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his cell, a syba rite in his quiet garden.
may be eating his own heart out with
unrest
The peace that is like a sentinel to
the soul, defending it from despair
and discomfort and hatred and fear.
comes from above. 1t is~absolutely
dependent peace-dependent upon COO
through our thought of Him, through
our trust in Him and through our
surrender to Him.
What peace is there in Napoleon $
thought of "A God who is always on
the side of the big battalions? Are
they not ever changing, dissolving,
shifting, here this year. there another
year. seeking one thing now and then
something else" 1t was Napoleon him
self who said, when he had a little
time for reflection at st. Helena: Mere
force never accomplished anything per-
manent.
But think of God as Jesus Christ re-
yeals Him-a holy. loving, wise ia
Their. One who will never break His
word. never forsake those who trust
Him. never do an injustice: one on
whose side are all the hosts of heaven,
and who will surely bring in His KING
dom Think thus and your thought Is
peace. -
wish our thought to be real. Many
Christians have a trust in God which
is like an insurance policy-payaole
only after death. What we need is a
confidence that will work here and
now. When we find trouble and sor-
row: when disappointment falls upon
us and everything seems to be gong
wrong: when the mystery of life thick
ems around us and the strife between
the good and the evil seems puma III
nurnose cruel in it's Waging and doubt
full in its result, then our faith must
tell US:
God knows better. Wait patiently for Him.
Deep in fashionable mines
or failing skill
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CHURCH NOTES.

A personal workers conference will
be held in the lexington Presbyterian
Church beginning Wednesday, March
1. and lasting for seven weeks, the
conference to be held each Wednesday
at 7:45 pm. DIR. II. E. Brundage, pas
conference. and the following subjects
will be considered: problems About
the Bible" Evidences of Bible
Truths" Fundamental Christian Doc
trines," errors in Popular Fads in Re-
ligion'' and Methods in Dealing With
People"
This conference is open to the public
attending. week of special services
each night except Saturday will fol-
low the close of the conference.
Miss Marie c. Brehm, representing
the scientific temperance board of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America, will deliver a lee
ture from the pulpit of lexington
Presbyterian Church at IL o'clock to-
morrow. Miss Brehm is a special lee
turer on scientific temperance. She
was appointed to represent the United
States as delegate to the twelfth in
'ternational congress against alcohol
ism. held in London, and also repre-
scented the Presbyterian board on tenn
perance at a similar congress held at
The Hague in 1911.
tence. Pardon and Peace" will take the
place of the evening service beginning
at 7.45 o'clock. Harry q. kimball is
the organist and director
*. i: y X
DR.. Bertram Post of Constantinople will
speak at the Eastern Presbyterian Church
tomorrow evening. DR.. Post has spent
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most of his life in Turkey and is in init
mate touch with the people and conditions
Of that stricken land. He is 4 medical
professor at Robert College, CONSTANT
nople. having left the college on furlough
shortly before Turkey entered the war.
i :: i:
AT the First Presbyterian Church,
John Marshall place, DIR. John Britain
Clark will deliver special address
TOMORROW night on Washington, Gods
First Great Prophet to America"
A cordial invitation is extended to all
patriotic society members, including
Daughters of the American Revolution,
Colonial Danes. Sons of the Revolu-
ton, Sons of the American Revolution,
Order of Washington, Founders and
Patriots. Scions of Colonial Cavaliers
and others.
The music will be especially appro-
pirate. Preceding the service there
will be a short organ and vocal recital,
given by Mrs. Schutt and Miss Leckie
beginning at 7:45 o'clock.
The marked growth in the member
ship of the Sunday afternoon Bible
class. held at $3.50 o'clock in the Y.
W. c. A. parlors, indicates. it is said
the special place this class has taken
in the Sunday events of the city. The
lessons are given by Mrs. Mary Chan
nell Stevens in lecture form, the Inter-
national Sunday School Lessons being
employed as subjects.
K x -s
At 4: 80 pm. tomorrow 1.-THE Young
Women's Christian Association will
hold the third of it's jubilee vesper
services This service will be in charge
of the South American Club, which has
for it's interest the support Of, Miss
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in them ye think yc have eternal life
and they are they which testify of me"
In order TO gain Il knowledge of Christ
1t is necessary to read and study the
testimony that is given concerning
Him. and that testimony is found only
in the Bible. The Christians Bible
study is therefore not merely an i'm
portant but an absolutely essential
part of his life.
He cannot know Christ without being
familiar with the record of Christ $
life and teachings, and not knowing
Him is not being Christian.
This is such an obvious statement
That IL would seem scarcely worth
while to make it, yet there are many
protesting Christians who take their
Impressions of Bible teachings from
hearsay and give no time to personal
investigation and meditation upon the
Divine word. All they know is gath
cred from an occasional Interpretation
from the lips of the minister or the
Bible teacher, and frequently very
slight attention is given to these ya1u-
able ministries. This is not the way
to put the Bible into the life.
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Place NJ. E. Church South. Tuesday. at
2:3O o'clock pm All interested in the
study of the Bible are cordially invited
to attend.
X !: * x
At Metropolitan Baptist Church. the
mems Bible class, formerly located I'm
the upper room of the Bible school
building, will take up permanent quar-
tiers in the main auditorium of The
church. this move being made neces-
sary by the continuous growth of the
class.
The officers of the class are as fol-
lows: J. Alvin Crawford, president:
Robert NJ. Walleigh, vice president:
Clarence f. Schooley. secretary: James
o. Peed, assistant secretary: Charles
s. Walters. treasurer: William J. II.
Spahr, librarian: G. w. Hamlin and
James NJ. Brooks. teachers; Emmanuel
b. Shaver. associate teacher.
X \. =
At the Church of the Nativity tomor-
row the women of the parish and the
members of the League of the Sacred
Heart will receive holy communion ut
tho o'clock mass.
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NEW HORK, February l9.-The Luth-
e'an Synodical Conference is taking
the lead in naming committees and
drafting plans for the four hundredth
anniversary celebration next year of
the beginning of the reformation. It's
members have lust called a meeting. to
be held within a few days, to elect an
executive secretary who shall assist
from now on the civic and other com
mittees in making anniversary plans.
Especially is he to enlist. if possible
other Protestant bodies. since it is de-
sired by Lutherans OF all America that
the celebrations be not limited to them
If the war continues, Lutherans in
America will be about the only peo-
pie. at least the only Lutherans. TO
take note of the date.
plans thus far made indicate two
celebrations. civic and religious.
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AT the annual banquet of the Timothy
class of Ninth Street Christian Church.
Tuesday evening. Maj. Raymond Pullman
spoke on the church and Bible class as
training place for many people.
Representative Benjamin billiard of
Colorado spoke of the Bible school hav-
ing the ENVIRONMENTS to make good citi-
zens and good community.
President c. Edward Anderson gave
a short review of the history of the
class from the date he became identi-
fed with it,. eleven years ago. The
class. he stated. now has more than
ninety members.
Frank A. Carpenter. teacher. was
POSTMASTER.
T. A. Hostetler, member Of the Ford
peace ship party and president of the
Sunday school and of the District of
Columbia Association of Sunday
Schools, made an address on the sue
cess and Universities Of the Ford peace
ship cruise.
Following were the guests: Edward
McWilliams, l.. r. Fullington, J. ID.
Ellie. N. J. Walter. Charles G. Berns-
burg, Joseph ID. Walsh, NJ. c. McCurdy.
w. e. Wright, NJ. q. Cowgirl. j. II
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The class president is J. q. Kings
bury.
The guests were:
p. S. Gable, Rev. John Weidley. Rev.
Alfred E. Barrows, J. G. kingsbury.
Rev. c. Everest Granger, Rev. $. T.
Nicholas l.. A. Kalbach. Rev. George
A. Miller, Rev. F. NJ. Mccoy, II. W.
Weber. a. l.. l.. Leckie. n X. kitng"r.
c. w. Black. Charles +. Thorne. w. III.
Brown, William NJ. DAILY, jr.; DIR. J. n.
Myers. f. w. Revercomb, ID. J. Batson.
j. s. Manning. James B. Sands. $. p.
Pearson. H. A. Hite, w. \. Holmes.
Harry w. Daily. c. Irving Wood. H. II.
Settler, DIR. E. c. Rice, David Babp. J.
W. Caum, A. W. drummer. jr.: J. b.
More, G. J. Weber. l.. F. Palmer. jr.:
r. l.. Flynn, William A. Sheivly. L. A
Klein D. r. Miller. J. E. Peterson. W.
H. Werteman. George ID. Wolf. H. c.
Coleridge. B. o. Seivertson. F. l..
Arends. c. l.. Brydia, William Sheieke.
Joseph Rosner, George c. Boneiff. James
b. Bittenbender. +. Herbert Bonnet, j.
Fl. Wood. William Lehman, A. T.. Lob
man. c. s. Willard. Henry Weber.
Charles Boyd. J. +. Bixler, John N.
Rixler. J. T. Humphrey. II. c. Hayne.
DR.. A. T. Swain, Clarence Fogle. Paul
j. BerSly, Edward F. Latham, Charles
ID. Smith. l. F. Palmer. j. b. Walker.
r. +. Fox. Charles Fox, W. r. Little,
Claude Saubel. Eugene Z. Kantz. W. 3.
Ristig. Paul NJ. De Hart, X. r. Stone
and Warren r. Settler.
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PLAN SPECIAL
SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
Rev. Harvey Officer of Order of Holy Cross and
Others to Speak at Gatherings to Be Held
Here From March 12 to %.

Stephens. lith street and Columbia
road. also win conduct the special chill
drens meetings at that church They
Will be held AT $40 O'Clock each after
noon during TIE two weeks set aside for
the preaching mission.
Leaders Of ST. Johns Church. George
town. also are planning services of this
character for school children. The mis-
sioner at this church Will he Rev. Her
bert Parrish of Baltimore. Md.
All Saints Church. Chevy Chase.
Canon j. ". Austin. will hold preaching
mission meetings. in addition to the
churches already announced. The mis-
sioner will be Rev. Lewis /. lowering OF
the National Cathedral School for Boys
and the services will begin March 10 and
close the evening of March IS.
Funds for carrying on the work OF the
mission are being raised by finance
committee for the diocese of which Rev.
DR. Mckim is chairman and Charles !.
Bell treasurer. the other members being
Rear Admiral Charles II. Stockton. DIR.
William C. Rives. William Waller. Will
liam NJ. levin. c. b. Keferstein and
Byron s. Adams.
Four thousand copies Of paper bound
edition of the special mission hymnal
authorized several years ago by gem
eral convention of the church for use
in mission work are being printed for tho
mission in this city.
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Persis Breed, the general secretary of
the Y. W. c. A. in Buenos Aires, Ar
gentina.
DR.. Benjamin S. Haywood will be the
sneaker at this meeting, his topic be-
,ne, "Our Privilege" Miss Susan Cults,
nresident of the South American Club,
viii preside Mrs. Adrienne K. Wentz
will be the soloist
* * =
Tomorrow. at the Church of the
Eninhany. = street near 14th street,
Miss Margaret Ella Allen will be TIE
vocal soloist at the organ recital. at
7.3O nm. At s pm. Rev. =. F. Han
viii breach on Red, White and Blue"
* x i: 4
Sunday. February 81. will be observed
nv the Protestant Episcopal Sunday
schools as Donation day." for the
Episcopal Eye, pEar and Throat HOS
pital
= x * =
Howard A. Banks, private secretary
to the Secretary of the Navy, will give
ME second of his series of talks on the
book of Revelation, at Mount Vernon
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MONUMENT TO BISHOP ASBURY
PLANNED FOR WASHINGTON
Methodists, 1t Is Announced, Are at Work Securing
$4,000 Fund Honor Leaders of Early Work
of Denomination in This Country.

NEW YORK, February 19.-Although
1t is just announced. Methodist Sunday
schools. Epworth League brother
hoods and congregations are sending
contributions to the Bishop Francis
Asbury monument fuRvi. This monu-
meut is to cost, with pedestal. s5G.00a
and is to stand on conspicuous plot in
Washington. to he selected by Con-
gress. If possible il is to he ordered
during this centennial year and erected
as soon as possible. Small subscrip-
lions only are asked. the aim being to
make the monument representative of
the 5000. 600 of Methodsts of America.
Every Methodist body is united in the
enterprise.
Rev Francis Asbury came to Amer
ira in 1111, and for more than forty
years was the foremost leader in the
Wesley cause. He was to American
Methodism what john Wesley was to
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LUTHERANS PLAN SPECIAL CELEBRATION
OF REFORMATION HERE NEXT YEAR
Synodical Conference of Denomination Arranging
for 40Oth Anniversary Celebration - All
Protestant Bodies to Be Enlisted.

Civic celebrations have been arranged
in Philadelphia. Washington. Minneap-
oils and Chicago. The point made is
that the reformation was not only re-
ligious. but that it changed social. po-
litical and governmental ideas. Hence
civic celebrations are to emphasize
these changes. A New York committee
is both planning civic celebrations for
that city and assisting committees in
other cities. LutheranS hope that al
most all cities in America may arrange
demonstrators.
1t now seems likely that the religious
celebrations will be two in number IN
many cities The synodical conference
will arrange for one and union of
the General Synod and the General
Council for the other. 1t was on Octo-
Der 81, 1917, that Rev. Martin Luther.
the parish priest of Wittenberg, nailed
his protests to the door of the Castle
Church The American civic and re-
ligious celebrations are set for next
year. but committees are already at
work.
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PEACE ON GUARD.
A Sermon by Dr. Henry Van Dyke.

abstraction, from whose grasp the uni
verse might roll away into the chaos
of Self-destroying evil.
A god of knowledge alone is a
philusophic puppet of the mind. an i'm
potent observer and critic in the midst
of confused world. Mere knowledge.
although absolute. is cold as death and
unhappy as despair.
1t is only in the union of an Infinite
love-Which is the desire to give and
to bless - with a perfect righteous
ness, a perfect knowledge and a per-
feet power. that God is what He is
the One who is supreme: the One for
whom all that is best in our hearts
Girls out: the One whom we worship.
though we cannot comprehend Him:
the One to whom we look afar off and
in whom we trust near at hand: the
One in whom is no varia bleness. neither
shadow of turning: the eternal refuge
and support: the deep. unconquerable.
never shaken hope of the world:
The central peace subsisting at the heart
or endless agitation.
But how is it, we ask ourselves, that
He can be at peace in such a universe
as this, where there is so much of evil,
sorrow and confusion?
Just because He is God and not man.
Because He is perfect in holiness, JUS
tice and truth. He sees that the false
hood and the injustice and the i'm
purity are not of Him and must wither
the sway of Righteousness He never
fears that it will fail or crumble. Be
cause His love is of an infinite wisdom
He can wait patiently for its eternal
victory. He knoweth the end from the
beginning. He causeth the wrath of
man to praise Him. He bringeth good
out of evil He shall put down all
enemies under His feet and in the end
accomplish His purpose
That one far-oT divine event
Toward which the whole creation moves.
When we ask for a nearer explana-
ton of these. things: how it is that
One who is SO good can permit evil
to exist even for time how it is
that One who is SO powerful can be
SO patient: how it is that One who
knows all can be SO loving; We can
find no answer in human reason. These
things are beyond our experience. The
peace that exists in God passeth under
standing.
But out of it, through faith, through
obedience. comes the peace that is
given to US to guard our hearts and
minds in Christ Jesus.
.. There is verse in one of the old
prophets which says '1n quietness and
confidence shall be your strength, in
rest and in returning We shall be saved.
True peacefulness in human experience
is not an affair of outward circum-
stances, it belongs to the heart and the
mind. 1t may exist in the noise and
tumult of the market place. in the roar
and strain of great factory. in the
confused anguish of the battlefield. On
the other hand. recluse dwelling in
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English Wesleyanism In the first
thirty wears of the Wesley cause, in
both countries. as much was accom-
plished in the way of membership
growth by Asbury in population of
100000 as by Wesley in one of so
100000. Now the cause. while not the
largest in England. has come TO be the
largest of Protestant bodies in Amer
lea. with its 100000 members.
1t was March II. 1915. that Asbury
died. On the approaching end or March
Methodist Sunday schools and conGre-
cations everywhere are to hold meet
ings to hear of Methodist growth and
achievement. and all spring and au-
tumn district conferences are to take
note of the anniversary. The General
Conference. at Saratoga, in May. will
have memorial exercises Methodists
are saying that Asbury did work for
America comparable with the great
leaders in craftsmanship and war. and
hence the fitness OF his statue promi-
nently placed in the city of Washing
ton and the remembrance by all Chris
tians of the date of mis- death.
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we should ask ourselves the question:
rs my heart right toward all men!
Am I at all times actuated by the
principle of love in my dealings with
my fellow man.
When we read Blessed are the pure
in heart. we should pause and ask:
Am | constantly striving for purity
of heart and life?
Practical reading of the Bible is to
Iapply the message to ourselves. The
purpose of the Bible is that it may be
a light to our feet and lamp to our
path and that We may teach others
Gods ways.
Then the Bible is to be studied with
prayer. We are to ask God to open
our eyes that we may behold Won
drous things out of His law" 1t is to
the praying Christian that God opens
up the rich treasures of knowledge
ASK and We shall receive, seek and ye
shall find. knock and it shat! be
opened unto you
All true prayer includes faith. Moth
ing is promised to unbelicf The Scrip
lures are savior OF death unto dca tn
to unbelicverS, hut n savior. Of life unto
life 10 believers. We must honor Cod
by giving credit 10 His words. and III
that faith the Scriptures VIII! prove an
unSpeakahlc blessing.
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A novel feature in connection with the
preaching mission to be held in the Pro-
testant Episcopal churches OF the diocese
of Washington from March II to March
26 will be the special services for chill
dren. These will be conducted along
the lines of what is known the Sui
pician system. and already have been
arranged for by several of the churches.
For the convenience of school children.
for whom they We're especially intended,
they will be held in the afternoons.
The Sulpician system. it is stated. con.
sists of series of talks to the young
people. according to method worked
out number of years ago by Jesuit
priests at the famous church of St. Sui
pce in Paris. Its keynote is instruction.
rather than play upon the emotions of
the children. 1t is catechistic and edu-
cational in nature. Addresses are made.
religious study that may be carried on at
home is explained and the young people
also are called on to answer questions
put to them from the pulpit. Results OBJ
tanned from services of this character
in various sections of the country are
said to have been very gratifying
Rev. Harvey Officer Order of the HOLY
Cross. who will be the missioner at st.
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The Curse of Meroz.

The last reference cited brings to
mind the tragedy that resulted from a
city's Indifference to the need of its
neighbors and of the nation. Meroz
shut itself within it's walls when Israel
was invaded, and when Gideon's band
returned from the victory over the
Midianite host they were told to pun
ish the city of Meroz. and destroy
their city. for their indifference to their
country's call in time of need.
The curse of Meroz is not inflicted in
the way of physical punishment nova
days. on the city or state or nation
that is indifferent to the need of others,
but the curse applies in very real
sense, nevertheless, for development of
that city; state or nation is arrested
and destroyed in just the meas that
it is Indifferent to it's responsibilities
to others.
As Epworthians. let not the curse of
MeroZ apply to our organization or it's
chapters. This will only be avoided
in the degree in which the individual
members shake off their Indifference to
the needs and sufferings. whether
physical: mental or spiritual. of those
about them. Remember Christ's de-
nunciation of the half-hearted follower,
and shake off Indifference and inactiv-
ity. How can we be Indifferent to any
appeal that comes TO us in the name Of
our Father. God. or our brother. Man.
BE We doors of the word, not hearers
only
Max" haste, Man. to do
Whatever must be done:
Thou hast no time 10 lose in sloth
Thy day will be gone
Up then with speed, and work
Fling and self away;
This is no time for thee to asleep.
Up, watch, and work and pray
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Indifference is an artificial state of
mind. for it is natural for the mind to
take an interest in everything and every
person. and it is natural for this inter-
est to develop to a craftsmanship, either
for or against that person or thing. This
partisanship naturally develops into love
or hate. and these naturally impel or
influence action.
Indifference is lack of interest. and no
action. positive or negative, results from
It, 1t is produced by one or both Of two
things familiarity and selfshness. AS
one becomes familiar with. a condition
or proposition which is at first inter
esting. it gradually loses its interest and
strength of appeal, and finally becomes
a matter of Indifference to him; this is
illustrated in the professional indiffer-
ence to physical suffering acquired by
doctors and nurses through constant
contact with it. Also. as one becomes
more and more selfish or self conferred
his interest in other persons and in
things which do not affect his own per-
sonal matters wanes. and he finally be-
comes Indifferent to persons or matters
which do not affect him personally. No
example is needed to illustrate this
statement.
Indifference is. then. a paralysis Or
death of interest, of the natural activity
of the mind and heart and as it is a
death of very vital part of the per-
sonality it is in very fact tragedy in
and of ITSELF independently of the re-
suits it produces. Is it not a tragedy to
lose part of ones faculties. and does
not Indifference kill the sensitiveness TO
the need and sufferngs of others and
destroy the capacity for happiness and
joy to be found in serving God and
man? And finally. does not Indifference
tc others ultimately DESTROY the very
happiness of the person himself by in
temsifying selfishness until elf-gratifi-
cation and Indulgence no longer satisfy: :