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300 ATTEND DINNER . OF VAUGHN CLASS Representative Whittington of Mississippi Speaks as Honor Guest. Representative W. M. Whittinzton of Mississippi was the gu 3 of the i at fifth the =poke on than 300 wemb attended. Other speakers were Rey ley Durkee, president of Ho: versity, whose subject was Sources of Strength”; Rev, seph 1. Si ustor of Avenue Pre: “ith the Church”: ¥ liss, “The Other Fellow,” and Dr. W Abernethy, b 3 Baptist Church, John B wam, president the class, s toastmaster, Mrs. 1AL widow of the founder of the class, estended the Breeting Entertainment Program. sneral entertainment program v the The ¢l charge of n John A, Pute Bryan, 1 John H. Davis, itertalnment; tions; Hugh W . Oehuile eentative Walte: tion. Members of Hotse Present. Among those present wer sentatives Al 13 ireenwood, diana; Walter H. samuél Rutherf . Smith, liaho: Tennessee, and 1. mont. Otliers present included: William Printer men of the committees in i supper; Kohler, invita- S Browning, . Gibson, Ver- A. 1 3 Vernon, Rev. . E. R. White, Dr, . Needham, Dr. E. C. Ri Owen Penney, Dr. Lloyd Tenney, Dr. Grant S. Barnhart, Dr. H. Do ¢, Adams, Col. . P. Pendleton, W. Lveretf, Herbert 1. Dav : Judd und J. Barrett Carter. chn cliss, known as the men's Bible cluss in the United : Repre- |, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THE TWO-WAY PULPIT | (MDDAY SPEAKERS (BIBLE SPELLERS Views of Opposing Religious Leaders on Bible Questions. TODAY’S TEXT: “He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.” BY HUBERT C. HERRING. Noted Liberal Writer, Lecturer, Preacher, Boston. There is a day of judgment. It is a disagreeable fact, perhaps. Distorted, inly. But unescapable. One thing is certain—We pay. Life cellects. Men have used the judgraent day as a club with which to beat the stubborn into ac- ceptance of {heir | pet phrases. They have said, Believe this and this—or burn. They painted” the pic- ture of a hell of fire, They argue that the Bible talks about a lake of fire. Yes, it does. The Bible is ., an oriental book DR, HERRING. 31 CUCES [0 orientals, The Orient has imaging- tion, It likes bright pictures. It thinks in terms of pictures. It uses words which glow and blaze. Its language has the license of poetry. Thes e pointed to this like of fire. v sav,®lere is the fate of those who do not accept the truth Truth is what we teach. You must nd we know God's truth safe. Deny, and have anisim. mes to judge the and the dead! He does. But not postdate that judgment we sometimes date checks It is here. The court is in 8 The trial is on. The God who judges us is a God who moves through law. The law of science # His. The botanist uncovers His will vhe geologist read His hand- writing in the roc The psycholo gist discovers Him in the working of human personality. The Judgment upon quick let us the poor foul who plots and murders a woman. The electric chair is futile. The scorn of men is ineffective. The judgment of i means little. A lake of fire is - fluous. The fool picks his own judg- ment. Tle must live with himself sleep with himself, lie ke with himself, with his memories, with his tates, was founded 37 ago at Calvary Buptist Churchi. From un fniti Jup of five men it has grown hip of 600. ST. MARK'S SERVICES. Rector and Other Ministers Will Preach Throughout Week. sion Sunday will be celebrated at St. Mark’s Church, Third and A utheast, tomorrow morning and 11 k. The rector, . William Henry Pettus, will The Rev. Cornelins . Abbott, viear of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, wiil bo the preacher at the service next Tuesday evening at 8 . and the Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston, rector of St, John's Church, ayeite square, Thursday night Lenten | | Since Thurs the feast of the annunciatior 1wly communion will be celebrated at 11 o'clock. Con- tirmation instruetion is given by the rector every Sunday evening at 7 o'elock for adults and girls and every Thurs ki for boy EPWORTH SERVICE. Foxall Claazyf Fou:dly Church ‘Will Take Charge. ss of Foundry M. BE. entire churge of the ive tomorrow The Foxall Church will have Epworth league evening at 6:45 o'clo an enrollment of 75 voung men a the program will involve the ent membership. be “Chri : s name from Henry original founder of the church. The present cabinet is made up of Leon R. Wood, president; Kenneth D. tloward, vice president; Allen Il Gardner, secretary; J. theasurer; Ralph A. chairman, C. S. Bradiey SERMON ON BIBLE. Rev. Bernard Braskamp to Con- tinue Series of Talks. Rev. Bernard Braskamp, pastor of the Gunton Temple Memorial Presby- terfan Church, will continue tomor- row morning his Lenten season ser- mons on “Christianity’s Priceless Pos- sessions,” taking as his'special sub- ject “The Bible” At the 4 twilight “Submerging the W Priday evening u o'clock there will be an illustrated travel talk on Spain by Mrs. Charles Wood SERMON TOPICS GIVEN. Outline of Services at Sixth Pres- byterian Church. At the Sixth Preshytewan Church tomorrow morning the pastor, Rev.| Godfrey C‘hobot, will preach on “Giv- ing.” The evening topie will be “It Is Reported.” "The last eeting for the season of the Men's Club of the ghurch will e held Tuesday evening. ' The speaker will be Dr. Abram Sinon, rabbi of the Washington Hebrew Congregation, who will speak on “The American Tradition will TWILIGHT SERVICE. Dr. J. B. Clark Speaks Tomorrow at First Presbyterian Church. | “an We Communicate With Then?" will be the topic for discussion tomor- row at the 4:30 p.m. twilight service at the Presbyterian Church. This will be the fourth talk by Rev. Dr. John Brittan Clark, the pastor. Tn the morning he will continue his Lenten series of sermons on ‘“The Sacred Fire peaking on “The Tongues of Fire. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR The next meeting will be April 5 at T at 2 Congregational Church, a nsist of @ trip to London, starting at s . and coming to New murder, That is hell Lady Macbeth moaned, “Out, danined spot.” The spot didn’t out. It stuck Spots always stick. That is hell Jesus did not say, You are judg He did not say, by whether you g on Sunday. or church every Not at all. There «d by the giar, the the gift to base Dall whether you Sunday morning. is .one test. You are juds cup of cold water to the gift of of friendship to the friendl BY JOHN ROACH STRATTON, D.D. Pastor_Calvary Baptist Church, New York: President Fundameutal Leaguc. There are but three great messages in the Bible—He will come, He huas come, e will come again. These messages cover the whole of Scrip- ture. They reach from eternity to eternity, and in- clude the tragic story of man from what was in the beginning, through what is in the present, to what shall be in the end. When sin en- tered God's fair tlon through s influence n's diso- God a ‘see the woman finally to the serpent’s head.” From prohpecy in Genesis, all the ¢ the Old Testament— it of it—is but the un- DR. STRATTON. “bruise that first remainde 1 in the folding picture of the y the final coming of that One who was to be “Emanuel.” of the times, s name was to wise “He shall ym thelr sins.” L called Jesus ve lHis people it is further written: woall this was done that it might be tfulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prohpet (Isafah), sayir ‘hold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son and they shall call his name Em manuel, which heing inte »d with us, (Matthew -28.] Thus the avior came, tabernac- ling in human flesh and walking the earth “full of grace and trutl His virgin birth, His miraculous life, His atoning death, His glorious resurrec- n, His matchless after influence, all proclaim that ITe—the promised One. the Messiah, the true Savior—ha come. But “He came unto His own and His own received Him not.” He was nd rejected of men.” Hu- itied its Savior, but God's shausted. 1lis eternal Plun unfole | the purpose to call people His name’—the h—taking the place of Israel as His people—and then. in the fullness )t the times, to send forth His Son igain to complete the work of the ‘hurch, fully redeem Israel, judge “the quick™ -th and “the dead,” when they ised up in the resur- rection, undo Sutan’s work, bruise his head in judgment upon him and all his sinful works and thus bring in the “new heavens and the mnew earth, wherein dwelleth righteousn, Thy 's Fden plan shall be brought t to full and perfect victory. s0, come quickly, Lord Jesus. (Copyright. 1 SERVICE AS MEMORIAL TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY Every-member Visitation and Dedi- cation of Deacons and Deaconesses at Immanuel Church. Tomorrow is Every-Member tion duy at ITmmanuel Church, the n tional Baptist memorial to religious liberty. Rev. Dr. Gove G. Johnson, the pustor. will preach a special ser- mon, which will be tollowed by the dedication of the 42 deacons and dea conesses. who will cail in the after noon upon the membership of the church with the view of giving them an opportunity to wors| give worthily. The evening will be conducted by the Pinkham class for men, which will consist of a program covering the work of the class in the past tew months. Re- ports from some of the afternoon vis- itors will be heard. The prayer and fellowship meeting Thursday night will be conducted by Deacon de Groot and Deaconess Shannon, representing district 10. Further reports of the Sunday visita tion will be heard. R ALL MEMBERS INVITED. Chevy Chase Baptist Church An- nounces *Community” Program. The Chevy Chase Baptist Church has designated tomorrow as “Visit Your Community Church” Sunday. A special invitation is extended to all Baptists of Chevy Chase to attend services at the local church that day. Dr. ward O. Clark, the pastor, will preach in the morning on “The Veil of the Temple.” and in the evening on “Behold the Man.” The evening ser- mon will be the third of an illustrated series listed as “Journeys to Jerusa- lem.” CHURCH PAYS DIVIDEND. ‘Well Earnings. CAMDEN. Ark., March (). — The Snow Hill Negro Baptist Church here has announced a cush dividend to be paid to members of the congregi- tion. The church is located 15 miles south of Camden and owns a tract of land 135 feet wi by 650 feet long. On this tract are two producing oil wells. Officials of the church met and de. cided to get away from the spiritual and moral dividends usually offered by the church, and announced that each member would receive $34.76 of the earnings. ANNOUNCES SUBJECT. At Lin tomorrow morning there will cial celebration of Builders’ R. W. Brooks will ing service on Succe Y . At the evening service, Dr. W ~N. De Berry of St. John's Congrega- tional Church, pringfield, Mass., will speak. oln Congregational Temple be spe- “The PAST(J} TO PREACH TWICE. n, minis- Rev. Dr. Joseph T. 11 Episcopal ter of Hamline Methodi: Church, Sixteenth and Alli will preach at both services tomorrow His subject for the 11 o' will be “The Wise Fool,’ R o'clock service will be Takes With Him." The chmrch school meets at 9:30 ‘clock and the Epworth League at 7 What a Man and then by boat to T The Juni of the rict will participate in the hymn memory con test to be held next Saturday at 3 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. The flying squadron of the District Christian Endeavor Union will meet with the Christian Endeavor Society of Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church at Kensington, Md., tomor- FOWs 0’ o'clock. “The Holy Scriptures” will be the subject tomorrow morning of the Rev. ¥. W. Johnson in the Grace Baptist Church, Ninth street and South Carolina avenue southeast. In the evening the subject will be “The ldeal Life.” | Visita Each Member to Get $34.76 of 0il | REV. P. R. WAGNER TAKES PULPIT AT FIRST BAPTIST ‘Will Preach During Illness of Rev. Dr. Samuel Judson Porter, Pastor of Church. Rowland Wagner. for eight ' tor of the Iirst Baptist Church of Rockville, Md., and at pres. ent enguged in a i f meetings with the Takoma Park Baptist Church, hast been secured to fill the pulpit of the I Baptist Church of this city during th rious illness of the pas- Samuel Judson Porter. ttended the monthly f the Columbia Federation, at the church last Tues. vhen a missionary play, “Money Talks.”” was presented under the direction of Miss Lena Parks. PLANS FAMILY SE;WICE. Special Sermon Tomorrow Night at Peck Memorial Chapel. Teck Memorial Chapel, Pennsyl- vania enue and Twenty-elghth street, preparing for a “family service,” tomorrow at 745 p.m. The pastor, Rev. Irving Washington Ketchum, will deliver a special ser- mon. Refreshments will be served at. the close in the parish hall. In the morning Rev. Mr. Ketchum will speak on “What Did Jesus Be- A large number of young peo- ple and adults are expected to unite with the church Palm Sunday night. A vouns people’s communicants' being held every Sunday by the pastor at 2:45 o'clock. —_— INGRAM CHURCH SUBJECTS “Born Again,” Is Evening Topic of Pastor at Northeast Service. “The Inclusiveness of Christ” will bhe the subject of the sermon at the Ineram Memorial Congregational Church, Massachusetts avenue and enth street northeast, tomorrow morning at the 11 o'clock service. The subject at the 8 o'clock service will he “Born Again.” The pastor, e Booth, will preach at both is BUELAH PICKS PASTOR. Rev. William B. Marsh Called by Northeast Baptist Church. The Rev. William B. Marsh, a graduate of the school of religlon of Howard University, has been called i to the pastorate of the Beulah Bap- tist Church, Tifty-ninth and Di streets northeast. . Will Talk of “Great Teacher.” Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley, in giving his series of sermons on “The Life of Christ” will preach tomorrow morn- ing at the Vermont Avenue Christian Church on “The Great Teacher” and in the evening will give his last ser- mon_ from hooks, “Watchers of the Sk by Alfred Noye! Evangelistic Campaign to Open., Rev. H. T. Medford, pastor of John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church, Four- teenth hd Corcoran streets, an- nounces the “Gospel Feast Party” of Xenia, Ohio, will begin an avengel- > campaign tomorrow at 10:45 EPWORTH LEAGUE | District Epworth League second de- | partment night will be held Tuesda; {evening at 8 o'clock, at Metropolitan | M. E. Church, when an illustrated lec- ture, “Glimpses of Indian Life,” will be given by Stephen G. Krishnayya, a native interpreter of Madras, India. There will also be a display and ex- planation of Indian costumes and curios, | | | r | Og the invocation, INLENT PROGRAM Bishop Freeman to Make Ad- dress on Four Days Pre- ceding Good Friday. Dr. L. W. Glazebrook, chairman of the committee of the Lawmen’s Service Assoclation, which is in charge of the noonday Lenten services being held dally, except Saturday and Sundays, in Keith's Theater, announces that the speaker on the four days of holy week, preceding Good Friday, will be Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. Rev. Andrew R. Bird will be the speaker March 22. Rev. Percy Mitchell will conduct the service, and Walter B. Patterson, supervisor of special schools, will preside. C. V. Vickrey Speaker Tuesday. Charles V. Vickrey, executive secre- tary of the Near East Rellef, with headquarters in New York City, ‘will be the speaker Tuesday. Stephen B. Kramer, assistant superintendent of public schools, will preside, and Rev. C . Buck, rector of Washington parish, will pronounce the invocation and benediction. Andrew H. Phelps will dellver the address Wednesday and Rev. G. A. K ‘Wilson Compton will preside. Thursday tHe presiding officer will be H. Lawrence Choate and Rev. James H. Taylor will conduct the serv- ice. Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, will be the speaker. Friday Services. Rev. Dr. H. P. Almon Abbott, rec- tor of Grace and St. Peter's Churches, Baltimore, will speak Friday. The meeting will be conducted by Henry P. Blair, recently elected vice president of the executive council of the Ipis- copal Church in the diocese of Wash- ington, and Rev. C. N. Jarrett will of- fer the prayer. The noonday Lenten services will ntinued until Good Friday, April The service begins at 12:30 and lasts alf hour. Tuesdays and rsdays there is special music for minutes before the service begins. All of these services ure broadcast by radio. The public is invited to attend. SERVICES ANNOUNCED BY DR. JOSEPH R. $1200 Minister of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church Will Preach Twice Tomorrow. ing and evening services tomorrow At the morning service, at 11 o'clock, his subject will ba “When Dreams Come True.” K The voung people of the church will huve their hour of fellowship und Sun. day evening tea beginning at 6 o'clock. The evening sermon at the 8 o'clock service will be a continuation of a series of discussions on ‘Personal Pgoblems in Religion,” which have been suggested to Dr. Sizoo. Tomor- row evening Dr. Sizoo will discuss the subject, “Can We Avoid Temptation ‘Thursday evening Dr. Sizo0 is con. tinuing a series of Lenten midweek meditations on “Christ's Method -of Winning end Apporaching People." SPECIAL LENTEN SERVICE. Program Will Begin Tomorrow at Calvary M. E. Church. Rev mes Nhera Montgomery w begin special Lenten servioes i the Calvary Methodist Church tomorrow., services will be held every eve. ning at 8 o'clock and will continue un- til Easter, with the exception of Sal urday evenings. The subject of the sermon tomorrow morning will be “The Heresles That Hurt,” and in the evening Dr. Montgomery will #peak on “The Apology of a Critic.” This church won the banner in th drive for Sibley Memorial Hospital. The amount the church raised was more than $5,000. The church basket bull team has won the pennant in the :fllflz of the church teams of t rict. SERIES OF SERVICES. Pastors of Christian Churches to _}:xchnnge Pulpits. Beginning next Wednesday evening and continuing to April 1, there will be services every evening at 8 o'clock at the Park View Christian Church. T‘hfhna,fi:ors o[l the Christian Churches of e city will exchange pulpit: - lni lh;‘fie services. il n_illustrated lecture on “Our Na- tional Parks” was given by Stephen T. Mather, director of national parks, ;‘ihlfl Tecer:;lon tendered the men's le class by the women's Bibl last Wednesday evening. Rl RADIO VS. CHURCH. Subject for Sermon Announced by Rev. E. C. Primm. Will Listening to a Sermon v the Radio Take the Place of Goln%‘:; Church?” will be the sermon subject of Rev. Ellls C. Primm tomorrow night at the Second Baptist Church, Fourth street and Virginia avenue southeast. This will be the last ser- mon in a special serles of three on practical topics. The theme of the morning sermon will be “Fishers of Men.” REVIVAL UNDER WAY. Singing Evangelist Conducts Serv- ice at Centennial Baptist. The singing evangelist, E. E. Dud- ley of Virginia, who has conducted many meetings in the South and West, is in charge of the revival at Centennial Baptist Church, assisting the pastor, Rev. E. Hez Swem. He preaches tomorrow 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. and each night during the week, except Saturday, at 8 o'clock. Theosophist Class to Meet. “The Birth of Spring” will be the subject presented tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the United Lodge of Theosophists at ‘709 HIll Bullding, Seventeenth and I streets. The study class will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. —_— Young People to Give Play. The young people of the Church of the Brethren, Fourth street and North Carolina. avenue southeast, will ren- der the missionary production, “Rob- ert and Mary,” March 28 at 7:30 o'clock. Services at Emory. At Emory Methodist Episcopal Church South, Georgla avenue and Rittenhouse street, the pastor, Rev. D. L. Snxgei'. will perach tomorrow morning 1 o'clock on “The Last Step,” and at the evening service the subject, will be “Lingering Longer,” h Y CONTEST FRIDAY Plans Completed for Program at Thomson School Com- munity Center. Arrangements have been completed for the Bible spelling bee to be held under the auspices of the Community Bible Readers’ League next Friday at 7:45 p.m. at the Thomson School Community Center, Twelfth and L streets. Rev. Dr. Hugh T. Stevenson, pastor of Bethany Baptist Church, will preside. The program will open with a se- lection by the school orchestra. There will be a processional of pages, Bible bearer, flag bearer, members of the executive board and contestants. In- troductions will be made by Mrs, Nanette B. Paul. Rev. Dr. Paul Sperry will lead the Bible readings and prayer will be offered by Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Siz00, pastor of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Students of Gallaudet College will glve a silent recitation of the Twenty- third Psalm. This will be followed by the contest for children, juniors and senior . Dr. Stevenson will make an afdress and announcements will be made by Mrs. Louls Harding Karll, president of the league. George R. Wales, civil service commissioner, will present. the awards. Announcers will bo W. W. Tuckey, E. H. DeGroot, Jjr., and Arthur C. Ridgway, while the judges will be Dr. W. J. Hubbard, Dr. Frank J. Day and Rev. E. P. Wroth. DR. ANSON P. STOKES CATHEDRAL SPEAKER Canon of Washington to Preach at Morning Service Tomorrow. Bishop in Afternooon. The Rev. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon of Washington, will preach at the 11 o'clock service in the Beth hem Chapel of Washington Cathed: tomorrow and Bishop Freeman will preach at the 4 o'clock evensong service, which will be attended by the full Cathedral choir of men and boy and will be broadcast by station WCAP. Among the recent distinguished vistors to Washington Cathedral vere former Secretary Baker of the Wilson cabinet and the Rev. A. S. Duncan-Jones of England, who is in this_country as a special lecturer ut the Berkeley Divinity School, Middle- town, Conn. LOS ANGELES PASTOR WILL PREACH TOMORROW Rev. B. C. Preston to Conduct Services at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. Rev. Bryant (. Preston, associate pastor of the Wiltshire Congregational Church, Los Angeles, Calif., will con- duct the services tomorrow at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church Rev. Wynn C. Fairfield of Taiku- i, China, will have charge s March 28 and April 4. The Lord's supper will be observed at the vesper servica March 28. Rev. J. W. Ferner, one of the leaders of tha men's Bible class, has resigned ?nd now 1Is in charge of a church in oW, BIBLE CLASS ORGANIZES. Ansley Hall Group of Young Folks Formed at Kendall Baptist Church. There has been organized at Kendall Baptist Church, Ninth street between Band C streets southwest, the “Ansley Hull mixed class,” a Bible class of young men and women. The officers elected_are: Iarry Coulter, teacher; Mrs. Harvey Townsend, assistant teacher; Ray Wine, president; Id- ward Newton, vice president: Glady: Myers, secretary; George Allan, treas- urer. The class is named for Ansley Hall of Washington, who was superin tendent of Kendall Baptist Sunda; hool for a number of years. The s has an enrollment of 18 members. e class meets Sunday mornings at 9:30 o'clock. Business meetings the second Tuesday of every month. —_— VISITOR TO PREACH. Rev. A. G. Adams Will Occupy Calvary Baptist Pulpit. Rev. Dr. W. S. Abernethy, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, will speak tomorrow to the midshipmen at An- napolis Naval Acader In his ab- sence Rev. Archibald G. Adams, who has spent 11 years in West China and the last year in the zone of fight- ing, will speak. When & Fellow Country Needs a Friend” will be his topic in the morn- ing, and at night, with the use of the ereopticon, his _subject, will be faking Friends Through a Lens in West. China.” — it Methodist Preachers’ lieeting. The Preachers’ Meeting of the Meth- odist Ipiscopal Church of Washing- ton, which meets weekly in the Meth- odist Building, will hold its session Monday in the Metropolitan Methodist ¥piscopal Church, John Marshall place and C street, at 11 o'clock. The service will be devoted entirely to worship, and the Easter season will be observed. The sermon will be preached by Rev. George Shaw John- son, pastor of the church. The pub- lic is invited. Lecture at Central Y. M C. A An illustrated lecture will be given tomorrow afternoon at the Central Y. M. C. A, at 4 o'clock, entitled “Crispus, the Corinthian,” by Page McK. Etchison, religious work di- rector of the Y. M. C. A. B. Y. P. U. NEWS' At the Federation meeting Tuesday evening, the First Church Union pre- sented a play, entitled “Money Talks,” under direction of Miss Rachel Parks. Bethany again led In the campaign, being followed by First and Fifth Unions. ~Bethany now has three months to its credit. B. Y. P. U. Junior Federation holds its meeting tomorrow afternoon at the First Baptist Church, Sixteenth and O streets. Tonight the girls of the Fifth Union and Bethany Union bowl at Coliseum Alleys for the lead in the B. Y. P. U. Bowling_ league. Dr. W. H. Dodge of McLean, Va., ‘was a visitor at the meeting Tuesday. The B. Y. P. U. convention tour to Los Angeles is g interesting to many members. Literature will be out next week giving the itinerary of the tour to all who desire jt. The re- turn will be via the Cagadian Rockies, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1926. | Sunday School Lesson l By Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson. BY REV. HUGH T.STEVENSON. JESUS DIES_AND RISES FROM THE DEAD. John xvill.1-20; 23. Golden Text-—Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay .down my life, that T may take it again—John x.17. History’'s most significant events are found in this week's study. A brief survey of the events connected with the passion of the Lord Jesus proves that Christ's crucifixion was not an afterthought in God's program. It was a part of His original plan. Our Savior was “the Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world.” He referred to His death upon the cross when He declared that *“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; . . . that who- goever believeth on Him should not perish, but have eternal life.” A dead Christ could not have heen a Re- deemer. Both the Lord's death upon the cross for our sins and His rising again from the grave were in accord- ance with the predictions of the Scriptures, We can get a composite picture of these great epocn making events from the records of four gospels, that would be of value. We ghould study the narratives of the four evangelists in connection with this week's lesson. Our assingnment is drawn from John's gospel. He expected that his readers knew what the synoptic fters had reported about the world's greatest tragedy and the most important news of Christ's victory over the grave. He supplies some details that the synoptics had omitted. He wasan eye. ‘witness of the crucifixion and the first apostle to reach the empty tomb. His clear insight into the meaning of these events furnishes a reason for our con- sideration of hia record by itself. Between the events in the upper room, that we considered last week, and the betrayzl of the Master b Judas there is much that we ought to consider but space will permit only the consideration of some of the important facts in the narrative, as- signed for our study. When Judas, tecause of his anger, uvarice, am- bition and spite, betrayed Jesus, the Lord surrendered Himself to take our place upon the cross. In the four trials, two of them illegal, Jesus peared more like & judge than a prisoner. The disgraceful trial came to an end when Pilate, the coward] Roman ruler, delivered the Lord up to be crucified. God had offered the peo- ple salvation in the gift of His only begotten Son, whom Pilate delivered up to them for their own condemna- tion. When hey took Jesus” and led Him away “bearing the cruss for Himselt" they were literally bringing down upon their own heads the con- demnation of history for their part in His erucifixion. Rome had introduced the cross into Juden in an effort to terrify any revolutionary movement among the Jew It had its origin in the distant East; Alexander brought it W 1ts rude arms were lifted up to punish the odlous criminals and condemned slaves in nearly i When Jesus started out ¢ own cross, which probably had been used before. it was destined to have a larger place in the thought and speech of the race. They were deter- ned that the Master should suffer everything possible from the deep degradation that they forced upon Him. The weight of the cross, with its telltale holes, dark staing and dried earth clinging to its sharpened end, upon His lacerated and bruised body may have hastened lis breaking down beneath the load. The place of the crucifixion was ous side the city wall. where criminals near the public al eminence had the likeness to a skull, which caused it to be called Calvarv. Under the direction of the soldiers assigned to see to it, the three prisoners were executed according to the law. The two highwaymen had lately been cap- tured in some red-handed deed. Bar- rabas, their chief, hud escaped by a miraculous combination of circum- stances, so Christ was crucified in the midst of these robbers. The clothing of the prisoners was a perquisite so they divided among themselves the clothing of the prisoners, except the one-piece, seamless, woven tunie, that possibly the Lord's mother or one of the woman followers of the Master had made for Him. The separation of this into parts would have made it worthless. This had such great value that they gambled for it, in fulfill- ment of the prophetic predictionus of the Scriptures. The multitude that looked upon the horrors of that darkest tragedy of history read above the Lord's head not the usual charge, but the proclamation, written in three lan- guages: ‘Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jew The ecclesia- astical leaders protested against that statement, which they recognized as a way the Roman official took to get even with them for their unwil- lingness to follow Pilate’s suggestion. They felt the sting, but could not influence him to change it the least bit. There were others, who, reading the proclamation, thought of their blasted hopes that He would be the political Messiah. Among those were Mary, the Lord's mother, and John, the beloved disciple. Jesus' agony and suffering did not hinder ¥is considering the terrible mental and spiritual suffering that His mother was enduring. Word: can't describe her bitter trial and the pains of her heart. Amidst the an- guish of His torture, the Lord showed the human affection that He po: sessed for His widowed mother by a few words to her and John. In what one has sald was the making of His will, the dying Savior provided for His mother by calling upon John, the author of the narrative we are study ing, to take care of His beloved mother Many New Testament scholars take the view that Mary had no other children, and that in all probability the apostle was her nearest blood tive, being the son of Mary’s si: Salome. They both knew the Lord wish “and from that hour the disciple took her unto his own home.” 1In the fidelity _of the Christ to_the womap Call Robert Main 4336 for Reservations Make arrange- ments for a real party and the best time you've had in a month of Sundays. Whera culsine, music and everything helps make a good time, bore Him we have an example all should follow in the cure and consideration of their parents During the hours IHe suffered upon the cross only once did Jesus glve any clue of the fact that He really was suffering the tortures of the sin- ner, the just for the unjust. The in- flamnuction that spread from His hands and feet filled Him with a de sire to have something that would His thirt. When e s one of the persons offered the dying sponge dipped in vinegar, upon & stalk to hyssop, to quench His thirst. In that thoughtful act the unknown bystander unwittingly . fulfilled an ancient prophecy. After six hours’ intense physical suffering upon the cross the end came. Jesus knew it was coming and with a loud voice of conqueror He shouted, “It is finished!” It was a declaration of victory. He had finished God's pro. gram for the salvatfon of men—*fin- ished the long list of prophecies, ‘h closed like gates behind Him; ows of the | Jewish ritual; finished the work which the Father had given Him to do; tin ished the matchless beauty of a fect life; finished the work of man's redemption.” Christ had completed | the work of atonement, but we would never have heard of His life, love and labor had He not def deaih by rising from the gfave. Christ's conquest of de: proved that death is but an i in life. The fact that in three minute particulars the predictions made b dreds of years previously werc tilled would not e convineed of His saving power. His thirst and the offer of vineg: to siake hones not being broke: belng pierced and locked upon those that pierced it indicate the providence of God in the fulfillment of prophecy, but it was 11is resurrec. tion that gave hirth to the church and wodern Christianity. consider this yuore full th the study two w His enemies had planned 1o he: further dishonor upon Jesus by hav- ing Him buried in a muuner shnilar to all eriminals. They had expected | that His body would be flung over the city walls into the fires of the valley | where Tophet burned. The coming forward of the rich and re men, who took His hody cross and placed it in a tomb prepared for the wi honorable, reveals the divine han burial.. None who took part in hastily in_ the tomb ever expected that He wn the dead. The women, w last to leave and the first to reach His burial place, were surpris the stone to the tomb's en I He believed wit s did Peter, to i the victory The triumph transformed the thought and faith of men, who know that His | defeat of death established the real of His saving power and that will be raised from the de same loving Fathe th d by th W 11 STUDY OF WOWANS PLAE N CHURCH Joint Committee Investigat+ ing Relations of the Organ- ized Societies. ’ A study of the place of women and women's work in the lifs and work «f the church as a whole is now belng made, It is undertaken by a Jjoint com- mittee representing the Federal Coun- eil of Churches, the Councll of Wormn« en for Home Missions and the Fed- eration of Woman's Hoards of For- n Missions under the direction of Clarlssa H. Spencer, whose serv- ave been loaned by the National of the Y. W. C. 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