Evening star., 1918-01-25
ROOSEVELT TO ENTERTAIN
BILLY SUNDAY AT TEA
EVANGELIST Lauds Mothers In Sermon This
Afternoon and Scores Prohteers.
DR.. Ward Resigns.

Ri,Jy sunday. accompanied by his
wife, will take tea with Theodore
Roosevelt this afternoon at > O'Clock az
the Longworth house. The evangeiist
is. one of the former Presidents ad-
mirers.
pay Dr Isaac Ward, Billy Sunday $
assistant, has resigned to accept the
ma storate of the First Presbyterian
Church of Boston. He will leave the
Sunday party at the close OF the "ash-
;npfon campaign Dr. Ward has been
with the Sunday party for three years.
Joining the organization in Phiiadei- l.
phia. where he was pastor OF the
Fourth Dutch Reformed Church.
He had charge of the ushers, door,
men, secretaries. keymen and personai
xorkers- and substituted for Mr.. sun
d,v when the latter has been indis-
posed.
Tonight Students Night.
S,ac;,l reseryations have been made
tor the students in the colleges. uni
yersities. shigh schools ana pi 10. Is
schools for this evenings meeting. N"
will be students night 80
tribute to the motherhood OF tHe ne
na.,o,' sa "as ssrn,nn on Mothers this
afternoon at the Tabernacle before
representative body OF mothers %, ne If
CITY. He emphasized the insplration ol
mothers. Those who attended Were
asked to pay their respect 10 'he iIapt.
ers of the nation by wearing "hiee
flower or white ribbon
..There's a mighty power in a WON
ans hand" said Mr.. sunday; .han
more power in a woman manu- 'hai
&c in kings SCeptGT-
Mothers Kiss Powerful.
aAnd there is mighty power in
mother's kiss-inspiration. courage
hone. ambition, in mother KISS. one
kiss will drive away the 1ear IN tne
dark and make the little one oraNe'
There is power in a mothers song.
tao It's the best music the world ever
heard, The best music in the worid Is
like biscuits-its the kind mother
makes.
A mothers love is like Gods love HOW
God could ever tell the world that re
loved it without mothers help mas
often puzzled me. s.
Surely as Moses was put in his mo.ner
arms by hte princess. so Goa put IiIs
hahes in your arms, as a charge by HIM
TO raise and care for. Every child is put
in mothers arms as trust from Coo, s
and she has to answer 10 0oo Aoi '''S
way she deals with that child.
Food Profiteers Highwaymen.
enar.c+erizine food profteers as high
vaymen," Billy Sunday gave them gooo
ssslamming~ at last nights meeting. The
evangelist was discussing the command
ruent, Thou shalt not steal
"A talk on the flag will be given by the
evangelist tomorrow afternoon. which VIII
be- especially for children The meeting
Sunday afternoon at the Tabernacle VIII
be for men only, while the meetings sun
day morning and evening VIII De open ior
everybody
Mrs. Sunday will speak before women
only meeting Sunday afternoon at 80
o'clock at the New York Avenue Presby-
tefian Church.
Pays Tribute to Mothers.
Mothers are always brave when the
safety of their children is concerned.
said Billy Sunday in his sermon on
Mothers this afternoon at the Tab
ernacle, after citing an example OF
mothers remarkable pluck. who. with
everything against her. would not give
up. Mr.. Sunday said. in part:
~Exodus 20: Take this child and
nurse it for me. and I will give thee
thy wages
most beautiful and fascinating in all
the world. 1t takes hold on US ana
never for an instant does 1t lose its
interest, for it is SO graphically told
that once heard 1t is never forgotten.
IT have often imagined the anxiety
with which that child was born. for
he came into the world with the SEN
tence of death hanging over MIN. Tor
Pharaoh had decreed that the male
children should die, and the mother
def,ed even the command of the king
and determined that the child should
live and right from the beginning the
battle of right against might was
fought at the cradle.
togwork in the brickyards or labor
Ia The field. but God was on her side
and she won. as the mother always
wins with God on her side. Before
going to work she had to choose some
hiding place for her child. and she put
his little sister, Miriam, on guard while
she kept herself from being seen by
the soldiers of Pharaoh, who were
ish male children. For three months
she kept him hidden. possibly finding
a new hiding place every few days.
II is hard to imagine anything more
dif1cult than to hide a healthy grow
inx baby, and he was hidden for three
months Now he was grown larger
and more full of life and more Sc
cure hiding place had to be found. and
l can imagine this mother giving up
her rest and sleep TO prepare an ark
for the saving of her child.
Believes God Approved Plan.
Il believe the plan must have been for
mulated in heaven. | have often thought
God must have been as much interested
in that work as was the mother of Moses
for you can't make me believe that an
event so important as that and far
reaching in its results ever happened by
luck or chance. Possibly God whispered
the plan to the mother when she went
to him in prayer and in her grief because
she was afraid the sword OF Pharaoh
would murder her child, And how care
fully the material out of which the ark
was made had to be selected l think
every twig was carefully scriltinized in
order that nothing poor might get into
its composition. and the. weaving of that
ark. the mothers heart. her soul, her
prayers her tears were .interworen.
HOh. il you mothers would exercise as
much care over the company your chill
dren keep. over the books they read and
the places they go there would not be
trict, nor SO many boys growing up to
bad criminal lives And with what
thanksgiving she must have poured out
her heart when at last the work was
done and the ark was ready to carry its
precious cargo-more precious than If it
was to hold the crown jewels Of Egypt
And j can imagine the last night that
IN. N