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EVENING TJEBGlSR-.HtXJADliJL'PH'IA", SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 36, lolS.
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CHURCHES AND THEIR WORKERS - RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES OF ALL DENOMINATIONS
"BILLY" SUNDAY'S
PLAN OF WINTER
CAMPAIGN IN CITY
Ministers Will Discuss Pro
gram of Evangelist's Work
at Central Y. M. C. A. on
Monday.
Initial plans for the cnmpalffn to bo
waged by "Billy" Sunday, tbc bascbnll
evangelist. In this city the coming win
ter, tv lit be discussed at a mass meet
ing of tho ministers of the city In tins
Central Y. SI. C. A. on Monday at II
o'clock. The Icev. fleorBe O. Dowry,
who was seeiotnry of Mr. Sunday's
campaign In Scrnnton last year, will be
present and outline the program It is j
hoped to carry out to make the mcM- I
lugs In Philadelphia greater successes
than any the evangelist has ever held.
There has been much discussion of
the after-effect of the Sunday visits,
nnd, following an extensive study of
Sunday's methods and their Immediate
end nfter-efferts In Scranton, the Rev.
Asa J. Kerry, pastor of the Bethany .
Temple Picsbytcrlnn chin ch. 63d and ,
SpriRp streets, hns ptopaied the follow
ing statement of his observations fo.'
Kvkninu I.EtMinit readers: '
"It was m.v pilvilege to visit Scranton
ilurlng the Sunday meetings, and I was
thoroiiRhlv convinced th.it Mr. Sunday
was producing results, but I had some
doubts as to thoi, permanence. I whs,
ffifje Jf ricubtp $atfj
How often we hear people any:
"I'm so sorry! If I had only known'
1 can't forget my mistake," nnd
scores of other expressions of regret
because of their failures. We sec
them going nbout with hanging heads,
frowning brows and sndness written
on their faces.
Are you one of these? Wo sincerely
hope you are not.
If n man's mind la filled constants
with thoughts of "what might have
been" there will be no room with him
for thoughts of "whnt Is to be."
IJvery man must build hla future
on thoughts of It. No one should
waste his time living with regrets,
for, as the poet has said:
"Time's the thing life's made of."
And no matter how great may be
the regrets over our past we can live
worth-while lives only by keeping
ourselves strong and ambitious b cm
ploying the sttcngth that comes
through looking out for tomorrow.
Nothing hns ever been gnlncd b
any man through living in the sad
ness of his yesterdays.
Wo once heard a hoary-headed pro
fessor a philosopher sny:
"Young men, don't tnlk when you
have nothing to sny. Words are of
such gicat value that Idle talk crowds
out thoughts that may do invaluable
good."
Just so with our thoughts. 1,rt u
prevent the useless ones of regret
from crowding out of our minds those
noble ambitions that make us of ser
vice to our fellows nnd ourselves and.
therefore, men In fact as well as In
name.
Let us follow the path that lends
through tho valley of hope, where the
"iinshlne of Impplness Is sifted gently
through the broad branches on oak
trees ot thought. PHILLIPS.
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BIDDLE BIBLE CLASSES BUSY
THE REV. W. A. SUNDAY
Former baseball player, who has
Jecome a great evangelist. He is to
conduct a campaign here the coming
winter.
Number of Meetings Are Scheduled
For the Morrow.
The annual autumn meeting of the di
recting first vice presidents and counsel
lots of the Drexel Kiddle Bible Classes
of the Middle Atlantic States will be held
at the summer home at Lansdowne this
evening. There will be about !C0 men
from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
and Philadelphia in attendance. The Rev.
Dr. Floyd W. Tonkins. lnternatlon.il
chaplain and chairman of the ndvHon
Iiom !, will preside, and A. J. Proxel Rid
dle will speak. Plans for the winter's
work will be made.
- A city rally Is to be held at Pnlmerton,
Pn., tomorrow, wtipn II. Frederick Wil
son, managing director of tho Middle At
lantic States, and J. DeWItt Jobborn, In
ternational director ot field extension,
will be the speakers. There will be serv
ices throughout the day, one of the most
Important being a men's mass meeting
In the afternoon, at which the Rev. Mor
gan A. Peters, pastor of the First Re
formed Church, of Pnlmerton, will per
slde. C. Alvln Spald". captain of the Holy
Trinity baseball team of the Bible
Classes' League, will speak at the men's
meeting at D:30 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing on "The ln!lunre of Christian Teach
ings on the Baseball Field."
The first of a series of round table
conferences of the teachers of the Drexel
Riddle classes In Camden will be held
In Trlnltv Methodist Church. Camden, on
Thursday nlcht. Mr. Riddle nnd K. H.
Mill' will lead In the talks The meet
ings of the ertos will be open to all.
Mr. Blddle will be the preacher at
the evening service in Wiley Methodist
Chinch. Camden, tomorrow night.
therefoie, cr.-ntlv j leased to have the
opportunitv nf studin., them at first
hand while uipl m-,- the First Piesby
terlan Church during the summer. Tho
follow in-' fa-n- specially Impressed me:
"First. Billy Sunday had made it easy
to talk about rlumn Months after the
campaign one could approach the ques
tion of personal religion, via the 'Billy
Sunday route." with ulmost any one, and
nlmost nn where The dinner tables of
rich and poor alike, the stores and of
flcea. the hotels nnd restaurants, the
street cars anil trains, the mines them
selves, all seemed to offer open doors
Into the religious world. It was as eatv
to talk religion as to talk war, and even
the war itself could not force out tho
Efatt r lnterf-s,'.
'S-'fond. Billv Sunday had electrified
th" cnurclus and their members.
Churches that almost, if not quite, had
closed their doors previous summers,
vwie not onl open, but well nt tended.
The piajer meetings were splendidly at
tended. The men's Bible classes were
particularly large At the First Church,
v hen- previously there had been no sum-in.-r
prayer meetings, piobably the aver
age attendance wan 100. while the men's
H bio class, which hud been very small,
lind grown to u nn mbershlp of more than
200. and the suium- r attendance ran from
TO to ''0. The church congregations wero
phenomenal. The spirit all through the
chuich win mo--t enthusiastic.
"Third. Hill Rund-i had changed the
llv.-s nf multitudes of men. ( snw men
of all sorts, from the superintendents of
mine- to the mine laborers, rich and poor,
ed Kuted and unorant, young und old,
who had been tiu'v 'born again.' Some
of thum had ben notorious sinners, and
now are jut as notorious saints. Th
P.iti.gonUn trail, hm.-i were in thi- First
Chinch on two Sund.i. t-w ningn and told
Ftori.'K of chatiK.-'l lives that were stmplv
m.tiMloua. But the work hud touched
a'l t!ateg.
Fourth. Billy Sunday had Insured
the continuation nt the rvivl by teach
lnr men the po.-,sioility and the Joy of
pi-isonal woik. and bv enrolling them tn
Bible classes and workers' bands. The
revival has be,-n carried on in a manner
!tifetl amazing by groups of 'tr4l
hitters' and others until the whole re.
gion around h is be, n affected for good.
And the end I-. not jet You ought to
luar these men wh.n they come to i'hlla.
d IpIim next month.
'Fifth. The suece.s of the Silly Sun
da. in, vtln.u via in in, small d8ie de-p-ndmt
upon the work done before ha
came, especially the effect of the cot
tuge prayer meetings held all over the
cit. That is a word to tne viae who
desire to have part In the Philadelphia
ork.
"Sl.th.-l am personally convinced that
Hiilv Sunday has Leen rawed up by (Jod
for tin. woik. and thut only Ood's power
working through him an account for the
remits. This Is God's wora. and it is
jiuuvtlous In our eyes."
Y. M. Q. A. NOTES
The first of the autumn scries of meet
ings in the Central Branch V JJ C
will be nddie.sed In the auditorium' tu
morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock by
rllingtou Wood, known as "The Chris
tian Salesman " A II Borell, vloiwint.
will furnish special musk.', and Thomas
JI. Lawton will had the singing.
Mr. Law ton. who. u one of Philadel
phia's foiemcst Bible study leaders, will
iigum lead tlm popular a'unday afternoon
"drop in" 4tud claw at the Central
Brant h The c-Us will meet each Sun
ilay atternoon at 3 o'clock, stalling on
October I.
A couise in wireless telegraphy Is to
be taught in the Wwl Branch Y. M. C. A.
during tliU winter J Cllntun Buck, chair
man "1 i:a 1 iuiutional Committee, has
presented a ihi outlit to the asso
ciation, and SfVua't W CiUuel, eduia
tonal Ulrettoi. i r-t i , u e-nploy an x
p rt teac ier T viil be 3- aubjertet
tsugbt in the li Branch school .luw
cauci jriu
RELIGIOUS BREVITIES
Mrs. Bentamln F. Kunkel ha had a
et of chimes placed In the memorial
organ in St. Matthew's Lutheran Church,
Broad and Mt. Vernon streets. The Rev.
Pr. Edwin Heyl IX-lk will preach to
morrow on "A Christian Agnostic," nnd
at the evening service on " "Safety First"
Plus." Preparatory services will be
held on Friday evening.
Reunion day will be observed In the
Bible school of Trinity Reformed Church,
Broad and Wnango streets tomorrow
nffrnoon nt 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. Iir.
J. M. Isenberg. the pastor, will speak,
and there jvjl! 'je an address by the Rev.
Dr. Chalmers, of the Baptist Educa
tional Board.
The Rev. Dr. D. M. Stearns will re
sume tm-etlngh for the study of the In
ternational Uniform Sunday School les
sons in the hall of the American Sunday
School Union, 1M6 Chestnut htreet, at 1
p. m , on October S. The meetings will
be held at the same hour each Thurs
day. The Rev. J, JI. Palmer, pastor of Mt.
Olive Methodist Church. Eleventh and
Chitstlan streets, will preach tomorrow
morning on "Creation of Church Mt-m-be'idiip"
and In tbe evening ho will prem h
to the members of the beneficial depart
ment of Rohert Bryan Post, No. SO. of
the Grand Army. Prof. Fred Smith and
his choir will furnlrth special music.
Rally day Is to bo observed nt Grace
Reformed Churi h. Eleventh and Hunt
ingdon streets, tomorrow. At 9:30 Thomas
Uiwton will address the Brotherhood nnd
at in-) the pastor will preach a special
vermon on "The Teachers' Tremendous
Task," and all the officers and teacheis
of tho Sunday School are to attend. Pi of.
c. u. Althou'se will address the Sunday
s'hool in the afternoon, nnd In the oven
Ing at T-U the Homo Department will
celebrate its third annivorsary. with Wil
liam '. Orubb, the superintendent .pre
siding. Tomoirow evening at 7:13 o'clock the
Rrv. Samuel P- Ktly. at the request
of the late Rev William Smyth, will
deliver an address in St- Barnabas' Epls.
opal ''hureh. Uh stieet and Hnvertord
avenue, on "The Life and Work of Bishop
Whitaker" The Rev. Mr. Kelly was
minister in charge of St Barnabas for
It years, and a lifelong friend of Bishop
Whitaker. having served under him for
S3 years, in Nevada, Pennsylvania and
while in charge "f St. Luke's, the Ameri
can students' chapel tn the Latin quarter
of Paris, France.
The Voung People s Chrstian Union, of
the Seventh United Prebbyterlan Church,
Orthodox and Ielper streets, Krankford.
will hold a special rally on Tuwlay even
ing at 8 o'clock- There will be speaking,
music and a social hour.
Rally day will be observed in the
Muhlenberg Lutheran church. Broad and
Ituscomb streets, tomorrow, with special
programs at all the services.
The Men's Association of the First
Presbyterian church. Lnnsduwne. at its
first autumn meeting on Thursday even
ing, will tnar a lecture by Dr. W. Ii.
Kennedy, a phyHlcian of thut borough, un
his own experiences and those of other
travelers In Europe during the present
war.
"Why Are Wars Permitted?" wilt be
the subject of a sermon to be preached
tomorrow morning by the Rev. John W.
Stockwell, pastor of the Church of the
New Jerusalem. Krankford. In that
iburi ii
The Rev. George Chalmers Richmond
EASTERN PENITENTIARY AND "PREACHER WARDEN" McKENTY
will preach In St John's Episcopal
Church. Third and Brown strcits. tomor
row morning, on the Mibjcct. "The War
nnd God's Philosophy of It," and In the
evening his sermon will bo on "The Wnr
nnd the Papacy."
With the addition of 10 new members
to the Ninth Presbyterian Church. ."7th
sticet nnd Washington avenue, Inst week,
the congregation has been Incrensed MO
since the church removed to West Phila
delphia. With the feast of St. Vincent tie Paul
tomorrow, the Novcna of Musses, started
n week ago In the Immaculate Concep
tion Church. East Chelten avenue, Ucr
mantown. will come to an end.
Several new Episcopal bishops ate to be
chosen In the early futuic, among them
being one to fill the vacancy existing in
tho diocese of New Jersey. The House
of Bishops is to meet net month In
Minneapolis, Minn., when missionary
bNhops are to be chosen for Nevada,
Spokane and Cuba.
It has been stated that the practice of
ambitious dioceses to draw -successful
men away from the mission fields to their
bishopiics Is to be discouraged, nnd, if
fiotslble, stopped.
Beginning with October 11, the Rev. Asa
J. Ferrv. pastor of Bethany Temple Pres
I'.vteriun Church. 54th and Spruce streets,
is to preach a series of sermons at tho
morning services on "Tile Old Theologj
and the New Religion." Next Sunday Is
to Le members' day. and In the morning
the Rev. Mr. Ferry will preach on "Our
Glorious Heritage." In the evening there
Is to be a rally of the Brotherhood. ati(i
an address will he made by Franklin
Spencer Edmonds.
Bally day is to be observed tomoirow
in Trinity United Evangelical Church,
IHivnl nnd Bayntun streets, at all the
s.rvlres, and the Sundaj School ofliclals
are using all their efforts to have ovory
member prerent. The Rev. S. P. Erismnn,
of Allentiwn. is to speak at the Sunday
school exircl.ses, and will preach both
morning and evening. At the Sunday
rchool terxices un address is ulso to be
made by the I!.v. ,1. P. Acker, who served
as its first pastor. A large violin orches
tra, led by Pi of. Walter Wilson, will fur
nish music. At 7 i. m. the K. L. C. E.
will lie addressed by C. F. Fought, of the
Germant-nin Y. M. C. A., nnd Miss Mar
lon E. Bertolet will sing solos.
A course of evening sermons on "The
World's Debt to Christianity" Is being
preached In the Herman Presbyterian
Church, Frankford, which is working to
uphold its reputation ns the "church
with the big welcome." Rally day is to
be celebrated in tho Sunday school to
morrow, at which there is to be admis
sion by ticket. Each ticket is to form a
link in a haln. The first meeting ot the
Brotherhood will be held next Tuesday
evening. Superintendent George V. Long,
of the Inn-much Mission, is to be tho
spenker llermon Church lias spent
nearly OlftO in renovating the Interior
of the eo"i:le. The auditorium is now ex
cceillnj.i inviting
TO HUMBLE GERMANY
ENGLAND'S OBJECT,
MINISTER BELIEVES
Rev. Dr. Rees, Former
Philadelphia Clergyman,
Back From Europe, De
clares Peace Not Yet in
Sight.
second call was issued, there was every
Indication of patriotism everywhere, and
tho best young men threw uslde their
work In thclt ofilees, ehops and Btorcu
nnd enlisted.
"Tho country Is conscious of the
strength that hns come to her through
her territorial support. The goneral bus
iness, hor industry, commerce nnd mer
chandising, Is continuing, nlthough, of
course, It has fallen off to some extent.
But there has been no great boosting of
prices of necessities, inrgely, I believe.
In cause tin- Boards of Trade urgnlllzed
campaigns ngalnst price raising.
"Tho people of England look to Amer
ica ns their friend, and tho belief has been
expressed by some that, if necessary, the
United States would come to her aid to
save her from defeat. However, theie la
no fear ns to the outcome of the con
flict among the Engliflh people. They
have not the slightest Iden Hint Germany
will try to Invnde tho country, and they
think the ImttleH will nil bo fought out
on the Continent."
Dr. Rces said that there was such
strict censorship over the English pi ess
that he finds Americans aio better In
formed regarding the pi ogress of the war
than the people of London.
WAR AND BIBLE DISCUSSIONS
Meetings Will Deal With Relation oi
Scriptures to Conflict.
Two meetings, the first In n setles to
he held In Philadelphia, and vicinity for
the purpose of presenting what, if any
thing, the Bible has to say nbout the
present European war. nro to be held
tomonow afternoon. One will take place
in Bethany Temple, 53d and Spiuce
stieets, this city, when the speaker will
be the Itev. Orson R. Falmer. The other
will be held In the State Sticet Church,
Sixth nnd State stieets, Camden, when
the Rev. J. R. Sclmefcr will speak. Both
meetings are to begin at 4 o'clock.
The topic for discussion at both meet
ings Is to be "The Picsent War in the
Light of Piophecy What It May Mean
nnd What It Does Mean." Tho meetings
of tho series me open to the public nnd
nie to be held under the auspices of the
Philadelphia School of tho Bible, 1720
Arch sticet.
PASTORATE OF 12 YEARS
After five eurs residence In England,
the Rev. Dr. George E. llces, who berve I
as pu.tor of i he Chestnut Street ItaptUt
'"hureh. Fortieth and Chestnut streets,
for .17 years, has returned to Philadelphia
t spend the remainder of his life among
his o'd friends. Ho urrlvcd from Liverpool
on tho Olympic, which put In at New
York on Wednesday morning, and Is now
staving with Mr nnd Mrs. Thomas C.
MciVillom, members of his former church,
.it l-'; ripringtlrlil avenue, iir. Rees, who
is ono of the be.-t-known Baptist clergy
men in this city, lias been living tn New
port the latt two years, und has be n
preaching In and around lyindon. lie
brings with him many interesting stories
of Ids observations in England slnco tho
war started, and expresess fear that the
struggle may bo long drawn out-
"Peace is cntireli out of the question
In the minds of the English people," de- i
clared Doctor Rees "AH the discussions.
of the probable end of the war through
peace agreement stem to have oilg
inatcd in America- The people In Eng
land (eel that there can be no end of th
war until Germany is brought to liei
kues. England lias nut sent any of tu-i
volunteers to the front, und it Is not
thought that she Intends doing so foi
probably six months or longer. Tho.-.
who have gone are the regulars The be
lief is general that the war will last -.
a long time, und England Is taking tH
serious view of it. Her volunteers, n i
responded at the first cull, are hen
trained for set vice, and the men beii
diluted when 1 left were the flowii .
the oung mm of the country.
"In tr.. beginning the people did i, .
seem to awuk. n to th, terrible ineanii.
of the do- laraliun of vvar and .here was
jiot a nun for cnUMmentt, but when the '
Rev. Dr. Fohlmnn to Celebrate Anni
versary on Sunday.
Ti-.o Rev. Dr. A. Pohlninn will cele
brate the 12th annlversaty of his woik
ns pastor of Temple Lutheran Church,
52d and Race streets, tomonow with spe
cial sermons and services.
Since Doctor Pohlman became pastot
of the church its membership lias grown
from 40 to nearly 10i,'and there uiv now
Mj In the Sunday school. The church
supports a missionary In Africa, has two
young men studying for the ministry at
Gettysburg, nnd two young women In
the Deaconess Home, Baltimore.
NEW LUTHERAN CHURCH
DEDICATED TOMORROW
A beautiful $:5.OT0 church, which has
just been erected by the congiegatlon of
the IMbernacIe Evangelical Lutheran
Chinch, at Kith and Spruce strcots, is to
bo dedicated tomorrow morning with
elaborate exercises. The pustor, the Rev.
William J. Miller. Ji.. will b- in charge
uid the sermon will bi pienehed by the
Rev. Dr II. II. Weber, of York, Pa., ur.
letniy of tho Lutheran Board of Church
Extension. Thoro will bo special music
by tho church c-holr, and solos will be
hung by .Mrs. W. A. Biebor and E. JI.
Nniil.
Pn-vious to (ho morning services thero
will be u Brothel hood suivlce in the old
church building and In the afternoon tin,
Sunday School will assemble thei,
und inarch to tin- new one. The Rev. p.
13. U. Miller, of Columbia, Pa., is u
preach in the evening and the solni.its
for this i-ervlco will bo Mrs. J. I. Dim It,
und Dr. W. T. Kllllnn. The dedication
Srivice in the morning will begin nt 10.)'
und tho evening t-ervico will sturt at 7.1."
Every evening durhin the week thi'e
will be special tei vices in celebration t
tile ibdlcutioii of the new building.
Monday evening theie will lie a leceptb,
for m em be is and fi lends of the ronu
gntlon Tuesday evening Is to bo 'iiehV
boiiiood evening," Wednesday Is to la
'Sunday school uvening," Thursdu)
nliig will bo "Lutlieinn evening," and
Friday evening it piepaiatory service v.
Lo held In preparation for the snernm n
of the Lord's Supper, which will toll,
on Sunday, nctober 4.
WARDEN M'KENTY
FIRM BELIEVER IN
THE PAROLE SYSTEM
Head of the Eastern Peni
tentiary Tells How Con
'victs Are Made "Fit" to
Face Life Again.
Warden Robeit McKenty, of the East
ern Penitentiary, Is generally becoming
known as "The Preacher Warden," nnd
It will not be surprising If some of tho
colleges and universities award him the
degree of doitor of divinity before many
moio commencement seasons pass. If
they do, they will certainly be giving
the honor to n man who has done much
for tho cause of good and to one who has
done moie preaching during the last few
years than have more than !K per cent,
of the ordained clergymen In Philadel
phia. Hardly n dny passes that does not carry
to "Bob" McKenty (Who has ever heard
him called Robert?) stacks of Invitations
to spenk at all kinds o religious meet
ings, and the warden loves so much to
talk "Practical Christianity" that he can
always be counted on to accept invita
tions to speak, unless he has made pre
vious engagements for llko service. During
lust winter he gave nimost COO talks at re
ligious meetings, nnd he has made a fair
start this season by addressing one nfter
nnrithcr In the same day during early
September.
FOR "PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY."
"Practical Christianity" that's the
thing that "Bob" harps on from morning
until night and sometimes far Into the
night, for ninny are the times when it
Is after midnight when he arrives homo
from the outskirts of tho city, where
lie has been driving home some of his
"common sense" nigunients In the hope
thnt there may be sufficient nld to grent
ly reduce his official family.
When he became warden, six years
ngo, one of the first things McKenty did
was to make friends with tho prisoners
and to try to make men of them, so that
when they had finished their terms they
would not dart out the big iron doors
llko fiightenid wild nnlmuls, and. with
hanging bends and fenr of the criticism
of their one-time -friends, seek some den
in tile Tenderloin or slum, where thev
might forever hide themselves from
those they had known.
"Bob" was n member of the city de
tective force for 20 years, and Director
of Public Safety before he assumed hjs
duties within the stone walls, and he
declared a dny or two ago that ho knew
that the majority of the ex-convicts
sought some hiding place in the slums,
with the ic-sult that most of them fell
back Into tile company of other x-con-virts
und the kind of crowds that had
bent them "up" first, and every soon they
weie back in the cells again
Because of those observations. Warden
McKenty was a strong ndvocute of the
law permitting the parole of prisoneis,
which was adopted by the State Lcgls
Intuie In 150S, and, notwithstanding tl;e
frequent ciitlcisms that have be'en
heard ngalnst the system, tho records in
tho penitentiary olllco show that 1t bus
been a wonderful nld to those trying to
reform the convicts and to make real
men of them. But, would It have been
such 'i success without Warden McKenty
o pirnnio the men for It? In answer
thij question, stop a moment nnd
r what ho has to sny uliout the work,
i iid then the reader muy decide.
MAD13 CONVICTS FIT.
'The first thins to bo done, ns l saw
' " suld tho warden, "after I came up
if. in order to make the parole sys-
r-i n sucex.j. wus to start to make the
is ners fit to be paroled. With tho pos
h'i -exception of the dllllculiles that
x-onnv'ots used to have In nbtuinlng
otlt, there was nothing so much against
belr reformation ns their luabllltv to l0
ny definite thing well. For this reason
Juried lo work to see that every man
us given u clianco to learn some trado
fit would make his future, when he
"i us, of service to himself and to tho
"i Id.
I Q
"Not only have wo established voca
tional schools, but wo teach tho foreign
ers to read nnd wrlto tho English lan
guage, nnd permit alt who dcslro to
study nnd learn 'niiythlng they may want.
It Is even possible for them to become
electrical or civil engineers, for wo hnvo
correspondence courses In such practical
work, and the ntcn nre glntl to-tnko ad
vantage of tho opportunities.
"Now, besides fitting tho men for work
nl some specific trade or profession, vve
nUo do something else for lliem. Avo
permit them to apply their trades tlurlnt
their spare time nt making vnrlous arti
cles for sale, nnd theso they dlsposo of
for good prices. Their funds nro depos
ited In ono of the lnrgcst 'savings banks
In Philadelphia, nnd when the prisoners
leave most of them hnvo a fnlr-slzcd roll
of bills to take with them.
POTS HOPE INTO MEN.
"Both theso things make them hold up
their heads nnd feel llko men who can
look the world squarely In the faco and
begin again, determined to accomplish
something because they do not have tho
handicap of having no skill or ability for
any definite thing that will make them
self-supporting and able to support their
oft-times unfortunate families.
"Now, let us see what the parolo sys
tem docs for the men who nro fitted for
honest employment, The law requires
that the men must have employment
and must have responsible persons
to stand ns their moral backers after they
have finished their minimum sctitcnco
In here. What is tho result of this? In
stead of the men going out like whipped
dogs and diving Into tho first den they
can find in tho Tenderloin, ,thcy march
out with their chins In tho nlr nnd with
n look of hopefulness on their faces,
"They've got Jobs! They nro probably
going to recelvo bigger envelopes for
their work 'than they have over received
in their lives, nnd perhaps their first hon
est dollars nre before them. They liuvo
certain feelings of Independence nnd self
icspcct. And vve have found that when
they leave under these circumstances
they seldom come back, nnd as our re
ports show, they mako good In their work
and become citizens of value in the
world."
After this little talk Warden McKenty
proudly turned over tho pnges of the re
ports on paroled prisoners, nnd hero Is
whnt was found:
Since 1809, when the law went Into
effect, prisoners paroled, between 1000 nnd
1100; about 123 returned for breaking
parolo rules; 12 returned nnd nsked lo
be taken back, because they felt tho need
of more of the Influence they had had
while prisoners, nnd feared that they
might do something very wrong; 33 hnvo
been reooinmtttcd to this prison or sent
tn some other penal Institution for some
later crime, nnd nil others more than
DOO of them have been teportlng regu
larly, working nnd living respectable
lives.
KEEPS HIS EYE ON THEM.
Among them are many who have
worked out their parole period, but tho
warden keeps an eye on them, and knows
that they nre doing well. Sevcrnl of tho
men paroled nre In business ono or two
of them well known here und nro mak
lilg profits of ns much as J1200 every
month, and the average earnings of the
men on parole Is $40 n month. This Is be
lieved to bo a fnlr wage when It Is con
sidered that most of them are working
in tho country or small towns nnd cities.
Every ono of tho men who came back
for the protection of tho warden had
allowed "rum" to get the better of them,
and practically every one who was
brought back for breaking parole rules
was found to have fallen from his
straight path because of drink, Warden
McKenty avers.
Directly or Indirectly "Tho Tieacher
Warden" declares, "rum" sends almost
every prisoner to tho penitentiary, and
he has turned tho convicts against It
so much that more than M0 of them,
without his knowledge, signed a petition,
which is to be presented to the State
Legislature tho coming winter, asking
that the sale of liquor be stopped.
"Bob" Is a firm believer In tcllglous
freedom, nnd only a few months ngo
Masses vvcro first said within the prison
walls for the Catho'Ic prisoneis, nnd now
each Sunday there are set vices con
ducted by Protcstnnt clergymen and
Catholic priests, nnd the Jewish rabbis
also held services for the Hebrew pris
oners during the New Year holidays Just
past. Any religion is good, so long as
It stands for the right, declares the war
den, nnd it Is tho "practical Christianity"
that counts most.
IIELPFUNESS IS BEST.
" 'Practical Christianity" means unself
ish helpfulness," says Warden McKen
ty. "And that is what is needed most
among the church people to keep men
out of prison, nnd to make men out of
prisoners when they get out. Church
people enn do most to keep men out by
practicing whnt they preach. The llttlo
things they do during the weekdays go
toward pointing the way for the tempted
to light living than nil the big things
the church people can do on Sundays.
"Instead of criticising the unfortunates
RKi.inmus NOTICES
Baptist
CUIJ.Sr.NL'T hfllKKT IIAl'Tl.ST I'Hl'HCII
Clici-tmil bt , west ot -(bill.
GBlHUli: D ADAMS, I), a. Pastor.
Ii J.t-llpitlR-rhoo,! of A. iiml p
10..M u in Wurnhlp and Sermon by J'astui,
II" m.hunilay .Sitiool tt.sloii.
S p. la Wort-hip anil Heinion by Pautor.
l-'lrTil IJAITJsST CHURCH, S rln liardeii
am! 18th tu , Itev. VV. tjuay Kofcnelle. I'll.
I)., l). I,, Pastor. 10.:w u. tn.. "Spiritual
InhlLltloiiB": 7:JS p. m., "IledeeniliiK tho
Tln-e."
SKCO.ND HA1TI8T HIILI'INCl-HANl) l"iVs
meets a.:io. Till tlow (lirarU ave., John C.
t-'ajre. liaikr. "Seven Ytura an a t'lahs." on
rri-lnv ntiiht. Bevinth Anniversary Celilira
liiin nf the Ciabs. itev. Klmer Powell, .Mr.
John W. I.verlng, William J. Pickett, Jlr.
uml Mm. Michael Ha)cs ami Jtitiii (. Snyru
will spenk. fnUs, iluets, quartet anil quintet
sliiKlnE, rhunh liiolr selection, ilolln.n ami
comets, children's specialties, chorus feint
ing, etc. William II Mlntzer. Musical HI
rector. William II. Young, usblstant. Public
welcome.
IIAI'I'IHT THMl'l.i:. IIicmiI nnd llerks.
lll'S.Si:i.l. II nlswm.l. Pastor
Mernlmc. lo ' Hlhli- ri.-lio.tl. 1' Ml i;v , 7:"0.
MAIIIi: STCiNK I.AN'flS-tON
celebrated ull.Vii'KI" i M.NTH.MlO
will iifi-Ut at ihe I'liL-iiIni; i-rl e
Dr. i'onwL-11 lll ,nu. Ii morning evenltuc.
IJrKjn Heiilal. ; 1.1 Win Powell Tuudcll,
UruMlltl anil Munliul Din-c-ior.
Ilri'thrcn
r'UIST CliritCH UP HJIBTIIKK.V
Dauphin above itroaU.,
Hev. ciKO. I. KI'.NS beslns Pastorate.
t'onxrc-eatlnnsl
CCNTIIAL lill'licil. tMh nnd Qii'cn. """
Ilev. W. V. Hllltn. Pastor.
1'narlilns by the Pastur. 11 a. in. and S p. m.
Junior Cons-relation In lonnecllun with th9
Morning HervU-e.
tl 1.1 a. lll.-lllUo SOlOiil tli-lu Hajly a.y
urogram.
Iln-tel lllclille llilile (iim.e,"" '
pHKr.it wiHiLR mB!.n classus.
Interdenominational Prosrc?sUc
cine near Jou.
General offices, 191T Ml. Yemen It.
1'runl.llii Home
..AS'lil.tN
riu.- i
taiiiluV
J P. Old.
KI.tN HMU: l'..l, T.li; ItliFQItMA.
y,k p. m, service vil by i!V,
Lutheran
. aSIAII I.UTIIKIIAN.
riie Priendly Church."
lUtU and Jeltvrfcoii Ms.
HANII. P. WHUU.I-:. Pator, ttiU 1 1 web.
10 "0 a in., 7.1", p. in.
Itally Day in the lllbla School. 2 SO p. m.
I, mil I". sSilnnlJt, Violinist of the liilla. Or
ib.tra i.dn.1 llarwoo-1 lUui;Ur. Soprano Soloist, at
cli cculni; tervku.
TABERNACLE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
Handsome eCfice at 59th and Spruce streets, West Philadelphia, to be
dedicated tomorrow morning,
'111 411,1 Siiruitf-Wn, T tll
7 11 a S 1' I. tu
I'AltkTKNAi 1.1.
ler Jr, 10 IS
T-MIl.l.. Kja and lta.ee Itev A 1'ohltuun,
M D.. JO JO a m., '.' iO and 7 IJ.
Tbs Pastor eeltbratea bis rh uunhersary to.
morrow m, j,ecui !. '
Hits church people should try to hH
thcin, for llicro Is nlwnya good In cverr
man, nnd 'practical Christianity should
pull them up Instead of turning them
down and making them feel that no pcr.
son cares for them and that It matter
not to any ono what becomes of them.
"When a man does some small ihn
that Is not 'Just right tho best way
break him of It Is to nsslst him and
treat hint kindly apply th0 brotherhood
rule. Thht's tho best way. Tho church
brotherhoods hnve dono much to help us
In our pnrolc work, they ore helping ui
every day! but they can do much mor
for Us nnd be of still greater Bcrvlco bv
helping their brothers fc becomo men so
that they mny never come Into prison '
RELIGIOUS NOTICES
Methodist Kptscopat
rtTltnriif ot.- n-ttt.. , ,,r- .
Wayne ave. and Queen lne, Ocrmantown
. HOMB-COMINd DAY. antown
7J. ncv Olntlstone Holm will Breach .
10:43 on "Kffectual Prayer" and nt 7-A &
"Olrdlng- en the Harness." Tho u.t.3
Chorus Choir will render special music M
ri1u8TTiwi!lB,lol,lilT c.Tuh-cin
CHAHL.SWnHMntmNH Mlnlsu,.
l'ltlSACIIES
10:.1( nnd 8.
Music by Vested Hoy Choir.
Direction of 11. It. (J Daniel.
PAHK AVENUiTt'HUHCII '
t'flrb ft 4 m it,M,l Alnalj L
lBTIin"EUT I,A0Nli"'" MH.i
in::to-"l'HII.MP'B l'I,A, 'SHOW ?t
run KATunn. ' -,lu ua
THO "TIIK bah; MAnoiN,"
A Hcrmon on "'Safety First." J
MONTHLY MJT8ICAI. HUIIVICB
Pneclat nurnbeis, duct. Miss Iloblnson on
J.',r H.0,)cl1- "" ',nve I to Do With
Thco7" from "niUah." nnd n solo by m ',.
!'' '" "o Lord," aUVtSSi.
Dr llagnell's Illhle Class for men. 2-30 n m
tSKVKNTH HTIIUKT. 7th. nml NoVris.""-'
itev. It. 33. JOHNSON", Minister.
Prenclilnff W::in nml 7:4.1. R. H "-.in .
rial KntlicrlnR of men nt 7:4.1 tn Wi- l')r i"
A. Muw-r. of India, who will deliver ;
rnc"01" Jllnsl ,nlk- sllc";'al shifting by he '
TAiir.nNACi.n. iinrbciowoxf0rd7A.r
Cronell. in:.1t), H.A. Miieser. "The. Cross iiSi
llm Trident." 7 l.lThc HJiifulneHof KhJ"
New Jerusalem (Siveilcnborgian)
'dliliKINil TUB t.OliT)"WHILi;' 1IB vi,'
I1H rot'ND" Is tho subject qf 'tho aem
Sunday mornlnr;. bv the Pastor thi ni5
CHAJtLESVV. TlAliVEY, At the' Church oj
tho Now Jerusalem. KM and Chestnut sts
Service at 11 o'clock. All seats nrofrtj'
Kverybody Is welcome. "
rresbjtcrlan
arch st. rnnsuYTEniANcTitnTcHriliit
and Arcli.-Tho Jlev. Clarence Kdwirt
Macartney will preach at 10:4.1 on : SK
Challenge toraltlijindCouraRo." "1
Franklin st. and folcmbla avo. '
ilni''n y,uti "BTZHL COI'P, Pastor.
1S:2!Z-m-Tj;',crnmcnt !f ,ho lord's Supper,
7:4V-Month's end music by tho Choir.
2:30 p. m.-Pablnth School: 7 p. m.. C' E
l.ou jarocordlalJylavltcdto all services.
TIIK FOt'ltTH ITtn-SilYTKIHAN CIll'TtCiT"
J-outh 4, tb treet and KlnEsesslnpt nvenue
Minister, The Rev. JOHN T. IlBVB, D. D
10:1.1 a. m. - "Irove and Hold Fat.'"
i:4.ip m. "They Had llcen With Jesus."
HUI'B 1'HKSHYTniMAN CHUIICH "
-11 and Wharton sts.
Mlnl'tcr, Itev. .1. URAY ROLTON. T). D
Itev WILLIAM TAYLOR CALDWELL.
ABslntnnt
10.41 a. m Rev. Caldwell will preach.
7 4.1 p. m Rev. Dr. Uolton. Subject, "Ths
Value of Amcrlenn Cltlsenshlp."
bT. PATL PRIIIYTBRIAN CHLTRCII
Raltimoro avo , corner 50th ft.
Rev. J. IIRVKRItJOn Li:i:, 1. n Minister.
10:45 a. m. and 7:10 p. m.. Public Worshlo:
Docor Iax will preach nt both services.
2:80 p. m.. Graded Blblo School.
Rally Day Service.
TAllKRNACLn C'HI'RCII
West l'hlla. Chi-stnut at .17th st.
Rev. JOHN ALLAN RLAIR. D. D Minister
11 a. m. "America's Challenge to Christian
ity." 8 p. in. "lias Christianity Rroken Dnivnr
Sundas School. 2:.I0 p. m. c. L. Hoclcty, 7 p.m.
WDOl LNU PIlBSllYTKRIAN CHURCH
411 anil j'inc ccs
JAS RAMSAY SWAIN. Minister.
11 Worship. Sermon, "FINDING SANC4
TrARY."' H
2:4.1 Rally Day Kxcrciscs of the B1U
Scl.ool.
New scholars cordially Invited.
S Worship Sermon, "THB UUIDANCE OP
OOI) THllOrOH Tlin WAR CO! NTRIE3
OF EUROPB." by Itev. L. W. L'ckarl,
D. D.
ConitreBationnl Meetlnir. Wednesday, at 8.
Preparatory Service Friday at 8.
If you nre looking for n church home.
"Come thou nnd Till thv house."
Protestant Episcopal
PARISH OF ST. LUKH
,. , ,. , 4ND THE KPIPIIANf
13th st. below Spruce.
Rev. DAVID M SVKHLH, Rector,
fi n m. Holy Communion.
10 n. m Sunday School.
11 a. m. Morning Prayer and Sermon.
4 p. m. Hvenlntr Prajcr, Anthem and Ad
dress. The Rector will preach.
FPII'HANY CHAPEL"
17th and Summer sts.
8:00 a. m. Holy Communion.
11 00 a. m. MornitiK I'wirr and Sermon.
2:4.1 p. m. Sunday School.
8:00 p. m. Evening Pruver and Sermon,
Rev. Charles L. Hlggs will preach.
bT MARK'S CHL'RCH
lfith and locust utH
The Rev. KI.I.IOT WHITE, Rector.
Sunday 7 nnd 11 a. m. and .1 p. in.
Dally 7 and II o. m. nnd 5 p. m
hT. OEoiUir.'r-. illst'ond Hazel nve ,"Rcv. 0,
La I 'la Smith. 7.30;K to and 7 fid
bT JOHN'S. Hrnvin" bclun Sd'.lir. Klrhrooni
preaches to morrow. lOt.'lH. 7'4B Eventn;
subject' "The Wnr and the Papaiy "
Reformed
PIRST N. A.. 1.1th anil Dauphin sts. Rtt
JOHN D. HICKS. Pastor -10 ::. HiriMt
Hume Service; 2 :i0, Sunday School Hally;
S Service.
Reformed Eplsrnpnl
oTtll RKDlfEMBR. 10th nnd Oxford H.
Al'fU'STrS E. RARNr.TT. Hector.
Evening: "Has Napulcon Conquered I Inlstr
Splrlluallst " .
MliS. ZOLLKR LEI WILL" i;o.N'h"ircT
meetlnes. .Sundnv evening. H o clock, M
Columbia avp: (lerinan and I ngllih
SweilenbnrBliin .
SEE NEWJERUSALrfM.
Unltarliin
i'HWT UNITARIAN. 212.1 Chestnut rt. Km.
C". K. St. John Minister. 11 a. in . tot
minister will pic-ac-h on "Light on the l
neas of Toda", S p. m . Rev. F. A. lan
laleln will preach In Italian. ,
oiiL.nn ave. i.i:o)."rev k. evans.
10-41. "Efficiency." 7 11, Lectur.- and dU
cuss'nn.Tauteo nf European War
Pnltrd Ilrrlliren
SECOND c-iritl'ii."Rev S C. En-k. I).
Pastor, S'nh Catharine t.-Scrvls. 10,
Sunday hilioql 11 n in. & S p in preacmnt.
l!nlvrrsallt .
Rl-IS'liiRATIDN, 17th nnd Mauler ts., JOllJJ
CLARENCE LEI." D. 11-10 43. Servlco and
Sermon .".':, Suiidiy School. .
Young Jim's ChrMInn Anoelatlon
CENTRAL URANCH. 1421 Arch t., II Well
Inston Weed, author-traveler, buslne.i- man,
will speak 4 p in. tiouil music -Mr u
ton, song leader. Strungeiswil unn
vr.vr PRANCH. .12d and Suiniom m 1 1'
tnna-meetliis f-r ui'-n, .uMirssnl ''!',;'
K W. Slilbiinn, I'asioi Whatlan ntreitJi. "
Cliuich. Miiab by Henry W, Lmvls.
.Vlihcellaneous
I
"TIIH PRESENT WAR IN TIIU U0
OF PROPHECY"
What It nny mean ond
wliat It does not mean
TOilOHROW AlTBIt.SOON AT 4 O'CLOCK
IIKTIIANV TEMPLU
Fiaty.lblrd and Spruce sta.
1UV- Qlti50N Jt. PALMER, Speaker.
and
STAT!'. gTHEin CHURCH
glxjll and g(ale t Cam-en.
New Jersey-
SV. i. J!. SCHAri'Elt. Speak. r
Tl49 mcthis, with others that hi
lev. um utranswl. in urdcr l" prweni f.'
U aoyttilnjt. tho lllblo li- W,f' -buat
pi-.-Mjin Iropuau war Hi'i", ,V ., thi
Aciilcta uf cKc PlilUd-li-hU fcihcol u. tBJ
Hlbfe. II2K Atill tt.
HEV.-!."" SI." STEARNS will resume "''''i
lor the nudy of tho Iniernuilonal I """
uiida M.l.l li-oiu, tierj Thur.
Ki'iulii. OitoWr S. 1U1. at I i ' ? '.'"
Hall nf the- AiurUati Sunia SUi ml I ulon.
1H! Chestnut t -
Hb.NEVOI.ENT ASSOCIATIONS
iTIIA.NY V.SctlultAOE FOR V."''
Woin-i. yutl N. Kth t., Mli II ,.'!
sup.'rinten.ent. Iwnatl ns of gmv-'n
clothw, nub, ttc, th-uktvlly ncceutc-.
J,
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