Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1926, Page 10

WORK S STARTED ON 7500 CHURCH First Brethren Building to Be of Simple Colonial Architecture. Construction was begun during the past week on the new First Brethren Church, at the corner of Twelfth and E streets southeast, of which Rev. Homer A. Kent is pastor. ‘The buflding will be of colonial type and will be erected as the memorial Brethren Church of Washington. Mr. , Kent sai@ that the church, iniposing in its simplicity, will be consistent with Brethren churches everywhere, yet representative of the type the Brethren would desire as befitting a Jocation in the Capital City. The ground floor will be divided into two auditoriums, one for the adult and the other for the primary de- rtment, with large sliding doors filween them. Eighteen classrooms will be available. The main floor and balcony will afford seating capacity. for 525. . Pastor’s study, library and ladies’ parior will be on the main floor. The foundation will he of rein-|'H forted concrete. The main body of the building will be built of red face brick, while exterior trimmings will consist of imitation Indiana lime- stone. The ground floor will be con- structed of concrete covered with wood flooring. The main floor, bal- cony and stalrways will be of steel and concrete, absolutely fireproof. The roof will be of semi-fireproof con- struction, covered ~with asbestos shingles. The total cost of the finished proj- ect is estimated at $75,000. At the present time only the first unit of the building will be finished. MISSIONARY TO SPEAK. Views of Opposing Religious Leaders .on Bible Questions. TODAY’S TEXT: “Make notimy Father's House an House of Merchandise.”—John, #.18. BY HUBERT C. HERRING, BY JOHN ROCH STRATON, D. D. Miss Sarah Ashhurst Will Tell of | Noted Liberal er. ecturer, Preacher. | Pastqr Cnjvary Daniiat Chgeh. New York: Experiences in Cuba. Miss Sarah Ashhurst, principal of the Episcopal Mission School of All Saints’ in Guantanamo, Cuba, who is in Washington on her Summer vaca- « tion, will speak at the Church of Advent, Second and U streets, tomor- row evening, and will describe her ex- periences in the mission fleld. Eve- ning services at the Church of the Advent have been suspended for the Summer and the meeting tomorrow night will be informal. All interested persons are invited to attend. Miss Ashhurst and Senorita Teresa Cubria, a native teacher at All Saints’ School, will attend the Bule Mountain conference for Episcopal Church workers to be held at Hood College, Frederick, Md., beginning Monday. PRI WAL IR, PASTOR GIVEN VACATION. Dr. Waldron to Spend '.l'hna Months in West. Shiloh Baptist Institutional Church, Ninth and P streets, granted ‘the pas- tor, Rev. Dr. Waldron, and his wife, last Thursday night, a three-month vacation. Dr. Waldron will preach his ‘last sermons tomorrow preparatory to starting on his trip to the West. subject of his morning sermon will be “How to Pmy " illustrated in throe les. nl*lt the subject will “lmtpc.h 4 ASCENSION SERVICES. Rev. T. W. Cooke, Returned From Tour, Preaches Tomorrow. Rev. Thomas Worthington Cooke, yector of the Church of the Ascension, Massachusetts avenue and Twelfth street, has returned from an extended preaching mission in Westmoreland County, Va. Services will be held tomorrow at 8 am., celebration of holy communion, and at 11 a.m. morning prayer and preaching on the subject “A, B, C Re- ligion as Portrayed in Dr. Recent Publication.”™ The rector will leave shortly for his regular vacation, which will be spent in traveling on the coast. —_— TALKS ON “PEOPLE.” Rev. J. Harvey Dunham to Preach Tomorrow. Rev. J. Harvey Dunham, pastor of the Western Presbyterian Church, H street between Nineteenth and Twen- tieth, will take for his subject tomo . Aow morning at 11 o'clock “People.” The Christian Endeavor soelety will meet at 7 o'clock, and the subject for discussion will be “What We Learn From the Out-of-Doors.” Bach Thurs- day evening at the midweek service the pastor gives a lecture on church history. PROGRAM AT HIGHLANDS. Pastor Preaches Tomorrow om “Impertinent Questions.” “The Sure Harvest” will be the sub- ject of the sermon tomorrow morning at Highlands Baptist Church, Follr- teenth and Jefferson streets, by the t, Rev. Newton M. Simmonds. At the evening the. theme service will be “Impertinent Questions: How | Christia: Much Are You Worth?" Services at Herald Harbor. Dr. W. L. Darby, executive secre- tary of the wm.mmn Federation.o of Churches, will conduct the services tomorrow morning at Herald Harbor, where the Protestant residents are considering church plans tor the fu- ture. Many of those who have Sum- mer homes there are residents of Washington ands the Federation of Chumhea is trying to help them in their plans. Linooln. Congregational Temple. At, Lincoln Congregational Temple tomorrow morning Rev. R. W, Brooks will k from the subject “‘Sowing and Reaping.” The Christian En- deavor Soclety will present lu pm gram at 6:30 p.m. W a day of prayer at th-ehmhuvm 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Preaching Services Dimlfilui. ng services of the First Uni- Van Dyke's a The human race is Innn.bly thrifty. ‘We like to turn -everything into dollars and cents. Men eéven try -to make. religion pay. The churchman of Jesus' day did this by selling concessions in the temple co! ‘There were of booths in which all sorts of things ‘were to be bought. was _ac- Trading, tive. " Much and confusion. Jesus saw this, and was angry. ‘whip in hln hu\d and hot words on His tongue. ‘The picture of the meek and gentle Jesus badely overdone. Jesus was gentle, He was also stern. His anger struck terror into the hearts of those who crossed His path. Churchmn.n still seek to make' reli- n pay. 1 have heard it argued that religion is good for business; therefore let us The prostitution of holy things base and unholy purposes is the wo of all desecrations. No wonder that Jesus ‘Christ took a whi ploited weak. dflufi all :‘ammr« DR. STRATON. g ok Chety: tianity today be- longs to the same category, an liable to the same wrath Captains of trade who play upon their church connections to advance their worldly interests and who cloak their profiteering behind a camouflage of plous words will feel the lash of God. I would give also another practical application of this w-mlu against the desecration of God's house. Many have more religion. It is plausible | COI sheerest enough, but as a motive the hemy. lasp] cl 1 have l:oud arguments for giving away one-tenth of one's income, which ran after this fashion: “If you wilt{® give the Lord your tithe, the Lora will return your money with interest —high lnunn . That kind of mll(hn is in the same commercial class wil the man who sqld doves and httle- in the temple courtyard It isa trade. You are invited to make a bargain with the Lord.” It is not even a fair trade. You stipulate ‘that God shall repay, with more than the legal rate of interest added. It'is poor business and very poor religion. The fundamental assumption is not true. Religion does not pay. It never It never will. That is to say, the nllxlon of Jesus. It did not pay Jesus. He was too uncgmpromising, too exacting. He id not traim his sails to meet the demand of the “best citizens” ot Jerusalems He did not yleld to- their pet distinctions. He attacked some of their, favorite industries as -unjust. He made enemies of bankers who eh.nrnd high interest, of tax gatherers | o who were in the pay of the enemies of His people. He attacked their racial prejudices, and their nationa: prejudices. He was a__disco: citizen, and they hung Him on a cross because He was disconcerting. It religion is simply hnnu(y in -impla relations, virtue in domestie lations, truthfulness from man to mnn, then religion pays. Ie is all of that and more. Religibn demands new life, and ‘spirit between groups as well as between individuals. It means fair play between nations as well as between individuals. There’s the rub. Religion is still ing—that is, the religion of Jesus. ‘He asks too much. That is the reason m l’IHr mnm- will continue to essage down, and make it enur Bo wlll they succeed in religion J 5 ' e e Third Baptist Church. .Rev: Dr. George O. Bll.flock‘ltaph at the Third Baptist Church, Fifth and Q streets, tmmwnuu.m will be “What Is It to Be- u«u?' Bible school at 910 am. munion at 8 p.m. ment Endeavor Society will be and Thursday from 8 to 9:p.m. ——— msoorn.. Prayer held Tuesday mlml.p.m. EPIPHANY G St. Near 14th FOUNDED 1861, Rev. Z. B Phunp-.b. 8:00 m—aoly Comm 9:45 am, ‘This no!only ntOcd;hou. will resent can be wr only by of their natures. - No! Christianity means -heroic self-renunciation or lt means nothing at all.. The only way that the church can really win and hold the youn‘. the noblest and best of them, i{s by the beauty of and the joy of service. Not to gel something upon the low level of ll-ll ly enjoyment, but to give something heights of the spirit is what Christianity really stands for. Self-sacrifice bas in it far tractive power than These worldly-minded church lead- ers say that we must “fight the devil with ."" But the trouble is that the devil has more fire than we have, and he can always beat us at that game. Whenever the church tries to capture the world by “fighting the devil with fire” she herself gets captured ®nd scorched. The devil's specialty is fire. Let our churches become again cen- ters of soul-winning zeal and holy places ‘for worship, inspiration and service 3 driving from them every vestige of worldliness, commercialism and carnality! « the lmflififlnfl that thez n and held to the churcl EPISCOPAL. 3017 14th fl. Nw. E: 8797 HadioNil: 'L“M dltll H. God. OPEN-AIR SERVICE m: to“#flw&‘& w‘l’# succeeds Rev, Dr. m é‘-. mtxfll nm-ry Memorial M. Mm Mr. Atkhuon wu W mnmhnund-! unt! he will take up his He is a graduate of the unmnttr of Pennsylvania, and ynm in thef{. jew Jersey Conference for the past 20 years. HOLIDAY HOUSE SERVICE. Epiphany Associate - Pastor. to Preach at Home Tomorrow. Rev. J. H. A. Bomberger, associate minister of Epithany will con- duct the servi in the Chapel at Hollday House tdmorrow afternoon at 5 oclock > the Glfll‘ Friendly Soclety, spe the week end at the vacation home ol the Dr..George M. Diffenderfer lo mery Be Among Speakers Tomorrow. Open-air services will be held at Temple Heights as usual afternoon at 4 o'clock, under the di- rection of Rev. John C. Palmer, grand chaplain, and the address will be de- livered by Rev. Dr. George M. Diffen- Luther Place Memorial D. Sul.l.lvlnv master; the following chlpnn of the Order of the Eastern Star and their fam. Iu., Bethlehem, No, 'I. Miss Adele Marseglia, ; Gustave B. Blttncr. w:vn. Friendship, No. 17, Mrs. Florence B. Mires, matron; Deal Hill Stanley, patron; Takoma, No. 12, Mrs. Jennie S, Adams, matron; Cecll Anderson, patron, will. be the special guests at this service. All mem- bers of both fraternities and _their families, .l'.‘r?d the public, are afwa; o to the giddy side | Fy auls C M!Mw mefid‘ Rev. A. A. M'ccdlu-. Rector . num-.'lumxn St. faul’l Church ‘?:EEF sundavetioy 18th between P and Q. Servicss, 8 and 11. 11, Rev. C; Ernest Smith,D.D.. D.C. L. “A:House of Pragerifor All wf ‘ MOUNT:ST. ALBAN Wucemin Avemn NW. exr Woolhy Road. ...; 7:.!):... urch School. 1100 S Service g el - mon by. the Rev. Cou non or by motor. EVANGELIST TO SPEAK. o.a.luhuum_ Y.M.C A. Open-Air Service. @. G. Kundahl, Central Union ln.ldon. will give the service A ih Eack A e In In arnm at 4.0 chck. Page McK. Etch- ison will i Rl ol Vermont Avenue Church. Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley will preach tomorrow morning and evening at the Vermont Avenue Christian Church. ‘The public is invited. it PR [{ Galbraitlé;\ M. E. Zion < Ind NW. o0 N P sm~—Morning worship » n d p.n,—-v-nm 'lloda You are_welésime to gmg T Haven M. E. Church ‘%mj‘ P R R F :‘.fl.—lfi.} W. Docket, Baltt- Visitors Are Welecome. the benedt of the members of Ehe evangelist of the | |CATHEDRAL PROGRAM - : ron sumn GIVEN 1811 Eye St. NW. Meetmg at 11 am. REV. W. F. ATKINSON. TWO TOPICS. ANNOUNCED Rev. W, A. Eisenberger to Preach| at Church of Covenant. Sermon subjects at the Churd: of the Covemant tomorrow will be at 11 a.m., ‘“The Ministry of the Holy and at 7 pJ “The Unsearch- Spirit, | able Riches of Christ.” Rev. Willlam A. Etsenberger will preach at both services. The Christian Endeavor Soclety will Ll:l‘d' i:l l\lpW IM song service, inni Old M.mcnt ‘fl] be continued at_the Thursday night service. METHODIST EPISCOPAL WHITE. 11th and H Sts. N.W. JOHN T. HUDDLE, D. D., Paster. Mass. Ave. N.W. Between Oth and 10tk Sts. (THE RED BRICK CHURCH) Conecticut Ave. and Joosiyn Si. CHEVY CHASE, D. O, FRED C. REYNOLDS. Minlster. 9:45 a.m ~SUNDAY SCHOOL. 11:00 a. (The National Methodist Church) John Marshall Place and C St, N.W. James Shera Montgomery, Keller Memorlmu] Minister Lutheran Maryland Ave. and Ninth St. N.E §. T. Nicholas, D, D., Pastor. Sunday School at 930 A.M. ‘Wiles Bible Class for Men Service at 1190, lhl.-‘b." :30—Church School. “‘E’%fl%""“.‘.‘: “Wounded in"the House of His Friends” . . Ppecial Musio—The Imperial Quartet - ‘J‘—mmm lm'flfig‘,m o the subject “The Beasts and the Angels” FOUNDRY uu-:arfi;"""r st. 'mnh 00 pm—~Midweek m“a-.u,., ‘ “I'lovllyllmlhl Christian?” Sunday School, 9:45 am. Epworth League, 7 p.m. umn.-:—lnruu Worlhl' sermon. *‘Obe- dhnt mflx 7:30 p.o.—J EPISCOPAL “The Church Beautiful” « - Sixteenth at Allison Street Joaeph Templeton Herson, D.D., Minister ———— 9:30 A.M~Church School. 11:00 A.M.—Sermon. Sabject: “Man’s Double Sky.” ~ 8100 P.M.—Sermon. ' Subject: “The Value of Little Things.” 7P.M—Epworth League Service. Thursday 8 P.M.—Midweek Prayer and Praise Service 17th and P Sta. N.W. BMB.AMOI-‘-M JolmHMarvllleDlrectorof REV. 3, C. OLDEN, Minister Firs. € ongreuatibnal Church Rev. JASON NOBLE PIERCE, D. D., Minister Associate -Rev. DON IVAN PATCH, Minister Services held in the Cool and Comfortable WASI-IINGTON AUDITORIUM ¥ “ie Nineteenth and E Sts. N.W. ; Lam. mo?" FREDERICK W. 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