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pluck a few principles and precepts 
from religion presume to be equal 
to this divine institution? Every 
benefit to man has been plucked 
from this tree. 
The decline and dry rot of the 
ehurch and Christianity always be- 
gins when they are classed as mere 
human institutions among many. 
There is no substitute for religion 
and the church. No use trying to 
lay other foundation for other foun- 
dation there are none. 
It is more important to sustain 
and advance the interests of this di- 
vine institution in this world than 
any other thing init. It is more im- 
portant than your business, your 
houses and lands, your banks, your 
stocks, your investments, your polli- 
tics, your reforms, or even your 
schools; for these all pertain to 
your temporal life, this institution 
pertains to your eternal life. 
And there is need of another 
epoch-making advance. The wheels 
of this evolution halt. In antiquity 
the prophets caught the vision of a 
better temple than Solomon’s. Jesus 
elevated the thought and conception 
of this larger unfolding of this in- 
stitution of the Kingdom of God, 
until God’s temple has its central 
throne in the very nature of the 
worshipper, in which the heart of 
the humblest may be the most sa- 
ered altar. The dim visions of the 
prophets and the teachings of 
Jesus ‘are our glorious present that 
we fail to fulfill. 
Every new growth and order had 
to throw off the shell of the old. 
The Gentile Christian Church threw 
off the shell of the Jewish ritualism. 
The Reformation threw off the shell 
of Roman ecclesiasticism. The Free 
Church threw off the shell of the es- 
tablished state church. So must the 
church throw off the shell of its 
formal professionalism for the 
greater, positive, practical right- 
eousness of the daily life. All things, 
from the humblest manual task to 
the execution of the highest genius, 
must be not doctrinally and pro- 
fessionally but practically righteous 
and -religious,—to the glory of God. 
Every foot of earth, every task, ev- 
ery act, every man is ordained to 
the glory of God. 
The divine purpose of evolution 
is perfection. Every atom revolving 
round creation’s throne to the 
mightiest planet is singing evolu- 
tion’s song of perfection. The birth 
and life and teachings of Jesus 
hold the central thought of this di- 
vine institution, — perfection, — the 
‘“new earth wherein dwelleth right- 
eousness.’’ The work and wonders 
of the church in the past are the 
prophecies for the future, —the 
divine institution ever unfolding in 
wisdom and power unto final per- 
fection. 
Will you have your part in this 
fuller unfolding of this divine proc- 
ess or will you be discarded as unfit ? 
There is no teaching so stern and 
immutable as the teachings of evolu- 
tion, for in the perfecting processes 
of creation it is the ‘‘survival of the 
fittest’’ only. Your hope of eternal 
salvation, life and glory lies in be- 
ing in harmony with God in his 
processes in the religious unfolding 
of man. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Mrs. Levi Z. Leiter, who has 
spent the summer at her Beverly 
Farms estate, ‘‘Edgewater,’’ has it 
seems, been spending much of her 
time in a labor of love and mem- 
ory, the completion of her late hus- 
band’s collection of Southern books 
and manuscripts of the Civil War, 
after many years of wearisome la- 
bor. The collection is said to be the 
largest in existence of letters, pa- 
pers, books, records, ete., of the war 
between the North and _ South. 
There has been an enormous work 
in indexing and cross indexing the 
contents. An expert from the Con- 
gressional Library did this work. It 
is a matter of speculation whether 
the valuable collection will remain 
at the Beverly Farms mansion or 
will be sent to Mrs. Leiter’s Wash- 
ington residence. 
oOo 909 
Houston A. Thomas and family of 
Hamilton sailed Tuesday for Eur- 
ope. 
090909 
See. of the U. S. Navy George von 
L. Meyer has left Hamilton for 
Washington. 
o°Oo9090 
Judge Caleb Loring has moved 
into his Pirde’s cottage for an au- 
tumn sojourn. He has been stop- 
ping with his sisters until the Willys 
family, his summer tenants, took 
their departure. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
the hunt Ben P. P. Moseley opened 
the doors of the famous Indian. Hill 
farmhouse and the party enjoyed 
inspecting the many rare articles of 
furniture and curios, most of which 
were collected by his grandfather, 
the late Maj. Ben Perley Poore. A 
lunch was furnished by John S. 
Lawrence of Topsfield. Among 
those who participated in the meet 
were Mrs. George von lL. Meyer, 
wife of the secretary of the navy, 
and her two daughters. Tuesday 
afternoon the meet was started from 
High street, Ipswich and Thursday 
there was a morning run. Chain 
Bridge, Newburyport, will be the 
starting point tomorrow afternoon. 
For next week there are runs on 
Tuesday afternoon and Thursday 
morning. For the former meet the 
starting point is the Day Farm, 
Danvers. On Saturday afternoon 
the 14th, the starting point will be 
the North Andover Country club at 
2.30 o’clock. By invitation of the 
elub breakfast will be served to the 
hunting contingent at 10 o’clock. 
0909909 
Mrs. Robert D. Evans is planning 
to remove to Boston from Beverly 
next Monday. 
oOo 909 
Mr. and Mrs. Alanson L. Daniels 
of Boston, gave a luncheon for ten 
at their Wenham summer home on 
Wednesday. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Although many Beverly Farms 
summer residents are answering the 
call to winter homes, there continues 
quite a lively aspect in that vicinity 
as the village has quite an all-the- 
year-round contingent. It is indeed 
the month for out-door life and the 
smart set here are enjoying their 
driving, motoring and walking trips 
to the full. Among the departures 
this week from summer homes have 
been the families of Warren Fair- 
banks of Indianapolis, Dr. Marshall 
Fabyan of Boston, and Miss Eliza- 
beth Perkins of the same city. Last 
Thursday (Sept. 27) Judge and 
Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes closed 
their cottage. After a visit in Bos- 
ton and New York, Judge and Mrs. 
Holmes will locate in Washington 
for the winter. 
oOo 9090 
The Amory A. Lawrence cottage 
at Hospital Point, Beverly, will be 
closed Monday by Amos Lawrence, 
the son, who has been residing 
there. He will oceupy his house at 
Beaver Pond during the autumn. 
o0o9090 
Miss Sarah Stephens of Detroit 
and Pride’s, has been spending a 
portion of the week at the Rockville 
House, Rockville, Conn. 
oo 00 
Mrs. Wm. A. Russell is now oceu- 
pying her new summer home at Bev- 
erly Farms. 
