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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
11
A fragmentary note urges churches to stress the danger of workers loving their rest and succumbing to greed and worldly amusements. It contrasts devotion to divine injunction with secular diversions, highlighting moral appeal amid social pressures.
Rev Randolph H McKim delivers a sermon at the Church of the Epiphany warning that Sunday amusements and fashion extend to dinners luncheons teas and entertainments undermine sacred observance. He cites greed selfishness and social pressures as eroding the Lord's day and urges Christians to examine their own observance and spiritual needs.
The Religious Liberty Bureau of the General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists condemns proposed Sunday laws as religious legislation and a step toward church state union. It urges prohibition, claiming intemperance harms society and that history shows no injury from restricting intoxicants while extensive harm comes from excess.
Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee opposed prohibition in a meeting of the Women's Interdenominational Union at First Congregational Church protesting sale of liquor at Union Station. Speakers urged quarantining licensed saloons and keeping liquor away from the station, with resolutions adopted to protest to the excise board and a later meeting planned at the Congregational Church.
Dr Eugene May spoke to 500 Young Men's Christian Association members on Paul in Rome. He described Paul as a prisoner who influenced posterity, noting Paul was both Greek scholar and Roman citizen with sway in the Eternal City. Enrollment rose at study clubs, with two Congressmen among recent members. Tonight Edward D Schurr will discuss nature study as a profitable calling for young men.
Co W W Baker vice president of the Capital City Theosophical Society spoke last night at the Pythian Temple on Growth and Use of the Mind. He contrasted views that thought arises from sensation with the belief in inherent divine powers, arguing true thought unites both. He said thought results from relation to objects and accuracy of observation, with training and purity unlocking reason and imagination.
The Hebrew Relief Society held its third anniversary meeting at Adas Israel Temple. Rabbi Abram Simon urged middle class support, noting Washington has few very poor Jews and calling for increased charitable giving to ease the burden without relying on public or Christian charities. Rabbi G Silverstone echoed the appeal for extra efforts amid the current grip epidemic.
A jumble of old classifieds includes food prices like full cream cheese 18¢ per pound and potted cheese 6¢, butter 32¢, tomatoes and pineapple deals, and stock shares for sale by a Washington firm to fund new machinery. The Columbia Historical Society announces its 14th annual meeting at Shoreham Hotel tomorrow at 8 pm with Barry Bulkley presenting “F Street Thirty Years Ago.” Also listed are beauty products, olive cream shampoo, and gas equipment offers, plus references to Arlington Bottling and Heurich beer sales.
Dr William W Bennett aged 44 of Park Northwest fell from a street car at Eleventh and O Streets Northwest Saturday night sustaining concussion of the brain. He was taken to Emergency Hospital and placed in Private Ward.
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