Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-01
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d oasland Speaks at One Of
Many Ash Wednesday Re-
Ilgious Services =
PERIOD STARTED

~ Aoasted commercial supremacy
- materialined. Il is possible to
~ q, but II we get It BY starving
- IN children In other lands, we
lu 1obe our soul. Life Ia not material.
: ~ inportant thing H. the fifth Of
U&D Chgfst. We must believe In broth
oS1, sacrifice. and love-and prnc-
Dishop Suffragan Of the Episcopal
Z giocese Of Pennsylvania. spoke on '"rhe
Z Unemployment Question at the Lenten
Dooo service today at st. stephens g
= Church. The service was one Of eight,
held for business men and women In
e1x churches and two theatres to mark
the beginning Of Lent, this being Ash
"Wednesday. All the services were largely
attended.
~ The unemployment problem presents
1fwo opposing factors. said the Bishop.
: - one hand are the hard handed en-
I. floyers who would make machines OF
tlseir men, as cDntrasted with the more
! aaliebtened and liberal employers.
3 There are also the lazy and shiftless
\ employees, who stand against industrious
y Woikmen who have ideals. =.
mo nation can be half free and half
oIave," said DR.. Garland. "It was so
n the Civil War, and is 50 now. Riches
and poverty IRE tho unevcnly divided.
10 remedy this. the churches can bend
every effort, although they cannot ac-
! compiish much alone. ,
II Christian men and women, however
\ oaid the bishop, can do much to help
IN remedying these unwholesome condi-
The material things Of life are not
me m rn mount issues, he added. Trou =
< SlSs which afflicted the world today are
kfreiy moral and spiritual. Their only
s Ourcease, S,id the speaker, ~ to be
0Dund in the principles laid down by
3 Jesus Christ.
''Christ is the sole hope Of mankind
3 = ifs struggle toward spiritual and
RELIGIOUS redemption, and 1t Is oni!
< through service and sarrihce Tor tn'
& cause which He leads that we may at
Tain to the loftiest heights to which We
aspire" said Bishop. Peter Trtmblt
Rowe, Of Alaska. at the service or th'
Brothe rhood Of st. Andrew In the Gar
rick Theatre.
The church in the past has been rem,
4 ~ dispute and dissension. he said, bu'
Christ came TO dispel such DISTURBING
1hnuences and to lead mankind IN
eommon path Of truth ana SERVICE
" m. mon who give up smoking uurinl
\ Lent and the girls who refuse to ea
candy for forty days should not stoI
n a that, declared Father Joseph
0'Reiily. rector of st. Joseph's Catholic
Church. Fourth and Willings streets
Gpeaking in his church.
3 .sThis should help to remind US,
Il esid Father O'Reilly, ITO rid our heart
X q sloth and sin. During Lent w
dhould receive greater faith IN co.
and eternal destiny.
"During Lent we must DO penancc
4 for We have been told that unless y
4 shaIl do penance ye shall likewise per
Sh.' The Holy Mother Church onl;
\ ~ us forty days out Of 365 In whic
!, Is siye. IN our worldly pleasures, bu
4 fhSt does not mean that we shoul
f0fget all our good resolutions and goo
X intsntions formed during Lent. w
6ould carry them throughout the year:
# Services were held In both OF tn
y, chapels Of the Catholic Church Of 81
John the Evangelist, Thirteenth bet
ween Market and Chestnut streets. !
the main chapel there was the cesS re-
!. nony of receiving the ashes. In tn
SSsement chapel other worshipers hear
3 sermon and benediction.
Services were held at Kieth's Theatr
\ under the auspices of the Federation .
lx 6Rurches, The address was made
(6e Rev. Charles Jacobs, Of the Iil
a Vhkrsn Theological Seminary at MI
Nj. Jacobs said that the Lenten ssu
oon takes the public mind from the com
plex thoughts Of daily life and focust
n Il on Christ. He spoke in place OF tn
4ex. G. J.: Smith, president OF hoanof
Celisge. Va. Mr.: Smith Smith m telsESraph;ai sS ppa;i
X road be was unable to get here toda!
NJ IA ~uiN anAak tOmOrrOW.
Urgent need of revival of religio,
sl5sllng because Of existing condition
E1n the world was dwelt upon by Il
Vay. DR., Louis G. Washburn, rectt
et1l Old Christ Episcopal Church, Secor
otrset above Market.
Dr.. Washburn chose AZ his text tn
I q =! resisted unto blood striving again
;s'S. Speaking of the opportunity
quicken religious feeling during q q
s 0r. Washburn said:
"There are special ressons for
n loing ut this time. It 10 u period
Wa oonfuslon and tension, when, like Esa
We are being tempted to sell our birtl
right for q mass Of pottage. We are
VI danger Of becoming mere money graz
6efp, 10 many preoccupations cause
~ % forget God. Hence the arrestil
4 note In the message Of our text.
eve drop in here day by day to &
eooser TO Him with our problems, a.
n 10 link Him up more intimately wi
x our struggles and hopes
q Ashes, symbolic Of the spirit of Ler
N wsve distributed at all the Catho
~ Dhurches of the city after the mass
n ~ Nils morning. Most Of the church
fE dIHtributed the blessed ashes again
noon. and all Of them will this eveniI