Evening star., 1923-04-29

it's great nAmbert,os visitors and it's
large number of leafned specialists.
says William e. Brigham. writing in
the Boston Transcript. The govern
ment scientific establishment is cas-
lily the largest in the world and as
host is most hospitable, extending as
it does a most cordial invitation to
all to visit its wonderful collection
of scientific. literary and artistic
treasures. Nor are guests at all
backward in availing themselves of
the opportunities offered. To cite
only one example 5000 persons visit
the Library of Congress every day,
which means more than l00o, 900 a
yesr~Jfqrs Sunday is equally with
othersda lays a show day. The more
progressive churches of Washington
rave realized that these conditions
present TO them a double problem: to
meet the spiritual need of this vast
army of visitors ever marching upon
tne capital and to present religion to
Ihe great body of learned specialists s
III science, philosophy. history, liter
asure and art in language that Will
ne understood by persons whose
minds are stored with the rich re-
suits OF modern research and think
IN terms of the present age
Each Denomination Represented.
Naturally. it will he clear to the
careful observer from this presenta-
tion. that each religious denomina-
ton seeks to have at least one
.hur"h, the special mission of which
is 70 minister to the visitors of the
nation and to the learned special
is.s. ithout attempting compari-
sons ~ may he suggested that the
local church OF special interest inst
now Is the Foundry Methodist Epis-
copai ohurch on 10th street, north of
tne MT" House, with its progress
slNr pastor I,r. II. +. Randolph The
name f"undry' possesses a double
Enlncanre. Henry Foxall owned a
iouhurN IN Georgetown then a suf
hfn "f. Washington. when htc Eri,
ISM burnsd tho capital Orders ucre
nH"fl tS IN" troops to go to George
t"N !" burn tn" Foxall foundry. but
su'' ION violent storm prevented the
!i"i u. r"Ndll took it as proyidep-
tiai. aud in his religious and natrin,i.
10y "Hcrcd to give ground and n
nuiiolnS for house of worshin ror
ms itii"W Methodists. As John Wes
~, me FOUNDER of Methodfsm. CON
1erted an old abandoned fnundrr :,
London To the first Metbn5;s, -, IN
ing house. FoXaII suggested ,ha -.
thuIch should be called Eoundry
eoHiIht !noratlng both foundries and
SO IL has the name to this dsv This
1sbnra,, nn.ie history gives Foundry
ohurch an individuality wbich -
always made it pre-eminantI,. .ds mas
''silors church with the Metbodis,s
put IL does not live entirely unon
.'s past. 1T realizes that the nresan,
ase IS making demands upnn ~
is lag iHs function of the church This
~, ~ uohe largely by the SUNDAY scbo',f
nieht seeks to eXaIt this tearbt,r,
JUNCTION Some months ago = ..dri,a.
as organized by the different dennn,
.hha'lohs Of Washington to Increase
- ihGlhperSnip OF such classes The
one Grass of the Foundry Supd.,.
school to enter this contest hears "a :
nanhe OF us teacher, Frank W RoI-
Sidno' leading merchant of Wash
iustoh. me Bolgiano class of mon i.
nSught else than the soul of Frank
w DO boIlsiaho, through twenty years
OF sell expression, made manifestiy
manifold in the flesh 1t is Rolpiano
multiplied. structuralized. walkinr on
many feet. 1t stands for that part of
nIau when escapes from the con-
hneS OF bodily contour and enters into
the bodies of others like an assanna
Just when this intensive drive for
membership began the teacher sore
slricken. went into the hospital unde =
tue KNIVES or surgeons. In this emer
-hi bOiEIdHO ana the leader
or the class asked DIR. Frank w. COL
iier. director of research at the Amer
ican University. to help them ont of
their difficulty. He agreed to do the
teaching ,uHtil,s Mrs Bolgiano recov-
eted esdoa ms, rs ieaah: The teaching pro-
selves to the campaign for new mem
bers. The result was an increase of
iol per cent. the highest percentage
in the city.
DIR. Golfers Record as Teacher.
Both Mr.. Bolgisno and the class
found they had made a discovery In
Dr. Collier He had been coming TO
the Foundry Church for eight years,
but being one Of those unobtrusive
men who never offers his services. bur
never refuses when aSked-like Kip
ling's Bobs, he doesn't advertise He
Is philosopher and psychologist who
applies both to practical life. He has
stood so determfnedly for high stand
ards at the American University that
he has commanded the confidence of
the leading educators at Washington.
He hates all expressions of pretense,
believing. with Emerson, that pre-
tension may sit still. but cannot act
pretension never feigned an act of
real greatness" He recognized the
immense historical significance Of the
great creeds of the church, but he
holds that the men of our day are
better fitted to write creeds than
any in the history of the church.
Teaching is a passion with him. and
those. who have sat under him in the
pniveTsityt and the Bible class con-
slider him at his best In applying the
principles of Christ to- the problems
of living men in the language and
thought forms of the present. He is
an ardent friend of modern science.
especially of evolution, and has little
patience with the minds who fear a
conflict between religion and science
His one solution for all personal and
social nrnhlemS is the nrincipleS of