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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONS
NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS
Foreign Work Faces Curtail.
mcnt Unless Immediate
Action Is Taken.

y" new missionaries will he sent
out by the southern Presbyterian
church In the near future unless
th"rc is substantial increase in the
contributions for this work. Rev.
James j. Vance. -. D.. Of Nashville
Tenn. announced recently that the
condition Of the fund for foreign
missions was such that II would he
impossible to increase this work. n,
matter how urscn, the need nigh,
b..
Or. Vance. who IS chairman of the
executive committee of foreign mis-
sions. stated that oAIy such new pby.
sicians and nurses will he sent a,
may be necessary to meet imperative
needs. He said that IL was necessary
mat the contribution TO foreign mis-
S."hs ne increased at once in order
'hat the work might be enlarged
LAST year the executive committee
o, foreign missions faced a deficit OF
$4,000 and It is shown by DR.
Vance that II present conditions. con-
t!nue un,il March 81. this deficit will
have increased until IL will exceed
5000. 900.
-tier having given plain state
ment Of the facts in this connection
Ut. vance has made an earnest an
peal 10 the entire membership OF
me church 10 meet the challenge pre-
sented and through prayer and self
denial Ia make possible the mean,
winch VIII prevent this proposed re-
trenchment In the work OF foreign
missions. Additional contributions
Will enable the executive COMMITTEES
10 answer many OF the urgent calls
from the various fields OF the church
Dy increasing the force o. workers in
those fields from the candidate. VINO
S'ahd ready I" enter upon their WORK
as soon as the money for sending
them 20 their fields OF labor is uvan-
able.
The total membership Of the South
ern presbyterian Church is 3s7.O5S,
and 1t is known fact that the mere
1.-THE OF the annual income OF this
membership is not less than sl5,5Oo.-
OOO. This fact increases the conn
dence OF the executive committee tnat
through praycr.;.nd the application OF
the rule OF Christian stewardshtu
this crisis will he passed safely.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
WILL TRY TO ORGANIZE
ALL RELIGIOUS FORCES
Want Preservation of Ar:na.
mcnt Conference Results
Through Big Meeting.
corENHAGEN CONVENTION CITY
World seems To lie Fncing Light Of
New Dny After Period OF Sus-
plcion mud Hatred, Religious Trny-
clcr Thinks.

The American delegates to the
great international religious meet
ing to be held in August in Copcn-
hagen VIII do their utmost to or
Sanize the religious forces OF the
world to help conserve the results OF
the Washington conference. says DR.
Henry y. Atkinson. who has sailed
Tor Europe 10 make arrangements
for the Copenhagen meeting
DIR. Atkinson is general secretary
OF the World Alliance for Intcrna-
tional Friendship Through the
Churches. which last year. in CO.
operation with other religious
agencies, secured the signatures and
presented to President Harding q
petition urging the calling Of the
conference on limitation Of arma-
rnonts, signed ly more than 10000
c!erEymen representing almost every
religious denomination in the United
states.
PInos European Copf-rrnrc.
In Europe he will confer with the
local branches Of the alliance in Lon
don. Paris. Rome, Geneva and Prague.
and In London he will attend a meet
ing OF III. international commission
which 'Lranges for the Interchange
OF Iastors by the leading churches OF
tho United states and Europe.
Since the churches had "a large
share I'm helping to mould the public
opinion which demanded the wash
ington conference" said DIR. Atkin-
son. I'VE look upon the announced re-
suits with special satisfaction. More
has heen accomplished than we ex-
rccted. In my travels about Europe
SINCE the close ot the war l have
been impressed by the suspicion and
hatred with which the peoples regard.
each other. But now the world seems
10 be facing the light OF new day.
Conference Held Together.
Speaking as an organizer OF in
ternational church work. IL seems to
me that the most important results
of the conference are these:
First. the simple fact that the
corfercnc, held together and reached
the end of its work without serious
disagreement
Second. the agreements arrived at
are more far-reaching than most per-
sons appreciate. The number of bat
tlcships to be scrapped Is not I'm
EortaHt but the fact that the most
powerful nations in the world have
agreed to make any reduction. in
ornaments. however small. marks an
epoch In history and promises greater
progress in the same direction.
Third. the door has been left wide
open for the developmcnt of some
permanent International organiza-
ton in which the UNted States can
take part In fact. the establish
ment of some such association now
seems Inevitable. for the results of
the conference arc dependent upon
the nations keeping in accord to car
~ out the work they have agreed
10 perform
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
.PRESBYTER|ANs TO HAVE
EVERY-MEMBER CANVASS
Will Outline Program at Meet
ing in Next Few
DAYS.

Officers and members throuEhou,
the Southern Presbyterian Church
will meet during the month OF Fen
ruafy to discuss plans for the pa, :
mcnt OF all pledges made during the
current year and for the every mem
Der canvass TO be made on Marchs
or near that date. rs recommended by
the general assembly.
During the past three weeks an
active campaign has been conducted
through the church papers urging IN.
churches to wipe out any indebted
ness to any OF the benevolent causes,
such as foreign missions. home mis-
ssions. Christian education and min
isterial relief. publication and Sab
bath school work. the assembly's
training school at Richmond and the
Bible cause. 1t was estimated that a
total OF &4.500,000 would be raised
during the present year and of this
$o.I0o.O00 would go to the above
causes. The balance would go to
synodical and local causes.
AS the church year ends March a.
II is planned to make n canvass Of all
members OF all churches on or about
March - for pledges Tor the coming
year When the canvass has been
completed and reports filed, the gem
cral committees ON benevolent
causes can estimate their budgets
The Southern Presbyterian Church
has conducted this every member
canvass for number Of years, and
ministers and church officers say that
IL liz the best method of stabilizinr
the finances OF church.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
DAY WIFI 717E MINISTER'S IN THE PULPITS OF RICHMOND
TRUSTS MUST BE BROKEN
BEFORE WAGES CAN BE CUT
Rev Carter Ashton Jenkcns Says Soules Corporations
Have Cornered Products and Make Prices Tn.
bearable-Takes Middleman to Task

Last night Rev. Carter Ashton
Jenkcns preached at Calvary Baptist
church on The Rich and the Poor"
He based his sermon on Dives and
lazarus" He said. In part:
This parable reveals the momen-
tous issues OF the present life. IT
SHOWS that on our present conduct
depends our veal or woe In eternity.
II teaches That God holds every man
accountable for the way he spends
his time and exercises his talents.
II declares that Ito have good
time" is not the object OF life. II
reveals the fact that a beggar. II
believer. is better than the
weaithiest sinner. This fact. so as
founding To tho world. is here brought
out by series OF very vivid con-
trasts: In life-in death and in
eternity.
a man may be moral and good
CITIZEN and still be lost because he
has not accepted the plan OF sal
vation-rcpcntance and faith in Jesus
Christ. The scriptures teach us tina,
VIC cannot judge A man by his out
ward appearance. The world Judges
man by his money and titles. God
ny his heart only. II life liz .pen:
wholly for pleasure such n life meas
ured by the divine standard Ia a
failure.
lf the aim is wholly for time and
sclt such life Is a failure. Wealth
ana honor arc not to be despiscd. but
n NE spent solely in pu-sui, OF these
is failure. The highest ambition
IN the heart of every person should
DC 10 meet God. No matter how
great In the sight OF the world no
one can enter heaven who rejects and
se's Chr Dives was great and
noble. but he went to hell
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13

Neither can any man enter heaven
who shuts his fellow man out of his
compassion. Men have rights that
must be respected. No man can
break the bonds Of brotherhood here
and ever enter heaven where brother
hood liz perfected. According to the
Bible very few rich men will get
to heaven. Money makes them
naughty. independent OF God. selfish.
deviiish. worldly and mean. They
spurn their poor brothers and To en-
rich themselves reduce the poor
mans opportunities and privileges
until today many arc having to beg
for fuel. clothing and food
souliess corporation or, trust is
nothinR more nor less than numbc r
OF men banded together to steal
where one man could not do IL alone.
Ana these corporations have so cor
nered foodstuHs. coal and bv-
products. cotton and wool that tho
prices are unbcarabIc
Then many middlemcn are makinr
iliesitimate profits go that the honest
iaborer is left to live or die as fate
may decree. The laborers wages
should be reduced In some depart
ments Of service, but not until an
aroused sentiment and proper legis-
iaton have broken the strange
hoid that many trusts and corporn
lions have on the masses OF the poor
today.
This condition Will ne reversed in
eternity. The rich man went to h.l
The poor man I" heaven So shall
!, often be. The Word says the first
shall be last and the las, shall be
first.
Hext sunday night Mr.. Jenk.ns
VIII take for his subject: "a Rich
Man In Hei. and tho following sun
day a Poor Man in Heaven"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
DEPICTS TRAGEDY
OF LEX|NGTONF| FIRE
Rev. K. Aubrey Williams Says
1t breaches Fu,ility of Ma.
terial Possessions.
SHOWS MEMS COURAGE
Faith and Hope Rise Above
Ashes Of Burned Build.
ings, He Says.
SHOWS MEMS COURAGE

Rev. r. Aubrey Williams. pastor OF
Tabernacle Baptist Church. spoke last
night at the evening service on the
burning OF the Lexington Hotel and
the moral Significance OF the great
tragedy. saying. in part:
There is no doubt of the fact that
great fire is a thrilling sight, but
IT Is vastly more, it is tragic 1t
means that thousands OF dolIars are
going up in smoke. buildings and
business that represent years OF la
Dor. that means for some the loss OF a
fortune and that they must com
mence the struggle all over again.
IL meant, however, vastly moro
than this: II menat that twelve, and
probably more. human lives have been
swept by that deadly FIRE into etern
NY; II meant that between twenty
and thirty have been crippled. lame
injured and Will go hating the bal
ance OF the journey.
IL sends the shivers into our souls
10 think OF those people shut In nv
"oors or flame. caught like rats in
tran. with no chance. compelled to
race the agony OF being burnt alive
until a merciful Providence eases
their suffering by death.
ROW tragic II all is-tn one hour a
Ho'ei Is IN RUNS. half-dozen
businesses stricken with n fatal blow
"hiie city is In tears. That ar. ia
preaching TO us how foolish for n man
10 put MIS- all In bricks and stones. in
STOCKS and bonds. Lot did that hut
when he saw his property Ro-his
STOCKS. his wealth. his all rona-in
one day. he felt that Abram had made
the choice that enriched him forever
IL Is the tragedy OF everything
earthly.
would remind you OF tho uncor-
Puerabie spirit or man. There arc
some Things that you cannot burn or
destroy. and among them are I'M
manity's qualities OF courage. rai,h
ana nope These awful flames couId
eat up great buildings and Destroy
human life. but they cannot destroy
me grit OF men. the courage OF homo
ana the iron determination never IN
quit. !"
Amid the ashes of burncd-out bujId-
ing he stands. and putting tho silver
trumpet to his lips he blows the blast
OF courage. BY faith he can see
Naster businesses, bigger fortunes and
greater hotels. You cannot b,rn
some men out. because you cannot
burn courage nor destroy faith.
lie Is In the grip OF an ideal, and
ideals are the unseen forces that
snake thrones. rip up dynasties and
hurl their bombs of progress amid
the worn-out shells Of burnt past
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
DEVOTION TO TASK WINS
SUCCESS REV. CHENAULT
Intensity of Thought and Ac-
ton Aids Men in Business,
Congregation Is Told.

Al BROAD Street Methodist cburcb
Yesterday morning. Rev. Fred r.
chenault spoke on the subject re.
fore the strait Gate" He took az
ms text MattheY vii. 1914. "Eentcr
se In by the narrow gate: for wide
Is the gate and broad IS the way
that lcadeth 10 destruction and
many are they that enter in tbcr.hy
ror narrow is the gate and straight
ehen the way that leade,n unto lie
ana Re" are they that find It," He
spoke In part as follows:
There are only Two wave ,o,
thrce or four. 1--WE or six, but only
Two ways--the broad way and tho
narrow way. And there are only two
classes OF men. the worldly and the
Hpiritual Every man stands before
the broad gate. There is the broad
gate Of ease. The student may
skimp In his work and seek only :,
passing grade. the young man in
business may shirk his full duty
mere Is no royal road TO success:
no easy road to scholarship. TO bust
ness attainments. or TO influence, Thc
broad way and the narrow way are
before every man.
mere Is the broad way Of popu-
iarity Some arc willing TO paw al.
most any price to be popular There
Ia always popular and an unpopI
lar way. the temptation 10 the young
man and the young woman is TO fol-
low the crowd, TO get on the side
or the majority. But the popular way
is not always the right way ana
usually is not. There is the broad
way Of self Indulgence. The gate Is
open-wc may enter IL we want to.
And there is the broad way of pleas
ure. These roads have been travelled
these gates have been entered by
multitudes. but the way that seems
broad and spacious by and by he
comes narrow and ovcrhung with
darkness. The broad way is the
sufocatinE '.ay.
Then there Is always the narrow
way. A man who becomes physically
At by concentration. The man makes
and keeps his. place on the football
team because he travels the narrow
way OF discipline. The mind is de-
velopcd and trained and ready for
emergencies because OF the patient
study in days and years of prepara-
ton. The man makes good at his
business, not by dissipatinE his ener-
giles. or trying to hit at everything.
but by intensity OF thought and ac-
tion. Men always everywhere sue
coed by absolute devotion to one
task.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
FAST LIVING RESULTS IN
SHORT L|v Es,I SAUER SAYS
Too Many Rccklessly Pursv
ing Pleasure or Golden
Calf" Pastor States.
ACE WEARS OUT noprEs
Fnat Beco'ninE Rnce Of NrurotIcs I'm
Hbie to Get Along without the Use
OF Drugs or StimuInnts Following
Hnste mud Vice. O.

what he described az prolonged
seit-murder. was condemned ycstcr-
day from the pulpit ~ Rev o. A.
Sauer. pastor of bethlehem Evargeii-
cal Lutheran Church. when he ue-
-ciared that too many are reckless in
the pursuit of pleasure and that too
man! cat AMI drink to excess and
shorten their lives.
Ills sermon. in part. follows:
Tie Scriptures teach that we may
become guilty OF "a persons death
where We have had nothing at all to
DO with producing the. conditions
"hich brought TO the person suffer
ing his mishap. This Is the case
when We fail 10 help him. accordin g,
|" our ability. when he is in need OF
assistance
What terrible reckoning some
people will eventually be called on to
make. They are considered ex-
emplary citizens. but what revela-
t,ons VIII be made when they stand
In III. presence OF the Judge who Is
the discerner OF hearts.
Here to Advance Life
we are to advance our life by
fresh air. substantial food. plenty OF
work and moderate and sensible
pleasure; but too many are reckless
IN the pursuit of pleasure too many
cat ana drink 10 excess and In this
way shorten their lives Man is made
for work. and 1t is indeed better to
wear out than To rust out, but neither
L.: allowable
business AS carried on in our day
~ u; many cases frcnzicd race
a'tci the golden calf. We are crowd
ing weeks into days in the fcverish
chase after dollars and pleasures.
w men the In ~ 10
object OF pursuit. wears out the body
faster than II can rccuperatc, thus
Weakening the body and exposing IL
unnecessarily TO the ravagcs of dis
ease. II is sin against the body and
exposing II unnecessarily to the raw
ages OF disease: IL is a sin against
the body and God who gave il.
This strenuous life is bringing
about rapid improvements in many
directions. But is the game worth
the candle? We are paying big
price for the gain. We are fast be-
coming race of neurotics. a race
unable TO get along without the
habitual use 90 drugs and stimulants.
statistics show that the rate OF
incrcas" In mental ailments has more
than doubled in the past twenty
Schrs. And much Of this Is the re-
suit Of not taking proper care of our
"od-Eiven bodies, tho result of haste.
worry and vice. And We will have
10 give an account TO God for all
t;is.
The person who scduces another
from the path Of virtue often be-
comes guilty Of destroying both the
scduced persons body and soul. But
a soul may he murdered when the
h"a" Is left temporarily to flourish.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
ORDINANCE BODY HAS
MUCH TO CONSIDER
HesniutIon Requests Richmond Dele
cation in Assembly to secure
Charter Amendment.

When the Ordinances Committee
meets at O'Clock Thursday night
resolution. presented at the last
meeting Of Common Council by
Councilman Moore. requesting the
Richmond delegation In the General
Assembly to secure an amendmLnt
10 the charter by which the taxes on
street improvements may he resu-
.ated. Will come up. Mr.. Moore's oh:
ject is to have the tax rate sn fixed
that an equalization Of assessment
may prevail. thus doing away with
tho uncertainty and confusion which
now exists" said the patron OF the
measure.
The committee will consider the
resolution. OF which Mr.. Smith is
patron. authorizing City Council to
pass upon proposed increases and de-
creases in salaries OF city employees.
Under the present charter the ad-
visory board possesses this authority.
a resolution presented by Mr..
Jones. on request OF Commissioner
Rose, asking for police power for
deputy commissioners Of the revenue
while in discharge of their duty, will
he taken up.
1t Is quite likely that at this meet
ing the jitney license and regulation
measure may he disposed OF.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
MANKIND DID NOT BEGIN
PERFECT, PRATT STATES
Started Low and Rose in Scale,
He Says in Evolution
Address.

Rev Frank Pratt spoke at the
Unitarian Church last night upon
Evolution and Iis Relation to Life
and Religion" This was the last in
a course OF lecture sermons anon
Ihe Principles and Proofs of EvoIu-
ton" Hc said. in part:
Evolution sweeps away the awful
nightmare Of III" curse Of God upon
humanity because OF the fail of Adam
and Eve. Mankind did not begin per-
icct and fall. hut began low down in
the scale OF lie AMI has becn rising.
AS there was no fall" Of man, and
no curse of God. then the atoning
tlood becomes unnecessary. for there
is no anger or Justice OF God to be
satisfied.
According to the teaching of cvolu-
ton, mankind Is not wreck OF a
perfect humanity, only remnant OF
which may hope to be saved. while
'hc rest go into everlasting punish
ment. but. under the guidance of God.
humanity Is growing and developing
out OF It's animalism into the perfect
race. Paradise is not in the dim past,
but in the coming future God is
not defeated God who can save ONLY
Il rev of the race. but a God who is
constantly fulfilling his plans and
purposes through Il rising humanity
which is ever growing more able TO
CO operate with God In carrying out
Ills great designs.
Evolution helps us to interpret life
in way which satisfies The sin
and cruelty and seltishness OF the
world is at last understood. These
things arc the remains OF our animal
ancestry. The contest between the
animal man and the spiritual man is
EoinC on in humanity today. This Is
tie meaning of human history. When
one understands this It's pages be-
come illuminated as never before.
The supreme tragedy OF life occurs
when man sets at nauEht the strug-
gle of the ages towards the life of
the spirit and sinks back into brute
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
INDIAN BIBLE WOMAN
SERVES LOCAL SCHOOL
First English Lutheran Adds Worker
Of Guntur. India, to Its

The Sunday school OF the First
English Lutheran Church. Rev. j. J.
Scherer. II. D.. pastor: T.. n. Ritcn-
our, superintendent, has annexed n
larger working territory recently by
adding To its staff of workers
SrunGaraparthi Santoshamma. a
Eible woman Of Guntur. India. II
the number of consonants required
Tor the construction of her name is
any measure OF her ability. she must
be an unusually capable worker.
Ihis Sunday school reports an un-
usually successful year. The offer
ing was sl.lSl.0o. 80 per cent Of
which was given for missions ami
benevolences. One hundred and s;y
new scholars were added during tho
year.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
DIR. CRAFTS SPEAKS TO
RICHMOND AUDIENCES
Superintendent of Reform bureau
Talks on "Ncw America"
I'm EnIrm0unt.

DR.. Wilbur +. Crafts. superintcnd-
cnt of the International Reform Blu
reau. of Washington, ID. G., spoke
yesterday morning in Paramount
Methodist Church on THE New
America" He also spoke at <cv-
cral other meetings during the day,
one OF them at the Y. NJ. &. a. yes
terday afternoon.
In his address on America. DR..
Crafts declared that the nation which
is to arise from the reconstruction
era will restore all that was good in
tho old America, when the word
american" first came to be honored
all over the world. He said that
Christian leaders were of one mind in
saying that faith must be brought
into civic life to cnre the industrial
unrest and cnnoble the nations poll
ties.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
DISCUSSION OF "Y" IN INDUSTRY
TO FEATURE CONVENTION HERE
Governor Trnkle, President Henry Louis Smith and
Homer l.. Ferguson Will Speak at Banquet Thurs
day Night in Richmond Hotel.

More than 500 Y. NJ. c. a. workers
and churchmen from all over Nir-
Hinia VIII gather In Richmond on
Thursday and Friday to attend the
thirty-eiShth annual convention Of
the state organization. The feature
OF Inc convention will be the banquet
on Thursday evening at the Hotel
tichmond. at which Governor Trim
kie. DR.. Henry Louis Smith. president
OF Washington and Lee University.
ana Homer l.. Ferguson, president OF
tue Newport News Shipbuilding aud
Drydock Company. Will be speakers.
The convention will open Thursday
afternoon with the registration OF
delegates at the y. NJ. &. A.. Seventh
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
Alliance In Predicted

~, INDIANAPOLIS. IND, Feb. IL
mat some form OF an alliance ms.
tween the union coal miners and
,"i'rGac workers OF the country VIII,
De formed by officers OF the various
Unions at thei: Chicago conference
reprudTH Il, was predicted here to-
night by f. f. cradle. OF Detroi,
president OF the United Brotherhond
OF Maintenance Of Way Employees and
Hallway Shop Laborers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13

and Franklin Streets, which will be
convention headquarters. This will
be followed by the appointment OF
committees and the election OF con-
rention officers. Fifty Young Mems
Christian Associations in the State
VIII send official representatives..
The convention will transact most
or It's business on Friday. Charles
II. Towson. OF New York. will talk
on "NirSinia's Industrial Program and
its Possibilities" The presentation
OF the state committees report by
X T.. Magill. chairman. and NJ w
Lee. state secretary. will be the basis
upon which the convention Will work
tContinueb ~, p,r n a.,