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“When they started to explore the In- ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, -D. 0., SATURDAY, AUGUST 55 1922, ° The Wife Who Wouldn’t Settle Down! A Sequel to “Brides Will Be Brides” By Lucille Van Slyke. : Listeners Seldom Hear Good of Themselves. IRK SQUIRES and Merriam Lindsay sat perfectly still in i the tiny canoe. They were completely hidden from the occupants of the boat that was ap- proaching from around the bend of the creek. Quite naturally, as the -boat that had been nearest them let had contalned Rose Lindsay and Donald Ferry, they had anticipated that those young persons were fol- lowing them. Merriam’s lips were shaped round for a “boo” to surprise Rose, when Xirk mischievously motioned for si- lence. “Bet you a box of nut nougats that he's still talking about the impor: ance of a careful diet,” he whispered. Poor Miss Rose! But it was not Rose’s soft drawl tlat came to their ears. Esther Win- ship's sweetly nasal voice drifted through the willows. Merriam had innocently supposed that she was making a most wholesome impres- | sion on the fair Miss Winship. It did | not at first occur to her that It was: she whom the village belle was dis cussing as Esther uttered that catty o!d bromide: | “A married woman can just ab ul' get away with murder, can’t she It was not until Dr. Leonard’s an- wer came that Merriam understood. he doctor was not at all fond of isther and he was rather smitten Wwith the charming Mrs. Lindsay, whose husband he had always cor ally disliked. 1t's hardly fair to Lindsay because that has carried her off. He strikes m as rather a Iresh sort of perso The doctor's defense made Merriam | *grin. Her brown eyes were dancing as she pointed a finger of derision at | Kirk “Just the same,” Esther persisted crossly, “I think it's very queer that Mr. Squires should come all the way over from Schroon Lake to see her if_he is really only the casual ac- quaintance she says he He's cer- tainly nobody that John Lindsay ever knew. I think John looks awfully veorried. And I should think he would be. Why, they say she hasn't ever tried to settle down at all and they've been married pretty nearly five vears now. This time it was Kirk's finger that pointed. Why should a woman ‘settle down.’ as you call it The doctor, with masculine presence of mind, was try- ing to turn what threatened to be- come a dangerous lot of personal comment into a broad generaiity.| “T's too shallow to get any further criticize Mrs. chap Squires : few | Rose Lindsay, Merriam's toncs were muf- t's really true. I try and fled. try to settle down and behave like other folk, but, oh, Kirk, I do do the moat careless things! Like this!" ‘Well, this lsn't your fault and it isn't anything criminal, anyhow. I just wanted to te: ou a bit and get old Ferry fussed. I'll take all the blame and it doesn’'t amount to a row of pins anyhow. Heavens, has one week in a small town made you small-town minded? Buck up, old de: I hurt John's feelings She was really very tired from being up all night with her sick baby and shey was overwrought from a week of visiting John's family, which had been a real straln upon her be- cause she knew they were silently criticizsing her. She had temporarily lost her perspective. 'Nice chap, he seems—very nice chap.” Kirk hastily interpolated the first phrase that came into his head. He had a bachelor's horror of being precipitated into a sentimental dis- cussion. ““Come, now, do please cheer up. We'll be back with the rest in a minutes—and, honestly ~now, what is there to weep about?" N-nothing.” Merriam dabbed her fingers in the water and tried to pat away all traces of her brief flurry of tears. I'm not usually so silly. You began it she added, half grum- bling, half laughing. “You made me so cross with your teasing. I don't belleve I'll ever dare ask you to any kind_of party again. You and your Mr. Prudy Prisms Ferry! And you needn't flatter yoursel she added, with a touch of malice, “that I was thinking of elther your pleasure or mine when asked you this time. It was such a pokey little town, and the poor girls didn't have enough dancing partners, and You were 80 bored with your fish that wouldn't atch that I thought I'd be a real firy godmother to the village belles.” “J like your superb nonchalance.” he bantered, “butchering my tender feelings to make a Roman—I mean Hicksville—holiday." They grinned at each other good hunioredly, their little tiff tacitly over. As they drifted out from the Inlet Merriam waved her hand gally to who was trying to shout something across the water. “Phil says please hurry.” Rose’s voice echoed faintly from the whart near the boathouse. “Poor Phil, he's fretting about his rehearsal Merriam was contrite. “Do hurr: Kirk paddled more briskly. eyelng & glum figure on the end of the deck—Jonn Lindsay, standing with folded arms, staring moodily across the lake “Poor beggar!" thought Kirk. “T'll bet that a girl as lively as Merry laads a quiet chap like that a very| devil of a dance some of the time in" he added doggedly as his oars churned in the mud. “I think they| must have gone up the lower xnm.“l the listeners heard him say. They were both silent long after| the murmur of the doctor's and| Esther's voices had died away Kirk began paddling lazily. Sud-| denly. tc his great surprise, he saw | Merriam’s flushed face drop into her | hands. The tears” were trickling slow “Why, Merria he ejaculated. “Don't be so silly because a jealous little cat. “It's not it that aying REPRODUCED MADONNA His revery was interrupted by a quick exclamation from Merriam “Kirk! We must have scraped a hole somewhere! Look. there's water flowing into the bottom of the canoe! But it's just a teensy leak. she added as she saw his apprehen- sive 100k “Teensy rothing answered Kirk in a moment. “This canoe's just & rotten old shell covered with new paint!” (Copyright, 1922.) (Continued in Monday's Star. He was | ITTLE TORIES EGBEISMP?B STATUE PLEASES POPE Lebanon Cedar Carving Destroyed by Fire and Replaced From Photographs. Ly the Associated Press ROME, August 5—The reproduction which the late Pope Benedict XV order- ed made of the famous Madonna of Lo- retto mow is completed. The original statue was burned last year, together with the altar on which it stood in the holy house at Loretto. Pope Pius has examined the statue, | designed from photographs of the | original, finding it a marvelous likeness. 1t is a small, black image of the Virgin and Child. and like the original, was carved from Lelanon cedar. The orlg- inal was popularly believed to have been sculptured by St. Luke, but the workmanship suggested that it dated | rom the latter half of the fifteenth cen- ury. > The Pope will solemnly bless the new statue on September 6 on the occasion of the feast of the transfiguration, after which it will be transferred from Rome to Loretto in one of the Vatican auto. mobile: s soon as it is restored to the holy house there will be an impos- ing rellgious ceremony, at which the Pope will be represented by a special committee of cardinals, including Gas- parri, Vico, Tacci-Porcelll and Ranuzai de Bianchi. The Pope has appointed Cardinal Gasparri papal legate for this occasion. Large pilgrimages are beh\g, ulj'anlzed to visit the holy house. _ £ JKECOGNITION OF OBREGON DECLARED NO NEARER| Mexican High Court Oil Decisions | Held Short by State De- partment Officials. Copies of five decisions of the Mexi- can supreme court against the retro- activity of certaln confiscatory pro- visions of the Mexican constitution have been received at the State De- partment, but it is said the officials do not regard them as completely as- uring the protection of the United “States interests. , Should the latest rulings of the court turn out to be simply an elab- oration of those heretofore received, it_is intimated in official circles that they, will have contributed little to- war®# removing the barriers which have prevented formal recognition of the Obregon regime. The State Department repeatedly hae taken the position tha:- it must have pledges of an unmistakable -haracter guaranteeing valld Amerl-l can tittes, and there is nothing to indicate that it would be willing now to act on present assurances. In some quarters here It is suggested that a | pledge given by the Obregon admin- istration itself would be highly de- sirable, in addition to any precedent which the supreme court might under- take to establish through a series of decisions, It is pointed out that an, opportunity to make such a pledge ! bas been given Gen. Obregon through the suggested treaty of amity sub- mitted for his approval by the State epartment several months ago, but T acted upon in Mexico City. BISHOP KILGO BETTER. . Family, However, Alarmed Over ia Serious Heart Attack. -CHARLOTTE, N. Q. August 5.— Bishop John C. Kiigo of the Methodist ‘Episcopal Church South, who suffered a m-lm and was unconscious for 1 hours, was reported last night ve gained strength during the though members of his family ex- pressed themselves as keenly appre- hensive on account of his condition. | e t———— Acidproof cloth suitable for Ilabo- ratofy coats, aprons, leggings, gloves, %é4¢;" has been perfected In Lanca- shire, England. 107 Sooty Is in Dreadful Trouble BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. He proves his character by test Who when in_trouble does his best. —Sooty the Chimney Swift. Sooty. the Chimney Swift was in dreadful trouble. Yes, sir, Sooty was in dreadful trouble. He had met with an accident. There was no one to blame for that accident but himself. It was due wholly to his own heed- lessness. He had been so eager to catch a big fat fly close to the sur- face of the Big River that he hadn’t noticed a big wave, and that big wave had knocked him down and broken right over him. Latest Announcements of Church News Activities EPISCOPAL AM More of Personal Touch to Be Brought Into Church, | Says Campaigner. | NEW YORK, August 5.—The Epls- copal Church in the United States plans a return to the old methods of preaching which will “get more of the human, personal touch into the | teaching of the word of God.” ac- {cording to Rev. W. H. Milton, execu- itive secretary of the campaign de- partment, who makes the announce- jment. The national council of the | church has appointed Rev. Dr. W. J. Loaring Clark of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Rev. Dr. J. A. Schaad of Bay iCity, Mich., general Misstoners of the }nauon.wme campaign. | The report of the commission on {home and family life, deploring the lack of religion in the average Amer- ican home, which will be submitted to the forthcoming Episcopal conven- tion at Portland, Ore., It is declared, brings out clearly the necessity of ipreaching methods which will" re-4 awaken parents to their responsi bilittes. Rt. Rev. Irving P. Johnson, Bishop of Colorado, who has made a six- month study of preaching methods i within the church, and whose ideas on the work proposed have now Jargely been adopted by the church, in a report which preceded the action taken vigorously ~summons the church to its dutles. Intrenched by Merl Episcopal Church, bishop, “has intrenched itself in the United States by virtue of its in- trinsic merits rather than by any ag- gressive or forceful presentation of its claims to the American people. He calls for “a campaign of creating human interest in the problems of our national church” and declares that “the time has arrived when the hu- {man voice, speaking in the glarger centers of population may cafry on| a campaign of education through the | { instrumentality of parochial missions | which will help to dlissipate our pet- ty parochial and diocesan consclous- nes and produce something bigger and more generous. In short.” he saya, | 7if we are ever going to make an im- | pression on the disintegrating re- ligious forces of America, we must | first strengthen our stakes in order | to lengthen our cords, There As an| insuperable barrier of distrust, sus- picion and indifference to what we are and to what we teach—due partly | to our own conservative timidity and partly to the fact that the great bulk of our population, although they are breaking away from any serious ob- ligations to the ecclesiastical author- itles under which they serve, are still ibound by the bondage of phrases. | prejudices and lifelong affiliations and trust us not. Convenience is replac-: ing conviction In the religious zones about us. Clergy Needs Conmversion. | “You have first to convert the clergy to a bigger conception of their ministry than one of preserving the fine traditions of an ancient dlocese or keeping up the morale of a fine parish. Our people have to be taught ! that they belong to the Holy Catholic Church rather than to the parish of the Good Samaritan. The church. , says Bishop Johnson finally. “is not merely a business. and merely busi ness methods will be as disastrous to its morale as merely ecclesiastical methods would surely wreck a bank. There {s and must be a human touch in Christ's business.” ALUMNI PLEDGES AID. Committee to Help Raise $2,000,- 000 for Penn State College. At a meeting of the District members of the Pennsylvania State College alum- ni, held at the New Ebbitt yesterday |a committee was selected to help in the work of ralsing a $2.000.000 emergency | ‘buildlnk fund for the Keystone institu- | tion. The meeting also indorsed the ! plan of Dr. John M. Thomas, president, | to develop the college into the Pennsy!l- vania State University. Represenfative M. Clyde Kelloy of McKeesport, Pa., though not a Pennsyl- Keesport, Pa. though not a Pennsyl- | vania state alumnus, was elected chair- man of the District campaign commit- “The says the |ing and evening. At the Ninth Street Christian Church tomerrow morning Rev. Thomas, B. Shearer of Ohio will preach on “Christian Progress,” and at the night service the pastor, Rev. George A>Miller, will preach on “The Divine Touch.” * k ¥ % In accordance with the usual cus- tom, the evening services, including the open-air service, will be discon- tinued at the Church of the Advent, beginning tomorrow. * % X % Rev. 'Dr. H. T. Stevenson, pastor of . Bethapy Baptist Church, and Mrs. Stevenson are on their way to Novia Scotia for a short vacation. Prof. Willlam B. Pettus, principal of the North China Union Language School of Pekin, China, will speak at both services tomorrow. Prof. Pettus trains most of the missionaries, dip- lomats, consular and other govern- ment representatives of the United States and England in the Chinese language. * % Dr. Rolvix Harlan, secretary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, ~ill occupy the pulpit of the Metro- politan Baptist Church tomorrow. Dr. Harlan was born and reared in the District of Columbia, and in the morning will preach a sermon to “the old folks.” In the evening his topic will be “The Originality of Jesus. * X % X At the morning service in the Wal- lace Memorial United Presbyterian Church tomorrow, Rev. W. F. Harkey will speak on “The Charms of the 0ld Book.” At the evening service the Petworth Baptist Church will join in the service, at which time Rev. Mr. Harkey will preach on the subject: “The Overplus of Christ's Forgive- ness.” The union services are being held each Sunday evening, alternat- ing between the two churches. * k k% “Spiritual Organization” is subject of a lecture to be given by Garnett January tomorrow evening at | 8 o'clock In the Unity Auditorium, 300 Homer building, 601 13th street north- west. Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock there will be a special lecture by M January. a spiritual healing meeting. * x * X Rev. Dr. Weston Bruner who for | five years was pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church will preach there each Sunday during the month of August and will also conduct the prayer meetings. After leaving Washington Dr. Bruner was for some superintendent of evangelism of the home board of the Southern Baptist Convention, but for the past several | vears has been pastor of the Taber- nacle Baptist Church of Raleigh, N. C L At the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, the pastor, Rev. Dr. Earle ing and evening. * X % X Rev. Dr. Archibald F. Campbell, pastor of the St. Paul's M. E. Church of Hartford, Conn., will preach at Dboth services tomorrow in the Metro- politan Memorial M. E. Church. Dr. Campbell will fill the pulpit of this church during the month of August | while the pastor, Rev. Dr. Harry D.| | Mitchell, is on his vacation. * ¥ ok X During the vacation of Rev. Dr. Herbert F. Randolph, Dr. J. Lewls Hartsock, minister of S8t. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church, New York city, will preach In Foundry Church Loth morning and evening, and he will conduct the service on Thursday evenings. * ok kX Rev. F. I Winter will occupy the pulpit of the First Baptist Church, 16th and O streets, tomorrow morn be held in the Sunday school room, as the main auditorfum is heing re- decorated and fitted up in & handsome manner for the October meeting and the return of Rev. Dr. Henry Allen Tupper from his European Lrip, where {he has gone to study the Armenian and other eastern questions, and to bring back a report to the fovern- ment and the churches. * % %k X At Trinity Diocesan Church tomor row morning at 11 o'clock Rev. David Ransom Covell will have charge of the service of the holy communion while Rev. Joseph Waterman of Og- densburg. 'N. Y., will preach. There will be the plain celebration of the holy communion at 8 a.m., and at 8 p.m. Rey. R. B. Stevenson will con- duct and preach at the popular open- air service held on the church lawn. In case of bad weather the 8 p.m. (!er\'lce will is held inside the church. * X K K Rev. Dr. A. F. Anderson is preach- ing a series of blographical studies at Calvary Baptist Church during the summer months, taking his subject from “The Great Torchbearers in ‘When Sooty had struck the top of that wave it had knocked all the breath out of him. You know, he flles very fast, and so he had hit the top of that wave very hard. Before he could get his breath that wave had broken over him and poor Sooty swal- lowed more water than ever he had taken in_one time in his whole life | before. But this wasn't the worst of it No sir, this wasn't the worst of it. He was thoroughly wet. He was soaking wet. And when he tried he couldn’t rise into the air. No, sir, he couldn’t rise at all. His wet feathers kept him down, for one thing. Try- ing to get up into the air from the surface of the water would have been bad enough at best, but with those wet feathers it was impossible. Poor Sooty! If there ever was a frightened bird, he was that one. Never in all his life had he had such a mishap before. Try as he would, he could only flop along on the top of he water. He wasn't afrald that he would drown. At least, he wasn't ’ulrlld that he would drown right NO, SIR, HE COULDN'T RISE AT ALL. HIS WET FEATHERS KEPT HIM DOWN. away. But he was afraid tha: an enemy might discover him and his helplessness. He knew that down in| the Big River were great fish who would like nothing better than a bird for a meal. He knew that at any time one of the Hawk family might come sailing overhead and discover him. In elther case he would be helpless. here is just one thing for me to do and that Is to get to shore as quickly 1 can,” thought Sooty. “There 1 will be safe from the big fish, anyway, and I can . hide until my feathers haj dried out. I cangt swim, b ps I can flop along, using my. to help me." No:, est shore was the ol te m the one on which Peter sat. to reach this Sooty wonld have to go against the wind and the waves. Wisely he decided to g0 with the wind and the waves. They would help him. instead of beating him back. So Sooty bravely began to flop, flop, flop straight to- ward where Peter Rabbit was sitting. His stout little wings woyld 1lift him Jjust enough for him to throw himself forward a few inches. It was well for Sooty that thoge little wings were so stout and strong. tee and E. W. Smith of the class of ‘14 was selected to head the executive com- imittee. H. R. Brown, '16, of the De. {partment of Agriculture, will preside | over the local canvassing committee, while L. W. Mattern, ‘94, will have the citizens’ committee in charge. Mrs. ' Janet L. Marshall, 17, will lead the women's committee and Representative LT McFadden the legislative com- | mittee. Sl e !Y. M. C. A. SCHOOL ENDS. )nghest Honors to Those Staod First in Classes. ' The Y. M. C. A. summer school for hoys held commencement exercises in | the central building yesterday. James ! JA. Bell, director of education, and {Mark De Grange, headmaster, made addresses. The school emblem—highest honor award—was presented to those who ttood first in their respective classes. | Where two or more were tied the: honor was bestowed upon each. Wil- iliam Barber won, in addition to one | of these awards, a scholarship in the | winter school. | 1 Leaders in the various classes fol- ow: High oight—Willlam_Barber, Eu- gene Beehs, George Watson. Low eight—Benjamin Spigel. James Nich- | ols. Bernard von Ammon. High scven—Charles Longnecker, Gall Cribbs, Robert Hurley. Low sev- en—Leroy 'Voshall, Robert Jacquet, Lake Swain and Fred Randpll tled for third place. High six—Morgan Shield and Wil- | liam Waldron tled for first honors; Judson Bowles. Low six—William | Allen, Walter Holt,Wifson Lansford. High flve—Robert Bennett and Ru- dolph Siegrist tled for first honors: Charles McCurdy. , Low flve—Alfred | Coombs, Lawrence Williams, Julius Joubert. ALFONSO TO ARGENTINA. l iSpuniih King May Return- Visit of / President-Elect Alvear. MADRID, August 5.—The Epoca, commenting upon the visit of President- elect De Alvear of Argentina, says that a return visit by King Alfonso, may not be far distant. ‘Who Dark Times.” Tomorrow evening he will preach on “From Tannery Yard to World Triumph. * % k% At the First Congregational Church Rev. Dr. Charles L. Goodell of New Yorkyg will preach tomorrow at 11 am. and 8 pm. Dr. Goodell is well known to the people of Washington. Before becoming the executive sec- retary of the committee on evengel- ism ‘of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, Dr. Goodell held the pastorates of some of the most prominent churches in New York. Dr. Goodell is considered one of the most popular preachers in | the Methodist denomination. Dr. Jason Noble ‘Plerce, pastor of the church, will return from his summer home, in Connecticut, to conduct the services on August 13. * * x X Rev. Robert E. Browning will preach at 11 am. at Epiphany Church tomorrow, and Rev. R. L. Wolven will preach at 8 pm. The McKim memorial chimes will be played on Sundays in August from 10:35 to 10:50 a.m., instead of 10:45 to 11 am, as usual, and in the evening they will be played at 7:45 to 8 pm., as at present. —_— WORKERS’ TOUR ENDS. The Board of Chrisilan Soclal Serv- ice of the Episcopal diocese of Wash- ington has just returned from a visit {n [(‘hree parishes In southern Mary- and. The oljject of the trip was to gain information along social service lines and to aid in enlarging the spirit of friendship between the city and country churches of the diocese. The committee was composed of Rev. H..H. D. Sterrett, president of the Board of Christian Soclal Service and rector of All Souls’ Eplscopal Church; Rev. David Ransom Covell, executive secretary of the board and superintendent of city missions; Rev. James Kirkpatrick, vice president the board and recfor of St. John’ Church, Bethesda, Md., and Rev. Thomas Willlamson, jr., chairman of the subcommittee on publicity and member of the subcommittee on rural work of the board and rector of the Church of the Advent. . All three parties visited were In St Marys county, Md., namely, All Saints’, Oakley; Andrew's, Leonardtown, and St. Mary's at St. Marys City. —— e If they hadn't been, he would soon have tired out. Not once did he stop (to rest. He wanted to. Yes, indeed, he wanted to. But exth time he thought of those unseen big fish ::;m in the water and kept right on n Flop, flop, flop, flop, flop, went Sooty, and each flop brought him a wee bit nearer that shore. Oh, how far away it seemed. ‘'When he was in the air the Big River didn’t seem so big. It was nothing at all, just noth- ing at all, to cross it they, But now that Big River seemed half the Great World. And with each flop Sooty wondered if the next flop would be his last one. How he did hope that none of those big fish were anywhere near. - i (Copyright, 1922, by T. W. Burges.) The visitors were royally enter- tained and Maryland hospitality lav- ishly distributed. The rectory of All Saints’, Oakley, Rev. H. V. Saunders, presided at the meeting at that place, and Rev. C. W. Whitmore presided at Leomardtown and St Marys City, and as chair- man of the subcommittee on rural work of the board planned the itinerary of the trip. TRANSFIGURATION FEAST. The Feast of the Transfiguration will be observed at the KEpiscopal Chapel of the Transfiguration, 1th and Gallatin street northwest, to- morrow. Services will be at 7:30 and 11 o'clock, ‘Short summer services with sermons of ten minutes are be- ing held at the chapel, of which the Rev. John J. Queally is rector. the | Friday afternoon at 4:10 Is | years | Wilfley, will preach tomorrow morn-; The services willy membership of about seveaty. . J the Sunday school SENATOR WILL SPEAK. Spencer to Address Calvary Bap- tiet Class at Theater. Senator Spencer of Missourl will | address the Burrall class of the Sun- day school of Calvary Baptist Church in~ the Rialto Theater tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock on the lesson d ch I | | I i i i SENATOR S. P. SPENCER. for the day, the “Rebuilding of the Temple” under the leadership of| Ezra. Supt. R. S. Faucett reports that Calvary school is making a fine sum- mer record, average attendance for ithe month of July being 1,294, the work of all departments being effici- ! ently maintained in the absence of | Pastor Abernethy in Europe for two months on a special mission. Attend- ance in the Chinese department last Sunday evening, he states, was a vecord in the history of that depart- ment. I PULPIT PROGRAM FIXED. | Ministers Engaged to Fill R Johnson’s Place. In the absence of Rev. F. W. John- son, pastor of Grace Baptist Church, | | 9th street and South Carolina avenue southeast, the following ministers will suppiy the pulpit: Tomorrow, Rev. W. F. Rowly, Lans- dale, Pa.; August 13, Rev. Dr. J. J. Muir, chaplain of the United States Senate; August 20, Rev. H. O. Stewart, Richmond, Va., former pastor of the Secondnd_Baptist Church of this city; August 27, Rev. J. H. Binsted, Peters- burg, Va. and September 3, Rev. J. J. Buller, Starke, Fla. Mr. Johnson and his family are at! | Ocean Grove, N. J. ! OPEN-AIR MEETING. Endeavorers Will Conduct Service at Sylvan Theater. The District of Columbia Christian Endeavor_Union Is to hold an open air meeting Monday night at 8 o'clock at the Sylvan Theater, just south of the Washington Monument. Homer J. Councilor will deliver ture, “The Imperishable Natio the devotional exercfies will be conducted by Willlam Lineback. There will also be a musical program and a brief busl- ness meeting. Male quartets, cornet solos. and other numbers will feature | this part of the time. The intermedintes | as well as the seniors are inviled to &t- tend. During the summer months the Chris- tian Endeavor societies of Grace Re- formed and First Reformed churches are holding union services, as has been their custom for the last few years. The meetings are being held one Sun- day at Grace Church and the next at First Church. PARTY FOR MISS POSTON. Sunday School Teacher Soon to Be Married. The business meeting this week of the Crusaders’ class of the Vermont Avenue Christian Sunday school was turned Into a farewell party and shower for the teacher of the class, Miss Uvalena Poston, who has gone to her home, at Eureka, Kan., where lhs[ lec- will be married next week._ A business meeting and social will be held by the senfor Christian En- deavor Soclety of the Vermont Ave- nue Christian Church at the church next Tuesday evening. ~ WILL ADDRESS MEN'S CLASS. Homer J. Councilor, president of the District of Columbia Sunday School Association, will address Cal- E. men's class tomorrow- morning at 9:30 o'clock. Judge Jo- seph W. Thompson, the regular teach- er, is at Mountain Lake Park, Md., on his vacation. George Thompson, the class piano soloist, will be absent from the class for the month of Au- gust. ST. LOUIS PASTOR COMING. Rev. W. H. Pinkerton, pastor of the King's Highway Christian Church, 8t. Louis, will arrive here Tuesday to visit his daughter, Mrs. E. V. Pugh, 1767 K street northwest. Mr. Pinkerton is vice president of the Interdenominational Ministerial Al- liance of Discjples of that I:l:x. He is well known throughout Kedtucky nd Missourl, where he served as an evangelist for seven years. He was once pastor to Champ Clark. and wa: recalled to Bowling Green last March to_deliver the principal ad- dress at the memorial exercises held as a tribute to the ex-Speaker. This elass, which ix taught by Olindo Marseg] It meets in the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 3d and E strects northwest. Scarito of Lawrence, Mass, formerly pastor of the. Baptist Mission of the Redeemer here, fs in family tomorrow. {loyalty to Him and be a pleige that of Rev. M. C. M reh services witl THE ITALIAN BAPTIST CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER OLDEN RELIGION | PULPIT AND PE, [ < = ™ arseglia, pastor of the church, has a Sunday School Lesson BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON . | THE TEMPLE REBUILT AND DEDICATED.—Ezra, 3.1-6.22. Golden Text—AMy woul long- eth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of Jehovah.— Psalms, j 84.2. Temple building was the dominant purpose of the returning exiles. It inspired them during the long march to the homeland, when they were called upon to sacrifice and suffer so that the expedition should be a suc- cess. The former temple, which had been erected by King Solomon, had unified ail the political, social and religious institutions of their fathers. The one that they planned to build would be erected by the voluntary contributions of the people. It would provide for the restoration of the worshjp of Jehovah, proclaim their they would never forget His deliver- ance of their fathers from the bond- age of Egyptian slavery and His liberating them from their Babylonian captivity. It would demonstrate that they had learned through the bitter experiences of the exile the dangers of idolatry and be a promise that they would never serve gods of other na- tions. They may have been discouraged as they saw the ruins of Jerusalem and traveled over the desolate fields of Judah. The dark picture of the land and city probably would be used by their political leader, Zerubbabel, who was a prince of the house of the . line of David, to stir up_their devo- tion to the cause which had been so dear to both David and Solomon. ! Joshua, who was the grandson of! Seralah, the high priest whose eyes Nebuchadnezzar put out after the to distinguish the weepers from the singers. Satanic Opposition. Satan can always be counted upon to start some form of opposition whenever God's people take hold of a work with earnestness and enthusi- asm. One of his most successful methods of hindering the Master's work 18 to offer his service. If ac- cepted it gives him the opportunity of hindering the work by “boring in” creating dissension and discord with- in the ranks of the workers. It was loyaity to Jehovah that caused them to refuse the proferped aid of the| Samaritans, who claimed that they | of Jehovah.| also were worshipers The exile had taught them the needed lesson, so they rejected fhe offer of assistance from the mixed race, whose ! religion was one form, based on fear, and was a compromise between false faiths and the teachings of Moses. They did not wish the temple worship to be tainted by polytheism, so they sought to avoid all entangling al- Ifances. The refusal of the Samaritan aid brought bitter opposition and perse- cution, which interfered with the progress of their bullding enterprise. By false reports and plots the Samaritans brought the whole work to a standstill. The Jews placed principle above policy, when they re- " fused aid, that would have hindered them keeping themselves a separate people. No man ever takes a stand for consclence without being required to pay the cost. The soul that tries {to glorify God by the life of self-de- nial and sacrificial service will, if it perseveres, win out. Fear not temor- row, trust it with Jesus. and do the next thing. should be the motto of every child of God. Opposition will try the patience of the sincere serv- ant of Jesus. The hour will come when looking back upon trials and tribulations of life we will learn the meaning of our tears and sufferings. An unexpected turn of affairs in EPISGOPAL CLERGY - GET MORE SALARY Horizontal Increase of 10 to 35 Per Cent in Two Years, Convention News. A (horizontal increase in the sala ries of Episcopal clergymen during the last two years, ranging from 10 o 35 per cent, is noted in the report of the nation-wide campaign depart- ment of the church, which will be submitted to the Episcopal general convention at Portland, Oreg., in Sep- tember. Salaries have been increased twice in that period, the total increase for 1920 amounting to $1,418,000 and for 1921 $997,000, these fig®res being based on reports of the church pen- sion fund, into which the varfous rishes pay premiums based on the amount of salary paid the clergy. The general convention of 1919, in approving the nation-wide campaign of the church, by unaimuos resolution urged, “as a primary obligation, the payment to every clergyman of such a salary as shall enable him to do his work as a leader of the church with efficiency and self-respect.” Previous Standards. 1o calling attention to the manner in which this_obligation has been met, Rev. R. Bland Mitchell, corre- sponding secretary of the campaign department, say “Prior to the nation-wide campaign the minimum standard for a single mdn ranged from $600 to $1.200 a year. For married men the minimum ranged from $1,000 to $1,500, in some instances a rectory being also sup- plied. Since the nation-wide cam- paign_the minimums above quoted ihave been Increased in nearly every case, so that today single men are receiving from $1,200 to $1.800 a year. in many cases with rectories in addi- tion, and married men are receiving from $1,600 to $2,000. plus in nearly every case @ rectory or its equivalent. Campaign Effective. “There are very few Instances in which salaries have not been in- creased from 10 to 35 per cent gince the inception of the campaign. In cvery single case where an aver- age of salaries of all the clergy in the diocese were reported, the average for 1921 shows an_increase over the average of 1919." These figures refer to salaries paid to rectors exclu- sively. No report is made as to the salaries of bishops. The highest sal- ary paid to a rector reported is §18.- 000, which comes from the diocese o New York. D. C. GIRL TO GRADUATE. fall of Jerusalem, had succeeded his|the home government between the father, Josadak, as high priest and ! death of Cyrus and the reorganiza- religious leader. He would point to!tion of the kingdom under Darius the restoration task as an evidence of | enabled them to resume activitles. the peril of idolatry. The problem of i When the latter found the copy of restoration under which the world is| the edict issued by his predecessor staggering today is due to the na-!he immediately ordered an end to the | opposition which had been started by 1 precious in religion is the dark mys: i tery of a “sacrifice. | of their faith. They observed the old | ways of their fathers when, recogniz- | scmbled virtually every one to re tions of the earth forgetting God. The returning exiles were encouraged to belleve that the first essential of success in the needed restoration of Palestine to a state of prosperity and power was the erection of the temple. ; The church occupies the strategic: place in the unrest of the moment, the Samaritan Influence. Although the permission to_continue the build- ing was given by Darius, the Hebrews had lost heart and ze: in their ef- forts. Haggaia and Zechariah united in arousing the spirit of the Jewish people, so they resumed the task and Miss Jteele Is Member of Moody Bible School. Miss Lucy E. Steele, member of the Central Presbyterian Church. is a member of a class of 107 students, 52 men and 55 women, who will grad- uate from the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago August 10. The gradua- tion address will be given by Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton, pastor of Cal- vary Baptist Church, New York city These students represent twenty-four states of the Union and six foreign countries—Canada, Australia, Nor- way, Switzerland, Wales and Syria. They have completed a two-year course in the Bible and related sub- Jects, gospel music and practical methods of Christian work, and will go forth into various lines of Chris- tian work at home and abroad. For- ty-five of these students have volun- teercd for the foreign field. Miss Steele will be the class speaker for the woman students. She expects to enter the university in the fall, after which she will probably go to China. e RETREAT FOR LAYMEN. Georgetown University Event to and it is only by our placing first the ; glory of the Lord and trying to do finished the building without sacri- ficing any of their principles or re- ligious ideals. Open With Supper August 18. His will that America and the other | nations of the world will be brought ! ‘The men of faith and force, who threw themselves with all their heart Arrangements are being made for the Catholic laymen's retreat at back to “normalcy.” Let us emulate | the example of the returning exiles by restoring the family altar and re- consecrating ourselves to the Master. The exiles had hardly much more into the work of rebuilding the temple, rejoiced when the day of dedication arrived. so that the temple was consecrated for the worship of Georgetown University August 1S. The exercises will begin with a supper at 6 oclock on the opening day and will be completed the fol- than taken possession of their an- costral estates before they were sum- moned to leave them unguarded and to hasten to Jerusalem to restore the worship of Jehovah by rebuilding the altar upon the crest of Mount Moriah, which was its ancient site. The altar was to Judaism what the cross is to Christianity. Both to us and for the Jews what is most vital and which, through God's grace, saves men. They did not walt for the completion of the temple to restore the essential institutions ing the covenant relation to Jehovah and his law, they renewed the daily burnt offerings and reinstituted the great festivals commanded by Moses, the man of God. By commencing, upon their return to the homeland, a life of obedience, they proved that they had learned the lesson of the exile. Their fathers started their life in Palestine by disobeying Je- hovah, but upon their return they as. new the sacrificial services. The gifts, which they made in sll-I ver and gold, according to Ferrar Fenton, “taking the value of the bullion at weights alone, the gold oquals 300,000 pounds sterling Eng- 1lish and the silver 20,000 pounds. But at the period of Ezra the purchasing power would be many times more. It reveals the prestige and Dower’ which they had attained under the Babylonian rule and “is a witness to | the high intellectual capacity and clvilization of the Hebrew race, com- pared with all the nations around them even under the disadvantages of be- ing_a conquered and enslaved peo- | ple”” These gifts provided fund!’ needed to import the wood from Lebanon and secure masons from Fhoenicla. The ruins had to be| cleared and plans prepared for the orection of the temple, which was! to be democracy’s tribute to the Lord who had given them freedom. It re- quired time to comnlete the prepara- tion for the rebuilding of the temple. It was not until the second yea of Cyrus that they were able to start { huilding operations. A great public convocation was appointed, when the peonle supplemented their former gifts ‘with the offerings of the first fruits of the ficld toward the new temple, which would express in stone their; love, loyalty and labor for Jehovah. The work of overseeing the building operations was Intrusted to the Levites, whose reli§ious sympathy the purpose of the temple in- eured that the plans approved by the civil and ecclesiastical authorities would be faithfully carried out by the workmen. It was a great day when the high priest laid the corner stone. Jorusalem was thronged with a crowd of worshipers who came to witness the ceremony, which was opened by & great antiphonal chorus that filled the people with a spirit of devotion and praise. The priests proclaimed the ever- lasting mercy of God, which was a literal fulfillment of Jeremiah's prophecy. Old meh wept when they recalled the temple, just as they can be seen weep ing today at the wailing place where devout Jews from all nations as. semble to praise God and pray the glory of the tample may be re- storcd. The united, desire singers and weepers for the success of the new bullding enterprise was indicated by the fact that from the aistance theif voices appeared to har- monize so that it was not possible glory of the former| Jehovah and service of humanity We have been hearing the calls that have come to us from nations over- seas that summon us to help reclaim the farms that have been consecrated by _the blood of millions of the world's noblest men—they ask us to aid them to restore the lands so that they mag be tilled and help feed the starving multitudes; so that ruined | cities and communities can be rebuilt and cathedrals restored—but we will fail in the greatest work ever given to a nation urfless we as a people are united in our love and devotion to the Lord. It was the individual Jews, who had suffered th emost in the exile, who eould. and did, do the most for the rebuilding of the temple and re- storing the worshin of Jehovah. Nes. lect of God and disobedience of Hi: commands brought on the exile. The samé cause. in the judgment of many scholars, filled the world with the horrors of world war. Let America heed the lessons. as the Jews did on their return from exile, and help. aid and assist the other nations of the earth to rebuild the family altars of prayer and dedicate a restored temple of faith which will glorify the Lord and serve humanity, so that freedom and demccracy may be nreserved for- ever among men and all nations and Classen be united in the bonds of peace through their love for the Lord, who died to save us all. —_— CHOICE OF OFFICERS. Local Young People’s Unions of Baptist Denomination Elect. James G. McManaway was elected president of the Baptist Young Peo- ple's Union of First Baptist Church at a recent meeting. Other officers elected were: Vice president, Murnal Read; corresponding secretary, Miss Bessie Little: treasurer, Oslin Bush librarian, Miss Beulah Moore; pian- ist, Miss Sadie Lynn; assistant plan- ist, Miss Lillian Moore; junior super- intendent. Miss Ina McLaughlin. At Fifth Baptist Church the fol- Jlowing officers were elected: Presi- dent, Forrest P Neal; vice president; Wilbur Gass: corresponding secre- tary.. Miss Mary Baurman; recording ! gecretary. Miss Ruth De Atley; as- sistant recording secretary, Miss Florénce Carpenter: treasurer. Roger Davis; Bible leader, M. F. Luttrell chorister. Herbery Reamy: pianist, Ella Purks; director, B. Y. P. U work, Miss Elsie L. Jones. -GIFTS ENRICH FUND. Vermont Avenue Christian Church Gains $9,450. Gifts of two former members of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church | were.applied by action of the church board of offigers this week to the ‘church’s building fund. Miss Mary A. Kyle gave to the church before her death in December, 1920, a half inter- est in certain property, the other half to go to the United .Christian M that | sionary Society of 8t. Louls. The net proceeds of the gift was $9,450.43, of of both|which the church building fund re-|to entertain ceived one-half. A bequest of $100 from Miss Annie L. Harrison, a formef Washingtonian and member of this church, was also turned into the building fund. TS lowing Monday at 8 a. m. Joseph D. Sullivan, 1849 Vernon street, is in charge of the arrangements. BLUE LAWS ASSAILED. Seventh-Day Adventist Sermons Crowd Baltimore Tent. BALTIMORE, Aug. 5.—Sounding a warning against the introduction of Sunday laws that resemble the old “blue days” in America, and flaying the paid agitators who try to legis- late every one into church on Sun- day, Rev. E. C. Colller of the Seventh- Day Adventist Church, who is hold- Ing tent meetings in Baltimore this week, has been preaching to large gatherings every night. Mr. Colller held that whether a person goes to church on Sunday or goes fishing, to a base ball game, outing, or ggMng is a matter be- tween that and God. At- tempts to curtail the liberty of the people by foolish Sunday laws, he sald. greatly endangered the safety of the state and country. —_— WILL LEAVE FOR MISSION. e Miss Margaret R. Paine to Be on . Faculty of School at Kyoto. Rev. Joseph Fletcher, rector of Rock Creek parish, tomorrow will conduct a service at 11 am. in celebration of the feast of the transfiguration. One of the features of the celebration will be a special prayer service for those engaged in, or about to enter upon, forelgn missionary service. The ser- mon will deal effectively with the spreading of the teachings of Christ through the efforts of missionaries. A personal touch will be given to both the prayer service and the ser- mon by the fact that Miss Margaret R. Paine, a communicant of Rock Creek parish and known in the eity through her musical, church and Over- seax League services, will leave this month for Japan to enter upon her auties as @ member of the faculty of St. Agnes School, maintained by the board of missions of the Episcopal Church of the United States at Kyoto, in the jurisdiction of Bishop St George Tucker of Virginia. Miss Paine will be the first mem- ber of Rock Creek parish to under- take foreign missionary service. At tomorrow's service she will sing, as an offertory, “Open the Gates of the Temple,” with a saxophone obbligato by Mrs. B. L. Hackenberger, and H. H. Fréeman at the piano. ‘MEN'S S. S. CLASS ACTIVE |Special Feitures Mark Sessions 1 During Summer Months. i The men's class of the Fourth l?relhylerlln Churh, 13th and Fair- mont streets, is kéeping up its large | attendance ~ during the summer | months, and each Sunday is having | special features for its members. Miss- Estelle W. Thomas, musician. {and Miss Bessie Gribbon, scloist, are tomorrow, and = Miss Dorothy Higeis will preside the organ. Rev. Dr. Isaac Ward, th* pa tor, is expected to make a short ad- drees. The class meets at $:30 o'clock each Sunday. -