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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
15
A terse church appeal warns that laborers risk losing the sanctity of the sabbath due to greed and selfishness, while society indulges sundry amusements and neglects divine injunctions. The message urges faithful observance of rest and reverent devotion amid secular distractions.
Rev Randolph H McKim at the Church of the Epiphany warns that Sunday entertainments and modern customs undermine the Sabbath. He urges Christians to examine their own observance, noting greed and selfishness erode rest and worship and urging a personal reform aligned with spiritual needs.
The Religious Liberty Bureau of the General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists issues a tract urging prohibition in the District and opposing Congress Sunday laws. It contends intemperance harms rational life and civil society while arguing history shows no harm from restricting liquor traffic. It asserts Sunday laws are religious legislation threatening state church union, oppress peace and good government, and defy pure religion.
The Bishop of Washington opposed federal prohibition while urging local option and quarantining licensed saloons at Union Station. Speakers including Rep J T Heflin and Rev S Reese Murray pressed to remove liquor from the station, with resolutions against the license adopted and a protest to Congress planned. A second meeting is slated at the Congregational Church to continue the campaign.
Dr Eugene May addressed five hundred Young Men’s Christian Association members in the academy about Paul the Apostle in Rome. He highlighted Paul as a prisoner who influenced posterity, noting his Greek scholarship and Roman citizenship. The study clubs report a rise in enrollment, with two congressmen among new members. Tonight Edward D Schurr will discuss nature study as a profitable calling for young men.
Co W W Baker of the Capital City Theosophical Society gave a lecture on Growth and Use of the Mind. He argued thought arises from relation to the object and that training and a pure use train reason imagination and unlock inherent divine powers.
The Hebrew Relief Society marked its third anniversary at Adas Israel Temple with rabbinic addresses urging broader giving. Rabbi Abram Simon and Rabbi G Silverstone stressed that Washington has few very poor Jews and called for middle class supporters to augment charity beyond public and Christian society aid.
Full cream Cheese at 18 cents per pound, potted cheese, butter, mincemeat, pineapples, currants, and other groceries advertised. An old Washington firm offers treasury stock for sale to fund new machinery. Historical Society to hold 14th annual meeting at Shoreham Hotel with Barry Bulkley presenting “F Street Thirty Years Ago.” Gott's Olive Cream Shampoo promoted as pure olive oil based. Gas fixtures, bronze standards, and Spring Water offered. Arlington Bottling Company notes Heurich’s Beer supply for twenty years.
Dr Wiliam W Bennett of 44 Park Road Northwest fell from a street car at Eleventh and O streets Northwest Saturday night and sustained a concussion of the brain He was reported worse last night and was placed in Private Ward A at Emergency Hospital where he was carried The report notes he is in the private ward and under care of Dr Charles White
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