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RELEP.WROT WL LEAVE Y Georgetown Church Rector| Will Assume Duties in War- ren, Pa., Next Month. Rev. E. Pinkney Wroth, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Georgetown, | has accepted a call to the rectorship of Trinity Memorial Church, Warren, Pa He s expected to assume his new duties | some time in January. He has been rector of the George- town church five years. During this period Christ Church has oversubscrib- ed its quota for the church program and in the past vear headed the entire list of churches in the diocese of Wash- ington. The services tomorrow evening will be at 7:30 o'clock. A new altar prayer- book, presented in memory of Capt. | Allen Matthews, for many years a mem- ber of the church, was dedicated Christ- mas eve. A memorial endowment was also provided to replace the altar prayerbook when necessary. Prayer- books were aiso given by a friend in | memory of the late Mrs. Indiana Bryant. | TURKISH POLICE FORCED TO ACT AS DAY NURSES ‘Women Attending Compulsory Bchools Leave Childre in Is- tanbul Stations. ISTANBUL, Turkey ().—Turkey's alphabet schools for adults are turning police stations into day nurseries. It started like this: A policeman knocked at a little house in a poor quarter of Istanbul. A woman opened the door. “How old are you?” the policeman asked abruptly. “Thirty-five.,” the woman replied. “Then put on your hat and come to school.”* ‘The woman objected that she had five.amali children whom she could not leave alone. The policeman was ob- durate, the law definite. The woman wouild be subjected to a heavy fine and even to imprisonment if she did not go to school and learn her ABC's. Later she appeared at the nearest Police station with five urchins in tow. ““You,policemen make me leave home and go to school,” she said, “and so may Allah strike me blind if you don’t look after these ‘children until I get o This woman's move gave a cue to hundreds of other school-going mothers and the bewildered policemen could find' no way to extricate themselves from their nursemaid roles. —_— BAPTISTS CALL PASTOR. Rev. W. A. Randolph Will Succeed Rev. L. E. Kaiser. Rev. W. A. Randolph has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Walker Me- morial _Baptist _Church, Thirteenth street, between U and V streets. He succeeds Rev. L. E. Kaiser, who recent- | 1y resigned to take charge of a church in Plainfield, N. J. The new pastor was recently pastor | of a church at Arlington, Va, He will Nssume his duties Januery 1. DR. FULTZ TO PREACH. Pennsylvania Conference Official | Speaks at Memorial Church. Dr. Charles E. Fultz, superintendent | of the Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church, of which the Memorial United Brethren Chureh; | North Capitol and R streets, is a ‘part, will occupy this pulpit and preach at both the morning and evening services tomorrow. This church was served by Dr. Fultz as pastor for 17 years. He s serving his fifth year in the superin- tendency. YOUNG PEOPLE SPEAK. Conduct Forum at Evening Services of Christian Church. At the Pifteenth Street Christian Church tomorrow the pastor, Dr. 8. Read McAlpin, will speak in the morn- ing on the subject, “Looking Forward.” ‘The night service will be under the auspices of the young pecple of the church. The speakers at this service will be William Lambert and Chatham Melchoir, and the pastor will speak on “The Young Man's Vision.” —_— | “YEAR GROWS” IS TOPIC. Contata to ;e_l’resenttd by Grace | Lutheran in Evening. “As the Year Grows Old" will be the theme of the sermon tomorrow ot Grace Lutheran Church by the pastor, Rev. Gerhard E. Lenski. In the evening at 8 o'clock a Christ- mas cantata, “The Birth of Christ,” will be presented. AT~CLEVEI:AND PARK. “Christmas Pilgrims” Subject of Morning Sermon. | l George Farnham will preach | ¢ morning on “Christmas Pil- | grims” at the Cleveland Park Congre- | Church. The evening service will be at 6:30 o'clock. The Dante lectures will be resumed Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. TO SPEAK ON ‘AFTERGLOW’ | Rev. Bernard Braskamp, pastor of | the Gunton-Temple Memorial Presby- terian Church, will take for his subject | tomorrow morning “The Afterglow of Christmas " The Young People’s Christian En-| deavor Societies will meet at 6:45 pm The midweek prayer service will be held on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. ST SERMON TO JUNIORS. At the Takoma Park Baptist Church Rev. William E. La Rue, pastor, will preach tomorrow at 11 a.m.. a sermonet to the children on “Presents Without Mon The regular sermon is “The ‘Three-Way View of Life.” A cantata will be presented at 8 pm. “Counting Cost” Is Topic. At the Third Baptist Churcn, Fifth and Q streets, tomorrow Dr. George Bullock’s topic_at 11 am Have Written I Have Written, 8 pm, “Counting the Cost.” There will be watch services at 8 p.m. Tues- day. Bible school, 9:15 am.; Junior C, E. Society, 4 pm.; I C. E. Society, 5 pm.; Senior C. E. Society, 6 pm.: rayer meeting Tuesday, 8 to 10 pm.; . 'P. prayer meeting Thursday, 8 to 9 pm. Gospel Story Pageant. A religious pageant, embracing the Gospel story from the vision of Zacha- rias in the temple to th: arrival of the wise men at the mangr, arranged, staged and directed by Rev. Meads Bolton Mac Bryde, will be given in Grace Episcopal Church, Ninth and D streets southwest, tomorrow at 8 p.m. Rev. FELLOWSHIP THROUGH ‘WORSHIP. fah, viif1-12 Nehem! iv.1, 2; Psalms, ; Ma ‘Hebrews, x.19-25, “‘He entered, His custom was, into the syna- gogue upon the Sabbath day.”— Luke, iv.16. We conclude our three-month course of study in “Some Social Teachings of the Bible” with this week’s lessons. Each of these lessons has emphasized some definite social duty, but the great- est of all possible social activities is found in this week's study. Every soul born into the world has a desire to worship God. While it is possible for one to worship the Lord alone, and there are times when we must be alone with God 1f we would express the deepest emotions of our souls in prayer, yet in those solitary moments when one is alone with God “in the solitude of the closet, on the lonely mountain top, or the dark recesses of the forest.” one carries into that valley of silence the influence of others. One cannot get y even in thosc sacred moments the' molding influence of one's rents, associates and religlous instruc- Worship may be solitary. but a study of the sacred Scriptures will soon re- veal that God has placed the most em- phasis upon social worship. In that | fellowship faith is quickened and spiritual power developed. It binds in | the closest bonds of spiritual unity and affection. Christian fellowship and friends] born in the worship of the Lord Jesus, are the most sincere, sweet- est and strongest ties that bind human hearts together, ~Christmas _recalled God's greatest gift to men. The birth of the Christ Child in Bethlehem'’s manger revealed God's desire to enter intospiritual fellowship with men of good will everywhere. Throughout the ages “the Father has been seeking true worshipers to worship Him in spirit and in truth. When we bow be- fore Him and adore our Lord and Savior in any congregation of His followers the spirit of unity and fellowship is promoted and the oneness of God's peo- ple is assured. Promoting Religious Worship. Ezra promoted religious worship when he organized the ploneer Bible school. The whole community of fully 45,000 assembled to hear the word of God. Standing upon the first pulpit that had ever been erected, Ezra and his associ- ates read distinctly from the word of God. During the rebuilding of the wall the people were considering only their safety from their enemies. They needed to understand their relationship to Je- hovah and their obligation to worship Him. Having by prayer sought to fit their minds to understand God's law, the sacred Scriptures were read to them distinctly, so that the whole community was swept onward toward a great re- vival. Through the word they learned of God's character and His personal in- terest in their affairs. When they learned of the law given amidst the thunderings of Sinai and grasped God's demands of them, as individuals and a nation, their grief was uncontrollable. They could not be comforted until they heard of God's grace and understood how He would give them an oppor- tunity to put in practice the precepts and principles of His word and law. It is more difficult to secure in our modern Bible schoo's the worship that was given to Jehovah in that pioneer Bible school, Worship is the most important part of our religious life. If one is com- pelled to -choose between attendance upon the Sunday school and the regular meetings of the church for divine wor- ship, one should choose the period of worship in preference to that of study. Micah looked forward, as we see in the selection assigned for our consid- eration from his prophecy, to the com- ing of the Christ. He pictured the dawning of the period that the Chris- tian waits for today, as well as the Jew, who looks for the Messiah's com- ing. Micah saw that when the Mes- sianic King reigned in Jerusalem an era of peace, prosperity and power would come to all people through the influence of His religious rule. His prophecy that the Christ would be born in Bethlehem has been fulfilled, and the world waits eagerly for the coming of the hour when Christ shall return to reign in Jerusalem. In the psalm selected from the Jew- ish hymnal for today's lesson we have one that the people sang on their an- nual pilgrimages up to Jerusalem to participate in their national rcligious festivals and feasts. In the day when this psalm was a popular hymn there existed a union of the religious and civil forces, so that irreligion was con- sidered to be a treasonable offense as well as sinful. The Jewish people hun- gered for the privileges of the temple worship, They longed for the develop- ment of fellowship with God and His people through worship. The temple helped develop their na- tional uniiy, so the psalm breathes a spirit of noble and unselfish patriotism. The worshipers in the temple had an obligation to help support the nation's religious and civil life. All the faith- ful worshipers of Jehovah within the temple felt their personal responsibility to help maintain the divine place of worship in Jerusalem, just as every worshiper has the duty to help in the support of his own church and ad- vancement of God's kingdom among men and nations. Public Worship. When the temple was destroyed and the sacrifices could mo longer be offered, there were many Hebrews scattered abroad, whose faith was weakened. In the epistle written to them, the writer calls upon these Hebrews to realize that they could still worship God through the presence of the Lord Jesus, who still lived and was accessible to them. There was no reason for them to be shaken in their faith. Through Him they could have access to God's presence and en- 1oy His power and fellowship. through spiritual worship. He informed them that if they were to draw near unto Him with pure heart, having given up living a life of sin through the “appro- priation of God's forgiveness and for- saking all impurities of the heart and hold fast their public profession of faith in the Lord Jesus through the observ- ance of the public worship of the living Christ. There is a stimulation of Chris- tian life and activities through the asso- ciation with God's people and the join- ing of their assemblies in the worship of the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Master made it a regular rule of His life in the flesh to attend the serv- ices of public worship of Jehovah in the synagogues from His early childhood days up to the end of His career. We have not, only His example, but the tes- timony of milllons of His followers to divine worship, where one can share in the songs of praise, prayers and enjoy the instruction from the public inter- pretation of the Bible. There is helpful- ness and great value not only to every member of the church, but to the church itself, when every member makes it the Tule and practice of his life to faithfully attend the services of his church. The church gives us the privilege of sharing in the public wor- ship of our Lord and the opportunity His word, It will give us encouragement and help to carry on His work among men. Christ had a definite mission for His followers. He expresed it in His final or- ders to His church, when He directed them to evangelize the world, enlist all new converts and educate them to ob- serve all that He had commanded and practiced in His ministry. He has placed the responsibility of carrying out His program to win the world for Christ and His church upon His disciples. Un- less we .share in the public worship of . i \ acts of life.” He called upon them to! the value of regular attendance upon i of learning His will and understanding | THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, Sunday School Less_oh Hugh T. Stevenson. His followers, we are apt to fail in our loyalty, love and labor for Him. There is an unlift and endurement of power that comes by our joining the social | services and public worship 6f Christ’s | people that we all need to help us be faithful to Him. Let us.draw near and .worship in sincerity and truth, for our Heavenly father is still seeking such to worship Him and do His will. LEAGUE STRIVES Tariff Truce Scheme of Eco- nomic Group Attracts Attention. the world has been watching momentous events in international politics—chiefly concerned with Anglo-American rela- tions and naval questions—the League of Nations in the last quarter of 1929 has been carrying out an extensive economic program. Leaders of the League's economic work, pleased and hopeful because of their political brethren’s apparent progress toward disarmament and security, are striving to develop a spirit of economic contribution to world peace. Widest interest perhaps attaches to launching of the scheme for a “tariff truce.” The League's economic com- mittee has framed a draft treaty for the proposed customs armistice, and governments of all countries have been asked to give their opinions as to the advisability of holding a diplomatic con- ference as a further step. Experts Meet Next Year. ‘The economic committee also has ar- ranged to convene early in 1930 a meet- ing of experts from all parts of the world to study agricultural industries, which are sald to be generally in a poor state. The fiscal committee, which, like the economic committee, has an American member, has contributed a plan for eliminating double taxation and another plan fer abolishing taxation on touring automobiles in foreign countries. A multilateral agreement for equal treatment of foreigners was devised at Paris in November by a conference held under League auspices. Questions in- volved in this co-operative move also are largely economic. Another _League-engendered _confer- ence at Paris hopes to give effect to the treaty for abolition of import and export restrictions and prohibi- tions, which the United States has ratified. ‘These activities are the work of the League secretariat. The international | labor office, the League's institution | which deals with industrial matters, also has been active. Upset Over Coal Situation Anxious because of the chaos in the European coal world, the labor office has summoned for January a meeting of technical experts from nine principal coal-producing countries to make a reconnoitering_ attack on problems in | this basic industry. A survey of living costs in the great industrial cities of Europe has been organized by the labor office. ‘This survey is in response to a request from the Ford Motor Co. of Detroit, which wants information that will serve as a basis for fixing a. wage scale in its projected European factories equivalent to the wage scale for its American plants, The recent maritime conference of the I. L. O. examined conditions af- fecting shipping companies and com- mercial seamen and proposals for im- proving these conditions. The dis- cussions are expected to bear fruit in a later conference at a date yet un- determined. A formula for a world-wide inquiry industry was adopted this month by the textile committee of the interna- tional labor office. It is hoped that this inquiry will ultimately encourage improvement and standardization of conditions of textile factory work, and remove incqualities which are now handicapping the industry in some, European countries. | WHITE PLAGUE FIGHT IS LED BY WOMAN| Eminent Cuban Physician Urges | Intensification of Country’'s Drive Against Tuberculosis. HAVANA (#)—Intensification of | Cuba’s drive against tuberculosis, with especial attention paid to stamping out the white plague among the poor, forms the slogan of Dr. Rita Shelton eminent Cuban woman physican, The young and decidedly attra tive doctor is a specfalist on tuber- cular affictions. She is urging the| government to strenghten the ad- ministration of regulations requir- ing compulsory treatment for lung ail- ments and says that this should start |among the poor,as much of the spread of the diseases is due to conditions that class. Dr. Shelton is also advocating com- pulsory inoculation against tuberculosis | by the Calmete system. ‘But chiefly she would like to see a thorough education of the Cuban population, especially in { methods. Fights White Plague i { 1 | | DR. RITA SHELTON. FOR TRADE AMITY GENEVA, December 28 (K").*“’hlk‘K co-operation among nations as their | into working conditions in the textile | in | the rural regions, on hygienic needs and | | pleased him. | hana. PETERPAN PETURE CHURCH FEATURE New York Pastor to Talk on “Some Men Who Have Never Died.” “Some Men Who Have Never Died" will be the theme of Rev. William S Beard of New York tomorrow at 11 o'clock at the Mount Pleasant Congre- gational Church, 1410 Columbia road. The motion picture service will begin at 7 pm., the feature picture being “Peter Pan.” The Young People’s Discussion Group, in connection with its last two meetings on prison life and industry, will visit the Distriet, Reformatory at Lorton, V: tomorrow, leaving the church at 2:30 p.m. Transportation is available. The Young People's Forum will meet at 5 o'clock for the fellowship hour, having the college students as its guests. At 5:30 o'clock several of the guests will speak on “College Life” and a general discussion will follow. Mr. and Mrs. Lovell will be at home; to the college students and other young | people of the church, 1841 Irving street, | Monday from 8 to 10 p.m. The annual meeting of the League of Service will be held at the church Mon- day evening at 8 o'clock. There will be election of officers and reports by com- ., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1929. “NEW YEAR GOALS" 1S SERMON THEME Dr. Lambeth to Occupy Pul- pit at Mount Vernon Place Church. The services tomorrow at the Mount Vernon Place Church will be conducted by the pastor, Dr. William A. Lambeth. In the morning he will speak on “New Year Goals.” His subject for the eve- ning sermon will be “Losing the Way.” At the service for the junior congre- gation, in the Sunday school auditorium, Bruce F. Gannaway, a member of Mount Vernon Place Churcia, who is now in the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, will speak on “For- ward and Upward.” At 3:20 p.m. the Woman's Missionary Society will hold a service at the Florence Crittenton Home, 4759 Con- duit road. A watch-night service will be held at the church Tuesday, beginning at 11 oclock. Rev. H. R. Deal, junior preacher, will preach on “Looking To- ward the Future.” ‘The Woman's Missionary Society and the Board of Stewards, whose regular meeting night is the first Wednesday of mittee chairmen. Rennie Smith, member of the British | Parliament, will speak on “The Rise of | Ramsay Macdonald” Friday at 8 pm. | The Sire De Maletroit's Door. BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSO! Robert Louis Stevenson, Scoteh novelist and poet, Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Child’s Garden of Vers . was & of “Dr. | ‘Kidnapped," etc. Denis de Beaulieu was not yet twoi and twenty, but he counted himself a| grown man and a very accomplished cavalier into the bargain. He had put up his horse, supped with due delibera- | tion, and then in a very agreeable frame | of mind went out to pay a visit to a| friend. It was not a very wise pro- ceeding. He would have done better to| remain at home in his inn. For the town was full of the troops of Bur- gundy and England under a mixed com- mand, and though Denis was there nn“ safe conduct, his safe conduct was like | to serve him little on a chance en-| counter. It was September, 1429. The weather had fallen sharp. Dennis walked fast. and was soon knocking at his friend’s door, but though he promised himself to stay only a little while, it was al- ready past midnight when he left. Denis was ill-acquainted with the intri- cate lanes of this place. Even by day- light he found some trouble in picking | his way. 1In this absolute darkness he | soon became lost. | Suddenly he saw a light coming to meet him and heard loud voices speak- ing together in the echoing narrows of the lane. It was a party of men-at-| arms going the night round with| torches. Denis assured himself that | they had all been making free with wine and were in no mood to be par-| ticular about safe conducts or the nice- | ties of chivalrous war. It was as like| as not that they would kill him like a dog and leave him where he fell. Un- fortunately, as he turned to beat a retreat, his foot rolled upon a pebble. He fell against the wall with an ejacu-| lation and his sword rang loudly on the | stones. He was pursued. Denis darted into a dark doorway, to draw his sword and back up against| the door to defend himself if nced be.| ‘The door swung inward. Denis took| the unexpected refuge, stepped in, and pushed the door to. Nothing was fur- ther from his thoughts than to close it altogether, but for some inexplicable reason the ponderous mass of oak| whipped itself out of his fingers and| clanked to. ‘When Denis found himself a prisoner —for there was no way to open the door, as he discovered by trying—he sought an explanation. He went to the | only light he could see and entered a large room, where he recognized the arms of the house of Maletroit, a well | known name. He met there the elderly | Sire de Maletroit, who informed him | of & most preposterous arrangement pre- | pared for him. Denis Was to marry the Sire de Male- | troit's niece, whether he would or no— | something about the honor of the fam- ily, all of which was a mystery to Denis The door had been arranged. Dentis| had fallen, quite by accident, into a| trap set for some other man! The Sire de Maletroit introduced Denis to his niece and left him alone with her. The girl turned upon Denis | with flashing eyes. “And what, sir,” she demanded, “may be the meaning of all this?” “God knows,” replied Denis gloomily. “I am a prisoner in this house, which seems full of mad people. More I know not, and nothing do I under- stand.” ‘And, pray how come you here?” she asked. He told her as briefly as he could. “For the rest,” he added, “perhaps you will follow my example and tell me the answer to all these riddles, and| what, in God's name, is like to be the end of it.” She stood silent for a little, and he could see her lips tremble and her tear- less eyes burn with a feverish luster. Then she pressed her forehead in both hand: “Alas! how my head aches!"” she said wearily, “to say nothing of my poor heart. But it s due to you to know my story, unmaidenly as it must seem. I am called Blanche de Maletroit. I have been without a father or mother for—oh, for as long as I can recollect— and, indeed, I have been most unhappy all my life.Three months ago a young captain began to stand near me every day in church. I could see that I I am afraid I am silly, but I was so glad that any one should love me, and when he passed me a letter I took it home with me and read it with great pleasure. He was so anxious to speak with me, poor fellow, and kept asking me to leave the door open some evening, that we might have two words upon the stair. For he knew kow little my uncle trusted me. “My uncle is a hard man, but he is very shrewd. He has performed many feats in war, and was a great person at court. How he came to suspect me I cannot tell, but this morning as we came from mass he took my hand in his, forced it open. and read my little message. When he had finished he gave it back to me with great politeness. It contained another request that I leave the door open, and this has been the ruin of us all. My uncle kept me strictly in my room until evening, and then ordered me to dress myself in| this costume of a bride, as you see me— a hard mockery for a young girl, do you not think so? "I suppose when he could not prevail with me to tell him the young captain’s name he.must have laid & trap for him, into which, alas! you have fallen in the anger of God.” Denis, as became a cavalier, immedi- ately sought out the Sire de Maletroit to tell him that he refused his: niece's Whereupon Denis was con- fronted with a choice—to marry the niece or to be hanged out of one of the high windows at dawn. Such were the rough habits of the period that so emi- nent & man as the Sire de Maletroit could use even such methods to secure his desires, And armed men were about to see that Denis did not escape. ”&c;ln Blanche and Denis were left | | THE EVENING One of World-Famous Works of Literature | upon the floor as he said this. each month, will postpone their meet- ings until January 8. The pastor will conduct the prayer meeting Thursday evening. STORY “You shall not die!" she cried. shall marry me after all.” “You seem to think, madam,” replied Denis, “that I stand much in fear of death.” “Oh, no. no!” she said. “I see you are no poltroon. It is for my own sake. I could not bear to have you slain for such a scruple. “I am afraid,” returned Denis, “that you underrate the difficulty, madam. What you may be too generous to re- fuse I may be too proud to accept. In a moment of noble feeling you forget what you perhaps owe to others.” ‘He had the decency to keep his eyes She stood silent for a moment, then walked suddenly nwng. and, sitting down in a chair, fairly burst out sobbing. Denis was in the acme of embarrassment. He look around as if to seek for inspira- tion, and, seeing a stool, plumped down upon it. There he sat and waited for the dawn. Oftener and oftener as the time went on did his glance settle on the girl. Her “You |face was bowed forward and covered with her hands, and she was shaken at intervals by the convulsive shakings of grief. Even thus she was not an un- pleasant object to dwell upon, so plump and yet so fine, with a warm brown skin and the most beautiful hair, Denis thought, in the whole world of woman- kind. Her hands looked infinitely soft and caressing. He remembered her blue eyes, covered now. And the more he dwelt on her perfection the uglier death looked and the more deeply was he smitten with penitence at her con- tinued tears. Now he felt that no man could have the courage to leave a world which contained so beautiful a crea- ture, and now he would have given 40 minutes of his last hour to have un- said his cruel speech, “‘Come hither to the window,” he said with a sigh. “Here is the dawn.” The daylight kept flooding insensibly out of the East, which was soon to grow Incandescent and cast up that red-hot cannon ball, the rising sun. Denis looked out over all this with a bit of a shiver. He had taken Blanche's hand—they had somehow grown éloser to each other during their mostly silent communion there the two long hours preceding the dawn—and retained it in his almost unconsciously. “Has the day begun already?” she sald. And then, illogically enough: “The night has been so long! Alas! What shall we say to my uncle when he returns?” “What you will,” said Denis. And he pressed her fingers in his. She was silent. “Blanche,” he said with a swift, un- certain, passionate utterance, “you have seen whether I fear death. You must know well enough that I would as gladly leap out of that window into the empty air as lay a finger on you with- out your free and full consent. But if you care for me at all, do not let me lose my life in a misapprehension, for I love you better than the whole world. And, though I will die for you blithely, it would be like all the joys of Paradise to live on and spend my life in your service.” As he stopped speaking a bell began to ring loudly in the interior of the house, and a clatter of armor in the | corridor showed that the mén-at-arms were returning to prevent Denis' es- cape, and the time was at an end. “‘After all that you have heard?” she whispered, leaning toward him with her lips and eyes. “I have heard nothing,” he replied. “And your pride?” “It is a small love that shies at a little pride.” “The captain's name was Florimond de Champdievers,” she said in his ear. “I did not hear it,” he answered, taking her supple body in his arms and covering her wet face with kisses. A melodious chirping was audible be- hind, followed by a beautiful chuckle, and the voice of the Sire de Maletroit wished his new nephew a good morning. | LAUGHTER FOUND HELP TO GERMAN PHYSICIANS Definite Therapeutic Benefits Fol- low Production of Roaring Comedy in Hospital. BERLIN, December 28 (#).—Laughter has been added to the curative agents in the Charite Hospital here. It happened rather accidentally after a theatrical company had given a per- formance for “chair cases” and patients able to navigate on crutches. “A Jump Into Matrimony” was the farce, and it caused gales of merriment, many in the audience having their first laughs in months. In many of the cases, moreover, the doctors found the effects of the laugh- ter of distinct therapeutic value, Con- :mu:mly there are to be periodic repe- ons of such performances. MEXICO FREEZES “KICK” FROM NATIONAL DRINK Pulque Refrigeration, Ordered by Health Department, Lessens Potency of Brew, MEXICO CITY, December 28 (#).— After trying for & year to find some means of discouraging the consumption mercial seamen and proposals for im- of pulque, the potent “home-brew” bev- crage of this country, the government Has found a system as simple as Columbus’ method of makin an egg stand on end. The de| ent of health has ordered all pulqueries or native saloons in the feal“.!l district to sell only ice cold pulque. Refrigeration, it has developed, de- prives pulque of its inebriating powers, , Religious Questions DISCUSSED BY Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. Q. Upon what grounds do you base your recent statement “if God is the father of men, the Church is their mother?” | I never attend church and I advise | others not to do so. It's a worn-out | institution. What are the reasons for your state- ment? A. The statement you quote was not coined by me. It was originally made by one of the mightiest and wisest minds of the race—St. Augustine, the fllus- trious Bishop of Hippo, the saint, phi- losopher, theologian and statesman of God, who transformed Western civili-| zation. I believe St. Augustine was right, for the following reasons: ‘The church brings an authentic mes- sage concerning God, which leads to the secret of all worthwhile living. It recognizes the universal hunger for God and the possibility of communion with | Him. It reveals God as a living, per- lsonnl force and offers a partnership suith Him in the completion of the task [GF pertecting the world. ‘The, church confers acquaintanceship with the great spirits of the past. In the lives of prophets and heroes and in the life of Jesus Christ the church hojds up the ideals by which character and achievement may be measured. In the call to build the kingdom of God on earth, the church presents the basic| purpose which gives deeper meaning w. everything men do. It releases through human lives the transforming power of God. It gives men a long and balanced perspective of life—from the great civil- izations of the past to the great eterni- ties beyond. The church crefltes a fellowship with the great host of believers throughout the world, thus affording it an oppor- tunity to work with other men for the cultivation of the spiritual life and for increasing the stock of goodness in the world through membership in an or- | ganization which thinks in terms of world relations. It is the oldest and most honorable institution in existence. There is no government, business, society or alliance of interests that touches so many people in so many ways as or- ganized religion. In spite of its acknowledged weak- nesses the church is the noblest insti- tution that has ever been founded upon this earth for the promulgation of spiritual ideals and their application to life. No other institution of any char- acter whatsoever can compete with it in the earnest and inspiring loyalty it \ll;lns created and sustained in its mem- | bers. The church produces a comradeship of worshipers. While it urges private devotion, it brings men together so that they may receive the inspiration which comes from their united petitions, and | { to this end it provides a vast stor house of alds, so that they may “prac. tice the presence of God.” radeship is the most universal brother- hood in existence. It embraces all | classes of men, from the humblest penitent to the most gifted saint, and | includes all humanity, regardless of ;{‘ank. creed, color or economic condi- | tion, | . The church gives to men the most | Inspiring task in the world, by placing before them a view of life which lifts { them out of themselves and relates | them to vast purposes, based on a world- | wide program of socfal adjustment, | | sanctioned and empowered by religion. | | It offers modern men a fighting chance | {in the great struggle to improve the | conditions of life here on earth, and urges them to devote their best talents, keenest wisdom and_highest genius to making this world what it ought to be. | The church thus offers the greatest | moral adventure in human experience, | because it gives men a program for per- | sonal living, a social passion that will | build a new social order, a vital contact with the inspiring elements of culture, a faith that destroys all fear, a source of power unparalleled, a place of leader- ship for every man who possesses real ability and an assurance of ultimate victory. The church' is 'the medium of fel- lowship with Christ in all the affairs of life, giving men a clearer unde:- standing of His mind, for it is through Christ that they come to know God, ;fld by her discipline become more like im. The church offers to men a solution of the problem of sin and gives com- fort and strength when trials come and sorrows weigh upon the heart, an enlargement of life's meaning and guidance in life’s endeavors. The mes- sage of courage and hope, the gift of wisdom in times of perplexity, the promise of ‘spiritual peace and or emancipation from ignorance through the truth which makes all men free, are the blessings she confers upon the righteous. . Where do St. Matthew and St. Luke get authority for the doctrine of the virgin birth and the immaculate ‘conception? None of the other apostles | even mention these matters. ‘The doctrine of the immaculate conception is not advanced by these evangelists. It is a formulated doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, definea as “of faith” by Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854. For its terms con- sult the fourteenth volume of the elev- enth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica at pages 334-335. You should also mark the careful distinc- tion there drawn between original or racial and actual or personally in- curred sin. The doctrine itself was not explicitly suggested before the twelfth century. But the fathers of the church seem to have favored the sinlessness of our Lord’s mother. St. Augustine, strongly as he emphasized sin, declared: “As regards the Mother of God, I will noc allow any question whatever of sin.” Here he is speaking, however, of ractual or personal sin, and not of the original taint derived from our first parents. He adds that he does not know but that Mary may have had sufficienc grace to overcome sin of every sort. There have been men and women who professed entire deliverance from sin and their manner of living went far to establish the reality of their pro- fession. The doctrine of the sinlessness of the virgin in and from birth was not uni- versally accepted by the scholars of the | church'and was even opposed by such | great doctors as St. Thomas and St. Bonaventura. It gradually prevailed, however, in Western Catholicism. The virgin birth was not a part of the Gospel of St. Mark, but it is re- lated in_the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke. It is the orthodox faith | of the church, and those who affirm it insist that the ultimate authority for the fact has been the virgin hersclf. Since the written narratives of the birth were M circulation. within the | lifetime of members of our Lord'’s house- | hold, it is a fair inference that had the account been erroneous they would have contradicted it. Those who feel some doubts concern- ing the literary evidence, as you may do, nevertheless find that the harmony of the doctrine with the incarnation, the atonement and the sacraments are | Whose wife of the seven would she be at_the résurrection? In so far as it ‘was sincere, the query | was_based upon the supposition that earthly relations continue hereafter. Christ’s reply showed that in so far as those relations are not purely spiritual, they cannot obtain in the future life of blessedness. There all are a‘unl in | a sublimated fellowship utterly di vuudl of physical characteristics. They “neither marry ner are given in mar- riage,” but attain a celestial rank pos- sible only to emancipated souls, and “are the angels of God.” And I add that no greater light than this wonder- | ful answer given is cast upon the social | future of believing souls. Q. If nature. abhors a vacuum, why should God be so ready to permit a soul to be wasted” Are we to have a short life here and eternal idleness in Heaven or torment in hell? I'll admit a temporary Heaven of bliss- ful emotion may come from the belief in the “saving blood of the Lamb” and a hades of worry from fear of hell, but how do you account for any permanent results except as ordalned by a man’s own actions? A. There is no justification, either theological, scriptural or philosophical, for the idea of eternal idleness in Heaven. Nor is it in harmony with Jesus' conception of God as our Father to suppose that souls are eternally tor- mented in hell. There are references in the New Testament to ‘“everlasting fire,” but these mean that certain dis- ciplinary processes go on indefinitely, since there is an endless procession of persons needing purification or dis- cipline. Comparatively speaking, man's life here is very short when measured by the eternities which have preceded and | which will follow our brief day on earth. It is not God but we cursclves who are so ready “to permit a soul to be wasted.” He continually urges us by His spirit, also through the Scriptures and human experience, to make life count for something here and to prepare our- selves for the next stage in our spiritual progress. ‘Two factors contribute to the perma- ! nent growth of character one achleves in this life—first, voluntary efforts, and secondly, those complementary spiritual influences called “grace” by theologians, and a diversity of names by scientists, sociologists and psychologists. Such growth of soul is obtainable only when one strives with all the power of his own being and in co-operation with God's purpose in Christ for man’s spirit- ual redemption. A mariner may set his sails, but without the wind of heaven he is becalmed. CHEVY CHASE SERMON TO BE ‘WHAT’S RIGHT?’ Dr. Clark Announces Programs for Other Services and Party. “What's Right With the World?" will | be the subject of the sermon at 11 o'clock tomorrow by the pastor, Rev. Edward O. Clark, at.the Chevy Chase Baptist Church. The title of the junior sermon will be “The Door Without a Key."” 3 Mr. Clark’s subject at 7:45 p.m. will be “My Shepherd,” which will be based upon the first verse of the Twenty-third Psalm. The usual Thursday evening meeting will be held Tuesday from 9 to 12 p.m. in the form of a watch night service. The Senior B. Y. P. U, together with leaders of other church organizations, will .have charge of this meeting, A feature of the service at the dawning of the new year will be the unveiling of the church motto for 1930. A Christmas party for the beginners" and primary departments of the church | school will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at the church. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PLANS WATCH SERVICES Motion Picture Entertainment Will Follow Informal Social. : Watch night services will be held in the Eastern Presbyterian Church Tues- day from 9 to 12 o'clock. There will be an informal social, followed by mov- ing pictures, and devotional service. Dr. A. E. Barrows, the pastor, will speak tomorrow morning on “Mountain Climbers” and in the evening on “The Three Taverns.” Monday afternoon the beginners’ de- partment will hold a- Christmas party in the Sunday school room and in the evening the junior department will hold a Christmas party. The Ladies’ Aid Society will meet Friday evening. BIBLE CLASSES COMPETE. Two Baptist Churches Engage in Friendly Membership Contest. ‘The men's Bible classes of the Pet- worth and of the Brookland Baptist Churches are engaged in a friendly membership contest. Three groups of men are being interviewed, 1.e., absentee members of the classes, members of the churches who are not attending Sunday school and men in the communities who are not attached to any church or Bible class. ‘The present credit standing of the classes is as follows: Brookland, 144 points; Petworth, 201 points. At the close of the contest the winning class will be served a dinner by the losing | class. QUESTIONS About The Bible 1. To what building did the mob take Christ after the trial? 2. Who were housed in this struc- ture? 3. Did Christ's accusers enter the judgment hall? 4 5. What did Pilate ask of the mob? 6. What was the answer? 7. What was Pilate's demand of them? 8. Why could the Jews not act on this demand? 9. What took place then? 10. Where are these things recorded? deciding factors for its acceptance. | From every viewpoint, it is a divine | mystery to be received on faith. Have you observed that St. John and | St. Paul, the two great theologlans of the New Testament, place Jesus in & far more exalted category than even the virgin birth indicates® The former speaks of his Lord as the Eternal Word of the Father, without beginning or ending. The latter hails Him as the Creator and Judge of the Universe, Q. What is your interpretation of yerses 27 to 36 in chapter xx of St. Luke's Gospel? A. The Sadducees were the material- ists of our Lord's time, who rejected the survival of personality after death. Therefore, they placed a hypothetical difficulty before Him for solution. Seven brothers, in obedience to Mosaic law, married one woman in succession, in order to perpetuate the family. ‘The answers to these questions will be found below. How many can you answer? 1. To the Antonia Citadel. 2. Pilate, the Roman governor, and also the barracks of the Roman garri- 3. No. 2 4. To enter {it would have defiled . “What accusation bring you against this man?” 6. “If he were not a malefactor we wnulfl_ not have delivered Him up to thee. 7. “Take ye Him and judge Him ac- cording to your law.” 8. It was unlawful for them to put & man to death. 9. Pilate conversed in private with Jesus. 10. St. Matf John, chapter thew, chapter xxvil; St. xvill, 9 “FLIGHT OF YEARS 1S PASTOR'S TOPIC Fourth Presbyterian Church Will Have Watch Night Service Tuesday. At the 11 o'clock services tomorrow in Fourth Presbyterian Church, Thir- teenth at Fairmont street, the pastor, Dr. James H. Miers, will take as his subject “The Flight of the Years.” Spe- cial reference will be made to the cén- tury of Fourth Church's growth in ‘Washington. At the evening service, at 8 o'clock, the sermon subject will be, “The Stlence in Heaven.” This is one of the series of sermons suggested by the Book of Revelation. Dr. Miers will spedk in the course on church history Wednesday evening \txgnn "R‘curm;muuon Times,” and at 8:30 ere Wi e a meeting for study in ilhe Book of Hebrews, 2 a6 | , There will be a prayer meeting Thurs- day evening, the subject in-the study of the Psalms being the Thirteenth Psalm. The watchnight meeting will begin Tuesday night at 9 % {4 o'clock in Kelly Hall with a program of music, readings and short addresses. At 10 o'clock the con- | gregation and guests will adjourn to the church basement for refreshment. At 11 o'clock the prayer meeting will com- mence in the church auditorium, under direction of the pastor. Arrangements are being handled by Willlam W. Tuckey, Colin Livingstone, Mrs. Harry Blake, Mrs. W. B. Hutton, Miss Evelyn Webb, David T. Black and C.'T. Clay- n on. At the Sunday services of the Sunday school, 9:30 o'clock, special progr have been prepared by the adult ciass, led by Frank L. Middleton, and the Miers class. The class discussion will be upon the subject “The True Receiv- ing of the Holy Ghost.” At the Christian Endeavor meeting Miss Anne Brooks, a member of the so- clety now engaged -in home mission work, will lead and give a special ad- dress, Preceding the mecting there will be a tea at 6 o'clock. ILLUSTRATED SERIES - OF TALKS PLANNED !Dr. Homer J. Councilor to Tell of Holy Land at Central Y. M C. A Dr. Homer J. Councilor, director- of religious education of Calvary Baptis Church and dean of the School of Reli- glon of the Y. M. C. A, will give a serles of six illustrated lectures on the ‘I;Ioli; lgnd ‘;t the Cenlrll‘\fl M. C. A, eginning tomorrow at .m. The pu'li:_l}:c 1? invited. o s e lecture which opens the series will be on “Bethlehem,” and will be illustrated with pictures secured by Dr, Councilor while in Palestine and with motion pictures. All the other lectures also will be’ illustrated. & e The lectures will be given under au- | spices of the religious work department | of the Y. M. C. A., of which Page McK. Etchison is director. In announcing the series Mr. Etchison pointed out re- cent dificulties between the Arabs and the Jews make the lectures very timely. The other lectures will' be given on succeeding Sunday afternoons and will cover these topics: “Nazareth,” *“Tibe- rias,” “Jerusalem” and “Bethany.” Two lectures will b: devoted to Jerusalem, Dr. Councilor is president of the Dis- trict of Columbia Sunday School Asso- clation and of the Organized Bible Class Association. He is an experienced lecturer on_Biblical subjects, : He-re- turned recently from a visit to-Palestine. “IN FEAR OR IN FAITH” TO BE TOPIC TOMORROW Evening Services of Takoma Park Church Under Christian Endeavor, - “In Fear Or in Faith?” will be the subject of the sermon_tomorrow m:hn- ing at 11 o'clock in the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, by the pastor, Rev. R. Paul Schearrer. The 8 o'elock | service will be under the auspices of the Senior C. E. Society. Page Mg dre gbcl:uon,flx;el lous work dlrecu:;‘ -f. ll.; inary, New York Oity, Homer G. Smith wil assist the pastor in_conducting the service. . The other appointments for the day are as follows: Church school, 9:3v o'clock; adult Bible classes, 9:45 o’clack; the Intermediate O. E. Soclety, led by Eleanor Dodd, 6:30 o'clock. g The midweek service of prayer and Bible study will be conduct by the pastor Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The Light Bearers will meet Friday at 4 o'clock and the Boy Scouts Friday at 7:30 o'clock. iy . CHURCH WILL ARRANGE ° FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES Officers and Committee Members of First Baptist to Meet Thursday Night. At Pirst Baptist Church next Thurs- day evening at 8 o'clock all church offi- cers and members of committees are ex- pected to be present. The work for the New Year will be discussed and ar- rangements made for various activities. The Sunday school, E. H. Hufchins, superintendent, will meet tomorrow at 9 o'clock. - The B. Y. P. U. social will be at 6 pm. Educational and devo- tional program at 6:45 o'clock. Dr. Samuel Judson Porter's subject tomorrow morning will be “The Un- sleeping Best Within Us.” His evening theme will be “The Secret Guest.” MISSIONARY TO SPEAK. Rev. R. Neilson Muir at Mount Vernon Place Church Next Friday. The principal speaker next Friday at 2 p.m. at the meeting of the Woman's Interdenominational Missionary Federa- tion, in Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South, will be Rev. R. Neilson Muir, missionary under the South Africa General Mission, from Angola, Portu- guese West Africa. The program is in charge of Mrs. Joseph E. Angel of All Saints’ Protestant Episcopal Church. Mrs. John Newton Culbertson, president of the federation, will preside. The meeting will be open to the publie. 3 CENTENNIAL BAPTIST. Special Evangelistic Services to Begin January 5. “Some Stories That Make Us Laugh and Learn” will be related tomorrow night at 8 o'clock b;.!uv‘ E. Hesz The 11 0clok morming Semen st e 11 o'clock m sermon subject is “Special Cheer for Christians." m The several socleties of the Baptist Young People’s Union meet at .7 P and the Sunday school at 9:30 spech‘f evangelistic services begin uary Jan-