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WELFARE WORKER 10 LEGTURE HERE ] Field Secretary of Girls’ . Friendly Society to Con- [ duct First Institute. Miss Kathryn Merritt, field secretary of the Girls’ Friendly Soclety of the “piscopal Church for the Province of Washington, will visit Washington next ‘week and conduct an intensi: institute for associates of the soclety. Miss Mer- Titt was appointed last Spring, and al- though she has twice before visited Washington for brief periods this is her first official visit to the diocesan organi- Zation of the society in the execution of the duties of her office. The institutes will be held in St Job Church, Sixteenth and H streets northwest, Monday, Tuesday and Wed- nesday at 7:30 in the evening. Her sub- Jects will be as follows Monday—(a) Aim, organizations and fdeals of the Girls’ Friendly Society, fin- ishing with a eummary of the perso: Telation of the association to the girl; (b) cycles of the girl's affection and energ Tuesday—Leadership, (a) physiologi- cal and psychelogical background of the teen-age girl; (b) community forces af- fecting her. Wednesday—NMaterial, These lectures are intended primarily for associates—that is, for the mature ‘women and girls who are the leaders in the parish branches of the society—and are intended to give them a sclentific basis on which to rest the knowledge ©of correct methods for the training of girls which has been given them by their years of experience in the society. Other members of the society, especially the older girls and those who have be- come “seniors,” will be welcome these meetings, CITIZENSHIP IS SUBJECT. Vermont Avenue Christian Church Crusade to Continue Next Week. “The New American Citizenship "?'IH be the subject of Rev. Jesse 4 Smith's sermon tomorrow morning at "hv Vermont Avenue Christian Church. The pastor of the church, Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley, is conducting an evan- ®elistic meeting at the Christian Church at Snow Hill, Md. The evangelistio crusade will be continued mext week with addresses by Rev. Mr. Smith, as follows: Tues- day at the home of Mrs. W. P. Sterns, 1833 Lamont street, at 2 pm., ;T!G Unity of the Christian Life”: p.m., ‘at the home of Mr. Mrs. D. Fulton Harris, 1500 Decetns street, “The Man Who Quits”; March 18, 7:30 p.m., at the home of Dr. and Mrs. R. C. McCullough, 1343 Clifton street, “The Will of God and Man's Lite W : March 19, 2 pm., at Cen. tral on’ Mission, “Representing March 20, 7:30 p.m. t the ;\Om]? of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. ¥ eese, 25 Poplar avenue, Takoma Pa ¢ Many Men Under Your Hatr Thace day, prayer service will be held at the church at 7 p.m., followed at 7:30 by an all-church social, the arrange- ments for which are in charge. of Mrs. Paul G. Ledig. CLASS TO BE CONFIRMED. Dr. Rhinelander to Be at St. Mark’s Church Tomorrow. Right Rev. Dr. Philip M. Rhine- lander will visit St. Mark's Church, Third and A streets southeast, to- morrow at 11 am., to administer the rite of confirmation and to preach the sermon. The rector, Rev. Wil- liam Henry Pettus, will present a class of nearly 40 who have been pre- pared for this rite by the rector and his assistant, Rev. William A. Masker. The preacher Tuesday at 8 pam., at the Lenten service, will be Rev. H. 1. Durrant, rector of Grace Church, Georgetown. The rector will address the children Wednesday at 4 pm. There will be two celebrations of the holy communion Thursday, at 7 am. and 11 a.m. The preacher Thurs- day at 8 pm. will be Rev. Canon Henry Lubeck, D. D., of the National Cathedral. Sermons at Foundry Methodist. “The Romance of Money" will be the theme tomorrow morning of Rev. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris in Foun- dry Methodist Episcopal Church. In the evening the subject of his sermon “\‘HI te “The Spiritual Center of Grav- ty. ENVOY TO BE HONORED. Sir Esme Howard to Be Guest of Highland Club. The initial dinner of the Highland Club will be given at the Mayflower Wednesday, in honor of Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassador. Numbers of the man members will wear the kilt, while the women will have the plaid of their clan draped over their shoulders. There will b varlous Scotch features. “Hook Kennedy, comedian singer of Scotch songs, will give a program The membership of the Highland Club is limited to 100, and, for the initial dinner, a still smaller num- ber have b invited to form the nuoleus and elect the officers after the banquet. The club has been formed chiefly for holding together descendants of the highland clans in Washington. $1,400,000 ST]LL NEEDED. Tuskegee Founders Must Raise Sum to Get Eastman Fand. W YORK, March 14—With the announcement yesterday of a gift of $100,000 by Stephen S. Harkness of New York to the Hampton and Tus- kegeo Institutes' campaign fund, a gToup of bankers and business men laid plans to devise ways of obtain- ing the remaining $1,400,000 needed to complete the $5,000,000 fund. The fund must be completed by the end of 1925, it was explained, to meet the requirements of George Eastman, who pledged $2,000,000 with the pro- vision that the $5,000,000 goal be reached by January 1, 1926, An un- conditional gift of $1,000,000 from John D. Rockefeller, jr., was an- nounced last week. BOOST MICHIGAN JUDGE. Attorneys Want Flanigan as At- torney General. MENOMINEE, Mich, March 14.— Fabian Trudell and H. T. Doile, presi- dent and cretary, respectively, of the Menominee Bar Assoclation, at the request of attorneys in that sec- tion of the State, yesterday wired Senator Couzens to offer to President Coolidge the name of Judge Richard C. Flanigan of the 25th judicial cir- cuit of upper Michigan, as Michigan's compromise candidate for Attorney General of the United States. Judge Flanigan became prominent through the Roosevelt-Newett slan- der suit, tried in Ishpeming, Mich., about 15 years ago and over which he presided. THE Sunday School Lesson BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON. OUR LORD'S RESURRECTION —John, xx.1-18. Golden text—The Lord is risen indeed.—Luke, xxiv.54. Christianity developad from the historical foundation of our Lord's resurrection. Wescott has pointed out that “no single historical inci- dent is Dbetter or more variously supported than the resurrection of Christ” The existence of the church, the New Testament and th observance of the Lord's day arc psychological phenomena that are explicable only by the fact of His resurrection. Most biographies close with death. Not so that of the Ma: ter, whose death upon the cro: filled His disciples with darkness, de- spair and despondence. His grave through His resurrection became the birthplace of an indestructible faith that has become the greatest moral force in the history of the world. Paul recognized the importance of the resurrection by his argument that proves conclusively the resurrection of Christ. His own conversion and faith rested upon his personal expe- rience with the risen Lord. Each of the four gospels contains a record of the resurrection of Jesus, The dis- crepancies that are apparent on the surface serve to prove the authentic- ity of the “fragmentary, condensed and often generalization accounts that are different in point of view.” The difficulty in fitting them into each other disappears when through pa- tience the key to each difference is found and their relation to one an- other recognized, so that a harmo- nious account can be constructed, if it iw required, from the several nar- ratives. The Interesting differences are largely due to the fact that they “lay stress upon the personal im- pressions of the resurrection rather than its physical phenomena.” All the narratives of the resurrec- tion imply the apathetic attitude of the apostles and the other followers of the Master. When He was buried there was not a single person that be- liecved that He would rise again. The Jewish authorities were satisfied that with His death there was no further need of considering Him. The breakdown of His disciples had been complete. When He was arrested “they all forsook Him and fled.” Al- though Jesus had foretold His suffer- ings, death and resurrection, it is evi- dent that they did not understand the Lord's teachings concerning His triumph over the grave, so that they were discouraged and prepared to disband, return to their homes, as in their judgment Christ's ministry had failed with His death upon the cross. They were not looking for something to happen when the women. filled with love for their dead DMuaster, turned toward His burial place upon the first day of the week to perform love's last ministry for the dead. The Empty Tomb. When Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, Salome, Joanna and others were on the way to anoint the body of Jesus they wondered who would roll away the cylindrical stone that had been rolled in its groove over the entrance of the Lord’s tomb and sealed. thought of a resurrection. Their love prompted these women, who had been the last to leave Him—being present at His death upon the cross and having watched them bury the One they loved—to seek His tomb, while it was still dark, “bringing the spices which they had prepared” to embalm His body. ‘While the women were on their way “there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it." His presence frightened the watchmea, so that they fled. No human eye saw the resurrection take placs. In the nature of the case it was a mystery and always will remain so to men, until through their faith in Christ's resurrection and His deity they come to share the future life promised to all bellevers in the risen Lord. Our principal evidence regarding it is found in the tremendous change that it wrough in His disciples. They were transformed from a discouraged and disheartened band Into g mighty con- quering force by His resurrection, which the angel proclaimed to the women at the empty tomb. They did not understand the heavenly mes- senger and the apostles considered that their story appeared to be idle words. Mary believed that the empty tomb meant that His enemies had taken His body away to an unknown place. The Tomb’s Testimony. Peter and' John feared the same thing. They lost no time in thelr effort to learn at first hand the facts, While John arrived at the empty tomb before Peter, the young man reverently looked within from the opening of the grave. Not so with Peter; he immediately entered the sacred place and made a careful in- vestigation of the contents. They both had notlced the linen cloths, lying like they had been about the body of the Christ. They retained roughly the form of the Lord's body, so that Trumbull has suggested that “it was like & chrysalls from which the insect had departed.” Peter saw that the napkin that was about the Lord’s head was folded and in a Dplace by itself. John is particular to call them linen bandages, which was the material provided by Joseph of Arimathea. These two disciples saw the condi- tion of the tomb, and were convinced that the body of the Lord had not been removed at all. No friend or foe could have stripped the grave cloths from Christ’s body like they were. The body had not been moved wag their first conclusion from a study of the evidence. Then, under the Holy Spirit's leadership, John came to belleve that Jesus had risen. Peter came to It later, when he was influenced by the spiritual penetra- tion of John. They had approached the tomb with an open mind, “for as yet they knew not the Scripture that He must rise from the dead.” They carried the news of their investiga- tion to their own home, where today the news is needed to encourage those who are walking within death's shadow that His resurrection proves not only the deity of the Christ, butfe also assures us that death is not “the last line of all” Christ's resurrection calls for us to rethink in the terms of His trilumph the fact that He brought life and immortality to light when He came out of the grave a master of death. It helps us to understand His promise that *‘whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.” The risen Christ is the logical climax of the gospel story. Master Manifested to Mary. When the two disciples returned to Jerusalem, wondering what would happen next, Mary remained at the tomb. Her heart longed to see Him. Through her tears, she could not comprehend the glory of the angel's presence or the evidence of the empty tomb. Although the divine messenger spoke of the Lord as having risen, Mary was searching for His body. She dld not recognize the Master when He drew near to comfort her. The risen Christ was evidently changed in His appearance, but that He was the same Christ became ap- parent to Mary when He called her by name. While Mary was full of hef sorrow and was trying to solve the mystery of Christ's death, Jesus stood near, by her side, ready to remove her load of sorrow and. burden just as He draws near to us in our hours of trial to comfort us by His presence and promise. While Mary rejoiced at the | the series of They had no | presence of her friend, Jesus tried to lift her faith so that she would not allow His earthy presence to hin- der her recognition of His heavenly relationship. She longed to satisfy herself that He was there by touch- ing Him, but the risen Lord called for her not to rest her faith upon Hlis corporeal presence, but upon His relationship with the Father. There Ho assured Mary their relationship would be resumed and He would re- celve her love. The First Gospel Preacher. Mary was appointed the first preach- © of the gospel of Christ's resurrec- ion by the Lord. Jesus bids her tell {is disciples, whom He calls His rethren, that He was risen and that {e would ascend to the Father. In hat commission the risen Lord desig- iated His followers as brethren of leath’s conqueror. Henceforth they were to be considered as the sons of ‘hrist's Father and the Lord's God. Life and revelation cannot rise high- Through His resurrection He has ittained for us the privileges of son- ship with Him in the Father's house, where He has gone to prepare a place for all who love Him. Death has Jost its terrors. We have learned that the grave does not end life through the resurrection ot Christ. It is not only the key of our hope for immortality, but 1s with us as with the early Christians, the foundation of all our Christian be- liefs. It was the resurrection of Christ that led the Apostolic Churct to recognize Christ, as the risen Lorc at the right hand of God, exercising the supreme rule over the world a: over the church. It was due to thel faith in His resurrection that they came to believe in His continued presence with believers, individually and collectively, in power, wisdom, grace. The resurrection of Christ brought a complete transformation in the lives of His followers. It resulted in the establishment of the church and the development of Christianity by its assurance of salvation, its certainty of victory over death and its promisc of immortality. It was the founda tion of the hope of the Lord's return. It is the inspiration of the modern church and of all Christians, who have witnessed In their own lives the power of the gospel of the resurrec- tion, when they have been drawn by death to the new-made grave. The fact that Christ is risen is the only explanation of the progress of the early church and the advancement of Christianity in the world today. TO GREET NEW ME;JIBERS. Rev. C. R. Stauffer's Special Ser- " mon Tomorrow Morning. Rev. C. R. Stauffer, minister of the Ninth Street Christian Church, Ninth and D streets northeast, will preach tomorrow morning and evening. In the morning he will preach a speciul sermon In honor of the more than 300 new members recelved by the church since January 1 on the subject, “Chil- dren of God." In the evening at 7:45 sermons on the book of Acts will be resumed on the sub- ject, “The Conversion of Saul.” Mon- day evening at 7:45 o'clock the pas- tor will meet all the new members at the church to inaugurate a series of meetings for new members. The Eureka class, Mrs. F. A. Car- penter, teacher, will meet at the church Monday evening, with their husbands and friends as guests. This meeting will be in honor of Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Callahan, who leave soon for their new home in Florlda. The Naomi class, Mrs. H. B. Gilstrap, teacher, will hold its annual Spring bazaar Tueaday and Wednesday at the church. Tuesday evening a chicken ple dinner will be served under the direction of Mrs. A. G. Bishop. Mrs. K. Martin is chairman of the bazaar committee. Mrs. E. W. Kerper will have charge of the fancy work booth Mrs. A. L. Horner, aprons; Mrs, Net- tle Heflin, children’s booth; Mrs. Ida Dodson, cake and candy. Mrs. C. Ben- nie Is president of the clas; —_— WILL LECTURE ON BIBLE. Rev. Dr. J. H. Taylor to Continue Series at Central Presbyterian. At the Central Presbyterian Churcl the pastor, Rev. Dr. James H. Taylol is giving a special course of lecture on Thursday nights. These lecture will present some of the essentia teachings of Christlanity and will dea with a number of problems connected with them. These lectures are being given at the praver service Thursda nights. The topic for next Thursday night will be “The Bible.” Dr. Taylof 18 also conducting a class for young people, in church doctrine and history, every Friday night. The class meets for dinner at 6 o'clock after which three-quarters of an hou is devoted to the study. All the youn, people of the congregation are in vited to attend. e PARLEY iS PLANNED. Christian Workers to Meet in Frederick This Summer. At a meeting at the Y. M. C. A Monday a tentative program was outlined for a Christian workers conference, to be held on Hood Col- lege campus, Frederick, Md., June 26 to July b5, inclusive. Homer J Councilor presided. The conference will be divided intc three groups. June 26 to 28, inclu- sive, will cover young people’s and missionary conferences; June 30 to July 2, inclusive, conference for ad- ministrative officers and teachers conference, and July 3 to 5, inclusive conference of the organized Bible classes. These conferences are open to Christian workers of all denomina- tions. Registrations will be accepted on and after April 1 by Page McK. Etchison, Y. M. C. A, 1736 G street. SERMON TO BE BROADCAST Rev. Dr. Porter’s Discourse Tomor- row Morning Listed by WCAP. Rev. Dr. Samuel Judson Porter, pas- tor of the First Baptist Church, Six- teenth and O streets, will preach to- morrow at 11 a.m., and his sermon will be broadcast by WCAP, on “Th Light That Shines im the Face of Jesus.” At 8 pm, “Restoring the Herolc Note in Rellgion.” The Business Women's Circle of the Missionary Society will meet Wed- nesday evening at 8 o'clock at the church, . Sabbath Alliance to Meet. A meeting of the District of Colum- bla branch of the Woman's Nationai Sabbath Alliance will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at 1253 Irving street. Rev. Dr. D. McTavish of Toronto, associate minister of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, will speak on “Sabbath Ob- servance in Canada.” An invitation is extended to all. Mrs. Ellls Logan is president. “Double Law” to Be Topic. “The Double Law”. will be the sub- Jject of the sermon by Rev. Dr. Ulys ses G. B. Pierce, minister of All Souls’ Church, at the morning service. At 5 o'clock there will be a quiet period, with a program of music by Lewis C. Atwater on the Green memorial or- gan. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, EVANGELISTIC SERVICE WILL OPEN TOMORROW Special Series of Sermons, Pri- marily for Young People, at Fourth Presbyterian Church. A week of evangelistio services will begin tomorrow In Fourth Presby- terian Church, primarily in the in- trest of the young people, but all are Invited to attend each service. The vice will begin with Declsion day e Sunday school at 9:30, merging Into the church service at 10:30 o'clock. There will be services each night of the week except Saturday, beginning at 7:30 o'clock with & song service. Mr. Mack of Philadelphia will be the leader. Dr. McTavish is to address the first meeting tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.; Dr. Joseph T. Kelly the evening service while Monday Rev. Willlam A. Eis enberger of the Church of the Cove- nant will make the address. Tuesday Dr. McTavish will speai. Wednesday will be Scout night, and both Boy Scouts ana Glrl Scouts are Invited. Ellis 8. Middleton, former scoutmaster of Troop 170, Boy Scouts of America, Wil speak. Rev. G. G. Kundahl, evan- gelist of the presbytery, will speak Thursday and Mrs. Harvey L. Irwin will speak Friday. Mr. Mack will lead the singing tomorrow and Monday and James A. MacElwee at the other sessions, assisted by Dr. B. T. Madert, rombonist, and Mrs. C. W. Adair at the organ. Sunday morning, March 22, the perv- ice will include the reception of new members, with Dr. Kelly speaking in the morning and Dr. McTavish in the cvening. 13 in WELCOME TO PASTOR. Reception Tendered to Rev. Dr. Samuel J. Porter. A reception and recognition meet- Ing was tendered Rev. Dr. Samuel Judson Porter and his family last night at the First Baptist Church, Sixteenth and O streets. Addresses »f welcome were made by Rev. Dr. G. M. Diffenderfer of the Luther Me- morial Church; Rev. Dr. H. H. Ranck of the Reformed Church, Rev. Dr. J. J. Muir, chaplain of the Senate; Rev. Dr. W. L. Darby, secretary of ‘he Federation of Churches; Rev. Dr. H. W. O. Millington, secretary of the Columbia _Association of Baptist Churches; Rev. Dr. Abernethy of Cai- vary Baptist Church, Dean Wilbur of jeorge Washington University and Rev. Dr. J. W. Many. E. Hilton Jackson, past president of the Columbia Assoclation of Baptist Churches, presided; Fred East sang and Robert H. Ruckmann gave organ selections. Mrs. Lowe, president of the Women's Soclety, and a large committee of women were in the re- ceiving line. Dr. Porter made an ad- dress in response. “GOING UP,” HIS TOPIC. Tazewell, Va., Pastor Will Preach at Mt. Vernon Place Church. Rev. William A. McKee, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South of North Tazewell, Va., will preach at the evening service tomorrow at 8 o'clock at the Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South. His topic will be “Going Up." He will also preach at the meeting of the junior church at 11 am. The julior church meets in the Sunday schoo) audi- torium coincident with the services of the regular church in the main audi- torium. Rev. Dr. W. A. Lambeth, pastor of the church, will preach in the morning, taking as his topic “A Journeying Com- panion.” The senior league will meet n the Sunday school auditorium at 6:45 pm. o= s REVIVAL SERVICES. Conducting Meetings at Local Church. Rev. Walter R. Leckliter of Rich- mond, Va., is conducting revival serv- ices at the Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church, Fessenden and Forty-second streets northwest. ‘The music is in charge of George H. Rosenvold of Chicago. Rev. Mr. Leck- iter will preach tomorrow at 11 am. on “What Think Ye of Christ?” and at < pm. “The Hell of Memory of Wrongs We Can Never Right' Services will be held each night until March 25 at 7:45 o'clock. Richmond Minister AN 1EV. DR. W0OOD TO PREACH "hemes for Sermons Tomorrow at Covenant Church. Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, pastor of he Church of the Covenant, will reach &t the service tomorrow rorning on “Christ and the World's tulers” At the evening service Dr. Vood's subject will be “The Saving ame.” Next Thursday at 8 pm. the an- aual meeting of the church and con- zregation will be held in the lecture ‘oom, preceded by a dinner at 6:30 »eclock, e C. W. LAUFER TO SPEAK. Tducation Director to Preach at Western Presbyterian Church. At the Western Presbyterian hurch, H street between Nineteenth nd Twentleth, Rev. James Harvey Junham will have for his subject, at 1 am. tomorrow, “A Troublesome Juestion Answered,” and at 8 p.m. here will be an address by Rev. C. V. Laufer of the board of Christian ducation. From 2 to 5 p.m. will be the Every fember canvass of the church. The adies’ Aid Soclety will serve a chicken nner Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. LT NOVENA TO BE HELD. 3ervices Are Arranged at Ursuline Convent. A novena to Our Lady of Prompt Help will be held at the Ursuline onvent, 519 Fourth street, beginning March 17 and ending March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation. Rev. Father Henry O'Keefe of the Apostolic Mission House will give a short talk each evening, followed by henediction at 7:30 o'clock. All clients »f Our Lady of Prompt Help are in- vited to make the novena. Dr. Brundage Back From Florida. Rev. Dr. Henry E. Brundage, pastor of the Eckington Presbyterian Church, who spent the past month in Florida seeking to recuperate his health, ex- pects to be in his pulpit tomorrow. His 3ubject in the morning will be “Waves >t Trouble,” and in the evening he will give an illustrated lecture oh South America. Lecture Themes Announced. Viva M. January will lecture in the Unity Auditorium, 1326 I street north- west, tomorrow at 8 p.m. on “Bible In- terpretation.” Monday, at 5 and 8 p.m., is a class in Christian healing by Gar- nett January. Wednesday, at 2:30, and Thursday, at 8 o'clock, are the classes in lessons in truth. Wednesday, at § o'clock, is the first of a series of lec- tures by Viva M. January, entitled “Through Solomon's Temple to a Well Rounded Life.” Thursday is a_healing clinic_of three sessions, at 3, 5 and 7 o'clock. Special healing meeting every Friday at 5 o'clock by Garnett January. D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1925. CHURCH FEELS LOSS OF BISHOP QUAYLE Late Methodist Prelate Was Well Known Here—Famed as Preacher, Bishop Willlam A. Quayle of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who died a few days ago at his hgme in Baldwin, Kans., was widely kndwn in Washington. He had preached and lectured here many times and had also presided at sessions of the Bal- timore Conferénce. His passing is considered a great loss to the Meth- odist Church, Ho retired about a year ago from active work because of poor health, but many of his friends here consid- ered that when he was in his prime Bishop Quayle was one of the most| brilliant preachers «in the country. He was for many years a close per- sonal friend of Bishop William F. McDowell of this city. Dr. Harry D. Mitchell, formerly pastor of Metro- politan M. E. Church, was one of the bishop's greatest admirers. Bishop Quayle's last appearance here was at what was then the Ham- line Methodist Church, on Ninth street. At that time he gave his famous lecture on Lincoln. On & pre- vious visit he delivered his widely known lecture on Napoleon. In his sermons the bishop often expressed regret thmt in these days there are not more statesmen, “Statesmen,” he said, “are men who can fortell the future, and that is why we have so few of them today.” He had an un- usually large number of different lectures. So striking was he in his manner of expression and at times 50 humorous that his sermons made a lasting impression. Bishop Quayle presented an amaz- ing amount of information in his ad- dresses, lectures and writings. It was said that while in college he read a book a day and he kept on study- ing the rest of his life. During his unusually busy life Bishop Quayle found time to write nineteen books that were given wide publication, in addition to countless other articles on as many different subjects, He was made a bishop in 1908 and was 65 at the time of hiy death. BISHOP W. A. QUAYLE. DR. McCOMB IN PULPIT. Cambridge Clergyman to Speak at 8t. John's Tomorrow. Rev. Dr. Samuel McComb, distin- guished preacher of Cambridge, Mass. will preach in St. John's Church, La- fayette square, tomorrow, at 11 @.m., and again at § in the evening, on the subject: “Is Religion an Illusion or a Reality? Dr. McComb is one of the best known preachers in the Episcopal Church. While canon of the Cathedral of Baiti- more he won & prize offered by the old University of St. Andrew’s, Scot~ land, for the best essay dealing with prayer. Competitors from all nations, Christian and non-Christian, entered. The essay was afterwards published in book form. Dr. McComb was . pioneer of spiritual healing in the Episcopal Church, together with Dr. Worcester, at Emmanuel Church, Boston. DR. CLARK TO TALK. “Which Is the Great Command- ment?” to Be Topic. At the First Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 11 a.m. Rev. Dr.-John Brittan Clark, minister, will preach o: “Which Is the Great Commandment?’ this being the third sermon in the serles on the questions asked of Jesus to be given during Lent. At the vesper service he will speak on “Isn't Faith a Self Deception?” The Missionary Society will hold its regular meeting I'riday night, at which Mrs. Charles Wood will give a lecture on “Summer in the South Sea Islands.” . REV. F. H. ROBBINS SAILS. Adventist Elder to Tour Many Eu- ropean Countries. Rev. F. H. Robbins, presiding elder of the Seventh-day Adventist conferences in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Dela- ware, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey and the District of Columbia, has sailed for Europe to visit denom- inational churches in the British Isles and on the continent. While on the continent he will tour France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Jugoslavia, Rumania, Turkey, Greece, Syria, Italy and also in the Holy Land, stopping especially in Jerusalem. He will also spend some time in Damascus nd different cities of Egypt. e Topic for Theosophists. Conquest of the Lower Self” is the subject of the talk to be given to- rrow evening at 8 o'clock at the United Lodge of Theosophists, 1731 K street northwest. The regular study class will be held Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, with the rooms open at G p.m. for use of the library. All are welcome. Rev. E. C. Primm’s Sermon Themes “The Most Shameful Bargain of All History” will he the sermon theme to- morrow night of Rev. Ellis C. Primm at the Second Baptist Church, Fourth street and Virginia avenue southeast. It will be the last sermon in the series, “Some Bad Bargains of History." The subject for the morning church service will be “Invisible Church Statistics.” | William A | ister and superintend SUNDAY SCHOOL BODY WILL HOLD INSTITUTE Teachers’ Certificates to Be Awarded—Canon Rhinelander to Discuss Church Training. nday 1 Church of will be northwest, Tuesday at These meetings are under the of the Board of Religiou ucation of the d of which Rev. Dr. W. L. D ecutive officer. Right Rev. Philip M. Rhinela D. D., a canon of the Washington ¢ thedral, will speak on “The Ho! Spirit_and Religious Education” A second address will be given by Rev Masker, assistant min- t of Mark’s The meeting of the Institute of the Epi the diocese of Was held in the Church of t 1317 G street 8 p.m. auspices School Vries is Churet School day school Washington. His topic will b aminations the Sunday Their Purpose and Method.” It is proposed to present who successfully finished the of Instruction given by Rev Pinkney Wroth, under t of the Board of Religious Educatlor during the Fall and earl r certificates which count a credits for membership in tional Ageredited Teachers' Assoc tion of the Episcopal Church. T requirement for entering third lowest class of this association is the atisfactory completion, with certifi- of courses on “Child Psychol- “Teaching Methods,” “The Con- tents of the Bible” and “The Contents of the Book of Common Prayer Other specified or elective courses ar required for promotion from class to class. Miss Anna Lander of t Epiphany Church Sunday School has recefved 11 certificates, and need only one additional to enter the highest class of the assoclatior at to those courses Edward auspices course Plan Missionary Meeting. The regular quarterly missic service will be held at Hall Missi. 623 Louisiana avenue northwest, tc morrow at 2:20 pm. Mrs. H. Z baugh will be the speaker. 15 second OVER THE AIR By Will Irwin—in he Foening Staf Che Sundiy Star The outstanding newspaper feature of the season. The aircraft controversy! It starts tomorrow in The Sunday Star, continuing daily. Will Irwin’s war experience, his years of reporting the biggest events, make him the ideal man. He puts the test of common sense to the question at issue in thir- teen trenchant articles. “Draw a line along the seacoast from Bangor, Maine, to Chesa- peake Bay region, another from Chesapeake Bay to Chicago, an- other from Chicago back to Bangor. With that region cut off from the rest of the world externally; thrown into confusion internally, we should be paralyzed.”—THE WAR OVER THE AIR. General Mitchell Says - - - Air bombs have put the battleship on the shelf; aircraft are the best means of national defense; we must have an air force separate from the Army and Navy. His Opponents Say - Bombing tests have not proved the modern battle- ship a failure as the bul- wark against invasion; air- craft are auxiliaries and no more; no separate service. Which is Right? Read Will Irwin’s article and form your own opinion. W hat happens when a 1,100- lb. bomb hits a warship! The Virginia, con- demned ship, struck by a United States Army bomber. — Photo by U. S. Army Air Service, 20th Photo Section.