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The Holy Spirit Standard.

When we are converted or trans
formed by the forgiveness of sin
through believing in Jesus Christ, we
appropriate the power God gives US:
but as the power or light plant is of
no value which does not apply the pow
err derived from the waterf1ow for any
other purpose than to turn its own
machinery, so the Christian is value
less who applies all the God-given
power to merely carrying him through
his own routine. And as the power
plant or light plant becomes valuable
and efficient as it is so directed and
controlled that the energy derived is
applied to lighting the city, or supply
ing power, so the Christian becomes
valuable and efficient as he is so direct
ed and controlled that the God given
energy is applied to his task-of light
ing a city (spiritually), or whatever
service to others constitutes his task
And this control and direction Is the
gift of the Holy Spirit.
How can a Christian expect to fulhll
Gods purpose for him without the
guidance of the Holy Spirit?
But how may we know that we have
this guidance? Almost all of the verses
cited as references answer this. In L
John we read: And he that keepeth his
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that are departed out of this lie IN
the faith of Christ. for the patriarchs
and prophets, apostles ana evanse-
lists, doctors. martyrs and con1essors,
whom he hath bestowed on his church
to shine as lights in their generations,
and choice vessels of his grace. from
the beginning of the world; and mere.
in more especially for the founders OF
this church and nation. and the oene-
factors of this Cathedral Church.
I bid you thank God this DAY TOT the
good works and blessed example OF
his soldier and servant. Thomas John
Claggett, whose faithful ministry and
apostolic labors restored the breaches
of war and laid enduring foundations
of the present welfare of the church
in the state OF Maryland ana IN thls
whole land.
1 bid you pray. men and women. Tor
yourselves, that having been admitted
to the fellowship of Christ's religion,
we may own and serve Him, and Him
alone, as Lord and Master: that we may
avoid those things that are contrary
to your profession and diligently fol
low all such things as are agreeable
to the same; and as we have entered
into the labors of your fathers. who
this land, we may SO teach and train
your sons and daughters that they
may hand on the deposit Of the truth
and grace of Christ to those that come
after, untarnished and without loss. to
the fulfilling of Gods holy will and
their own everlasting salvation.
Finally. I bid you pray that ! and
all your teachers and ministers may
serve God faithfully and fearlessly
here, and hereafter may be numbered
with the blessed in glory everlasting
All which things let us ask in the
words which Christ Himself hath
taught us. saying. Our Father. etc.
Here shall follow the Lords Prayer.
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~ "
Merry Songs.

A story Is told of an artisan in the
service Of a rich eastern master, who
by some imprudence got into debt with
that unless he settled accounts before
the close of the year. he and his family
should be sold as slaves. 1t was i'm
possible for the, poor man to pay the
debt. His master noticed that his work
was falling off every week, and he
spoke about it to his steward.
Why. sir" the steward replied, that
man cannot possibly do good work He
cannot manage his tools for his hands
tremble; nor can he see well what he
is doing for his eyes are often filed
with tears. He often sits down in de-
spair and signs heavily, and sometimes
he makes himself drunk to forget his
misery. A heavy debt Is pressing upon
him, and until it IS paid he will not
be able to make one good piece of
work"
Tell him then that have paid his
debt" said the generous master.
The steward delivered the message
man. From that moment fresh vigor
poured into his veins. His hands trem-
bled no more; nor were his eyes dim
med with tears; he swung his hammer
with will. and he made his work
quicker and better than before. His
little dwelling rang with merry songs.
Christ has paid a far greater debt for
all His believing servants. Why should
they not work with a cheerful will and
fill their dwellings and their whole
lives with merry songs!
Happy the man, of mortals happiest he
Whose quiet mind from vain desires 10 free;
Whom neither hopes deceive. nor fears torment.
In thought or act accountable to none
l. But to himself and to God alone
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is great gain" IL no one could attain
contentment. except those naturally
born with a contented disposition.
The Scriptures would not lay such
stress on the fatal nature of discon-
tent and worry II there was no remedy
for 1t.
Every one knows that worrying over
the real or fancied ills of life is un-
profitable. No one believes that COM
planning and murmuring are helpful,
yet worry and discomfort are the bur-
den Of so many lives. Gods people are
not free from this unhappy disposition
and 1t greatly cripples their useful
ness.
The sources of supreme good cheer
are an enlightened mind. q renewed
heart. a condition Of sins pardoned, a
union with Christ. affording prospects
OF usefulness in this life and well
grounded hope Of blessed immor-
tality.
What Is life without cheer?
"Give us the man." said Thomas Carl
lyle. who sings at his work. Be his
occupation what 1t may. he 10 superior
to any Of those who follow the same
pursuit in silent sullenness."
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The services will consist of special
commemorative prayers, and appropri-
ate psalms, Scripture readings and
| hymns. The full cathedral choir will
lead the singing. supported by instru..
mental music, Edgar Priest. master of
the choristers, directing.
DR.. Claggett died just 100 years ago
and was buried in his private family
burying ground at his ancestral es-
tate, Croome, in Prince Georges county,
In 1898, on All Saints day, the first
Bishop of Washington, DR.. Satterlee.
with the consent of his family, moved
his remains and tho0e Of his wife, Mary
CAN'T. to Mount ST. Alban, permission
for which required a special act of
Congress. The bodies now lie beneath
the chancel of st. Adams Church, but
will eventually be placed in the cathe-
dral. The inscription on the bishops
tombstone, in Latin. and to be seen in
the chance1 of st. Adams Church. was
written by Francis Scott Key. author of
The Star Spangled Banner" a devoted
Episcopalian of his day, and life
long friend of Bishop Claggett.
Bishop Claggett came of a family
which settled in the province of Mary
land in it's earliest years, and. well fur
nished with means, 1t is declared, con-
tinued the life Of comfort and culture
England. His father was also. it Is
declared, a clergyman of the colonial
church of Maryland. and a man of
character and high standing. His kins-
folk today are a numerous clan and
people of repute in all sections of
Maryland. but especially in their native
county of Prince Georges.
Bishop Claggett was made deacon
and a priest by the Bishop of London
in Lambeth Palace Chapel about ten
years before the revolution. He was
|consecrated Bishop at Trinity Church,
New York city, on September II. 1892.
and died at his home at Croome August
IL, 1916. He united in himself the Scotch
Episcopal succession through Bishop
Seabury of Connecticut, and the Eng
lish succession through Bishops White
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commandments. abideth in Him, and He
in him, and hereby we know that He
abideth in US, by the spirit which he
gave u.s." God is united to us. and We
are united to Him, not by any form OF
matter, not by physical conjunction, but
by the Interpreting of soul-life. Gods
union with men is not a shadow, a
figure, or a dream. 1t is the statement
of a fact as real as any law in nature.
The union of sunlight with vegetables
is not more real, nor the flow of nourish-
ing sap in the fruits. Who doubts that
He is in health when the pulse beats
truly, and the nerves are braced. and
each organ works regularly? So there
may be evidence of the indwelling of
the Holy Spirit within us.
We may know that we are led by the
holy spirit In Paul's letter to the church
at Rome we read For as many as are
led by the spirit of God, these are the
sons of God. For ye received not the
spirit of bondage again unto fear but we
received the spirit of adoption. whereby
we cry, Abba. father! The spirit himself
beareth witness with our spirit, that We
are children of God"
We may have the revelation of the
truth by the spirit. To the church at
Corinth Paul wrote: and my speech and
my preaching were not in persuasive
words of wisdom, but in demonstration of
the spirit and of power. That your faith
should not stand in the wisdom of men,
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The Tooth anniversary of the death Of
Ri Rev. Thomas John Claggett, D. D.,
the first bishop consecrated on American
soil, is to be commemorated tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock at the Cathedral
Close. Mount St. Aban, with notable
service The Bishop of Washington.
Ri. Rev. DR.. Harding. will be in charge.
Bishop Daniel Sylvester futile of
Missouri. many times a doctor by
diplomas of learned bodies. who will
breach the sermon in memory of
Bishop Claggett, is regarded as one Of
the oldest bishops in the world in point
of conservation. though still in full
vigor and more active than many
young men,
Elected bishop by general conven-
ton when only Twenty-Five years Of
age, he had to wait a year to reach
canonical age, and then went out
pioneer in savage and primitive days
to the American inland empire, the
Rocky mountain states. and laid the
foundations of what have become great
religious institutions in Utah. Nevada,
Montana, Wyoming, Idaho-a task. it
is declared, for giant,
Twenty years later he was trans
ferred to Missouri, and this year the
church is celebrating with notable
ceremonies his golden jubilee as
bishop. Very appropriately. it is point
ed out, he breaches the sermon in COM
memoration of the Tooth anniversary
of Bishop Claggett's death
The services will be held in the
open air at the peace cross. weather
permitting, otherwise in the Bethle-
hem Chapel. They will be conducted
by Dean Bratenahl and Canons De
vries and Williams of. the cathedral.
and others of the clergy Of the do
cese of Washington. A large attend
ance of tEpiscopalians and of kins-
The public is cordially invited.
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every direction. The other has in his
soul a pillar Of cloud that casts its
shadow on every object. Which is your
life? Is 1t optimistic and full of good
cheer or Is 1t pessimistic and full Of
gloom?
Most lives are partly sanguine and
partly saturnine. but which ever pre-
dominates establishes the tendency to
good cheer or the lack of 1t.
1t is well that every one should ex-
anime himself to see II he is leaning,
and how far he Is leaning in the d.
rection of cheerfulness or Of gloom.
But some will say: "If I am gloomy
and discontinued in my disposition
how can I change tt?"
II you cannot change 1t, God can.
A leopard may not change his spots,
but God could do even that; yet dis.
position 10 not a leopard. 1t is not
something indeiibly stamped as birth
mark. Who by taking thought may
not improve his disposition Of mind
and heart?
The kinds Of disposition men have
are the results of cultivation.
It would be useless for God to tell
lus that "Godliness with contentment
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Fruits Of Good Cheer.

We are to cultivate the grace of cheer
fulness. for II il the most useful thing
that we can bring to bear upon all Of
LIES exigencies. Cheer Nghtens the
heaviest burdens. II Is a fountain Of
confidence.
On this subject Sir Arthur Helps pre-
sents some clear and practical sugges-
tons that deem worthy Of quoting.
BE cheerful" he said. mo matter
what reverses obstruct your pathway
DR. what plaques follow In your trail
30 annoy you. Ask yourself what is to
De gained by looking or feeling sad
how your condition Is to be alleviated
by abandoning yourself to despon-
dency.
III your are a young man nature re-
thould you find your road to fortune.
fame or respectabiiity. or any other
loon to which your young heart as
Hires. little thorny. consider 1t all
for the best. and that these impede
t1ents are only thrown in your way to
Induce greater efforts and more pa
hent endurance on your part.
Far better spend a whole life in dill
rent. aye. cheerful and unremitting
soil, though you never attain the PIN
iacle OF your ambitious desires, than
10 turn back at the first appearance of
misfortune and allow despair to I'M
terve your energies or sour your nat
trally sweet and cheerful disposition.
u you are of the softer. fairer portion
b. humanity. be cheerful. though we
inow full well that most Affections are
tweet to you when compared with dis
appointment and neglect: yet let hope
tanish despair and i'll forebodings. Be
theerful; do not brood over fond hopes
tnreaIized until chain. link after
INK. is fastened on each thought and
Wound around your heart. Nature in
tended you to be the fountain spring of
and social life. and not the
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chief reason for the Introduction OF
the new feast in the Bull 'Transitu-
rus" published by Pope Urban ~. al
ways an admirer Of the feast, Septem-
Der 8. 1854, in which, after having ex-
toiled the love of the Savior, as ex-
pressed in the holy eucharist, he Or
dered the annual celebration OF Corpus
Christi on the Thursday next after
Trinity Sunday.
The office of the feast was composed
at the request Of the Pope by st.
Thomas Aquinas. and is said to pc one
of the most beautiful in the Roman
breviary, and has been much admired
by non-Catholics.
The death of Pope Urban ~ October
2, $3.50, shortly after the publication
of the decree, somewhat tmpeded the
spread of the festival Clement again
took the matter in hand. and at the
general council Of Vienna G31D once
more ordered the adoption Of the feast.
He published, a new decree. which EN-
bodied that 81 Urban w. John XXI,
successor to Clement v. urged its OBJ
servance.
The feast had been accepted in 1906
at Cologne, Worms adopted 1t in 1915
and Strasburg in 1916. In England 1t
was introduced from Belgium between
1920 and 1925. In the United States
ana some other countries the solemnity
is held on the Sunday after Trinity.
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In st. Dominio's Church tomorrow
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GENERAL CHURCH ACTIVITIES.

The feast Of Corpus Christi will be
celebrated at the Church of Mount st.
Sepulchre. Brookland, with a solemn
high mass at 9 o'clock, following which
there will be a procession of the bless
ed sacrament through the monastery
grounds. to which the public will not
be admitted.
Three shrines have been erected in the
grounds at which benediction of the
blessed sacrament will be given, and
the procession will return to the church
where the fourth and closing benedic-
tion will take place. Flowers will adorn
the affairs of the shrines. in honor of
the holy eucharist, and the Franciscan
choir will furnish a musical program
during the exercises.
OF the feast, a Catholic writer says:
On Thursday. the beautiful feast Of
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but in the power of God. But unto
us God revealed them through the spirit;
for the spirit searcheth all things, yea,
the deep things of God. But we received
not the spirit of the world. but the spirit
which is of God that we might know
the things that are freely given to US
by God"
We may know that we are led by the
spirit by our own experiences, which are
the fruits of the spirit. Writing to the
church at Galatia Paul said: "The fruit
of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuf-
fering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.
meekness, temperance; against such there
is no law And they that are of Christ
Jesus have crucified the flesh with the
passions and the lusts thereof. If We live
by the spirit, by the spirit let US also
walk 20
The holy spirit standard. then. consists
in the application of the divine energy
of Gods love to our tasks of service to
God and man, and we may ourselves be-
come conscious of the presence of the
holy spirit through the witness of the
spirit with our spirit, through the lead
ership and guidance exercised over us and
through the revelation to us of truth by
the spirit. And the proof of the presence
and leadership of the holy spirit is in the
fruits of the spirit, listed by Paul in his
letter to the Galatians, in which he also
said: "If we live by the spirit. by the
spirit let us also walk
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~ OF DEATH OF BISHOP CAGGETT TO BE COMMUNICATED
THE BIBLE.

THIS book contains the mind
/ of God, the state Of man.,
the way of salvation, the
doom of sinners and the happi-
ness of believers. Its doctrines
are holy. its precepts are bind
ing, its histories are true and its
decisions are immutab1e. Read it
to be wise, believe it to be safe
contains light to direct you, food
to support you and comfort to
cheer you. 1t Is the travellers
map, the pilgrims staff. the
pilots compass, the soldiers
sword and the Christians charter.
Here Paradise is restored, heaven
opened and the gates of hell dis
closed. Christ is its grand sub
ject. our good it's design and the
glory of God it's end. 1t should
fill the memory, rule the heart
and guide the feet. Read it slow
ly. frequently, prayerfully. 1t is
a mine of wealth, a paradise of
glory and a river of pleasure. 1t
is given you in life. will be
opened at the judgment and be
remembered forever. 1t involves
the highest responsibility, will re-
ward the greatest labor and con-
denim all who trif1e with its sa-
cred contents.-Selecte
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If cheerfulness is SO essential in the
right conduct of secular life, where the
triumphs are temporal. we may justly
argue that 1t has a higher place in the
spiritual life. where the rewards are
eternal, and the vicissitudes and tribu-
lations of life should be more cheer
fully borne in view of the great recon-
pense of reward after lifes ftful fever
is over.
The Christian may not only look
cheerful. be cheerful and shed sunshine
around him, but he may actually live a
life of joy and gladness.
1t Is not the fault of religion, but of
himself. IL he does not SO live.
The psalmist says: Serve the Lord
with gladness, come before His pres
ence with singing. Know we that the
Lord He Is good; it is He that hath
made us. and not we ourselves: we are
His people and the sheep of His pas
ture. Enter into His gates with thanks
giving and into His courts with praise !;
be thankful unto Him and bless His
name. For the Lord is good, His mercy
Is everlasting. and His truth endureth
to all generations"
The reason that the duty of being
cheerful Is 80 imperative is on account
Of our release. II we are Christians.
from the penalties of sin. The Joy of
salvation brings pleasantness to the
life and should manifest itself in she'd
ding brightness and sunshine to all
about us.
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SPECIAL EFFORT URGED FOR ALL
CHRISTIAN MEN AND WOMEN
One or More Forms of Special Lines of Work Is
Planned Newest Thing in Protestant
Church.

The newest thing in Protestant
Church plans is proposition to induce
every Christian man and woman to
take on one or more forms Of Christian
work. The proposition was brought to
public attention by John D. Rockefel-
Ter. jr., at the recent Y. NJ. c. A. con-
vention at Cleveland, and the Y. NJ. c.
A. now announces that it will make it
a part of it's regular plans.
Leaders in several Protestant bodies
state. however, that the plan has been
promoted by them for two or three
years, and that it was not original with
the son of the oil magnate. They ad-
NIT. however. that he rendered it an
important service by bringing it more
largely into public notice.
A committee has just been formed in
New York, composed of prominent
clergymen and laymen. to further the
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afternoon at o'clock the closing ex-
ercises of the parish school VIII eake
place when eighteen graduates, .he
highest number in the history OF the
school will receive their diplomas.
Solemn yespers will be chanted, FOL,
,nwed by benediction of the blessed
sacrament. The baccalaureate sermon
will he delivered by Rev. J. u. OCon-
nor q p. Of New York city, after
which the medals and diplomat Will De
awarded. 49, f.os+ ~ e,ornus
Christi. a solemn high mass Will De
sung at 10 am. by Very Rev. George
I Conlon, o. p, assisted by very rev.
I. c. Cowan, o. p. as deacon, ana REV.
r. i. Farmer o. p, as subdeacon.
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At the Church of st. Michael and All
Angels the season of trinity will be
opened with appropriate services to-
marrow The professional will be
Holy. Holy. Holy" Dykes; Venite,
Mendelssohn; TIE Deum, Goold; Bene-
dictus, plain chant; introit, $50; hymn.
3S5: offertory, What Are These That
Ara Arrayed"; recessional. Round the
Lord in Glory Seated" There will be
no evening service.
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Rev. e. B. Bagby of Baltimore will
all the pulpit of the Columbia Heights
Christian Church. in the old post Of
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TRINITY SUNDAY WILL BE OBSERVED BY
ROMAN CATHOLICS AND EPISCOPALIANS
Day Marks First Sunday After Feast of Pentecost
and Was Instituted in Honor of Holy Trinity.

Throughout the Protestant Episcopal
and Roman Catholic worlds tomorrow
is Trinity Sunday" which is the first
Sunday after Pentecost and instituted
in honor of the Holy Trinity. In the
early church no special office or day
was assigned for the Holy Trinity.
Pope John XXI 1316-133D ordered
the feast for the entire church on the
first Sunday after Pentecost.
The Greeks have no special feast.
Since it was after the first great pente-
cost that the doctrine of the Trinity
was proclaimed to the world, the feast
becomingly follows that Of Pentecost.
The Episcopal Church keeps Trinity
Sunday, with special psalms. lessons
and hymns, bearing upon the equality
Of the three persons of the Godhead.
the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
In the communion service. the collect.
epistle and gospel are appropriately
chosen. In the prayer book before the
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day afternoon. June 10. in Gonzaga
Hall, at 4:30 o'clock. There are eleven
graduates in the class this year, who
will receive their diplomas.
The closing exercises of Gonzaga
School will take place on Tuesday aft
ernoon in Gonzaga Hall at 4:30 O'Clock.
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Tomorrow at the o'clock mass at st.
Aloysius Church the Third Sunday
Brigade will receive holy communion
in body. The entire upper church VII
be reserved for the society, and a mass
will be celebrated in the lower chapel
for the other members Of the congrega-
tiop who desire to attend service at
this hour. Rev. Francis p. Donnelly,
s. j., will conduct the service.
On Sunday, June 25, the patronal
feast of the church will be celebrated
with solemn high mass at IL O'Clock.
when the sermon will be delivered by
Rev. Michael ]. Riordan, pastor of the
Church Of the Immaculate Conception:
As this will also be the octave Of
Corpus Christi. the children of the
parish will march in a procession OF
the blessed sacrament, following the
ulh60s I-
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What is claimed will be the greatest
representative gathering of American
churches is announced for St. Louis at
the end of the current year.
Active preparations for it are already
under way. 1t is the third council of
the Federal Council of Churches OF
Christ in America, such councils being
held every four years. The Second
Baptist Church in the city named Is
to be the place of meeting. and 1t Is
expected, so the federal council gives
out, that large space will be accorded
matters growing out of the war. ana
America's relation to a reconstruction
of churches of Europe necessary be-
cause of the war.
An unusual feature of this third