Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1925, Page 12

12 PLAN COMMUNIONS ON CHRISTIAS EVE Several Episcopal Churches of Capital Announce Special Celebrations. Most of the organizations in the Episcopal Church have suspended meetings until after the close of the Christmas_ holida Next week will Le free of meetings except for Christ- inas celebrations of Sunday schools. Celebrations of the holy communion Leginning at midnight Christmas eve are becoming more popular in the Eipiscopul Church, and this vear there will be a considerable number of serv es of this character. Christm: rning in most of the churches there Il be an early celebration, and aj second service of holy communion. with sermon, at 11 o'clock. * The hurches are usually closed on Christ afternoon. The following programs of Christ- | 1S services announced . Ste- | phen’s Church, 3017 Fourteenth street, Rev. Dr. George F. Dudley, rector— Holy communion at midnight, 7:30 and 10:30 a.m. Children’s carol service, December 27, 9:30 a.m. Children’s en- tertainment, December 28; primary de- | partment, 2:30 p.m.; Intermediate and | high school departments, § p.m. St. Columba’s, Tenleytown, Rev. W. w. rer, rector—11:30 p.m., Christ- mas eve, Christmas carol service, fol RELATES TO CHRISTMAS. Dr. Abernethy’s Sermon on “Pre- paring for the King. The services at Calvary Baptist Church tomorrow will be of a special Christmas nature. In the morning the pastor, Dr. W. S. Abernethy will preach on “Preparing for the King.” In the evening the Christmas cantata “The Story of Christmas” will be rendered by the male quartet and the Sunday evening chorus, under the di- rection of Thomas Moss, organist and choir director. Christmas programs will be had for each of the departments of the Sun- day school, which meets at 9:30 a.m. Under the leadership of Rev. A. D, Bryan, the Church for the Deaf will hold speclal services at 8o'clock in the Sunday school house of the church. WILL HOLD SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SERVICE {Program Tomorrow at First Con-| gregational Church Will In- clude Sermon By Dr. Pierce. Special Christmas Sunday will be held at the First Congrega- tional Church tomorrow. Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, the minister, has returned to the city for a few days, having been absent for three weeks in the interest of the new building campaign. At 11 am. Christmas anthems will be rendered by the services lowed by festival celebration of holy | communion. Christmas d: 9 am.,! in celebration of the holy commun m. The Sunday after Christmas, spe- cial Christmas music and sermon at both the morning and evening sery. ices St. Luke's Chure Church streets Brown, rector- and 10 am. on Chr mas tree exercises 6:45 pn. Church of the Trarsti teenth and Gallatin str Queally, rector 7:30 and 11 w.m. Lpiphany Church, 1317 G street, Rev. Dr. Z. B. Phillips, rector—Can. tata, “The Christ Child,” at 11 p.m. on Thursday. Christm services: Holy communion at midnight, 7:30 and 11 am. Christ Church. 620 G _street south- east, Rev. Calvert . Buck, rector Christmas eve, 11:30 p.m. Christmas music followed at midnight by a cele. bration of holy communion. Celebra- tion of holy communion at 10 a.m. on | Fifteenth and Thomas J midnight | Ser at Fhat wration, Four- | St. Mark' A streets southeast? Rev. H. Pettus, | rector—Christmas eve service begin- ning at 11:30 with the holy commun. | ion at midnight. Celebration of the | ‘I;My comp unfon, 11 a.m. Christmas CHURCH TO OBSERVE 75TH ANNIVERSARY HERE John Wesley A. M. E. to Hear Ser- mon by Bishop E. D. W. Jones Tomorrow. The seventy-fifth +y of John Wesley M. E. Ch Fourteenth and Corcoran streets, will be observed | tomorrow at 3 p.n., when Bishop E. D. W, Jo of the diocese of South Carolina and Florida will preach. Rev. Dr. H. T. Medford, the pastor, will preach at the 11 o'clock service, ‘while in the evening Dr. J. H. Tucker, | presiding elder, will be In charge of the service. £ SERMONS ON PARABLES. | Rev. C. S.v;bfltt—to Conclude Series Tomorrow. | ver “hurch of the Good Shepherd, 8. Abbott, concluding his se of sermons on the Gospel par. oplied to modern life, will take for the t his sermon tomorrow wmorning t's Story of the Inso- lent Friends At_night : er will be Rev. Dr Phelps Stokes, canon of the Washington Cathedral. with a midnight celebration of the holy communion on Christmas eve, Le service beginning at 11 The other Christmas servic 8 am. and 11 am. REV. COOKE TO PREACH. Christmas Program Arranged at th Church of Ascension. ‘e Church of the Ascension, Mas- liusetts avenue and Twelfth street, will celebrate the Christias festivities with an unusual program this year. The rector, Rev. Thomas Worthington Cooke, will preach tomorrow at 11 v'clock on “Are You Ready for Christ- v Day or Holiday, Which?"” eve, beginning at 11 he Christmas ament, with anclent hymns, will be held. Christ- mas day, at 7:30 am. and 11 am., there will be a special musical celebra- tion, the rector being the celebrant. Pastor to Leave Capital. Re the Stephen Webster, a member of senior class at the Theological Alexandria, and istant nd superintendent of the ~hool . Mark’s, will leave for his home in where the people of Christmas, will cele- ifth anniversary of his father's rectorship, Rev. Francis Lllsworth Webster. Rev. Stephen IWebster expects to leave next Septem- Dber for Liberia, western Africa, where he will spend five vears as a mission- ary under the the auspices of the Order of the Holy Cross of the Episco- pal Church. mini church Inate the twenty — o White Gift Service. The Eastern Presbyterian Sunday school will celebrate the Christmas season tomorrow with a white gift service consisting of tableaux and music. The exercises will be in charge of Gail F. Bonham, superin- tendent, and have been arranged by 2 committee consisting of Miss Ethel Betts, chairman: Miss Knepper, Miss lwine, Miss Elliot and Mrs. Hutch- nson, assisted by others. The gifts will be divided between the Children’s Jlome of the Central Union Mission and the Presbyterian Home for the Aged in the ¢ First Brethren Church. | Rev. Homer A. Kent, pastor of the First Brethren Church, Twelfth and streets southeast, announces two special Christmas services tomorrow. At 11 aum. his subject will be “The Visit of the Wise Men.” At 7:45 p.m. he will give a stereopticon lecture on “The Little Village of Bethlehem. Sunday school meets at 9:30 a.m. and Christian Endeavor at 6:45 p.m. S “Warless World,” Topic. “A Warless World for One Thousand Years—The Millennium at Hand,” will be the subject of the lecture tomorrow at 8 p.m. by Dr. B. . Wilkinson, dean of theology, Washingzton College. at the Capi Church, Fifth and I streets. { People’s { Church, will occupy the pulpit at both { services tomorrow s I Eme { streets, will be held Chrf ! hour {will preach at 11 a.m. Missionary |ei Memoria! l\+§ church vested chorus choir, and Dr. Pierce will give a Christmas sermon, sod's Gift.” tmas Sunday night servic ¢ conducted at when the choru give special music speak on “The nd Dr. 9 . Judge Willian will teach the men's Bile ¢ studlo, Tenth vespor sery pan., when . “The St Daniel Protheroe chorus and qu Both Junior and Senior and Young societies of Christian deavor will meet in thelr halle at 6:30 pan. Gerald S will lead the Senior society in a dis- cussion on “Following the Star— What do Men Find REV. DR. HERSON’S TEXTS IN SERMONS TOMORROW Will Preach in Morning on “Cal- endar of God.” in Evening on “Christmas Message.” Tev. Dr. Joseph T. of Hamline Metholist Norris Music Hers ¥ 1 Fourteenth and on streets. His sub 11 o'clock The Calen- lar of God,” and for the evening serv- i 8 o'clock “The Christmas Mes- and the Chri: i new chu nd Allison tmas morn- o'clock and will last one Special musie will be rendered the choir and a brief address by Herson. he first Sunday in the new church will be December The Sunday school will meet at 930 a.n regular services of worship at 11 a.m and 8 p.m., with preaching by the minister. Epworth League at 7 p.m. ST. MARK’S SERVICES. Special ing at 7 by Dr. Program Arranged for Christmas Week. . Mark’s Church, ] southeast, being ay in rd and A the fourth ivent, the holy { communion will be celebrated tomor- { 7:30 Rev. row at rector. .m. and William 11 Hen and at § homas’ day, the 1l be celebrated at m. The s Monday being St. holy communion v 11 am Christmas eve, pan., the holy beginning at 11:30 communion will be celebrated by the rector and Christ- mas hymns will be sung. Christma day the holy communion will be cele brated at § am. and at 11 am. At 11 a.m. the rector will preach. There will be a celebration of the holy com- munion next Saturday at 11 a.m., be ing St. Stephen’s day ———e PLAN SPECIAL MUSIC. Bethany Baptist Church Leaders Announce Christmas Program. eclal Christmas music has been Bartlett, di- decker, organist of Bethany Baptist Church Choir. In connection with the evening serv- ices tomorrow, the regular choir will be assisted by a large male chorus. Rev. Dr. Hugh T. Stevenson will preach tomorrow morning on “His- tory's Greatest Event,” and in the evening, “Will He Come Again?” CAROLS FOR SHUT-INS. First Presbyterian Singers Visit Homes. At the First Presbyterian Church there will be the usual Christmas ob- servances. The Christmas sermon will be preached tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. Dr. John Brittan Clark, and at the afternoon twilight service he will speak on “His Gift.” The various departments of the Sun- day school will have their separate parties during the holidays. Plans are being made for the singing of carols Christmas eve by members of the voung ladies’ class and the choir at the homes of aged and shutin mem- bers of the church Highlands Church. At the Highlands Baptist Church, Fourteenth and Jefferson streets, the pastor, Rev. Newton M. Simmonds, will have tomorrow as his morning subject, “Christmas Faiths,” and at the evening service the theme of the sermon will be “A Day That Changed the World,” preceded by Christmas carols. At the Sunday school service there will be speclal exercises and “white Christmas"” gift Second Baptist Services. At Second Baptist Church, to Third | street between H and I streets, to- morrow, there will be Christmas serv- ices. Rev.J. L. S. Holloman, the pas- tor, will preach at 11 a.m. on “The Overtures of the Angels.” At 8 p.m. the Junior Choir will sing Christmas carols. The pastor will preach on “The Three Wise Men.” S S Sunday School Carol Service. The Sunday school of St. Margaret's Church, Connecticut avenue and Ban- croft place, will hold its annual Christ- mas festival and carol service in the parish hall Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. An important feature of these festivals at St. Margaret's is the pres- ce of boys and girls trained in the nday school who are now attendinz schools and colleges away [rom hoide. . st and quartet ot for the | nd the | Pettus, | pom. | THE BISHOP'S SERMON - TOBE BROADCAST Right Rev. James E. Freeman to Preach Tomorrow at Bethlehem Chapel. Right Rev. E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will preach at the evensong service in the Bethlehem Chapel of Washington Cathedral at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The serv- ice will be broadcast by WCAP. Rev. Dr. J. T. Russell, Canon of Washington, will preach at the 11 clock The cathedral choir f men and boys will sing at both serv- lices. Bishop Freeman has announced that {a festival service will be held in the | Bethiehem Chapel Christmas day at 11 a.m., in which he will ssisted in the celebration by the cathedral clergy. v. Dr. Henry Lubeck, Canon of hington, will preach. ! service. i Ry |wa AT MT. VERNON PLACE “Dawn in the Desert” to Be Sung Tomorrow Night—Other Christmas Services. SRR “Dawn in the Desert,” a Christmas oratorio by Russell E. Mitchell of the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Kpis- Copal Church South and R. Deane Shure. ) music at the church, will tomorrow night at o'clock the church. with accom- panying pageantry under the sion of Miss Maitland Le Thompson of the Community Center department. The Sunday school will sing carols on the steps of the church at 4 p.m. A “White Gifts for the King”" service will be held in the church at 4:30 o'clock. These two features will be in charge of the assistant to the pastor. jRev. W. A. McKee, wha will also h the service of the Junior Church at 11 o'clock i i will preach at 11 o'clock on “The Glory er meeting will be held night, but Christmas morn- ing a service will be held at 7 o'clock ambeth will preach on “The el's Message” and the full choir |REV. E. B. WHITE AT GORSUCH CHURCH Richmond Minister Speaks Tomor- row Night on “America’s Greatest Need.” At the Gors Church tomo: B. White of {liver an addr I(‘hl Need,” The white will be held s of the Sunday white glfts to the King, nned goods, provisions These gifts will be equall een the Swartzell's Metho- dist Home for Children, the Methodist Home for the Aged and the Near Relief. The church auditorium I been decovated in white for the sion, under the direction of Edwin B. Donaldson, Sunday school superin- tendent Rev. Melvin Edgar Lederer, the pas- tor, will preach tomorrow morning on “The Christ of Chri ich Methodist Episcopal ow gvening Rev. Dr. I Richmond, Va., will de- on “America’s Great- stmas service ime, with also gifts and has i | WILL GIVE CANTATA. Members of Epiphany School to Participate. Rev. Dr. B. Phillips, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, will de- {liver the sermon at the 11 o'clock serv- ice tomorrow morning. In the evening at 8 o'clock there will be a service especially arranged for and participated in by members of the church school. There will be a Christmas cantata, “The Fulfillment of Prophecy,” after which the children will place their gifts of toys and cloth- ing in the manger, to be taken by them on Christmas eve to children carefully selected to receive them. The rector will make an address at this service and there will be special music. There will be celebrations of the holy com- munion tomorrow at 8§ a.m., and Mon- day and Thursday at 11 a.m. DR. WOOD TO PREACH. Christmas Musical frogrnm Church of Covenant. At the Church of the Covenant to- morrow morning Rev. Dr. Charles Wood will preach on “The Longing of the Greeks for Chri or an hour before the evening service the choir will give a Christmas musical pro- gram of old carols. For the evening sermon Dr. Wood's subject will be “A Christmas Fve Poem Sermon by a Great Poet. sday evening at 7:45 o'clock the school Christmas exercises will be held in the lecture room. The usual Thursday evening meeting is to be combined with this service. COMMUNITY TREE PLANS. Woodside Church to Have Special Services. Grace Episcopal Church, Woodside, Md., is to have a community Christ- mas tree in the church yard. It will be decorated with colored lights. At 4:30 p.m. Christmas eve the children’s service will be held in the church, when the children will place gifts in the manger. They will later gather around the tree and sing carols. The service Christmas day will be- £in with the midnight candle service. | The second celebration will be at 7:30 a.m. and at 10 o'clock the Lord’s sup- per will be observed, with a sermon by the rector, Rev. Clyde Brown. e Services at Petworth. | | Christmas services, decision day in |the Bible School, Christmas greetings with o personal message from the pastor, quartet and congregational song service, with two message-ser- mons that fit ‘the day, is Petworth Baptist_Church’s plan for tomorrow. Rev. Henry J. Smith, pastor, an- nounces as the morning sermon “No |Room for Him in the Inn.” In the evening his theme is “God's Expecta- tion.” at Will Give Pageant Tomorrow. “The Light of the World,” a na- | tivity pageant, will be given by the Sunday school of St. John’s Episco- pal Church, Wisconsin avenue and | Bradley lane, tomorrow at 6 p.m. The pageant is being directed by Mrs. Thomas Harrison Cahill of Bradley Hills, assisted by Mrs. L. Stock and Mr. Weightman. The pastor, Rev. Dr. W. A. Lambeth, | the | ¥ school bringing | EVENING STAR, | the problem | veligion of Jesus, he traces back its { riighty river that has overflown the {ated WASHINGTON, CHRISTMAS LESSON. Matthew, il.1-15. Golden text—For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord—Luke il.11. Christmas calls for a lesson upon the greatest event in history. It comes annually with its message of the Lord's nativ- ity. No other por- tion of the gos- pels has given to painters, poets and preachers 8o many themes for their studies, songs and sermons. The phi- losopher who searches the rec- ords of histo finds that Chris- tianity has changed the cur- rent of civilization Ly permeating the nations of the earth with its principles. he tries to solve of the influence of the Rev. H. T. Stevenson. arth with its lifeglving waters until he finds its fountain head in the birth of Jesus Christ. Christlanity has its fundamental basis in the miracle of the ages, that God entered the human race in the birth of our Savior in the clty of David. Matthew, who penned his gospel to demonstrate to the Jews that Jesus fulfilled the prophetic predictions con cerning the Messiah, opens his nar rative of the birth of the Christ with | the story of the wise men from the Their question, “Where i: t is born King of the Jew sen iow in the pala the priests and aroused the people of rusalem by their proclamation of birth of the Messianic King. TI of the is one of tant inciden connected with the birth of the Lord, that were mat [T of historical recc and popular traditlon, that proved bevond a gue tion of controversy that Jesus in ilis lirth fultilled the prophetic predic un concerning the promised Messiah. historis foundations of the first gospel were based upon Jewish and Koman public records that were ac- cessible to all, when Matthew gave his gospel to the world. ") ientists Seeking Sa The wise men were the sclentists of east. whose mastery of astrology I neaning of His star, which they had secn in the east. Both Tacitus and ~uetonius tell us of how throughout the Orient there was at that period an expectation of the coming out of the Jewish race of a great King. These men possessed wealth and social position and probably traveled with a large retinue of servants when they followed the star in search for the’ Savior. cerning who whence they them Gaspar, Wallace in “Ben Hur” has worked up this tradition by making them come from India, Fgypt and Greece, \rubia, Mesopotamia and Persia have also been named. They were the sci- entists, schol: and statesmen of day. Some traditions have them descendants m and Japheth, representing re ion, service and rulers of all classes of men. This appears in their por. trayal by artists as white, brown and black, representing all races of men. The truth underneath all these legends is the universal appeal of the Christ tg all men Some have suggested that the wise men were familiar with Balaam's prophecy (Numbers, xxiv.17), for they they came. were Tradition calls de associated the strange new star with | the scepter mentioned in his proph- ecy. Missionaries have found il the Orient traditions concerning th Scriptures that have opened the door for the entrance of the gospel. The appearance entists to solve. Various suggestions have been advanced, but the two that best are either the conjunction of the planets Juplter and Saturn that dis- tinguished astronomers like Kepler, ! Encke and Pritchard have calculated occurred about the time of the birth of Christ, or the appearance of a mwiraculous light in the heavens. The magi followed their light until they reached Jerusalem. _where their question, “Where is He?" the first recorded in the New Testament, un- nerved Herod, the allen usurper, who recognized the possibility of 2 new Aaimant for the throne of the Mac abees and David. His famlily were Jewish converts, and he was certainly familiar with the various prophecies concerning the coming of the Mes- siah When the wise men sought at the dng’s palace some knowledge of where they could find the new-born King of the Jews, the aged ruler, stricken with disease, was terrified He knew that he was distrusted by his own family, friends and foes be- cause his administration had been varked by cruel, crafty crimes, so ihar the palace literally was the home of murder. It is no wonder that the one who had his favorite wife, sons and relatives killed should be ‘sensi- tive to his own unpopularity and im- minent danger. He called in the Sonhedrin, demanding that they in- form him where the new King was due to be born. The light of science bad brought the wise men to Herod, but without the guldance of the Seriptures they could not find the CLrist any more than any modern scientists can find the Savior without seeking the assistance of the Bible, which 700 years previous to the com- ing of the wise men had predicted that the Messiah would be born in ethlehem of Judea. Science Supplements Scripture. When Herod learned where the prophet had predicted He would be born he summoned the wise men and learned from them the exact time that the star appeared. He proposed to murder the new-born babe, although he requested the magl to inform him concerning the results of their inves- tigation, so that he could “worship Him.” They had gone only a short distance toward Bethiehem, when the star again appeared and guided them to the manger in the inn, where they “saw the young child and Mary, His mother.” They learned on that day that the light of sclence and Scrip- ture harmonized with one another. Both are from God and reveal Him. They found that “the invisible things are clearly seen, being understood by the things which are made, even His eternal power and God-head.” The wise men, following the light of na- ture, were superlor in their knowledge to those who had the light of the Bible, but were indifferent to its teach- ings. The Combination of the reverent study of sclence with that of the Scripture will prove that the light of reason and revelation are one. The knowledge of the Bible is needed to understand the work of the Creator written in nature. If both are fol- lowed, they will lead men just where they brought the wise men to the Son of God, the Savior of the world. The wise men came seeking a new- born king: they found the Child cradled in poverty, wrapped in swad- dling clothes, which possibly had the family insignia of the house of Duvid in the embroidery that Mary had exe- cuted with her needle in anticipation of the fulfillment of the angel's an- nunciation of the Messiah's hirth. The evidence of lheir wisdom is seen in D. When | > | words of Hosea was being fulfilled in 1 enabled them to understand the | The Bible is silent con- | and from | Melchior and Balthazar. | of Shem, | of the star has been a | problcm for Bible students and sci- | C.,, SATURDAY, | thelr insight of 1lis character. Fol- {lowing the revelations of sky and cribes, of science and Scriptures, they had found Mary and the Babe, lying in the manger, immediately they fell down before Him and worshipped Him with their gifts as a Prophet, Priest and Potentate. They followed the orlental custom of presenting gifts in token of their subjection and allegi- ance to the Child-King at whose feet they bowed in homage. Men have found in their gifts symbolical mean- ing. Upham puts it: “Myrrh for a mortal, gold to a king and frankin- cense to a God.” The wise men of to day are found following their example in “seeking the guidance of the Bible 0 help them understand modern | science, 50 that they may know the Lord and give unto Him their very best. i i Diabolical Diplomacy Defeated. the new-horn king in ad sinister und murderous fuce in sulem showed how lierod was p ning to put Him away. Being gulded by the Lord, the wise men returned to their country another way, which interfered with Herod's pla 2 | was directed in dream to re; voung child into Egypt, wh was a Jarge Jewish colony. Travelers | are shown fn Cairo the site of the resi dence of the Holy Family, where the: dwelt until Jesus was safe from th wrath of Herod. The unbound rage of the tyrant, whose dlabolical diplo- macy had been defeated by men obey- ing dreams, found expression in his seeking to kill all children in Bethle- aem who were under 2 years of age. in the slaughter of the innocent chil- iren, the prophecy of Jeremiah was ulfilled. Joseph, by obedience to the | iream, d the -1 ing Mary and Jesus to Lgypt, where they dwelt among their, fellow coun- trymen, who did not khow that the tion, a onnection with the which declared tha voung _exile. t “out of Egypt, I {have called My 1" This was liter- liy fulfilled when after Herod's death {Joseph returned with his family and | took up his reside 2 Every one who studies the | comes face 1o face with myster: fuct, we find it at the beg end of all life. Sir Oliver Lodge, in « recent number of the ITibbert Jour- 1 rts that to one who believes in a personal God, the idea of incar nation is no longer irrational. As for | himself, he confesses to a faith that | Jesus was in a real and unique sense God manifest in the flesh. If it “vere possible to explain all the facts and | events connected with the advent of | the Savior's birth, Christmas would have no joy for us. It is because the | whole life of the Master was « miracle that we are able to enter into the joy- | ful song of the angels, the faith of the | | humble shepherds and the | sclentists, who worshipped the Babe | in Bethlehem's manger by their adora- | tion and gifts. We prove our faith to- | day by seeking to let the whole world | know that centuries ago there was | born for them “in the city of David Savior, who is Christ the Lord. | | | WHITE GIFT SERVICE. | Sunday School to Make Offerings to | Charity. The annual white gift service of Epiphany Lutheran Sunday school will be held Tuesday evening at 8 lock. Following a song service of Christmas carols, a pageant, “In the | Light of Christmas,” will be presented | by the young people of the Sunday school. At the close of the pageant the presentation of “White Gifts for the | King” will take place, when each class in the Sunday school and the various | organizations of the church will make | their offerings for various local chari- | ties and church institutions. i SERMON ON CHRISTMAS. | Rev. Dr. J. H. Taylor Will Preach i i Tomorrow. At the Central Presbyterian Church in connection with the morning serv- ice tomorrow the pastor, Rev. Dr. James H. Taylor, will preach a Christ- mas sermon. The eveninz service | will be a special service, under the auspices of the Sunday school, to | which the members of the congrega- tion are also invited. The pastor will | [ tell the Christmas story, and & num- | ber of voung people from the Sunday | | school will lead in the singing of the | | Christmas hymns H i | | | | | The Bible class for young people on | Friday nights will be omitted during | the Christmas holidays. | PAGEANT TO BE GIVEN. | “Nativity” to Be Put On as Eve- | ning Service at Calvary Methodist. | The pageant will be iven in the Calvary Methodist Church | omorrow evening. The Calvary quar- | tet will be assisted by a chor of 40 voices, taken from the young people's society of the church. At the morn- ing service the choir will give four numbers of Christmas music. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, the min- ister, will speak on *“Some of the Breat Birthdays en the World's Cal- endar.” Christmas morning at 6 o'clock spe- cial services will be held in the church, conducted by Rev. Dr. Montgomery. One special feature of this service is the lighting of the star. WILL PREACH TWICE. Rev. T. mons at Temple Baptist. The theme of Rev. T. O. Jones’ ser- mon tomorrow morning at Temple Baptist Church will be “Unanimity in the Soul,” and the evening’s theme will be “Well Within.” The Bible school will hold its Christ- mas entertainment Tuesday at 8 p.m. Re— Topics at Second Baptist. “Some American Problems” will be the subject of a special sermon at the Second Baptist Church, Fourth street and Virginia avenue southeast, tomor- row night. The pastor, Rev. Ellis C. Primm, will preach. His subj the morning service will be Christian Philanthropist.” 0. Jones Announces Ser- Sacramental Service. The Third Baptist Church, Fifth and Q streets northwest, will hold its last Holy Communion of the year tomor- row at 3:30 p.m. Rev. Dr. George O. Bullock’s topic at 11 a.m. will be “Christ and Christmas.” Y. P. Soclety at 6 _p.m., leader Mrs. E. Vanburen. Dr. Bullock’s topic at 8 p.m. will be “The Good Fight of Faith.” —_— Christmas Giving Program. Fifth Baptist Church Bible school, E street near Seventh street south: west, will observe its annual White Christmas tomorrow at 9:30 o’clock, when gifts will be received fer Christ: mas baskets sent to deserving fam- ilies of the church and congregation. “Good Tidings to All,” Topic. The Christmas sermon on the theme ‘Good Tidings to All” wifl be preached 5y the pastor, Rev. Godfrey Chobot, _omorrow morning at the Sixth Pres. byterian Church, In the evening the tople will bhe, lory and Peace.” There will be special music, N DECEMBER 19, 1925, | PLAN DOUBLE SERVICE. | Gospel Mission Leaders Announce CLAS SUGESS OF NEGRD SEADOLS Progress of Education in State Colleges “Remark- able,” Dr. Penn Declares. l 1 Program for Tomorrow. i Two services will be held at the il | «pel Assembly, 930 Pennsylvar avenue tomorrow, when the Christmas | message will be given in serm i song. Pastor Harry preach on ‘““Thou Bethlehem-Ephra tan,” at the afternoon service and on “The Prince of Peace” at night. “The children’s Christmas service | will be held Tuesday evening. Mid- weelc service of Christmas carols and | ! praise, Wednesday night. The Assem- | { bly will make its annual basket dis- tribution to the worthy poor Christ- | max eve. Watch-night service will be | held December 31 and an all-day praise | assembly New Year day. ! i i J CHICAGO, 11, December 19.—"The | growth and success of education in | colleges and schools of the negro in | the States is remarkable,” says Dr. I. Garland Penn, growth While the magl were worshipping | for the vegro of i1 Jeru- || | untversit { education toda {more than 100 colle | Children, I the le Cincin Ohlo, one of the secretaries in charge of negro work for the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Penn recounted the wonderful of the schools and college : Methodist BEpi ying that 30 y £0 a negro filling the one of these schools; 11 presidents years ugo most of the teachers were white missionaries, now out of 450 teachers fully 400 are negroes. The of the system at A a, Ga., i3 headed by u negro, while the institution having the largest college roliment has a negro president. his, he said, showed what the invesf ment of white missionaries and means menat in race development and as- sumption of responsibility. Dr. Penn sald, however, that the race {8 not overstocked with college graduates for leadership: for in 60 years there have been graduated only 10,000 and this number has been de- pleted from time to time by death. “More negroes ing college than ever,” declared 1910 there were not e student Chu was not residency of now there ar ch, Dr. Penn. “In negro SWARTZELL HOME CONDUCTS DRIVE Proceeds From Roll Call Will Help Support Additional Methodist annual Swartzell 201 known as the 19 b membership drive of Methodist Home for RUttenhouse street, 5 American White ross Roll Call, is now being held. city, the children Owing to its limited ca Lome is caring for only learned | 2t the present time, but it is the in-{ tention of the board of trustees and managers to enlarge it as soon sufficlent funds are in hand. During current year 100 children have been refused admission because of lack of room. No child is refused admission, it is stated, because of in- ability to pay, the support of the home being guaranteed through the Woman's Home Missionary Society, Epworth Leagues, Sunday School classes and friends. ‘The proceeds from the present roll call will go toward the building fund. Maurice Otterback, president of the Anacostia is chairman; Mrs B. T. Hynsou, secretary, and Rev. . H. Lambdin, treasurer, with head- quarters at 10 K street northeast. CHEVY CHASE BAPTISTS TO WORSHIP IN NEW HOME | Christmas Morning Service to Be Held at Western Avenue and Belt Road. The Chevy Chase Baptist Church will meet for the first time in its new church home, Western avenue and Belt road, Christmas morning. A short early smervice is planned from 7:30 to 8 am., with the pastor lead- ing. The subject of the sermons tomor- ow will be, “The Light of the World” 11 a.m. and “In_the Year of Our Lord” at 8 p.m. The pastor. Rev. Ydward O. Clark, will preach at both services, which are held {n the music studio of the theater building. “LIGHT OF THE WORLD.” Nativity Play Will Be Given at St. John's Church. A nativity play entitled “The Light of the World "’ will'be given tomorrow at 6 p.m. in St. John's Church, Wis- Thirty | in the | JUNIOR C. E. UNION | i { ! 1 ‘Members to Take Part in Rally, at Close of Christian En- deavor Week. { I At the it Chrl En convention of the District and noi ern Virginia held here, the first Ju nior C. E. Union of the District w organized, under the direction of M Mamie Gene Cole, Dixie junior fleld secretary, and Miss Ellen Bowker, e, nior superintendent for the District of | Columbia C. E. Union The following officers e | President, Richard Thom, {the Covenant: vice pr Bittenger. Chevy Chase re: an h ted Church « Helen shyterian: | | | comm | Street Christis { committee, saraner, e, Tom ! Eleanor cers are under The Juniors will northern Virginia holding a Junior C. 1. rally closing Christian Endeavor The District Endeavorers will obser Christian Endeavor week, beginning | February 1, the week being taken up | h conferences, dinner, Junior rally, The Alumi join rer again ndea | presidents’ nd Seniors will 1 banquet at ary Baptist anuary 13, which time will inaugurated the campaign to raise t ncis Fund. This fund, | which is a trust fund and amourn to $100,000, is to be raised by the deavorers of the United States Canada, the interest of the investment um to go to Dr. and Mrs E. Clark so long as they live 1 after their death to be kept as ! | | Clark Recognition | 1 he used thereafter for the foreign and onary program of Christian | UNITY SOCIETY TO MEET.| Christmas Song, Praise and Pros-| perity Service to Be Held. Unity Soclety. 1326 Eve street, will have its regular session of Sund school and Bible class totmorrow & ernoon at 3 o'clock. The three asso- clate ministers will give the Christmas | song, praise and prosperity service at | § p.m. Mary A. Williams will have | charge of the song service, Garnet January the praise lecture and Ar- thur P. Buck will give the prosperity talk Tnfolding the Infinite Love” is the subject of a lecture to be given by ! Garnett January Monday at § o'clock. | Wednesday at 8 o'clock the subject | will be, “The Christ Birth Within."” TELLS OF JERUSALEM. Father Atkinson Speaks at Meeting of Anglo-Catholic Club. The monthly meeting of the Anglo- | Catholic Club in the diocese of Wash- | ington was held at St. Thomas’ par- | ish hall, Eighteenth and Church | streets, Monday evening. Father At- kinson of St. James' Church told of his recent visit to the holy places in | and ebout Jerusalem. His remarks | were supplemented by those of the | Rev. Willlam Curtis White, another | recent visitor to the Holy Land | A committee was appointed to in-| vite Right Rev. Philip Mercer Rhine- | lander to address the club at its next | | | OF DISTRICT FORMED : Vot jern chu iconsin _avenue and Bradley ' lane, Bethesda, Md., by the entire Sunday school, of which E. L. Stock is super- intendent The play, which takes the place of a children’s service, is under the dl- rectlon of the rector, Rev. James Kirk- patrick, assisted by W. H. Weightman, the organist and choirmaster. It wili be produced by Mrs. Ada Cahill, pageantry director of the Sunday school, and Mrs. E. L. Stock. s WILL VISIT CRIB. Clergy at St. Paul's Roman Catho- lic Church Plan Service. A feature of the Christmas service at St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church will be a visit to the crib. Immedi- ately before the solemn high mass, which will begin at midnight Thurs- day, the clergy and altar bovs will walk in procession to the crib. A selected group of choristers will render an appropriate carol during the procession. meeting, January 11. Bishop Rhine- | lander is honorary president of the| club. | i MISSIONS TALK SLATED. | Dr. Charles Enders to Lecture at| Concordia Church. | Rev. Dr. Charles Enders will deliver | a stereopticon lecture on “Home Mis- stons West of the Mississippi” at Con- cordia Lutheran Evangelical Church, Twentleth and G streets. tomorrow at pm. Special services will be held Christ- mas day. A praise service with spe- clal music will be held at 6:30 a.m. At 11 a.m. a German service will be held. In the evening at 7:30 o'clock the Sun- day school will sing the Christmas cantata “The Christ Child.” After this service the Bible school workers will entertain the members and friends of the school in the chapel. “GIFTS TO THE NEEDY.” | ANNIVERSARY SERVICE. |special Service Planned at Gunton-| Temple Church. i | Memorial Exercises for Veterans| Tne 11 o'clock service tomorrow in the Gunton-Temple Memorial Fre: Rt LincoLzACon gregRiiona’s terlan Church will consist of a white At Lincoln Congregational Temple | gift Christmas service, in which the tomorrow morning Rev. R. W. Brooks | Sunday school will unite with the con- will speak on “The Pre-Eminence of | gregation. All the members of the Jesus.” There will be special music. Sunday school and church have been At T:30 p.m. the thirty-fiftth anni-|asked to bring some gift for the poor versary and memorial exercises of the [ and needy of the city. There will be a Veterans’ Assoclation will be held. | brief sermon by the pastor, Rev. Ber- Christmas morning at 7 o'clock special | nard Braskamp, and music by the Christmas services will be held, lasting | chorus choir. one hour. At _the 4:30 o'clock twilight service, ‘which will also be a special Christmas service, the pastor will speak on *“The Man Who Could Not Find Room."” S Takoma Park Baptist Service. piAL the Takoma Park Baptist Chureh, ney Branch road and Aspen street, i N tomorrow, the pastor, Rev. William Communion Service. E. La Rue, will speak in the morning [ The last communion of the year will on “Jesus Comes Bringing Joy,” and [be celebrated by the McKinley Memo- in the evening a pageant will be ren-|rial Baptist Church, Fourth and L dered under auspices of the Sunday |streets, tomorrow at 3:30 p.m., in school. union with the Mount Zion Baptist — - Church, _Thirteenth and C_streets northeast. Rev. Dr. §. Gerlah Lam- Tilustrated Leoture. kin will preach and baptize at 11 a.m. “How to Live Longer and Better” | Dr. Sharp of Maryland will preach at is the subject of an illustrated lec-|8 p.m. Bible school at 9:30 a.m. B. ture to be given by Dr. Danlel H.|Y.P. U., 6:30 p.m. The great Harvest Kress of the Washington Sanitarium | Home union meeting will be held at 8 before the Secular League at Mu-(pm. Monday. The sermon will be sicians’ Hall, 1006 E street, tomorrow | preached by Rev. Dr. J. T. Harvey, afternoon, 3 o'clock. The public is| pastor of Gethsemane Baptist Church. invited. Admission free. = Christmas Music a Feature. Dr. Clarence Wilson to Preach. Special Christmas music will be Dr. Clarence True Wilson of. the|sung tomorrow at First Baptist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and [Church. At 11 a.m. Rev. Dr. Porter Public Morals of the Methodist Episco- | will have for his subject “The Birth pal Church, will preach at Metropoli- |of Jesus,” and at 8 p.m. “A Blossom- tan Memorial Methodist Episcopal [ing Christmas Tree.” The Sunday Church tomorrow morning. At the|school will have a Christmas tree evening service the pastor will speak |and exercises for the children at on “The Wonderful Story." 9:30 a.m. BISHCP FORESEES UNION OF CHURCH Dr. McDowell Predicts Join- ing of North and South Methodist Branches. Special Dispatch to The Sta BALTIMORE the Methodist the Method December 19.—Th: Spiscopal Church and Episcopal Church South in th, one the Wil resident 1 the ference Methodist the same attity cived am s at the o ch tutional necessary hink, th ompar: Al said. It favoring the m won the cause. Bishop McDo preach ti the o unic soon,” t Lipisce LEGION TO LAY VIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL STONE Be He Lee, With Speaker 3 January 19. Birthday Mac- is tin commander memorial to them, the investment to | ¢ will b rom 1 in line the vari > numbers of 1 be in line with t All org rt in the W sented—the Red amb In the from_tt the Virgin several local colors. to the e repro b Civil War survivors s A score o the line, : have position is to Iy will be the line. SERMON IS ANNOUNCED. Rev. John E. Briggs to Preach Fifth Baptist Chur I as Rev. Dr. A Christ Song’ at fth morrow night. and stereoptic: The entire S for the first Darlington Me: child is request gifts for the K Christmas tree exe: December 29, T nui es will be held If you want columns of The work ar read REAL LOANS M J. Lk 923 NEW YOR “TATE ND SOLD oLB MAIN 3027/ [ GouTl quitkly Tade for Studehaker Pouszr Du_r#vili‘f Finish Beau Of Hair nndtsykin s asnt to Heal Headauarters for IVES and LIONEL Electric Trains mas Tree Outfits With Genuine Mazda Lamps Catalogues in Colors Free Washington Theatre Supply Co. 719 Ninth St. N.W. 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