Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1926, Page 9

oIBLE SPELLING BEE PLANS MADE ANl Arrangements Now Com- plete for Contests Next Monday Evening. have been con be given Conumunit next A Mrs m will W e Dr. W Day and Moffatt leaguc Ridgeway Z. Hil H umekeep «Beadley, will MOTHER'S CHOIR TO SING AT IMMANUEL BAPTIST Special Services Tomorrow Night. ith Rev. Dr. Gove G. Johnson Preaching in Mor Men . Dy tF National the Bapt will pr The Thi - observed by the work on Jixe Emory cises s W " m the be third any held at the church MOTHER’S DAY PROGRAM. Coxcordia Bible Class to Hold Spe- cial Services. The Concordia Bible School Twentieth and G streets, will observe Mother’s day tomorrow morning with & &pecial program at 9:45 o'clock. An invitation is all the mathers to be preses Rev. Enders will morning ser’ Christian People’s Le: natlons to pastor’s se: Yqung tribute car b= non for the evening ser ice will be “A Mother’s Praver.” Wed nesday the Concordi will have a banquet, at which mothers I'be guests. Thurs- 1y, there will be a German service at 11 o'clock and a prayer service in English at 1 p.m EVANGELIST TO LEAVE. Rev. Bob Killgors to Conclude Bethany Baptist Services. Rev. Dr. Bob K been conducting a s tic meetings & Church, Rhode Islan e and Sec- c\m‘ street, will conclude his work of assisting the pastor, Rev. Dr. H T. Stevenson, tomorrow Dr. Stevenson has planned a spe- cial program for Mother's day tomor- row. NEW SERMON SERIES. Rev. Edward O. Clark, the Chevy se Baptist plans to answer the question Is Christianity?” in a series of eve- ning sermons beginnipg tomorrow. His subject tomorrow morning will be “Blessings on Mother.” A story- pon on “Mother” will be givi to the Junior Church at 11:30 The B. Y. I. U. meets at 7 p.m. every Sunday. 1o s 0 pastor of Church, What BISHOP LbWE TO SPEAK. Mother's day will be appropriately celebrated at the Calvary Methodist Church tomorrow morning. Repre- sentative Fritz G. Lanham of Texas will deliver the sermon and Repre- sentative Clifton A. Woodrum of Vir- ginia wDI sing the offertory. Rev. Dr. Jumes Shera Montgomery, the pastor, will conduct the introduc tory serv In the evening at 8 o'clock Bishop Titus Lowe of Malay, one of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, will preach. DR. ABERNE'I:HY’S SERIES. Preceding morrow at Calvary Baptist Church, tha pastor, Dr. W. S. Abernethy, will pay a tribute to mothers. The the morning sermon will be vay That Leads to the Heights. another of his series of “The Sermon on the Mount.” In the eve- ning he will preach on “Do Something, Love Something, Be Something.” e Mrs. Mary Chapin to Lecture. Mrs. Mary E. T. Chapin, president of the International New Thought Al- Hlance and leader of the New Thought Church, New York city, will lecture at the Plavhouse, 1814 N street, Wed- nesday evening at 8 o'clock. Auxiliary Will Meet. There will be a meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Washington in St. Paul's Church, Twenty-third street south of Washington Circle, next Thursday, at 8 p.m. Highlands Baptist Church. Rev. Newton M. Simmonds, pastor of the Highlands - Baptist Church, Fourteenth and Jefferson streets, will preach tomorrow morning on “Wealth of Worship,” and in the evening his theme will be “Motherhood and Its Glory.” Junior B. Y. P. U. at 6 p.m. and youny people’s meeting at 7 pum.. :{ tomorrow at 10 o’clock. - | Mount the morning sermon to- | r 1 | i ollowmg casting thewr nets nothing. A nght sglde.’ hecr ‘Chyist5 orders they awaited Him there, P watchier greeted 1ed” They did THE EVEN DRAMATIC EVENTS IN BIBLE HISTORY—On the Shore of Galilee. 2 ’-g‘ S disci otor and. Morning dawne mn. frony John G STAR, WASH ples went, 1 and five others set to d and they had, caug the so and fil NGTON, D. C, SATURDAY. MAY 8. 1926. —By HARLOWE R. HOYT ! o Galilee:While | | 0 25— e 4 L_l Eti:stheLord!' hore, "Cast on the S when the led their nets. ~ ~| |they founda 1) cried John gazin shoreward . Foter swamto]aniema% others reached shore, meal awaiting them. / W‘@n ' ‘Feed they / Peter ceased. had eaten , Jesus and talked with Peter | my, sheep, H d.~ ~ “Follow {hourgef fi}n S0 a fisherman and became a shepherd of men. € Sal tobe 090 70 ATIEND APTIST SESSION | Delegates From 34 States Coming for Northern Convention. | It s there be an | | unusuali | delegates {convention which mes o 30 he local urrangements, of whi Abernethy is ch; here Ma committee on | h Rev. Dr. W irman, preparing {to care for more than 4,000 pastors and deleg: The session will be held at the Washington Auditorium. The Northern Baptist convention | {is compris aptist churches the northern portion | ind funetions not as a | body but purely as a co ganization ~ for the prosecution of ~ducational enterprise. s of Toledo, Ohio, is president of the Convention. s meting of the Northern | +ist_churches is the first to be held ton since the denomination | ed us a convention in the | 1907, and try £ H. Rhod: | Bap! iptist Church in Buptist leaders ym all parts of the co the program ill lead the signing ster RABBI WILL PREACH AT HAMLINE CHURCH' | Will Talk at 8 0'Clock in Evening | on “The Romance of Moth- | the Sabbath day | Brotherhood | | | | | | RABBI ABRAM SIMON. Rabbi Abram Simon of the Eighth | Stree: Temple, will preach at 8 oclock tomorrow night at the Hamline Meth- odist Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and Allison streets, on “The Romance of Mother’s Day Bishop Willlam ¥. Oldham preach at the 11 o'clock service. There will be a mass meeting at 330 o'clock under the direction of the wives of Bishops of the M. E. Church, when Mrs. Frederick B. Fisher of India, will make an address. A recepticn will be given to the new members of the church Thursday eve- ning. Prof. L. W. Mattern, president of the Bolgiano Class of Foundry M. E. Church, will address the Men's Class will VAUGHN CLASS RALLY. | Representative Hogg of Indiana Will Address Members. ntative Hogg of Indiana ak, to the Vaughn Class of Baptist Church tomorrow morning at 9:45 o'clock. The class will also have as its speclal guests Pleasant Lodge, No. 33, of { Masons. Raiy day is being observed. During the week the clk club met land the following members spoke on | their “hobby”: Rev. Homer J. Coun- cilor, George E. Harrid, John A. Pat- terson, S, J. Smallwood, Hugh W. Smith and Jesse Ward. SERMON IS ANNOUNCED. At All Souls’ Church, Unitarian, Six- teenth and Harvard streets, ‘Rev. Dr. Ulysses G. B. Plerce, the minister, will preach tomorrow morning on the sub- ject, ““Borrowed Religion.” The feature at the motion picture hour, in Pierce Hall at 7:30 p.m., will be one of the Yale chronicles, “The Frontier Women.” There will be addi- tional reels particularly for the younger members of the family. BIBLE MOTHERS READING. rle Wiifley will preach tomorrow morning at the Vermont Avenue Christian Church on “The New Fashi~n Mother” and in the eve- ning will give a reading on “Mothers of the Bible.” The Sunday school will have special exercises, beginning at 9:45, commem- orating Mother’s day. — Mission Secretary to Speak. Under auspices of the Woman’s Interdenominational Missionary Feder- ation, Rev. Dr. E c, general secretary of the American Missions to | Lepers, will speak as follows tomor- | row: Eckington Presbyterian Sunday "hool at 9:45 and Wallace Memorial United Presbyterian at close of the merning church services. In the eve- ning he will address the Christian En- deavor Soclety of the Keller Memorial Lutheran Churche Rev. Dr. | | lowed the | tions. [LAYMEN TO CONVENE | s e e S THE TWO-WAY PULPTT 1™y auuat meeming Views of Opposing oie Bible Questions. ———————— [ODAY Many BY HUBERT (. Writer. L Bustor ted with the wrong | He might have picked as din- ompanions the leaders of society, the college professors, and the leading pusiness men. He chose, rather, th people with whom no one else would associate He same sinners. means publicans and sinners sat al Je peopl Us asso0c the with | Sinners | Just one| thing outcast | women. This was | an offense against | good taste and| tradition. It siu ply was not done Dy the best people | in Jerusalem. The good peo ple of Jerusalem were very partic ular about their sins. If & woman broke code, she was branded by society. She v forced to wear a dress which paraded | her shame fldren mocked her in | the str Respectable women | looked t way { <ome of s W bornly condemned. The man who had | money to lend was able- to manipu- | late the real estate and the banking business o that many widows found themselves done out of the sacies. | These real estate and rts | used very devious devic widows of Jerusalem, ; vices. Jurthermore church very regularly the customary 10 per - and foreign missions. epted them. There were men called Pharisees, very men, men who knew the heart. These men knew all th If they found a man puliing ing beast out of . pit on the y. they punished h Tf ught a tailor carrving a tailor's | needle in the hem of his garment on hey haled him be fore the court. There were 8o many and regulations that ordi- man_could, remembe As ult the Pharisees were able to| religion very burdensome. The Pharisees sat at the speak er’s table at important dinners in Je rusalem. But the harlot And Jesus had dinner wit ner, and heaped wrath upon th is at DR. HERRI « other | re n ub- | by away with her! the sin Phar- e. The Christian centuries have fol lead of Jerusalem society rather than of Jesus. The sins of the flesh have been mercilessly castigated. The man who manipulates political power for his own advantage, and by | one deal enriches himself at the ex pense of thousands of his country- men—he is received as a.welcome guest. It is high time that the list of the sins be rewritten. The sin of adultery passed over. But above and beyond the sins of passion will be put the cold and delib- erate sins which encroach upon oth- | ers’ rights. Here we will list: The man who u for his own enrichment. The man who through real estate manipulation, or the skyrocketing of bullding costs, makes the cost of hous- ing more onerous for the poor. The promoter of fake stock deal robbing weak and ignorant people of the little they have. The religionist who makes religion a heavy burden of negative proscrip- will not be CLASS GIVES PLAY. ‘The teacher-training class of Waugh Methodist Eplscopal Church, Rev. William M. Hoffman, pastor, present- ed a play, entitled “Cupid and Cal- ories,” April 30. The proceeds are to go to the church improvement fund. Those taking part were: Hoffman, Eleanor Bosworth, Wondrack, Ruth « Apperson, Edith Bosworth,” Eleanor Billings, Ellen Cofer, Thelma Fowler, Helen Lyons, Kathryn Hollis, Thelma Brown and Zella_Cofer. The teacher, Mrs. Mar- tin . Abbott, directed the pla: Gt SERVICE FOR ACOLYTES. The Washington Guild for Acolytes and Lay Readers will hold its annual service next Thursday at 8 p.am. at St. James' Episcopal Church of which Rev. George W. Atkinson is rector. 2 Rev. Enoch M. Thompson, director of the guild, will have charge. Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston, -rector of St. John's Church, will preach the sermon. “0LD MOTHER HUBBARD.” Rev. Henry J. Smith, pastor of Petworth Baptist Church, announces a Mother’'s Day sermon for the 11 o'clock service eeomorrow the subject beeing ‘‘Mother's God.” There also will “be the children’s = sermon, entitled “Old Mother Hubbard.” In the -evening, Rev. Smith’s subject is ‘“Destructive Memorjes.” There will be baptism at the close of the evening service. B salpe i Eleanor Bertha Address by Mrs. Bill. At the service of the Christian cience Parent Church of the New Generation tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, at the Hotel Mayflower an address from the leader, Mrs. Bl”,’ will be read. The subject of the ad- ress'Is “Tie Lor of Hosts In with | 8" . W . {10 be gue, Religious Leaders | Association Will Hear of Larget‘ Activity in Episcopal Church TEXT: During Last Year also together BY JOHN ROACH STRATON, D. D. Baptist Church Yok mentalist ‘League, Jesus was that He If fully with our needy the incarnation, the le in human flesh; and in.. Mis earthly ministty Jesus stooped low in or der to serve. He reached down lils hand to the fallen Woma? He touched the leper that I'n migh® be healed, and He suffered in His own body for o s upon t Hence panioned sorts 1 tions of order might up with Jesus Lag- fni men’s Servic copal Chur Associatic 1 in the Diocese of Wash ington, whic is also the an- nual meeting of the fon be held at the diocesan house. 1329 street, next W nesday at 8 pon It is announced that H. D. Ami the present president, will declin nomination. A nominating committee is prepared to bring in the names of offiy s to be elected for vear, There has been an ir tivity among laymen of th Church during the past vear in of evangel aimong the ttered parishes. Dr. W Bowen, chairmin of the comi rural wor « repo Pastor Calvary K President The glory of identified Hims hun In diyine taberna associ K coming ttee on BISHOP WILSON TO TALK. Former Pastor of Foundry Church Vas Nade Prelate in 1804. He con ith all condi men in (i ther th DE. STRATON Lt The selfrigh found fault with Him for doing In the case of Zaccheus, Jesus cl him out of the multitude made Himself of the tnpop lar publican that to God. *“When the murmured, saving with ner.” (Luke “they 1 tu criticise and so and s0.” Yes snobs the man that is xix.7). That cha s been in the world | | nd fault. “They 5 3 | we still hear it! r | Despite these carping criticisms, 4 | wever, Jesus went on and Zaccheus' soul! | i | Jesus never ‘identificd Tlimself with | | the frivolous. the godless and the| worldly-minded in order to enjoy their selfish “pleasures,” but He did not hesitate to mix freely with sinners that e might help them Th lore sevelt ed himself to the it_of fellowship and conwadeship. slept with the cowboys on the Western prairies; he even went while on board ship down into the stoke hole and helped the sweaty men shovel in the No wonder that | they all Joved and honored him! | One great need of our age in the | fleld of religion is humility within the ranks and the willingness to meet our fellows on thelr own plane. Of all the harmful forms of that disgusting thing called snobbishness, spiritual snobbishness is the worst of all! There is no place in God's house or Christ’s work for any sort of caste system Pew rentals, exclusive cliques, the “holier than thou” atti- tude of the “unco gude” are all alike repugnant to the mind of the Master and incompatible with the glory of Tis grace. “The rich and the poor shall meet together, for God is the ather of them all"-—that is the true Bible standard. 3 When modern Christianity is will ing again to touch the leper, its glory | will return. | (Copyright, 1926.) APPEAL FOR $25,000 FOR EPISCOPAL HOME Bishop Freeman Has Nearly 40 Ap: plications for Rooms—Enlarge- ment to Be Made. greatly en &3 % | n es by his B. WILSON. | BISHOP LUTHER Bishop Luther Barton New York will occupy the pulpit Foundry Methodist Episcopal Chur tomorrow morning. lie was pastor of the old Foundry church wi cated at Fourteenth and where the Colorado Building now stands, from 1900 to 1903, and was elected bishop in 1904 from the Balti more Conference at the General Con ference, held that yvear in Los An geles, | At the evening service Bishop Wil- | liam T. Anderson, vesident Bishop of | Boston, will ‘preach. T EUROPE TO BE TOPIC. | | Y. M. C. A Secretary of Long Ex-| | perience to Speak Here. 1 r. Dri A. Davis, administration sec- | -, National Council, Y. M., C. A, | |in charge of the work of the associa- | ion in Continental Lurope, will spealk | tomorrow evening at the Fourth Pres. | byterian Church, Thirteenth and Fair- mont streets, at 8 o'dock on “Under- |lving Factor's in Europe's Recon- struction.” | Dr. Davis has been in the service of the Y. M. C. A. in Europe and Asla. Minor since 1910. Since the World War he has been in charge o the work on the continent, with head quarters at Ger e began hi work with the gssoclation in Wash ington in 1907 and spent three years with the local Association. Appeals for $25,000 with which to provide additional quarters for the Episcopal Home, at 3315 Wisconsim avenue, are to be made in the Epis- copal churches of the Washington Diocese tomorrow. Bishop James E. Freeman, presi- dent of_the board of corporators, has applications for nearly 40 persons whio desire to enter the home, which now accommodates five women It is planned to erect a large huild- ing to care for those who desire to enter. Mrs. Willlam Channing John- son is president of the board of lady managers of the home. S ey COVENANT SERVICES. At the Church of the Covenant to- morrow, owing to the absence of the pastor, Dr. Charles Wood, from the city, the morning and evening ser- mons will be preached by Rev. Wil- liam Eisenberger, assistant. At the morning service Mr. Eisenberger will discuss “An Old Life in a New Set- ting,” and at the 8 o'clock service “Mary, the Mother of Jesus.” The midtveek service for prayer and conference will be held in the lecture room Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. e PASTOR BACK IN CITY. After an absence of two months at Clifton Springs Rev. Dr. John Compton Ball, pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church, will occupy his pulpit tomorrow. The church auditorium, which has recently been redecorated will be reopened. Dr.' Ball will have for his morning toplc ‘“Heart to Heart.” In the evening there will be a Mothers’ day service. The Sunday school scholars will take part. Visitation at St. Paul's. © The Daughters of the King of the Eplscopal Church in the Diocese of Washington will hold their regular biennial visitation to St. Paul's Church, Rock Creek Church road, Wednesday night at 8 p.m. This meeting will be the first at which Miss Lillian Soper, the newly elected diocesan president of the order, will preside. All inter- ested women, whether members of the order or mot, are invited to attend, ‘ Plans Special Services. Special services will be conducted by the ladies’ Bible class of the First Reformed Church, Thirteenth —and | Monroe streets, tomorrow at § pm. Only women will take part in the service, the speaker of the evening being Dr. Lida J. Earhard. A Mother's day social will bo held Tuesday under the auspices of the class. Mrs. Louise Stambaugh has arranged the Sunda evening service, and Mrs. Frieda Irwin has charge of the social event. Dr. Darby in i(aryhnd‘ Dr. W. L. Darby, executive sccre. tary of the Washington Federation of Churches and secretary of the Fed- eral Council of Churches, will preach tomorrow morning in the Methodist Church at Washington Grove, Md. B. Y. P. U. NEWS The regular monthly Inspirational meeting of the Columbia Kederation of Baptist Young People's U will be held May 18 at Kendall Bap- tist Church, Ninth and B streets southwest, . At its monthly meeting last ‘Tues- day, the executive board completed plans for the program for the North- ern Baptist convention, which will be held here May 25-30. The federa- tion will illustrate, in a dramatized way, the work that it has been doing for six years. This special feature will be given May 27 at 2:45 p.m. The federation’s annual boat ride will be held June 25. The Northern Baptist convention has designated the afternoon session May 30 as young people’s session. e There will be 15 delegates from the unions in the federation who willy make the trip to Los Angeles in July to attend the B. Y. P, U. of .imer- | ica's conventlon. Togéther with the delegation from_ Philadelphin, this | party will leave July 1 on a trip that will take in most places of interest | Abr { thre unday School Lesson AII BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON. ABRAM ien AND THi: KINGS 11 these thin; than conguerors loved us.— e more gh Hir finds us studying about the faithful.” Most jur faith around our knee, when she Low to pray and instructed affairs of religion. Her life, bor have molded our Today we find ourselves look < to consideration of one ters in human days mother . the man . was chosen irate the third movement toward hu- generation. Due to his re » God's call we can tra e through his sepa- o, filled “father of sainted mother's taught n us in the love faith faith and f Jehovah sponding ration 1ro, th its pol idols. He compromised and f: into the unkno country until I separated him from his father the history of noting how it has the seven of God to Abrai a4 One pioneer centered manifestations 1 when he was ca ate himself, the *' was sence and promise ckaiided wh through vent dow count half t for st that he honor to sa a_ decline vision. altar land of ferti God gave him courage to ret Egypt and return tc was no selfishness i 1@ permi first choice of the lar separated. As G m. so I separation and st ing the life of Abram, who did not receive a full vision of God's program until he allowed Jehovah to plan and direct his affaivs, we find that it was gh this friendship with God that the pioneer in the life of faith has become the “father of the faithful” to the Jew, Mohammedan and Chris- tian. All three of the world's great religions find in the tent and altar of the Hebrew a commen meeting place and ovigin of thelr faitl Brotherhood, Boldness, Battle. nd Abram lived sep Lot looked tow o hness ith that he toid o was his half-sister was willing to_ sacriflc e his awr his faith. He worship while and shundanc ma The fact her due to had no the but i from here ith ed his nephew to nd when mmoned a life of In study take they su grounds near the iniqu great big brotherly ve Lot and longed to aid him. The Hebrew was an em ant who had crossed the great river and continued to live a life of separation in speech, dress and religion from those of Ca- naan. His movements made Abram a missionary of true religion. His trav- e ad given to him a wide knowledge »f the political and military history of the nations about him. He had thought through the problems of re- ligion and his experience in Egypt had taught him the folly of living a self- centered life. Ile proved his disinter- estedness when the news reached him that Lot, his nephew (brother being used to denote his blood relationship), had been taken captive. He did not hesitate when the news reached him of Lot's capture to determine upon his action. Abram was a man Df peace. It was to avoid contention that he suggested that they separate. The greatest hero of the World War was a man of faith, Stonewall Jackson was a deeply re- ligiou man, who made his plans of battle first upon his knees. Theachieve- ments and strategy of that distin- guished Christian layman in_ the bat- tles fought by him in the Valley of Virginia were the basis of study in evel war college throughout the world preceding the World W A distinguished officer in the United ates Army speaking to the writer about a mutual friend who had made a religious vow againkt the taking of human blood, that he would rather have & pacificist of his caliber in his regiment than any other kind of a because when he saw that his duty called upon him to fight he would reveal his boldness and courage. | Abram showed his boldness when he decided to lead his band of trained rvants in an effort to recover Lot from Cherdorlaomer, the Napoleon of | his_age. When Lot became an inhabitant of Sodom the cities of the Vale of Sid- dim, which took in the region about the Dead Sea, were paying tribute to the mighty monarch. After having gerved the King of Elam 12 years they rebelled, and the next year Chedorlaomer swept down upon the five local rulers, called kings, with the assistance of four others, and subju- gated the people of the Dead Sea Val- ley, who had counted upon their nat- ural position to master any force brought against them. The invaders were victorious in a flerce battle, de- feating the local armies, who got caught in the slime pits. Taking.all the plunder they could secure and prisoners, among others Lot, the vic- torious armies had started toward home. ‘When the news reached Abram he forgave the injuries and injustice that he had suffered at the hands of Lot, took his force of trained men, numbering 318, and started in pursuit of .the victors. He did not overtake them until he had traveled 120 miles. It took him at least four days, if not five, to overtake the mighty Chedor- laomer amid the kills where the Jor- dan takes its rise. Adopting the tac- tics of a night attack, he surprised the victorious host, who fled in a panic toward Damascus, where he secured all the spoils which they had cap- tured, freed Lot and his family, in cluding his servants. Refusing Rewards. America followed the example of Lot when, after the World War, we the | diferent | iovah. | e | that me ! In all things “we can be more than | | to accept any of the tpoils of the vic- | tory Returning” toward Hebron, | | Abram had reached Saler site of | modern Jerusalem. when | by the grateful King of Sodom, who desired to reward Abram for Lis as- tance. He had entered into the wur st the K ¢ Elam for a high us motiv ising God that | he would not t spoil from “a | thread even to itchet,” so he refused to ac rewards of his | efforts. Ile position | | that President when he tr ¢ was met pt any took the same Wilson did | declined at the peace conference to failed to | accept any rewards. Lot | thank Abram, just as some nations have failed to recognize the generous ance that we gave in order that they could win the World War. Before he had his c | the King of Sodom. Abram had recog | nized his indebtedness to God for his victory by giving to Melchizedek. royal priest of Salem, one-tenth of spoil as a thank offering to the Ged { most high who had given him ctory. Traces of tithin in Assyria =ud Babylon the first instance of tit |in the ¢ The custor: vas | very gens ancient time ¢4 th: hing recorded T eial roll, the t nference with | 9 BAPTISTS BAPTIZE 224,191 DURING 1923 Southern Church Adds Mil- lions in Value to Property, Official Reports. NASHVILL Ma Southern Baptist churches baptized a total of 224,191 persons during 1925 and added $24,172,151.65 to the value of their local church proper r. E. P. Alldredge, statistical secretary of the Sunday school board and of the Southern Baptist Convention. an nounced bere recently. The gain in value of local church property far sur passes any previous vear's record, while the number of baptisms is the highest on record, with one exceptior Other net gains for the year include increase of 283 o d ministers, 99 church members. 190 Sunday schools and 154,75 Sunday school pu pils, 1,193 Young People’s unions, 1,192 Woman's Missionary Unlon organiza tio $240,105.37 in Woman's M sionary Union _contributio 647 church hLouses, 100 pastors’ homes $3,275.113.42 in contributions to local church expenses 70 in total contributior Due to the fact mber of shurches have not repor=d for three years and were dropped from the off 1 number of cf in was reduced me: &hip of $1.607,718.72 in the contri missions and benevolences. The complete new statistical table, |18 compiled by Dr. Alldredge, shows 986 district associations, chuhches, 19,908 ordained min 224191 baptisms, 3.649.330 church members, 21,760 Sunday schools with 2,691,828 pupils, 18.55 Young } People’s Unions 15 mem | bers. 19 Wor Missionary Unlon organizations which reported | contributions for the year in the sum of $3,878,479 1,965 church houses, al | contributions- to 1 iin the sum of $3( , contribu tions to missions and benevolences of iced today by the followers of who ought to be ash 1 what is required i the needs for all the wurch's worls would 1 who puts God Iways possesses all | Chris His king that he needs. ship of* wealth W giving of ti nity has followe tice of all faiths he vie- | tors of war. It is justified when the battles have been fought for purposes t the approval of our Lord conquerors through Him that loved | us™ it we are guided by Christ’s spirit The one who has given to us all th | nearest interpretation of the {10V has been mother. The love aud | aevotion of our mothers we revere to- day iere is no better way fo 10 no r mother than by rededicati our. lives, love and labors for ti | vancement of the kingdom | Lord through the development of Ilis church. The sweet-faced souls that rocked our cradles call for us to love our Lord and go His will in all things. | If we do what she taught us to do we will walk With the King and glori- fy Him in all our dealings with our | 'CHANCELLOR DE VRIES ' T0 PREACH AT CHAPEL | Bishop Freeman Will Speak at | Evensong—First Peace Cross Service May 16. Rev. Dr. Willlam L. De Vries, canon jnd chancellor of Washington Cathe- | dral, will preach at the 11 o'clock | service tomorrow in the Bethlehem |Chapel. The service will be celebrated by Rev. Franklin J. Bohanan. canon of the cathedral and fleld secretary of the Natlonal Cathedral Associatidn. Bishop Freeman will preach at the 4 o'clock evensong service, with Dr. De Vries in charge. Plans are in progress to entertain the Church Army of England from May 15 to 24 in the diocese of Wash ington. The organization will be pres. | ent at the first open-air service. to be | held at the Peace Cross May 16 at 4 jo'clock | GUNTON-TEMPLE SUBJECT Rev. Bernard Braskamp. pastor of the Gunton-Temple Memorial Presby- terian Church, will preach a Mother’s sermon tomorrow morhing on ionor Thy Mother.” The twilight service is held at 4:30 o'clock, with a sermon by the pastor. The first meeting of the Men's Club, which was recently organized, will be held in the chapel parlors Wednesday at 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served and there will be a program. with Dr. W. W. Weir of the Department of Agricuiture as the special speaker. Coaching Classes smpended. The meeting of the coaching classes for Sunday school teachers of the ‘Washington, usually held on the sec- be held tomorrow, having been indefi- nitely postponed. The department of religious education of the executive council of the diocese will meet May 11 to decide the future of the coach- ing classes. Dr. Gamble to Speak. The second lecture of the series being given at the Tivoli Theater will be delivered at 11_o'clock tomorrow morning by Dr. R. A. Gamble of Petersburg, Va., on “A Standard for the People.” The service is being arranged under the auspices of the local branch of the International ‘Blhle Students’ Association and is ree. Dr. C. L. Fry to Talk. Dr. C. L. Fry, representative of the Foreign Missions Board in charge of the South American work of the United Lutheran Church, will give a talk, illustrated with lantern slides, on missions in South America Wi nesday evening at Epiphany Lu- theran Church, Sixteenth and U streets, at 8 o'clock. Theosophists’ Program. The Spirit in the Body™ is the sub- ject of the talk at 8 o'clock tomorrow | night at the United Lodge of Theos- ophists, 709 IHill Building, Seven- teenth and I streets. The regular |study class will meet Wednesday. | There will be a special lecture Thurs- day at 8:16 p.m. on “Psychic Phe in the Middle _Welunt,l Northwest. ' proved ous unselfishness by refusing | nomena and Spiritual Growth,” avior's | piscopal Church of the Diocese of | ond Sunday in each month, will not| $8,255,433.08. and contributions to all purposes $39,027,009.35 " DR. $1Z00 WILL PREACH. { Mother's Day Service Will Be Held Tomorrow Evening. 11 o'clock service tc oW | in the New York Avenue Presbyterian hurch. the minister, Rev. Joseph R | Sizoo, will preach on the subject: No | More Sea.’ At 6 p.m. the Young People's Fel hip and tea will be held. followed he regular Christian Endeavor v meeting at 6:45 o'clock. Mre Smith will e the leader and topic_for the evening will be {“How to Build Happy Homes.' A special Mother's day service ha n planned at § p.m., charge of the mothers of the Gerard Snell will epeak brie Tothers of Great Men' and Mrs. Robert How |ard will a 1 At 8 | week prayer | the lecture room, | charge. | 1ow: by | Socie Hugh the ¥ the mid- e will be held in with Dr. Sizoo in | MAINTAINS INSTITUTE. ! Federation of Chu_:ches Opeus Teachers' Training School. { | In co-operation with the vacation Bible school department of the Federa | tion of Churches, an institute for the { training of workers and teachers con ! vened tod. t the Lucy Webb Hayes School. 1150 North Capitol will be conducted for six ¥ morning sessions from §:50 30 o'cluck. Courses are offered in methods and administration, in story telling and the Bible. Teachers' train ing credits will be allowed for all who complete the course. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Brubaker is dean of the Institute and a group of capable teachers and ministers from Washington compose I While the institute is for the purposs of training vacation school teachers, it is intended also to be valuable train- | ing for all Sunday school workers, who are also eligible to attend. ; FULL GOSPEL ASSEMBLY. Rev. W. L. Couzens. the Welsh evengelist, and his wife wil Ibe at the “ull Gospel Assembly, 930 Fenn: vania_avenue, Tue: g and Thursda evening will be healing service, Wed- nesday evening pentecostal and Thurs- I‘}a)‘ evening praise and testimony serve ce. The_Sunday school meets tomorrow at 1:45 p.m. There will be preaching at 3 p.m. by Pasto Collfer_on “Drop Down. Ye nd at_7:45 p.m. on “The Golden Image of chadnezzar.” The Young Crusaders’ meeting will be held tonight at 8 o'clock. Tuesday KLANSMEN AT SERVICE. Many members of the Ku Kiux Kian and Klanswomen will attend the services tomorrow night at the teenth street Christian Church, Fifteenth street and Kentucky avenue, southeast. Tollowing the regular service there will be @ Klan wedding. with both the { bride and groom attired in the regalia of the organization. The ceremony will be performed by the pastor of the church. “Responsibility of Motherhood.” At Lincoln Congregational Temple tomorrow morning Mother's day will be celebrated. Rev. R. W. Brooks will speak from the subject, “The Re- sponsibility of Motherhood.” The Junior Endeavor Society will meet at 4 o'clock. The Senior Endeavor So- clety will meet at 6:45 o'clock. Loziers to— Give Talks. Representative and Mrs. Ralph F. Lozler of Missouri will deliver ad- dresses tomorrow night at Mother’s day QFrclaes at Peck Memorial Chapel.! Rev. Irving W. Ketchum, pastor of the church, will preach at the morning service. —_— Will Speak op, Fundamentalism. “Can Fundamentalists Continue Fundamentalists?” is the subject of Rev. E. Hez Swem, pastor of Centen. nial Baptist Church, tomorrow morn. ing. There will be an unusual service Sunday night. 8 o'clock, and several persons will be baptized. Johnson to Address Class. Representative Luther A. Johnson of Texas will address the Harrison Bible Cless of Congress Street M. P. Church ftomorrow at 9:45 a.m.. The vise prec'dent, W. N. Payne, wilj have charge and conduct the servisem 4