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. L i o THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1 un CHURCH OFFICIALS WILL VISIT BISHOP Dr. Freeman Invites Heads of Sunday Schools to Meet Him. DRAMATIC EVENTS IN BIBLE HISTORY—The Calling of Matthew. —By WALTER SCOTT and HARLOWE R. HOYT \ 7] \ ATV NEMBERSLISED . E. Church of World Also Claims 22,000,000 En- rolled as “Adherents.” =neD YHICAGO, 1l January 1.—There | Right Rev, James E. Freeman, Bishe 11,789,185 members of the Meth-| op of Washington, has invited the supe in all parts of the erintendents of all the Sunday Schols according to the Methodist of the Episcopal Chérch in the diocese Book for 1927, advance copy to visit him at his house in the grounds hich was received by the World of the National Cathedral next Friday ice Commission. It fs estimated evening at 8 o'clock. The members of there are 22,000,000 adherents of the department of religious education church who are not actual mem are also invited to be nt but who' attend or fnancially i ‘...u‘.’( to be present. % or e church. e n an address of welcome e © Year Book reports that there b i Bishop wil sentatives of are Js.ros0n members in the United reh;fixesfitfl‘l.e%mmls,dleg-g:ilg@‘: tOktl'_le oF s sk hen\}r?:ls 1 hefore the 5 this s on increase in the 'figfi%kw%lf"‘ WSLR Matthews which they ership of -the Methodist Epis- e y, 9 St, pass! L as one of the twelve apostlesand. need, in s I the depari- Church of 23,295. There are me. ot the ment ma v '1T0S€ W1 st Ol outr S, l!h:n 8,000,000 adherents in the The 18 educa- d States, A tion & ive committee Adcording to a general statement = Y B e & of the & titute, an or- .4 fesubd from London and printed in p ganiz: spread of informa- ear Book, there are 60,444 Meth- tion Sunday school teachers. ministers throughout the world THE P I | The institute meets monthly and en #nd fthere are 105,819 churches. There - | deavors to prese v varied program 21,149 ministers in the United covering every phase of modern 3 ntific religious education. Attend e ~ P ) . Py t the » is by no means Views of Opposing Religious Leaders Him to them.” The experience of the the leading INJTERDENOMINATIONAL Bible Questi ; members af the first soclety of Jews opal Church on bil (/1 o J resulted in changing their character with regularity, MEETING ARRANGED " estions I Jjohn, and conduct. No man ould live In e has failed e i Golden Text—He saith untohim, | |the presence of the Lord without arousing in TODAY’S TEXT: Bless Them That Curse You. By HUBERT C. HERRING, BY JOHN ROACH STRATON, D. D. Noted Liberal Writer, Lecturer, Preacher, [Pastor Calvary Baptist Church, New York, Bosfon, President’ Fundamentalist League. The Christian religion is loaded down with impossible demands. These are at once its greatest glory and its most obstinate check. Because Chr witnessing the Master’s loyalty to His cause. They went with Him to Geth semane, Golgotha, and the Ve, Living with Him and learning from precept and practice the ideals spel, there developed in them acter, like Christ's, and they | their conduct in accordance | Follow Me. followed Him. And he rose and Mark 1i.14 Citizens Working for Pro- hibition Enforcement An- nounce Special Program. Sessions to Be Held Thursday in Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church. of special meetings relating o { interdenominational interests will befheld Thursday evenings at 8 o’clock ftfthe Mount Pieasant Congregational Clfurch, 1410 Columbia road, begin- Presbyterian Campaign for $15,000,000 in Aid of Min- isters Shows Progress. and file of the | PRAYER WEEK PROGRAM AT SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN Rev. Godfrey Chobot, Pastor, An- BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON, We are to consider for the opening rter of the year’s lessons a that has been chosen o that we “may discover, through a study of the teach- of Jesus and His apostles, the series shaped with the Master’s methods of service until men knew that they had been God’s ways are not our ways, and His thoughts are not our thoughts. The arithmetic of heaven is different from the arithmetic of earth In the College and high school students 4 The national campaign of the lay- with Christ and learned of Him. Un-! Pins next Thursday. The public is in- | Will be enlisted for law observance—| tianity is_difficult, s Pt heavenly arithme: | Ciriwes for s hudget of $16.000.000 stian way of living in our ds der the leadership of the Holv Spirit,| nounces Texts for Sermons To- ¥Jted. especially of the prqhibltlnnvm“fi» ” tuted s ml; f“‘te‘,‘l:‘s we multiply | needed to put into operation the new |This series of practical topical studies | the Christian of today will seek, as did morrow Morning and Evening. The program follows: January 6,| Efforts to intensify sentiment for et gt » dividing, We|service pension plan for ministers and | has been selected to meet the need of | the Lord, to save the lost. Wherever e - What It Means to Be a Congrega- meanwhile pr add by subtract lonalist,” speaker, Rev. Moses R.|I&W observance among the young men testing that they ing, we get by giv- ;’;,'”',’":J‘“,"fl eI st o a»:mi\un‘;:un;‘?m-‘;‘Fa:ngr.th;e? S Agnear It etvaatan w el toc é'yi'r‘,'..’l'fm'\‘..”fn! Rev. Godfrey Chobot, v of the i ovell: January 13, “Saint Francis of | and women of high school, college and served our Jesus e i R | CIAY, IOali, accorcie to to be enveloped in a haze when chal- | follow Jesus to teach them chat Christ | & flan Church, will ports brought George _ Winslow, to Washington by Christ. business agent ssisi,” speaker, Dr. Arthur Deering | university age of the United States It o lenged to face the problems of organ- |still lives and loves all mankind. morning on ““Look- The most impos- on, therefore, of ; ring the next few 1 4 S &) e ¢ id in_the evening % ;:iztlzgc?::‘;eti:;mof;:ye otitnt K‘é’mfi‘l &?st‘:?;l c(}uzer;;' Committee of stble demand of :',;5“: - this text, | of the Baltimore Synod, and now a f,’;f’" Bpge i Dg B ,}:&flfi,flfi;‘d = “‘,}‘h"‘”e"?"”"’“'“ Lhriborog " The week of e 8 » v o1V tains to u say unto |fleld campaign worker, e ’ . e erever there are children’s eyes, prayer will be observed each night erican branch of the Interparlia-|One Thousand for Law Observance Jesus pertal Pt e c wor + has|We are to follow Him in the way of | Where e i e 3 T N 7 i 2nfor cording to an- enemies. We are you, » your| More than $7,500,000 already has - : . fo. in accords e o oa ERGURER S et wedls fhvis MG Fri e s Disetpia of | attention will be directed to this prob- enemies, to seturn them that curse | Churches of the Lastern States, Mr. | i teeialer o e e rist lives.” { Story Telling,” conc entative; February 1 convictions. you, do good to . oyl G M e, HEins zood for evil, to Winslow reports, and additional cam. : R i’ : | B oy, Rrrertato My ‘ol wedenborg.” Rov. Paul Sperry; Fob |lem,” it s stated. i Dioos them. ihot them that ate| paigns are to be launched January 3|, All the world fs challenging Chris. e | ment History.” by Rev. J. R. Dufield A ARG A s T Statement by Fred B. Smith. i ¥ou, and pray'for | fn a mimber of svnods in Contral | LAMity and Chrisdans to guide them | Tevi, or Mathew, proved that ol R g o it Maren s Roliny; | “The committee in the past has not The fundamen- them which de- |States, to be followed ! bEB TN o ] reasenltion A B only Wi | e ke poniag | iectures on “Faith 4 . ;A g " " - 8! i v e oS Ves 3 el d 08 - e 'y Y land startes o follow Cnrist y mak- : g Among the Negroes,” Rev. James C.|divided its work by classes, types or tal assumption of spitefully use you, | Midwest and Western S to preserve civilization calls for the |ing a feast to “m,.‘h he m‘.um’s“ his iss Mabel N. Thurs and persecute you,” is a part of the constitution of the kingdom of Jesus is that His followers shall never recognize enmity. They shall v “| races of people,” said Fred B. Smith New Thought Movement in America”; | Mittee, in making the announcement. March 17, “What 1s the Mormon | "It has advocated the general broad | ton, teacher | the Church of the enant The elders and their wives enter { tained the members of the choir at adjustment of the lives of men and irl's class of nations to the high culling of God in *h Jesus. Men are convinced that Campaign to Close in Spring. The campaign will close shortly be- fore May, when the next General As- former associates to, meet the Lord and learn about the new life. Feasts play a larger place in the expression DR. STRATON. DR. HERRING. ever: man must decide the way his City: March 24, o ug! orva i en- | shal Wil where all oth- th. ntime, _its . : Chris cairy His teachingsa Lix et ‘as ot a | Continental. There were 36 present, et "Ma:i‘},'";,, ..T,:,he-,{,eh““_ forcement, in which all good citizens | ers I; they shall live and | admonitions are binding upon the true | According to final tabulation of nr\l\ day gu‘xal:"u.:‘k‘\‘elr(-«dl71\“5?»“’!‘;11“?1)1‘— ;:)mll‘lxli;: p}rl(;:";'fie:::f-e"fi The fensta|and Rev. Chobot was toastmastsr. United States”: April 7,|0ought to be interested regardless of |act with charity and love where all citlzenfs of the kingdom, even though | funds obtained in Washington during {jgoo% (9% he Lord. The times demand | started trouble. The ‘.‘Umen;,,m,;,,}, Mrs. H. T. Murray, choir director and What It Means to Be a Universal.| race, creed, vocation or ago. But if |others are acting with hate and|now we walk as pilgrims in the pres- | the ipree-woek campaign here in No-|that “every professor of Christianity | Pharisee criticized the Master because | Organist: J. C. Fish, George C. Shoe- 1st”; April 15, Good Friday communion | View of unique circumstances w o malice. o e"l W‘m‘ q vember, this city's = contributions | gp,)) demonstrate his faith by carry. | He had made friends with those ache | maker, R. Y. & and Dr, M ice, speaker, Rev. Moses R. Lovell; | have arisen in reference to the yout! Will it work? It worked in the case t in to be observed that this ad.|mounted above $60,000, John B. Lar-|ing into everyday life the ideals of |had fafled to conform to the sunes | Thompson made addresses, . 1| of the Nation, peculiar attention will | of Jesus. He moved serenely through |.monition of Jesus ner, chairman of the executive com- h s 3 April 21, “Italian Protestantism in is brought into Jesus Christ. ~ While historlans have D 5 : b 4 3 et ’ ficial religious standards of that time. . = Italy and in Washington,” Rev. M. C. | be directed to work among them. His short life, and was unmoved by | sharp antithesis and contrast with |mittee for Washington, has an-|rccognized that the birth of the Babe |Jesus saw the possibilities of good in Marseglia, Chiesa Del Redentore| “Part of the annual mecting of the |the elbowings of accusers and traduc- | the philosophy of the natural man |nounced. 0 unostentatiously in Bethlehem’s | the outcast and sought the ostracised| CONFERENCES OF BIBLE (Church of the Redeemer), Itallan|committee at Washington on Janu-|ers. He met life with a smile, and |and the present world order. Jesus| The new retirement plan will pro-| foynane enct il greatest event in |souls to point out to them the way of Baptist; April 28, “The Lutheran(ary 6 will be devoted to a disoussion |joved all kinds and conditions of ‘men. | quoted our natural philosophy in the | Vide stipends for paid workers of the | fmae: history by dating all other | salvation and service. LEAGUE START TUESDAY e 2 vening With | of this phase of the work. As a re-|Enmities melted away before Him as | preceding verses when He said: “Ye | church organization, ranging from | . in c 3l vi { A v ve . Cl i el 1 sult of the first meeting of the citi- | the morning cloud is dissolved by the events in connection with the Lord’s | All who dwell deep in Christ and i speaker, Rev. Alfred speaicer, Rev. Moses R. Lovell. Ordination of Miss Doris A. Swett as Congregational Minister Set for Tomorrow Morning. Rev. Dr. John Murray Atwood, esident of the Universalist General nvention, will deliver a sermon at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Ambassador Theater, Eighteenth street at Columbia road, where the Universalist congregation now wor- ships, pending the erection of their projected new church edifice. At this service the ordi Miss Torls A. Swett as minister of | 350 the denomination will take place, charge to the candidate being de- livered by Dr. Van Schaick, pastor emeritus. Morning service January 9 will be conducted by Rev. Dr. F. W. Perkins, pastor-elect, this being the initial serv- {ce of his new assignment. SERVICES IN PARSO First Silver Springs Baptist Sermon There Tomorrow. The Silver Spring Baptist Church, Swhich recently erected a parsonage on ® lot opposité the new armory at is poi ination of | 131 ‘What Is Common | zéns' committee, a conference of col- lege students from all over the coun- try on the prohibition situation in their respective schools was held un- der the auspices of the Committee of REV. DR. JOHN M. ATWOOD One Thousand. Whether another con TO CONDUCT SERVICES | rvence will be held has not been de- Millions Hear Discussions. Several millions of people have at- tended meetings at which the Citizens’ Committee of One Thousand for Law Observance and Enforcement. has pre- sented its work, according to a report to be made by Mr. Smith. In addition, thousands of students have attended pecial meetings. At its annuzal meet- ing, leaders of the movement expect a still greater campaign of education to be launched. The Citizens’ Committee of One Thousand is not a prohibition organi- first rays of the sun,. Wherever men aliowed themselves to know Him, they were won by this unfailing and undiscouraged friendi- ness, Some one may say: Thi8 law of life worked for a_time, but at last His enemies had their way with Him. But did they? Who won, Jesus or the Pharisees? The Pharisees could point to the cross, and claim victory. The disciple ‘of Jesus can point fo the moral power which radiated from that cross, stirring the imagination and the conscience of the Mediterranean world, shaking the Roman Empire, and determining the course of human history for all the centuries since that world-moving event. Human progress is in the hands of the lovers, not the haters. Lovers butld, haters destroy. Jesus asserts zation like the Anti-Saloon League, it nted out, but has in its member- p some outstanding citizens who ot believe in the principle of pro- the| hibition. They feel strongly, however, that all laws, whether they are popu- lar or not, should be observed and enfor —_—— FOUNDRY M. E. SERVICES. PARSONAGE. Pastor Preaches Tomorrow on “Castles in Spain.” Rev. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of Foundry Methodist Episco- pal Church, will morning on “Castles in Spain,” fol- preach tomorrow lowed by the administration of the sacrament of the Lord's supper. The evening subject will be “After Bilver Spring, Md., has planned to | cprist. hold services beginning tomorrow in the building. There will be a Sunday #chool session as well as the regular church services. The church was or- Jneeting in the armory. A Christmas part, was held for the Sunday school last Wednesday night at the parsonage. Robert Brown, su- perintendent of the school, as Santa . Claus, distributed presents, Program at St. Margaret’s. Rev. Dr. Herbert Scott Smith, rec- for of $t. Margaret's Church, Con- necticut.avenue and Bancroft place, ennounces the following services to morrow: Holy communion, 7:30 a.m. Sunday school and confirmation clas: $:30 a.m.; holy communion, 11 a.m.; \anusical service, 4:30 p.m. The rector will pregch at 11 a.m. There will be no sermon at the afternoon service. #'hursday, the Feast of the Epiphany, here will be a celebration of the holy eommunion at 11 a.m. . Will Speak on Responsibility. | Rev. Dr. George O. Bullock’s topie &t the Third Baptist Church, Fifth und Q streets, tomorrow at 11 a.m 18 “The Responsibility of a Christian,” end at § pm. “The Opportunity to Serve.” Bible school will meet at #16 am. The Junfor Chiistian En deavor Society will gather at § p.m., Jeader, Bernice Caldwell. Young Peo. ple’s Christian Endeavor Soclgty will gather at 6 p.m., leader, E. Freeman. Congregational Pastor Back. At Lincoln Congregational Temple {omorrow morning Rev. w. Brooks, the pastor, will be in the pulpit after a month's leave of ab- wence. On account of the sudden @eath of his wife, he has been visiting freinds in the Mid West and Esst meeking rest and recuperation. iie will speak from the subject “The Next Step.” 1927 Foes,” Pastor’s Subject. %Oud foes for 1927 will be the rmon subject tomorrow night of wv. Ellis C. Primm at the Second Baptist Church, Fourth street and nia evenue southeast. The morn- theme Will be “The Land of Be- nping Again.” The Lord’s supper I be observed at the morning ! > < —_——— Week of Prayer Services. Prayer services will’be held at the each veek excepting Saturda will be the | D. B, Kling mundah).v evangelist, vy - Next Saturday morning at 10 o'clock the sessions of the *‘Week- Day School of Religion” will be re- sumed under direction of Rev. John ganized three years ago and has been | ¢, Millian, director of religious edu- cation. It is open to all boys and girls in the community from 9 to 13 years of age. VESPER TALK ARRANGED. Chevy Chase Presbyterian Program : Announced. Rev. J. Hillman Hollister, pastor of the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, will give & vesper talk at 7:45 o'clock tomorrow evening. During the month of January *“Mos. lem Women,” the mission study book used by DProtestant churches this year, will be discussed on Thursday night at 8 o'clock at the mid-week service meeting. Rev. Mr. Hollister will lead the discussion. PRAYER WEEK SERVICES. Special Petworth Baptist Exercises Start Tuesday Evening. Beginning Tuesday night, the Pet- worth Baptist ¢ will observe the “Week of P commencing each evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. Henry J. Smith, the pastor, will preach tomorvow morning on “God’s Loaf or God’s Loafer,” and lin the evening “Something Always Happens When God Comes. BAPTIST WOMEN TO MEET. Quarterly Gathering to Be Held in Metropolitan Church Monday. The women of the 27 Baptist churches of the District of Columbia will hold their quarterly meeting in the Metropolitan Baptist Church, Sixth and A streets northeast, at 10:30 a.m. Miss Annie S. Magliton‘of the Nel- lore Hospital, Nellore, South India, will address the meeting. —— Bible bhn to Hold ;nnquet. The nineteenth annual banquet of the Wiles Bible class, Keller Memorial Lutheran Sunday School, will be held January 12 at 6:30 o'clock. Senator Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota will be the speaker. The Ladies' Aid So- ciety will furnish a turkey dinner, to it, and history confirms it Hate has had its chance. Tt has deepened raclal antagonisms, it has bred wars, it has set brother against brother. Hate travels with all the furies which scourge and destroy— jealousy, unreasoning ambition, greed. The power of determined love has been scantily tested. It has proven workable between _individuals. It awaits the larger trial between races and nations. Here lies the privilege of the church. If the church turns from de- nominational bickerings and creedal strife to a courageous effort to apply the teachings of Jesus to the complex and confused life we share, the golden age may yet dawn., PSR A C. R. ALLEN TO SPEAK. Educational Consultant to Meet Young Men’s Bible Class. Charles R. Alien, editor and edu- cational consultant of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, will conduct a conference tomorrow morn- ing with members of the Wiber Bible Class of the New York Avenue Pres- byterian Church. The Wiber class is composed of young men of the church between the ages of 20 and 30. The conference led by Mr. Allen will initiate the 1927 Bible study program of the class and new members will be received at the meeting. The dis- cussion topiec will be “The Sermon on the Mount.” S5 LR Anniversary Reception Tonight. The congregation of the Nativity, Fourteenth and A streets southeast, will hold its twenty-third anniversary parish reception tonight at 8:30 o'clock, in the parish hall. The Parish Aid Soclety will constitute the reception committee, Mrs. E, H. Kettler, presi- dent. The vicar, Rev. Enoch M. Thompson, and Mrs. Thompson and the assistant; Rev. C. K. P. Cogswell, and Mrs. Cogswell will welcome the members of the congregation and friends. A musical program will be rendered. R SR O A WILL HAVE SERMON SERIES. “What Every Man Should Know About Religion” is the subject of & serles of sermons to be. delivered at All Souls’ Church (Unitarian), Six- teenth and Harvard streets, Sunday evenings during January. The par- tleular subject for the opening sermon tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. is “Every Man's Right to Know.” 1t will be followed by a period of good fellowship In Pierce Hall and the Hale Parish House, ST Will Give Luncheon, The Washington-Gettysburg League will give a luncheon next Thursday in honor of the president general, Mrs. Samuel T. Nicholas, and the registrar, Mrs. J. T. Huddle. Mrs. J. Edward Byers, former president general, of Baltimore will make the address, The luncheon will be given at 1779 Co- lumbia road at 1:30 p.n. e To Give Pageant. Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, assist- ed by a group of girls from the Na- tional Training School for Women and Girls, will appear in a Christmas pageant at the Vermont Avenue Bap- tist Church, Vermont avenue between be served In the new Social Hall. Rev. Dr. S. T. Nicholas, Paul S. Goble and er compose the banquet Q and R streets, tomorrow evening at 6:80 o'clock under the auspices of the P. U, Soolety, Dublic is in- $600 to $2,000 a year, on the basis of 35 years' service, Assessments Apportioned, Each potential beneficiary is to pay 23 per cent of his annual salary into the fund for retirement, and his con- gregation is to pay, as a regular yearly obligation, 71 per cent of his salary. This plan, it is pointed out, will relieve the Presbyterian Church of the necessity of having annually to appeal to congregations for benov- olences for the support of retired preachers and other church servants. SRS BEALETON MINISTER WILL GO TO LAUREL Presbytery of Potomac to Meet at Central Presbyterian Church Monday. have heard that it hath been said, thou shalt love they neighbor, and hate thine enemy,” and then he added, “But I say unto you, love your ene- mles, bless them that curse you,” ete. This, then, is one use we can make of enemies. The only real harm that my enemy can do me is for him to get Into the inside of my spirit and cause me to hate him. Hatred is the most horrible foe of the soul. There- fore, to meet cursing with blessing is the height of earthly wisdom as well as the perfection of heavenly beauty. How often, in the history of man, it has been proven that “a soft answer turneth away wrath”; and many a hard heart has been broken by gen- tleness and love coming in response to enmity and hatred. Victor Hugo taught, therefore, a profound and universal truth when he pictures Jean Val Jean finally sur- rendering to the innocent and subtle but all-powerful influence of the good bishop who had trusted and befriend- ed him, and who continued, through his prayers, to bless him even though this criminal had robbed him and fled from the home where the bishop had offered him Christian hospitality, car- rying the good bishop's treasures with him. And the most superlative height of earthly glory was reached when, in the midst of the anguish and agony of the cross, Jesus Christ lifted up His voice on behalf of those who had nailed Him there, and prayed for them, saying “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” The omnipotence of this perfect, divine and heavenly love will be mani- fested in the rule of righteousness and peace when Jesus returns to this earth to reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. In the meantime, it is our high privilege to see the best even in our faulty fellows; and, as far as human limitations will allow, to build upon them: noble. and the nobility D e e o, ;_anfl a 3 se In majesty 0 meet your own. (Copyright. 1926.) EVANGELISTIC SERVICES. Shiloh Baptist Exercises to Con- tinue Through January. Beginning tomorrow and continuing through January.14, evangelistic serv- ices will be held every mnight at Shi- loh Baptist Church, Ninth and P streets. Rev. Dr. Waldron, the pastor, will be assisted in these meetings by Revs. G. J. Hawkes, F. E. Edmonds, J. Z. Harton and J. C. Cunningham. Tomorrow at 11 a.m., Dr. Waldron will preach on “The Pearl of Parables —the Prodigal Son.” The subject of his sermon at night will be, ‘‘Prepare to Meet God—How and Why? AN O PARISH VESTRY TO MEET. St. Mark’s Church Group to Gather Monday. The rector, Rev. Willlam Henry Pettus, will be the preacher tomor- row at the 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. services in S8t. Mark's Church, Third and A streets southeast. Next Thursday, the Epiphany, the holy communion will be celebrated at 11 a.m. The garluh vestry will meet Monday at p.n. The Woman's Auxiliary will hold its aanual meeting and election of of- ficers Wednesday at 2 p.m. St. Mark's Aid Soctety will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. The service of lights will be held at 8 p.m. January 9. Modern Eve Who Found Lost Gem in Apple DriVen from “Eden“ ancl NOW Pennilcss By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 1.—Suzanne Schiltz, the modern Eve, who bit into an apple the other day and thereby recovered the famous Conde Rose diamond, stolen from the Chateau d'Aumale at Chan- tilly, has been driven from her earthly den. The hotel in which she was em- ployed as a chambermaid when the The Presbytery of Potomac will meet at the Central Presbyterian Church Monday afternoon to transfer Rev. W. L. Smith from Bealeton, Va., to Laurel Md., at which place he will be installed later as pastor of the Presbyterian Church. The young people’s study class, which meets on Friday nights at Cen: tral Presbyterian Church, will re- sume its studies next Friday under the instruction of the pastor, Dr. James H. Taylor. The class is study- ing the life of Christ. All young peo- ple of the congregation- and their friends are invited. MISSION SOCIETY SESSION. Women of Fourth Presbyterian Meet Wednesday. A meeting of the Woman's Mission- ary Soclety of the ¥ourth Presbyte. rian Church will be held in the church parlor next Wednesday at 11 a.m. Miss Emma Garvin, returned mission- ary from Chile, will speak, and Miss V. Herman, national office secretary of the Y. W, C. A. at Toklo, will con- duct the devotional service. A mission study class will be held on Thursday nights during January, at 8 p.m. Rev. Mr. Miers, the pastor, will have for his subject tomorrow at 11 a.m. “Our Proposed New Church Building” and at 8 pm. “The Two Witnesses"” (Revelations, xI). DRI DR. SIZ00 TO PREACH. Two Sermons Announced at New York Avenue Church. Rev. Dr. Joseph Sizoo will preach in the New York Avenue Presby- terfan Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock on “The Land of Beginning Again.” At 8 o'clock he will continue his studies on “Problems of Conduct and Characte: His subject will be “Do Your Duty. o e Topio for Secular League. “The Tragedy of Waste” will be discussed_in the open forum of the Secular League, 1006 E street, to- morrow _ afternoon _at 3 o'clock. Joseph B. Day will be the principai speaker and his address will be fol- lowed by a general debate on the subject. she rose from obscurity to one-day fame. Jobless and moneyless, she appeared at police headquarters and asked whether there might be a reward for her discovery of the precious gem and the subsequent arrest of the thieves. She was informed there was no fund for such purposes. g Now the newspapers have taken urge came upon her to sample an |up her cause, and despite increasing apple she found in a room she was | unemployment, Suzanne is likely to be pglmnc Qischarged her shortly after Igiven a position, advent, the Master made this possible by calling men to enter His service. Called to Service. Our Lord's ministry had gripped the men of Galilee. Luke points out how the multitude had followed Him and He was compelled to borrow a boat for a pulpit. He repaid the own- jers for its use by directing them to |a great school of fish. This was pre- {liminary to their being invited to en- ter His service. He had met Andrew and Peter, James and John early in His ministry. They had_announced had seen more of them after moving His headquarters to Capernaum in His meetings in the synagogue and along the seaside, where He saw them fish- ing. These rough fishermen had open minds, unspoiled by philosophy and concelt, southat they had accepted Jesus. They had demonstrated that they were hard-working, energetic patient men, and no idlers or visionaries. Two of them were cast- ing their nets and the other two were mending their nets. Levi was prob- ably collecting taxes at his booth near the seashore, where the petty taxes for fish could be laid and collected. Doubtless he had shared in the publ discussions that Jesus conducted in ¥ teaching. These five were en- gaged at their work when the Master called them to enter His service. When Christ seeks men for His work He always finds them doing their daily tasks faithfully. Jesus called them individually and personally to follow Him. His com- mand to these five believers to become disciples, matriculate in His school, was given in such a manner that they were impressed with the idea that the Master felt that He was asking them to prepare for a greater business than the one that they had been following. It was a call to an immediate action, to conflict and loss, that was impera- tive. They were attracted by the per- sonality of Jesus. They were con- scious that He had “the sovereign right to exercise moral compulsion” towards them. The seat of authority in religion had changed from the Old Testament Scriptures to their Lord, who spake with such power that they accepted Christ, not as a definition, not as a system of doctrine, but His very self as the divine authority to direct and control their life, labor and love. The four straight followed Him in response to His command. Tt was a costly proposition for them, as it was for Levi, whom we know better under his new name of Matthew, to immediately leave their business and enroll in His school. Following Jesus. In response to the Lord’s command the five courageously left their old business to follow Him. Iour of them, as a result of this decision, are reported by tradition to have died a violent death because of their loyalty to Christ. Christian life starts with a breaking with debasing and destruc- tive habits. The important thing in their following Jesus is not what they left, but the fellowship they were called to enter. They were sum- moned to enter into a personal re- lationship, into an allegiance to Jesus as_thelr Master, and to change not only the spirit but also the task of then daily life. When one is con- vinced of their personal sin and finds in the Lord a personal Saviour, their conversion proves itself by a two- fold change, due to their love and obedlence of Christ’s commands, in character and conduct. Religious .emotion has on enormous motive force, but unless it is the prod- uct of the indwelling in the Christ, it will sizzle away in high professions and wordy prayers. This substitute for real religion is injurious to the Kingdom of God among men.. When one is moved by the love of Christ to.imitate Him in service they will be inspired to meet the needs of men. The five followed the Lord in His min- istry of iove that touched the hearts of ‘men, hey saw Him in the crowded synagogue preaching the good news of Things-As-God's-Love- ‘Will-Have-Them. They saw Him in the thronging streets, surrounded by the longtime sick with their tired eyes, the palsied with their trem- bling limbs, the shrieking demoniacs with thelr disordered minds, the anxious fathers and mothers bringing their Il children whose faces were premat@ely old with pain. - THey saw Higp move among the troubled people, & quiet Praying Soul. They saw thg divine currents of health and | their faith in Him as the Messiah. He | partake of His Life will prove their lost. to take men alive. put the Kingdom of God first and seek |everything, that would prevent us bread and butter, business, body and soul. It can't mean less for us today. When He calls let us obey. follow and go forth to do His will and work. | not fall to carry the spirit of Jesus in a life of ministering service to our fellowmen. They may not understand or be interested in our theological dif- terences, but they will respond to every heart throb beaten for Him and given to them. eI COOPER TO SPEAK. Washington Ball Players to Attend Vaughn Class Meeting. Willlam Knowles Cooper, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in Wash- ington, will speak to the Vaughn Class of Calvary Eaptist Church to- morrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. The service will be in the church audi- torium and it will be known as.Y. M. C. A. day In the class. The regular monthly club meeting will be held Monday evening at § o'clock in the Sunday school house. Several members of the Washington Base Ball Club, including Walter Johnson, Joe Judge and Nick Altrock, will be present. The class men will bring their sons. OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN. Eckington Presbyterian Church Elects Elders and Deacons. Officers of the Eckingtor Presby- terian Church were recently elected as follows: Elders—Judge Raymond Loranz, ‘William Jardine, Edward O. Willer and Dr. F. W. Meyst. Harris, Wilton J. D. Robertson Deacons—Richard Eyer, John Miller, and George Rae. MUIR WILL PREACH. Temple Baptist Church Will Have Evangelistic Services. Rev. Dr. J. J. Muir, chaplain United States Senate, will preach at Temple Baptist Church, Tenth and N streets, tomorrow morning and evening, Arrangements are being made for evangelistic services, to begin Feb- ruary o. Rev. Dr. Boorde of Virginia will be the leader of these special services. The Ladies’ Ald Society will meet Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Higgins, in the Alabama Apartment, Eleventh and N streets. I AR A ‘Will Speak on New Year. Dr, John E. Briggs will preach to- morrow morning on “A Summons to a New Departure” at Fifth Baptist Church, and administer communion. At night the subject will be “The Challenge of the New Yea Rev. E. Hez Swem to Talk. “They Played a Trick on My Wash- ing Friend!” is a story Rev. BE. Hez Swem will relate tomorrow night, 8 o'clock. He preaches in the morning at 11 o'clock on “What Love Allows,"” Lecture by Theosophists. The United Lodge of Theosophists, 709 Hill Building, Seventeenth and 1 streets, will have a lecture tomorrow night at 8 o'clock on, “New Year Res- faith by following the example of thelr Lord, who came to seek and save the If all the Christians would heed His command to follow Him we would see the whole body of believers in every church adopting His methods and using His messages in an effort Such a movement would win the world for Christ and His church, revive the professors, fill them with power and help us all to to honor Christ, the King, by leaving doing our best, to help win the na- | tlons of the world for Him. To follow Christ meant for the five to go with Him without regard to pocketbook, ‘Whenever | He summons us let us be ready to ‘Wherever He orders, may we east will be held Sessions to Be Held in Mills Build- ing and Will Continue Through Wednesday. ¢ The quarterly conferences of the Community Bible will be held nex | quarters, in th Euilding. ill be as follows: Mon- 30 o'clock; Tuesday, o'clock; Wednesday, 8 to 30 o'clock. The sessions will be pre- ceded by a half-hour prayer service. Reports have been de by the league that the plan moted Christ- mas day for the reading of the em- tire story of Christ, as recorded in the book of Matthew, was a success. Eighteen centers held the observance. Four were in private homes, two in schools, three in hotels and one in a mission. BARONET TO WED AGAIN. Sir Richard Graham, 67, to Take His Third Wife Tomorrow. | LOXDON, Richard Grah: nd hereditary ow Hall, Cumberland, from Walter Scott had young Lochinvar ab- Tam stract his bride, is to be married to- morrow for the third time. new His wife is his sister-inlaw, the widow of his Pounger brother, James , and it will also be her third ms 1 venture. The e arrangements “are st more prosaic than Lochinvar's, as the knot will be tied in the Londomsg registrar’s office. 2 EVOLUTION BILL PLANNED. - Measure to Be Offered in Minne- sota, Says Foe of Theory. MINNEAPOLIS, Mign.,, January {1 P).—A Dill to prohibit the teach- s ing of the theory of evolution #n the schools of Minnesota is to be intro-sa: duced when the Legislature convgnes next week by Dr. W. D. Riley, pa of the First Baptist Church i neapolis and president of the World Christian_Fundamentals’ announced. Similar bills will be intr Montana, Kansas and Ark said, and the fight for anti-evolution will be renewed in Kentucky a Dr. Riley has called & conference for -2 January 9 at his church to organize. s a squad of speakers in behalf of funda- mentalism. —e EX-PASTOR IN PULPIT. Dr. Shannon %o Preach at Metro politan M. E. Church. Rev. Dr. John Reid Shannon, former pastor of Metropolitan M. E. Church of this city, will preach the morning sermon at Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South tomorrow. Rev. D Lambeth will preach at 8 o'clock, his subject being “Hiding With Christ The Woman's Missionary Society 4 and the board of stewards will meet Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Dr.™ Lambeth will conduct the prayer meeting Thursday evening. AT First Reformed Church -Service. “The Coming Christian in 1927 will be the subject of Rev. Dr. James D. Bubrer, pastor of the First Re. formed Church, tomorrow morning and “Lo, I Am With You,” at the evening_service. m The Week of Prayer will be ob- !l served next week with the various organizations in_charge. S A A Epiphany Service Thursday. The Feast of the Epiphany will be * observed next Thursday at the Church | of the Ascension, with holy com- munion conducted at 10 o'clock by Rev. Thomas W, Cooke. ‘WILL VISIT CHAPEL. The biennlal visit of the Daughters of the lflng 5 im the Diogese of Wash ington Chapel of the Good Ehepherd at Six s Association, i th and 1 streets uorbg ‘next M