Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1924, Page 17

'The Ma nt Adventure A Stirring Story of the Northwest. BY EMERSON HOUGH. (Copyright, 1923, by (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) CHAPTER X. The Abyss. The little Indian dog sat on the .ble, silent, motionless, looking at s master, whose head was bowed pon his arms, Now and then it had tooped. as it it would have looked | his face, but dared not, if for very \cess of love. It turned an inquir- 1S eye to the door, which, after a me, opened. William Clark, silent, stood once hore at the side of his fricnd. He boked on the tad and haggurd face ‘hich was turned toward him. and [ 11 back. 1iis eve causht sight of - folded paper erushed Lewis' fingers. e asked no ons, but he knew “Enough!” Lroke out Meriwether Lowis hoarsely. “No more of this— © must be gone! Are the men rady? Why do we delay? Why are o not away for the journey home?" So impatient, so incoherent, did hi peech ke that for a time Clark most feared lest his fricnd’s reason cht ha afficte But he vy stood king at Lewis, ready be of such aid as might be. In two hours, Mernc,” said he, * we il be on our w It was now near the end of March, hey dated and posted up their bulle- ns. Thev had done the ad " found thie sreat ¥ had und the sea, they had mapped the ay across the new continent. Their iorious work had gloriously been fone. Such was their joy at ore again, the boatmen « e down-coming current of the aters—they sanz at the paddies sted. Only their leader was silent pd unsmiling and ho drove them ard. Short “commons they knew n enough before they reached the outh of the Walla Walla, where oy found fricndly Indians, who [ive them horse meat—iwhich Scemed cecding!y good food, The Nez Perces. whoso country was ached nc bevond the Walla allas. offercd suides across the Bit- r Roots, but now the snow lay deen, e horwes could mnot travel. IFor ccks they lay in camp the ooskooskie, cating horss © Indians then were d atting. It was the middle of June before ey made the cffort to pass the Bit- r Roots. Sixty horses they had now. ith abundance of jerked horse m d a half-dozen Nez Perces guide v the third of July—just three years om the date of the Louisiana pur- ase as it was made hnown ferson’s simplicity dinner—they cre across the Bitter Roots on fore, in the pleasunt valieys of the Lstern slope, hat way.” s “big falls Ghe meant the short cut across the ne of the bo h would 1 cer_the Continental Divide direct to e Great Fulls of the Missouri. Both e leaders had pondered over Fort cut, which the Nes Perces knew eil. “We must part. Will,” said Meri- bether Lewis. “Tt Is our duty to learn 1l we can of this wonderful country. will take the Indian trail straight Do vou go on down the way & came. Pick up our caches above he three forks of the Missouri, and ien cross over the mountains to t ellowstone. Make boats there. and sme on_down to the mouth of that You should precede me there, haps, by some days. Wait then kntil T come.” With little more ado these self-re- | ant men parted in the middle of the | st mountain _wilderness. Thev | nned a later junction of their two | rties at the mouth of a river which hen was less known than the Colum- lia had been, through a pass whicr one of them had ever seen. Lewis had with him nine men. imong _them S Gass, ques on meat £, waiting, id Sacajawea, point- Sergt the two Sields boys, Drouiliard and Cruzatte, he vovageurs, Sacajawea, In spite of Jer protest, remained with the Clark warty, where her wonderful know afe of the country again proved in- uable. This band advanced direct- to the southward by easy and leasant daily stages. *“That way ort path over moun- tains” said Sacajawea at length, at ne point of their journey. Gne pointed out the Fig Hole Trail l:nd what was later known as Clark bass over the Continental Divide. rhey came to a now country, a beau- |:i#a1 valley where the grass was good hut Sacajawea still pointed onward. iThat way.” €ald she, “find boat, find cache! She showed them another ap In e hills, as yet unknown, and so Ted them out by a short cut directly to; the caches on the Jefferson! But they could not tarry long. Boots and saddles again, pole and paddle lso, for now someé of the men mu take to the boats while othe irought on the horses. At the Three Forks rendezvous they made yvet other ~nanges, for here the boats must be oft. Capt. Clark must cross the “ountain range to the eastward to “nd the Yellowstone, of which the Indlan girl had told him. Yonder, she 2d, not quite a full day's march ‘Wrough a notch in the lofty moun- tains, they would come to the river, " n off to the eas SR Te Of them had ever heard of that gap In the bills; there was no rne to guide them through it except Ve Indian girl, whose memory had itherto been so positive and so ‘rastworthy. They trusted her im- nlicitly. 5 “That way!” she said. Aot Tehe pointed on ahead confi- sently, and always she was right. She \as ying out the course of a raii- 2 which one day should come up tna Yellowstone and €ross here to the Vi, sspuri. They fo! - zhteen or twe - .trdordinary s und it to be no_mora than nty miles, Sacajawea hort cut hnw(—en_r;xhr- Mie and_the Yellowstone. ey 4 u'-g‘;‘”n?n Jatter river below the iouth of its great canyon, found good tinber and soon were busy felling :reat cottonwoods to make dugout anoes. Two of these, some thirty "ot in length, when lashed side by | de'.served to carry all thelr good .4 some of their party. The rest— ‘~yor, Shannon, Hall and one or two thers—were to come on down With % es. e mounted men did well enough ~til one night the Crows stole all \eir horses and left them on foot ‘o middle of the wildernes: unted, they built themselves hoats bull hide, as they had seen Indians coon they followed on down 22 A09eiThey “outd not. tell how between | They i t Mr. | l!\r<| i ot | D. Appleten & Co.) portion of Mari river. When you come to the mouth of that river— which you will remember some of you held to be the real M —you will 2o into camp and w us. You will remain there until the first day of September. 1f by that time we ve ot returned, you will pass on down the Mis i to Capt. Cle camp at the of the Yellow stone and o with him that time it will have b that we shall not reiu 1l meet you at tho mouth of Maria's river somewhere about ihe beginning of August.” They parted, and a miriecle tiat (hey for now ti erils o asserted themsclves cven marvelous good tun thus far attended them. Hitherto practicaily all the tribe: met had been friendly, but now the. were in the country of the dreaded Blackfeet, who by instinet and train- ing were hostile to ull whites coming in from the south and cast. A party of these warriors was met on the second day of their northbound jour- ney from the Missouri river. Lewis gave the Indians such presents as he could and, as was h tom, told them of 'his purpo traveling bugh the country howed no s of them, altho saw b own men outnumbe ten to o he two parties, the little band of white men & more numer- , lay down to company. were unable to attain the hor b it was : ; i the wilderness gainst th which had he p that [ ut the feot st the temptation | den wealth by scizing Runs the i wn Lewis himself, integrity of b for time, felt th pulled. felt something spring on his {face, heard a noise. Mis little dog w I barking loudly, excitcdly | He was more ully awakened {the sound of wut and then b hot. Springing from his rod aw Drouiilard and both of the |boys on their feet struggii the savages, who wer wrenci: t rifles from ti Curse you, turn loose leried Reuben Fields He fought for a tim. his brawny antagor others coming The to the long knife a instant the il Toward in 1 dozin, nt . and orner of his robe Field witl il b hand his | |a 1is man for { the time | 5 were trying W Lhe cket ropes to thicye and him- tugging at i hastencd into for his ow Blackfoot | shield advanced. bi; himsel nk fell dead. | Blackfeet foutd they had | mateh. They pped | ¢ and ran fast 1 ped into t . and so e party of much disturbed, Mount, men? dered. As quickly as could mas the frightencd horses hisomen ot With all thought of further e tion ended. they set out a and rode all t day and fast as the horses could tra had made probably 120 mil. at length they came to the n Marias river, escaped from the perilous adventure any of them had. Here a fortune wh th point her Ind body, met the they » speed They ith of v had n. by b seen; ist in ca ass and down the Missouri. These made the grand portage at had tuken up ail the cicies and brought the contests with them stars still fought for the for the discov the west There was no to Blackfeet would Lewis abandoned i entire hurried they coul and nigh mood urging his men nor chided them, nor did he refer to the encounter with the Blackfeet. He did not nced to, with Drouillard to describe it to them all a dozen time At times it boats (o stop for mea errand in a countr and, as was his cu ashore one cveni t some nearby whatever offer Cruzatte, the one-cyed It was now that ine ominously almost for the first tim The two had not been gone I than a few minutes when the men remaining at the boat heard w shot, then a cry and more shouting. Cru- zatte came running -back to them through the bushes, calling out at the top of his voice “The captain' TI've keeled him— o keeled the captain—I've shot m!” (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) s that d time Wis men comi me s horses here. T) to the baa as necessary for the t. usually a short alive with om, Lew < 1o try same— a1 for CHILD HEALTH TOPIC. Scholarship Committees Holds First Meeting. The Washington local committee on awarding the scholarships on health education which are being of- fered by the American Child Health Association in collaboration with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com- pany held a meeting Thursday after- noon at the office of Dr. Rebecca oneroad, director of physical cdu- tion of the local public schools. The members are: Dr. Stoneroad, representing Dr. Frank Ballou, su- perintendent of schools; Dr. Murphy, representing the board of health; Saunders, representing the Pa- Association of the Di Miss K. W. Hobgood, represcnt- ing the teachers, and Miss Ella 1% Harris, in charge of the Washington office of the American Child Health Assoclation. Miss Margaret Carey of the New York office of the American Child Health Association, came to Wash- ington especially to attend this first Local e { meeting of the committee on awards. Miss Carey also met and discussed the methods of health education with the twenty-three teachers who have cntered the contest. , (to _the rear of the main_ boat ‘fny. With the marvelous good for- ine; which attended the entire ex- .difton, they had no accident, and I time they met the other explorers i e mouth of the Yellowstone, ‘tep traveling 900 miles on a sepa- .ta woyage of original discovery. It 'was on the 8th of August that 1a jast of Clark’s boats arrived at ellowstone rendezvous. His men t mow as if they were almost at me. The Mandan villazes were not X below. As soon as Capt. Lewis “ald come they would be on their 4y, rejoicing. Patlent, hardy, un ,mplaining, they did.not know that bey were heroes. What of Lewis, then gone so long? {> and his men were engaged in the t more dangerous undertaking of ploring the country of the dreaded ackfeel, known to bear arms ob- .ined from the northern traders. ey reached the portage of the reat Falls without difficulty and igerly examined the caches which ey had left thers. Now they were 2 divide their parts . Sergt, Gass,” said Capt. Lewis, ngoing to leave vou here. You {11 get the baggage and the boats low the falls and take passage on own the river. Six of you can at- nd to that. I shall take Drouillard 'Y the Fields bovs with me and j* ke off toward the north and east, hero I fancy I shall find the upper BALLOU GOES TO CHICAGO. Public School Officers in Party to Attend Conference. A deputation of public school offic headed by Superintendent Frank :(S Ballou 1ft Washington yesterday for Chicago to attend the annual meeting of the department of superinten, of the National Education Assoe Which convenes tomorrow tional questions of national impor- tan will be discussed. Those who went with Dr. Ballou are Miss Adelaide Davis, supervising principal of the fourth division; Mis Anne Beers, pervsing principal of the eighth jon; Mi: Flora L. Hendley, supervising principal of the sixth diviso: Selden M. Ely super- vising _principal of the fifth ision; Miss Rose Lees Hardy, director of primary instruction, and Miss Frances Fairley, principal of the Park View School. UPSHAW TO SPEAK. Rprosentative Upshaw of Georgia | er 2 lecture on “The Man Wort| under the auspices of the Men's Brotherhood, in the Fi terian_Church, John pewr € strect, Monday al & poie | 1, | volunteers ! neither | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1924 Sunday School Lesson Conflict Abroad More Keen Than . in America, Says London Pastor, on Tour Here. al Dispatch to The Star. IICAGO, 111, February 23.—Mod- crnism is getting a stronger hold on j the clergy of England than it is in America, according to Rev. W. Talbot Hindley, vicar of St. Johm’s Church, London, England, one of the speakers at Founders' week conference in Moody Eible Institute. “While the newspapers in England do not give the promhinence to this controversy between the fundamen- ts and the modernists as they do in the United States,” said Mr. Hind- ley, “the war is just as keen in Lon- don and other parts of kngland as it is in America, only with this differ- hat the modernists have the | npper hand in my country and the fundamentalists are not as well or- | ganized as they are in America. ery professor in_both Oxford and Cambridge is u modernist, and 1 be | lieve that the only hope for the fun- P damentalists in England is to found fundamentalist church of their own, {irrespective of denominations. It is different in America, as far as 1 can judge. Here the fundamentalists are well orgunized and can cope with the situation better than we can in Eng- land. The American laymen give you more support than they do in my country “At a'recent conference of Anglican Church.leaders only seven out of the seventy present were fundamentali: We h what are called near-evan selicals, moderate liberals, who rule enee— ur of the Bible all the miraculous, uch as Jonah and the whale, Noah and the flood, ete, but who do not deny the virgin birth or the resur- rection. here modern | do. however, The situati { modernism “is concerned, rse among the mon-conformists in in the Church of England. “T'he big fight we are having in England now is over the revision of the ok. It is being sought to fill it i ritualism and wmodern- jism and to cut out, among other things. cvery Old Testament refer- ence’ in the marriage service. It that is done, it will split the Church nd in two. There is a strong to _ritualism in n.d is getling | | i | | it Baptist Young People are ar- ranging a concert to be given at the iMasonic Temple next Monduy evening at $:15 o'clock. Centennial B, Y. tership of Mrs| €, M. fuct devotional services Reed Hospital tomorrow e The cubjeet for discussion will “The Cons: r. Wil f1iam « & will tell of Royhood 1 Everett The World Vision an t Sermon”; Mrs. C. M. Burley in’ Bamboo Land Progress,” Summary of Carey’s will be rendered ¥ the Centenninl Quartet—Mrs. Mary race Hall, R. N. Burleyson iliott Stewart. A radio program, with “B. Y. P. being ar- receiving station, i 3 ranc Schreiner, jleader of group A" to be given ‘)h rerular meeting of the Betha 1 I 1 TEA FOR MRS. FERRIS. i In honor of M: Carlton G. Ferris, :m»m\ur of the execuiive ocommitte of the United Christian Missiona: Society of St. Louis, there will 3 i’) tea from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, 1648 1 L5 f1e il alter ning under the Burleys i jra 1 liome of Mrs. C. E. Ferguson. North Cupitol street. The for the afternoon will be committee of the wom- ry societies the Dis- of which Mrs. E. T. Steph: d Mrs. H. I, Hare | etary. Mrs. PLAN BAND CONCERT. | The Interstate Commerce Comm J.\Ilrn Band of thirty pieces is to play {in connection with the general enter- tainment by the children of Trinity Diocesan Church the night of ‘eb- | ruary 8. =X Frolic of Time," with i short play with speaking parts, ! tled “The Pageant of the Hours v play alled The " There will L 1l ts. The band rt will begin at $ o'clock. . Dr. J. Milton Waldron, pastor f Shiloh Baptist Church, will preach | tomorrow morning on “Overcoming the iPlesh by the Spirit” and at night upon “The Sinner vs. the Pharisee.” These sermons are intended to extend { the usefulness of the People's Bible School, being held every Wednesday night, 'for all who desire to become well dcquainted with the teachings the Holy Scriptures. SN BALTIMOREAN TO PREACH. Rev. John W. Musson of Grace Baptist Church, Baltimore, will be the speaker at both services tomor- {row at Petworth Baptist Church, 7th {and Randolph streets. SCHOOL GIVES PROGRAM. i Sidwell Pupils Have Charge of Pa- | triotic Exercises. Students of the Sidwell's Friends School, 1811 T street, were in charge of their own patriotié program of s lections for Washington's birthday yesterday morning at the school. peeches and writings of great Americans were quoted by students in_addresses, and patriotic songs in- terspersed the other numbers of the program. The program inciuded: “Makers of the Flag.” by Franklin K. Lane, £iven by Betty Ridsdale and Willlam Hitz; “What the Flag Means,” by Charles Tvans Hughes, given by George Judd; “The Flag,” by Wood- row Wilson, ‘given by Dorothy Duff; Washington,” by Alexander Mac- Nutt; extract from the Declaration of Independence, by Felix Plant; “The Policy of the United States of Amer- ica," by George Johnson; “Disengage- ment From European Politics,” by Nevins Hyde; “The Moral Force of Lincoln” by’ Calvin Coolidge, dered by Ann Scofield: “A Few Rules for Living,” by Abraham Lincoln, rendered by Albert Madeira; “The Gettysburg Speech,” by Abraham Lin- coln, rendered by Tom Brown; “Might Makes Right,” by Abraham Lincoin, remdered by 'Pauline Schaub; “Don’t Flinch,” by Theodore Roosevelt, ren- dered by Billy Lege; extracts from ‘Poor Richard's Alamac,” by Frank- lin, rendered by Judson Corrigan; “Counting the Cost,” by Frances Leh- man; “Roosevelt's “Life of Easc,” by Gordon Stone; “The Roosevelt Watcl word,” by Lucy Watkins; Rosevelt “The’ Golden Rule,” by Gibbs Baker; “Lincoln and Wilson,” by Dean Cald- Wilson, the Human Side,” by Katherine Parker; “Some Sayings From Lincoln,” by Albert Madeira Success, Applying_to Home Study, by Philip King, and “The Spirit That Wins Success,” by Edgar A. Guest, rendered by Louise Littlepage. Predicts Light by ¥ ireless. Transmission of light by wireless { will be a fact in a few years relative- 1y, according to Prof. A. M. Low, noted British scientist. He is study- ing radlo transmission of light in order to improve upon electric_in- ndescence in which he says there a wastage of 25 per cent. His theory {s built around reducing a wireless wave length one thousandth ©f & millimeter L lengthe i ning an entertain Bishop to Confirm Class Tomorrow At. St. Andrew’s ‘The Bishop of Washington will visit St. Andrew’s Church, Vermont avenue and O strect northwest, to- morrow morning at 11 o'clock and administer the rite of confirmation. The class will be presented by Rev. J. J. Dimon, rector of St. Andrew’s parish, —————: 600 OFFER TO SERVE IN FOREIGN MISSIONS IAnswer to Call for Volunteers at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, TIL, ¥ebruary £3.—About 600 young men and women rose to their feet as volunteers for forcign missions in_the clasing session of Founder's Week Conference at Moody Bible Institute, following an address Wwhich set forth the tremendous dif- ficulties of the work After thirty years of work in Arabia’ there aro not more than ten Christians and not ngle Christian church, they were told by Dr. "Paul Harrison, known as “Th Apostle of the Desert.” Efforts being made to get into th but it i clared Dr. fourteen mi missionary 0 are : interior, Harrison, vears in ionary and w who has spent rabia as medical return immedi- ssionaries never hav in all these vears,” he said, “to break down the barrier which Mahomet placed before his people thirteen cen- turies ago with just five words, “There is no God Lut God. That is the power which has proven teo trong for Christian missionaries to overcome. 1t not the sword or license that swavs Arabix and other Mohammedan countries. 1t is the picture of God which Mahomet madc for them in the Koran thirteen cen- turies ago. There are been able 30,000,000 Mohammedans in the world. It is the worst and best ion, and missionary effort among Mohammedans I & matter of in- work. You cannot usc the type of evangel cannot argue them in cannot win them by argu- v Welcome controvers, who tries to argue foolish. lle will get belief. You ment. Th the missionary with them nowhere. W. R. MOODY TO SPEAK. Son of Noted Evangelist to Be at Metropolitan M. E. Church. . R. Moody of Northfield, Mass., who visiting this city as the guest of th former grad of the Northticld schools, is the son of the avangelist. Dwight L. Moody, founded the Bible confere and schools in Northiicld. He will spe morrow mor in_the Metmpolitan Memorila Methodist Episcopad Church Rey. Dr. Harry D. eil, In this church in the evening the minis- tor will speak on “Jesus Teaching Re- pentance—What Is [t The women of the church are T ent to be given nest ‘riday night, reviving the presentation of “The District School. for the benefit of the free daily kinder- garten held in the church, Miss who th {Tartline, teacher. LANHAM TO SPEAK. { Texas Representative to Preach in Calvary Church. Hepresentative ¥Fritz G. Lanham Texas will preach in Calvary Meth- dist Church tomorrow mornin; Lucius C. Clark, chincellor of the Amer- ican University, will occupy the pulpit in_the evening. Dr. James Shermi Montgomery, the pastor, is at Mercersburg College, P: where he is to speak tomorrow in the college chapel. - — GIVE COLONIAL TEA. Luther Place Memorial Church Young People Active. Luther Place Memorial Church at Thomas Circle northwest, has had in- teresting activities among its young peoplo during the winter They gave a colonial tea in the church parlors, from o'clock. A contest for membership in i Senior and Junior Christian 1ind societies, which has been in progress for four weeks, closes tomorrow night. The pastor, Dr. Diffenderfer, will preach a special sermon at § o'clock to the combined societies on the theme, “Mutual Obligations.” The Christian Endeavor societies and the voung people of the church will be present in a body. The choir will Tender special music assisted by J. R. Yates, violinist. Derims s e SPEAKS ON CHINA. e Rev. James M. Henry Will Illus- trate Talk Tomorrow. Rev. James 3L Henry of China will illustrato some featurés of Chinese life with motion pictures at Peck Memorial Chapel tomorrow night. In the morning the pastor, Rev, Irving W. Ketchum, will speak on 'When Things Go Wrong.” The Sun- day school will meet at & p.m. ristian cavor Society at 7 pm. will discuss “The Part of the World Withodt tho Gospel.” The an- nual meeting of the congregation will bo held Wednesday at 5 p.m, CHOIR OF 100 VOICES. ‘Will Sing Parts of Russian Church Litargy. Rev. Dr. Charles Wood,. pastor of the Church of the Covenant, will preach at the morning service to- morrow on “The Great Joy in Samar- ia" and in the evening at § o‘clock his subject will be “The Question of the Christ” The February musical service, to be given at this time by the evening choir ©of one hundred voices, will consist of selections from the Russian Liturgy. Preceding the ovening service at 6:43 o'clock, in the lecture room of the chureh. Rev. James M. Henry of Canton, China, will address the Chris- tian Endeavor Society on “The Church of the Covenant in China” At the midweek service for prayer and conference next Thursday eve- ning at 8 o'clock, Dr. Wood is to give the second address on “Evan- gelism and the Evangelistic Cam- paign in Washington, with Susgest- jons from Some Eminent Evange- lists." BISHOP TO CONFIRM. Preparation Features Given at Community House. tion for the service of " or the “laying on of ,” which s to take place in Trinity Church March 9, when the annual visit is made by Bishop Free- man, confirmation lectures are being held in Trinity Community House every Monday at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Rev. David Ransom Covell, who is conducting the lectures, announces r his topic Monday the “Apostles’ eed, the Bone of Contention Be- tween Fundamentalists and Modern- ists.” These lectures, followed by questions and answers, arfe open 1o the general public and not confined to those who arc tv be conlirmed. s almost & hopeless task, da- | . but | distinguished | This will be | Dr. | The | | BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON. THE PERIOD OF THE JUDGES. Judges, 2.1-16.31, Golden Text—I will heal their backsliding, 1 will love them freely.—Hosex, 14.4. Israel's heroic age is recorded in the book of Judges. It has been well '('alled the “dark ages” of that na- tion's history. The period of the Judges, according to Paul, covered jabout 450 years. It cxtended from the death of Joshua to tho reign of Saul, the first king of lIsrael. It is, according to an eminent historian, the ‘most secular period of sacred his- ltory.” The dark, disheartening and {depressing age was duc to the apos- itacy of 1. The nation forsook [Jenovah when they were put to the test of self-government in the days that fol- 'lowed the death of Joshua, tion from the of T religion 1 in <hameful participation in the and impious customs of the surround- {ing heathen until they were punished “for their irreligious and immoral practices. They being the nation's . were defeated jugated by the powers. Dise ifold scour; justly chastened by and partially sub- surrounding_heathen se breeds on the three- of war, pestilence and {famine, us we have scen in_the aftcr- ‘math of the world war. The period (of the Judges has been repeated in the jdevelopment of every new countrs was scen in the opcning of the |during the days of the pioneer when igilant compmittees sought to clban {up the disorderly conditions that are 1pt to develop in such an hour, for w are told that “in those duays there was no king in Israel, but every man did {that which waus right in his own leyes” The results of the na rrection and chastening were aps rent in their roficction, humiliation land repentance. Although the nation® ireformation was not of @ permanent chiracter, yet against that dark back- leround of apostacy Jehovah has puinted ture of grace and love for Isr ¥ raising up ceession of war. Wwho freed them from th who were Suns them at that time. The judges of lsrael were not | fudges in the modern sense of that {eerm. The administration of justice an incide ) with They were ve and aggres- cliverers. In their activity they recall the pioncer and fronticr lead- onality made them th nt factors in the new commu- that are developed in the open- up of every new country. They men in whom Jehovah had put < spirit. They posscssed no leral by which they could enfo dienca to their « 1 but th wern able Lo persua i | their faith that they were to deliver the mati the national unit man could have removed jealousics and rekindied t ttional lovaity that 1 roved throug s command t wanite from the isis, when the w res i and + ord the tribai he spirit of \ been de- ire to ob out the ¢ In ever: vs of Israel ap- peared to L =, the man ap- pearcd who succceded in reuniting sundered bonds of commu- ivering Israel from plundering and stealing their wealth, The leaders, who were able the power of the enemies nation and restore 1o Isracl the sessions which had been taken from them, were not perfeet mer T ed the virtues and viees haracterized men of their type in all subsequent ages. Al- though tl men of faith i prayer, vet't es were such tha we cannot condone their faflures. We shudder at th's vow. We are shocked at ing of Sisera. We are God s ito cncour: fto enter into His service. We ought 1ot to ook for men to represent the high type Christian 1 that period of inte foreien dominat expeet t cords and d v leaders would be trom the spirit of their age. The fact is that we ought not to be surprised in the failures of the judges just re y we should in nora nd cunning the debasement of Elis miserable superstition of T ut Ebenezer, when e consider the period of history in iwhich they lived and judee them b the standards of their day and zen- Leration. Glimpses @ purer Lmare peacetul state things ar en us in the story of Boaz. in the ter of Othnicl. the blame ind the domestic surroundings infancy. While these are pariial ient, dieate that overning people ponsibility upon Isracl to work out their own destiny were not wholly ain. f the judges won fame by de- ir country from invaders. Othniel won a_complete victory over Chushan-rishathaim, who had invad- €d the land fron: the northeas efforts of Othniel resulted in the de- at of the King of ria, who was driven back across the Buprates. About forty vears afterward Fhud was called to master the Moabites, { who invaded the country from the southeast. They inflicted gr jury to the tribes on the east of the Jordan, to Benjamin and all within or near the Jordan vall About eighty years after the death of Ehud the Philistines were makins themselves troublesome in the south, when Jabin, the King of Canaan, in- vaded the plains of Isracl from the north, spreading terror und misery throughout the nation. Deborah, woman_prophetess of Ereat courage and fait the enemy drive disgu he fact tha sinned ousht and ntircly fre | in battle. ‘anaanites an casy prey and enabled Barak to win a signal victory. The influence of Deborah’s hymn of tri umph has moved men throughout all in dependence upon God's help. After a season of about forty years Gideon, the greatest of the judges, was raised up to check the Midianites, Amal. kites and other Arabian tribes, had rushed in annually for several years from the east and seized the flocks and.cattle of the poer small farmer and herdsman, as well as his ;crops at harvest tim The Ammonites came from the east about fifty years later and ravaged the ‘whole of the land east of the Jor- dan, Judah, Benjamin and Ephraim. Jephthah, whose mother was a for- eigner, was the deliverer. The joy of * his victory over the cnemy at Aroer was turned into bitterness by the vow that he made, which Adah, his daughter, was called upon to fulfill. The old interpretation that Jephthah offered her as a burnt offering has in more modern times been considered that she was dedicated to a life of perpetual virginity, Samson, who was summoned to master the Philistines, was the first to actually and deliber- ately offer his life for his country. Those who wish to teach a temper- ance lesson from this week's study will find much suggestive material in Samson’s career to show the binding and blinding powers of sin upon one’s |life. It also teaches that thfough grace 2 man who has failed may come back. The whole lesson of the period of the judges teaches that disaster follows sin, proving that the way of the transgressor is hard, and that re- pentance, faith and obedience brings peace, blessing and power. The greatest of the judges was without doubt Gideon, whose spiritual character was revealed by his humility and consecration. His love for his countrymen and his patriotism was proven by his distress over the na- tion’s degradation. He was cautious in seeking evidences that was beyond question that he was called to de- liver Israel. He showed he was courageous by his work as a reform- er. He destroyed the altar of Baal.and used the wood thereof in worshiping Jehovah upon the altar he erected to his God. Ho risked his life in that offort, which Indicated that he real- ized that Jehovah had called him not oaly o deliver the nation from the and worshiped other gods| Aliena- ! ctitude and lewd | st | ation's | pond to His call | in i and | vet they |} The | at in- | influenced Barak to face | A providential hailstorm made the | the ages to dare and do great thinzs | who | hand of a foe, but also to free them from idolatry, which was the source of their apostacy. Only a few rallied to his call for assistance to overthrow the invaders. Twenty-two thousand men responded out of all the tribes when the na- tion’s life was fmperilod. The world has never seen another army like ‘that of Gideon's. He dismissed 12,000 becausn God had no place for cowards in a time of crisis. Jehoval took the side of Israel in the critical mo- nients of her history because the hap- piness of the human race depended upon the outcome. The 300 who fought in that unique conflict with idcon were fighting for humanity, as well as Isracl. The 9,700 reserves had been sent to their tents, but the 360 men who followed Gideon into hattle were consecrated and courageous sol- diers. Israel won that day not by the ®ize of her army but by the spiritual morale of her forces in the field. In Gideon's victory as woll as that of all the judges the people had evi- dence that Johovah was the real de- liverer. Like Washington in our own tory, Gideon refused the hereditary king. The spirit of Christian ity is antagonistic to kingdoms. It slops democracy, which can only afe for the world when the peopic are loyal and true to Chri: This calls for us to push the missionary work of the churches. Israel's di: obedience brought her disturbing in- vaders. If we neglect to obey Christ’s commands and fail to do His will we will fail und fall into apostacy. If we study His word and keep in com- munion with the Lord through prayer, He will use us to help deliver the world from the forces that imperil all nations. If we fail at anytime, He always stands ready to forgive us and heal our lucksliding when we repent and seck Ilis forgiveness in faith. BAPTIST CENTENNIAL 1 WCAP to Broadcast Service From National Church Here Sunday. The morning service tomorrow the National Eaptist Memorial Church will be broadcast by radio, WCAP, in observance of the centennial of the American ptist Publication Soeicty of Philadelphia, which was organ here in W ngton February 2 1 Pastor Gove G. Johnson will preach on “Publishing Salvation.” The cloir, under the dircetion of Mr. {12 G. Dickinson, will eing special numbers. This service is one of nearly twenty in the larger ecities from coas coast sending out the centennial me ln,.‘ ;( l|} s society, ose latest work hae b ing e whole Bible i s and the maki the printing of th the Polish Janzuazge. This socic owns and runs seven gospel use in ncedy the railroads and (1w iles for this work. I enterprising giver: 1fund for the purchase ! plane! So th work has grown in bundred vears, until last yvear it come from all sources far this lishing of the Word of Life $2,000.000 At i:45 p.m. Pastor Johnson preaches on “What the Bible Forgiveness of Sins, the service led by the mal at n with a rong chorue. The pastor expects to leave Monday the centennial celebration in P! delphia. - STUDENTS TO SPEAK AT FATHER-SON DINNER | Affair Will Be Held Next Thurs day Evening at Epiphany Hall. Two from Manual Training School | the speakers ot the father-and-son din- ner to be 'd at Epiphany Parish Hall next Thursday evening at 6: (o'clock. This dinner is being Jointly by the Laymen's Service Associa- tion of the Episcopal Church in the dio of Washington and the junior local assembly of the Brotherhood of St Andrew Rishop 1 Ketcham « student: the McKinley 1t be among ¥ arranged v ceman and Representative Michizan arc also to make brief addres There will be musical features contributed equally and_their clders, as well as ging. Dr. L. W. Gla preside. Mcn who ha sons and sons who have no fathers are expected to t neighbors, of this meeting the churchmen of Was m are following in their wo: 1 common zood. and .to enabla the 1 to cateh comething of the earnest s and enthusiasm of the youngsters: |Mr. Thomas G. Spence, scereta Bishop Freeman, is in charge of the dinner and to him should be sent ap- plications for reservations. S f PLAN JUNIOR CHURCH. Hamline M. E. Rev. Dr. Herson of Hamline M. Church will preach at both services } tomorrow. His morning subject will Le “A Cheap Repentanc: evening he will preach on “A Simple { Social ~ System. 11 o'clock junior church will be organized, with officers similar to those in the senior hurch The Epworth League is hgldim’: a convention this__ w. i started with a Washinston's day party last evening, conducted by the District officers. — Sunday the program will by m., morning' watch; 9 - hworth league lk. in Sunday scheol; { p.m., ¥pworth League methods class, fol- lowed by a picn supper and social hour: 7 p.m., devotional service. All young people are invited. ——— HARD TIME SOCIAL. Held by Park View Christian Church Ladies. Rev. Walter F. Smith of the Park View Christian Church, Park road, ast of Georgia avenue, will have for his morning subject “The Sovereignty of God.” and in the evening will give an illuStrated lecture on “The Prodi- ®al Son.” This will be the first of & Serics of Sunday evening_ illustrated lectures to be given by Mr. ith. La Tuesday evening Young L Circle presented “Hard Time Socta Eimer Ellsworth, uccom- panied by Miss Emily Ellsworth with violin and plano; Misses Louise Crawford and Hetty Perkins with a duet, and Mrs. O. Beardsley with rec- itations were on the program. The evening closed with a box lunch. PLAN AT HOME SERVICE. Foundry Epworth League Members to Meet. Foundry Epworth League will con- duct an “At Home™ service tomorrow cvening at 6:30 o'clock. The general theme will be “Stumbling Blocks and Stepping Sto: :s.” The annual “Blue- bird Servics' will feature the pro- gram for tae first Sunday in March, preceded by a St. Patrick tea in the church parlors. “The Sky Riders,” a three-act comedy, is being_rehearsed for presentation early in March. TO ADDRESS MINISTERS. Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, will ad- dress the Presbyterian Ministers’ Assoclation uext Monday on the sub- ject “A Summer In Mediterrancsn ! | 8 OBSERVANCE PLANNED | New TeStament in | Will Be Organized on Sunday at| In the| S VAUGHN BIBLE CLASS WORK IS REORGANIZED City Divided Into Twenty-Three Sections With Division Heads Placed in Charge. The Vaughn Bible Class of Calvary Baptist Church has been reorganized under plans worked out by B. Garber, chalrman of the membership committes. The now arrangement £0¢s into effect tomMOrrow morning. The city has been divided into twenty-threc sections, and a division head will look afte each ¥ach division head will have several zroup leaders, who will be responsi- ble for about six men living in his immediate neighborhood. kEach one of the 600 members has a definite as- signment. About ten non-member guests are welcomed each Sunday, and plans are being made to enroll as permanent members many of these visitors. The following have been appointed division heads: William 1. Ford, William E. Marsh, Dr. Fred W. Tsaacs, George E. Harris, Hugh W. Smith, Dr. Charles A. Pfender, B. C. Yate ard A. Sauer, C. S, Connell Foster, C. 8." Wilkinson, Parks Crater, Frank Ray, J. . I Emerson Wells, Col. E. P. Pendlator, Dr. P. V. Gallagher, Capt J. R. Wheeler, lHarry A. Wood, John W. Smith and John 1. Abraham. Dr. W. R’ Moody, head of the North- field Institute of Massachusetts and on of Dwight L. Moody, cvangelist, will speak to the class tomorrow al its morning session. 3 PLANS FOR NATIONAL CENTER TO BE OUTLINED Girls’ Friendly Society of Episcopal Diocese to Meet Monday in Epiphany Hall. The Girl¢ Kriendly Society of the | Episeo, Church in the diocese of Washington will hear for the first tims as a body the plans for the erection in Washington of a build- ing for use as a national center und ministration building for the Girls' riendly Society of America at a meeting to be held in Epiphany parich hall Monday at ¥ p.m. The rpeaker will be Mrs. Counningham, Julia J. president of the Girls' Friendly “Socicty in the diocese of Marvland and vics president of the ommittee planning the national con- ter in W will aiso be_a musical p The Girls' Fricndly * Soe maintains a ceptral office York, and also m | ton rooms and offi the lats M wis second society shing- iorial to sherts, who ional president of the tended to ymbine in one building Washington, from which the national work of the society can be rried o Th consolidation is ong the of the national poliey of the iscopal Chureh y centraliz ministration whenever poeinle, Girls® Friendly ciety h { completed, wi thousand doil manent witness women CHURCH CLUB DINES. Members of Congress and Wives Guests of Honor. ['_ The Conzregational Club of Wash- ington held its congressional night ldinner Tuesday at the First Congre- {gational Church. The members of Congress with their wives who are »f Congregational affiliation were the guests of the club. Speeches of greet- ling were given by Senator Alva Adams of Colorado and Speaker Fred- rick L. Gillett of Massachusetts. | _The principal address, on “The T |fluence of Congregationalism on Political ~ Affairs,” was given by | Theodore 1. Burfon of Ohic. In th {absence of Chaplain J. T. Axton, U {S. A, president of the club, the meet- presided over by W. Scott, U. 8. N presidents ATONEMENT IS TOPIC. | Philadelphia Professor to Speak at St. John’s Tomorrow. The preacher at St. John's Church tomorrow morning and evening will bs Rev. Dr. Fol professor of theolos; the Phijadel- 2 Divinity School. Dr. Foley's lecture tomorrow night 1 be “The Atonement and the Mod- Mind." He the author the spe fwi jern | boo {been his | years or taphors o ith refernce Tom them. CHURCH DIGNITY TOPIC. Rev. H. B. Smith to Speak at Co- lumbia Heights Church. “The Dignity of the Church” will ubject of the Sunday morn- ing sermon of Rev. Harvey Baker Smith of the Columbia Heights | Christian Church. The communion |service will be celebrated in the morning. At the eveninz service Mr. S { will preach the second of a seri evening _sermons on S Angels of Washin ‘The Angel of the Idea. { ANGLO-CATHOLICS MEET. { Ancient Rite of Imposition of H Ashes to Be Observed. Members of the Anglo-Catholic Club jof the Diocese of Washington will meet in corporata communion {1ow celebration of the Holy Euc 7:30 a.m., Ash Wednesday, March { the Church of the Incarnation, 12th Al He 1 onemen doctrine tudy i i ! | | ibe the and N streets northwest. Father Al- kinson will be the celebrant. ancient rite of the imposition of will be observed aut this service. Pravers will be asked for a bless ing on the mission at St. Thom Church, March 1% to March 21, and for the spread of the faith during Lent. — VISITOR IN PULPIT. Rev. Drl P. P. Phillips to Preach at St. John's Church. Rev, Dr, P, Parker Phillips will preach in St. John's Church, George- | town, tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. uring the absence of the rector, Hov i John S. Moses, who has gone to Bos- ton to attend i reunion of the alumni of the Cambridge Theological Schoo Rev. James Henderson, chaplain of St. Alban School, in the grounds of the National Cathedral, will preach at St John's Church at § o'clock in the evening. DR. DURKEE TO PREACH. Two Sermons to Be Given at First Baptist Church. Dr. J. Stanley Durkee will preach at the First Baptist Church, 16th and O streets, tomorrow, morning and evening. The subject at 11 am. will (be “Life Bevond Our Sight.” and at s pm., “Whatever We Lift, Lifts Us.” There will be Swedish services b; Rev. A. Emanuel of Brooklyn, N. Y | at 3:30 p.m. in the Sunday school. TO ADDRESS YOUNG PEOPLE. Two students of the Theological Seminary in Virginja will addre the Young People’s Society tomorrow at © p.m. at the Church of the Ascension, 12th street and Massa- chusetts avenue merthwesty section. | “haplain ! tonement and this has | 24 7 |WORLD CHURCH BODY T0 MEET IN BUFFALO Archbishop of Canterbury May Speak at Session of Ameri- can Branch. NEW YORK, February 25— The World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches, NOW representing twenty-seven dif- ferent nations, announces that the next annual meeting of its Amerfcan branch will bo held Buffalo N vember 11, 12 ‘and 13. The Archbishop of Canterbury, world president of the organization. i will be invited to attend this meet ng as the principal tpeaker. The jn- vitation will be presented to the ‘archbishop by Dr. Henry A. Atkin- son, general sécrotary of the al ast week for Eng- in The archbisiop e will_be asked to speak in a number of lurgs citic out the U ted States under e on in hors and cpe the World Alliznes «for International I ndship Thro the Churches, Church Pe Urion and the 4l Council |the Churehes of Christ in America. | The annual meeting in Buffalo wili {be under the zurpices of the I i !Council of Churches. I il |LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION TO HOLD LENTEN SERVICE Will Begin March 10 and End April 18—To Be Held in Keith’s Theater. i Lenten serv at Keith's | Theater will be conducted this year.” as usual, by the Laymen’s Serviea As sociation of the Episcopal Chureh and the Washington Federation of Churches. They are to begin March 10 and continue until Good Fridax {Aprii 18, Arrangements for speaker: re now being made by the chairman r. Ta W. Glazebrook, and these will | be announced in detail later. | " The first serviee will probably b |addressed by Bishop Freeman. "~ Various m s of the city, rey {res denomination: will t, as they hav {done i also expected ithat at services thers will be epc ome of the jeity's best turther in- i formation desired can ured fron Dr. W. L. Darby, 941 Woodward buil ling. These services have bee successful in the past that a greal many persons are already looking forward to them with much intere BIBLE CLASS MEMBERS TO HOLD CONFERENCE Will Discuss Methods and Organi zation at Meeting at Mount Vernon Church. o The Men's and the Women's Or; ized B ociations will b 4 joint midwinter conference to dis- cuss methods of class work and clase organization next Tucsday cvening in non Methodist Episcopal K streets northwesr. The plan tional serv and later ¢ ithe women's sided over by is to hold a joint dewo- - beginning at 7 o'clock, de into two conferences. conference to be pre- E. H. De Groot, jr president of the Sunday School Coun- cil of Relizious Education, whil { Homer J. Courcilor, president of the Men's Orz: 1 ass Asso- ation, he men's { conference This menting is open to all teach ers, officers and members of local = Y. M. C. A. NEWS “Jesus’ Death and Burfal’ will be the subject of an illustrated lecture at the Central morrow aft w to both men and women i MeK. Etchison, religious worl director of the Y. M. A.. will spea! before the Omo ol of Brightwoo. M. E. Church tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. The public is invited 1o attend two lpctures given at Calvary Baptist Churel orrow under the of 11 ool of Religious of th M C. A Rev. H ton Hayes will speak 4 “d Men. By | Miteheil Teet, the Believer. BEGINS SERMON SERIES. { Second Baptist Church Pastor An- nounces Topies. At the Second Baptist Church, 4t street and Virginia avenue southeast tomorrow night a series of sermon: on “The Prodigal Son in Modern Life will be besun. The subject tomorrow night will be, “The Desire for Liborty and Its Dangers.” Other subjects the serics will be, “Where Is th Far Country?" “The Most Expensiv. Business in the World,” “Life in th Underworld” and “The Man Without : Friend.” A epecial feature of the sery tomorrow night will be the sin ing of a large male chorus. The morn ing sermon subject of Ellis « { Primm, wiil be, “How in Other. i for Christ.” HOME,” PASTOR’S TOPIC. Dr. Briggs to Begin Sermon Series Tomorrow Night. Rev. Dr. John . Briggs preac tirst of four Sunday evening ser- mons on “Home" tomorrow night at ¥ifth Baptist Church, the theme be- ing “Friends of the Home." Pr ceding the sermon there will be a pageant by the intermediate B. Y. ¥ The sermon subjects will be, “Ene mies of the Home,” March 9: “Christ jess Homes and a Homeless Chrisi.’ March i6: “The Heavenly Home. March 28. Dr. Briggs will preach the morning service also and admi:, ister the ordinane “baptism at th beginning of the cvening service INSULATION VAL Denninc £:45 on “God rrY Dawsc “Christ and | j i 06 the ON VALUABLE. ‘Wall Protection in Winter and Summer Is Good. The value of insulation is & proved fact. A great many experiments have been ruan by testing laboratorie: to determine the merits of various materials used in this way. Insulat- ing manufacturers report enor- mous distribution of thelr products | in the zone south of the Great Lakes, ! chowing th. 1 is beinz used even Uhe winters ar. | not generally severe. Insulate also a protection from sun mer heat. ‘WILL STUDY PARISH ISSUE. “What Constitutes a Successful | Partsh?” is the subject for discussion t the meeting of the Young People’s Society of the Church of the Epiphany tomorrow evening. Miss Susan Braddy will be the leader, LOWREY WILL LECTURE. Representative B. G. Lowrey of Mississippi is to deliver a lecture on “Black Sunshine,” or “Negro Hum and Philosophy,” at 8 p.m. Wednexsday at St. Paul's English Lutheran Church,