Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
LENTEN SERVICES
BEGIN IN CHURCHES
Religious Leaders Urge People
90 Renewed Faith as Peniten-
tiai Season Opens
MEN EXPORTED TO DUTY


non addresses at the Garrick Theatre.
Today, Ash Wednesday and the be-
ginning OF the forty day penitentinl
season, was marked by several noon
meetings for business people. which viii
continue daily throughout Lent.
There were services in st. Johns
ostholic Church. Thirteenth street
above Chestnut: in Old st. Joseph's.
Third street and vikings alley; in st.
Stephens Episcopal Church, Tenth
street above Chestnut. and in Old Christ
Church, Second street above Market.
n n "Knowledge. Of God depends on moral
rather than on intellectual qualities"
said Bishop Rhinelander at the Garrick.
lit IN the pure in heart rather than the
keen in mind who see Him. .'a
Same Law Holds True
n 1.-The same law holds true in the pur
suit of any kind Of knowledge, Schol-
srs are made, not born. Learning is
mot rendy made, automatic genius. II
b the result Of patient application. Sci
entists reach their results not by splen-
did institutions, but by painstaking in
dustry.
$50 with the knowledge OF persons.
Mere cleverness helps very little by it
self. Friendship which is worthy of
I the name Is built up on unselbsh desire
for another's goos. Friendship is so
rare because IL Is so costly. In these
days friends are very few. The gen
sral run Of men and women are friend
the same reason.
The knowledge of God is the final
and most perfect illustration of the same
principle. All must depend on our
inner moral disposition. Grosser sins
like sensunlity or drunkenness or avar-
ice, shut out the light Of God. But the
more subtle sins are just as fatal-Fan- :
ity, sloth, worldlincss. envy, love of
ease, of power, Of station. All these
make IL an absolute spiritual impo.si-
biiity for God in His purity and love
and holiness TO become an object OF our
knowledge. ,
he utterly honest with the fncts DC
we really desire to know God? Do wc
really want Him 10 reveal Himself:
II not our search for Him is doomed
10 failure from the start. To will d
do His will is the only way to kno"
Him
At Old Christ Church
At old Christ Church, the Rev. Louli
G. washburn recalled Washington
emDnARl9 upon ANAlSi'l
az the indispensable props Of America
and Franklins speech in the fedora
convention:
After four or five weeks OF con
tinual rensoniugs with each other W
are proping in the dark 10 find politi
cal truth and scarce able 20 distinguis
IL when presented 20 us. How has
happened, sir, that we have not hithert
thought Of humbly applying to tn
u..t.nr &c 7 ,1h to i1tttrn n a 20 under
standings? In the beginning of the con
test with Britain when we were srnsib
to danger we had daily prayers ! tn
room for divine protection. Our pray
ers, sir, were heard, and they wei
graciously answered. beg leave. there
fore. to move that a minister of &C
be invited 10 come and lead us in prayt
for divine guidance and strength.
Urging the need for communion wit
God in these tense times, DR.. Wash
burn told Of Mayor Moore's invitatiC
to score of representative religion
leaders to consult with him over Il
serious moral problems of the city q
persistent outbreaks of vice and Grim
gambling and dope traffic, Speaking
their discussion of the necessity
elevating the tone Of certain theatr
and dance halls and moving pictu
places and for the sane enforcement
the Sunday law. DR.. Washburn 81
we need to think Of this burning iss
IN other terms than those of the me
legalist who bases his defense of {
Lords Day on the musty law of I
commonwealth.
Repudiating hedonism, he said
must heed the call to the fuller life, 4
issue the challenge 10 the nobler aspir
tions latent in the hearts Of the peOp
Bishop Garland Speaks
DR.. Thomas j. Garland, bishop 81
fragan Of Pennsylvania, decried
lack Of the modern mans sense of p'
sonal responsibility in his address
ct. Stephens.
"One Of the curses of modern so
ETY." Bishop Garland said, ''is Il
men are lacking in a sense "f perSo
responsibility. Too much Is left
committees. A committee even tells
man how TO vote.
Bishop Garlands text was Seek
first the kingdom of God and
"what is the world suffering II
today? Some men say it il lack
spiritual leadership, others that it i
spirit OF militarism, others charge G
sntagOnism or a democracy that
longer suits.
"Whatever the crises may be that
are facing, it is certain a remedy
be found by seeking first the thing.
the kingdom of God
In the Episcopal Pro Cathedral /
Broad and South streets, services
conducted by the vicar. the Rev. Ge
T.. Richardson. The sermon was
livered by the Rev. DR.. George Woo
Hodge, rector emeritus of ST, MAJ
by which name the Pro Cathedral
hitherto been known
DR. Hodge urges that this isntsn
y son be made more than mere
rnality that II be made benei
season as we'll as a peuitential one
that its close would show better
4 aud women.
4 ~ "Help others. and above all pral
the world" said DR.. Hodge. ''l'ra
your community. and the rulers
member that each individual is res
sible 10 an extent, for condition
this country.
''rhe cry America first is a =
cry. We cannot stand alone As
Yessors of Christianity. we have
III 20 the world.
''sin is the cause of all the trc
misery and suffering in the world
ain is a rebellion against law. II
Is no law there is trouble, the yioi'
Of moral laws make the greatest al
OF suffering"
Services az st. Jeseph's $
of ha Aaa tint