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The Aseptic Ideal.

Have YOU ever been in the operating
room of a modern hospital?
Dazzling in its whiteness. it would seem
as though it might defy forever the at
tack of disease germs. but no chances are
taken Over and over the walls and floors
are scrubbed, and every bit of metal
cleaned with one solution after another.
until there is not the least possible chance
of any lingering germ.
The patient is brought in upon stretch
err on which every bit of padding and
covering has been rendered aseptic. The
hands of nurses and attendants, brushed
and manicured and washed until there is
no possibility of hidden germ. lift the
patient to the operating table. The sur
geon has subjected himself to the most
thorough cleansing which science makes
possible and is entirely covered with spot
less white, leaving only his eyes to be
seen. The instrument he uses and even
the air of the room has been sterilized
This is the nearest approach possible to
the realization of the aseptic ideal in
physical life.
In spiritual life we have one per-
feet example of the realization of the
aseptic idsal. in the life of our Lord
Jesus Christ His life was absolutely
pure from the contamination of spirit
ual disease, and his purpose was to
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tuous thoroughfares of the city. the
visitor draws near to this spot, where
the stiffness is so profound that it is
and yellow and pink: some in full
flower and others only in the bud. and
the odor of the surrounding pines de-
lights the senses.
The grotto is built of gray stone; a
statue of the Immaculate Conception in
niche above overlooks the valley,
and it is here that hundreds of pious pill
grims come to address their prayers to
the Immaculate Queen of Heaven, to
plies these words of Holy Scripture
Thou are all fair. o my love, and
there is no spot in Thee"
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Georgetown University Clergyman Will Observe the Day
Baltimore at the Institute de Notre Dame-Wil
Celebrate High Mass O'Clock.

His nephew is a Jesuit, stationed in
Woodstock College, Md. and his niece
is in a convent in Baltimore.
Rev. Shandelle will celebrate the day
in Baltimore, at the Institute de Notre
Dame. where his sisters will come from
their respective converts. The princi-
pal feature of the golden jubilee will
be the solemn high mass of thanksgiv-
ing, celebrated by Father Shandelle in
the presence of his relatives and friends
in the chapel of the convent. at 9 o'clock
tomorrow morning. Rev. Paul Huber
chaplain of the convent, will be deacon
of the mass and Rev. Frank Ruppel
S. J.. of Woodstock College, Md, a
nephew, subdeacon. The sermon will
be delivered by Rev. Joseph Schunt OF
ST. James Church, Baltimore.
In the afternoon there will be a re-
ception and musical in the parlors OF
the institute from to o'clock
Monday morning DR.. Shandelle will
celebrate mass in the chapel of the
Convent of the Visitation, Baltimore
where his niece is a religious, wher
the members of the community and his
personal friends will be present.
He is receiving congratulatory let
tiers and kilograms from various sec
tions of the country.
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workers are now revising and correct.
ing it. hoping to have it ready for puo-
LEGATION before the end of the year.
The only translation of the Bible
into the Choctaw language is q
Presbyterian translation, and that
work is being consulted frequently in
the present translation of the Catholic
catechism.
Previous to coming to Washington.
where he has now resided for the pa st
fifteen years, DR.. Ketcham was a mis-
sionary among the Oklahoma Indians
for ten years, SO that an experience of
twenty-five years or more among the
Indians has made him one of the best
informed men in the United States, on
Indian questions.
At the invitation of some of the
prominent clubs in the cities of the
west DIR. Ketcham has given some In
teresting and instructive talks on In
dian matters. the past few weeks.
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At the Franciscan Monastery there
will be a special solemn high mass to-
morrow at 9 o'clock in observance of
feast of the assumption of the Virgin
Mary. when the celebrant and the Of
ficers of the mass will be Franciscan
clergymen.
1t will be celebrated at the Grotto of
Lourdes, which was solemnly dedica ted
two years ago on the feast of the as
sumption, when Ri Rev. Charles War
rem Currier. Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba,
officiated. and declared that he was
privileged to exercise his first pontifcal
function in honor of Mary immaculate.
This grotto is an exact replica of the
one in the little town of Lourdes in the
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made in an unusual way. Unable to
bear the expense of engaging trans
lators for the years of labor required.
missionary societies loaned part time
of some of their workers. Native Bra
lillian scholars assisted. but the work
fell largely upon the shoulders of Rev.
DIR. William Cabell Brown. one of the
pioneer missionaries of the Episcopal
Church in this country to Brazil. Rev.
DR.. Brown, before completing his
, translation work. was elected Bishop
of Porto Rico, but declined 1t. He was
ginia. and accepted only because by
that time he had completed. with ma :
tive assistance. the big work of trans
lation.
| The task of printing the Bible in
Portuguese is now going forward by
the two Bible societies. Sales of the
New Testament since 1910 have exceed
| ed expectations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-14

Mr. E. P. Gates, field secretary OF the
Illinois Christian Endeavor Union, for
merly president of the Christian En-
deavor Union of the District of Column
bia, spent three days in Washington
during the past week. He visited the
Keller Memorial Church on Sunday and
held a conference with the executive
committee Of the local union on Tues
day afternoon, after which he returned
to his headquarters in Chicago to be-
gin an extensive campaign in Illinois.
Mr. Gates came to Washington from
Wheeling, w. Va, where he had been
attending the Christian Endeavor state
convention. His trip in the east was
made in the interest of the men and
millions movement which was launched
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Sources of Inspiration.

Remembering that we al have gifts
differing according to the grace given
to us. whether prophecy or ministry, or
exhortation, we will learn that it is
not so much the work we do as the
spirit in which we do it.
There must be some source of in
SEPARATION, some ideal toward which we
are striving. some bright dreams or
fancies or beautiful imagery of ideas
to be transformed into reality, else the
work will be dull and dreary.
Our ideals of completeness and per-
lection in any good course or purpose
of life brighten and inspire US in such
degree as we are faithful and true to
them,
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and holy are there not added health
of body, prosperity and happiness in
life in line with the grace attained?
The ideals of the young, while less
definite, are more se-tinted than are
those of maturer years. To the young
the grass is greener. the flowers
sweeter. the skies brighter, and they
think less about the whitening grass,
the fading flowers and the darkenin &
skies: and 1t is well that it is so. The
time has not yet come for them to
recognize new blessings in the shape
OF perls past. of sins forgiven
OF thoughts of God and hopes OF heaven.
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DR.. JOWETT. SOUNDING PRAISES
OF AMERICA IN ENGLAND
Pastor of New York Church Applauds Work of President
Wilson Various Summer Conference.-The in Demand
Account Of American Leanngs.

, utterances, especially all of them re-
lating to the United States.
There were persistent rumors that
the officers OF Westminster Church.
London, were determined. in the event
of Rev. DR.. Campbell Morgan insisting
upon his resignation being accepted. to
induce Rev. DR.. Jowett to quit America
for a London pulpit.
DR.. Morgan having withdrawn his
resignation because his health has i'm
proved, there is now said to be no
doubt that DIR. Jowett will return to
his famous pulpit in October
DR.. Morgan was to have come to
America this summer, but he Cancelled
his engagements, and after vacation
this month will return to Westminster
Church pulpit. Londov the first Sun
day in September. GUNNER meetings
in England this year, owing. it is said.
to deeper seriousness of the people be-
cause of war, have had unprecedented
numbers in attendance upon them
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CHAUTAUQUA CHOOSES
ARTHUR E. BESTOR AS PRESIDENT
Bishop John H. Vincent, Founder of Organization,
Retires on Account of Advancing Years.

of the Chautauqua Institution, in the
place of his father, and Mr. Bestor
becomes it's administrative head.
This original Chautauqua. on the
lake of the same name, has no connec-
ton with many chautauquas elsewhere
1t lends its name without objection,
but disclaims responsibility in any
form for other chaqtauquas. Mr.. Bes-
tor is a graduate OF the University OF
Chicago. He has been director of the
summer assembly for ten years. His
new duties will give him larger pow
ers in the Chautauqua reading circle
and other educational features of Chau
tauqua plans. The summer assembly is
visited annually by about 100000 peo-
pie, coming for the most part from the
west and southwest
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The original Chautauqua. after which
all others are named, has just elected
Mr.. Arthur Z. Restor to be its Dresi-
dent The change comes about through
the resignation of the founder of the
whole chautauqua educational and
popular summer assembly movement.
Rev. DR.. John H. Vincent, Methodist
bishop.
His resignation is due to advancing
years. He projected Chautauqua back
in the time of President Grant, who as
President of the United States visited
Chautauqua in it's early days.
A son of Bishop Vincent President
George f. Vincent of the University of
Minnesota, has been elected chancellor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-14

Rev DIR. John Henry Jowett, pastor
of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church. New York, and formerly of
London. who is in England this sum-
mer. is sounding the praises of Amer
lea and Americans at a dozen or more
of the greatest of summer meetings in
the kingdom He has praised Presi-
dent Wilson and his policy toward the
Mexican difficulty. and especially his
stand on the German diplomatic af-
fair.
He is easily the most in demand of
any of the summer preachers there.
and in no small degree. it is said, be-
cause of his American leanings
At Mundesley. Keswick and other
summer conferences, and at confer
ences and councils of Methodists and
| others, he has been heard and has filled
| the British. religious press with his
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CHURCH NOTES.

I at the International Christian EndeavOr
| convention at Chicago in July.
The message of DR.. Francis r. Clark
] at the twenty-seventh international con-
| vention. which he was unable to deliver
personally, on account of serious illness.
urged the Endeavorers of the United
States to Mobilize, Vitalize and Evan
gelize.
ITO mobilize, he said lis to summon
and equip our forces: to vitalize is to
bring all up to a high standard Of eff
cheney. Nations mobilize their forces for
war; why should not Endeavorers mo-
bilize their forces for Christs service
DIR. Clark suggested three ways to
vitalize a Christian Endeavor Society:
Il. Every society may test its eff
cheney by the efficiency chart. may know
. where it stands, and what 1t has to
gain to reach a reasonable standard OF
usefulness.
go. Every society may have one or
more Christian Endeavor experts. VINO
by careful study have learned the best
methods and plans of work.
"3. Every society may have budget
of expenses and beneficences, and a
wise method of raising money to meet
these expenses and beneficences."
He asked the Endeavorers to achieve.
lin the name of the Master, and trust
ing in Him for strength. during the
next two years.: million new con-
verts and church members. a million
new Endeavorers. million new dollars
the Peace Union, ten thousand new so
cieties of Christian Endeavor, twenty
thousand new comrades OF the quiet
hour. ten thousand new members of the
tenth legion, ten thousand new Chris
tan Endeavor experts, five thousand
new life work recruits, twenty thousand
new subscribers to the Christian En-
deavor World.
Union services conducted under the
Joint auspices of All Souls Unitarian
Church and the Church of Our Father
Universalist, were held during the
month of July and SO far in August in
All Souls Church, corner OF 18th and l.
streets northwest.
The last union service in All Souls
Church will be held tomorrow morning,
August Is. The remaining union serv-
in the Church of Our Father, corner of
18th and l. streets. These will be con-
tinued until the last Sunday in Septem-
ber after which services will be re-
sumed in both churches, those in All
Souls Church under the direction of
the minister, DIR. u. G. B. Pierce. and
those in the Church of Our Father un-
der the pastor there. DR.. John Van
Schaick, jr.
The Church d the Covenant will hold
its regular weekly service in the Cove
nant tent on Lamont street, near 18th
street, at o'clock tomorrow night.
There will be special music, MI. lie
Roy Glider being the soloist. Rev.
Howard Hannaford will preach on
Submarine and Aeroplane Attacks
Upon the Soul"
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Character Building.

So it is with one that is untrue to the
ideals of the life he should live.
In character building one must not
discard the plummet and level and
heedlessly place one material on an
other. just as it comes to hand. and
expect a satisfactory result.
Such a one is surely in bad way.
He. like the careless bricklayer, has
forgotten himself; but the law of COM
mon sense does not forget to act upon
him. and he and his superstructure
must tumble down into a mass of
ruins.
Justice Hughes said: Man too fire.
quently separates himself by insensi-
BILE degrees from the ideal path he has
chosen. until he finds no way to re-
turn"
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south of France, which has become of
worldwide fame.

south of France. which has become of
world wide fame. e.. ...
1.-The fascination of the mira culous
happenings at Lourdes," it is said, has
spread over the globe, and, it is said,
has prompted the faithful to transplant
into their own chimes a representative
Grotto of the Pyrenees The late Pope
Leo XIII had one erected in the Vati-
can gardens. and that at the Fran
ciscan Monastery is said to be the only
one in existence in this country"
The grotto here lies in a valley south
of the monastery. and is accessible
therefrom by stairway leading down
to the shrine. Especially at this sea-
son of the year is the attractiveness of
the scene singularly appreciated, it is
said, when. after leaving the tumul-
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the corresponding forms of SIM There
are the infectious and contagious dis
eases, the dangerous diseases and the
apparently harmless diseases. child
hoods diseases and those peculiar to
certain classes, climates or conditions,
and, worst of all, there are the hope
lessly fatal diseases, and each of these
has it's counterpart of sin in the spir-
itual life.
Disease is the violation of natures
law in the physical world, and sin is
the violation of Gods law in the spir-
itual world. These violations result
from either ignorance or willful dis
obedience. AS science advances it be-
comes more and more successful in the
eradication of disease by both pre-
ventive and curative methods; and as
knowledge of Gods purposes and laws
increase, the power both to overcome
and avoid sin is increased, also.
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IDEAL OF what he
should be but is
not.
We cannot get so
high or SO low as
to be una BILE to see
something higher
than ourselves.
This ideal, which
pictures itself in
our inner con-
seriousness - t h i S
wisdom, goodness
and purity which
we seek tn make
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some form is pres
ent in every body;
even the m o s t
healthy body bears
t h o u s a II d s of
germs of disease.
Sin is present in
every soul, too,
and even the most
r 1 g h teous spirit,
consciously or I'M
consciously, car
ries germs of sin.
The airy n G
forms of disease
at once suggest
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Aseptic Against Temptation.

If we had the same fear Of the pres
ence of sin, however small. in our
lives that the surgeon has Of the pres
ence of disease germs, we would be
much more in earnest in our attempt
to make our lives spiritually aseptic.
If we really believed that spiritual
death follows as closely in the wake
of spiritual bacilli as physical death
follows in the wake Of physical bacilli,
we might regard the seriousness OF
this subject IN a far different light. The
aseptic Christian-the one who is fully
protected against the attack of temp
tation-is not only the true Christian,
but he is the only safe Christian.
There is nothing wrong with our
lions. We cannot keep ourselves from
their attack any more than the sur
seon can keep himself from the attack
of disease germs, but we can render
ourselves impregnable to that attack.
in the same way he does.
He puts on an armor OF absolute
cleanliness, which no hostile germ can
penetrate, and then accomplishes his
ia SIX in surroundings as free from those
germs as possible. This is just exactly
what Paul meant when he wrote, Put
on the armor of God" and Walk by
the Spirit
When we walk with the I.crd
In the light of His word.
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will
He abides With us still.
And with all who viii trust and obey.
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EPWORTH LEAGUE DISCUSSION.
By Robert D. Burbank.
TOPIC:
Keeping Ones Self Aseptic Against Temptation.
(Eph., 6:Io-1S; Gal, 10y

healthy growth in order to successfully
| combat the poisonous germs of sin
There are other cases where it is nee
essary only to keep the patients free
from the temptations that would de-
velop into sin, and the aseptic method
is the effective treatment
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The Supreme Ideal.

In all the unnumbered aspirations for
preferment, honor or power which con-
sttitute our ideals there is but one
thing that is really and truly worth
while.
Seek first the kingdom of God and
His righteousness and all things else
shall be added. There are many things
that are important which may not APP
pear as included in the seeking and
finding of Gods kingdom; but are they
not:
1t is important to be educated, re-
fined. respected, prosperous, healthy
and happy.
Are these things not included?
Is it not true that those who are
taught by the Great Teacher are the
wise ones of earth and are inspired to
ever seek for all true knowledge?
Are not those who come in touch
with the loving sympathies of Gods
kingdom made partakers in some meas
ure of the refined nature inherent to
the dwellers. in that sacred atmosphere,
and thus command the respect OF their
fellow-men?
And to minds intent on things pure
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fingers long, where we can always see
afar.
In the low plains of spiritual fndiffer-
ence, there are doubts, uncertainties
gloomy shadows settle over our ideals,
and they vanish away in the vista of
the mysterious bourne toward which
our path is leading.
We should earnestly strive to find
our way to the higher, sunlit fields of
Christian development and keep far
away from the sloughs of despond and
the giants of despair. The right ideals
will help us to reach the higher eleva-
pathway illumined by the light that
shineth more and more unto the perfect
day."
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At the First Congregational Church
Rev. Nathaniel Pratt Of Rollins Col
iege. Florida. will preach at IL o'clock
tomorrow IN the subject God With
IL
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High and Low Plains.

Our ideals are formed and colored
by thoughts Of the end Of the trail on
which we are journeying. In the high
realm Of service and duty to God and
man the ideals we cherish are clearer
and more rceusJir t" -. hat
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TOPIC:
Be True to Your Ideals.-Acts, 26:I2-1o.

ten himself: but the law of gravitation
does not forget to act on him. and he
and his wall rush down into a con-
fused weller of ruins"
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real-has an influence on every one,
causing feeling of dissatisfaction with
present attachments.
In some the ideal is high, in others
1t is low, yet in all who aim at inn
provement it is better than what one
really is.
True ideals are generally 4 great way
off. and we have to content ourselves
with more or less approximation to
them. but as long as we keep true to
them they continually grow more and
more real.
1t is not an easy matter to keep true
TO our ideals of what our lives should
he. With many it takes "tIe rose out
der long pilgrimage of temptations
before they reach the delectabI noun
tains of tranquility and And rest I'M
der the tree of life.
Approximation.
Carlyle tells US that ideals are not
wholly attainable. I'VE know" said
he. that ideals can never be complete
ly embodied in practice.
Let no man, as Schiller says, meas
ure by scale of perfection the meager
product of reality in this poor world
of ours.
We will esteem him no wise man;
we will esteem him a sickly, discon-
tented. foolish man.
And yet, on the other hand, il is
never to be forgotten that Ideals do
exist: that if they be not approx
mated to at all, the whole matter goes
to wreck. Infallibly.
NO bricklayer builds a wall perpec-
dicular; mathematicalIv. this is not
possible: certain degree of pecpen-
dieularity suffices him. and he, like a
good bricklayer. who must have done
with his job. leaves it so. And yet, if
he sway too much from the perpen-
dicular, above all, il he throw plum
and pile brick on brick needless, just as
il comes to hand, such bricklayer. I
think. is in . bad way. He has forgot
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'Manlike is it to fall in sin.
Friendslike is it to dwell therein;
: Christlike is 1t for sin to grieve,
Godlike is it all sin to leave"
Soul Disease.
Won LOGAN

Sin is disease of the soul, and in no
way does physical life typify and re-
veal spiritual life more truly than I'M
der the attacks of disease. Disease in
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have his followers lead the same kind
of lives. He said to them: I'VE are the
salt of the EARTH" and salt is known
for it's aseptic and antiseptic qualities.
There can be no decay in the presence
of salt that has not lost its SAVIOR"
Christians should be -aseptic as far
as they are themselves concerned,
pure from the faint of sin, and they
are concerned cleasing them of the
spots where evil may breed.
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! will search for what never was found.
For the height and the light and the glow,
OF impossible things I am bound.
For glory comes so.

There is no one so pleased and salts
fed with himself that he does not wish
to be better, wiser and holier.
Every one has at times some menta