Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1927, Page 12

12 BIBLE SCHOL BODY T0 HOLD GATHERING Chester, Pa., to Be Scene of Annual Conference, Janu- ary 27 and 28. The annual convention and confer- ence of the I School tion will be held in Chester, Pa., January 27 and 28. Representatives from Btates pr e Assoc! most of the Leaders who Howard, stor of the ona, Pa.| st Presby Rev ! Rev will be art Conn P, missions for the St Rev. Raymond White, v ptestant W. Cooke, R. Schroeder, pastor Church, Wil THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. | DRAMATIC EVENTS IN BIBLE HISTORY —Christ in Gethsemane. D. a, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1927 By Harlowe R. His disc edron ethsemane e eve of His crucifixion, Jesus e eph the ast supper across the tile H arden oF MountorOllves beter. James fiached the arden, He await s discipl . cf to pray with l—? whowere to m. ht cF went wat Iesus His cruci knes OUl’O epg Fa er, remove. this cup me, wbeit,net whaelwa%u{:w at thou wilt, g"e {KO'\ tfiae def a“’{_‘ee bebayefh meis Hoyt and Walter Scott ,-e rfaJmes lesus T e thi Tmez S s i h, Berne, Ind.; Munhall, editor the Meth- adelphia, ¥ Rev. Oliver | ompson, Providence, R. L; New York City; Rev. pastor of the Lutheran Huntir Pa. h e In- | 1l have charge of am Eradley, cha Moffatt have Dist of ct the Mrs. H supervisor. Joca CHANCELLOR ANNOUNCES COURSE OF LECTURES To Serve as Part of Follow up Plan of Bishop’s Crusade for Teachers. De Vries, chancellor | Cathedral, has an f the department n_of the Diocese | which he is Rev. Dr. of the Was nounced « of W. L of the | e follow-up » intended princip: v and Sunday, ick Sevmour, educational diocese of Pennsyl- 8 o'clock in lectures on the Prayer course is to and ideals of Worship and of the incipl > and the way in which | ferences are in Atlanta area, Florida in the Book of if all 10 comple- a sn(‘uwffll \\U en examina- tificate from the ) d Teacher's Asso they are worked out Common ¥ lectur tion of tion, tional tion i vited to att BISHOP JOHN RICHARDSON TO END MISSION HERE C cour ¥ t 3 Canadian Prelate to Hold Last o Services Tomorrow Evening at St. Thomas’ Church. John Richardson, Bishop |g ton, New Brunswick, who hhldmL’ a mission in St. near Dupont Circle, fon to an end with the ice tomorrow evening. He will re da Monday. There will be a Quiet day Monday for women, not confined to St. Thomas' arish, which will be in charge of and t 8 o'clock , Md., formerly rector sh Church, nith, shington Tue: of Seat Plea of Kinzston Pa Dr. C. Ernest S Thomas’, leaves V to be one of the crusaders in Souther Florid His time will equal between Tampa and Miami. He expects to return to Washington ry 10. During his absence the n will be in charge of Rev. Dr.| am S. Bishop. PLANS WEEK OF PRAYER. Assembly to Havej! Jam i rector of = ¥ Full Gospel Services Twice Tomorrow. The Full Pe m\l\ ania services toma ning. H Assembly, 930 will conduct Gospel venue, . Rev. at 3 pm ) 1 Powe! when a number received into church member p.m. on “The Div g i en."” h The I 3 under adership of Kernan, and the h on ; will | al- Mrs, Tue: Wedr Crusader and will also conduct a Baltimore revival Thursday night. The entire week has been designated 8 “We ind the church will be open eve ng for prayer. MISSIONARY TO PREACH. Rev. William E. Shaw at Foundry M. E. Church. wil E. lay it 8 p.m 7 ihs Toune at 7:45 p.am. a pilgrimage to | Rev from 1 Shaw Korea, undr a missionary ill occupy Methodist tomorrow morning ant pastor of opal Church in | when Dr. Frederick | pastor. prior to his | y Church rth League will to Mr. § t pate in t rvice at 8 o aw and Dr. 18 people, at Har- REV. DR. MUIR TD SPEAK. “Blood-Bought Church r Youths,” and “Mes- Subjects. iir, chaplain of the | for Feb- orde | will her. THRIFT IN CHURCHES * ¢Share With Othrrs Slogan Thrift Week to Be Observed. Share W will be obse churches tc ton Feder in | rift week the Washing Methodist ported an in 1 There wa: of names dropped from the member- <hip because of d v..mm.l. southeas and Singapor Boston ence, 1, ns are in- |y Northwest, sion, 206; Wyoming State, ¢ |area. Detroit, 1,009; Helena area, Dakota, 357; ana Conference, 2,068; Northwest In- diana, 340; Kansas City area, Kansas Conference, Southwest Kansas, 962 area, Mississippi Confe per Mississippi, New York, 157; Omaha_area, Nebraska, 1,970 Philadelphi: ence, 1,055; Philadelphia, 23 cted by Rev. R. J. Ripley, rector T ALK Sl area, Columbia River Conference, 800; area, fornia, be divided | conterence, Washington area, and Washington, 399. N World Methodist Episcopal Church sa: 1 and other foreign countries that this success has embarrassed the church | treasurer. are waiting to be received into the ternoon and eve- | ¢ Harry L. Col- || Seven | nities are asking for missiona buildings. scribe to the church’s miss the mn iny sectior church, contributors runs service b proached. mation to every member and to give each member an opportunity to sub- scribe to the support of our mission- ary D call in May. | P. | Chu Likable | METHODIST CHURCH | MEMBERS INCREASE 15 of 21 Areas Report| Boosts—Unusually Large ! Number of Deaths. s of the 21 in the | 1 Church that in membership for | total increase wa an unusually large number | There are 15 Epi re- The Book of 19 increases in Year e and _confer 431; Ch 1,016; Helena, | ; Kansas City Omaha, 3,075 burgh, 805 ncisco, 3.683; | ashington territ 2,057 re Buffalo 'nm;mhe 3, New York, 69 adelph: foreign Bangalore. ses in 446 lncludmt. \hmm\ ; north Germany, | , and Mexico City, 211. = Notable Increases. Among the notable increases in con- | ; onference, 615; St. Johns River, 612; | ! area, New England Confer- New England Southern, Buffalo area, Troy Conference, ; Chattanooga area, Holston Con- nce, 1,049; Chicago area, Central | llinois Conference, Chicago | & 378; Rock River, 1,864; Ken- ucky Conference, 560; 244; Covington uri Conference, ‘olorado Conference, b Cincinnati are i Mis- | 7 Central Denver 748; Utah M 64; Detroit In- er-Mountain Conference, 340; Indianapolis area, Indi- Southern Illinois, 1,847; Conference, 3,528; New Orleans ence, 394; Up- 808; New New York East, 1,6 Towa Conference, 1 orthwest Iowa, 56: area, New Jersey Confer- 1.612;- Wyo- Pittsburgh area, West 1,388; Portland 948: St. Louis Francisco 1,199; San 1,414; | Conference, 352; Southern Cal Paul area, Dakota Minnesota, 564; Baltimore Confer- | T puget Sound, California fawaii Mission, 1,902; St. 364; nce, 2,231; Central Pennsylvania, 934, Converts Wait Admittance. | In making public these statistics the | ervice Commission of the | 0o remarkable has been the spir- success of the missionaries in China, Japan, Korea tua ndia, Africa, Converts in foreign lands hurch, and cannot because of the ick of missionaries. ~Whole commu- ies and “Two million members did not sub- ionary and yenevolent enterprises in 1926. tigation shows that in cer if not throughout the entiry the percentage of these non- as high as 70 per t of the membership. Many of se members are not giving to world cause they have not had the | They have not been ap- »pportuni To bring the fullest infor- and henevolent work is the pur. ose of the annual world service roll LECTURES ON MIRACLES. Father Lyons Discusses Theme| Based on Religious History. | At the lecture in St. Paul’s Catholic Church last evening Father Francis | Lyons answered for 25 minutes the personal religious guestions submitted »v his audience. He closed the pro- | gram with a lecture on the important fact of miracles in religious history. | Arrangements are being made for | the first general parish card party to| be held January 31. The executive | committee in charge consists of Mr: Thomas Finnin, Thomas Howell, Mr Edward Dougherty, Harry S. O' Miss Teresa Harrigan, John Brown, Edward I)nuuhorly and Charles Knott Clnss to Be Baptized. Fellow Dropped In Me!” is the story of Rev. E. Swem tomorrow night, 8 o'clock, to. be followed by the baptism of several converts, at the Centennial Baptist | h. ' The 11 o'clock sermon sub- | t is, “The Lord’s Look Into the | A Long on Hez At Second Baptist. | J. L. S. Holloman, pastor of nd Baptist Church, Third street | n H and I streets, will preach | tomorrow at 11 a.m. on “Investing | What You Have,” and at & p.m. on “Why Seek Jesus?” The Bible school will meet at 9:30 a.m. and the B. Y. E. | U. at 6 pm. North Carolinian to Preach. irandison of North TcKinley ‘ourth and T will | Rev. Dr. W retary ed the variou ments of the churches to observe the duyy Lxmlhe service will be held Tuesday at| riah Lamkin and | B Dy Noted | parase | They out many Jesus. and Wi | know he ortheast Ohio, | " win for | land which lies know sickness. wound, He weighed the suffering human race friend the leper and the blind none so mean sympathy. pert in human 1 centuries *men ses: est poets against tried as by gelist, of the and E streets southeast each night ne also p mo | pices of the J. A THE ’ Views of Oppnsin,rz Religious Leaders on Bible Questions. —TODAY’S SUBJECT From the “He BY HUBERT Liberal Wi B Degcended Into H C. HERRING, Lecture have removed this fror the Apostles Creed. do not hke it They think hat it is a reflection upon s, I do not agree. This phrase is most graphic and accu- rate. Tt describes one phase of the spiritual experience of Jesus, and, for that matter, of e ery great leader of men. He hell! Preacher. Many pec descended_into Before Jesus aspire to the of .under- He must to the depths of h isery and defex An allegory y. The les’ Cre ht of its day DR. HERRING. S 0 be read in the li was a controversial document put years after the death of It has no scriptural sanction sehind it, and it is chiefly interesting secause it reflects one of the earliest uments between fundamentalists modernists. In that cz undamentalists won, and the symbol of their victor: What do_we know about heaven and hell? Much—and nothing. We ven and hell upon the earth, n human happiness and human mis- We know the price men pay for sersistent rebellion against the laws f life. We know the rewards they of dece But of the beyond the grave, we nothin And He descended into hell. Before Jesus could serve as a physician to ck men, he must know them in their He descended into the hell He read each each »f human misery He marked where it ailed. He was a harlot and extortioner, to There was s to fall beyond His new what hell means rience. on Jesus became an e He is the special t on the human heart. He knows hereof He speaks. For nineteen and women have I ened to Him because His voice D s the note of authority. idney Lanier was one of the great- Amerlca has produced. 1lis productive years were one long fight tuberculosis. His greatest ngs were written while his body w: urning with fever. His soul wi fire and yet he sang. It as never the song of a defeated man, and knew to He n_human ex In this fas! but it was the triumphant song of the | man who has descended into hell, could never be imprisgned there. CHURCH DEDICATION and SET FOR JANUARY 30 Rev. Dr. Bauman of Long Beach, Calif., to Officiate at First Brethren Ceremonies. Dr. Louis S. Bauman of Long Calif., Bible teacher and evan. will dedicate the new building rethren Church, Twelfth January 30. will be held Dr. Bauman at vice. He will ch tomorrow morning, after- noon and evening. The Sunday school will .meet to- row at 9:30 a.m. and the Christian Endeavor Society at 6:45 p.m. MISSION CLOSES SOON. Rev. J. Hnrvey Dunham’s Class Ends Next Thursday. The topic chosen by the pastor, Rev. Harvey Dunham, for tomorrow morning at the Western Presbyterian Church, H street between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, will be “Choice of a Master,” and in the evening at § | o'clock Wi arriest Thou?’ The prayer meeting is held Thursday at 8 o'clock, during which the pastor is conducting a mission study cla class will close next Thursday A Girl Scout troop is being organ ized at the church, with Mrs. Mar. guerite Kloter as captain and Miss Adelaide Borah as first lieutenant. An invitation is given to girls ranging from 9 to 18 years. Rev, Beach, Dedication Je “Man’s Supreme Test” Is At Lincoln Congregational tomorrow morning Rev. R. W. will speak from the subject Supreme Test The Progres ve Bible s meets at 10 a.m. The class dis- cussion-will be on “The Authenticity e Gospel of " “The Senior Society will pre under the aus . Club at p.m. Topic. Temple Man’: Cooper Will Speak. William Knowles Cooper of the Young Men’s Christian Association will address the members of George town Presbyterian Church under the auspices of the Men's Bible Class to- morrow at § p.m. His subject will be “Young Men and the Modern Church.” The meeting will be held in the church auditorfum. Theosophist Lecture. “Practical Occultism” of lecture tomorrow night at 8:1 o'clock at the United Lodgze of Theos ophists, 709 Hill Building, Seventeenth and I streets, is the subject WO-WAY PULPIT ! | | Pastor Aposties’ BY JOHN ROACH Calvary T President F In 1 Peter, i.19, in speaking of Chri ‘He went and preached unto ts in prison.” And in Ephe V.9, it i t before Christ “ascended up on high,” He also de- scended, first “into the lower part of the earth.” The passages in Scrip. ture connected with what occurr- red between Christ’s death and His appearance upon earth follow ing the resurrec tion are obscure and necessarily difficult of full omprehension, be. cause our finite minds do not com- pletely understand 5 the conditions of | the unseen spirit world, and God has not seen fit to reveal these conditions in any great detail to us The Greek in these passages indi- cates that they do not mean that this preaching of Christ to the spirits in prison was “the gospel,” but simply a heralding or announcement of H finished " work. The Greek word ‘Hades,” the equivalent of the “sheol” of the Old Testament, m derworld or abode of depart where both the evil dwell until the judgment Of necessity, the immediate effects of Christ's death and resurrection were marked on the state of both the god and the ungodly in the place of departed_spirit From Chri Lazaru: s dise—those and thos ew York it says: the spi sians, Dr. STRATON the good ble of Dives and t between pz “Abraham’s bosom’— P ering the torment of the lost, there is “a_great gulf fixed,” and that those in the place cannot cross ver into the other. The thought, there- fore, that some have had that Christ’s preaching to the spirits in the und world meant that some of them were carried up with Him as trophies of i cannot mean that the preaching v unto salvation, and that a chan came in those who suffered beca their unbelief and sins upon earth. If any of the spi in the underworld lid ascend with Christ it only meant that, through His finished work on the cross and His glorious resurrec tion, some who were in Abraham’s bosom we to a higher plane of blessedn to God. If such were the , then even that must have been once for all, because the pture is clear in teaching that death confirms the spiritual destiny of those who have lived upon earth either for weal or woe, heaven or hell There is absolutely -no teaching in Scripture of a “second chance” after death, or of a “purgatory” for the souls of men. ot only the direct teaching of our ster Himself in the parable of Dives and Lazarus before referred to, but such other passages as that in Revelation, xxii.11. “He that is unjust, let him be un- just still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is| righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still,” indicate that there can be no change of the relationship of the soul to God after death, but that “as the tree falls so must it lle.” In other words, the matter of being lost or saved is not merely an inter: esting theological speculation, but a question which has a most direct and vital bearing on our happiness and usefulness in the present world. (Copyright, 1927.) LEAGUE MEETING OFF. Bishop’s Crusade Postpones Church- man’s Sessions. se of e a M George A. King, president of the Churchman’s League of the District of Columbia, announces that the Mid- winter meeting of the league, which was scheduled for January 25, will indefinitely postponed to permit members to attend services in con- nection with the bishops’ crusade. meeting of the Lay- «ociation has been ame reason. be men’s abandoned fol HOGG TO TEACH CLASS. Indiana Representative to Attemd Fifth Baptist Church. Representative David Hogg of In- diana will teach the Darlington Ber Sunday school class at the Fifth Bap- tist Church tomorrow morning and William Knowles Cooper of the Y. M. C. A. the Baraca class for men. Dr. John E. Briggs has returned from the West and will preach on “An_ Ancient Recipe for a Happy Life” tomorrow morning and “How the Barly Church Grew" at night. . Evangelistic Series On. Rev. Dr. John Paul Tyler, 1 will preach tomorrow at both services of Epworth M. E. Church South, Thirteenth street and North Carolina avenue northeast. With the services of und evening, the pastor ated a series of evangeli for Sunday and Thursday srvices to continue for the tor, service | evenings, the several weeks. Rear Admr. Wood Reads. At the meeting of the Men's Club of Christ Church, Georgetown, last Mond evening, a story entitled at’ Price Pacifism?” by Lieut. inker, was read by Rear Admiral power when He ascended on high | > Spencer 8. Wood, U. 8. N,, first vice president of ‘the -gluhy DAUGHTERS OF KING 10 MEET THURSDAY Winter Council Session to Be Held in All Souls’ Memo- rial Church. The order of the Daughters of the | King of the Episcopal Church in the diocese of Washington will hold its | Winter council meeting in All Souls’ Memorial Church, on Cathedral ave- nue, next Thursday at § p.m. Rev. H. H. D. Sterrett, rector of the church, will make an address “The council will be attended by the | n officers of the order and by | s from the various parish Arrangements will be made ticipation by the diocese of ashington in the national d corporate intercession of the I | ters of the King, which is held | nually the feast of purifieation. Arrangements will be completed the presentation of the self-denial of- fering which will be held in St. An- s Church on the evening of Feb- Miss Lillian J. oper, diocesan presi- | dent of the order, announced she will welcome at any of the meetings wom- en of the Episcopal Church who are interested in the work of the Daugh- ters of the King. “THAT BETTER SELF,” | SUBJECT AT MT. VERNON | Rev. Dr. W. A. Lambeth to Tell of | Privileges of Blessed at Night. W. A. Lambeth, pastor nH Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church| South, will preach tomorrow morning on “That Better Self” and in the eve- ning on “The Privileges of the Blessed.” Rev. Mr. McKee will have for his subject at the junior church :\V‘Hrm g pastor’s visiting committee will | Monday at 8 p.m. at the church. | ulbert v will give a costume _recital of folk_songs at o'clock Wednesday. Dr. Lambeth w conduct the prayer service Tnumx.u, evenir At the Thursday added to the b Rev. I second quarterly conference evening the following were rd of stewards: John W. Burrus, Russell A. Conn, Dr. James Hawfield, Bernard D. Hath- cock and Dr. Clem C. Williams. W, H. Trolinger, the local treasurer of the centenary fund, reported that Mount Vernon Church has contributed | to the centenary cause $40,000. BISHOP WILL PREACH AT CATHEDRAL SERVICE Canon Stokes, Returning From West Virginia, Wiil Speak at 11 O’clock. Right Rev. James Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will preach the sermon tomorrow afternoon at the choral evensong in Bethlehem Chapel of Washington Cathedral. This service will be broadcast at 4 p.m. The services at Washington Cathe- dral tomorrow will be as follows: Beth- lehem Chapel, 7:30 a.m., holy com- munion; 10 a.m., morning prayer and litany; 11 a.m., holy communion and sermon, celebrant, Very Rev. G. C. E. Bratenahl, dean of Washington, and the preacher will be Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon of Washington Cathedral, who has been in the diocese of West Virginia on the bishops’ cru- sade; 4 p.m., choral evensong with ser- mon, Rev. William L. DeVeries, chan- cellor of Washington Cathedral, .con- ducting the service. EDUCATOR TO SPEAK. Dr. George E. MacLean in' Pulpit of Chevy Chase Church. Dr. George E. MacLean, formerly of Iowa State University, will preach at the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Dr. MacLean is at present entative of the American universities in the association of uni- versities throughdut the English- speaking world. “The Field Is the vorld” will be the topic of his ser- Kasim,” a Persian drama, will be presented Thursday night at the church at 8 o'clock. There will be no admission fee. The play is being sponsored by the Women's Mission- ary Society. Lectures on Christian Worship. A course of lectures‘on Christian worship and the prayer book will be given every evening from January 31 to February 11, except Saturday and unday, at St. Mark's Parish Hall, A near Third street southeast, under the direction of Rev. Frederick E. Seymour, educational secretary of the Diocese of Pennsylvani Pastor Back in Pulpit. Rev. F. W. Johnson, after absence of several weeks because of illness, expects to occupy his pulpit tomorrow at Grace Baptist Church. This church will hold gospel meetings beginning February 6 under the leadership of Rev. Joe J. Payne. Speaks on “Tree of Life.” At the services tomorrow of the Christian Science Parent Church at the Hotel La Fayette, at 11 o'clock, Mrs. Bill will speak on the subject, ‘““The Tree of i.ife’—the symbol of the systematic unfolding of immor- tality, I ——— T | work | own life and His kingdom. BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON. PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. Mark, 1.35; vi.9-13. Golden Text. shall be given ve shall find; be opened thew, Vii.7. 36; Matt., —Ask, and it vou; seek, and knock, and it shall unto you. Mat- Prayer is an absolute necessity for every believer. It is the greatest privilege ever given to man, and the use of communion with God is essen- tial to the maintaining of one’s spir- itual vitality and power. Our Lord believed in prayer, taught His dis- ciples to pray and prayed Himself. Our Ma tice of conferring with the Father is emphasized in the Gospels Hebrew: learn of His “strong crying and tear: in prayer has told us that His s done by the power of God's nd it was His habit to seek the needed spiritual strength for ice through pr His impressive example and earnest teaching has made it clear that every Christian ought to recognize an individual and srsonal dependence upon “Our Father in heaven” for help to live the Christian life. Prayer furnishes the opportunity for one to definitely relate his soul to God’s life, love, and abor. Christ’s revelation of the Father- od of God should encourage us to draw near with a true heart of full urance of faith” in His desire to hare with us all of His richest bless- ings. Our fellowship and relation- ship with Him is such that we ought to be anxious to confer with Him about all the problems relating to our He has in prayer spirit, spoken unto us in the Bib! we can talk with Him. We should not go to our Lord, seeking like beg- | gars gifts for ourselves, without tak- time to permit Him to talk with us concerning the advancement of His Church and cause among men. The P blessings in prayer come from allowing God to speak with us in the silent moments of spiritual fel- lowship. The Master's Example. We have the Master’s example for the morning watch. After a stren- uous day of ministry unto men, Jesus in the following morning, with- to the desert to find in secret ver power for service. There is r hour for one to confer with God than the early morning, when no outside disturbance can interfere with the soul's communion with the Lord. We an example of His tarr ing upon the mountain late at night in order that He might, free from the crowds that followed Him, pour out His soul in prayer. Preceding every important event in His life Jesus sought guidance from the Father. He prayed before He selected the 12. Prayer is associated with the confes- sion of Caesarea Philippi. Upon the return of the 70 from their missionary journey, the Master gave thanks for tneir victories. While He pray ing upon the mount and conferring with Moses and Elijah He was figured. The weakness of our spir- itual life can be traced to the neglect of the privilege of prayer. Power de- pends upon our life of intercession. The night Jesus spent on the moun- tain praying should teach us that there are hours, when we should be persistent in our pleadings with God The last night that”Jesus spent on carth in the flesh He agonized in prayer to learn the Father's will and to obtain His help for the great sac- rifice that He was called to make upon the cross. Calvary was deter- mined in Gethsemane, where His apostles failed to watch with Him while He prayed. The cross was the outcome of His prayer life. Social Prayer. It is instinctive in man to turn to God for ald in emergencles. Jesus left the upper room to face the great- est crisis in human history in Geth- semane, where He was accustomed to spend hours in prayer. The disciples knew His practice and the place; if not, Judas could not have betrayed his' Lord. When the Master ap- proached the old olive grove He sought seclusion by approaching eight of the apostles, watchmen to warn Him of any approaching danger. He selected three to be companions with Him_in prayer, requesting them to atch with Him while He went a step away in the grove to pray. Flee- ing away from human society, it is evident that Jesus longed for His disciples to share with Him the last hours of His ministry. He had fre- quently opened up His soul to them and _expounded to them the message of His Gospel in that garden, but they failed Him, even after they had been warned of His approaching danger. There is something about the Master’s request that they share the spiritual experience of Gethsemane with Him that indicates His feeling of the need of human sympathy when He prayed for Divine aid. “He must brace His body, nerve His soul, and calm His spirit for the trial. He knew that His physical strength was being sapped by the intense rate at which He was going in His efforts to help humanity. He felt keenly the apostacy of Judas, and He had ‘a right to question whether His heart could hold out through the coming experiences and trial. He may have felt that He was dying there in the garden without completing His task of saving man. He was fighting for His soul, and praying for His life, that He would be able to finish the work of redemp- tion. In His agony Christ revealed His habitual prayer, that not His own, but that the Father's will might be done. He did not pray that He should be spared from making the sacrifice of the cross. He plead for power to do His Father’s will. He did not seek release from duty or from His responsibility. He needed help to master His physical weakness, and He, ht a victory over Himself, so thaf He could complete His ap- pointedisuffering and sacrifice. His prayer Was answered. An angel drew near strengthen Him, when the forces 9t @amdh, that were revealed by the extraordinary sweat of blood, which indicated a breaking down of the physical nature, were conquered While He craved the disciples’ sym- pathy and support, each time that He returned He found them sleeping, when they should have shared with Him the hours of suffering, sorrow and struggle. Alone He fought the battle request for their pres ence justifies our king the fellow- ship of prayer when we are called upon to face the end of our days or master any of the many difficulties of life. The same disciples that slept while He p were among the number who had asked Him to teach them how to pray The Disciples’ Prayer. The prayer that He gave in answer to that request has been called the Lord’s prayer. His plea for us is recorded in the Gospel of John, while the model that Jesus gave to His dis- ciples has been repeated by millions throughout the centuries and been used as a form of prayer. In sim- plicity, directness and comprehensive- ness it gives men in 65 words everything that men should seek in prayer. Following the divisions of the Ten Commandments, this model prayer has two divisions, those that face Godward and those that face selfward. In the first, we are taught to “pray for our Father’'s honor, do- minion, service; and then for our preservation, pardon, protection.” This prayer reverses the common order of our petitions. the habit of coming to God and pre- senting their own needs first. we are taught to postpone all selfis requests and put first the thought of God, His personality, purpose and power. Jesus opened a new concep- tion of Jehovah when He taught them God's relation to them, by urg- ing that they approach Him as “Our Father.” It taught them the brother- hood of man. It pointed out that the Father’s home was ours, for we ap- proach Him as children full of con- fidence and trust in His power and desire to bles The first petition that faces God- ward calls for the reverence of His name. It condemns the use of His name in profane oaths. The prayer for the coming of the Kingdom of God was an ancient one of the He- Jesus gave it a human, uni- and spiritual conception. In this one can find the Master’s social ideals. He seeks a new kingdom that starts the spiritual life of the believ The Kingdom of God with Christ as the King depends upon a changing of the character of men to secure the changed social order. The coming of His Kingdom is assured when all men do His will. When through a consecration of all Christians to doing the will of the Father a new age is the affairs of men, the dreams of all social reformers of the past will be surpassed by the new order. The fourth petition puts a limita- tion upon human ambition and de- e. It calls a halt upon the active American, whose zeal and anxiety to live today tomorrow's life ha us the social disease, A The request for strength for toda: needs does not call for us to quit personal effort, but recognizes how for our daily food we are dependent upon God's gifts. The prayer for forgiveness is the easiest to under- stand but the hardest to pray. It impossible for one to have the spirit of prayer if he does not love his brother. The plea for help in hours of temptation calls for us to seek to avoid temptation, but to fight to conquer them when we meet them with help from above. If we are try- ing to do His will, we can depend that God will take care of us. An eminent preacher has well said t] “God can do in and through a man who prays what He cannot do in and through a man who does not pray, just as a teacher can do for a boy who studies what he cannot do for a boy who refuses. Prayer is one form of co-operation with God by which we give Him the oppor- tunity of doing in us what He has wanted to do, perhaps, for years. Let us ask, seek and knock in faith until God answers our prayers In ac- cordance with His will and for His glory. WILL SPEAK ON “POLICY.” Rev. Edward 0. Clark to Give Ser- mon in Evening on Robert E. Lee. Rev. Edward O. Clark, the pastor, will preach at the Chevy Chase Bap- tist Church tomorrow on the subject, “What Price Policy?” The junior Church, with a story sermon, con- venes at 11 a.m. At 8 p.m. Rev. Mr. Clark will have for his theme, “Robert E. Lee, Chris- tian.” The evening service will be in commemoration of the birthday anniversary of the Confederate gen- eral. The study of the Book of Genesis will be continued at the prayer meeting Thursday, which will be followed by the quarterly business meeting. HEFLIN WILL SPEAK. Senator to Address Class at Con- gress Street Church Tomorrow. Senator Heflin of Alabama will ad- dress the Harrison Bible Class of Con- gress Street Methodist Protestant Church tomorrow at 9:45 a.m. in the auditorium of the church. The women of the church have been invited to Jjoin with the men’s class at this serv- ice as their guests. Donald Leatherwood will charge of the lesson. Rev. Dr. F. B. Harris to Speak. have Rev. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of Foundry Methodist Chnm);, will be the speaker at the 4 o'clock vesper service tomorrow afternoon at Northminster Chapel, Alaska and Georgia- Am i Men are in| ushered into ! REV. REED RESIGNS RECTORSHIP- HERE Accepts Call to St. Andrew’s Church of Camden, N. J. Ladies’ Guild Elects. Rev. Walter B. Reed has resigned the rectorship of Advent parish of the piscopal Church, in the Diocese of Washington, to accept a call to St Church, at Camden, N. J The services at Advent Church, at Second and U streets, tomorrow will be conducted by Rev. William H. Nes, former rector of Holy Trinity parish, in Prince Georges County, Md. The resignation of Rev. J. associate minister in parish, this city, has been Rev. Bomberger will move 1 to his new duties in St. s Church, Wheeling, W. Va. Philip Davis, a student at the Virginia Theological Seminary, will take up the duties of Mr. Bomberger in connec- tion with the boys' work at Epiphany Church Rev. Willlam H. Nes will preach at the Church of the Advent tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock. The annual election of the Ladies' Guild resulted as follows: Mrs. Har. vey Graham, president; Mrs. Hayes, vice president; Mrs. ( recording _secretary; Andrew H. A. Richard and Mrs. > guild will ser 17 in the parish ha Officers in the Youn clety were recently elected iss Grace K. Foley, president: Jame Kirkland, vice president; William Mae- alpen, secretary, and Thomas Graham, treasurer GIRLS’ SOCIETY WILL HEAR BISHOP PREACH Branch at Epiphany Church to At tend Services to Ald Crusade. Mrs. Edward B. Meigs, dic president of the Girls' Friendly of the Episcopal Church in W ton, has received word that the mem bers of the branch at Epiphany Church will attend in a body the serv ice to be held in that church Monday, evening, as a the bi muyv~ crusade. preache at this The chapter of Stephen's Chu body the crusade se St. at St I attend In a ice to be held in reh Monday eve r at St k Flinch n to the bishops' members of the Girls’ at St. John's Church in Georgetown will sing in the choir at the ¢ de services in that church each evening during the duration of the crusade. Dr. Robert K. Massie of Lexington, Ky., will be the crusade speaker at St. John's, SOCIAL SERVICE SUNDAY TO BE OBSERVED HERE Episcopal Clergy and Worshipper: Asked to Remember Work in Their Prayers. The National Council of the Epis copal Church in the United States has designated tomorrow to be known as “Social Service Sund: The clergy and people of the church are asked to remember in their prayers the work of so service. The national de- partment of Christian social service sts that on that day all social s in every parish make their communion together, and that ter service they meet together, per- t breakfast or luncheon, for n of their problems with sctors e fourth year that “Social Sunday” has been observed in the Episcopal Church. STUDENTS TO CONDUCT SERVICES AT CHURCH Princeton University Group to Be As their con crusade, the Friendly Society in Charge Tomorrow at Church of Covenant. at the will be in of students The services tomorrov Church of the Cov it charge of a deputatic from Princeton University. These students arrived at the church last night, when they met the young peo- ple of the church at a buffet supper and led them in a round-table confer ence. The students will speak at the Sun® day school tomorrow and at both of the church services. The night service !will be specially for students and other young people. Dr. Willlam Mather Lewis of Gec Washington University is exper to preside. The Christian Endea vice will be in the form of a fellowship tea, beginning at 6:15 o'clock Midweek service will be held Thurs- day at 8 p.m. BZBY GETS SHIP PASS. Child Born on Liner Given Right to Free Trips at An/ Time. NEW YORK, Januar cause Lydia Bellach, 9 ¢ born at sea, she will be 1 make. a round trip to Italy charge at any time she ‘The child was born on t liner Presidente Wils: parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henr: were returning from a visit to It When the vessel docked in yesterday Giuseppe Cosulich, York head of ‘the line, prese entit use, born go New ed the g the he said, on a Cosulich liner in 1927. DR. PIERCE TO PREACH. “Every Man and Jesus Christ” Sub- ject of Sermon. “Every Man and Jesus Christ” Is to be the subject of the sermon by Rev. Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce at All Souls® Church (Unitarian), Sixteenth and Harvard streets, tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. This is one of a series of sermons on the general subject, “What Every Man Should Know About Re- ligion,” and being entirely from the modern point of view it has attracted considerable attention. At _the morning service at 11 o'clock Dr. Pierce will take for his subject “The Unsealed Eyes." MISSIONARY TO SPEAK. Dr. Linzell of India to Preach at Hamline Church. Dr. Lewis E. Linzell of India will preach tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church, Sixteenth at Allison street. Rev. Dr. J. T. Herson will preach » “God in the morning at 11 o'clock, his sub- dect being. Limited by, by Man," \