Evening star., 1918-02-05
LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE" WAS
THEME OF BILLY SUNDAY TODAY
Evangelist Discusses Backsliders and Pure
Religion and Explains the Use Of Certain
Vigorous Words in His Vocabulary.

SO often prefers and uses words of tho
shorter and uglier" variety. His IL
1ustration was as follows:
"A boy sees his father pick up some-
thing and hold it to his nose. He says,
1t has begun to disintegrate' That
has no effect on the boy. But II the
father would say. It is rotten the boy
would reach for his nose.
That is why I use those good old
anglo Saxon words; everybody under
stands them.
Lesson From Abe Lincoln.
"Abe Lincoln, writing a. message to
Congress-, put in the word sugar
stanton said it would never do for
the press, and Seward said 1t would
never do.
-, ABE said. You put the word in that
Seward worked all night and he
said, I can't find anything that ex-
presses 1t so well as sugar-coated.'
ape said, :! know 1t, that is the rea-
Some people are worrying about my
vocabulary. Don't lose any sleep over
my vocabulary, take care OF your own.
Let your light shine = never mind
Will Hold Meetings for Girls.
Mrs. Asher. in charge of the extension
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IN charge Of a meeting of girls of the
northeast government center at the Taber-
nacie at As o'clock this afternoon. At
: o'clock she will preside over a meeting
81 G street northwest. Tomorrow i at
l2:10 pm she will hold a meeting of
woman employees Of the Pullman COM
pany: at 4:45 one for the girls Of the
G. A. 1896 G street northwest. and al
80 third at George Washington Hos
pital.
Miss Gamlin, director of boys and girls
work. VIII hold a meeting at the Gage
Schooi at o'clock tonight Tomorrow
afternoon at is o'clock she will hold a
meeting at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 18th
street ana columbia road northwest. and
at . O'Clock In the evening another at the
Deaconess Home 917 0 street northwest.
MISS miller. central business women's
work. has meetings tomorrow sched-
uled as follows: 1925 am, Palais Royal
First Congregational Church, 10th and
streets northwest; 4:45 to $50, cen
church
Miss Kinney's meeting for tomorrow
is IN Hamltne NJ. E. Church. 9th and F
streets at pm. for pupils of Tech
nlcal and Business High Schools and OF
Business annex.
Miss Saxe's big Bible study class
meets each day this week except Sat
eAAAS eAIoi itoOI, oIl the
Tabernacle platform at o'clock, di.
rectly following the close Of the ser
mon. Tomorrow evening at O'Clock
she Will conduct a Bible class at West
Street Presbyterian Church, street
near 3lst street northwest.
COLLECTIONS still needed for Taber-
nacle expenses amount to $4,000, OF
about half the total for the entire cam.
paign, $4,000, it is announced. Begin.
ming tonight a new drive" to swell
these contributions to proper proper.
tions is to be made at the evening serv.
Ices. Vt is your debt" Sunday tells
his hearers. land it's up to you. The
expenses were not incurred by me OF
my party. but by the churches Of Wash.
ington."
Billy Sunday dropped in yesterday,
his day of rest, to see Secretary Nc
Adoo, with whom he is acquainted. The
evangelist had to wait in the anteroom
for while until a previous caller had
gotten through his business.
Have something to read, Mr., Sun.
day., was the invitation given by a
member of the office force.
Thank you, guess l WILL" remarked
Billy. The publication promptly
handed to him for his edifcation was
| labeled
Town Topics"
1t came from the desk of Brice Clae-
gett; private secretay to the Secretary