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WEEKS N BOSTON; STANDS TRIP WELL White House Denies Report [That War Secretary Plans to Resign Cahinet Post. By the Associated Pre: BOSTOX cretary of War John W. Weeks, who has been 111 since April 1, arrived here today from Washington for a consultation of Boston specialists concerning a possible operation for gall bladder trouble. He plans to spend the next three months in New England, most of the time on his farm in New Hampshire. On arrival here Secretary Weeks was taken direct to the home of Henry Hornblower of the firm of Hornblower & Weeks, and it was said that he would remain there until the consultation had taken pl Mem- bers of his family, who accompanied him from the Capital, said he stood the train journey weil. Resignation Plan Denied. Reports that Secretary of War Weeks would retire from office in near future were set at rest yester- day when it was announced at the White House that Mr. Weeks would return to Washington about Septem- ber 1 to resume his duties in the de- partment. Secretary Weeks left Washington last night for Boston, traveling in a private car attached to a through train, accompanied by members of his famil personal physiclan and a trained nurse. Dr. B. L. Hardin, who has been attending the retary, left with him. He will remain in Boston only long enough to give the specialists, who will take up his case there, a complete report. While his plans &re not definite, Mr. Weeks expects to spend about two weeks in Boston and later go to his farm in New Hamp- shire. Operation Not Dangerous. His Boston physicians are to decide whether an operation should be re- sorted to in order to relieve him of the gall bladder trouble to aid him in his convalescence from the throm- bosis attack. If surgical treatment is needed, physiclans here are of the opinion that it will be confined to a draining operation, which would not be_dangerous. President Coolidge called at the ‘Weeks home a few hours before the Secretary left for Boston. He was received by Mr. Weeks and found him to be in excellent condition, being informed that the Secretary had substantially recovered from the thrombosis. Mr. Weeks told the President he had thought of attending yesterday's cabinet meeting, but his medical ad- visers had prevailed upon him not to do so, thinking it would be unwise. In the opinion of his physicians the outstanding need of the patient now is complete relaxation. PASTORS’ AID ASKED IN RADIO CAMPAIGN Fund to Equip Freedmen’s Hospital Progressing—Total Now Is $599.35. Ministers of all denominations have been urged by the Washington Radio Hospital Fund to aid in the campaign for funds to_install radio receivir sets in Freedmen's Hospital. They are expected to make some reference to the movement from the pulpit to- morrow. The drive is progressing favorabl. according to those in charge. Add tional contributions last week brought the total of the fund to $599.35. Since the pulilication of the last list of con- tributions, the following have donated to the fund: Columbi S tion, $5; Charles Sumner Lodge, 4, K. of P., $5: Capital City Lodge, 12, K. of P. Julia M. C. Hen A. and_N. Union, P. B. Bower Lodge, No. 6814, G. U. 0. of O. F., § Mrs. S. B. Pritchett, $1; Mrs. Virgin C. Ross, $1; Mrs. B. N. McDuffie, $1 Mrs. D. W. Polk, 50 cents; Miss H. L. Collier, 50 cents; Division 8, Mr: Susan Edmonson, $2.85; partial report, B. Y. P. U., Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, $§2 DEATH ACCIDENTAL. Verdict of Coroner’s Jury in Case of Negro Killed by Truck. Coroper Nevitt quest at the Distr! day in the of colored, 17 vears old at Thirty-third and M day merning by a motor truck driven by Mylon H. Roche, 5029 Hutchings place. The jury reported a verdict of accidental de Branch wa idin was alleged to have attempted to pass in front of the moving truck when he was knocked down and run over. The wheels of the truck crushed his body. His death brought the number of fatal traffic accidents here since January 1 ¢ 2! conducted an a bicycle and o I sometimes offer good advice to youths who smoke cheroots; 1 say, “You'll| pay a fearful price for this, you young galoots! 1 hand you counsel wise and ripe, at which you should' not shy; just wait until I light my pips nd I will tell you why. Tobacco is a solace fine when you are young and le; it has an influence benign, if you are feeling stale. | It cheers when grevious problems irk, this friendly nicotine; yet all the time gets in its work on heart and nerves and spleen, To- bacco is a snare to catch the feet of heedless men; has one among you got a match? My pipe’s gone out again. | Oh, children, harken to my rede, don’t be tobacco’s slaves; avoid the rank envenomed weed that fills untimely grave: They say. “It came with evil grace, the coun- sel you just spoke, while you were blowing through your face all kinds of rancid smoke. If you would guide the erring jay from habits base and mean, you ought to throw your pipe away and wash your whiskers clean.” Such sophistries T always meet when anxious to advise and save from ruin and defeat the young and growing guys. Oh, who is in a better place to roast the deadly weed than one from whose protest- ing face tobacco smoke is freed? The youngsters cannot understand why _one who puffs and stokes, would see the weed forever banned, and hates it while he smokes. But smoking graybeards are sincere when they address the lads, and say, CITY SIGHTS—Competition. WEDNESDAY BUNDLE DAY FOR NEAR EAST RELIEF Many District Churches Receiving Stations for Old Shoes and Clothing. Many churches in the District will be receiving stations next Wednesday, Near East Rellef bundle day, for the old clothes and shoes that will be given on that day, and these will be indicated by a bundle day banner. Among the churches that will be bundle stations are the following. as announced by Washington headquar- ters, 321 Bond Building, of the Near st Relief: Presbyterian—New York Avenue, Thirteenth and H_streets northwest; Riverdale, Md., Memorial, Washing- ton street and Connecticut avenue (school room); Covenant, Eighteenth and N streets; Peck, Pennsylvania avenue, Twenty-eighth and M streets; Central, Fifteenth and Irving streets: Johnson and Wine streets. Quaker—1811 I street. Christian—Park View, Park road east of Georgla avenue; 1435 Park road; Benning road and Minnesota avenue northeast; _Ninth Street Church, Ninth and D streets north- eas Community Church, Cathedral ave- nue and Conduit road. Lutheran—11th and H streets north- west. Protestant Episcopal—St. Andrew’s, New Hampshire avenue and V street northwest; St. Stephen's, 3017 Four- teenth street northwest; Ascension, Massachusetts avenue and Twelfth treet; Christ, Thirtyfirst and O street. fethodist Episcopal—Wilson Memo- rial, 756 Eleventh street southeast: North Capitol, K and North Capitol Congress Heights, Nichols and_Fifth street southeast; St. Elmo and Norfolk streets, Woodmont, Bethesda, Md.; Rosedale, Tennessee avenue and Fourteenth streets. Baptist—Metropolitan, Sixth and A streets northeast. Methodist Episcopal South — Ep- worth, Thirteenth street and North Carolina_avenue northeast; Calvary, 3038 Q street. Seventh-Day Adventlst — Takoma Park, Carroll and Willow avenues. Swedenborgian—Sixteenth and Cor- coran streets northwest. Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, Sixteenth near Lamont street. IRENE CASTLE’S BABY WORTH LOSS OF CAREER Former Dancer, in Mother Role, Finds Recompense in Blue- Eyed Daughter. By the Associated Press. CHICA May 23.—Irene Castle’s baby orth all the thrill there is in success; all the excitement there is in Paris and London and Rome; all the dancing in the world,” she told a reporter who interviewed her in her new role of wife of Maj. Frederick Mc- ughlin, coffee merchant, and mother of a blue-eyed daughter, now 4% months_ old. The former dancer, who forsook her career before the footlights for a life of quiet doraesticity in a country house in Lake Forest, a suburb, wiil move next Winter to an apartment near Lincoln Park—home of Chicago’s zoo. You know by next Spring she'll be big enough to be thrilled by the bears nd lions in the zoo,” the mother said. “Sixteen pounds and only 4% months old. I never used to know any- thing about babies, but now I'm like an encyclopedia on them. Really, no one ever deserved such a love of a baby—she makes me humble. Her fother, watching her kick her pink-booted feet, opined that some day there might be another dancer in the family. STANDARDIiE BRUSHES. Paint Appliers Reduced From 480 to 139 Varieties. Amateur and professional appliers of paint and varnish soon will find themselves forced to select their tools from an assortment of only 139 brushes of different sizes, shapes and construction. The Commerce Department has an- nounced that in the course of its gen- eral campaign_ to reduce manufactur- Ing costs and wastes in industry, practically all of the brush manufac- turers in the country had agreed to turn out that number of standard brushes, as compared with 480 types now marketed. RUM VESSELS SEIZED. Two Craft Found Deserted on Rocks in Pacific. SAN FRANCISCO, May 23 (#).—One hundred and fifty cases of Scotch and 100 barrels of Canadlan beer were seized by Federal agents when two al- leged rum-runners were found on the rocks near here yesterday. No trace of the crew of either ship was found. Most of the seizure was taken from “Avoid this habit drear—be wiser dads e pysight). WALT MASON. the Pilgrim, the larger of the two boats. The 3874 was given as the name of the other craff. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, SATURDAY, MAY 23 1925 PASTORS' PENSIONS|Sunday School Lesson Schoolgirls Fast To Keep “Boyish,” Says Health Nurse Speelal Dispatch to The Ster. BALTIMORE, May 23.—Mary- land schoolgirls starve themselves in an effort to keep their “boyish figures.” This is the assertion of Miss Katherine Lee, Talbot County health nurse, based upon her examination of girls in the county high schools. A great number of girls are underweight and undernourished because of a dread of becoming fat, Miss Lee said. She investi- gated and found that the girls refused to eat at the first signs of added welght. Miss Lee sald she is warning parents that the practice is dangerous. FRENCH BANK BOUGHT BY SOVIET INTERESTS Paris Institution Acquired by Two Moscow Establishments to Facilitate Trade. By the Assoclated Pres PARIS, May 23.—The first acquisi- tlon by Soviet interests of a financial institution in France was announced vesterday. It was stated at the Commercial Bank for Northern Europe that near- ly all the shares of that institution had been bought by two Moscow banks. The purchasers were named as the Moscow Bank for Commercial Exchange and the Moscow Bank for Industry and Commerce. ‘The Commercial Bank of Northern Europe, capitalized at 15,000,000 francs, has heretofore done business chiefly with Scandinavian countriea. It will continue its Scandinavian busl- ness, but extend its field of operations to Russia, and will serve to facilitate commercial transactions between that country and France. It was announced that the Commer- clal Bank of Northern Europe will at once call for the payment of the part of its capital that has not been pald in, and that if its resources are then insufficient for its proposed increased business a larger capital will be authorized. The management said that although the bank will now be Russian-owned it will remain entirely independent, as an institution incorporated in France. It will discount commercial paper, encourage exports from France to Russia_and vice versa, and act as a sort of general financial, industrial and commercial information bureau for Russia. HONORED BY Y. W. C. A. Grace Dodge end Dr. Ada R. Thomas Extolled for Labors. Trjbutes to Grace Dodge, first national president of the Young Women’s Christian Assoclation, and to the late Dr. Ada R. Thomas, who was an active member of the board of directors, were paid at the open board meeting yesterday at the asso- clation headquarters, 614 E street. Resolutions presented by Miss Eliza- beth Plerce were adopted, pralsing the work of the two leaders an pledging continuation of the labors of the association. i Evangelist to Hold Services. I. Roland Humnel, pentecostal singing evangelist, and Mrs. Humnel will commence a series of special evahgelistic_services at Bible Hall, Ninth and E streets, tomorrow night. The young people will conduct an open-air meeting at Bible Hall corner tonight. Rev. J. C. Ball's Sermon, At the Metropolitan Baptist Church, Bixth and A streets northeast, tomor- row morning Rev. John Compton Ball will preach on “God and Job and Satan.” In the evening at 8 o'clock Page McK. Etchison will give an address. — Gunton-Temple Services. “Walking With God” will be the subject of the morning sermon by Rev. Bernard Braskamp in the Gun- ton-Temple Memorial Presbyterian Church. At the twilight service, which is held at 4:45 o'clock, he will speak on “What God Requires.” This serv- fce is largely one of instrumental and vocal music. Officers Transferred. Capt. Richard L. Smith, Corps of Engineers, has been transferred from Fort Humphreys, Va., to Portland, Oreg.; Capt. Lawrence K. Anderson, Dental Corps, from Jefferson Bar. racks, Mo., to the Army Medical Cen- ter, this city, and First Lieut. Wil liam J. Crowe, Cavalry, from Towson, Md., to the West Point Military Acad- emy. —By GLUYAS WILLIAMS. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL PROGRAM ANNOUNCED Federation of Churches Will Seek to Forward Movement in Which City Lags. ‘With the approach of Summer and the closing of the public schools, preparations are being made in many ‘Washington churches for daily vaca- tion Bible schools. Last Summer a number of such schools were conduct- ed, and the Washington Federation of Churches has appointed Rev. E. 0. Clark as director of this work. The daily vacation Bible school movement, which began in New York City in 1901 with five schools, has grown rapidly until last vear there were more than 10,000 such schools conducted in many parts of the world. Washington has not made the progress in this movement that many other citles have, but it is hoped that this condition will quickly be rem- edled. To assist the churches In training principals and teachers the federation co-operates with the Rust Hall Train- ing School, 1150 North Capitol street, in an institute which convenes Mon- day, June 1, and continues for 10 days. Churches contemplating a school should notify the director at the office of the Federation of Churches, Woodward Building, and plan now to send workers to the in- stitute. —_— PLANS SPECIAL SERVICES. First Congregational to Famed Poppy Wreath on Display. Two unusual services will be held at the First Congregational Church, Tenth and G streets northwest, to- morrow. At 11 a.m. there will be on view the wreath of Flanders Fleld popples which was placed on the tomb of the Unknown Soldler Moth- ers’ day. This wreath, 54 inches wide, made by the disabled service men at the hospital in Kansas City, Kans., contains 10,000 popples and represents every department of the American Legion Auxiliary. Memorial day it will be replaced on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. A poppy will be glven to every one attending the 11 o'clock service tomorrow. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, the minister, will de- liver a special Memorial day sermon. In place of the usual preaching serv- jce at 8 p.m. the vested chorus choir will give a sacred concert under the direction of Ruby Smith Stahl. OPEN-AIR SERVICE. First Outdoor Rites of Season to Be Held at Mount St. Alban's. The first open-air service of t* season will be held at the peace er: on Mount St. Alban tomorrow aft. noon at 4:30 o'clock. This service wil be a part of the commencement pro- gram of St. Alban’s, the Natlonal Cathedral School for Boys, and the baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Right Rev. Henry St. George Tuck- er, former Bishop of Kyoto, Japan, and now assoclated with the Virginia Theological Seminary. Music will be furnished by the cathedral choir of men and boys, un- der the direction of Fdgar Priest, with the assistance of a speclal brass quar- tet. The services will be broadcast through station WCAP. At the morning service at 11 o'clock in the Bethlehem Chapel the sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Wil- liam L. De Vries, chancellor of the cathedral. ELECTED BY WOMEN. Officers Are Chosen for Missionary Union. i Mrs. C. E. Molster of the Church of Our Saviour, Brookland, was elected president of the Woman's Interde- nominational Missionary Union of Brookland, Woodridge and vicinity at the second annual meeting of the union Tuesday in the Langdon M. E. Church. The other officers chosen were Mrs. E. O. Volland of St. Stephen’s Luthe- ran Church, vice president; Mrs. R. L. Ross of Brookland M. E. Church, secretary; Mrs. Warren Post of Lang: don M. E. Church, treasurer; Mrs. F. A. Linger of Sherwood Presbyterian Church, registrar, and Mrs. J. P. Primm. of Brookland Baptist Church, chairman of the nominating com- mittee. Have Epiphany Church Banquet. A father and son banquet for the men and boys of Epiphany Church and their friends will be held in the parish hall next Friday evening at 6:30 o'clock. The only set speech of the evening will be by the rector of the church, Rev. Dr. Z. B, Phillips. There will be several special features for the entertainment of the banquet- ers, solos by’ prominent Washington singers, a moving picture reel and an amumgn-hmh presented by boys from ern High School. Thomas G. Spence, 1317 G street northwest, is chairman of the committes, and reservations may be made through » DECLARED ‘PITIFUL New Plan Will Help, Preshy- terians Are Told—Bryan Is Speaker. By tho Associatod Press. COLUMBUS, Ohlo, May 23.—In spite of increases In funds allotted for the purpose, “pitifully inadequate” pensions are being pald to retired ministers in the Presbyterian Church in the U. 8. A, the Presbyterian board of ministerial rellef and sus- tentation reported today to the Gen- eral Assembly in session here. The new service pension plan, adopted last year, will help to relieve the_situation, the report, presented by Dr. Henry B. Master, Philadelphla, declared. Dr. Master sald that the laymen's committee, headed by Will H. Hays, which was authorized last year to raise $15,000,000 for. the ac- crued lability fund, an essential re- quirement of the new pension plan, 1s completing plans for obtaining the fund. Willlam Jennings Bryan, in an ad- dress last night, cited the Loeb- Leopold case and the Shepherd case now on trial In Chicago as examples of the results of higher education in which spiritual training is lacking. Educational Institutions of the N tlon today are building great intel- lectual ships, he declared, and tugn- ing them loose on the seas of life without a spiritual rudder to keep them off the shoals. Compares Criminal to Engine. He compared the educated criminal with an engine perfectly built which 1s provided with the steam of intel- lectual tralning “but which lacks an engineer to operate it properly—the moral forces galned through religious training.” “The greatest need of the world to- day,” Mr. Bryan sald, “is a combina- tion of spiritual power and intellectual power.” He took the great political parties to task for their failure last year to have in their platforms a “single word about the greatest need in the world— religion.” He also sald that the candi- dates of both parties had neglected in their speeches reference to this prime need of the world. “One candidate in particula: he said, “I should have expected to recognize this need, but he did not. That was my brother.” “Our Government does not touch the malnspring of life, nothing but the church can purify men's hearts,” Bryan said in citing statistics showing the United States has more murders than any civilized country in the world. The assembly today was to hear a report of the committee on bills and overtures, which has disposition of the Chester overture seeking expulsion of the Presbytery of New York. After settlement of routine work adjourn- ment was scheduled at noon until Monday. This evening Mr. Bryan will be the chief speaker at & men's fellowship dinner. WILL CLO?E. TOMORROW. Eastern Presbyterian Golden Anni- versary Celebration Near End. The week's celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Eastern Presbyterian Church will close to- morrow with special services. In the morning the pastor, Rev. Dr. Alired E. Barrows, will preach on’ the subject, “The Next Fifty Years." A musical service will be held in the evening under the aus- pices of, the men's Bible class. J. Murray Barker, president of the class, will preside, assisted by George H. Winslow, who has been teacher of the class for the last 15 years. The men’s class chorus, led by Harry Kimball, will be assisted by the orchestra under the leadership of Charles W. Guest. A short address will be given by Rev. Dr. W. L. Darby, executive secretary of the Washington Federa- tion of Churches. “IS MARRIAGE FAILURE?” Last of Rev. Mr. Primm’s Subjects in Home Series of Sermons. “Is Marriage a Faflure?” will be the sermon subject of Rev. Ellis C. Primm at the Second Baptist Church, Fourth street and Virginia avenue southeast, tomorrow night. This will be the last sermon in a series on the problems of marriage and home. There will be several baptisms in the early part of the service. The morn- ing theme of Mr. Prim will be “The Christian’s Sunday Job.” —_ CHURCH SESSION. eligious Education of Children to Be Discussed Wednesday. The elementary division of the Dis- trict of Columbia Council of Religious Education will meet Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South. Rev. W. A. McKee, assistant to the pastor of the chureh, will talk on the work of the junior church. Dr. Clark of the Federation of Churches will discuss the Bible school ques- tion and Mrs. J. H. Roby will out- line of a specimen program for Chil- dren’s day exercises, PLANNING FOR HOSPICE. Lutheran Inner Mission to Hold Two-Day Lawn Fete. Plans are under way for the open- ing of a hospice here by the Lutheran Inner Mission. In this connectlon a lawn fete will be held June 30 and July 1 at the Church of the Atone- ment, North Capltol street and Rhode Island avenue, the praceeds of which will be used for the hospice. The executive secretary for this work 1s Miss Bertha A. Helges, with offices at 820 Eleventh street. She has just returned from Pittsburgh, where a conference was held of Inner Mission workers of all the general Lutheran bodies of the United States. She will represent the local body next week at the yearly meeting of the Maryland Synod of the United Lu- theran Church. MISSION UNION TO MEET. Mount Rainier Women to Hold Second Annual Session Tomorrow. The Women's Interdenominational Missfonary Union of Mount Rainier, D. C., and vicinity will meet in second annual session tomorrow in the Brent- wood Methodist Episcopal Church South at 3 p.m. Officers of the union are Mrs. E. B. Gravatt of the Brentwood M. E. Church South, president: Mrs. W. D. Willis of the Disciples Church of Mount Ralnier, .vice. president;. Mrs. Isaac Arnold of Brentwood M. E. Church South, secretary; Mrs, Perry Boswell of St. John's P. B\ Church of Mount Rainler, treasurer, and Mrs. L. P. Berzeron of the Baptist Church of Mount Rainier, registrar. BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON SAUL BEGINS HIS GREAT CAREER, Acts, 1x.20-81. Golden Text: I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him cru- ctfied.—I Corinthians, 11.2. Saul started to testify in the syna- gogues immediately after his baptism that Jesus is the Son of God. His reputation as a persecutor and the story of his remarkable conversion made men anxious to hear him. His penitence spurred him on to testify that Jesus was the Messiah. His en- ergy demanded that he give expres- slon to his new faith. His love for the glorified and risen Savior moved him to proclaim the gospel. He told his_experfence with power. He was comimencing to preach before he had a message. Like all new converts, his story of God's grace was short. The fruit of his testimony Is seen in the statement that “all that heard him were amazed.” While Saul's experience fitted him to testify, he lacked the training needed for his work as an apostle. Abrupt, rapid and decisive revolutions in spiritual history are usually suc- ceeded by a slow and gradual deyelop- ment. Paul faced difficulties and was called upon to_explain problems that puzzled him. It was difficult for him to grasp the gospel that he was called upon to preach. He could not, like Peter, add faith in Jesus to the old Pharisaic religious belief, for they had been completely destroyed by his conversion. After he had tried to preach the gospel for certain days he tells us in his Galatian letter how “Straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood, but I went away into Arabla.” Moses was fitted for his misslon by his experience in the back side of the desert. John the Baptist found in its solitude, silence and se- clusion the opportunity needed to fit him for his life's work. Our Lord sought the wilderness of Judea to prepare in_solitude for His public ministry. The purpose of Saul's re- tirement is not intimated. Saul evi- dently desired -to think through the problems presented by his new faith. During the best part of three years he lived in Arabla. While authorities differ as to his headquarters during his retirement, one of the most natural places for him to seek close communion with God was Sinai, where Moses received the law. During his days in the soli- tude of Arabla, Saul found in prayer a spiritual blessing to his soul and gradually he recovered his moral equilibrium. Having mastered the teachings of the prophets concerning Christ’s life and recovered his polse, aul returned to Damascus with a urning desire to preach the gospel. Damascus Dangers Faced. It was not long before Paul found that he had to reap what he had sowed. He commenced to preach in the synagogues, where they had looked for him to eradicate the faith of the Christlans. He spoke with authority and power. He sought an immediate decision. He debated with Jewish scholars champloning the rights of the Lord Jesus. He insisted WMt the risen Savior was the offi- cial representative of Jehovah. He claimed that the crucified Leader was the Messiah. Utllizing his rabbinical scholarship in a way he never ex- pected, and borrowing those very ar- guments against which, when Stephen used them in the Ciliclan synagogue at Jerusalem, he had stoutly argued, Saul made his first efforts in Christian exegesis of prophecy, that in later years he was destined to attain great success. It was not long before an intolerant element, furious at the loss of such an eminent leader, were plot- ting to destroy him. The enemfes of the brilllant cham- pion of the Christian faith secured, as we learn from II Corinthians, xi.32, the co-operation of the representa- tives of King Aretas, They were able to secure the city gates against his flight, whether by day or night, so the bold preacher was driven to the humiliation of making his escape in a basket lowered down from a hole in the city wall. It was the first of many “hairbreadth escapes.” Look- ing back upon this episode in latter vears, the apostle considered it a weakness. He probably thought that he ought to have faced the trumped- up charges courageously and not run away from danger. Jerusalem Journey. He returned to Jerusalem for the first time after his conversion. He believed that it was a good time for him to confer with Peter, the recog- nized authority, concerning our Lord’s life and words. Doubtless his desire for a conference with Peter related not only to the historical facts of which Peter was the leading witness, but he also desired to confer with him on matters touching his future work and that of the church. In. stead of an affectionate welcome, he was compelled to face suspicion and distrust. _An evil reputation dies slowly. The apostles feared that he was hiding a_scheme for further persecution under the cover of a pre- tended conversion. Saul would have been barred from the fellowship of the Jerusalem Church had it not been for Barnabas, “one of the noblest figures in the apostolic age,” “a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith," gen- erous in his sympathies and well meriting_his name, “Son of Consola- tion.” Tradition tells us that they were associates while pupils under the great Gamaliel. He examined Saul and became convinced of the geuineness of his conversion, so_that he arranged for him to meet Peter and James, the brother of our Lord. Saul spent 15 days in the company of Peter. He learned from the apostle's lips the full story of Christ's life and ministry. He stored up in his mind many of the words of the Master. He needed this knowledge of the earthly career of the Christ to assoclate it with his vision of the ex- alted Christ. A good undersianding was established between Saul and Peter that was destined to be tested lr; coming years by stress and strug- Ble. Saul's passion for souls moved him to seek to win his old associates for Christ Jesus. He longed to confess Christ In the very places where he had crucified Him, so he started preaching in the synagogues of the Hellenists. Saul soon faced the same sort of hostility that he had once pro- voked against Stephen. He was forced SRR to flee from Jerusalem or meet the fate of his bold forerunner. Under Divine directions he left Jerusalem and settled in Tarsus, where he worked and waited God's call to a larger ministry. En route to his na- tive city Saul cenducted evangelist campaigns in Syria and Cilicia_th: resulted in the establishment of nu- merous churches. God had made clear to Saul His program, for the Lord told him in the temple that He planned to send him “far hence unto the Gentiles.” Our lesson has taught us how God closed door after door of service and returned Saul to Tarsus, where he waited the summons to enter upon his lifework, when an undreamt-of door would be opened—the door be- hind which there lay in unvisited darkness the mighty civilized peoples of Europe—Greece and Rome and Gaul—and through them the hope of new Christendom, which {includes America, that should be, and the life of all the world, which today awaits, in the practical application of the teachings of Christ, to unite all men and nations into a great brotherhood and fraternity, free from sin and war. ‘IT SHALL BE.DONE,’ ToPIC AT MT. VERNON PLACE Rev. Dr. Lambeth, Pastor, Preach at Both Services Tomoerrow. Will Rev. Dr. William A. Lambeth, pas- tor of the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South, will preach at both services tomorrow. At 11 o'clock he will speak on the topic, t Shall Be Done,” and at 8 .m., “The Soul's Reach.” Rev. W. A. McKee, assistant to the pastor, will preach at the overflow and junior serv- ices, his subject being “Scars. Dr. Lambeth will continue his series of talks on “The Task Ahead” at the prayer meeting Thursday evening at 8 o'cleck. The pastor's visiting committee of the church will meet Monday evening at 8 o'clock to lay plans for the pro- gram for the coming year, when it is hoped that every member of the church may be visited at fairly short intervals. The following committees of the church have been chosen to hold of- fice during the coming year: Misslon- ary, A. F. Harlan (chairman), J. B. Akers and W. H. Trolinger; evangelis- tic, E. E. Overhoit (chairman), C. J. Ziegler, E. K. Campbell; social service, C. F. Nohlmeler (chairman), P. I education, J. T. Lloyd (chairman), C. E. Ruffner, J. W. Rodkey; steward- ship and tithing, J. F. Tiller (chair- man), A. F. Burgess and Clarendon Smith; lay speakers, T. L. Smith (chairman), A. E. Maryin and B. J. Laws. WEEKDAY BIéLE SCHoOL WORK IS DEMONSTRATED Metropolitan M. E. Movement Will Be Continued Until City Schools Close. The week day Bible school of Metro- politan Methodist Episcopal Church, which was inaugurated under the leadership of Dr. Harry D. Mitchell, who wWas an_executive officer of the Washington Bible School Association, with Miss Hartline the director, recent. Iy held a demonstration of the work done and accomplished in the Winter session school. This school has been in sesslon every day since the opening of the public schools from 9 a.m. until 12 noon for five days a_week. This school will continue until the close of the public schools, when the Winter session closes. The ages of the chil- dren enrolled are 3 to 6 years. In the Washington Heights Presby- terfan Church tomorrow at Mrs. H. Moffatt Bradley, di pervisor, will present the work of the Summer session school. Monday, at 10:30 a.m., there will be a conference for pastors, teachers and workers in St, Mary's Episcopal Church, Rev. O. L. Mitchell, rector; Tuesday, at 2 p.m., in_Georgetown Episcopal Church, Rev. Wroth, rector; Wednesday, at 10:30 a.m., the Brook- land section; Wednesday, 7:45 p.m., in Fifth Baptist Church, Dr. John E. Briggs, pastor; June 4, at 7:30 p.m., in Mount’ Carmel Church, Rev. W. H. Jernagin, pastor. There will be a meeting of the com- m}lnee on arrangements for the annual picnic of the Washington Bible School Assoclation for the Summer Bible schools Monday at 2:30 p.m. This picnic will be for all Summer Bible schools which plan to open June 22 or shortly thereafter. HYGIENE MEETING SET. Society Will Hold Session at First Baptist Monday. The Soclal Hyglene Soclety will hold its last monthly meeting Monday at the First Baptist Church, Sixteenth and O streets, at 8:15 p.m., Rev. Samuel J. Porter will preside. The speakers will be Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo of New York Averue Presbyterian Church, Assistant Surg. Gen. A K J. White of the United States Public Health Service and Alan Johnstone, jr., special representative American Soclal Hyglene Assoclatio Dr. Sizoo will speak on “Social Hy- glene, or Rebuilding the Temple.” Dr. White on “Health Maintenance and Social Betterment,” and Mr. John- stone’s subject will be “Opportunities for a Soclal Hygiene Soclety in the Social Work of Its Community.” PASTOR RETURNS TO CITY Rev. H. J. Smith to Preach at Pet- ‘worth Baptist. Rev. Henry J. Smith, pastor of Pet- worth Baptist Church, has returned from the Southern Baptist Conven- tion, and tomorrow evening will speak on a theme suggested by the conven- tion held at Memphis. The subject is “The Folly of Argument The subject in the evening, “Honor the Sabbath Day and Keep it Holy.” A children’s sermon will be given at 11:20 Itor the children of the Sunday school gmmmmmumnmmmumumuuumumnm = \ 00 A Round Trip '6 E L. Washington (Unlen Station). 830 PaL Ar. East Li Ar. Pittsburgh. . Returning, Sunday, Liverty 8§12 P, Eastern’Standard Wisit (usoutn places of interest. Me- | Murray and G. D. Ellsworth; Christian | May 31, Special Train Time. SoAAT Baly ) HREhS CHURCH BODY BUYS HOME IN THIS CITY Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Organization to Establish Headquarters. The Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mis- sion_Convention purchased the building at 1501 Eleventh street norths west and will move the headquarters here from Richmond, Va., where it was opened 28 vears ago. The convention has missions and educational institutions in Liberia, West Coast Afr South Africa, Haiti and Russia and has on the foreign field between 45 and 50 missionaries teachers and native helpers, in addi- tion to the force in the home field. The building here affords sufficient space for offices of the organization, a home for its correspondin, y and his family and a temporary home for returned mis It “also is xpected there will room in the ment for a large printing plant. Establishes Industries. The convention has recently landed in Liberia a sawmill, planing and shingle mill, with attachments for the manufacturing of household fur- niture—all costing more than $10,000, at country d builde: who will not only manufacture the needed lumber for churches, schoolhouses and residences for their own missionaries, but will also manufacture building ma- terial for the Liberian market The missionaries of the convention in Liberia and in Haiti are planning to do much along the lines of indu trial and ation, in the great ilities of e countries and eventually mak- ing the Liberian and Haitian missions self-supporting. Work of Woman's Auxiliary. This convention has attached to it a woman' which is pre- sided over by Mrs. J. H. dolph of this city. The women of this aux- iliary have raised large sums of money each r for the work of the parent bod are planning to erect veral school buildings and sion- homes in Liberia, while the con- ion will join them in erecting a | suitable hospital for the natives and or missionaries, on top of one of the mountains about 30 miles in the interior of the country. he local h Arters committes is planning to explain the work of organization at a meeting at the Shi- loh Baptist Church, nth and P streets northwest, Monday night. Rev. Dr. A. A. Graham, corresponding sec- retary of the convention; Rev. Dr. George O. Bullock, pastor of the Third Baptist Church; omas L. Jones and Deacon John S. Branom, will deliver special addresses. “THE FIRM FEJUNDATION," NATIONAL BAPTIST TOPIC Pastor Will Preach on “A Baptist Confession of Faith” at Eve- ning Service. At Immanuel, the National Baptist Memorial Church, Rev. Gove G. Johnson, the pastor, will preach to- morrow morning on “The Firm Foun- dation.” In the evening his subject will be “A Baptist Contession of Faith.” The Pinkham Bible Class will be addressed tomorrow morning by a former teacher, Charles V. Imlay. This class will hold an open meeting Tuesday night at the church, followed by a social with refreshments. Last Thursday evening at the pray- er and fellowship meeting the pastor gave an account of the events at the meeting of the Southern Baptist con- vention at Memphis, and expressed en- couragement with regard to the na- tlonal Baptist memorial building proj- ect. D. OF A. CHURCH GUESTS. Society Will Hold Memorial Serv- ice at Grace Baptist. At the Grace Baptist Church, Ninth street and South Carolina avenue southeast,, tomorrow night the Daughters of America will attend the church in a body. Rev. F. W. Johnson, will preach a spe on the subject, {olding Fast That ‘Which Is Good.” The Daughters will conduct their annual memorial serv- ice for those who have died during the year. At the morning service the subject will be “Baptism as Front Page News.” the pastor, 1 sermon to them PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in 45 or 83 months. It Pays 4 Per Cent on shares withdrawn be- fore maturing Assets Over $10,000,000 Surplus $950,000 Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W. JAMES BERRY. .President JOSHUA W. CARR. .Secretary e PITTSBURGH Sunday, May 31 Special Train Leaves Saturday Night, May 30 astern Standard Time. < e D 6:05 A leaves Pittsburgh §:00 P.M., East. . Greater Carnegle Institute, oological Gardens and other Pennsylvania Railroad