The Washington herald., 1921-02-07
WARNS AGAINST
USING RELIGION
~ FOR PERSECUTION
Rev. Henry Allen Upper
Urges Elimination
Of Bigotry.

- 'itS nov henfy Alien Tup-
per- pastor Of First Baptist Church.
yesterday morning pointed out the
power Of Christianity as a world
embracing religion. provided the
spirit Of the teachings Of the Mas
ter is observed.
1t IS startlingly strange how the
/ best Of things, intrInsicalIy, may
become by perversion the worst of
things" said DR.. Upper. NO big
otry is more blighting. no parti-
Sanship is more pernicious. no per-
Secution is more perilous than re-
ligion. when it Is bigoted, partisan
and prosecuting.
This fact applies to all relig-
IONS he continued. The bitter
est hatred has been created, the
cruelest antagonisms have been
nourished, and the bloodiest wars
have been waged in the name of the
Savior, but under the spirit of satan.
NChrist's mission and message
were misunderstood and misinter-
preted while He was on earth. He
came not IS a Jew. but as the Son
oi Man He gave to the world a
religion that was not national, mot
sectional, not racial, not temporal.
but for all nations, all sections, all
races and all time: a religion based
on benevolent principles as deep,
wide and higI as the mind and
heart Of its author, who is the
Savior of the world
TO extract the sting of bigotTy
from the lives Of His first followers
was an incompleted task of Jesus;
and the task is still incomplete.
A narrow, self-Centered Christian
Is an inconsistent misnomer-a
counterfeit on Christianity"
OCCULT INTERPRETATION
At PHILOSOPHICAL HALL.
Occult Interpretation of the
whence. why and whittier Of the
human race was the subject of
Mrs. Blanche X. POveIsen in her
lecture in TheOsOphiCal Hall last
night.
The Manu- is the progenitor of
JnE human race" Mrs. POvelsen
eNDla&aea He is the law-giver
who advaHCss nc ode of life for
'e4ch sac. This ,rde is worked
out in Two p,sths. ths path of pur-
suit. N which sFssl- pleasure is the
main object, and profit and duty
the secondary objects.
Sense pleasure is attained in
highest happiness through organ
lied society which makes possible
the division Of labor. hence leisure,
and in profit wealth, which makes
possibly the refinement Of sense
pleasure in the arts.
.'Th- second path is that of re-
tiremcnt or TenunCiatiOn. when
man. having learned through the
pursuit of the lower desires the
value Of tho higher. becomes in
mature years able to serve
BEAUTY IN COMMONPLACE
, DISCUSSED BY MINISTER.
Beauty IL the Commonplace" was
the theme Of the Rev. J. Franklin
BRYAN. pastor of North Carolina Av-
cnue Methodist Protestant Church
last night.
There is so much in this world
that is beautiful" DR.. Bryan OBJ
served. We behold things of beau
~ on every hand and the person
with hope in his heart cannot but be
happy that he is living in this day
n ali DAYS. The sun by day and
the moon and stars by night bright
On IN the old world by their match
less beauty. The country places
have their things of beauty, The
,.ftv has its parks, its avenues its
mansions. its museums, its churches.
and thousands of things that stand
ont and impress themselves upon all
who pass by as things Of beauty, II
not a Joy forever
These things, because Of their
osc,Iliar setting. are lifted out OF
The commonplace, but there are also
things Of beauty in the common
pIace. and they are helping hu-
mankind, when the dazzling splen-
Sor Of seemingly brighter things
gaiIs The tired traveller may lay
himself in an humble shed BESIDE
a beautiful flower.
1T will remind him, perhaps OF
1ovsr that mother used to grow,
and his thoughts will turn nome
,y.r5 A fraiI invalid bound to
- he'd bv months of illness, may
vf,b her bright philosophy cheer
Srndreds of the physically strong
,n5 well who come to her with their
mental anguish"
,SEIF-ORDAINED DEATH"
Or, RADO LII r Il >
WHY will you die" the insistent
question of man in all ages and all
,riues. was the subject Of the Rev
Wallace Radcliffe in New York Av-
snue Church last night, the first of
., series Of Sunday evening lectures
under the title of IAN Inquirlng
Room" being a discussion Of ques-
lions on timely subjects to extend
over March 27.
.aTbe insistent question that
.cboes from heaven around the
,,.orId continually is, Why will you
Gieo'' Dr.. Radcliffe said by way
~ Introduction. TT is the remon-
trance of God. 1t is the insistence
NJ love. It is the persuasion of self
DreservatiOn. 1t is the argument OF
ratiOnaIism. 1t is the appeal of
nower. It is the distraction of de-
Spair." he explained.
Life is one high desire" DR..
Radcliffe continued. Yet often men
,.omnnft suicide and solicit death
nv heedIessness and ignorance. We
~annot really live without God.
The atmosphere of materialism is
lady. Husks Of worldiness and
rIeasiIre starve the soul. Political
bonors may crush out life and the
tabIe Of fashionable dainties poison
Daily on every side men ordain
,beir own health. Men are cutting
their own throats. The idea Of God
- life The nation that neglects
Him perishes His day and His
law, whether you call them blue or
b1ark, carry life. We ordain our
I'm death. Nobody else IS to