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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

Fifteen representatives of the Chris
tian Endeavor Union gave luncheon
in honor of Mr.. Karl Lehman, inter
state field secretary. Thursday evening
Following the luncheon Mr.. Lehman
was the principal speaker at Chris
tan Endeavor mass meeting held al
ST PauFs Lutheran Church.
A number of Endeavorers accompa-
MED Mr.. Lehman to the Union station
after the mass meeting. While waiting
for the train the delegation formed a
circle around the secretary and all
Joined in singing God Be With You
Till We Meet Again"
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Leaders in the work for the retreat
for Roman Catholic laywomen of
Washington. to be held at Immaculate
Seminary, Tenleytown, from September
I to September II, today made the fol-
lowing announcement:
THE retreatants who are unable to
remain overnight may attend the exer-
cises of the retreat only during the
day. e., from $50 am. to $50 pm.
.Applications should be made by Sep
TENDER /, and further information may
be obtained from Miss Winifred NJ.
Costigan. 1923 Girard street north
west.
The retreat will be conducted by
Rev. owen A. Hill, S. j., professor OF
philosophy in Fordham University. \.
Y, a former Washingtonian and student
of Gonzaga College.
For the information of those who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

1t was an aphorism Of the strenuous
gentleman who lately held our Uncle
Samuers biggest job. And the meaning
Of it is clear The ship of life is built
like a Roman trireme, in which each one
who rides must tug at an oar We are
not to travel as idle passengers.
In the diction of landsmen, the colonel
meant that each of US ought to put into
life as much as he takes out of it, senti-
ment that finds a response with earnest
people everywhere. We are ambitious to
do as much as that, surely. We would
not wish to be simply burdens on society.
In describing class of idlers. good old
Isaac Watts once wrote some lines that
do not appear in the authors hymn
books:
There is a number of us creep
Into the world to eat and sleep.
And know no reason why we are born,
But only to consume the corn,
Devour the cattle, flesh and fish.
And leave behind an empty dish.
And if our tombstones, when we die,
Be not taught to fiatter and to lie.
There is nothing better can be said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

time helped to mold the minds and
morals of many of the most prominent
and influential women in the United
States, and lived to>see in the students
of her later years the result of her In
fiuence and teaching over the mothers
of the present generation.
The women she has equipped mental
ly in these fifty years-and they are
many. it is declared-know the value
of sound culture and education.
They have been shown by her. it is
pointed out. the logical as well as the
spiritual reasons for right and wrong.
and they are able to discern lin the
present upheaval of nations and the
decadence Of the home, which she so
deplores. the inevitable result Of self
will and self-indulgence."
The many anniversary gifts and con-
gratulatory letters and kilograms re-
ceived by Sister Fidels testify. it is as
serted, in small measure to the re-
gard in which she is held in this CON-
munity and elsewhere.
The f1eeting years have but touched
her gently. and her friends say they
hope that they may one day have the
privilege of celebrating her diamond
jubilee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

of service must enter the ministry. We
see now that every honorable occupation
is chance for service. All useful work
of hand or brain may be entered upon in
the spirit of conservation.
The praises of labor have. often been
sung, but if labor is to be truly glorious
it must have about it just this touch of
idealism. We must see that somehow it
contributes to human well being-in
physical, mental. moral or spiritual ways.
The man who had been employed at fair
wages to strike tree stump with the
butt end of an AK finally threw up the
job in disgust. Il want to see the chips
fly he said.
Surely the most happy and effective
work in all this world is animated by the
thought. We are laborers together with
God" We are partners with the eternal.
A great city is being erected here in this
earth. the holy city. the New Jerusalem. -
and it requires all sorts of material to
build a city. The honest contribution of
any worker, no matter how humble, is
accepted and used. Your bit of work has
a place in a stupendous plan. 1t is this
nobler conception of our toll that gives
it dignity and worth and makes the dusty
ranks of labor in very truth the "regi-
ment of God.''-The Church Courier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
ROSH HASHANAH COMES
ON SEPTEMBER 9
Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur,
Day of Atonement, to Be OBJ
served in Local Temples,

Rosh Hashanah. or the Jewish New
Year, is to be observed by the Hebrews
of Washington September g. it marking
the beginning of the five thousand six
hundred and seventy-sixth year since
the creation of the earth. 1t is one
of the most important days of the He
brew calendar.
Following it ten days later. Septem
Der 10. comes Yom kippur, or the Jew
ish day of atonement.
Special services are now being ar
ranged for the various Hebrew temples
of the city to mark the anniversaries.
The significance of Rosh Hashanah, II
is explained, comes from the fact that it
is but the introduction to the day of atone
ment.
Before one can realize the need of
atonement,'' it is pointed out, cit is neces-
sary that he become conscious of his
shortcomings for SO long as we imagine
ourselves whole, it may never occur tic
us that We need a physician so long as
we do not admit our sinfulness, we shall
hardly feel the need of being forgiven"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
EPWORTH LEAGUES TO MAKE FALL
PLANS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING
Meeting of Washington District Board of Control
to Be Held at Chevy Chase Methodist
Episcopal Church.

The Washington District Epworth
League board of control meeting will
be held in the First Methodist Episco-
pal Church, Chevy Chase, Md, Shepard
street and Sonnecticut avenue, Wednes
day evening, when representatives of
the thirty-nine Epworth League chap
tiers in the Washington district of the
Methodist Church will formulate plans
for their fall and winter activities.
Chartered but three years ago, the
Epworth League at Chevy Chase prides
itself in possessing one of the best or
ganized chapters in the district and has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
Fools Laughter.

Solomon tells us that even laughter
in the heart is sorrowful, and the end
of that mirth is heaviness"
He is referring to the mirth of mere
frivolity. Laughter is not sinful or
wrong.
There is innocent mirth and virtuous
laughter. such as comes from a cheer
full and sunny temperament and from a
pure and devout heart
How MUCH says Carlyle. lies in
laughter-the cipher key where we
decipher the whole. man. Some men
wear an everlasting barren shipper: in
the smile of others lies the cold glitter,
as of ice; the fewest are able to laugh
what can be called laughing, but only
sniff and litter, and sniggle from the
throat outward. or at least produce
some whiting. husky cachination, as if
they were laughing through wool Of
none such come good. The man who
cannot laugh is not only fit for trea-
son. stratagems and spoils.kbut his own
life Is already a treason and STRAIT
egem.'
But Solomon was not speaking of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

The recent Bible congress at the
Panama exposition, San Francisco. was
marked success. and has called the
attention of the country to Bible trans
lation and circulation throughout the
world, and pointed forward to next
Mays observances celebrating the one
hundredth anniversary OF the founding
Of the American Bible Society.
The greatest rally of the congress
took place in 1.-The court Of the uni
verse;" the center of the exposition.
and declared a At place for exalting the
Bible as the center of human life and
progress.
Fifteen or twenty thousand people
attended this great Bible rally. held on
weekday afternoon. Its primary pur-
pose was the presentation of bronze
PLAGUE by the exposition to the con-
gress. Rev. William A. Sunday preach
ed a strong biblical sermon in his char
acteristic way. He maintained the
truth and power of the Bible as one
rarely hears it done, it is said, not
clothing his speech in fine phrases, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
Vanity Of Pleasure.

The pleasures of frivolity, such as
they are. only crafty the lower capaci-
ties of human nature, and deaden the
higher sensibilities in which happi-
ness can alone be found.
In the frivolities of Individual and of
social life there is a great deal of
what is counted as pleasure. which has
no more claim to the name than the
delirium of fever. 1t may thrill and
exhiiarate for a little season, but soon
il scorches and wastes like IRE.
That this is true is demonstrated by
universal experience and attested by
our own consciousness; and it is de-
cIared with force and frequency in the
word of God.
If the pleasures of frivolity are of
real value to those who take ac-
count of this world only, how greatly
should they be Stunned by those who
look upon this life as a probation pc
Rod in which to work out a higher
and endless destiny.
Yet many professed Christians give
much of their time to frivolous mat
tiers and thus waste the brief period
allotted them for attention to the
Weightier matters Of life.
Their ~danger Is not alone in waste
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
BIBLE CONFERENCE AT SAN FRANCISCO
EXPOSITION PROVES MARKED SUCCESS
Has Called Attention of Country to Bible Transla-
ton and Circulation Throughou the World.
Billy Sunday One of Speakers. s

gripping the throng and causing all OF
1t to remain to the end.
Interesting from a missionary and in
ternational point of view WAS The pub
lie ceremony of handing over to the
Japanese Christians and their friends
a copy of the Scriptures in English. pre-
pared by the American Bible Society
! for presentation to the Emperor Of
Japan on the occasion of his approach
ing coronation.
The mikado has consented to receive
it. and it is understood that the Jap
anese Christians in Japan Will present
at the same time copy of the Bible
printed in Japanese
The war interfered not little with
the program of this Bible congress,
speakers being una BILE to cross the
ocean. There were greetings from the
British and Foreign. French, German
and other Bible societies, and papers by
the Patriarch of Constantinople and his
bishops; DR.. Kuyper, formerly prime
minister and now a senator of Hol-
land; Prof. Jean de Nisme of the Re-
formed Church of France and others.
Bible development in Europe, Asia and
in America was brilliantly presented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
Game of Life.

There ought not to be frivolity in the
life OF the Christian. In the midst of
lifes tremendous issues there is no
room for frivolity-no time for trifling
matters.
BY frivolity we mean the failure to
take life seriously.
7 do not mean to say by any
means that there is no room or time
for recreation. I believe that play.
laughter and merriment. games and eX-
ercise are right and necessary for life's
best development. In these things
frivolity has no necessary standing. In
excluding frivolity from any and all
occasions we do not exclude any en-
joyment. 1t does not belong anywhere
in the game of life.
1t is only when we are conscious that
the plea Sures in which we indulge are
approved of God and bring no reproach
upon our manhood and Womanhood
that we can know what enjoyment
means.
Religion rules frivolity out of the
heart and life, but it does not rule
out any innocent pleasure. 1t COM
mands men to rejoice always. F'rivol-
ity does not mean gladness, it means
badness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

natural laughter. but of the laughter
of one who had not a right under
standing or appreciation of what life
is. He calls it, elsewhere, the laugh
ter of the fool and said of it: 1T is
mad"
The end of frivolous mirth is heavi-
ness. Unlike the Joy of the good, the
true and the pure, it comes to an end
and the end is a heavy heart.
Disease, age and death bring to an
end all mere frivolous mirth and joy.
There is no frivolity in the hour OF
death, no frivolity in the day of judg-
ment. no frivolity in the place of pun
ishment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

Advocates of church unity in the
United States are watching with keen
Interest the progress of unity plans IN
the Dominion of Canada. These plans
are more radical than any yet at
tempted, even in Australia and South
Africa.
The bodies involved are the Metho-
dist, the Congregational and the Pres
byterian. If, union be erected II
means an end, to all three bodies, and
the question whether hundreds OF
thousands of Christians respectively
will. decide to put their religious bodles
out of existence presents something
new in church management
Methodists and Congregational1sts
have definitely committed themselves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

been active from the start along all
lines of Epworth League work. Az
there are no evening preaching serv-
ices at the Chevy Chase Church, the
Epworth League conducts the only
evening service in the church the year
round. special welcome being extended
to all.
Mr. w. l.. Orem, jr., ex-president Of
Chevy Chase Chapter, is now recording
secretary OF Washington District Ep-
worth League. Mr.. w. c. Wagner Is
president of the chapter. Rev. Lucien
Clark serves the Chevy Chase Church
as pastor. DIR. Clark at one time was
presiding elder of the Methodist
churches in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
CHURCH UNITY ADVOCATES WATCH
PROGRESS OF CANADIAN EFFORTS
Methodists and Coneresationalists of Dominion
Plan United Church of Canada-Presby-
terans Considering Joining Them.

to the proposition. The Presbyterian.
have not yet been able to pass it. ano
the proposition comes up again at The
next general assembly.
1t is proposed to call the united body
the United Church of Canada. Presby
teries meeting within the next few
weeks will consider the plan.
In the meantime reports come o.
strong Methodist dissatisfaction will
the plan. The insurgents claim tina
, the combined missionary and othel
agencies will lose by the plan.
The new opposition does not. how
ever, come from these agencies, bu
from Methodist ministers of the ex
treme east, or maritime provinces, ant
the extreme west, or missionary ones
More than 100000 communicates are
involved In the plan, and annual gift:
exceeding SS,000,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

If there were enough parasites Of this
,, kind they would bankrupt the world.
In contrast to all this there is some
thing rather fine in the sight of prosaic
aborer going home at nightfall, swinging
his dinner pail and with the marks of toll
upon him. Whether he has laid bricks in
building. or tended loom stood be-
hind coulter. he has been justifying his
existence a productive member of so
ciety; he has been pulling his own weight.
My friend. can you make a pair Of
shoes. set a pane Of glass, or cook a
good dinner? If you can do any of these
things you have something to be proud of.
Can you run a locomotive. or market some
commodity. or draw up a will. or teach
arithmetic? Along the line of any of these
accomplishments you can make your con-
tribution to the needs Of men. You are
no lazy passenger you are pulling your
own weight.
! 1t is good to think of each mans vaca-
ton not simply as his means Of paying
his board bill. but as his means of doing
good in the world. His job is medium
through which he makes his contribution
to humanity. It used to be thought that
every youth who desired to live a life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
Heaviness of Mirth.

A joyous life is not found in it's friv-
olous hours-in sinful mirth.
The joke, the jest, the laugh at the
social board as the wine goes around
are often a veil to conceal sorrow in
the heart underneath may be sad
memories of the past and gloomy fore
bodinSs of the future. The most
wretched frequently show the greatest
merriment.
Much that is gay. jovial and spar
king in the circles of frivolity is but
a cloak to hide a sorrowful heart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

There are times
in the life of all
when S e + ! o u s
thoughts ar Sc j..
Life h a s such
startling e y p e RI
ences that the most
careless are awak-
ened at times to a
sense of soberness.
Yet, with many
this is short lived,
because they have
no true conception
of ljfe'S mea ming
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

dism constitute the truest and most
beautiful expression of the SOULS ex-
periences and sensations and aspira-
lions.
The hymns of today are. however. the
same as the Psalms of David in one re-
spect: they either relate experiences or
express desires or other feelings of the
souI that are common to all. How often
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
The Careless Ones.

The Careless Ones.
BE troubled, We careless ones.
How many there are who are care
less, inattentive, Indifferent, uncon-
cerned and needless of the transcendent
concerns that time has to deal with.
They may De very attentive and heedful
concerning the pleasures and projects
of their rapidly passing years. but
careless concerning the highest duties
and privileges OF their lives.
Men do not like to be troubled. The
misgivings and dread Of guilt they try
to shut out from the mind. They strive
to silence the voice of conscience. Yet
if they are not troubled they will con-
tinue in their course Of careless
frivolity.
The sovereign remedy for the careless
ones is in looking to Him who is the
Way, the Truth and the Life and in
being able from the heart to say:
And Him eyermore behold
Walking in the midst Of the world.
Through the cornfeld,s waving gold,
In hamlet. in wood and in void
BY the shores of the beautiful sea,
He touches the sightless eyes;
Before Him the demons nee
To the dead He saith. Arise"
To the living. Follow me-
And that voice still soundath one
From the centuries that are gone
To the centuries that shall be-. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
IDesire League.
Offensive and Defensive,
With Every Soldier Of Jesus Christ.
JOHN WESLEY.
EPWORTH' LEAGUE DISCUSSION.
By Robert D. Burbank.

we find a speaker or author giving ex-
preston to a thought that seems to
have been lying dormant in our own
minds, unconscious and uneXDressed
So We find the hymns that become ia
vorites and have a permanent value are
those that express the souls expert
ence or desire or conviction, that is uni
versally felt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
True Enjoyment.

God is a God of gladness. He COM
mands men to enjoy as frequently as
He commands them to obey. He gave
to men an exquisite sensibility for
pleasure and He appeals to that SEN
sibility in all His dealings with men.
He decries against friYplity, the idle
word. the sinful thought and act. but
He reveals a condition of life in which
there can be no enjoyment So perfect,
no amusement SO desirable as that
which he allows and commends.
Men are spending. much time in fri
volity, who. are continually complain
ing that life is short. They are acting
as though it would continue forever.
rhe bell strikes I'VE take note of time.
But from its loss " give it then a tongue
S wise in man. As if an angel spoke,
feel tile solemn sound: II heard Alright
1t is the knell of my departed hours.
But how few take serious note of time
from its loss. They are reminded only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28
Notes of the City, Churches.

may not understand the meaning of
retreat in the sense in which ii is here
taken, ii may be stated that a spiritual
retreat is merely a short time spent in
the consideration of the great business
of life 1t is a spiritual stock-t king
that is. the doing for ones immortal
soul what every practical common
sense ma or woman. does for the body.
home and business. \ spiritual re-
treat enables one to find out what one
is making or can make out of life. and
points out clearly and unmista hably the
principles upon which genuine char
acter is built.
But what results from such re-
treat? The mind is enlightened: the
will is strengthened: the heart is in
spired; the whole being is fortified. IL
is the. testimony of all retrea tants that
the retreat has been the healthiest.
happiest and most elevating experience
of their lives. They come out from II
wonderfully refreshed for the battle OF
life.
| 'These retreats have recently become
very popular for people in every station
or walk of life in all the large cities
of this country and of Europe
The annual field day outing of tho
Christian Endeavor Union will be held
at the Baptist Church, Falls Church,
Va. on Labor day.
\ program Of athletic events for tho
. afternoon will be followed by confer
ence on efficiency in the evening. Four
brief talks will be given by Christian
Endeavor experts.
The program for the coming year for
the District Of Columbia Union emu
braces the following: Twenty-Five
hundred rev converts and church menu
hers. $500 new Endeavorers. 1900 new
dollars for missions. 800 new menu
berS of the peace union, % new socie-
ties CT Christian E,ndeavor. 80 new
dos Of Eant
members of the tenth legion. - new
Christian Endcavor experts, 13 new life
work recruits and 80 new subscribers
to the Christian Endeavor World.
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The Christian Eudeavor Society OF
the Sherwood Presbyterian Church will
hold n rally September 5 and will in
vite all the societies in the vicinity to
participate.
The Lincoln Park service. under tho
auspices of the Young Mems Christian
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
O'Clock.
The speaker will he Rev. William A.
Melvin. pastor of the First Methodist
will he continued through the month
of September. Special music will be
offered under the direction of Mr. C.
NJ. Greist.
* *
The Young Mems Christian AssocIa-
ton gospel team, which has been con-
Quoting evangelistic services at Fort
Myer Heights Sunday evenings during
August, will conclude their series to-
morrow evening at O'Clock.
Mr.. Page NICK. Etchison of the Young
Mems Christian Association will speak
and will be assisted in the service by
Messrs. Gripp, Rich and Greathouse.
Mr., BENJAMIN Lineback will render q
vocal solo.