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GENERAL ACTIVITIES OF LOCAL CHURCHES

The Douglas Epworth League will have
for its leaders this Sunday evening MISS
Haiti, Bundick and Franklin Stewart.
The meeting will be called at $50 o'clock
Mothers day will be observed Sunday,
Nav IA, at Douglas Epworth League. A
special program has been arranged with
the help of the central Office of the league.
There will be short addresses. recitatons
and solos. Besides commemorating
mothers day this meeting will celebrate
the twenty-seventh anniversary OF the
league. ands the incoming officers for the
wear will be installed. The meeting will
be held at pm. in the auditorium and
will take the places Of the regular church
and league meetings.
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A father and son" banquet was held
in the chapel of Westminster Presbyte-
rian Church last night and was most
ENJOYABLE affair TO the large number Of
men and boys who were present. Leldy
S. Depue, superintendent of the Sunday
school. presided, and had charge of the
very Interesting program given by mem
bers OF the Sunday school. Addresses
were made by Rev John H. Jeffries, pas
tor of the Ryland NJ. e. Church. and
Page NICK. Etchison Of the Y. NJ c. A.
In St Martins Church the children
of the parish will receive communion
at a special mass celebrated at O'CLOCK
tomorrow morning.
Devotions to ST. Rita will take place
Tuesday at 1880 pm. and the sodaiity
will have their exercises Wednesday
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Joined in the rosary with the Pope in
his court at the Vatican: / have Joined
in the rosary in the cottage Of the
peasant; L have seen the beads slip
through the fingers of the most learned
men l ever met: ! have seen them in
the hands of the ignorant-and 1 have
seen in all the same earnest. unques-
toned reverence. Now, it appears to
me impossible that this or any other
form of devotion could be so wide
ated by men in every walk of life II
those that practiced it did not know
from their own experience, from the
experience of others. that it was a
fruitful source of spiritual favors. The
history Of Irish Catholicity is the his
tory of devotion to the Holy Mother of
God. We can trace 1t in those churches
that have been founded by the early
Irish saints in ever land which has
been blessed by their teaching. In
solace and support of our fathers.
drawing together more closely those
bonds which bound them to their
grand old faith with a love stronger
than death. When the priest was slain
or borne away on the high seas to en-
forced exile. when the mass and the
sacraments were no longer within
reach, how often have our fathers,
gathered around their desecrated al
tars and within the crumbling walls Of
This devotion to the Holy Mother of
God has clung to the exiled children of
our race wherever they have sought
refuge from persecution. They nave
borne it away from home In their
breaking hearts, together with love of
planted it deeply and firmly in those
fiourishing young churches, in the
founding of which they and their de-
scendants have taken a leading part"
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at the same hour. Rev. Eugene Han
nan will conduct the former and Rev.
Maurice Alexander the latter.
Rev. DR.. Luccock. pastor OF the Oak
Park Presbyterian Church of Chicago,
formerly pastor Of the Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church of this city. will
preach at the morning service tomorrow
In Westminster Presbyterian Church.
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The Protestant pastors Of the south
west. who for several years have been
reception Monday night at the home Of
Rev. and Mrs. T. E. Davis to the new
pastor of Ryland Methodist Church and
his wife, Rev. and Mrs. John H. Jeffries.
The chimes in the tower of the
Metropolitan NJ. E. Church are regard
ed as among the most beautifully toned
in this country. They were secured
Newman. wife of Bishop Newman.
friend of President Grant. and are
played Sundays. both morning and
evening, by Richard Johnston.
At the May devotions in Holy Rosary
Church at 1880 pm sermons will be
delivered by Mgr. A. Cossio, secretary
to the apostolic delegate, Most Rev.
John BonZano.
Holy Rosary parish sent large dele
cation to Baltimore last Sunday to at
tend the Holy Name convention.
In st. Thomas the Apostle Chapel
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Covet Best Gifts.

The precept "Covet earnestly the
best gifts bids us form q true estimate
of their value and of the responsible
ity which rests upon us to exercise
them to their full extent in the service
of the Master.
We are not to depreciate these su-
perior gifts of which I have spoken.
nor are we to exaggerate their impor-
tance. Let US be careful not to under
value these gifts or those who possess
them. nor to overva1ue them by hold
ing men Of remarkable talent In undue
admiration.
The successful heralds of Christs
gospel have. generally speaking. not
been wise men after the fesh-not
many mighty. noble or learned. Many
of science and in halls of learning have
attained great success in the cause OF
morality and religion.
The exalted and superior talents OF
oratory. authorship and charm of man
ner are not the essential requirements
to the upbuilding of Christ's kingdom.
Though we have little of these gifts
we may all pursue the moro excellent
way that Paul speaks of Il Cor
12.3D.
Though tongues may cease, the pow
or of oretory and literature fail, there
will ever remain in the church the
greater gifts of faith. hope and love
and the greatest of all IL love- The
grace of love is the more excellent
way. 1t far transcends the most com.
manding gifts of mind. Talents. unless
consecrated. may be a snare and prove
injurious to the possessor even though
the use Of them is attended with last
II ing benefit to the church universal
Pride and vaingiory may creep in and
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to profit by his act. the injury to his
chara cter remains, and If his act 1s
detected and exposed, he must not only
suffer the punishment prescribed by
the rules of law, but also he must suf-
fer disgrace, and endure the scorn and
contempt of his fellows.
Generally, the inducement that leads
one to cheat, especially on the play
ground or in the schoolroom. is eager
ness to win. This desire becomes SO
great that he forgets that the end never
justifies the means and stoops to the
dishonest trick. The compensation, II
he is successful, is nothing but tenn
porary advantage, and even that is
liza BILE to prove a disadvantage in the
end, and if he is unsuccessful. there is
no compensation whatever. The loss.
whether successful or not, is an 1r-
repa ra BILE injury to the character;
loss of self-respect. and a habit start
ed that eventually leads to criminality.
Considering this inducement, compen-
sation and loss. and the risk OF dis
grace, could anything be imagined
more. foolish than cheating In school,
at play, or anywhere else?
well known tennis player in Wash
ington says he can read a PERSONS
character by playing tennis with him.
and undoubtedly the playground is the
place where a person most clearly re-
veals his true self. 1t is an eloquent
tribute to the American love of fair
play and hatred OF cheating to note
that horse racing. which was SO pop
ular some years ago, has almost dis
appeared. because of the "rottenness"
or cheating that was practiced: while
base ball has increased in popularity
in proportion as the cheating has been
eliminated, until now it is the clean
est and most popular sport in the land.
Let us. then. hate every false way"
despising the deception; let us pity the
cheat, and try to help him overcome
his weakness: let us secure Justice for
his victim: let US stand firmly for the
square deal. and set an example that
will inspire and help others.
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Christian Gn1eabor Dour'
TOPIC:
The Conservation of Talents-Matt.. 25.I43o.
Bv HARVEY S. IRWIN.

was listening to brief memoir of a
man of science. of whom 1t was said,
Notwithstanding his high talents and
his great literary and scientific attain
ments, he received Christ as his Sa-
vior" Brewster interrupted the reader
with an exclamation of vehement dis
approval. Notwithstanding his tall
ents! that disgusts me-" he said. "A
merit for a man to bow his intellect to
the cross Why. what can the highest
word and Gods mind thankfully"
The humblest intellect can do no more
than bow to Gods authority and should
do no less.
Spiritual power is given in proportion
to natural ability. Talents are impart-
eral ability" Does that not mean that
God limits His grace to the capacity the
man has for using it?
The man in the parable to whom one
talent was given could not have used
more than one or he would have been
given more.
He could have used the one, but he
would not Talents. few Or many, are
not bestowed on the ground that we
will use them, but because we can use
them.
There are commanding gifts distinct
from intellectual eminence. What is
more influential than a winsome man
nero
There are those who possess rare
tact, an alluring charm, fascinating
grace which wins hearts that are un-
yielding to all other influences. A win
some manner often effects results
which "confound the wisdom of the
wise and battle the understanding OF
the prudent" BY this gift souls may
| be allured to destruction or be won 10
righteousness. How vastly important
that II should be consecrated to Gods
| seryicat
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&pmortt). 1eague @iscussion

the witnesses. or persons who see or
know of the cheating. The attitude of a
Christian when tempted to cheat, or
when cheated. or when witness to
such an act. is indicated clearly in
the Bible. and particularly in Christ's
teachings. In the 10th Psalm we
read Through Thy precepts | get
understanding; therefore I hate every
false way
All through Chrsts teachings we
find expressions of His hatred for falls
ity. So it is not difficult to determine
what should be the bearing of the
Christian when tempted to cheat. The
first step in the building of noble
character is the breeding of hatred
for falsity And while this is merely
a negative virtue, yet'it is when people
lose an active hatred of the false and
begin to compromise with its wrong
that they begin to go astray. Leaders
are being discredited in every realm of
life today simply because they have
not thought 1t necessary to absolutely
hate all that is false.
The Christian. however. should go
beyond this; ne should not only hate
the false. but he should love the true.
Christ emphasized this many times.
and we find Paul. in his letter to the
Church at Corinth, expressing his at
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DISTRICT EPWORTH LEAGUERS TO
GATHER FOR 2eTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
Will Meet in Trinity NJ. E. Church Tuesday and
Wednesday Evenings, With President
R. D. Burbank Presiding.

newly appointed pastor of Metropolitan
! NJ. E. Church. DR.. MitchelIs subject
will be IAN Efficient Lacquer"
On Wednesday evening the closing
business session of the convention will
begin at 7. At this meeting the report
of the resolutions committee will be
heard, and the annual election of Dis
trict officers for the league will be held.
At S:15 the business session Will close
and the inspirational meeting will be-
gin with the installation of the newly
Harry Grace of the Baltimore confer
ence Epworth League presiding.
The installation will be followed by a
brief address on the Junior League
at Mountain Lake Park" by Miss Minna
Frickey of Rust Hall, instructor in
Junior League methods at the Noun
tain Lake Park Institute.
An address will then be delivered by
Rev DR.. Francis NJ. Mccoy, dean OF
the faculty of the Mountain Lake Park
Institute. DIR. McCoy's subject will be
THE Making of a Man.
The music of the convention is in the
hands of Charles Kinsella and selec-
tions will be given by the Douglas Ep-
worth League chorus of sixty voices
and the Foundry League Male Quar-
tet. Messrs. Lewis, Stuntz. Miner and
Smoker.
The present district officers are Rob-
ert D. Burbank, president: Ashby Jump,
Andrew Gross, Florence c. Day and w.
Ralph Williamson, vice presidents: W.
l.. Orem, jr and c. Wendell Shoemaker,
secretaries: Mckinley W. Kriegh, treas
urer; Ida I. Jury. Junior League super
intendent and Charles K. Hoover.
chairman of the civic committee.
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Officlal delegates from the Epwortf
Leagues of the forty-two churches oi
the Methodist Episcopal denomination
IN Washington district will gather
for the twenty-sixth annual convention
of the Washington District Epworth
league on Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings. at Trinity NJ. E. Church. 9th
Atreet and Seward Square southeast.
The convention will be called to order
et pm. Tuesday by President Robert
D. Burbank
Registration of delegates will be from
$50 to o'clock. The principal feature
of the opening business session on
Tuesday evening will be the greetings
by official representatives of the fol-
lowing organizations: Young Mems
Christian Association. Page Mex Etch-
ison religious work director; Epworth
League Union of the NJ. E Church South.
J. Ora Tolbert, president. Christian En-
deavor Union of Washington, Earl rag
gart, president: Anti-Saloon League OF
the District of Columbia, Edward J.
Brashears. and the Alliance for Civic
righteousness, Rev. J. Ralph wright,
vice president.
At s pm a mass meeting of all Ep-
worth Leaguers throughout the District
will be held in the church auditorium
At this meeting brief addresses will be
made by Rev. DR.. c. Herbert Richard
son. endowment secretary, conference
claimants fund campaign of the Ralti-
more conference. and Rev. ]. Phelps Hand.
pastor of Trinity NJ. E. Church, and the
principal address of the meeting Will
be made by Rev. Harry D. Mitchell.
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PLAN EDUCATIONAL AND EVANGELICAL
WORK IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
Protestant Missionary Societies of United States
Inaueurate Work Under Auspices of Special
Committee Created by Panama Congress.

Aires, where several mission presses
already there are to be consolidated.
There is to be created in the United
States a central publishing board.
which will not only issue books. but
will make known the existence OF re-
ligious and other books in Spanish.
available. but in many of the WILDLY
separated districts unknown. 1t is said
that most of the books of Col. Roose-
welt that relate to literature and trav-
ell have been translated and published
in Spanish. some in Portuguese, but
that people in different Latin Ameri-
can countries do not know of them.
Presbyterians in this country have
just entered upon the task of secur-
ing a fund Of 100000 with which to
enlarge evangelistic work in Latin
America. The American board of Bos-
ton has been asked to take up work In
Peru. Baptists. Disciples, Friends and
others are either to increase their
work or to accept invitations to enter
the Latin America fields, one or more of
them. One of them has signified Its
purpose, it is announced, to establish
the college at Panama to serve Central
America and the United States OF Co
lombia as well as Panama young men
1t is stated that no new missionary
society will he created. but that exist
ing ones will increase their work so
as to Include ono or more OF the
Americas.
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are never in the open, and he not only
is often led to commit the act by fear
of defeat or loss. but is in constant
fear OF being caught and disgraced be-
fore his fellows.
The cheat is self-confessed incom-
petent By his very act he admits his
own inferiority. or his inability to win
his game or pass his examination hon.
estly. He is also contract breaker.
The cheat in the schoolroom or on the
playground breaks the very rules which
he has agreed. tacitly or otherwise, to
abide by. Moreover. the cheat Is law
breaker. There have been blue laws"
which made 1t a misdemeanor to be a
cheat. The schoolroom or playground
cheat breaks the rules which he ac-
cepted voluntarily when he entered the
cheats in business. or in politics, breaks
the rules imposed on him by society;
SO the schoolroom or playground cheat
is. if any, the less honorable of the two
intent Of deceiving some one. When he
praise or credit he wins by cheating
does not belong to him, but to another
An ordinary thief may make a haul"
and get much money; but the school
room or playground cheat gets only the
credit or praise for skill or knowledge
he does not possess.
Finally. the cheat Is q near-sighted
fool! For a mere temporary advantage
he does himself an injury he can never
en1lrely recover Irouls TOT IL is an IN
jury to his character. Each successful
act of cheating makes 1t easier to cheat
next time, and the habit may be form
ed in a very short time, almost with
out ones realizing 1t. And where does
it lead to? 1t is but a step from cheat
ing in the schoolroom or on the play
ground to law breaking. If there Is
the same chance of escaping detection.
the cheat will usually. upon occasion.
violate the law. Often the fear of de-
lection is the only factor which pre-
vents a cheat from committing a
more serious ofense. II the cheat fails
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Big plans are making by Protestant
missionary societies of the United
States for educational and evangelical
work in Central and South America.
These are to be put through under
general direction Of the committee of
co-operation created by the recent
Panama congress Local conferences
have just been held in Havana, San
Juan. Lima, Santiago. Buenos Aires
and Rio de Janeiro. That at Lima.
where religious liberty has obtained
less than a year. it is said to have sur
prised the Protestants with it's success
in numbers.
One part of the plan relates to the
founding of universities. Locations Sc
lected are Rio, Buenos Aires and the
City of Mexico. 1t was at first proposed
to establish one at Panama, but that
city must get along with a college
only, according to latest plans. Theo-
logical seminaries are proposed In the
seven cities named as those in which
local conferences have just been held.
In spite of political conditions OBJ
tanning there, a seminary in the City
of Mexico is to be opened this autumn
In the same seven cities PUBLISHING
agencies are to be established. The
largest of these will be at Buenos
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DR. BRIDCMAN ADDRESSES LOCAL
ADULT BIBLE CLASSES DURING WEEK
Editor of Consreeationalst Talks Social of
Mount Pleasant CONGREGATIONAL Church
on Tuesday.
on tuesday.

Rev. Howard A. Bridgman. editor Of
The Congregationalist, Boston. Mass,
was the speaker at the spring social of
the adult classes of Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church Sunday school
Tuesday evening. May 2. The two
classes. each Of which has an enroll
ment Of over nifty. had many members
and friends out.
Norton M httle, superintendent of
the Sunday school, who presided. gave
a cordial welcome to the guest of the
evening.
DR.. Bridgman spoke on Present Day
Congregationalism. What 1t Means to
You and Me"
He outlined what his church relations
had meant to him and what those at
Mount Pleasant might mean to the men
and women gathered there. He also
gave anecdotes, provocative of mirth.
but equally illustrative of the meaning
Of his statements, as he set forth some
Of the great things Congregationalism
has done and is doing, it's contributions
to education in the great universities.
Harvard and Yale. and the numerous
colleges under the head OF such men as
President Angel Of Ann Arbor. Presi-
dent Hyde Of Bowdoin and President D.
c. Gilman of Johns Hopkins: Its work
in social reform led by Graham Taylor.
Jane Adams. Washington GLADDEN.: In
evangelism, with D. L. Moody; In pull
pit oratory, illustrated by Storrs.
Beecher. Jefferson. Boynton. Gordon
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NEW ME- CHURCH SOUTH
ORGANIZED AT MOUNT RAINIER
Rev. D. l.. Blakemore O6cates at Service Held
Wednesday Launching New
ENTERPRISE.
Enterprise.

Spencer F. Hough. John F. Hough, Rose
D. Hough. Amos w. Hawk. Addie NJ.
Hawk, Omer E. Hawk, Lawrence T.
Hawk, c. Wesley Hawk, James NJ. Sey-
bolt, Iva c. Seybolt, Millard NJ: HUFF
man. Nettie E. Huffman, William 2.
Thomas. Rufus E. Milan, Maude E.
Milan, Evelyn V. Earnest. Dorothy G.
Earnest, Hazel V. Earnest, Lillian O.
Earnest Abbie J. Kinder, George A.
Harlow, Lizzie D. Harlow and Ruth
Foxwen. Others signifed their inten-
tion of joining by giving their names
as candidates to be received later. The
Sunday school has enrolled sixty-seven
members to date.
On Thursday afternoon the women of
the congregation organized society
to help raise funds for new church
building. Every energy of the entire
CONGREGATION will be directed to Sc
curing house of worship at the
earliest date possible. In the mean
time Potts Hall will be used for Sun
day school work and public worship.
Albert S. Hoge will speak tomorrow
morning.
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REV. D. E. CAMAK TO TELL OF WORK
OF TEXTILE INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE
President of North Carolina INSTITUTION Deliver
Address in Mount Vernon Place M. E.
Church South Tomorrow Morning.

The Textile Industrial Institute Of
Spartanburg. S. c.. will be described by
it's president and founder. Rev. D. f.
Camak, at the IL o'clock service at
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church
tomorrow. This institution has been
declared by United States Commission
er of Education Philander P. Claxton to
be one of the unique schools of the
United States. DR., Claxton has visited
the school several times and has spoken
In its interest in many places.
The president of the school is re-
turning from New York. where he told
the congregation of the leading Meth
odist Episcopal church of that city
last Sunday the story of the school and
it's work and struggles. He was invit-
ed to New York by DR.. Worth NJ. Tip
py, who has become much interested in
the work of the Textile Industrial In
stitute.
The object of the school is to meet
the needs of those operatives in south
ern cotton mills who have been denied
the advantages of even a common
school education. The plan Is to have
the operative work one week and go to
school the next week. thus enabling
him to improve his educational condi-
tion and at the same time earn his liv-
ing. The presidents of the cotton mills
In Spartanburg, the cotton manufac-
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- The new Mount Rainier Methodist
Episcopal Church South was organized
Wednesday evening Of this week. Rev
d. L. Blakemore, the pastor of st. Paufs
Church, I'd and S streets northwest. OF
which the Mount Rainier organization
is an ecclesiastical part, preached and
directed the launching of the new
church enterprise. goodly number of
people assembled and participated In
the exercises. The music was led by
Amos w. Hawk, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Millard NJ Huffman on the
trombone and piano. respectively. the
congregation joining in all the selec-
tions. John T. Hough was elected sec
retary of the church conference and
historian of the church
The society starts out very auspi-
ciously with the following persons as
charter members: John T. Hough. Mary
ISABELLA Hough, Lyston Z. Hough,
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Loss by Non-Use.

Gifts. whether great or small. must
never be allowed to remain dormant.
Their disuse occasions in time their re-
moval.
This is an inexorable law in nature
and the same law obtains in spiritual
things. To him who neglects to use
his gifts will come the edict. Take
therefore the talent from him."
AS neglect destroys. SO the use OF
what we have increases the power to
do greater good. With use the hve tai
ents become ten. The more we do the
more we can do, and the more we see to
do. In this consecration OF service we
find the joy of doing. There is posi- :
tive Kladness in doing anything that is
good and worthy. Good deeds are i'm
mortal and the Joy of doing them Is
immortal.
We should never forget that pen
atty is affixed to the non-use of our
talents both in the realm of nature and
of grace. Any one who, like the fakir
in India, refuses to use his arm Will lose
ability to use II. So the one who fails
to use his moral faculties will lose the
power to use them. All our faculties
gain strength by use and lose strength
by non-use. 1t is fidelity that counts
more than the number of talents. One
talent concentrated on a single point fs
better than hve talents trained on i've
points.