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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1909
Page
23
Rev John Van Schaick denounces loan companies in Washington as cruel usury and urges church action. He proposes honest competition and funds a church pawnshop model like at St Bartholomews New York to aid the poor, while promising further investigation results soon.
Plan to start a large evangelistic campaign in September announced by J Campbell White of New York. He cites rising giving for world evangelization and predicts growth from 4000 to 24000 North American missionaries in ten years, with Washington hosting the start and Taft likely to speak at Carnegie Hall.
The Rev Dr John Reed Shannon of the Metropolitan Church spoke to youths about thoughts shaping life. He claimed thoughts are a ship's rudder, determining course, with inner thoughts driving character and destiny, warning that evil musings invite moral decay and that wholesome thoughts preserve body and soul.
The Rev. Dr. Weston Bruner of the Fifth Baptist Church announced to his congregation that he would not accept the call to the First Baptist Church in Durham North Carolina. He refuted the idea that ministers are driven by money, noting he has received seven higher offers since joining here but remains in New York. He said a minister deserves reasonable support as he devotes his life to service.
A New York series titled Christian Economies began last night at the Church of the New Jerusalem with Rev. Dr. Frank Sewall. The course features sermons on sociology as an organism and will continue Sundays with speakers from Cincinnati Baltimore Providence Cambridge Brockton and New York City.
A streetcar struck James M. Tibbs, 18, at Seventeenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, leaving him with a slight concussion and hospitalized. Walter Sewell, 40, of 1377 L Street SE, reported being held up by two men near Garfield Park. The page also notes new shorthand classes at 10 11 00 New York Avenue and various local ads and notices.
Solemn high mass observed yesterday at the Sacred Heart Church began at 11 o clock with a sermon by Rev. James F. McGee. Music of exceptional order featured Emile Rarst devotional works, Miss Mabel C. Lattimer sang the offertory, and Miss Alice M. Hverman returned from a Russia tour to render Adams Noel aided by Dr. William M. Kimball and a 35-voice chorus led by Margaret Sweenes. Soloists included Latthney Sweeney Guida Callan and others.
A historical article argues that biblical events align with natural forces and geological findings. It cites Jericho walls, Red Sea crossing, Amraphel’s expedition, and Hittites as supported by tablets, eclipses, and Euphrates valley discoveries, claiming increased credibility for Old Testament history.
The Rev P A Baker superintendent of the Anti Saloon League of America spoke in the city yesterday outlining a district crusade. He announced two expert superintendents would be sent to lead the temperance drive and reported saloon closures from last year and projected closures this year ranging from nine thousand seven hundred ninety one to fifteen thousand to two thousand.
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