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Haslett CPECIAL SEPTEMBER RATES HEALY'S m hotel CONTINEN’TAL n .umgv P WALSH DU Creston €4 Ocenn fro at Montpelies water - all rooms MM T JELAWARE CITY [ Newty 1 i warer 1o M EST"LLE Ave. Suites with clevator; VES. Wr Laird WS T weial ABOR INN UL Ay ISt ~Cnson, M. Dunn . ¢ 1 Jecntion & AMERICAN WAR CLAIMS BODY COMPLETING WORK Between $5,000,000 and $8,000,000 | Involved in 300 Cases in Which | Evidence Has Been Taken. e Associated Press. SRLIN, September R fons e p ot e gov- iment aggregating 4 sum ranging we 5,000,000 to 8,000,000 dollars are being considered by the Uni States agency which 5 been ¢ ferring with the « Theagenc has virtually completed its task, and is preparing to sail for the United tes within a week. ividence in more than 300 cases h {been taken. All of these cases grew {out of requisitioning during the war, rticularly the sequestration of ents, An ng the claims cons s those of the Western Company, the Pittsburgh Plate Compan and the Remington writer Company TO AMEND POSTAL EULES AFFECTING NEWSPAPERS Newly Appointed Inspectors Pro- pose Dailies Weeklies Shall | Have More Expeditious Deliveries. | 1.—Claims of and The newly { 3 first appointed supc {tors “of the Post Offic [Who will specialize {provement. will be and weekly new the same expedition in deiivery laccorded first < manl { The four men who have bee «d by Postmaster General N {seek out evervthing that hamp sorvice are T Bushuell Jeity: John mof $ William J. Opdyke of Jand John M. 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PAUL, Minn., September France's determination to hold the | Rubr “until Germany pays” was em- phasized by Paul Mancel, general of the court of appe: {Varis, in addresy at the dinner marking the close of the Amer- {ican {night | | s in an Associatibn convention last | is not begging.” M. Mancel | said. “She does not e sk all ghat is due her. but she is tired of prom- |ises and of words. It is a question of life or death with her, and France i\\ il live it igns. not a foot of land that is 1ot hers rightly does France desire. | But we hold the Rubr as a mortgage, {and ‘we are determined to keep it [until e are phid, The Freneh min- {istry that would actually withdraw from the Ruhr now would be driven {out of office by public opinion.” | * ion”of the convention was j the ¢ er to Robert I. Lee Saner of Dal the new president, of the {duties of that office by John W. Davis New York, retiri utive. Adoption of a v {participation of “the the Permanent Court of International at The Hague and the election er marked the eclosing session 1of the association’s forty-sixth annua convention here vestere The date the ne nd the convention city ted by the executive mittee at its midwinter meeting. H Ofcers Elected. clected were: Frede of Albany, N W. Thom re-clected sec of executive Gov. Charl, Whitman, W skburn, Or rtford, h, stown, “lton, Norfolk, Va “Okoloni, Miss.; Guernes Angeles, and Fred A 1 States in b s Ken Bl H. Stovall, L state and was xas Bar Associa- in 1911 | The resolution would have the {United States join the court on the 1+ basis t down in President Harding's messase to the Senate February 24, { Debate on Resolution. It was introduced Thursday George W. Wickersham, former torney General, and was referred to the executive committee then . fo recommendation, after bar members termed the’ issue involved “po- When the resolution yesterday, with the recom- mendation that it be' adopted, a flood of ors mediately was loosed, but finally, on the motion 15 adopt, there wits only feeble oppositio e point of debate was on tion by Lilbarn R. Railey of | Fla., for amendment of the resol to approve the principle of States participation, leaving the fo olidge administration. Mr. ttitude wax supported by Hill of St. Louis and others, Mr. Wicke in urging of his resolution, backing of former Senator Kellog and others. Principle Indorsed. seemed agreement in the vesterday that ssuc was not tical, Mr.” Kellogg and others de the principle of participation had been indorsed “by all parties and all_people.’ Intimation step toward the brought from Mr. ment that they us Booker T. George.” The convention also adopted a reso- {lution dirccting that the next annual convention should he held in an castern s and that im- I mediate special ses- sion of the a ould be held in London. accepting an invitation of | the English bar. by At- i a mo- m had the Frank B. There bate I elaring that the court league of nation Kellogg the s re about as rel Washington was was a WILL ADDRESS CHURCHES. The Negro National Educational Alliance will conduct a series aldresses here, beginning S . in the John Wesley African Meth- adist iscopal Zion Church, and Corcoran _streets mnorthwest. Other colored churches in the city will be visited during the month, SPEAKS TO GIRLS. The Rev. Thomas W. Cooke. rector of the Church of the Ascension, will \ave charge of the service at the Hol- wiay House of the Girls' Friendly So- tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock SURPLUS CARS REPORTED. otwithsianding loadings of rev- pe freight are the heaviest in his- ry, the American Railway Associa- o _announced today there were 174917 surplus freight cars in good repair available for service on August At the same time a shortage of §90 frelght cars tas reported. rplus coal cars totaled |nm at points where no demand for n existed. —_— ‘ In the Day’s News. James A. McFarland, the new tional commander of the Disabled merican Veterans of the World War, {was one of the organizers of the as isociation and held the office of na- {tional vice commander before election {to his present post as head of the or- ganization. Commander McFarland a Georgian and went to France carly in 1918 as a firg lieutenant of jan infantry regiment. gle saw active service from the begMning of the American offensive on the_ western {front until a few weeks béefore the |armistice was signed. While fighting in the Argonne just previous to the Iconclusion of hostilities he was seri- lously wounded and for six months was laid up in hospitals. When he finally returned home he took up the |study of law in the University of | Georgia. After completing his course the taught for a time in the law de- | partment of the Georgia School of ’T«-rhnolox." and then took up the prac- | tice of his profession. Today's Birthdays. Lord Methuen, one of the twelve ifield marshals of the British army born seventy-eight years ago today. | Georges Gevau, celebrated historian iand member of the French Academy, |born seventy-two years ago today. | Sir James Lougheed, veteran Cana- |dian statesman, born at Brampton, {Ontario, sixty-nine years ago today. | Rex Beach, writer of many popular rovels, born at Atwood, Mich., forty- |SIX vears ago today. James J. Corbett, former champion Ineavyweight pugilist of the world, born” in San Francisco, fifty-seven years ago toda: —_——— For Car of Cherries, $2.35. Down in Missouri a - carload of cherries was shipped to an eastern market by the Marion Fruit Growers’ Association, which netted just $2.35. S D. Cannady, secretary of the asso- clation, is trying to figure out how much each member of the association contributing to this car load is en- titled to. The contributions were from one crate upward. It was the only carload of cherries shipped out, and the fruit growers consider them- selves lucky that they did mot have advocate | annual | 1196, all of | na-{ n has imperialis- urging | the | committee presented the | {thur de- | of | sptember | 14th | jthe | I | | pre: Labor Questions Minister’s Sermon Topic Tomorrow NSON. Johnson, dircetor reh department of the al Council of Churches, which about thirty Protestant America. will be the the Mount I South of the Feder rey in Preacher tomorrow at Vernon Place M. 1 at &:15 pan ey, Mr odist preacher Conterenee, s a well known w and religions subjects, 1w frequent contribu various magazines and other publications. In his sermon he will give many of his observa- tions during his study of I questions Y. M. C. A. NEWS MeK Chure Joimson. who is a Meth- of the New York Etchison, M. C. A, will eformed Church at the Petworth the 8 o'clock religious work speak at L1t Baptist service k and ‘hurch at day The pulpit of the Luthe the Atonement will be 11 o'elock service by un- an Church vecupled G. Kun- of the dahl Campbell will conduct rvice 4t the Petworth I. Alvi the n ing Baptist Church, Rev. Thomas preach at 11 minster Presby “SURE WAYS OF HEALING.” by - lock erian Mackwen at the Churcl will West- Announced Topic of Lecture Viva M. January. “Sure Ways of Healing” is the ject of a lecture to be given by M. January toworrow evening o'clock the Unity Auditor, 326 1 street northwest. “The to the Wilderness Camp” jeet of a lecture to be iy Buck Tuesday aftern 'k Cnfolding Godward” is the a lecture to be given by anuary -Thursd everfing at 3 vclock. K ternoon at o'clock Mr. will_conduct the forty-minute serviee VISITOR WILL PREACH. Dr. Ainslie of Baltimore at Colum- bia Heights Church. Ainslic of Assoe sub- at 8 ; subject Garnett January healing The Rev. Dr. Peter of the Temple Christian Church Balti- more and president of the at for the Promotion of Christiun Unity will speak at the Columbia Heights Christian Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock James L. will speak at the REV. DR. FULTON SPEAKS. at Wilmeth of Philadelph s o'clock service. To Deliver Sermon Tomorrow Temple Heights. Dr. Hugh K. Fulton. the orthminst Church and a chaplain in th serve Corps S, A, is to spe afternoon at Temple Heights. Solt will be sung by William H. Ather- holt v. pastor of _— DR. HAYES RETURNS. Pastor to Preach Tomorrow in Pet- worth M. E. Church. Rev. Dr. Edward the Petworth M. E Hayes and their turned from his ch tomorrow In July he lectured on History” at Mountain Lake Parl Md., to the Epworth League Inst tute, which had 625 delegates pre ent, many of them being Washing tonians. WILL FILL LOCAL PULPIT. Virginia Minister at Fifth B1ptist Church Tomorrow Morning. Dr. Everett Gathier, a Vir- ginian, will preach at Fifth, Baptist Church tomorrow morning. The evening service will be conducted by the senior B. Y. P, U. Addresses wiil be made by John Ruthveen, president of the city B. Y. P. U. Federation; Herbert Reamy, Forest Neal and Miss Alba Bailey. Rev. Dr. John E. Briggs, the pas- tor, will return from hif vacation next week and preach the following Sun- day. Haves, Church. with Mrs, daughter,, | re- vacation and is “Methodist Rev. TWO VISITORS IN PULPIT.} ——— Rev. R. H. Coker and Rev. A. T. Abernethy to Preach. The Rev. Robert H. Coker will oc- cupy the pulpit at H Street Christian Church tomorrow at 11 a.m. In the evening at 8 o'clock the Rev. Arthur Talmage Abernethy will preach. MISS ANDRUS TO SPEAK. Miss Effie Andrus, a member of the staff of the Volunteer Nurse Soclety, will address the Crusaders’' class of young women at the Sunday school of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church tomorrow morning, her subject being “The Other Half. DR. MONTGOMERY BACK. The Rev. Dr. James Shera Mont- gomery has returned from an extend- ed vacation'and will occupy the pul- pit of Calvary Methodist Church to- morrow morning and evening. MAJ. TRIPLETT TO SPEAK. Maj. George V. Triplett is to address the All Comers’' Bible class of the Church of the Covenant tomorrow at 9:45 o'clock. D. C, SATURDAY, Viva ! Presbyterian : pastor of to SEPTEMBER 1, 1923. PRESIDENT PRAISES MNISTER PENSIONS iSends lndorsement to Meth-| odist Board at Annual Ohio Conference. By the Associated Press. { MARION, Ohlo, September I.—In- dorsement of the movement of the { Methodist Episcopal Church to pro- {vide for aged and disabled retired | ministers, teir widows and orphans | was volced by President Coolidge in :a letter read today by Rev. Joseph B. | Hinge of Chicago, executive s retary of t Methodist board of con- ! terence claimants, at the annual ses- | ion of the West Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church, meeting here. The P'resident not only indorsed the movement in the Methodist Church, but in all denominations as well. Jightecn Protestant churches in the United States have a total endowment fund for retired ministers, their wid- ows and orphans of $75,000,000, and last year distributed to 20,000 benefi- claries of the fund 00.000. Rev. ph B. Hingele g0, sec- of the board ('unf rhn('v, | i | i | | | of rman of the. Inter- e returies’ conference n ministerial pensions, declared. or part of this endowment, Hingley stated, has been secured during the past fifteen vears While great progress has been made {in all denominations, he said, an addi- { tion endowment of $60.000,000 is! {needed in order that the obligations the churches to those who have 1 forced o -retire from active ervice because of old age may be met Rev. Mr. Hingeley ca » pension work done nd industries and for [and other public servants, and de- clared that “the Christian church, | which is the inspiration of all such | subjects of large social coneern, « not afford to lag behind in thesy ters, and is not doing so. APPEALS FOR MORE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY | Hed attention | by railroads hool teaches | menta { 0&nized by this tribute his greatn | builder Sungday School Lesson| BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON, PAUL THE APOSTLE—Acts, 54-8.3; 9.1-31; 11.25-30; 13.1-28; Philipians, 3.4-14, Reference material, Romans, 1.9-17; 15.15- 21; 11 Corinthians, 11.1-12.10; I Timothy, 4.1-22. Golden text: I press on to- ward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.—Philippians, 3.14. Guizot has pointed out how Paul | | the Apostle carried civilization to Europe. It is an appropriate lesson for Labor Sunday. When the thought of the world is focused upon the la- bor problems of all lands we are to study the career and character of the great apostle to the gentiles, whose missionary zeal planted the seeds of | modern civilization in Europe. Amer- ica recognized her debt to the cham- pion of liberty and civilization by erecting a statue to the great apostle | in the reading room of the Congres- sional Library. It was placed among the world's greatest men. We rec 4s & missionary statesman, church or- sanizer, thinker and theclogian, and because of our indebtedness, as a peo- ple, to the influence and inspiration that this great spiritual leader has exercised in the lives of men through- out the Christian centuries, In tracing the source of his great- ness we are brought face to face with the tremendous influence that his an- cestry, birthplace and citizenship played’ in molding his carecr, ftting him for his work and making it gos- | for | slhl- from a human standpoint Paul to leave his mark as a master of character, churches and civilization upon men’of his own and all subsequent ages. Paul was proud of his gloried in the fact 1 member of the ace of the tribe of Benjamin, a .Hebrew SDrung from the Hebrews. He tells us that on the cighth day he w ERITHEY bed ording to the r ments of the law. M ed for the service of so, from his arliest days, he looked forward to be- coming a rabbi. He was a Pharisee. This meant that b ucated in the fundamentals Jewish faith, His pare to it that h was train they did, according to the stri sect of their faith. His home training was supplemented by instruction in the “House of the Book,” as the ele- v 8chool of the synagogue was Although education was religlous, he probably neestry he was “a ael and of t Ts called distinetly he | taught Hebrew, the language of the Prof. Longacre Says America Is! Starting Dangerous Old Testament. He learned the law by heart. He gave it such a_passion- ate devotion that he claimed, later in life, he had lived more zealously than most persons of his age for the tra- {ditions of the fathers Precedents. { birthp Special Dispateh t BALTIMORE, & Puritan vears ago on a they) eptember 1.—Our | forefathers that landed 300 ‘stern and rockbound igious freedom, but wanted only for themselves, the blue laws th made stand as a mockery of the Cons tion of the United States, S statement was made by Prof. C. Longacre of Washington, inter- national et of the Religious Liberty Association, in an address i before the Seventh-day Adventists amp meeting here this week That personal liberty grant der th wstitution of the. States is threatened by the proposed passage of Sunday blue laws, and that such laws will, in reality, create | a4 union of church and te, was predicted by Prof. Longacre. He mpared the present activities of n organized minority working for the passage of Sunday law to the work of the prohibitionist forces, voicing @ fear that the majority, be- lieving in toleran will find their liberty restricged before the purpose f the religious legislation is real- ized “Organized lobbies for some have been attempting to fc ligious legislation through the erning bodies of both state eral governments, h said. ticnal Sunday laws are forced through by the pressure of this eeclesiastical machine, which as evil and treacherou ES the well {known political machine. An e i i wanted re it and ey now itu- i un- United tim, re- gov- | and fed- Adi- is ple of this work w the recent situ- fation in New York state, where H =ix ¥ bills, all pressed minent religious workers, were e i before the state legislators. “The real purpose of Sunday blue ! laws is to enforce religious observa- tions desired by certain sects,” Prof. e continued, “and {s, in effect,; 1y religious persecution in the guise | ivil authority are in dnflict with principles of : the founders of our government and | with the law of God as given to! Moses at Sinai. to proclaim to all the | land and all the inhabitants thereof. he guarantee of freedom is the! greatest of the three ‘inalienable rights’ of the Constitution, and the | desire for freedom in religious thought is God-given. Tt has enabled | man to cope with tyranny in_every form. It comes before all 1 ness."” Only by happi- | two state i asserted, have not ing man’s actions on Sunday, these ing California and Oregon. In ome cases these laws have been re- {tained since the early days of big- ot nd persecution, but in man: cases are the effect of recent legis. tion. Besides threatening our constitu- | tional liberty, he said, such laws i strike for forcible religious observ- nce and endanger the existence of | religion itself. ;REV WALTER REED NAMED i RECTOR, ADVENT CHURCH i For Past Year Has Been Connected With Staff of Episcopal City Missions. Walter B. Reed, for the past year on the staff of the Episcopal City Missions _of this city and for- I'merly” of Chicago, has been selected as ;rr(‘lur of the Church of the Advent, 2d and U streets northwest, to suc- ceed Rev. Thom Williamson, jr., who resigned several months ago. The new rector is to assume his duties at the church tomorrow, preaching at 7:30 and 11 a.m. SERMON ON PARABLE. Dr. Smith to Preach on Laborers ! in Vineyard. | At st Thomas' Churen, 18th street i between P and Q (near Dupont circle), the rector, Rev. Dr. C. Ernest Smith, {will preach tomorrow on the parable lof “The Laborers in the Vineyard.” | During the summer Rev. A. . { Hawkesworth has been in charge of { the parish. He came here from Pitts- burgh during the war on the invita- | tion of the Navy Department. Rev. Dr. Willlam S. Bishop, another of the clergy of St. Thomas’, has been acting for|Rev. Joseph Fletcher, rec- tor of Rock Creek Church, who has been spending the summer in Europe on an automobile tour. Mr. Fletcher will be back in the middle of Septem- ber, when Dr. Bishop will resume work at St. Thomas'. — WILL TELL OF EUROPE. ] | William Knowles Cooper. general | secretary of the Y. M. C. A., will speak | at the Vermont Avenue Christian Church tomorrow morning and evening. The subject of his address in the even- ing will be “Present Conditlon in Europe.” Prof. Longacre statutes restrict- i | | Rev. | modern {Dr. James E. Paul was born Greek-speaking Empir and reared in a city of the Roman He was not ashamed of his ce, for he tells us that it was ‘no mean city.” Its location had en- abled Tarsus to win a place in com- merce. Greek culture and athletics. It had Roman shipyards, to which came galleys, men-of-war and mer- chantmen—a ‘majority of which had been built of the timber from the near- by forests—soldiers and men from everywhere. In its streets he learned Greek and Latin, which may been supplemented by courses in the great university of the city. The influence of Tarsus helped to fit him to be the champion of Christianit among the gentiles and the teacher of a ilization which has mes und made us debtors. 4n Howson, without exhausting the st, names thirty different references to athleties in Paul's epistles. “Jews hated these naked sports, bec: they them obscene. * * o ted them, because they el 'He caught, as Tarsus, the love of the great games as. ev American lad has ght the love of base ball Twenty miles north of his native city were mountains that were fested with robbers, whose brigand- age made them “a terror to the whole Cilicfan plain.” Possibly this made the soldiers of Rome popular in Tar- sus, to ‘the militia show gard for the Roman many references to reveal the influence days when Paul of their “Sophists,” whom he despis although probabiy he picked up his native city some of the many wise | vings of the Greeks, which he used / his _high army. Grecian of those learned the His early ‘REV. DR. G. F. DUDLEY HOME TOMORROW NIGHT | Will Begin Preparation for Conse- cration of Bishop-Elect Freeman Soon After His Return. Dr. George F. Dudley, recte Stephen’s Episcopal Ch who visited Oxford University. alma mater, this summer and later joined Mrs. Dudley at Atlantic City is expected to arrive'in Washington tomorrow night. Upon his return home he will imme- diately begin preparations for the consecration of the bishop-elect, Rev. Freeman, which is td take place September 29. He will also resume his Christian healing service. the first of which will be Tuesday a 10:30 a.m. in the church n active campaign is being plan- ned for the ercction of the new church and parish hall on the new site this winter. During the absence of the rector this summer the serv- ices have been conducted by Rev Clyde Brown, the a stant minister, who I es the first of next week to take charge of the services at All Angels' Episcopal Park, Haines Falls, N. month of September. Last Sunday was the last of the| open-air services that have been held during_the summer at the new church site. Beginning tomorrow the even- ing services will be resumed in the church at § o'clock. DR. WILFLEY DELEGATE. Vermont Avenue Pastor to Attend Colorado Convention. Rey. Dr. Earle Wilfley, pastor of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, ac- companied by Mrs. Wilfley and Miss Katherine Wilfley, will attend the ses- sions of the international convention of the Disciples of Christ, at Colorado Springs, Col., from September 4 to 11. Other delegates from the Vermont Avenue Church to the convention_ will include Mrs. E. G. Siggers, Mrs. Ruth Thompson, Mrs. N. R. Jenner, Miss Pearl Graham and Dr. Robert C. Me- Cullough. Miss Graham, who is assist- ant, superintendent of the Sunday school, is to attend dinner of the *“Thousand Dollar _Club” at, the Alamo Hotel in Colorado Springs, Monday, consists of representatives fo achools which have contributed $1,000 for for- eign missions during the past year. ' SERVICES TOMORROW. Virginia Rector to Preach Church of the Epiphany. At the Church of the Epiphany the preacher at the 11 o'clock serv- ice tomorrow will be Rev. E. W. Mellichampe of Halifax, Va. The Young Peoples’ Society will have their monthly corporate com- munion_at the 8 a.m. service, fol- lowed by the fellowship breakfast in the parish house. At the evening service at 8 o'clock the preacher will be Rev. Raymond L. Wolven. SERMON TOPIC. “Life's Greatest Battle,” the subject of the sermon to be preached in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church tomorrow morn- ing by Rev. William A. Elsenberger. Rev. of St h. his Y., during the at will be s | was | molded | in- | nd with Paul. whose references | re- | culture { .| dent Church, Twilight | which _club | with telling effect in work. Tarsus was not cational center, his missionary only a great edu- but also an impor- tant hide market. This probably in- fluenced Paul, foilowing the Jewish custom, to learn the trade of tent- making. Probably, it was there that he first became aware of the im- portance f being born a Roman citizen, which w; destined to p such a great part in his future lif silently being fitted during hood days in Tarsus place among the great world ers of history. Ramsay has pointed out that Paul's father belonged to the aristocracy of | Tarsus because of his wealth and social position due to his Roman citi- | zenship. His financial condition en- abled him to give his son the best educational preparation God's service Ly sending him Jerusalem, which was the center of the Jewish faith, and love for all Hebrews who were not idents of Palestine. Possibly the marriage of h first sister and Jerusalem becom- ing her home may have hastencd the breaking of the family ties and the entrance of Saul, as he was then known a student in Rabbin- ical College. One result of his dent days in the “House of Interpre tation” “in Jerusalem, was the tion that he occupied when the cmar cipation of Christ itatio Judais tionality was ad No one would detect the of Stephen's principles quic Saul, who may have been absent in Tarsus during most of the ministry of the Lord Jesus. ‘The moment t Christ ity sought to become sep- arate from Judaism, it could count upon his antagonism. As a menber of the Sanhedrin a and ille- convicted Stephen, ul had ¢ Vote ugainst the first marty » church He r caled his hatred attending Stephe execution and recalled with burning sh o how watche the people who While the Sanhedrin d in Saul an active n their efforts to erush by the of w bitt ution the chureh 1 testified to their it v Lord, Saul ne i of Stephien and the vealed in his pray presence of the ted hix heart j something different, that in hix epochal conversion transformed the persecutor ARRTessive apostie to the gentiles One can tr the outward move- ments of Paul from the met Jesus on the way funtil the apostle died MArtyr to the cause. in the Acts of the Apostles nd his epist H wessage or gospel cannot be under- stood without a knowledge of his ex perience as a ¢ nd maste bullder of ch. | cn The third chapter of Phi pians. in the portion assigned for ov study, sets before us very clearly and thoroughly Paul experience, cach fe which calls for “a sermo his complet surrend to Christ confident f: h in Christ for justi- fication, his personal union with Christ, his earnest desire for the resurrection. his humble sense of im perfection, his steadfast and strenu- ous purpose of progress in santifica tion.” His life from the beginning unio the end a story full ¢ venture and achievement that sulted from his for the L loyalty to Hix call for servi Next to Paul's faith. that him to correctly interpret the events n the life of nen and the Church of hrist, the secret of his suceoss w probably the intensity - of his lov | His heart was aflame for Christ and Hiy cause His love Jesus m him the slave of the Lord. He | devoted to all his friends. He ne forgot them. In every epistle see the evidence of his pass love for Christ and hisy cy No one has ever given u: definition of love than his summing up of “the greatest thing in the world.” 1In the hour of darkness and despair God's love sustained him In every trial and testing he was confi- dent that “all things" would ut for his good and God's glory onfidence in the future of the pel has been_ confirmed by it | achievements. The religion of Jesus that Paul planted the need of mod- ern civilizatiin in Europe has deve ped and adapted itself to every sit- uation in human life, It is as qnn L with its initiative nd power toda it was in the days of its founder and its great interpreter, whose missio ry genius and marvelous campaigns i have thrilled the annals of m with | the story of their victories. (Copyright, 1923.) CHURCH CORNER STONE LAYING SEPTEMBER 9 ! Ceremonies by Takoma Park Bap- tist Congregation. Piney Branch Road and Aspen Street. t lead- | | i3 in ‘ker than re he Stephen ities 1 ut Faith D and living Christ the sced o the It pla and into that A0 1 like Stephen, a f Inate Hix gos- The corner stone of the Takoma Park RBaptist Church, Piney Branch road and Aspen street. is to be laid September 9. at 4 p.m which Hilton Jackson, moderator of the Co- lumbian Association of Baptist | Churches, to make the principal address. The building. which is now in of erection, is to cost abolt It is of rubble stone — AT BOTH SERVICES. Dr. Barbour Preaches Tomorrow at Congregational Church. Dr. Clarence A. Barbour. presi- of ‘the Rochester Theological Seminary, Rochester. N. Y. will the pulpi Rev. of the First Congregational | Church, 10th and G streets northwes at both services tomorrow. For ten ears he was pastor of the important Lake Avenue Baptist Church, Roche for six vears he was as- sociate secretary of the international committee of the Young Men's Chris- tian Associations of North America, and for the past eight years he has president and professor of homi- of the Rochester Theological In recognition of his work, the de- | gree of doctor of diviniy was con- | ferred upon him by the University of Rochester, in 1901, by Brown Univer- | sity, in 1909, and by Williams Col- | !lege, in 1920. The degree of doctor of | | sacred theology was given him in | 1921, by the University of Syracuse. For' four years he was chaplain of the Grand Lodge, F. A. M New York. He is a thirty-third degree Mason and is a mrember of several civic and welfare organiza- tions. At 11 am., he will speak on “Unto nd" and at 8 p.m., on “One Good SCHOOL ELECTS OFFICERS A. G. Grinnell Named Superintend- ent at Vermont Avenue. At a business meeting of the Sunday { School of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, last Thursday evening, the fol lowing officers of the school | elected : y i~ Superintendent, Alton G. Grinnell assistant superintendent. Miss Pear] Graham; general secretars, Theron C. Copeland ; assistant secretary, Miss Z. Amann ; enroliment secretary, Miss Mel- va Doyle; treasurer, Edgar Graham: | chorister, 'W. E. Braithwaite: pianist, Mrs. R, C. Kidd: librarian, Miss Frances Six: editor, Miss Ida McMillan. Super- | intendents of departments: Adult, J. W. Robbins; senior, Miss Ardelle Payne; intermediate, Mrs. A< G. Grinnell; junior, Miss Mabel Mansfield, and primary, Miss Elizabeth Wilson. REV. DR. BARROWS RETURNS. Rev. Dr. Alfred E. Barrows and wife. who have been spending the month of August in New York state, at Chautauqua and Clifton Springs. have returned to the city. Dr. Bar- rows will fill_his pulpit tomorrow in the Eastern l'resb) teri an Church. 1 for his | very | for | | to i stu- | posi- | nificance | forgot | ! heen germinated | the | hour when he ! amascus | ad- | enabled | one | fil\| room at 611 thie grann were | CHAPLAIN SCOTT 10 TAKE PULPIT Will Deliver Sermon at Ca- thedral Services—Other Speakers Coming. | Special |made by have bewr Cathedral Mount St. Alban, for bringing select ipreachers here to give the sermons at the cathedral scrvices during Sep tember, beginning with a special ser when Rev. William United States rt Myer, Va., is and 4 p.m who served the vivania, arrangements the National {mon tomorrow, IR, Scott, chaplain, [ Army, stationed at 110 preach a 11 | Chaplain Seott, {church ten | re of the vears in coal mining ons is o preachers at the cathe- with the congrega open-air service held Cross from the middle of October every vear. He of Philadelphia, a grad ersity of Pen: General Theolo York city. I dained a _deacon by Bishop Henry Potter of New York city, and be- his ministry as @ curate in the med “Little Church Around the Cor. " which is in the heart of New York city. He was advanced to tihe sthood by the Rt Rev. Ethelber Nationul ning of one | the ravorite dral, itions at | the ve { May until A native e especial the Cathedral, si the greaching serviee the Pouce Cros® some twenty-five ars ago. has mude constant endeavor to give the h people fof Washinzton and ot interested n_opportunity to hear the men foremost reputation in the kp Church in the United States, and {this quarter of century *ever {preacher of outstanding position ha heard on Mount Sto Alban, and last doze cars since the ng of the Bethlehem Chape ¥ of these men have preached : the indoor servi well as thos in the open air. During the past summer and in September, the win has been to bring to Washinztor some of the newer voices hitherto no joften heard in the National Capita popularity of this undertakin. been proved by the excellent idance at the open-air servie during June, July and August, and i1 therefore, confide expect that the September preachers, both it oss and the Bethlehen | Chapel large congrega- the chur T fin th i open | will draw Sunday in Septemb. the day following the consecration Rev. Dr. Jam, ward Freeman as Bishop of W ton, plaunned to be held on St and Al Angels there | servic f un pow the jCathe The shing Michac will be ymmor ation: arra complete nouncement well as of s ined for Sund October. At the Iber 9 the preacher { William F. Peirce, yon College, Gambier, Ohio. Other jare: September 16, Rev. Dr. Wallace { 1. Rollins. professor in the Theologi fcal Seminary at Alexandria, Va.: Sep tember v. R. I Kreitler, rector B Church, Scranton, Pa addition to these, Rev. Walter borne Whitak of Knoxville . will preach September 16, and Luke M. White of Montelair ptember 23 PASTOR TO RETURN. ments for these and due and will he made 1e special se ¥ viges plan afternoons -in ecarl ir services Septem will be the Re president of Ker open i Luke's Dr. Brundage to Fill Pulpit Tomorrow. Henry E. Brundage, mir Eckington Presbyteri is expected to return from a ation in the Pocono moun- tains, Pennsylvania, and will preach to morrow morning in his church and in the evening in the United Brethren { Church, when he will bring to a close | the union services of the two churche i These services have also been pro- {ductive of a friendly and stimulating Irivalry in the union mectings of the k. societies of respective urches For the Hnllh season Eck on has had a successful Daily Vu- cation Bible School, which closed in j the latter part of July after u well at- ! tended and helpful term. Mrs. E. ¥ Winter, who spent most of {ner_va ‘yoming, is expected to renew his church Rev. Dr ister of the hurch, spent in VIE FOR ATTENDANCE. of Eastern | Bible Class Presbyte- riap Church Plans Contest. men’s Bibl Lastetn Presbyteriar conduct an attendan six groups into w has been separated wil ave the largest numbe present each Sunday morn nth, s of the groups arc !'T. Wood, Beverly M. Leache, | M. Erwin, Allen M. Laster, J { nicutt and A. C. Nelson. The regular business meet held September 10 in the Mary nd avenue east The c delegates t .| Leesburg conference of the Men's | Bible Class Association of the Dis ‘Xr‘u'l of Columbia will submit the report at this meeting. lmportant ;p! ns for the fall and winter work I will be discussed and definite action jwill be taken relative to_cntering {one or pore teams in the Northeast i Inter-Church Bowling League this |winter. George H. Winslow is teacher { of the class, to which all men are wel- | come. | ! PASTOR COMING HOME. During class of Church contest he class compete to of members {ing of the n | The leade September the will The 2l the Charles Munsor . Hun- s wi men north the i be Dr. Mitchell Has Made Tour in Europe. Rev. Dr. Harry Mitchell, pastor of fthe Metropolitan M. E. Church, and Mrs. Mitchell, who made a tour of southern France and Switzerland, expect to ar- rive in Washington Tuesday. Dr. Mitch- jell will resume his preaching Septem- ber 9. { BACK TO OLD CHURCH. Dr. Musson to Preach in Boyhood Congregation. Rev. Dr. John Musson, pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Baltimore, will preach at the First Baptist Churoh, 16th and O streets, tomorrow at 11 {am. and 8 pm. Dr. Musson was a Sunday school boy in this church, and eft it to.study for the ministry. Rev. Dr. Henry Allen Tupper, the pastor, will occupy his pulpit Septem- ber 9. -_— SERMON BY DR. HARTSOCK “Religion of Spirit” Subject n‘ Foundry M. E. Church. In Foundry Methodist Episcopa Church tomorrow morning the Rev Dr. J. Lewis Hartsock will preach on “The Religion of the Spirit,” and in the evening his subject will be “Gut ter Philosophy At the n 1z service the saci: ment of the s Supper will be ad ministered. The Foundry quartet wili furnigh music at each service.