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Evening star., 1916-08-19

Delegates returning from the second
annual Epworth League Institute
which closed recently at Mountain
Lake Park, Md, bring glowing ac-
counts of their experiences there, and
are enthusiastic in their praises. and
already are eagerly laying plans for
an even greater institute for 1917 a,
the same place.
The institute was held under the au-
spices of the Baltimore Conference Ep-
worth League. and it is declared was a
big success from every standpoint
Most of the delegates arrived at Noun
tain Lake Park in the special coaches
provided by the Baltimore and Ohit
railroad from Baltimore and Washing
ton. Delegates were registered from
every district of the Baltimore Con-
ference, and also of the Wilmington, GEN.
trail Pennsylvania, West Virginia and
other conferences, as we'll as from
other denominations. Washington sent
about ninety delegates. of whom foul
were from Epworth NJ E. Church
South; Baltimore sent about fifty del
egates, and other points furnished
about sixty more. making total reg
istration of 200 delegates.
The institute opened with a get-to-
gether meeting" when Rev. Francis
NJ Mccoy. dean of the faculty, made &
strong address The regular program
was taken UP and followed through
six days, closing with big bonfire on
the campus.
The motto of the institute was
Recreation, Education, Inspiration.
and this threefold purpose. it is point
ed out, was well fulfilled. The regular
daily program consisted Of morning
watch service from $3.50 to 1880; classes
from S:45 am. to IL m; active recrea-
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a monument to the memory and in
honor OF the members of the various
orders of sisters of the Roman Catholic
Church who gave their services on bat
tlefields and in hospitals, both floating
and land, records of whose services are
authenticated and in possession of the
organization, is planned for Arlington
national cemetery by the Ladies' Aux
iliary Of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans, of which Mrs. Ellen Ryan jolly
of Pawtucket r. L., is president.
Already bill giving the permission.
and championed by Senator Broussard
of Louisiana, has passed the Senate,
an,l similar piece of legislation. pro-
NOTED by Representative Kennedy of
Rhode Island. is being pushed in the
House of Representatives.
This proposed memorial. it is ex-
planned, is to be erected at no expense
to the government. and will be pre-
sented to the people of the United States
by the auxiliary. which is the largest
organization of Roman Catholic women
(of Irish descenD in the country. its
membership, il is declared. numbering
10000
The movement for this memorial was
inaugurated at the national convention
of~the organization in Norfolk, Va, in
July, 1914. when Mrs. Jolly recon-
mended most earnestly to the del
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SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS SEE GREAT
ADVANCE IF TURKISH POWER PASSES
Consequent Upheaval of Moslem Forces, 1t Is De.
clared Will Open Big Fields in Near East
and the Sudan.

Sunday school people copies the plan
of the munition makers. In as large
numbers as possible there are being
manufactured small booklets, attractive
for appearance. containing stories-the
lives of Livingston, of Stanley, of
Washington, of Lincoln. These are
printed in Arabic. and are made at
Cairo. There is also Boys Own
Magazine" also in Arabic, containing
similar stories. Direct Christian teach
ing is avoided in matter of names, but
brought out in moral lesson.
copts of Egypt. as well as most of the
common people of the near east, out
side of Turkey itself use the Arabic
tongue. The same language also goes
as well as any in the Sudan district.
Hence the piling up of this Christian
munition, after the manner of Ameri-
can war munition makers, to use the
moment political conditions make it
possible. In Egypt and Cairo some
of it is being used already. American
Sunday school people say the Turkish
military power has been the force be-
hind the Moslem drive of the past
decade. and with that power broken
Islamism may wane.
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By Robert D. Burbank,
TOPIC:
The Youth of Jesus.
Matt, 1.21; Luke, 2.4o; 2.52.

How beautiful Is Youth! How bright 1t CLEANS
With its illusions, aspirations. dreams!
Youth is indeed beautiful. and for the
things Longfellow mentions in his "mori-
turf saIutamus," quoted above; but the
great Importance of youth is not beauty.
but growth, or development. In fact.
youth may be defined as the period OF
development in life, and person never
passes beyond the stage OF youth SO long
as he continues to develop.
In the ordinarily accepted sense. how
ever the term youth is generally ap-
piled to that part of the life In which the
character is brought to maturity the
period of growth and development which
in the average man or woman extends
from the age of twelve to that OF thirty.
Il d * y
Iesus' Life in Nazareth.
The life of Jesus. from the time OF
His appearance in the temple, at the
age of twelve, until His baptism and
entrance upon His public ministry at
the age of thirty, Is not disclosed in
the Scriptures, the only passages that
refer to this part of the Savior's life
being the very suggestive ones In
Luke. cited for reference under the
tonic. which read: "And the child grew.
and waxcd strong in spirit, filled with
wisdom; and the grace OF COO was
upon him. And Jesus increased
in wisdom and stature, and in favor
with God and man..
This part of Jesus life has been
called 'the eighteen silent years. be.
cause nothing Is recorded of them, and
because the early church of Rome min
imized every particular Of the earthly
life of our Lord, holding the concep-
ton that there is something humiliat-
ing in the natural family relationships
and other physical details Of His exist
ence. Even tradition offers us but lit
tie. and we are practically left to
imagine what kind of boy Jesus was.
and what kind Of a young man-at
fourteen. at seventeen. at twenty one
at twenty-five and at twenty-eight
Some information has, however. been
CLEANED by students. and we can now
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EPWORTH LEAGUE INSTITUTE
PROVES BIG SUCCESS
Recent Gathering Mountain Lake Park, Under
Auspices of Baltimore Methodist Conference
Organiza alton. to Be Repeated In 1917.

tions. from 2 to $50 pm; social events
from : to s pm, and a platform meet
ing from s to . pm.
The faculty consisted of the dean,
Waugh Church of this city. who
conducted the class in recreation and
culture; Rev. John r. Edwards, pastor
of Walbrook Church, Baltimore, who
conducted the class in personal evan
gelism Rev. C. Powers. pastor of
Eldebrooke Church, Washington, in
charge of the morning watch and the
social events; Rev. U. S. Wright OF
Mountain Lake Park, who lectured on
Missions in the South; Rev. Frank N.
Thompson, pastor of Highland Avenue
Church in Baltimore, who lectured
on Methodist History: Miss Minna
Frickey of the National Training School
for Deaconesses, of this city, who
methods; Rev. J. r. Esaias. pastor o.
Gorsuch Church on u street. who
lectured on social service and was in
charge of the athletics; Rev. 6. LIE Roy
White, pastor of Caroline Street Church
in Baltimore, who conducted the class
in foreign missions, and Rev. y. |.
MCGOWAN, pastor of Kingsley Church
in Cumberland, who lectured on Social
Service"
Homer ]. Rodeheaver, music director
of the Billy Sunday campaigns. was
secured for one day. In the afternoon
he gave a lecture on the use of music
IN EpWOrln League WORK, lliuslEdtlhS
with practical demonstrations of lead
ing congregational singing, and in the
evening entertained the delegates with
songs, with his trombone. and with in
teresting "reminiscences of his own ex-
periences.
/, Dean Mccoy preached on THE Maxi
ing of Man on the Sunday morning
of the institute. In the evening Rev.
Samuel J. MacWatters of the American
University rendered his Drama of St
Paul" which made a deep impression
on the large audience which heard hiIa
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NOTES OF THE
MISSION FIELDS

After "a horseback trip of 165 miles,
on which he visited fifteen churches,
Rev. NJ. G. White, Southern Baptist
missionary in Brazil. pays the follow
ing tribute y to the Brazilian Chris
tians:
There is a splendid spirit among
the believers, in that they want to
work for the Master in the very best
possible way to get results They
are tired of things as they now exist,
and with good reason. They have
accept any suggestions we make.
We cannot write to them. however.
since only about 10 per cent of them
can read. We must. therefore. ga
to them and teach them. And for this
our numbers are wholly inadequate"
y d. T. d
An evangelist and Bible woman work
all day among the patients of the
Seoul Hospital. No one can tabulate
the number of conversions that result,
but the missionaries hear again and
again of those who come with no
thought but that of physical help.
and go away with their hearts full
of love for God and man. Such was
the rich man who came from village
not far from Seoul and who when he
went home found his way to the little
chapel and joined the humble band
Of Christians there, making himself
felt from the first for Christ. Such
was the one who said. You are all so
kind, SO good to sick man.
that though do not understand
the Jesus doctrine, I know it is good
and / want to do it from now on
% - - y
This is country where changes
are made, sometimes slowly, often
rapidly, and some are important"
writes Miss L. J. Cooper. a Presby
terian missionary in Sri Tamarat, Siam.
THE abolition OF the state lottery
was an event not to be ignored.
Licensed gambling is being steadily
suppressed, little by little, as the way
is made clear. OF course, human nature
being Intensely human, private gaming
cannot be entirely stopped among a
people so passionately fond of 1t as
the Siamese and Chinese"
~ xs sS d
, When the British mission school at
Allur, South India. was opened the
missionaries had to pay the parents for
enrolling their boys. Today the par
ents are willing to pay an amount
/ nearly equal to the. cost of the boys
food, besides supplying all their, cloth
ing. The total enrolment of the school
Is 166, .--
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Sunday school people are aroused
over the revolt of the Arabs against
Turkish domination and it's possible
effect upon Islamism. The United
States is the world leader in Sunday
school work, and England is busy with
war. SO the unique action now being
taken is that of America, supported
with American money.
The claim is made that if Turkish
political power passes with the end of
the war such upheaval of Moslem
forces will follow as will give Christian
forces opportunities they never pos
sessed before. The near east is In
volved, but much more than that is said
to be in the minds of American Sunday
school people. They are looking to the
great Sudan in Africa-big enough
and rich enough to establish new
Europe.
The American plan now followed by
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GENERAL NOTES.

Rev. F. Vernon Atkinson. who has
been taking the place of Rev. F. w.
Johnson while he is away on his vaca-
tfon. will preach at the Grace Baptist
Church tomorrow at both morning and
evening services. The summer services
Of this church, it is said. are being well
sustained, the large auditorium of the
church being almost filled at both serv-
ices Sunday.
$ Ss % 81
The National Laymen's1 Missionary
Movement in Great Britain has been
heavily crippled through the war. The
secretary of the Scottish movement
has been under arms for more than a
year and is now in command of bat
talon; the secretary of the British
movement. T. r. w. Lunt, having COM
pleted his training as an officer of the
Royal Field Artillery, has gone to the
front. Ireland has in the same way
lost some leading workers. But the
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Growth of Body.

With the ancients. education OF youth
pertained more to the body than to the
mind. The Spartans. beginning with
the earliest infancy. sought to make
the body strong, vigorous and elastic
TO the highest degree. A Spartan
youth who could neither read nor write
might hold high distinction II he could
WELD the javelin with more vigor and
grace than his fellows: or IL he could
endure. without groan. the savage
discipline Of the lash. inflicted not in pun
ishment. but as test OF honor, and with
all the sanctions of religion. before the
affairs of the gods. Education for the
mind and heart received little atten-
tion. and yet that is the most impor-
tant part for care and discipline.
Neglect of the body 10 criminal. Its
health and vigor contribute largely to
success in mental culture: but. all the
honors of athletics, when cultivated to
exclusion Of care and attention to mind
growth, are not to be compared to the
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life, but how to eat and drink Is by
no means SO well known.
The formula for true growth OF body.
mind and spirit is not found in materia
medica, but in the word of God.
Giving all diligence. add to your faith
virtue; and to virtue. knowledge; and to
knowledge, temperance; and to temper
ance, patience; and to patience, godli-
ness; and to godlness, brotherly kind
ness; and to brotherly kindness, charity.
In these graces are found the highest
development Of body, mind and spirit.
TOPIC FOR NEXT WEEK.
Carelessness VS.. Thoughtfulness.
Heb Alt.
Daily Readings:
Monday: Spiritual indifference.
Matt, 25.1-13.
Tuesday: No interest. Acts.
1S.12-17.
Wednesday: Dead In materialism.
Matt, 22.1-14.
Thursday: Consider! Matt.
6.26-34.
Friday: Learn! Prov, s.6-11.
Saturday: Mediate. Ps.. 119. Is.
80. 14s.
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DR.. C. C. PIERCE OF PHILADELPHIA
TO BE CATHEDRAL CLOSE PREACHER
Former Army Chaplain to Deliver Sermons at Peace
Cross Services on Next Four Sundays.

Rev. DR.. Charles C. Pierce. rector of
St Matthew's Episcopal Church. Phila
delphia. Pa, is to be the preacher for
the next four Sundays at the open-air
services which are held Sunday after
Moons at the Peace Cross on the Ca
thedral close, Mount st. Alban.
This announcement, it is pointed out,
is very gratifying to the many friends
of Dr. Pierce. who, as an army chap
lain, was frequently the preacher at
these services.
Dr. Pierce was, before his retirement
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Growth of Spirit.

Ever church member should consider
the law Of growth. This law operates
through series of unfoldings. The per-
feet stature is not attained except through
Intermediate stages of towth. The
Christian is to grow in grace The plant
cannot be forced instantly into blossom
and fruit. II it grows it will reach
fruition in due time.
s. with the Christian. He must grow
He must gain new knowledge. new
strength continually If he attain to the
beHt EnfoidinGs OF religious experience.
II takes time. Hence how deplorable ii
Is TO see church members who as the
yearS rYl on, make no progress. who are
TO more useful N the Lords vineyard
thar when rGcy first entered their names
OF toe church roll AS growth is a proof
OF LIE. oocs ii not prove that they are
dead - EOJd WORKS.
Otherwise they would progress
Bee Chrr sale. Men living among
Christians who are broad. large, free.
well developed ~ their religious life
form an ideal "oHcep. ION or what are
the fruits o: tb+ higher forms. the
later dc tsClopi'c utH "f Christian "XDeri
ence. ard they enter upon = Christian
life, and join the church; and they
want TO be- ir intensity, in breadth, in
scope. in fruitfulness. that which has
been held up before them as an ideal
But they ear come To II only b.
erowth-there Is no other way. Their.
is no efficiency Of the Spirit that
works miracles. and that precedes
those steady laws OF the mind by which
the mind progresses from stage tt
stage.
Whether men come into the church
with high ideals or no ideals of the
Developments OF Christian experience
the law o. growth obtains Progress
is from stage TO stage. IL is the sans
in growth of mind as ii is in growtf
of sDirit
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work goes on quietly and deeply. for
men already weighted with heavy
tasks are keeping it alive until its
leaders can resume their posts. A
specially interesting piece of work, a
club at Barton-on-Sea in connection
with the convalescent home for wound
ed Indian soldiers, has been carried to
completion by the British movement
and has won appreciation from the au-
thorities and gratitude from the men.
d 4 4 =
More than 1000 colporteurs-white
men. brown men, yellow men, black
men-are busy all over the world sell
ing books of the British and Foreign
Bible Society. You find the colporteur
with his bag of books in busy modern
cities and In the widest and least
known parts of the earth. Far away
from big towns and civilized regions
there is often not much use Tor money.
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1t might come about that IL you wanted
a sheepskfn in order to make yourself
some shoes, and if you had many cows
and therefore more milk than you
needed, you would make some cheeses
and exchange them for the sheepskin.
At times something of the sort happens
to the colporteurs. In Colombia a Span
ish Testament was bought from one Of
them last year for two tins of sardines.
and another Testament for fifteen cakes
of chocolate. In Cairo Moslem gave
four eggs for an Arabic gospel But
when he met the colporteur next day
he stopped him: Your books is very
good" he said, but the eggs l gave
you were not fresh. Therefore desire
to pay the price Of the book; and he
did SO. High up among the peaks OF
the Andes some miners who were
washing the wet river sand for gold
bought gospels and Testaments for
little grains Of vtrgtn gold.
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from the army. regarded as one of the
best known of the army chaplains. He
served both as chaplain at Washington
barracks, with the Engineer Corps. and
at Fort Myer. Va, as chaplain with
the United States cavalry and artil-
lery He also served with the army
abroad When he left this city, upon
his retirement. with the rank of major.
he was called to be rector of st. Mat
thew's Church in Philadelphia, which
under his leadership, it is said, has
very measurably prospered. DR.. Pierce
at one time received a call to be the
rector of st. Johns Church. George
town.
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Growth of Mind.

In our day the privileges enjoyed by
almost all classes for mind growth Is
very great. yet so many neglect the
opportunities and when too late to
take advantage of them find them
selves the prey of vain regrets. With
public schools and free libraries on
every hand, there is no longer excuse
for any to neglect the improvement of
the mind.
II every youth had such a sense of
the value OF learnihg as Peter Cooper
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the Sdme-SnOw the
same inf1rmities Of
disposition, the same
apathy. the same in
difference of heart,
con C e r n Ing the
church's welfare. No
new knowledge, no
increased interest in
the kingdom, no new
fruits in the life are
apparent.
Growth is a proof
of life. Even the
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The oak trees boughs once touched the grass;
But. every year they grew
A little farther from the ground,
And toward the blue.
So live that you each year may be
While time glides softly by.
A little farther from the earth,
And nearer to the sky.
There are in all our churches and Chris
tian Endeavor societies SO very many who
so far as mans eye can see make no
progress. Year after year they appear
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Miss Jennie Smith, who for more than
thirty years has conducted evangelistic
work among railroad men of the coun-
try, Is to be the speaker at Gospel Tent
on Irving street near Georgia avenue,
tomorrow evening.
F. c. Greene of the Church of the
Good Shepherd will be the leader of
the occasion, while Homer J. Brown
of Central Presbyterian Church will be
in charge of the music.
M ss * q
The revival being held under the
auspices of the Church of Christ. at
the Masonic Hall, Sth and F streets
northeast, by Rev. L. S. White of Dali
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snail and the sloth move. II there is
TO growth how can there be life?
Many have a name to live but are
really dead. They are like a wax work
figure. the very image Of a believer, but
do not have within them the breath Of
God
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regardless of creed or race or sectional
strife. without noise or contention our
sisters took up the only work
left to women on the grim fields of
war. and moved like angels of mercy
amid distressing scenes of carnage and
death, superior to victory or defeat. to
the rights or the wrongs of the dread
hour, thoughtful only of common hu-
manity and the image of our Re-
deemer. Jesus, stamped indelibly on
every broken and palpitating frame"
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other boys of either that time or this
He lived the life of the average healthy
normal person up to the time His min
istry began, except that while He was
tempted in all things like as we," still
He was sinless.
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Rules for Growth.

For the best living the rules for the
growth of body. mind and spirit must
be observed. Morality is the first aid
to bodily growth and health; and a
pure mind is a constant influence for
the invigoration of the physical ma
ture. The body is divinely fitted for
the habitation of the soul 1t is more
than a shell or a tenement, or a house.
The body and the spirit are partners.
II the spirit Is troubled and aggrieved,
the body will be in distress When
the spirit is affected by good or evil.
the body also is affected.
The rules for body growth, in the
most part relate to eating, drinking,
sleeping and exercise, with the sani-
tary conditions OF cleanliness. fresh air
and the observance OF well known hy-
gienic laws. No one needs to be taught
that eating and drinking are essential to
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achievements possible in the intellec-
tual arena.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-09

click of lock, and he turned to ask
the door. when he became conscious
that several men had entered through
other doors. apparently leading To bed
rooms or closets.
One glance at the nearest ruflians
told Burton how outragcously he had
been Swindlcd. without n spoken
word he lcapcd toward the door and
that II he could only gain tho narrow
passage lie might be able 10 fight his
way out.
To hi. surprise, the door opened in
his face. and Two-Gun Jake entered
The cuninan took in the situation in
~ second, and flung himself at Bur,on's
meek. John was momentarily stag
Ecr"d by this unexpected assault Be
fore he could recover himself he was
grabbed by Il dozen hands and pinned
against wall.
such loathsome crew as the men
int" whose clutches he had fallen.
Each faCe bore the impress OF crime
and drink. The low forehead, the
wolfiikc jaw. the rcccding chin, eyes
baicful with lust and avaricc--,hese
were the features common TO the He'll
cats. who, indeed. must have been
named by an artist in criminal nomcn-
claturc.
CTo Be Continucd)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-09

Beatrice Buck. f. J. Rennolds and r..
T. ohlson. or New York.
Mr.. and Airs. cason are spending some
Tune in Atlantic city and New York
ana viii make their home in Balti-
more.
Home Wedding.
olo-iashioned garden flowers. palms
and ferns decorated the home Of Mrs
Emma j. !icpler. 2too Park Avenue. OH
Wednesday "a, 1880 o'clock. when her
sister. Miss Jennie Golden Johnston.
became the bride Of Eugene Preston
briuhley. The bride wore a wedding
gown Of white GeorEette crepe and real
a bouquet Of white roses and lilies of
III. valley on account Of mourning
in the family OF tho bride there were
n" attendants Mrs Louise NJ. Hook
played the wedding music and render
ed "a Perfect Day" very softly during
the ceremony, which was performed by
Rev. Fred chcnauit "f Broad Stree,
Methodist Church. 40 invitations were
issued. and only the immediate fam
lilies aud a few intimate friends were
present
Mr. and Mrs Brinklcy left later IL
the afternoon for Il TWO weeks sta!
at the White Sulphur Springs. and OF
their return will make their home ia
Highland Park.
Card Party Tonight.
The Catholic Womau's Club viii give
it's hrst card party OF the season to-
night at o'clock al tho new club-
rooms, is South Third Street Members
and their friends are invited.