MMMMNMH1 ""TTteWW 'P Vi"i' iwiiiyp y Tq"" y---. , EVENING TJEDOEB-PHlLa.PBLPniA. SA'JTJBDAT, MARCH 6, 1915, 1 )pUBCHESAl ACTIVITIES OP ALL DENOMINATION ffllODIST EPISCOPAL conference BEGINS IN lORWSTOWN MARCH 17 Ihrea Hundred and Fifty Members win itepresent Philadelphia District. I iifvrritown Is making preparations to J JIRSln the SM members of tho Phlla- llfikli Methodist Kpiscopni uuiucrcncc, Ije'l" ... . .,., Ita nntiltn meetln- 111 ftieh j" ,i0" .. ;;:.. ::,: fcrriitown Iurlns lno ,c b K UT, William Frnacr McDowell, of ki , "re8,,le "lBh0P Ucrry' of rltr at"1 ot'ncr blf,,,op3 ,vin vlslt ,h0 ' iL Representatives will come from k..V.f BpWn. Lebanon, uucks, neras, Irt Korlhampton. Schuylkill. Cnr- . .'a Monroo Comities, which arc In- ""ded I" o boundaries of the confer- I"" . Mlmenl.i tn nns- iUivy changes ... NT- - ' ... vn.ixi Amonir those JlMlnlP ii.l!t, noallrA,! mn 'l0l..!f utitiani Gray Jones, for seven R!.. iitor of the Oak Lano Church. t5lleavo a concreBatlon of 600 per "h. ,Ij the nev. A. n. Crowell. pastor ?5. Tabernacle Church, 11th and Ox L'ASrt. who has preached to a '' '.r.Vntlon of more tnnn lor two J! S 0 Sen who arc expected to Be- rre.PPO.ntm.fnts to liferent charges ! ,., nnV y a. rcrhiiBuu. "" "" ,rt raster of St. Andrew's Cnurrh. fficlphla, the.. Key. B. M. .L.. nastor of Trinity unurcii. nun tm George W I" llnslor of ornc' .sessions of the conference will he 1.1,1 In the First Motlioillst i.piscopni it1 V Vnrrlstovvn, of which Urn Rev. " &l rMt?' BMiop McDowell h HPCtt d t ""lv0 nbout ,Mnrch ,ir, 'nPho "111 hold an execut yo session ins hlii cab net, coinposco oi n. "i" riSrintendcnts of the Philadelphia Con wjwlntenriem . Frnnl , SStaof ho central district; the Rov. Oeorw H Blclclcy. of the northern LXmS. nev Dr Ell n. Hurrlss. of & southern district; the nev Dr. iMlvvin C. Griffiths, of tho western district, mid lie Rev, Dr. William powick, oi wio huiiu ireslcm district IltprwenUtlveii of tho various societies ind benevolent boards nlllcd with tho church, including- the Woman's Homo and tvirtlen Missionary Societies, will ho pres ent to fdve their reports In tho nftcrnoons. Tbe evenlnj: sessions will ho marked by .. .nniml rMMiratinns of these bodies. . nn Hie limine preceding tho formal .ninir nt the meetlnc tho Historical Ko- rletr will hold Its annual mcotlnR In thn eharcn. ine Diner urKuniun.- "i U occupy places In the propram nro tho Board' of Education nnel tho Krecdmen's !)c JFrtcliblj) Pntlj Methodist Lphcopal Conference that if8.. ecn moro Merest tn evnn- oelMlo tcork anil prettier protcth lit membership durlna this winter Ifton fta been recorded in many years. Some of the cicrpymen, at tho meet. ?J0.r'.c ct"cnci tn Atlantic Clip, said that many ncio members oei? coining into their churrhc, every (oeefc direct from the "Hilly" Sunday taber nacle. Alt admitted that the influence of the Philadelphia reviiat had spread throuphoHl the state and dcrtared their belief that the aroused interest in cvanpctlsm teas due to It. The same Kind of reports will doubt less be made at the USth annual ses sion of the Philadelphia Conference, which convenes at tforrtstown on ..(arcI jr. In every direction around Philadel phia, wtthtn a radius of sixty and more miles, there have been increased evan gelistic efforts and marvelous remits. In this city it Is estimated that them will be about 100,00(1 converts received Into the membership of tho churches durlnp the winter and spring, crclnsloo o the "trail hitters" In tho Sunday tabernacle. nhhop Joseph 1'. Perry and other leaders arc confident that tho Increase In the mimbrr of men aiirf ii'oiitcn rfe clarlng their Intention to lead God fearing lives Is very largely due to the evangelistic campaign that Mr. Sunday han conducted here. This wonderful revival has meant a pi cat opportunity to the cletgymrn and churches. And now that It is about ended, there roinri probably a greater )CsponslblUty than tho pastors have had before. "Jlllty" Sunday has ted thousands of men and tcomen lo stnrt (o Ifnrf Ciritlait lines It Is now the duty of tho clergymen and churches ; Keep them from backsliding. They have been Jubilant over the op poi tunltles. It should bring thrm fur ther joy to look after the welfare of Htnlr iirmi Klini-noii nttiw r t itr ' ' -""'i"-" im limit o. I NEW RECTOR READY TO GREET PARISH RECTOR TO OBSERVE 43D ANNIVERSARY The Rev. Dr. John A. Goodfcl low Hns Served Good Shep herd Pnnsh Since 1872. SUNDAY'S SERMON TODAY Dr. Mockbridge Will Preach First Sermon to St. James Congregation Tomorrow. Aid Society. March 17: tho Hoard of Home Missions nn.l Church Kxtenslon. Hirch IS; tho Church Temperance So fty. Starch JO . the Kpworth I.c.iKUe. March 21. and the Hoaul of Knrnli;n Missions. Mairli 22 Alt of theso will hi itld In the First Him Hi, with the ox Rpllon of the Epunrth I.raKUo's nicotine. which -Bill bo held In the Oak Sticct Qiurch. CSV. IHIUSIB U(3II'S FH1HT FOR iUCAL OPTION TO UK HELPED I Lemon Hill Association Will Endorse ; Bill nt Meeting. Endorsement of Governor BruinbiuiRh's trfit for count local ontlon will be clvcn Jphe annual temperance incctliiR of the umon lllll Association nt tho Gnrrick Theatre tomorrow nlsht. Speclul Imita tions hayo been sent to tho Women's CMsttan Temperance Union and kindred trianliitlons, and It Is oxpected that the Saieetlnir will adrl Imnctus tn thn .mil. Bliiuor mocment by taklns piactkal !ps to aid tho local option incisure S"Ilum. a Moral Issue." will .he thn tonic ef the Itey Dr James B. ly. In vlow Sttthe widespread Interest In this cjues jlon and the exceptional attractiveness of we musical prosrum, It is expected thnt Ii rapacity of the theatre will bo taxed. The tpecl.11 feature of tho oponliiK mu jlcal Bervico w III bo n. jjroup 0f songs hy the Wmtcrn Olee I'ltib. of tho West fMlidelphla HlKh SHiool for Doys. Un oer the leadershln nf I'mf. iv,iiinv,i fiimpbell, this organization of SJ youni; i wiu sine -Tiio Heavens Itcsound." PT BeethOVen. "Cmiirinloa In .rma" 1... Adolph Adam, and "Tho WnyBltlo Cross." W I'almer. At ttm nfrrin... i xt...i ... L -' "- - "'""iwji A-. .1UV.ll Jliett, cornetlst. will play Ethelbert Nov- ! na ttosary." by special request j..... .ooi ounaays audience. tlMPROVEMENTS AT CHURCH Iputdoor services on spcclnl occasions m be hew at tho Catholic Church of g11. B- V M.. LchlBh avenue SR.7 . i")- ul,c, "tciislvo Improvc- Eh Mtranco, have been completed. Tho HfiJ, th8,ev- J- C- McLotiBhlln. tho TSmnii ' .l fcet ,one: u l3 nPProached Sfc'L" te"3' WMdwl by tuo largo The Rov. Dr. John MockbridRC, new rector of St. James Protestant Kplscopal Church. 22d and Walnut streets, will preach his first sermon tomorrow mom iiiB nt It o'clocK. It wilt bo tho only service tomorrow nt which hn v. Ill omclnte, and a large coiiBreKatlon Is expected. Tho new rec tor will not preach from n text, his seimon having been prepared merely as u void of RiecthiK to his parishioners Doctor Mockbrldgo succeeds the Rev. Dr. William C. Richardson, who died last August. Ho was called from Trinity Church, New York, and took chargo of St. James parish last Monday. Ho comes from a family of ministers, his father and his hrothcr having been ordained Into tho Kplpcopal mlnlbtry. educated at King's College School, Windsor, Nova .Scotia, nnd In tho Uni versity of Trinity College, Toronto, lie became a priest In 1S0G nml received tho doctor's degree In 1913 from St. Ste phen's College. Ho was connected with Trinity Parish since 1010, when ho was put hi chargo of Trinity Chapel, In West 2."itli street, New York. H& hob ap pointed vicar of Trinity Church In Jnn uary. Special work In tho slums maiked Doc tor Moekbrldgc'B career In New York. Ho completed a social survey of tho slums In u downtown section and his work at tracted wide attention. Doctor Mock bridge Is mi enthusiastic advocate of out door llfo nnd goes on long tr.imps icgu l.irly with his daughters. St. Jumps congiegatlon Is ono of tho oldest Hplseop.il congregations, and tho parish is ono of tho most Important In tho diocese, leading all other churchos In its Institutional work. Tho first church In tlin parish, which was erected at 7tli and Conimeieo streets, was consecrated May 1. 1S0D, when St. James. Clulst and St. Peter's weio united pailshos. The parish has moro than 1400 workers, who attend services nt tho church nnd at St James Chapel, 8th and Reed streets. The lnstltutlon.il work Is carried on in the St. James fiull.l House, Saiisnm street above 2LM street, which contnlus kin dergartens, mnnunl training schools, uu Industrial school nnd an embroidery school Special services to commemomto tlvo two-score and three years of the rcistomto of the Rev, John A. Cloodfellow will he held at the Protestant Hplseopal Church of tho Clood Shepherd. FrAnkford jvvcmuo and Cumberland, street, tomorrow morn ing. Tho III. Rev. J. Poynte Tylc r, Blfihop of North Dakota, will conduct tho services celebtntlng the Holy Communion. The evening Bervico will ba given, over to a specially arranged musical program, when the Rev. Dr. doddfoltow will preacn a. sermon re lowing his years of continuous eervlco to tho conKrwjatlon. Frank H. r.ongshore, organist and choir master of tho church, hns arranged an elaborate, program which will be rendered by an nugmentcd choir clothed In full vestment!. Tho Itcv. Dr. Hood fellow is, a Phlla, delphlan Horn In this city, h was edu cated In the public and lilgTt schools. After his graduation from tho West Philadelphia Divinity School nnd his or- dlnatlon Into tho ministry he founded St. John's P. K. Church. Cnmdsn. N. J In 1S70. " Two years later the younj; clergvtnan received n cnll to the Churcti of the Oood Shepherd, at that time a struggling In stitution of 23 members and with n total amount of capital rated nt $300. Today the Rev. Dr. Ooodfellon- preaches to 100 communicants nnd has In his charge a property valued at JDO.OOO, clear of all Incumbrances. During his long pastorato h has hud 2J0O baptisms. 1200 confirma tions. 1700 funerals and has oMlclatcd nt MM weddings. It Is expected that an overflow attend ance of members and former members will bo present to congratulnto tho Rev. Dr. Ooodfcllow on his extended inln Istry as rector of ono of Kensington' oldest plnces of worship. His long min istry In ono church Is surpassed by only one other clergyman 111 the city, thnt off ino iirv. nr. sillies, or Old Gloria Dejl, who haR served thero for 15 consecution years. "THINK ON THESE THINGS" "Text: 'Whatsoever things are Into think on these thlngs.'-Phlllp- r plans, Iv, 8. MUSICAL SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S Tho sixth musical service will ho given nt St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, COth street nnd Baltimore avenue, tomorrow evening lit 7:15 o'clock, when the choir, under the direction of May Porter, or ganist and director, will render Rossini's "Stabat Mater." Tho solo parts will bo sung by Kdna Florence Smith, soprano; Jean Douglas Kiiglcr, contralto; James 0i. Macdonald, tenor, and William F. Newbury, baritone. Thev will be assisted In tho choruses by Ruth K. Cross nnd Hettlo Myers, sopiunos: Ida A. Mcdlrr nnd Dora Young, contiultos; Dr. Francis C. O'Neill and Oliver North, . tenors, and Howard 8. Hipwell, William Cusloy and Joseph llriggs, bassos. THE "BILLY" SUNDAY BIBLE CLASS CENTRAL TRUTH OF TOMORROW'S LESSON. (March 7, 1915 International Series I Samuel, 8-10,) WHO IS SOVEREIGN? By GEORGE G. DOWEY. W ICSSOll DlnrJkv fl fintiiiilim . i aim si fit Hi Mnni-ii s. uidt rl'jT ---... ...t.iffw tiw vyMfilMy M i iiwiw - fl fu iliui 'f 4(t.j I rlo o man. for many centuries Jehovah was the only rccoy nizctl ruler in Israel, dlreutlnu tho government through prophets, priests and judges, finally the people urew tired of this sort of rule, and then de manded of old Samuel, the prophet, a King, to rula over thorn and flyht their battles, as other nations had. Tho result teas tho choosing of Saul as tho first Uing, Chapters 0 and 10 tell tho story of his selection, and show how natuially (lod works in tho affairs of men, Saul Is a mere Incident in the nar rative, Tho real lesson is that of the folly of the nation In rejecting the kingship of Jehovah for a tickle and futile human government. The central truth is suggested In Chapter 8, 10-tO, "(Ire us i king like all tho nations." (Jod did no( Impose Ills Kingship upon tha people; He permitted them to choose their own sovereign, (foil gave Israel the kind of king and government Israel wanted, hut not without warnlnn at the nnnsenuences of such a hC later iLlatomi nt tlia ,ffnt -..III. Af.n., 11 Itluni t,,,rttn J.. Bw roved iha fUu of more human kings and government. f permuting today the kind of government the world wants; It M matt'fula to God-rule. Qod tolerates earthly kings and man-made ' ro prove their futility. Human self-government Is a delusion, .11 O III II ana rentlti tit ,. ,... ll. .-... ..,. mi.. ......--:....!.. ..I -tj f?Preme. One .in,, j,,',...-.. -.- ...... . ...... ... -., j tfacV will again be the rule. A noted preacher described the coming , "' ,ne Wea &. to bear righteous rule over the earth. Queen Via- ZhtL. WU deeply moved. She said: "1 wish lie would "'atlc J lie, that I xulnhf fno ;,. ...,,., nl .h .,mrWm arantmut . " w if ut uu feet." Jesus shall reign. RELIGIOUS BREVITIES 'Tartntr an Eccleslaatlcal Trial" lll W the topic of Hi? Rpv. Dr. Oforue Chalmers Hlch- ii.ui.u, ricior oi hi. .ionn rrotestant ;piico pal church, tomorrow tnornlnjr. In the -nliig Mn aubjert hns been announced hh "Tho niarRea AgBlnst lllshop nhlnelanJer First, T.impnrliiB with Vnltrct Rta.te Mali, and Hec ond, Crutl and Unirodly Treatment of thn Hec tor of at Andron'a. Yardlej -A Itq elation or f.p.t'Ojmi i.iriruMl. Tho nrcateit Slht In the World' la th subject or the Itev. frban f. Ouiellua paatnr nr (Iraco Itoformed Church, tomorrow mornlnit. Thi rvnitni; erlcn will hi preceded bv n orsan tecltal hy Hoy Itodr.i. aasljted hy William HennlncB, tollnlst I. v, Norcrosa, religious editor of thi ronuo LriKinn. will mldreai tho fonwell Plhle Clan for Men In th( main hall of Temple l)nlerslt, Ilroad atrret. hlow Dcrks, tomorrow arternoon nt L' J.'i n'clntk Ills aiihject will he. "The lien TnliiRa For HIIli' aunday " The Itci. Dr. WIIIIMnr Auld pastor of thn Calvary I'roabytorlan Church, will prtuch on "PatronsAe and Paaslon" at tl- moritlnK ssrlcM tomorrow, and In tho frnlng on "Using Saved." Ho will imeaK. at tho mid week service, Wednesday nfternoon. nt S o clock Tho nev Ilr. Kdnln llejl Dell(. pastor of St. Matthew 'a Lutheran Church. Hrond and Mount prr.on Mrroth, will nrcarh tomorrow mornlnic at in. IS o'clock on "Hpondlnir and Heine Socnt." Th rantata. "Penllence. Iardon nnti reaee." will ba suiic In lln ovenlnc nt T.IO ocloilt Tho nev. Dr. Dclk wilt deliver a All organ locllal prere.llmr tho aftrinnon eenlce at the second rreabviertnn riiureli, T.ilneho,-ken and Oreene etreeta. Germantnvvn. will ho Klven hv John W. Pommer. orffnutft. tomorrow. Tht proaram will coiiilat of Clrlea'a "I'oeinu Krotlnue " Hhelnberaer'a "Thcmo and Variation" from Tenth Sonata" nnd Salnt JUrns' ' The Swan." Hnlv Cnnitminlon will be administered at the Writ Hope Presbyterian Church by tho nev. Dr rharhs 17. Ilrnnon. pastor, tomornnv moi mm:. The men's Hlblo class .100 stronir, will meet In the afternoon Tho Hev. Dr. llronson will preach In the evenlmr. The Uev. Dr. Oi-orire D A.Umi, pastor of th CiieHnut Stn-et llapilst Church, will preach tome rrovv nt 10 10 n. m nnd 7 i', p in. Com munion servlco will ho held at noon. The Itev. Dr. William Hawthorne wilt preach at the Union Tabcrn.icla Preihvtrrlaii Church tomorrow morning nt lil'.IO o'clock. At 7'l." o'clock In tho evening the pastor, tho Ilcv Dr, jtonerr. nunier. win preacn. 'Union Garland will preach at .SI. Stephen's Protestant Kplscoinl Church tomorrow moru InK nt 11 o'clock and will orndate at conllrmu tlnn Tho Itev. Dr i". I:. (Irammur. tho rector, will Hpenk at I oMocK In tho ufternoon. "Tho Original doodness" will he the theme of the Itev. Dr Milton Harold Nichols, pastor of the Methodist Opinions! Church of tha Cov enant, tomorrow ut 10 :i0 n m. Ho will preach on "llaltllnK With tho Olants" at 7.13 p.m. Th Itcv. Dr Augustus n Ilarrett. rector of tho lleformed Kplstopal Church of Our He deomcr, will administer Holv Communion at 1D.:I0 o clock tomorrow morning. Ills subject at b p. m. will bo "Can thn Mud of Paganism Ho efemrateit from tho OoM of Christianity?" Prof. Joseph D. Wilson will deliver the lentcn uddrraa Wednesday at S p m. ,V Berlca or missionary meetings will be oDoned by tho t'nltarlans at Cunnvan'a Hall. Allesheny uvvnue iibove olh atreet. tomorrow ufternoon ut I o'clock. Tho Hev Dr. Ilnrvcv Ofllter will conduct the vesper set vice at Houston Hall. I'nlversltv of Pennsylvania, tomorrow afternoon at 4 .'to o'clock. "I'althful Unto Death" will be tha subject of tho Itav. Dr Charles W. Jlarvav, pastor of the Church ut tha New Jeruialem. tomorrow at 11 a, in The Hev. I.ee H. Itifr. pastor of tho Korrla Squura United 1'roehuortan Church will pro4.li on "l.lfo, Abundant Ufo." at lO'l.l a m.. nnd on "A Contrast In Values" at 7 1.1 p. m. Hindrances to I'ra)er" will ha tho theme of tho Itev. Udwurd Warron, pastor of Ihs tireen lllll l'rcsbterlan church, tomorrow Inornlm; ut 10 30 o'clock. At 7.13 o'clock In the ovenlnK he will preach on "I Am Not Ashamed." Mrs. Itobert Stover, of the 'Hilly" Sunday party, will address a meeting for women only at the Hope Presbyterian Church tomorrow cvenlnn ut 7 43 o'clock. No Night Tlnre" la tha subject of the Hev. A. I!. Crowell'a ssrmon at the Tabernarla Methodlkt Kplscopal Church tomorrow evening at 7.15 o'clock. t "I'hanea of Life Among Negioes In I'hlladel iihU" will ha the subject cf the Hev. Dr, John W I .o before the I'rasbyterlan Mlnltteru' Meeting In Westminster Hall Monday ut n a, in. Jacob at Jahbok" will bo tha topic of the tor of tho ti o'clock t Saviour of Martha," ut 8 p. m Mlsa Grace fUie, or the "flllly" Sunday party, will give her chalk talk on "The tiecond Coming of Christ" at the Young Women's Christian Association tomorrow morning at D o'llock. The Itev. Clarence Edward Macartney will S reach on "The Ke I -am I." at ih Arch trwt Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning m iv. ta w viuvivi Testament will he The Iltv. r 0. A. Johnston Itoss. of the Union Theological Seminary, will conduct I.en. tan. BArvlces at 8t. HteDhen s PrntBtnn Unio. copal Churcli from Monday to Friday, Inclu sive. The Rev. H. Alvln Wilson -Kill preach at tha Second Baptist Helping Hand Class tomor row afternoon. The Hev. Adrian MeKasklle will praeh at the Kverybody'a Meeting Krl day night. Bishop Berry will addrsts laym.n and mln- "It pays In a thotisniid wa5s lo bo In lino nnd harmony with things that aro dcmotlstratcd to ho true. It Is a fact that a certain direction Is nlwns north and hns been tho aalvntlon of every ship to guide Its course hy tho compass, which always points In this direction. It Is a fact that thero was a great giant In steam which for nges lay awaiting to be discovered to bo mado lo drive tialns nnd turn tnachliier.. It Ib a fact that thero has always been a great power in coal, which lay In tho hillsides of Pennsylvania waiting lo bo discovered, to heat tho house, nnd mako steam nnd do n thousand otlicr things. It Is a fact that Ihero hoji always been rtn enormous power In electricity, waiting for nges to be ills covered to ho mndo to drlvo cars, light houses, whirl fans. It Is a fact that thero Is n fortune la nlmost every wood that grows by tho road, waiting to be discovered to make, some one rich. I be llee that every disease can be cured by some weed If wo can only discover It. There Is not an allineiit that Qod hasn't somewhere nn herb growing thnt will cum Hint, nllment. So it Is sound ndvleo that, Crom all known experience, it Is ptolltablo foi men to think on theso things. "All the tood that was ever accom plished came from some one stopping to think. Watt stopped to think when the great glarpt In steam poked Us linger nt mm fioiu tho spout of tho teakettle, and he discovered the power ot stoam. If ho hadn't wo wouldn't have had the loco motltie. UenJ.imln Frnnklln stopped to think nnd he discovered the grcnt power of elc.ctrlrltv. . SOl't, IS RKAI. MAN. "So we hae to think or we will suffer grcjt losies The noild suffered the loss of these gieat things until these men stopped tn think. This Is truo of religion. hatsovcro things nre true, think on theso things.' "Whatsoever things are true, think cm world is Into In the splrllunt realm. Tho soul Is the real man. and truth which nf fects tho soul Is more Important than truths that affect the body. Disease af forts body, but not soul. You think and huv clothes to cover yourself nnd keep you warm. Vou think and buy food to keep you from getting Hungry. Theie rore. it Is n fact that the soul Is mom Important than tho body; so think on think a little then wouldn't im n mm.v Is nioii. important than the coat of paint on your house or tho color of vour dress nr stilt. You think of these things, but .,... , nouiing narcler tnan to gel a mini to think of things pertaining to bis N.'., f V105'1 olllv ,hlnk ml anticipate n little, there wouldn't hr so ninnv fnm lies In poverty today. If wo would onlv think, a little theie wouldn't be so mativ souls outside Hie church today and the world wouldn't bo going to the devil so fast. Rut people won't think to.ta. Tunis tho reason so many are living In wretched poverty. The money lolled In and they spent It. Thoy didn't stop tn t Ink of the morrow. Thai's the reason Vi .. n.r !imK l" tho ,lev" i Hwnrtns. t Je ," ,'"op '" rnn-'lcmr tiod's law. The fact that you are hem tonight Is proof enough for me that you aie willing u.ll hoV"1'1 ,I""" "f th" ""M ""'el. will ho for jour bencllt. ninuo book of cod. "I want j on tonight to think of snnni things that nro true. Klrat, tho niule Is tho word of God. Nothing hns ever been more, clearly established In tho world ....,. ,. loci messes every nation mid p,.P e ",?' revn? " It has stood the I,i2 R 'i .' "? -N book nn " hated. Everything the running of man. Philosophy, hrutallty. could contrive has been done, but it has withstood ihern "I It Is the only book that tells us of n uou tnat wo can love, a heaven tn u.i Tho Illblo wasn't Intended for n history or n cook book It was Intended to keep mo from going lo belt. "Tho greatest good ran he had fiom anything by using It for the purpose for which It was Intended. A loaf of btead nnd n brick may look nllke. but Iry nnd exchange them nnd sec. You build a house with brick, but you can't eat It. Tho purpose of a time table In to give tho tlmo ot trnlns, Ihc Junctions, tho dif ferent railroads. A mnii that has been over the road knows more nbout It than tnnn who hns never been over It. A man who has mnde the Journey of llfo guided by the lllble knows moro nbout It thnn any hlgh-brnwcd lobster who lm never lived a word of It. Then whom are you going to believe, the man who has tried It or the man who knows nothing nbout 117 "Tho Rlblo was not Intended for a sclenco nny morn than a crowbar Is In tended for a toothpick. Tho Hlblo wns written to tell men that they might Hie, nnd It's truo today. "Llfo Is the realest thing in the world or nny other place. If you're nllve you know It. A man Is allvo to God If he Is doing what God wants him to do A man Is hs dead lo Clod's word as nn Fgyptlan mummy Is to the ringing of I ho dinner bell If he Isn't reading tho Illblo and l.in t turned from slu. SPIRITUAL DIIATII. "Whe,n the dead In n battle ato gath ered together some ale mangled nlmost boond recognition, nnd somo nre nlmost unmarked, but those thnt nro unmarked nro ns dend ns those that nro mangled. All of them arc deatl. They no longer live. Mnny n mnit, nllvo physically, but dead spiritually. Is dead to God and tho power nt the Spirit. A lot ot you out thero todny are dead to God. "Somo men ntn dead lo God moro than others. Some nre drunken, dirty sots, while others have led a moral life, but both arc dead to God. It Is ns necessary for a mail to believe In Joins to luivo spiritual life ns it Is to luivo eyes to see nnd ears lo hoar. There Is only ono book In the woihl thnt tells me nbout my soul nnd It says If you believe, you're saved; If you don't, jou're damned. God said It and It's all true "I3ery man who believes In the Hlblo shall live Im ever. Tho lllble sas heaven or hell, so why do you resist? " 'Whatsoever things are true, think on these things.' FIRST .NKKI) OF WORLD. "Religion wns the Hrst need of Hie world and will h your last hope tn vour dying hour. When you Ho down to die jou won't caro about your money or tho things jou have. You'll want the iit-sur-nuco that jou are saved. Don't be hood winked. HclP-ve and you will never say A on nre an nlien to God. 'Second, it Is true that man Is. a sinner b linttire Leave the lllble out of the question, livery man who thinks knows this to be true, mo every one has tried to nuke i lellglon nf Its own lo t-nvti It silf from Its sins. The) know it In Chin. i. Africa, tudl.i. Just nn they do in tin most l.itcllec.tual community. Man sins as n.itnr.iUv as the .spniks lly up waul, nml ma ii ovorwvlieie knows It. It's true. Man is n i-lnncr bj nature: uud thnt being Hue. man must have ;t supel- natuial Saviour ir bo Is ever going to be saved. A man cm no more save him self than be cm lift himself ui b hli suspenders or his bontstrnpH He can no more save himself than a man can s:vn himself when he Is falling fiom u sl. scr.iper Theie Ih nolhlii Inherent In you tlin t im can develop to snve yourself. "I don t believe that iin man or 8 wnninu ever fell Into sin without a stiuggle. No man or woman Is In sin itcctl In this world will bo salvntlon-not. ioou. nor clothes, but salvation. 'Tho nge-long cry of the hunmn licnrti has been for Hie revelation of n super- natural Saviour. Tho cry wns heard frotm tho day of Job down through the cen turies Row does It happen vou never m-nr or anv majt- being saved by Pinto. Kinerson. Carjyld or nny other mini? No. Nover by any one but Jesus Christ Win ? I II tell you- Because Jesus Christ Is Hi Son ot Hod. TlmrB true. The lllble saM no, nml H'b true When nny man stands up and praises Jef.ua Just ns n rhoiK man, but denies His divinity, lis nn In sult to God. I s.iv to him Hint he 11 ..an iing next, i ny lo him that he I insulting Almighty God. -Ml men must dle-nnd nfter death thct Judgment Wo all must tile. Our llvesi may be snuffed out In a moment or wc j ''" "nor iingerintr illness, nut we II. Jill die some tlmo; that's sure Wo don'ti ""' wiicn it win bo It may be tonight, so Isn't It good sense to nccept Jesusi i.u.w iny, certainly! I can't iinderstumli on my bouI I enn't understand win men won't nccept Christ. I preach till I m tired and my voice Is all worn out, and I am troubled and can't sleep, nml 1' can't undeistnnd why nny man refuses to como to Jesus, t can't understand why It Is necessnry for me to announce, what seimon I am going to preach on any night. 1 can't understand whv It. of Ills Thai's the wonder of II lo me, Hint God should lenve sueh ft decision to us. He gives vou the rlRhl to chootre) w helper ou shall obey Him or not, but He holds you responsible for the choice you make. You can go to heaven It you will. You can go to hell If you Want to That's God s law Law Is necessary tt Is tiecessnrj to men; nnd law would ntnounl to nothing If there were no penalty. Laws are necessary lo felt you what ou may do nnd what you may not do. God says. 'Here, Is the law If vou do wrong, here In the penalty1 If God had no penalty for slu we'd laugh him lo scorn God lenVes II nil In nn II- tells you exactly what the result of your tn-i'iicioii win oe rimer way. Ira God . law. " 'Though vour sins be ns scarlet they shall be white an snow ' "Do vou know thai chemtstrv cannot make n scnrlel rag white? The rar Pickers know thai and do not want sen Met rngs whero rags lo be made over Int.. while are wanted. If your life Is starlet, nothing but the grace nf God will make It white at the Judgment "Now. 't s up to vou On the Judg. tnenl da the txird will array Uio blessed on Ills right and the damned upon His left. It Is ur to you to say where vou will stand Ilv your voice you can' fix your eternal destlnv with the saved, or tin. .1.1 l.A ,.An.m.. . I -.,,,. , ... ....., ., ..vtrpriH ill p.'". "1LI1 ICOpiCi -" .. ...., nun um nVCtl. Or to nccept Jesus Christ nnd live as fteil cnn mnkc yourself one of the lost What would have them live. J do Jon nny?" iiBATHBNs mJLinvi:. II "All Mm heathen nations believe li( nn Judgment. Isn't hat queer? Can join! iinrlerstntid It? It Is lo appease his gods Hint tho Indian snake dnncor tinned whllo he wreathes himself with writhing; snakes. It Is hopo that those snakes Willi tlnd their way down In the bowels of the; earth and placnln the gods he worship Mid before whom he has got to standi Judgment. "Captain Arkwrlght ascended thn Alni In Switzerland nml he slipped and felllj iiho a rut in a glRcier and met his death They could not tlnd his body Thlrtvr years after thev found his bodv their, where II had fallen. It was noi deenved. but was Just as It was when he met' hlsH ileum, ills watch was there, his pocket-, book was theie, his knife was there, hist luonev was there. Kverythlng wns as IK, had been "0 years linfnrn. So. In ih Judgment, everything will bo preserved Just us It was on earth and will lie rel veaieci IIKr.iniOCH NOT1CEH I'rrshyterlan Continued " U,?8T .5.' ,r.0lT.,r Preslnn nnd Aspen stT Itev Charles I". Uronson, D. D . Minister, tttv Charles H. Wliltaker, II D.. ",, stant I4Jn. m-Comniunlcania' Prayer Meeting, '? nil i) n, llTme ft'"' "tth S"""" l-S-ian'.'h,,,. 3 45 1.. m Christian Knd.sv or Societies ". '"' ' f Uronron will preach Theme. .-i7'!"Xhaeus tho Publican ' fWlal mVi.tr vi UODLAND I'ft'KSrtVTKttlAN ciitfncn "" 13d and Pine his JAM KB RAMSAT SWAIN Minister. ItOK ? H'rmon JAfOIt AT JAB- 2 ''rr"h!'' '"'heol .1. Adult Onsets. w ),"Zfl'lv- srmon, "JESIS HAMOl H CUT M ft II III A "Come thou and all thj houee I'rnteslant Episcopal ciiriK'H.OK the iioi.V'APosTirns S1KT AN'II CHFHSTIAN RTllKErS Itev IKOnnK limilFHT TOOP. n. I).. Itetnr. ' n 00 a m . Holy Communion. 10.80 a, m.. hundns Hchool and ttlble Classes II .10 p. m?. me in mur sins vou can III ii. Never. No sinner canJI' wasn't made for sinners Ij ATONBMIINT CHL'HCH Klngeehslng nve. nnd 47th at. s, II. 7 1.-. SKflVlCKS: 1 beforo the sight of God ! Kvenlng I'raier and Permon. "It's title that theie Is a heaven, but -?'"-' necter will piearh atboth wrvlces ,i ini i. m iiirrrniHii, it in n place set apart for those who believe In Jesusi Clulsl. If you die In vour sins vou can'll koi inio ncaven. enter there. It thnt'H nil. "its true thnt theiij Is a hell .lesusS uuiien more aooui nell than He did nbout. Iipftv.cn didn't trv to dest-tlbp It to us ntl nil. I !r Just wild: 'In my Father's house, are niiiiiy mnnsloiiH. I go to prepare n pliico for vou. If It weie not so. I wnulrit not have told you.' Hut Jesus said a.! great deal about bell. He said hell iyJ .- v:i iimiuiKi tf Wednesday. March 10. 7:afl p. m Maundcr's Cnntala, "Olivet to Calvary." Miss Kdna Parher Harry Gtierney .... , Horatio Conncll ' P. II lirndlR. Jr., Muwial Director. Sopran ..Tanor ...Ilasa "The Judgment will fl vour cternsl .les.sl tiny. LAW IS N'KfU'SARY. "God permits nmn to choose whet he ne snnil tm n robe! or a lo.vnl subjec OLD ?r. JOHN'S, llrnwn below Sd, "Tir. TUcTir n.niid presc-hca March 7, 10 r,0. 7il.V Bob. in Li!,' .Rl"'. "Jn" ''harges Aealntt Bishop IfltlnCMIiiler I. Tmnnnplhr. ii,u f- o .... S. cruel and I'ngodly Treatment of the Hec. "'r.'". i-i .innrevv r. vara ev I n.vrl.,.n iTte preach rr.1 U2T !'.' .t'l vndrevv'r. Yardlev A neve '1 ",b."'' Invited. Dr Hlchmond will r Irlrtov Mnr, Ii IS. Sp . ' itr.i.initit's MiiicK.s iinpti.t a hell to shun n. i n ... .,aVC" t0 wl". lonlKht without having ii.ado a light Why did tl clvl "y101-'1'"' "ti save, nsainst It. No man ever falls without a Lc iXh, Lu! V"tJ:?P'We?..ao,'' "tlUKKle No woman ever sells her jiiiKUL DciievG in riifiot v- i book tells us this. It tell,',,, why the lllble was written, that we might be Ilovo and bo saved. "It was written that you might lead nnd believe that Jesus Is the Son of God. vlrtuo without ii struggle. No man ever went to hell without a struggle. SALVATION ONLY Ni;i;i). "The IliHt in.nl man had In this world was salvation, and the hist thing jou'll I.APl'lHf TKMPLK, Ilroad'nnrt Urls l -r"aVl HAI,,11S- Atsoelste I'aHor. ivllli Mnrnlng. 10 :ia lllble Krhool, 5 Kn ;ve,. T 41 J .llllIN .1. JOYC-H. .Ir " ''' ll Kirlione will iieslst In tl.o evening. Organ J ItrHMI. 7 1.1. Win Powell Twaddell. M D CIIRSTN-I'T STlltlKT H.VPTISTCHUItCH "f, hestnut Kl west nf 40111 1 KOllfl H I AtlAMK. 11 11 n-..,, 1 !i'iv-ltrotherhod of A nnd l in .111 t ni -Wore hip and Permon by Pn 1 in -Communion Hervl-e llltiie School and Men's Illblo Ml n. 1 moil 7l." i in W 01 ship and Sirmnii by Pastor. ' SUCllND IUPTI8T HlJU'INO-lfAND CLAPS i meets a "a 7lli h.low (Slrard nve. Itev. H?' Vlvlri Wilson. Krldas nlahi. Kvervbody's iV.ii "..."i" -vurian .iicnasKiu ron Ik hi Jtnlll-i) Mlwlon Mrs. Arne and Un Kelnk .er. enlnlsrs Sundav. Treads v and Thur,lny iilBlita. Hnhnn Anchoraae .'toil N uih at vvillaiiJ JlcKet. picsificrt nrrtliren parish op tvr i.itku and , ... THE KPIPHANT l'.lli st . 1 elow Rpinre. IIBV. DAVID M HTKBLB, Hector. n, m. -Holy c. ominimlon. I" a. m Similar School 11 h. m -Morning Prayer and Sermon dice's '"K,cnll,K Prnjer. Anthem nnd Ad. Organ, horn ami violin prelude, and Interlude, Tenor Si.lnlat. Dr. Howell S. Zullck. The Ituliir will preaih nt both rervlces. ..BPIPIIANY CHAPEL I.th and Hummer street Xi 00 d m -Holy Communion Jl ixl a m. -Alornlng Praer and Sermon. -.4 17 m-iundav School - ,-' il ... i,viii,,K rfiirr ini .vnaiess. Ilev. I. W. Mi drew. v'reacher murnlnr Preaching evrnlng, Hev IV. A. Warner. The nrst Hlblo printed In this country in a European language (Herman) was mnde In licrmnntnwu In 1743. A lllble In Kngllsh wns mado In Worcester. Mass.. In 17BS. but It had n London Imprint to escape ronn-cntloii. Tho first Illblo In Hngllsh with an American Imprint was made It Philadel phia In 17SL' Kver since thnt tlmo Phila delphia has maintained lla supremacy on the Illhle publishing ifntie of the United Stoles Tin: pi iii.imiKits anmhm'i: tiu: SnCIINII BDITION III' THE FIRST INDIA PAPER rrono Family sermon of the Hev. James Itameay Hnaln, pas tor of tho Woodland Presbyterian Church at 11 o cioca voniorruw, e wm prracn on "Jesus, clock, la a serlea of sermons on Old t isirahliMi. tils aubject at 8 p. m. Vacancies. Arh streets. t 4 poloek Monday afternoon. previous 10 ,",". Meinoaut minis ter;. ,"" J"ll.l.b" held at 101S Arch Vtreel ut it oelock In the mornlog The Itev Dr Charles Wesley Burns, sulai nr itua First HethoJIit EolMciul ekT"fi I Oerreantown will conduct CommunUn ssr'vlc. jji3 PIltbT c.HL'H'11 Of PHI. IIItr.THKi:N !.','":.,ir,r'-., e:- v.?r,.!i'? "' pj.i - . -. - .,.-, . .. ,.1- ii illa hum 1 fit ii 111. Kumiiiv M'huol-'.' :io p m. I'rnver Meeting oarliVV ednepliiy evening. IINtlplei of Christ Tllini) CHIllSTIAN ciiimcit Lamastei ; nv . , , Holly and Aspen sts. r.j:. wtNTBa pastor. iom, ;.ao. 7. n. Drevel lllilille 1111,1,. (i,i,,. "" iiii:.i:i, niDDLt: uihlk cuvssks. Now Is tlin time lor the classes in iOU. 1 1 lurch tn affiliate with our orsanuatlcu. JieliiihonriUr jSm. Muu'1 ' con ' Klhlial Culture "" I Mil. CHAltl.ES y.ITEIII.IN will speak oiTTho Con.clenro of tho cn." Ilroad Street Thoa Jire. tnindav. II a. 111 Public welcome. 9 I'runkliii Home THIS rtHKOiivfT IUJ-H Locust at. ma. I'HANKLIN IIUMn Mill TION OK INEHUIATHS MorltVwinV.. fa"Vlco t'"'J"'l Air. Lemon Hill Association "Ht'M-A MOKA1. IS.stlr," OAHIIICK THKATUB SUNDAY NIQHT. 7l.".l ALL-Wi:i.COMl-AI.U Lutheran MKSMAII Ll'rilKIIA.N " " I he erleinlli Chun I,' 1 nth and Jefrvrsnii sta i.'.A.n,h1' '" WKIIH.i:, Pastor, will rreneh i".ibU.U-1n'-Orcnhe.,U1 r' '" ,l,bU llt"u01' .Methodist Kplaiciial CHl'ttCH Op-flllTL'OVU.NAN'l. ' isih and KpriKe ala. illl.TON HT. MARK'S t'HUHCIl I Mh 1111I Locust sir. Tho Itev. KLI.IOT WIIITi:. Hector SL'NDAY I j and n Holy Communion. -V , ilHUIIl 11 Choi 11 1 Cueharlst . r.horal rvenong, v itj short addrtu and Anthem, 'ollowed l,j Organ Recital. rue Hector will preach on Sunday at 11 WKIIUIIAV SUHVICES .',; ''!" ""il ti 0. m, ami n p. m. in Lltniii will Ir said and Intcrcosalona for i.V ln" "" VVeitncsdajs and Krldays at hntur.ljj ot IS 111 the Ilretor'a Bible Clan On the Chunh) Thuivilajs and Snlnts" Days uiidltlniinl leehnilon. ii-'mi am J SJ HTKPHEN'S CHCHCH. lUth nt, ul.ovo Clitrmut. j lit 1 CAR I. K. HtAMMt:H, S T. II . Hector .....Mi, ari.ii.i-n ii.;i, a in., iioly com 1n1.nl.111. 11, Imnilig Prayer. Sermon and (.onflrmathjii. Ilishoi. ..arlaiia will adminis ter the rile of Connrmailon and preach. 4 i m.. Kvenlnj Praer and address by tha Hector. In tho afternoon the Hector Is glv- ,1!f',."uM' nf, 'futures on "The Oospcl He. Iilnd tho noapela.' ' HT. STEPHEN'S CHL'HCH " 10th above Chestnut. MARCH 8-11: ;V',".A' JOHNSTON ROSS, D. D Units Theological Seminary, MARCH 1.1 (Saturday): RCV. JOSEPH II. KAH onai Church. KAHP, St. PtuP M.m- rprii ll.vl Tlu'n, light weight and very compact. Printed from De Virtne large Pica type. Contains Family Record, etc. Printed on the finest India paper made, .. . T!'B colr tons Is a beautiful pearl white with firm, soft tluUh. While, It Is doubly strong; and tlnn In texture. It Ii so thin that It hulks only ot an inch to a thousand pa gen ana so opaque that the heavy black tyrju doea not show through. ' v Ask Your Bookseller In Two Windings; Rcan Calf and Turkey Morocco A. J. Holm?tn Company, Phila. , i HAltlll.ll ttll'lllil u 10 ..- 1" hk-'-rhe ilrlglnal i.oodi.ea.." r .'. -:: iMiiiiiig ..nun thu tilanta." At half-iuai s. Men's Undo Class. All men sinking fcood fellowshln are iiul J, &"? man iilvtn u hearty welcome. r.r Tin; riitxT jti11 oi.isr chpiich " 1 1 HAlll.Kh WKHI I.V lll'IINS, llinlster. Morning Servlie, ten forty-tlve. r MAItl H CliJIMI'Sll' N Hh'HVICR veiling (-'ervhe. eight. "r'i-1 'Ihlnl talk n Ir.r LAPSED 1,11'K" "I HE 1iit UOV" ili" '?.'."", fru,'," "' Crucltlvlon" hy VMt.l Ijoy Choir. illr,tion H 11. Olunlel. '" TAIIKIINAl'l.r. tlth lelaw Ofurd-10 ,10 Communion 7 13. Special "Nn Night Their.'1 Note: voiuan 1, .TJ'h7,tal site "and style as toe new India paper edition ot the lciicyi.leM.edla BHUunUa. '-1 ' . -. ' Jerusalem (iiurdriiliorgluii) h-AlTIIPOl. r.NTO riKATII" U the suhl.cl of tin, sermon hu inlay mufulng bv ,he i'as ,,furct,,i'f,-'ye",.,,,:d.0daS0 body Is welciine w" "' " elcome I'rrsbilrrUii AHCH STHVJKT OIIUHCH. Li5t"Va'i,;i.'U,,V,r ll , J. flRAV BOLTON, u ff H Wu'i V? TAYLOK t'Al.mefLT. Awleuit " 10L4 a4 m., Rv Mr. CaldweU wUI uab ti ' Utv. J HfcVfcUllifllC LtK V R.Milt. S.3U u. la Uiaded U11.L. SAhiii 1 JS ' J,' . ii41 a,"11"' " lc itea- . COMB AND nitlNO A KRJEND Reformed 'i'i'm'c i?i i. ' ,li,lh"!!1' Dauphin-Rev John l illi-lis. Pastor. 10 'lo and H: a. s.. 2'30. Rrfurine.l KpUrnpal ii':..,s-iiniv 1 ommunlun. .2,0"i'j.'Cen !!" ?!u,d . ' . ''aganlsm De Sep. raed I'rom the (1 dd of Christianity." Suilallst Literary ftirlrty CHAItl.EH Zl'KHLJN Leciuror and Puhlletst will ai.tuk n "Mliliano an.) Morals" t llroac; siirrt Theatre, trundav. I n. in, Muo by Jjy l"'n Mmt Suing Quartet. Adiiils- Svinleiilinrglttii bllK NRVV JKItlSALBM " Unitarian i'sA-'i 'cW.W?,. :'"' cni ftt " chlldMn and udulta Invited t a m , preach, hu by the Minister, tubj.t, TUB UNPAR ii'.NAIIS.j: SIN p m si.cwlil lecture on HOW TK lliOHEIlCHITIClKM IN S1T11Y. 1N-.1 TDK II1BI.K HAS CHANCJEtJ OlTIt yjKW Alli.t'T JKsil-S. vi'lJ "- IllllAKD AVE H3JUJ. Hev. ii. B EVAN3 7 IV-"Mr undy and ill. A1KI1.00IST3 " I'nltrct I'rcslijli-rlan TI1K NORltlS HQI'ARK V V CHURCH " Hanuica t. ana Svifiuehiin ave. Hev. I.EK 1. HII-'K, Pallor 10.41 s. in -"Life, Abundant IJfe ' S.10p. ui.-IULJe Classea and Siliuol 1 , . i. . 1 i.,niiaii m values. V place for YOL'. Come' A plac liilirlt nf IVnnltunla VSSRBU. ,SKI,v,u'Eb. .J ', ,0'elo-VTiau.ioa Hall Adaiew bv Father Harvey OtTlctr ta lolel. Mr Henrj Hot. ' """" Hiiig 'Irii'e Christian Association REV. "A. POH1.MAN w adar4 u. m. nveelliu I auditorium Subject. "All Thins tu All Men." Tabernacle hymns end lsVru iumUI lilo. Drop tn iliw under Mr I ten A l ni. la the lobby All men wrdUllr ivlefl . oung Winiirii's Christian Association Y- "iiZuh'ZKtifiM aT' OF TUB SP.NRAY PARTY HUJ, QIVB HFR CHART TALK ON THE SECOND CO JUNO on- CHRIST. PUBLIC INVITED. loung Men' Christian Auwclatlou FHKD V LK8H coo verted AuMn IH, "" HWilMptW letbfjrPi -A! and eVmsotti b Music by Usb- ry wileuts Kiln. Florence Smith .iiwu uwMiaei r.4g ei. luntiaiiu MM-ana ! Mcaenai isnor. William Nowtaerr ko Hv Porter. Orgaout aod DlrtorngrSI y Dr. Lie 41' s4U Ire .t ttnSS? IIKNBMII.KNT ASSOCIATIONS to.. oAi.lAllU.N AHilK nc i'LUaalvbU UiAdiiuarteea, Cuieautl leujt Bulldm,. II lb auj Uorket lalnii 8 K Hult ui (Nusaa4. Ti- Hell. Walnut 3Uv. 4,.Kq. M40 Slf 4, il 1 fiVi.ijiMiiwBiisviittiiifr'ia r nitBsaagaiai IfflJtllQtlirlMill' .!1,SAJM