-embracing is the work of re-
ligious education.
According to the program. which has
been mailed to all clergy IN the diocese
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Tomorrow morning at $50 o'clock
the boys rally and prom "tion
lservice will be held at the Ninth Street
christian Bible School: Last Sun.
Iday was girls day and there were 74S
present at the school.
The boys and men promise much
larger attendance on their day. the
pastor, Rev. George A. Miller, Will
preach in the morning on is . the e
Facts, Commandments and Promises
of the Word of God" -.
This congregation held its annual
business meeting on Thursday night
and the reports of the various branch
es of the church showed healthy
condition.
The active membership is nearly 1900
with an enrolment in the Bible school
of 1890. There were 2S2 additions to
the church during the year and nearly
$4,000 was raised by the congrega-
ton for all purposes.
There are four Christian Endeavor
Societies, all doing most excellent
work.
.hurch they support missionary in
he home field and one in Africa. The
church on Thursday bought another
esidence. making three they have re-
Gently bought. facing on D street: and
n the early spring will build large
Bible school house to accommodate
the growing school, which had an aver
age attendance this past year Of sew
enty-seven more than any previous
year in the history of the church.
The official board of the church was
increased from twenty-five members 20
thirty one members and the following
persons were elected to fill one vacancy
and to make the increase: T. c. Crews.
Edgar M Kitchen. c. C. Guy. r. H.
Gravatt, Harry O'Donnell. DR.. E. T.
Stephenson and DIR. j.. w. Gaver.
X + *
The first annual session of the Balti-
more conference Epworth League, Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South, will he held
in Mount Vernon Place Church, this city,
beginning Friday evening, and continue
Ing its sessions through Saturday and
Sunday.
Rev. ]. w. Smith of Baltimore will de-
liver the opening address Of the confer
ence Friday evening, his subject being
'"The Religion Of Loyalty" At o'clock
Saturday morning a sunrise prayer and
praise service will be held on the Monu-
ment grounds. the weather being favor
able The business session Of the con-
ference, at which officers for the ensuing
year are to be elected, will convene at 8
o'clock Saturday morning.
Among the principal speakers Of the
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union personal workers meeting will
be held at the Emmanuel Baptist
Church under the direction of DR.. G. G..
Johnson. DR.. George B. Adams of Phil
adelphia, who was one of the leading
spirits in the BILLY Sunday meetings
in the Quaker city, will be the princi-
pal speaker.
Each morning during the campaign
at the Calvary Baptist Church there
49,. - conducted a personal workers
conference. Evangelist Raleigh
W fisnt wnl be the principal instructor.
DIR. Weston Bruner and his corps of
evangeIists and singers have been Won
derfully successful in city campaigns
elsewhere. In Baltimore. Richmond,
Louisville, Atlanta, Roanoke, Va. and
Dallas, Tex, the number of additions
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The American Missionary Association
educational and other help for Eski-
mos, negroes, Indians and other de-
pendent peoples. maintained by Con-
gregationalists, Is readjusting Its WORK.
especially that for colored people. be-
cause it has 100000 coming to 1t
within a few weeks to back up that
work. This money was made in the
development of aluminium
Mr.. c. NJ Hall. who died not long ago
at Niagara Falls, made it. and besides
the 100000 to negro education. he
gave 100000 to Berea College. Ken
lucky, there TO help white people. and
100000 to Oberlin University. whose
work is well known. The association
will make report on it's new plans at
New Haven shortly.
This New Haven meeting is the ma
tionaI council of all Congregationalists.
This council has changed its plans and
now meets every second year instead
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to the Baptist churches alone have
numbered from 1900 to 1000. During
the past year more than 1900 have
been added to the churches where
these men have preached and labored.
In these meetings the message rather
than the man will be magnified. An.
other matter of emphasis will be that
of the local church. The services will
be held in the churches rather than a
tabernacle or large hall In this way
the minds of the converts as well as
the public at large will be directed to
the services and work of the churches
and the ordinances thereof.
Dir. Bruner and his helpers are now
holding like meetings in Norfolk and
Portsmouth, Va. and will come from
there here.
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Gods Life.

Could we conform ourselves To His
character all would be well. but this is
not opssibe. God. the Father of all,
like the angels. never lived a human
life and does not in His nature as a
spirit Of infinite Justice. goodness and
truth. afford us an example to follow.
SO we conclude: No mere man can
lead US perfectly. for all men need to
be led themselves. God nor the angels
cannot set us pattern to follow. for
they have never had our life or nature
In which to set the example of perfect
living. Hence. one must be found who
has lived in this world as we live in
all respects save sin-one pure and
perfect and yet partaker of our nature
and conditions--one who is both God
and man.
The union Of the divine and huna n
nature is necessary to constitute per-
feet leader Of men. The presumption
from the necessity of such condition
is that provision would be made for
such @ one. But we are not left to
presumption, having the clear word of
revelation that In Christ we have the
Goldman.
In Him ie found all the elements Of
perfect leadership. BE q follower of
Him. The closer We walk In His foot
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sure proper treatment, and as soon as
may be to put them on their feet.
At least 10000 boys in the country
are helped each year. The work start
ed among Protestants, but is now ex-
tending to Roman Catholics. Some time
ago it was taken up by the Jews.
with Y. M. c. A, gymnasiums in
churches, and fresh air and other funds
Like the Bernardo Homes of London,
the Big Brothers are multiplying the
number of prosperous men throughout
the country, who began, many hardly
know where.
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It is remarkable
that that one of
t h e Sc references
takes US to the old
H e b r e W h y m n
book. considering
! t h a t t h Q e q RI y
Israe1ites regarded
themselves as Gods
chosen people and
|all Gentiles as out
side the covenant:
|yet we find King
David. with the
prophets vision of
the final CONSUME