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ENCA SECRETARY BETS CALRCH CAL Rev. G. G. Culbertson to Serve as Supply for Year at Ballston, Va. Rev. G. G. Culbertson has been called by the Presbyterian Church at Ballston, Va., to serve as stated sup~ ply for the year beginning April 1. The Presbytery of Washington City has granted the request of the con- gregation. Mr. Culbertson has been serving the church for meveral months. This new relation will not interfere ‘with the work he is doing, and he will continue fo act as executive Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. CLASS PLANS PROGRAM. The Foxall class of Foundry M Church will appear before the Foundr Epworth League in & body and conduct a devotional service tomorrow evening at 6:45 oclock The program will be in two parts, and will begin with a prog onal, “The Bat- tle Hymn of the Republic,” by the entire s. Part 1 will include the following : ‘The Origin of Foxall" Lester E. Nel- son; “The Foxall Wheel,” R. J. Bowen ; “The Foxall Man,” H. M. Budlong; “The Foxall Creed,” Vernon Brewster:; “The Foxall Prayer.” Harvey J. Cheston. These will be interspersed with special mueical numbers the full male chorus and a selected double male quar- tet composed of the following: Leon R. Wood, 8. W. Mcintosh, George W. Keat, J. P. Gross, C. B. Dean, Allen Gardner, Lawrence B. Dunn and Robert W. Parnaby. Part 2 of the program will feature “Paul's Defense Before Agrippa,” With the following cast: King Agrippa, by J. P. Gross: Festus, by (eorge Crane, and Paul, by § W. Mcintosh. C. S. Bradley is serving his twelfth year as teacher of the class. REV. W. A. SPICER SAILS. Rev. W. A Spicer, president of the Worl General Conference of Severth-d Adventists, will sail from New York today for a tour of South Africa to assist in making plans for the advancement of mis slonary enterprises. He will go by way of REurope, visiting Adventist centers in the British Isles before embarking at Southampton for Cape Town, whete he wili be met by Rev. ‘W. H. Branson, director of the church in South Africa, and the two will go through the Congo, Nyasaland, Bechuanaland, Rhodesia and other sections. This will bs Rev. Mr. Spicer's see- ond trip to Africa, and he says the denomination will build new mission stations, strengthen ‘those now estab- lished, and send exploring parties into regions where no missionary ever has been. Hamline Mothodist Episcopal Church 18 having revival services. The min- tater, Dr. J. T. Herson, is preaching sermons stating the need of more consecration to the fundamental teachings of Christ The subject to- morrow morning will be “The S8u- preme Question,” and in the evening “The Sign on the Door Post.” K: L. Osborn, chief clerk of the Chemical Warfare Division of the War Department, will teach the Men's Bible Class at 9:45 am. in the audi- torium of the Park Theater, Four- teenth and Buchanan streets north- waost. BEGINS SERMON SERIES. Rav. Dr. W. §. Abernethy of Calvary Baptist Church will bemin a new geries of sermons tomorrow morning on the Lord's Prayer. This series will continue for some weeks, gradually unfolding to the congregation the spiritual depths of this famillar pass- age of Scripture. The subject for to- morrow morning is “The Filial Spirit.” In the evening Dr. Abernethy will continue his fireside sermons on the home, using as his subject “What Men Like in Women™ The evening service will have special music ren- dered by the newly organized chorus under the direction of Mr. Thomas Moss. BIBLE CLUB TO MEET. The Sunday Afternoor Bible Study Club will meet at the Y. M. C. A. at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow. under the Teadership of Judge J. W. ThHompson. All men are invited, Page M Etchison, relizious work director of the Y. M A., will speak tomorrow evening at the Georgetown Presbyterian Church at 8 o'clock. Sunday. morning Mr. Etchison will teach the Omo Bible class at the Brightwood Methodist Church, W. B. Oliver, lay evangelist, former Y. M. C. A. secretary and editor of the Daily Bible, is &pending a week at the local Y. M. C. A. assisting the religious work department in its pro- gram of. work. VISITATION ANNOUNCED. The Order of the Daughters of the King of the Episcopal Church in the dlocese of Washington will visit the branch at All Souls’ Memorial Church, on Cathedral avenue, next Monday at 8 p.m. - This is the regular biennial vis- itation of the order to ohe of its constituent chapters. The Midwinter meeting of the local council of the Daughters of the King will be held next Thursday evening in St. John's Church, Potomac and O streets northwest. Dinner for Teacher. The Gamma Philathe4 class of Cal- vary M. E. Church held a dinner in honor of its former teacher, Mrs. Ben- jamin Goldsworthy, at the New Wil- lard Hotel Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. She 18 being urged by the class to again become their teacher. Those present were Misses Blizabeth Gaddis, Alice Dodd, Betty Booth, Mar- garet: Guest, Mary Louise Allen, Es- ther Dodd, Elsie Smith, Allene Gra- ham, Ruth Evans, Gladys Henry, Gladys Evans, Mary Talbert, Cora ‘Guest, Marion Chapman and Hazel Patterson. Young People’s Night. Another “young people’s night” will_be held tomorrow night at the Second Baptist Church, Fourth street snd Virginia avenue southeast. A special section of. the thurch will be peserved for young people. The pas- tor, Rev. Ellis C. Primm, will preach the second sermon in his young peo- ple’s series on the subject, “The Field of the Sluggard.”. Thore will be sev- eral baptisms. The pastor's subject at the morning service will be “A Good Subject for Debate.” “Belief in God” Is Topic. Dr. A C Christle, ‘teachér of Cal- vary M. E. men's class, has for sev- eral weeks been giving a series of talks. The topic.for tomorrow. will ~Pe- “Do You Believe in God?2” DR. DURKEE TO PREACH AT MT. VERNON CHURCH “The Macedonian Cry—Repeat- ed,” to Be Topic—Quartet Will Bing. Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, president of Howard Ulversity, will preach at the 11 _o'clock service, tomorrow morning at the Mount Verron Place Methodist Episcopal Church South on “The Macedonidn Cry—Repeated.” The first of a serles of request num- bers will be sung at this service by the Mount Vernon Quartet, under the direction of R. Deane Shure. In thé evening, at 8 o'clock, the pas- tor, Rev. Dr. W. A. Lambeth will preach, his topic being “Paths to God.” The Sunday School will meet at 9:30 and the Junior Church at 11 o'clock, Mrs. W. T. Morgan will give a short talk on the Woman's Mission- ary Soclety at the 11 o'cloek service. Mrs. Flofence Clayton Dunham of Fairmont, W. Va.. will glve an organ recital at 7:40 p.m. — REV. DR. EARLE WILFLEY GIVES SERMON TOPIC | iNeglected Treasures” will be the subject of Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley's sermon tomorrow morning at the Ver- mont Avenue Christlan Church. At the evening service he will besin a series of four illustrated lectures, the first two of which will relate to France and the second two to Italy. The subject of his first lecture will be “Paris and the Battlefields.” Wil- llam E. Braithwaite will have eharge of the music for both services. Next Thursdny evening an all- church soclal will be held under the auspices of the work department of the Woman's Soclety, Mrs. W. P. Sterns, president. The social will be preceded by a prayer service at 7 o'cloek, led by Dr. Wilfley. The twentieth annual Christian En- deavor banquet, In the form of “The Cruise of the ‘Sans Soucl,’” was held last night in the reception room. Miss Estella Grissom, president of the Al- pha Endeavor Soclety, acted as toast- master, and the Alpha and Beta wo- cietles had as guests several of the pastors of Disciples’ churches in the of A number of spectal musical features were presented. MISSION TO BE HELD. The Irish efergyman, Rev. Dr. F. W. Clampett of 8an Francisco and Rome, a graduate with honors of Trinity Col- lege, Dublin, who made 8o great an im- pression last Sunday when preaching at 8t. Thomas' Church, Eighteenth street near Dupont Circle, will hold & misaion in 8t. Thomas', beginning February 28 and continuing until March 8. The hours of service will be 7:30 am, holy eucharist (with 5-minute address); 4 p.m. life's study for women (meh welcome); 8 pm., mis- sion service and mermon; 9:15 p.am., after meeting (with informal talk). He will be assisted in the mission by Rev. Dr. Garrett and the clergy of St. Thomas’ parih. REV. DR. WATSON RESIGNS Because of continued i1l headth, Rev. Dr. E. O. Watson, for several years past shington seoretary of the Federal Council of Churches, has re- signed. The officials of the organiza- tion have accepted his resignation with regret. It Is expected that Dr. Watson will take a pastorate after April 1 where he will not bs com- pelled to carry such heavy responsi- bilities and in that way con(lnnaqn service for a number of years Yo come. Pending the selection of his successor, the Federal Council has roquested Rev. Dr. W. L. Darby to serve as acting meoretary, In addition to his regular dutles in the Wash- ington Federation of Churches. The offices of both ofganigations are ih the Wobdward Bullding. — SERMONS TO CONTINUE. ‘The rector of the Church of the Epiphany, Rev. Dr. Z. B. Phillips, will continue his special series of lecture- sermons on “The QGreat Religions of the World" at 8 o'clock tomorfow evening. He will discuss tomorrow the development of religion in Per- sla—Zoroastrianism—considered one of the most interesting in this course on_comparative religion, Dr. Phillips will also occupy his pulpit at the 11 o'clock service. The Sunday schools assemble at 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., and the weekly meeting of the Young People’s Soclety will be held at 6 p.m. .. PLANS LORD’S SUPPER. At the New York Avenue Presby- terfan Church- tomofrow at the 11 o'clock service the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be observed. The minister, Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, will deliver a short communion ad- dress on the subject “Whom the Lord Welcomes.” The minister will deliver a short address in the evening on the subject “The Meaning of Elijah to the World of Today." . NEW PASTOR TO PREACH. With Dr. Samuel Judson Porter now in active charge of the church, work at the First Baptist Church started with four candidates for baptism last week., Dr. Porter will preach at 11 am. tomorrow on “The Royal Boun- ty,” and at 8 pm. on “The Volce Above the Storm.” The Sunday school board has adopi- ed a plan to increase its membership by ADFil 19. “The B. Y. P."U. adopted the plan to give every member of the church and Sunday school and B. Y, P. U. a dime savings bank, to be used toward paying off a small church debt by Easter. Women Invited to Men’s Service. A sermon interesting to men, which women are invited to hear, .will be preached by Rev. Godfrey Chobot at the Sixth Presbyterian Church tomor- row evening. The subject is “Three Hundred Men.” The theme for the morning sermon will be “Investment.” Mr. Chobot, with the assistance. of the choir, will conduct a service at the Central Union Mission, 622 Lou- islana avenue, next Friday evening. —_— Class Invites Women. “The Florénce M. ‘Brown Class of Calvary Baptist Sunday school ex- tends an Invitation to all young women, especially those not affiliated with any Sunday school. A colonial party will be Neld February 20 and Home Folks' day in the adult' de- partment February 23. — e Gives “Winter Story.” “Winter Btory (XD, Hew Laugh Was on Bome Lawyer: be related tomorrow night at 8 o'clock by Rev. E. Hez Bwem, pastor, Cen- tennial Baptist Church. The 11 o'clock mor\zlng subject will be “Sustain- ment.” Rev. I. W. Ketohum to Preach. Rev. Irving W. Ketéhum will pry at Peck Memorial CI services tomérrow, in ‘the morning on “The Rose of Sharon” and in the evening on “The Meaning of the Goa- pel of Jesus Christ.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, § Evangelist to Preach REV. DR. JOHN W. HAM. Revival meetings will be held at the Fifth Baptist Church during the next two weeks by Rev. Dr. Johre. W. Ham, Southern evangelist. He will. preach tomorrow morning on “Walking With God,” and at night on “The Privileges of the Believer.” The choir will lead the music. COLLECTION POSTPOMED. Offering of Episcopal Woman's Auxiliary to Japan Deferred. The appointment by the Bishop of Washington of a committee to nmke an intensive campaign in the churches under his care in March for contribu- tlons for rebullding the Ipiscopal churches and institutions In Japan which were destroyed by earthquake and fire in 1923 has led to the post- ponement of the oollection of golds silver and jewels for the same pur— pose, which the dlocesan organization: of the Woman's Auxiliary bad ar- ranged to take place tomorrow. The offering will be taken March 29. Mrs. Willlam D. Hurd, the president of the Woman's Auxillary in the dlocese of Washington, In announcing this change of date, states that ar- ticles of value collected in the churches tomorrow may be held for presentation on March 29. HOLDING ECHO MEETING. Central Presbyterian to Hear Re- ports on Convention. An echo meeting of the recent for- elgn missions convention will be held tomorrow night at the Central Pres- byterfan CHurch. A number of dele- gates from the church and Young Paople’s societies atténded the con- vention, and will make a report at a Joint meeting of the Christian En- deavor socleties. The young peopla of the Central Church” are holding a study class overy Friday night, beginning at 6 o'clock. The class is open to all the young people of the church and con- gregation. This class is led by the pastor, Rev. Dr.. James H. Taylor, who is gIving Instruction in church history and in the organisation and polity of the Presbyterian Church. VIVA JANUARY TO SPEAK. Lecture Announced for Tomorrow Evening at Unity Auditorium. Viva M. January will lecture In the Unity Auditortum, 1326 I street north- west, tomorrow at 8 p.m.. on “You WIIl You?* Wednesday dt 18 a class In “Lessons in Truth, v, at 8 p.m,, I8 a class in in Truth. Wednesday, at 8 pm., Mrs. January will give the first definite law in the course on the “Laws of Mind,” the subject of which {s: “The Law of Coneentration, or How to - Make Every Brain Cell Alive.” Friday, at 5 p.m., is the regular healing meeting conducted by Garnett January. —e Sermon Topics Anno;nced. Rev. Thomas Worthington Cooke, rector of the Church of the Ascen- sfon, will preach twice or Sexagesima Bunday, tomorrow, his subject at the 11 o'clock service belhg “Human Wisdom Versus Inspiration” and in the evening “The Burdens of Modern- Day Livin There will be a cele- bration of the Holy Eucharist at 8 a.m., church school at 9:30 a.m., Chi- nese school at 2:30 p.m. and the Young People's Soclety at 6 p.m. Fol- lowing the 11 o'clock service Dr. Cooke will baptize a large class of catechumens. At the end of the eve- ning service at 8 o'clock there will he an, admission service for candi- dates for ‘he Girls' Friendly Society of the parish. Entertainment to Be Repeated. ‘There. will be a repetition in the Parish Hall of the Church of the Transfiguration Monday evening of the entertalnment recently given there by the parish- branch of the Girls' Friendly Boclety. Mrs. Eliza- beth M. Phillips, dramatic dialect reader, will be the chief attraction, and there will be music by members of the society and other persons con- nected with the parish. . . - Communion Service. At Trinity Diocesan Church tomor- row the vicar, Rev. Raymond L. Wol- ven, will preach at the 11 -o'clock service. There will be calebration of the holy communion L] 9:30 the church school wil session. The Young People meets at 6:30 p.m. in the parish house. At 8 p.m. there will be eve- ning prayer and sermon by the vicar. — Will Preach on-Isaiah. “Isaiah’s Three Visions” will be the subject of the pastor, Dr. H. T. Med- ford, at the morning service at John Wesley A. M. B. Zion Church, Four- teenth and Corcoran streets north- west, tomorrow. The holy ¢dmmun- fon will be adminidtered &t the night service. New Church Directory. The Washington = Federation of Churches plans to {ssue a new edi- tion of the book, “Where Washington " The material is now be- mbled and it will go to press in & few days. It is expécted it will be ready for distribution sarly next month. s Congresses' Dates Set. Advices recelved at the Washing- ton office of the Catholic Literature Association of the Anglo-Catholic Congress state -that thers ‘will be congresses _ in Middlesdbrough and Southampton in June. Several prieats’ conventions are being held In the north in preparation for thése con- gresses. Bible School Program. The Bible schosl of Luther Place ‘Memorial Church, Ifving 1. Koeh, su- perintendent, will present a musical entertalnment February 24 in the chapel for the benefit of the Gettys- durg -College : fund: The program called “An Evening of Music.,” . BAPTIST CONVENTION WILL MEET WEDNESDAY Mount Bethel Association to As- semble for Bession in Trinity Church, on 13th Street. The Mount Bethel Baptist State Convention of the District of Colum- bia will meet next Wednesday at 11 am. at Trinity Baptist Church, Thir- teenth street between Q and R streets. Rev. G. L. Davis is pastor of the church, There will be several addresses and a sermon at the morning session. Re- cess will be taken at 2 pm. and the afternoon session will convene at 3 o'clock. A union prayer meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m., at which several addresses will be made. The officers of the convention are { Rev. S G. Iamkins, president; Rev. 1 G. W. Bren, secrotary; Rev. R. D. | Botts, corresponding secretary, and | George Timus, financial secretary. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR The Flying Squadron will meet with the Sunday Evening Christian Endeavor Society of Calvary Baptist Church tomorrow at 6:45 o'clock. The following program will be given: “Christian Endeavor Prime Requl- sites,” Robert G. Covell; “The Joy of Service,” Irving L. Koch; tenor solo, Thomas P. Russell; “Loyalty to Our Standards,” Robert A. Voorus; “Or- ganizing for Action,” David Mac- Cahan. ] The Union Basket Ball League is now in full swing with practically baif the games played. So far, the Friends’ team Is ashead, With five games won and none lost. The games are played at Calvary Methodist Epis- copal Church, Columbia road between Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets northwest, each Wednesday evening at & o'clock. The District of Columbia Union will present a minstrel show in the near future, the talent to be secured from the various Christian Endeavor so- cleties of the District. The union is Jjoining with the Washington Federa- tlon of Music Clubs in having Frank Branch Rliley, travel lecturer, to come here and give his travel lecture, “The Lure of the Great Northwest,” at Wilson Normal School February 20, at $:15 p.m. The annual banquet of the District af Columbla Intermediate Christian Hndeavor Unfon, held at Calvary Baptist Church February %, was the lairgest in the history of the organi- zation, 355 guests being préesent. Ad- dresses were delivered by Repre- semtative Clyde Kelly of Pennsyl- vania and Frederic William Wile. Righard L. Riedel, president of the Intgrmediate Unfon, was toastmaster. Mrs, L. C. Greene, the new superin- tendent of the Intarmediate Union, wak introduced by David MacCahan, prestdent of the Senior Christian En- deavor Union. Report Made on Attendance. At meeting of the Organized Bi- ble CMasses at the Ninth Street Chris- tian (Shurch February 3 a report was made by Page McK. Etchison, exec- utive secreta that from reports re- ceived drom various Sunday schools about A per cent of the attendants are adults. Homer J. Councilor con- ducted an open forum on the organi- zation off classes, class activities and teachers of classes. The committee in charge of the Frederick confer- ence reported that arrangements wete practically complete. Dr. Wilkinson to Lecture. “The Uni¥ed States in Prophecy — America Facing a Crisis,” is the sub- jact of a lecture tomorrow at 8 p.m. by Dr. B. G.. Wilkinson, dean of the- ology, Washington Missionary Col- lege, at the Capital Memorial Church, Fifth and F streets. Monday at 8 p.m. Dr. Wilkinson will eak from the Bible prophecies on “Islam Aflame with Revolt.” “States After Death” Is Topic. “States After ,Death” is the subject of the talk to bwe given tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the United Lodge of Theos- ophists, 1731 K street northwest. The publie is invited The study class will_be held Wednesday evening at § o'cloek. Sn;hy School Body to Meet. The regular monthly meeting of the Bunday School Institfite of the Epis- copal Church in the Diocese of Wash- ington will be held in. the Parish Hall of St. John's Church,, Sixteenth near H streets northwest, ,Tuesday, at § p.m. The speakers amd their topics will be. Rev. A. A McCallum, rector of 8t. Paul's Pakish, Washing- ton, _on_“Church Loyal and Mrs. H. 'J. Patterson, superintendent, St. Andrew's Sunday Schwol, College Park, “Sunday School Pinances.” ATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1925 Sunday School Lesson BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON. JESUS IN GETHSEMANE.— Mark, xiv.32-22. Golden text——Not what I will, but . what Thou wilt.—Mark, xiv.36. Gethsemane was a favorite retreat of our Lord. Located upon the Mount of Olives, He loved to rest beneath its 0ld trees and to commune with the Father within its garden. It had received its name from its oil press, where the feet of men crushed the olives to obtaln"bil. There is some- thing about the quiet of the place, that the Franciscans have presérved for us, that appeals to every Chris- tian. Underneath the rugged, gnarled and twisted old olive trees differences of creed and church are forgotten by the followers of Jesus us they realize that they are stand- ing, If not in the actual place, then at least close to the garden of agony. While it is quite possible that the trees were cut down by the army of Rome when Titus besfeged Jerusa- lem in 70 A.D., nevertheless the trees now growing there may have sprung from the roots of trees which were in the garden the night Jesus came to it und made it forever famous. One of thie historic eight olive tre: was blown down a few years ago, but from its roots there will spring forth a new tree that in comfng cen- turies will help the followers of the Christ to visualize the Lord's strug- gle and sorrow that took place there the night preceding His crucifixion. Gethsemane stands out like a mighty mountain peak among the historic places associated with the life of our Savior. In fact, there is none great- er than Gethsemane, where, after you enter the low door, you are shown the spot where Peter, James and John slept when thefr loyalty and love called for them to watch and pray with the Lord, who poured out His soul in prayer about a stone's throw away from the three. They had been privileged to behold . His glory in the transfiguration. They were honored by the Lord, who gave them the privilege of sharing the greatest moments of history with Him during His suffering, struggle And, sorrow in Gethsemane. During the unprecedented experience of the Lord it Is evident that Jesus had an eager desire .for sympathy. He took with Him Ints the garden the members of His inner oircle, beoause He counted upon their loyalty and love - responding to His appeal for active sympathy and companionshin, No human being aan fathom the my: terles of the agony that Jesus en- dured alone during His struggle in the garden. Like the disciples of old, we can ouly reverently look upon the world's greatest battle from afar. There is a solitude the garden's gloom that none can evade. In its depth Christ fulfilled all prophecy, treading the winepress alone. Our High Priest. While itis impossible for us to pene- trate the deep récesses of Geth- semane, u torch has been lighted for us in the Lpistle to the Hebrews, by the suggestion that the experiénce of the garden was closely connected with the Master being “called of God an high priest after the order of Mel- chigedec.” Three days before, the tem- ple had been closed upon its Lord. But there Is a new temple, in which shall minister a priest of the older order of Melchixedec, rather than of the line of Aaron, a temple not made of stone, but composed of living men and women, for, as the apostle says, “Ye are the temple of the living God.” One writer well suggests that of this new and living temple we have a representation in Gethsemane— the elght are its court, the three are In the holy place, and into the hollest of all goes our great High Priest alone, for the vell s not yet rent in twaln. Reverently” we ma&y conceive, then, of Him as In that hour taking on Himself the sin of the world, in a more intimate sense than ever before. Not before Caiaphas, not at Pilate's judgment seat was the issue to be decided, but here and now before the dawn of morning. Like the drama of many other souls, it Is played in the darkness of the night and alone with God, While His body was crucified in Jerusalem, Gethsemane was the scene of His soul's crucifixion. While there the letter of the law was exe- cuted, in the garden the awful weight of its spirit was borne. He was called that night to drink the full cup of sorrow, while He only drank its dregs on the cros: If in this speclal sense Christ as- sumed the burden of human sin in the garden, can we wonder that He, who was without sin, shrank from being “made sin"? In His exhibition of the law. of life of how the just suffer for the unjust, He revealed the essential difference between the filial faith of Christianity and the bruta] fatalisms The Coach Of All Coaches! - 'When winter comes— spring is not far behind. But what matter the weather: - when you’re driving this six- .. ° eylinder Oldsmobile Coach! 31075 Ithasa f.0. b Lansing—Tax extra - _ Balloom Tires D ine finish —powerful Fisher bod{—-Duco -Head —-Balloon tires— Delco system-—Harrison radiator-~and a dry disc clutch——And it costs only 31075—om General Motors’ DISTRIBUTORS 1835 14th Se. Potomac 1000 of Buddhiem and Mohammedanism. In the garden His sufferings were pre-eminently mental and spiritual while upon Calvary they were phy cal. Before His prostrate body, quiver- ing with anguish, fell upon the chilly ground, Jesus told His chosen friends that His “soul” was “exceeding sor- rowful, even unto death.”. He did not fear the death upon the cross, but there is a strong probability that He recognized that there was a danger in his physical condition, that He might dle as & martyr in the garden nd not as the Savior of men. -Luke, speaking 2s a physician, tells of the agony and bloody sweat, which in cases of extreme anguish have been the immediate predicative of death. The mental and spiritual experiences through which He had immedlately passed in the upper room had served to deepen His sense of impending catastrophe. In that dark and trying hour Jesus never doubted His Fathers love. His trust in His Heavenly Father is seen in the short and simple prayer that was based upon God's personality. power and program. He recognized that His request, “Let this cup pass from me,” might possibly not be the best by expressing His absolute selt surrender. “Nevertheless, not My will but Thine be done.”” In Hebrews we learn that His prayer was answered, and that He was saved from death It was not the death upon the cross (that was never in His prayer), but natural death, under the stress and strain of sorrow and temptation in the Garden. An angel ministered unto Him and strenghtened the Lord 80 that Satan did not conquer Him. Josus did not die until He willingly gave up His spirit upon the cross. In agonizing struggle, wrestling with God in prayer, our Lord obtained the victory that enabled Him to become the world's Savior. While our High Priest returned in triumph from the holy of holies, the disciples, whose duty it was to watch while He prayed for them and the world, disappointed the Lord by sleep- ing. They were weary and tired, they were sorrowful, too, but not with such a sorrow that they could for- get it in sleep, even in the presence of the suffering of their Master. His words of disappointment reveal that He was surprised and hurt by thelir fallure to at least sympathize with Him. a5 He had requested. He warn- ed them to be -more wakeful, lest being asloep they should be over- taken with temptation. He did not excuse thém on &ccount of their physical weakness, but He cited that as a reason why they should be watchful and wakeful. He found them asleep at the end of the second watch and the third. Returning the second time, He aroused them and then retired to pray again without a criticlsm _or condemnation of their failure. When He returned the third time the battle had been won and His prayer had been answered. He urges them to sleep on 8o that they would possess physical strength when the hour of trial required it. The victory of Christ stands forth in marked contrast with the defeat of Peter, James and John, as well as Judas, who drew near o betray his Lord. They falled through disobedi- ence. We all are called upon to face A Gethsemane of trial, that can be A8 triumphant as our Lord's, {f we follow Him. Jesus committed the fs- sues into the hands and trusted the will of God. Throughout the ages of Christian history the battle of the upward and downward tug, the seif in us as opposed to the will of God, has VISITING MINISTER TO PREACH TOMORROW Rev. Dr. Derthick to Occupy Pul- pit at Columbia Heights Christian Church. Rev. Dr. Henry J, Derthick of Milil- gan College, Tennessee, will occupy the pulpit of the Columbia Heights Christfan Church at both the morning and evening services tomorrow. The pastor of the church, Rev. Harvey Baker Smith, is spending 10 days with the student hody of the college at Milhigan, The monthly Church day dinner will be served Thursday evening at 6 o'clock, followed by the prayer serv- ice, which Is in charge of the Wil- meth Class. Rev. Harold E. Dickens, pastor of the H Street Christian Chur give a lecture on “Our Flag, lantern slides as illustrations, Wed- nesday evening. EPWORTH LEAGUE Topic for tomorrow: “America and China’s Revolution.” Isaiah, 61.1-3. The leaders in the various local chapters in the districts are as fol- lows: Congress Helghts, Mrs. Lillian G. Dorrell; Bowle, Miss Bertha Trott; Hamline, Mrs. C. P. Lewis; Waugh, Walter Mallory; Seat Pleasant, Ray- mond H. Brown:; Metropolitan, Miss Ethel Vance, and Lanham, Miss Eveleen Blythe. Tomorrow will complete the study of “China’s Real Revolution.” This book has been used by most of the local chapters in the District for the regular Epworth League service the past five weeks. Credit will be given to each chapter which has conducted & mission study class this year. The regular weekly social will be held at Metropolitan Church Satur- day evening at 8 o'clock. A program has been planned by Dick School, fourth vice president. There will be refreshments. Soldiers and ex-serv- ice men are especially invited. The closing session of the Mid- winter Institute will be held Feb- ruary 21. After an address a candle light service will be held. Congress Helghts Chapter s plan- ning to have its annual banquet at the church Friday, February 27, at 6:30 pm. A program ls being ar- ranged. Young People in Charge. The Young People’'s Missionary So- ciety of the Sunday school of Shiloh Baptist Institutional Church, Ninth and P streets, will have charge of the wservices tomorrow night, at which W. H. Simons, a returned mis- sionary and Y. M. . A. secretary from the Far East, will deliver an address upon “The Evangelization of Africa tn Progress.” At the morning service Rev. Henry L. Goins will de- liver a special sermon. Rev. C. B. Austin to Preach. At the West Washington Baptist Church tomorrow at 8 p.m. the pas- tor, Rev. C. B. Austin, will preach on JAPANESE MISSION FUND TO BE SOUGHT Bishop Freeman Names Committee to Aid in Campaign to Be Conducted in Capital. Following the fdstruction of the Diocesan Convention of the Episco- pal Church, recently held in this city, the Bishop of Washington has appointed a committee “to co-opera with him in formulating and execut- ing as quickly as possible such plans as will enable the diocese of Wash- ington to share in making It possi- ble for the church in Japan to fulfiil its mission.” This committee, of which Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston is chairman, will meet at the University Club next Monday at 1 p.m. to initi- ate their work. Immediately upon receipt of the news of the Japanese disaster in Sep- tember, 1923, when practically all of the missionary work of the Episcopal Church in te neighborhood of Tokia was swept away at one blow, the National Council of the Eplscopal Church in America proposed the rafe- ing of a reconstruction fund to amount to nearly $3,000.000. About one- third of this sum has been raised, but recently there has been a lack of interest in this cause. Last October at a meeting of the House of Bishops an attempt was made to arouse enthu- slasm, which was failing, when ‘Bishop Freeman made an address which resulted in the promise of 100 bishops to use utmost diligence in this matter. Bishop Freeman is now setting the example by furthering the movement In his own diocese. While the plans of the committee will not be made known until after the meeting on Thursday, the pre- sumption is that arrangements will be made for a city-wide drive to be held during the week of March 22-29, when it is hoped to raise in Washing- ton at least §100,000. Dr. John Wood, secretary of the department of mis- sions; Dr. R. B. Teusler, superintend- ent of St. Luke's Hospltal, Tokio, and Rev. Thomas Burgess of the depart- ment of missions will attend the meeting Monday and furnish the com- mittee with the information and sta- tistics needed to conduct the drive. SEAEwE Dr. W. L. Darby to Speak. Rev. Dr. W. L. Darby, executive secretary of the Washington Federa- tion of Churches, will preach tomor- row morning and evening in Epworth Method!st Church South. Dr. Durkee to Preach. Rev. Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, dent of Howard University, will preach the sermon at 8 o'clock to- morrow night at the Brookiand Bap- tist Church, Twelfth and Newton streets northeast. presi- Before You Buy—See STUDEBAKER “The Two Great Tragedies of the Bibl always been won by the dedication of self-surrendered lives to the service of God and man. Lincoln, Lee, Wash- ington and Susan B. Anthony had thelr days of trial. Each of them won the right to & place in America’s hall of fame by a life of self-forget- fulness, devoted to the welfare of their fellows and the glory of God. Let us not Qespair in the hours of sorrew, struggle and sacrifice. When all ‘human help fails, the way for victory 15 open for us, it we will turn in prayer for guidance to the Lord. who never fails His people in the hour of thelr trials. Success always awalts a surrendereg life, given to God for His glory and the service of humanity. e Bahai Teacher to Speak. Arthur 8. 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