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COUNCIL PROMOTES D.C. SOCIAL SERVICE New Field Department Also Is Created by Episcopal Executives. The Executive Council of the Epis copal Church Diocese, formed tion, held its first m afternoon at ti K street rtment. to proy gram in the dicc ment of Christian the pew adopted. Office Are Chosen. Henry P. Blair was elected vice pres- D. Wellington Cur- executive secre- Artments. laws we; s out the wishes tion and makes for th en- Its adminis- ried on by com- , called depart- ments, each having a specified ticld to cover. The department pers Field—Rev. G. F. Dudley, 3 Rev. Z B. Phillips more and Rev. Dr. H. M. Bowen, tock and Willia in- ley, cted by the counc A = tiam D. | nel follows: Rev. C Rev. H 1. P. Biair, Nelson, 1. K Boss, B. S. Adams, E. L. Stock, elected by the council. Department Misslons—Re sbert Johnston, chairman; Rev. B. Phillip: Dr. T. W. Cooke, Rev. C. W. more, Rev. T. J. Brown, Rev. sions. elected by council and Dr. W, C. Rives, M. Hurd, Mrs. Alexander Mackey Smith and Mrs. Archibald Small, elected by riment. Religious education—Rev. Dr. W. L. ) Vries, Rev. Dr. G. I. Dudley nd Rev. William Stanley, eelcted by council; Rev. Dr. AL MeC Rev. Ronalds Taylor, Rev. E. P. Wroth, Rev. E. M. Thompson aud Mrs. Mary C. D. Johnson, Comdr. . T. Jewell and W. C. Beck, elected by department. ocial service—Rev. Dr. T. W. Cooke. Rev. Dr. George F. Dudley, Rev. Thomas D. Windiate and T. J Brown, elected by council; Judge J. W. Latimer, Miss Bessie J. Kibbey, Mrs. W. J. Myrth, Judge Kathryn Sellers, Miss Louise O. Bell, Mrs. W. A. Roberts, M 2dith _Coulson, Miss Ada B. Voute, Mrs. H. J. Patterson and Le Roy Goff, elected by depart- ment. In Charge of Publicity. Publicity—Rev. Dr. C. T. Warner, Rev. Dr. T. W. Cooke and Rev. H Allen Griffith, elected by counci C. B. Abbott and Rev. Robert Shores, Harry K. Boss, B. S. Adams and Comdr. C. T. Jewell, elected by de- partment. Members_of the executive com- mittee are Rev. Dr. George F. Dudle: Rev. Dr. Z. B. Phillips, Rev. Dr. W. De Vries, Rev. Dr. Herbert Johnston, Rev. Dr. Charles T. Warner, Rev. Allen Grifith and H. P. Blair, S. E. Kramer, B. S. Adams, Dr. W. S. Bowen, E. L. Stock and H. T. Nelson. Members appointed by Bishop Free- man are Rev. T. J. Brown and Rev. Dr. T. W. Cooke and Harry K. Boss and Willlam Stanley. Those elected by the Northern archdeaconry are Rev. Thomas D. Windiate and Thomas B. Symons, and those elected from the archdeaconry of southern Mary- land are Rev. C. W. Whitmore and Dr. H. M. Brown. COMMl]NION TOMORROW AT NEW YORK AVE. CHURCH Sermon on Gospels Will Be Deliv- ered by Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo at Evening Gathering. At the moning service tomorrow at 11 o'clock in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church the sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observed. It is_the quarterly communion of the church, at which time new members will be welcomed and received into the church. The minister, Rev. Dr. Joseph R) Sizoo, will conduct the communion service. At the evening service at § o'clock Dr. Sizoo will continue his Sunday evening discussions on “Per- sonal Problems in Religion.” The re- 1iglous problem which he will discuss Sunday ovening is “What Are the Four Gospels: By Whom and Why They Were Written.” Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock a mass meeting of all the young peo- ple's organizations of the Presbytery of Washington will be held in the church auditorfum. At 6:15 the Young People's Sunday evening tea and fellowship will be held, followed by the Christian En- deavor meeting. Thursday evening Mrs. John Nelson Mills will give a stereopticon lecture and travelogue on the place of Chris tian missions In South America. JR—— LIVES OF U. S. LEADERS WILL BE SERMON BASIS Rev. John E. Briggs to Preach at Fifth Baptist—Rev. Japhet to Speak. At the morning service tomorrow at mh Baptist Church, Dr. John E. gs will preach on “Lessons From the Lives of W Robert E. Lee.” At night the Japhet-Furr evangelis- tio party will be in charge of the hington, Lincoln and . M. R. Japhet was an active member of Fifth Baptist Church for many vears. His subject will be “Tke &nd Mike, They Look Alike.” The Darlington Memorial will be @edicated March 7. ~ WILL OPEN REVIVAL. Rev. Herbert Stoneham and Mrs. Stoneham at Bible Hall. Rev. Herbert Stoneham and wife, former workers with the famous Jef- frey Brochus in revivals conducted in Ireland and England, commence re- vival meetings at Bible Hall, Ninth apd E street: Thu; David H. McDowell, who closes his moetings at the full gospel assembly, will speak at Bible Hall Monday and Tuesday night. Kinnear Class Meets. The Kinnear Class of Young Men, Calvary Baptist Church, held its regular monthly business meeting at Mrs. Kennear's home last Wednesday night. LeRoy Smith read a report from the class orchestra. Mrs. Kin- near will teach the class tomorrow. Her subfect will be “Christ the Resur- rection and the Life/’ at 9:36 a.m. By- | .| Charles Counties will meet | {— College Head to Preach DR. GEORGE W. EDUCATOR WILL SPEAK AT CHURCH SERVICES Dr. G. W. Frasier to Occupy Cleve- land Park Congregational RASIER. ! Pulpit Tomorrow. Dr. George W. Frasier, one America’s youngest college presidents, will preach at the Cleveland Park Congregational Church, Thirty-fourth ind Lo streets, tOMOrrow morn- ing. He is here in itional who is presic tate Teachers ulleg is the author of 4 num ks on school finunce and |administration. He is a member of i the Congreg Church. WYOMING BISHOP T0 SPEAK HERE Right Rev. Thomas Will Ad- dress Various Episco- palian Meetings. | Right Rev. Nathaniel Thomas, Bishop of the Church in the Diocese of Wyoming, will visit Washington next Thursday and remain over Sunday, speaking to various groups and congregations in the interest of the missionary enter- prise in the Western States. Thursday at 2 p.m. he will address a mass meeting of women in St. John's Church, at Sixteenth and H streets, and in the evening will speak to the men of the diocese at Diocesan House, 1329 K street, the call for this meeting having been sent out by the presidents of the Laymen's Service Assoclation and the Churchman's League. Bishop Thomas will go out Friday into the rural parishes of Maryland. Episcopallans from St. Marys and in the morning at Charlotte Hall School, in Mechanicsville, where he will address them. A similar meeting will be held in the afternoon in Trinity Church, Upper Marlboro, for the people in the northern part of Charles County affd the southern part of Prince Georges. - SONS OF REVOLUTION TO ATTEND SERVICE Annual Church Rites of Society to Be Held Tomorrow—Rev. Dr. Green to Preach. The annual church services of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia will be held tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the Church of the Epiphany. The service will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Thomas Edward Green, na- tional chaplain of the society as well as chaplain of the District soctety. He wlill be assisted by Rev. Dr. John Van Schaick, jr.; Rev. Canon Walden Myer; Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston, rec- tor of St. John's Church; Rev. Dr. Z. B. Philllps, rector of the Church of the Epliphany, and Right Rev. P. M. Rhinelander. The sermon will be preached by Most Rev. John Gardner Murray, D. D., the newly elected primate of the Episcopal Church and Bishop of Maryland. The church will be opened at 3:30 p.m. The public is invited. —_—— CONTINUES SERIES. Rev. C. 8. Abbott to Give Third of Four Special Sermons. The vicar of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Rev. C. S. Abbott, will de- liver the third of a series of four sermons on ‘‘Sacramental Religion" tomorrow morning, the toplc being “Life and Living.” At night will begin the sermons by special visiting clergymen, the first of whom is Rev. Charles E. Crusoe of St. Paul's Church, Prince Georges County, Md. Week-day services in Lent are be- ing held on Wednesday and Friday nights, the topic for the season, with devotional readings belng “The First Great Comandment.” The holy co munion is celebrated on Thursda; The Ald Soclety will continue its series of noonday luncheons on Thursdays. Will Define “Liberal.” “What Constitutes a Liberal Chris- tian?" will be the theme of the sermon by Rev. John Murray Atwood of St. Lawrence University tomorrow morn- ing at 11 o'clock, under the auspices of the First Universalist Church, at the @fetropolitan Theater, where that congregation is temporarily worship- ing pending the erection of a new church. Kindergarten is held at the same time. The church school con- venes at 12 o'clock, imediately after the morning service, with classes for all grades, the men’s class being led by Dr. F. W. Ballou. Will Disouss Evolution. “Evolution by Service” is the sub- Ject to be discussed in the open forum of the Secular League, Musicians' Hall, 1006 E street, tomorrow after- noon at 3 o'clock. Michael Bliss, au- thor of a book of that title, will be the principal speaker. Admission free. Dr. Montgomery Back. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, pas- tor of the Calvary Methodist Church, has returned from Providence, R. L, and Rochester, N. Y., and will occupy his pulpit tomorrow. His morning theme will be “The Christian Adorn- ment.” a lecture on “Washington and His “Critica u{; nt of the | In the evening he will give | West Wi THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1926. $100,000 BUILDING ' DRIVE S PLANNED Brookland and -Woodridge Baptists Seek Funds for New Church. A campaign will begin Monday by kland and Woodridge Baptists $100,000 to complete the first the new Brookland Baptist to be located on Sixteenth sireet between Lawrence and Monroe streets northeast. The entire plant when completed will cost $250,000. The first unit will be called “Lord Memorial Sunday Building," which will be erected at the cost of about .000 and will accommodate {1800 pupils. It will be a four-story building. The plans call for complete ite departmental quarters. . F. H. Divine of Brooklyn, N. Y., will conduct the campaign for the first $100,000. Meetings will be held ach evening next week at the Brook- Iand Church, to which the public is invited. unit of Church NEW COLORED PRIEST TO SAY FIRST MASS Rev. Norman Duckette Will Of- ficiate Tomorrow at St. Augustine Church. Rev. Norman Du of this city, who priest February 7, will celebrate his first solemn high mass tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock in St. Augus- tine's Church, Fifteenth street be- tween L and M streets. Rev. Alonzo J. Olds, pastor, will be archpriest, and Rev. Robert Froelich and Rev. James King, both assistant priests of the parish, will officiate as deacon and sub- deacon, respectively. The sermon will be preached by Right Rev. Mgr. T. Coury of Columbia College, Du- buque, Towa, who has come to Wash- ington especlally for the occasion. Charles A. Duckette, brother of the new priest, and also an altar boy at the church, will act as master of cere- monies, assisted by Leonard F. Col- bert, a friend. The service will be broadcast from the church radio station. Father Duckette will chant vespers in the eve- ning at 7:30 o'clock. An informal re. ception will be tendered him in the busement of the church immediately after vespers. He is the second colored man to be ordained in the secular order in the United States, the first to be ordained for the diocese of Detroit, and is the third colored secular priest of this country. He gained admission and graduated from the Columbia Catholic College, Dubuque. Towa. and com- pleted his studies at St. Paul's Semin ary, St. Paul, Minn. He and 25 other deacons were ordained by the Right Rev. Michael J. Gallagher, bishop of Detroit, Mich., at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul on Sexagesima Sun- day with solemn ceremonies. Father Duckette is the son of Mrs. Letitia Duckette of St. Augustine's parish, and brother of Mrs. Helen Duckette Rattley, and Charles A. Duckette of this city. He will remain in the city for a brief stay before re- turning to Detroit to receive his defi- nite assignment. DR. LAMBETH TO PREACH SPECIAL LENTEN SERMON Will Speak at Both Services at Mount Vernon Place Church Tomorrow. kette, formerly was ordained a Rev. Dr. W. A. Lambeth, pastor of the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South, will preach a special Lenten sermon tomorrow at 11 o'clock on “What He Took (Bread, a Towel, the Cup).” In the evening at 8 o'clock he will preach on ‘“‘His Eighteen Sflent Years.” Rev. W. A. McKee, assistant to the pastor, will preach’ to the jumlor church at 11 o'clock on “The King's Death.” The pastor’s visiting committee will meet Monday evening at 8 o'clock. This committee, which has been large- Iy increased, undertakes to see that every member of the church receives visits at regular intervals. Rev. Dr. E. V. Regester, presiding elder of the Washington district, has called a meeting of the Washington district licensing committee to meet in the church March 1 at 10 o'clock, when applications for licenses to preach will be considered in prepara- tion for the annual meeting of the Baltimore annual conference. LOCAL PASTOR ACCEPTS CALL TO ZION CHURCH Rev. William L. Washington Will Leave Pilgrim Baptist After Eight Years’ Service. Rev. William L. Washington, pastor of the Pligrim Baptist Church, has Just accepted a call to the pastorate of the Zion Baptist Church, on F street between Third and Fourand- half streets southwest. been the pastor of the Pilgrim Bap- tist Church. The pastorte of the Zion Baptist Church became vacant through the death of Rev. Willlam J. Howard. Services at St. John's Church. The evening service tomorrow at St. John's Church will begin at 7:45 and end at 8:10 o'clock. After this the choir will leave the church and Dr. Johnston will give an address. Questions will be welcomed so that the occasion will take the form of a class for discussion. The subject will be “Inspiration and Moral Problems in the Old Testament.” — Bible Class Elects Heads. At a recent business meeting of the Progressive Bible Class of Lincoln Congregational Temple, A. Langston Taylor and Miss Mary E. Weims were re-elected president and secre- tary respectively. Thomas E. Wilson was _elected treasurer, Rev. Brooks continues as teacher. The class is open to women as well as men. Tomorrow the subject for discussion will be “Racial Intermarriage.” The subject will be opened by J. E. Harris. Lectures to Theosophists. Herbert L. Solyom is scheduled to glev a free public lecture on “Man As He Is” at Washington Lodge, Theo- sophical Society, 1215 H street, tomor- row evening at 8 o'clock. The general public is invited. “Happy—Though Married.” “Happy—Though Married,” will be the subject of Rev. C. B. Austin at ‘ashington Church to- morrow at 8 p.m. He will also answer 10 questions relating so magried life, S at NEW BAPTIST CHURCH IN BROOKLAND Proposed edifice to be erected on Sixteenth street between Lawrence and Monroe streets northeast. The entire plant, when completed, will cost $250,000. LUTHER LEAGUE The Luther League of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church greeted the officers of the Luther League of the District of Columbia Sunday night when the District league visitation was held that church. The meeting was addressed President Paul L Brindle and his departmental secre- taries. Mrs. John W. Martin sang. Invitations for the District league visitation have been extended by the leagues of the Church of the Incar- nation and Zion Lutheran Church to the officers of the Luther League of the District of Columbia. A speclal meeting of the executive committee was held last night at the home of Miss Selma A. Trede, first vice president, 3206 Thirty- eighth street, for the purpose of making final arrangements for the quarterly meeting to be held March 2 in Epiphany Lutheran Church, Six- teenth and U streets. Rev. Mr. Blackwelder, postor, and Miss Olga Linsenmever, director, young people’s work, Chri more, Md., v quarterly Miss A man of the committee on arrange- ments, is in charge of the plans for the annual banquet to be held in April. The Epiphany by League held its monthly business meeting Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Mar- garet and George Monk, 1528 Monroe street. There were 24 in attendance with the president, John Loehler, pre- siding. Plans were made that will provide for a greater league service and much Interest was manifested. It was followed by a social TOPICS ARE ANNOUNCED. For more than eight years he has | Rev. Isaac Ward to Preach at North Carolina Avenue M. P. At the North Carolina Avenue M. P. Church tomorrow morning Evangelist Isaac Ward will preach on “Shall We Know Our Loved Ones in Heaven?" In the evening at 7:45 o'clock he will preach his popular sermon on the twenty-third psalm. Monday night the service will be known as “Moody and Sankey Night." at which time Dr. Ward will preach on the “Seeking Shepherd and the Lost Sheep.” David Lytell Hutton is musical director and soloist. Tuesday night another con- ference of young people of high school age will be held. This conference fol- lows the regular evening service. The campaign is being conducted jointly by the First M. P. and the North Carolina enue M. P. Churches. The services are now be- ing held every night except Saturday in the North Carolina Avenue Church. It will close February 28. OHIO PASTOR IN CITY. Columbus Man Will Preach at Church of Ascension. Rev. B. H. Relnhelmer of Columbus, Ohio, will preach tomorrow morning at the Church of the Ascension, Twelfth street and Massachusetts avenue, on “The Business End of Re ligion.” The Lenten services at the church next week are: Tuesdays, 4:45 p.m., address and office; Wednesdays, 8 p.m., litany and address; Thursdays, 10 a.m., holy communion; Thursdays, 4:45 p.m., address and penitential of: fice: Fridays. 8 p.m., instruction and litany. Monday night all presidents and secretaries of church socleties will meet in parish council to go over parish organization work. Supper will be served in the church schoolroom at 6 o'clock. EVANGELIST TO PREACH. Dr. A. B. Strickland to Occupy Chevy Chase Baptist Pulpit. Dr. Arthur B. Strickland, Baptist State Evangelist for Pennsylvania, will preach tomorrow evening at the Chevy Chase Baptist Church. In the morning, Dr. Edward O. Clark, the pastor, will preach on “The Uplifted “hrist. Dr. Strickland will remain with the church for a week and will inaugurate a campaign of evangelism that is to be continued until Easter. DR. HARRIS TO PREACH. ‘Will Speak on “The Gates of Lent” at Foundry Church. Rev. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of Foundry Methodist Episco- pel Church, will preach tomorrow morning on “The Gates of Lent,” and in the evening his subject will be “Washington the Great.” The Junior Church meets at 11 am. under the direction of Rev. John C. Millian, director of religious education. ety Sermon Is Announced.. Rev. Kyle Booth, pastor of the Ingram _Memorlal Congregational Church, Massachusetts avenue and Tenth street northeast, will preach to- morrow morning on ‘“Jesus at the Cross Roads.” At the 4 o'clock ves- per service Dr. Booth will preach on “Seeking the Best.” “Our God and Other Gods.” “Qur God and Other Gods” will be the subject of the talk tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the United Lodge of Theosophists, 1781 K street. The regular study class in “The Ocean of Theosophy” will be held Wednes- day at 8 p. m. The public is invited. _———— Special Services Tomorrow. Special services will be held at the New Bethel Baptist Church, Ninth and S streets, by Rev. Dr. W. D. Jarvis to- morrow. His subject at 11 a.m. will be ‘“Universal Lordship,” and at 8 Night?* ‘D, “Songa a the WASHINGTON PRAYER TO BE WIDELY USED To Be Offered in Several Hundred Churches Tomorrow, “Na- tional Cathedral Sunday. George Washington's praver, as copied in his own handwriting when he was 20 years old, will be offered in several hundred churches throughout the Nation, tomorrow, in connection with the annual celebration of “Na- tional Cathedral Sunday.” This prayer was included in Washington's manu- script prayer book, entitled “The Dally Sacrifice.” In a personal message to the churches which are co-operating in the bullding of Washington Cathedral Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bish- op of Washington, pleads for a return to George Washington's emphasis on the spiritual basis of the Nation's reads as follows: “Al and most merciful Pather, who didst command the chil- dren of Iscael to offer a dally sacrifice that thergby they might and praise Thee for Thy pro- tection both night and day; recefve O Lord. my morning sacrifice which I now offer up to Thee: I yield Thee humble and hearty thanks that Thou has preserved me from the dangers of the night past. and brought me to the light of this dav. and the comforts thereof, a day which is consecrated to Thine own ce and for Thine own honor. Let my heart, therefore, Gracious God. be so affected with the glory and majesty of it. that I may not do mine own works, but wait on Thee, and discharge those weighty duties Thou requirest of me;and since Thou art a God of pure ey be sanctified in all who dra unto Thee, who dost not regard the sacrifice of fools, nor hear sinners who iread in Thy courts, pardon, 1 beseech Thee, my sins, remove them from Thy presence, as far as the East i{s from the West, and accept of me for the merits of Thy son Jesus Christ, that when I come into Thy temple, and compass Thine altar, my prayer may come before Thee as incense: and as Thou wouldst hear me calling upon Thee in my prayers, so give me grace to hear Thee calling on me in Thy word. that it may be wisdom, right. eousness, reconcillation and peace to the saving of my soul in the day of the Lord Jesus. Grant that I may hear it with reverence, receive it with meekness, mingle it with faith, and that it may accomplish in me, Gra- clous God, the good work for which Thou has sent it. Bless my family, kindred. friends and country, be our God and guide this day and forever for His sake. who lay down in the Erave and arose again for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” LENTEN SERVICE ORDER. At St. Mary's Church the following order of Lenten servicek will he ol served: Very Rev. Felix M. Kirsch, O. M. C., will preach a course of ser- mons on Wednesday evenings at 7:30. There will be stations of the Cross on Sunday end Friday evenings at 7:30 and on Thursday afternoons at 3 o’clock. In honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary there will be & special service of the rosary, litany and benediction every Saturday evening at 7:30. The blessing and investing in the miraculous medal will be a permanent feature of this Saturday evening service. PRAYER DAY MOIGDAY. Services to Begin at 10:30 at Im- manuel Baptist Church. Washington's birthday, the annual ek it o : o't 3 1 observed in Imman- uel, the Natlonal Baptist Memorial unday morning the tor. Rev. Dr. Gove G. Johnson, \:‘Rf take for his subject: “Jews, Gentiles and the Church of God.” In the evening there Wwill be a special revival service with the old gospel songs, led by the quartet, and a sermon by the pastor, ‘A Jonah.” The prayer and fellow- ship service on Thursday evening will be led by the deacon and deaconess of district ‘6, Mr. Newcombe and Mrs. Hunt. CANON TO TAKE PULPIT. R Dr. DeVries to Preach at Morning Services. . Rev. Dr. Willlam L. DeVries, canos and chancellor of Washington Cathe. , will preach at the 11 a.m. service in the Bethlehem Chapel tomorrow. morning. Rev. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, can- on 'ot ‘Washington will preach at the 4 o’clock evening service which will be broadcast by station WCAP. — Dr. Dirk Lay Will Preach. Dr. Dirk Lay will be the eake; tomorrow morning in the G:o:&tw; Presbyterian Church. Dr. Marshall's Egll:‘llllc for (M“;:Iilghtv;arvlce will he o Sromes o as Pious by Lincoln Congregational Topios. At Lincoln Congregational Temple, tomorrow morning Rev. R, W. Brooks will speak on “A Militant Christiani- 3’11[.“ T::Y- t 6:45 < Efl#’orm&y meet at 6:45 p.m. The pro; Bible class meets at 10 -.nl:. e Services at Grace Baptist. At the Grace Baptist Church, Ninth and South Carolina avegue southeast, tomorrow morning Pas- tor F. W. Johnson will preach on “George Washington — Dead ~ Yet ? e t”lfl %‘o evening th;nau:-‘ ject “The Oldest Ui Soclee” ; Y | | “CALL TO SERVICE” MEETING MONDAY To Be Held in St. Margaret’s Church for Members of Young People’s Orders. Following a custom established sev- eral years ago by thé national head- quarters of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew of the Episcopal Church, a “call to service” meeting will be held Monday in St. Margaret's Church, Connecticut avenue and Bancroft place, at § p.m. This meeting was ar- ranged by the Diocesan Board of Re- ligious Education. There will be a procession, headed by the junfor choirs of St. John's Church, Georgetown; St. Andrew's Church and St. Margaret’s and other nelghboring churches, followed by the members of the order of the Daughters of the King, the Junfor Brotherhood of St. Andrew and the Guild of Lay-Readers and Acolytes. The service will be conducted by the clerical members of the committee in charge, assisted by young laymen. Rev. Stephen Webster, a senior at the Virginia Theological Seminary, who is soon leaving to be a missionary in Liberia, will preach on the subject, '!"’frhe Work of Christ; the Christian’s This meeting is intended primarily for the members of young people’s or- ganizations in the Episcopal Church, s well as for other young people who do not belong to any society, but all interested persons will be cordially welcomed. MISSIONARIES TO PREACH IN FOUR D. C. CHURCHES Two Christlan Society Officials Here on Tour of Eastern States to Renew Interest. Dr. F. W. Burnham, president, and Rev. Jesse Bader, secretary of evan- gellsm of the United Christian Mis- sionary Society, will address the con- gregations of four of the local Chris- tian churches tomorrow. At 11 a.m. Dr. Burnham will speak at Vermont Avenue Christion Church, and in the evening he will address the Fifteenth Street Christian mem- bership. Rev. Mr. Bader will speak in the morning at Ninth Street Christian, and in the evening at Columbla Heights Church. These Missionary Soclety officials are on an Eastern tour of several weeks to create renewed interest in the work of the society, which repre- sents the missionary activities of the Deciples of Christ of the United States. Rev. Mr. Bader is well known in this vicinity, having held several evangel. istic campaigns in the East. This trip is the first move in an intensive five-year campaign to tie up the members of the Deciples churches in a definite way with the organized mis- sionary activities as conducted by the united soclety. . SERVICES ANNOUNCED. Rev. Dr. Wood to Preach at Church of the Covenant. At the Church of the Covenant to- morrow morning Rev.. Dr. Charles Wood will preach on “The Finality of Self Judgment,” and at the evening service his subject will be “Cowardice and Courage.” Mrs. Willlam A. Elsen- berger will address the Christian En- deavor Soclety at 6:45 on “New Days in Latin America.” Mission study classes are being held in the lecture room of the church Thursday mornings at 1t o'clock and evenings at 7:30 during Lent. The morning class is conducted by Mrs. Selden P. Spencer and the evening class by Mrs. William A. Eisenberger. At the midweek service next Thursday evening Dr. Wood will discuss “Prayer and Missions,” by Helen Barrett Montgomery. TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH | Dr. A. B. Strickland Will Preach Tomorrow Morning. Dr. A. B. Strickland, superintendent of evangelism of Pennsylvania, Dela- ware and the District of Columbia, will preach tomorrow morning at the Temple Baptist Church, Tenth and N streets. His sermon will be “Keys to the Kingdom." Dr. Strickland, who is In charge of the “'school of evangei- tsm,” which has been In progress since last Wednesday, will close his serles of studies Tuesday evening. Supper conferences will be held Mon- day and Tuesday at 6 p.m. Rev. T. O. Jones will preach at the lflxlo'clock service on “A Seeking Min- Ty PATRIOTIC SERVICE. A patriotic service will be held to- morrow evening at Petworth Baptist Church, the pastor, Rev. Henry J. Smith, praching on “The Under- girdling of God.” "The Jr. O. U. A. M. has been invited. At the morning service the pastor will begin a series of children’s sermons based on the Mother Goose Rhymes. The church is planning special meetings beginning March 14, under the leadership of Rev. Perry Mitchell of the Clarendon Baptist Church. B SERVICES AT HIGHLANDS. Rev. N. M. Simmonds to Preach at Both Meetings Tomorrow. At the Highlands Baptist Church, Fourteenth and Jefferson streets, the r, Rev. Newton Mercer Sim- monds, will preach on “The Su- premacy of Love” tomorrow morning, and in the evening will continue the series on “The Making of a Saint,” speaking on “The Wheat and the Chaff.” Young people’s meeting at 7 o'clock. 2 Monday evening the ladfes of the church will give a Washington’s birth- day party. Will Open Speaking Course. A course in public speaking and homiletics will begin next Monday at 7 p.m. in the Bible Institute of Wash- ington, 1316 Vermont avenue. Tuition {Tg:;t It will be held each Monday night. Member Canvass Being Made. Rev. Irving W. Ketchum, pastor of Peck Memorial Chapel, tomorrow on “Through a Looking Glass.” Roll call services will be held in the morning and evening, for which a special canvass of members is being made. Announces Subjeots. Rev. J. Miltori Waldron, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, Ninth and P streets, will preach tomorrow .morn- ing on “The Parables of the Pounds and the Talents,” and at ht on “Christ Gives Sight to the- e .| Opens New Church REV. WIASCHSLAV GINDLIN, EXILED PRIEST OPENS RUSSIAN CHURCH HERE Congregation of About 50 Mem- bers Established by Rev. Father Gindlin. Rev. Father Wiachislav Gindlin, has opened the Church of St. Alex- ander Nevsky, a Russlan Greek Ortho- dox, at 1226 H street, where services are held Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sun- days at 11 a.m. Father Gindlin came to Washington recently from Minneapoiis, where he conducted a smillar church. He was pastor of a church in Russia in 1918 when he was expelled from that coun- try by the bolshevists. The local church has about 50 members. PLAN TRIDIOCESAN STUDENTS' PARLEY Rev. A. A. McCallum and Committee Prepare for Meeting Friday. Rev. Arlington A. McC: of St. a committee of Episcopalian students at George Washingten have completed arrangements for the | tri-diocesan students’ conference, which will begin next Friday evening. Num. rector the visiting students will register at 4:30 pm. on Friday. Delegates are attending the conference from all of the 13 institutions of learning of col- lege and university rank in the State of Maryland and the Distriet of Co- lumbla, except those which are strictly denominational. This terri- tory is covered by three dioceses of the Episcopal Church—the Diocese of Easton, the Diocese of Maryland and the ‘Diocese of Washington, The program of the conference will | begin with supper Friday evening, fol- towed by addresses, in St. Puul's Par ish Hall. The conference will be in session all day Saturday until 3:30 p.m., when the delegates will be taken | on a sightseeing tour around the city Supper Saturday evening will be served in St. Alban's School, and later a service in preparation for holy | communion will be conducted in the Dr. W. National Little Sanctuary by Rev. {De Vrles, canon of the | Cathedral. | The only part of the program to which the public is invited is the service in St. Paul's Church, February 28, at 11 o'clock. which will be con- ducted by student members of the conference. REVIVAL TO END. Rev. D. H. McDowell to Conclude ! Meetings at Gospel Assembly. Three services by Evangelist D. .| McDowell temorrow will close the special meetings which he has been «conducting for the past month at the} Full Gospel Assembly, 930 Pennsyl- | vania avenue. H The final public mass service at the Central Theater, 425 Ninth street, will | be held at 10:30 am.. when he will speak on “The Antichrist. or the Com ing World Ruler. His subject at the assembly hall at 3 pm. will be “The | Divine Water Mark,” or “Inallibi Proof of Inspiration of the Bible. A farewell meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. with evangelistic addresses. The regular services will be resumed by Pastor H. L. Collier next week. LOYALTY SERVICE. Surprise Awaits at Western Pres- byterian Church Tomorrow. A surprise service is planned at the ‘Western Presbyterian Church, H street between 19th and 20th streets. The pastor will not preach tomorrow morning, but an interesting program is planned in connection with loyalty month, which is being observed dur- ing February. In the evening at 8 o'clock Rev. Dr. Dowey will preach, taking for his |lhem “The Twentieth Century Lim- fted.” Unity Services. Unity Sunday School and Bible Clas meets every Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Miss Maude E. Beck, = superintendent. The Good Words Club_will meet tomorrow at 6:45 p. m. The subject for discussion is ve.” and will be led by Mrs. Liltan Christman. Viva M. January will lecture tomorrow “The Hills of Increase.” 8 o'clock Mary A. Williams will le ture on “The Well in_Samaria.” Wednesday at 8 p.m. Viva M. January will give the last of a series of lec- tures on “True Prayer.” _Spiritual Paul's Episcopal Church, and| University | St. Paul's Church will be the head- | quarters for the conference, and there | L.y FEDERATION WORK SHOWS PROGRESS Two Added to Executive Committee—Membership Drive Success. At the meeting of the exeoutive committee of the Federation of Churches, Thursday, two important additions were made to its member ship. Dr. H. E. Woolever, editor and director of the National Methodist Press, was present as the new chair man of the committee on publicity. A carefully planned program, its was stated, will be worked out by a com mittee within a short time. Rev. W A. McKee, director of religlous educa tion of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church South, who has just been ap pointed chairman of the committee on daily vacation Bible schools, was pres. ent also. That group will inaugurate plans promptly for its phase of the federation work. The woman's department reported the increasing success of a drive for new members which i now under way. This will close with a meet (aL: the Washington Hotel next Thurs 2 The annual meeting probably will occur early in April, and two com mittees were appointed in preparation for it. Canon Anson Phelps Stokes, chairman of the committee on race relations, stated he was securing a group of members and would an nounce the full personnel of his com mittee at the next meeting. Special recognition < Rev. W. A. Mo for two years past g of the committee on comity, in view of his approaching departure for Chicago. A vote of thanks for his valued services and of deep regret given 10 n, who has served v. He will bhe succeeded in that position by Dr. J. H Straughn, pastor of the Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Protestant Church The chairman of the meeting was Dr. Earle Wilfley, president of the fed- eration. Dr. Darby, executive secre. tary, reported that plans are ocom pleted for the Lenten services at Kelth's Theater, in which the federa tion co-operates, and also in cannec tion with the union Easter sunrise | service at Temple Heights. DR. PHILLIPS T0 $PEAK ON U. S. CONSTITUTION Epiphany Pastor Will Occupy Pul- pit at Both Services to Be Held Tomorrow. Rev. Dr. Z. B. Philli Church of the Epiphan Fourteenth, will occupy the 11 a.m.'and 8 p.m. sefvices tomor- row. At the evening service Dr. Phil {lips will take for the subject of his rmon, “The Constitution of the United States.” At 4 p.m. the Sons of the Revolution will have their annual patriotic serv |ice. The special preacher at the noondax serv beginning Monday, will be Rev. Donald B. Aldrich, rector of the Church of the Ascension, New York City. At the afternoon services, at 4:45, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, the pulpit will'be occupied by the clergy of the parish. Instructions for those desirous of he ing confirmed are given on Fridays at 4 and 8 pm. FIRST PRESBYTERIANS WILL HEAR VISITORS Rev. W. F. McElroy of Frankford. Del., to Preach—Every Member Visitation Tomorrow. ctor of the street near is pulpit at Owing to the Dr. John Britta Presbyterian Chureh tomorrow, Rev. William F. McElroy of Frankford, Del., will occupy the pulpit at both services. His subject in the morning will ke “The Family | —a Solidarity for Heaven.” and nt | the vesper services he will speak on | “From Persecutor to Preacher.” | TImmediately following the morning service the visitors who are to make the “every member” visitation will leave after a luncheon at the church in automobiles for their respective territories. Dr. Dowey, Presbyterian representative at present in the city. will give the visitors their instruc- tions. absence of from the city SERMONS FROM BOOKS. Dr. Wilfley to Start First of Series Tomorrow. Earle Wilfley of the Ver vistian Church will his first of six sermons from hooks tomorrow evening on “One In creasing Purpose,” by A. S. M Hutchinson. F. W. Burnham, presi dent of the United Christian Mission ary Societies of the Christian Church will preach tomorrow morning. The Christian Endeavor Societies will_hold their annual banquet next Friday evening at Hotel Roosevelt Green H. Hackworth, solicitor of the State Department, and Dr. Wilfley will speak. AT CALVARY BAPTIST. Dr. Abernethy Announces Topics for Tomorrow. Tomorrow morning at the 11 o’clock service at Calvary Baptist Church the pastor, Dr. W. S. Abernethy, will have as the subject. “Man’s Pralse or God's Approval.” In the evening at % o'clock Dr. Abernethy will again . his subject being “Lovers Al Christlan E: deavor and the Sunday Evening Senior Christian Endeavor will hold their seasions at 6:45 p.m. The other serv ices include Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Chinese school at § o'clock and services for the deaf at 8 o'clock Intermediate Fifteenth Vesper Concert. First Congregational Church. Ar ranged by Ruby Smith Stahl, tomor row afternoon at 4:45 o'clock. Elizabeth Winston, planist; Arthur healing clinic and study of Life of Christ Thursday at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., by Garnett January. Also Thursday at 8 o'clock Mr. January will conduct the class in Lessons in Truth. Fri- day at 6 o'clock, healing service. 'Will Preach in French. Rev. Father John Poli will give sermons_ in ch every Sunday during Lent in the chapel of the Convent of Work for Poor Churches, 1419 V street, at 4:45 pm. Benedic- tion of the most blessed sacrament immediately following. ° e e N “Luther Burbank vs. Preachers.” “Luther Burbank Versus the Preachers” will be the subject tomor- row night of Rev. Ellis C. Primm, at the Second Baptist Church, Fourth J. Lambdin, baritone; Mrs. Willlam T. Reed, contralto; Charles T. Ferry, or ganist. lude. “Preludio’. ... Guilmant ot alo®%0ls. TG "Divine " Rodsemer. - Mrs. William T. Reed. Baritone solo, “Fear Not Ye. O Israel," Buck Arthur J. Lambdin. ‘Licbeswalzer'” . M Ftude in C Minor’ “Polonaise A Flat' Elizabet] Organ offertor: Contralto solo. Mrs. Willlam T. . Baritone 's0l0, “Pro Peccatls (‘Stabat ater”) Roesin. Piano, “Thou Art My Repose® . . Rubinste! Root . Etude”... .. taocato Elizabeit “Winstoh, c _solo +Fountain of Life. Cortralio. 10/0 seilham T Reed. "0'Salor Hear Me ri solo. Baritone s0lo. Moy Pk street and Virginia avenue south- east, His morning . sermon will be on the theme *“Buying-Real -Estate Arthur J. Lambdin. tasia” Postiude. .. 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