Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1916-01-24
CIVIC RIGHTEOUSNESS
URGED BY DIR. KELLY
Speakers for Lork's Day Alliance
Late in Coming But Congre-
CATION Waited.
Reverence for the Sabbath Urged by
DR.. Davis Who Scores curtis
Bay's &c SaIoous.

r1ithOuSn all HOuT late because Ol
muddy Anne Arundel roads. the two
representatives of Lords Day Alliance
DR.. Howard A. Kelly. and DIR. W. w
Davis, found a goodly number of peo-
pie gathered in the Presbyterian
Church, who had waited for their
arrival
As announced, DIR. Thos. Fell. Pres
ident of of st. Johns College, presided
and entertained the congregation with
a very interesting and profitable talk
on the sacredness of the Sabbath and
the necessity of setting this one day in
seven apart for the worship of God and
attendance upon this worship in the
church of God
DR.. George S. Bell, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church. made a few re-
marks and the Doxology had been sung
and the congregation was leaving
when the special speakers for the oc-
casion arrived
DR.. Kelly explained that the muddy
roads had caused the automobile in
which they had been travelling through
this county yesterday, conducting a Sc
ries of meetings, to become stuck in
the mud. and they had been an hour
and forty minutes making the trip to
Annapolis. when it should have only
taken them thirty-five minutes
Those who remained were paid for
waiting, as the remarks of both gentle
men were well worth hearing. DR..
Kelly spoke on Civic Righteousness -
taking for his text Philippians, IL
chapter and 21st verse: For all seek
their own, and not things which are
Jesus Christ's." He said everybody to-
day is too busy with their own affairs
to give much time or thought to Christ
ianty and Gods work. They have faith
in real estate, faith in the stock ex-
change and faith in all kinds of bust
ness, but they haven't faith in the
kingdom of God and His righteous
ness. He said there are protesting
Christians, but not possessing ones
He urged that the churches take
Christianity out of the church, live il
in the world, and try to bring others to
Christ. No nation that is not Christ
ian nation is lasting or can endure.and
he illustrated by way of history and
the nations whose people had gone
down in the dust because they forgot
God The church. he said, is the place
to prepare, to be taught Christian liv-
ing. but it must not be kept there.
There is need of it outside the church
for "All men seek their own and not
the things which are Jesus Christ's.'
DIR. Kelly said men sink to the level
of conditions around them. Dirty
streets, ill-kept premises make men
and women like their surroundings
DR.. W. W. Davis, an alumnus of St.
Johns College. spoke on the desecra-
ton of the Sabbath. He made fore
full plea for a Holy Sabbath Day He
spoke of the corruption of politics and
the liquor traffic and displayed chart
of names of thirty-six saloon keepers
at Curtis Bay, only three of whom are
Americans, and thirty-three foreign
ers. with unprouounceable names. He
scored a keeper of resort in the Fifth
district, whose henchmen he said these
men are, and told how. through poll
tics, they are given protection. He
said the law granting liquor license
to any one with six months residence
was diabolical, and should be wiped
off the statute books.
DR.. Davis urged the reverence of the
Sabbath Day, and said nations who had
forgotten Gods day had gone to ruin
and destruction. He told of the thous-
ands of caddies and newsboys who
work on the Sabbath day and said the
home is to blame. Had children been
taught to reverence the Sabbath day
things would be different, but if the
present generation does not keep holy
the Sababth day there is no telling
what future generations will de-
scend to.
AT the close of his earnest talk he
asked those to rise who were willing
TO aid in the work for the veneration of
the Sabbath, and the entire congrega-
tion stood as prayer was offered
Mrs. Annie Brewer sang very sweet
ly The Voice of Free Grace Cries Es
cape to the Mountains" after which
the meeting closed.