Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1927, Page 14

THE EVENING STAR, 14 CHURGH DEDICATION PLANS ANNOUNCED ~ Services to Be Held at AI-: bright Memorial Evangelical | October 30 to November 13. rvices at the now slical Church, | Dedicatory se bright Memorial Evans Tourth and Rittenhor which Rev. Gegrze 1 pastor, will be ifeld to November 13. During the middle “Chureh Fellowship Teld, iz which con fon will conduct a ¢ ion evange ninent of October week” wil members of m W memibers ill appear o including Bi: iel Polling, Collegiate Ci d president Society. pastor o of New Christian Dr. Pol address cople’s rally at the church which will be attended in by mini Yor of the minister will be ente Albright « will he in t conference will be one of the spe: Yie will be invited meeting of the ministe: 3w, supe which inc wtion, will 1 ial group meetin elebr: tion of the first u gelical Church which ton by all of the th. ill he held at the | School tomorrow | At the morning Rev. ) Schnabel will have as he Most Underpaid Prof At the ev ning service he will deliver the tl in his series of book sermons, the sub- Ject being “The Mc Revolt of Youth,” by Judge Ben B. Lindsey. REV. DR. SHANNON TO FILL | MOUNT VERNON PULPIT| Rev. Dr. John Reid Shannon will | preach at both services tomorrow at the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South durin the absence of Rev. Dr. Lambeth, who is attending the conference ion at Roanoke, Va. Barber C. Palmer will | address the junior congreg: n. The Senior Epworth League will held a social meeting in the church parlors at 530 o'clock, following which there will be a rally in the day school at €:45 p.m. The you people’s department of the Sund (g#chool will have a business meetin and election of officers Monday at § pm. An Epworth League busines meeting will be held Tuesday at p.m. in room 10. o _ The regular night meceting of the wWoman’s Missionary Society will be Meld in room 10 next Wednesday at + 8 pm. The board of stewards will meet » {Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. BIBLE READERS MEET. The Bible Readers’ League held a ublic meeting Tuesday evening in he auditorium of the Mount Pleasant, Library. The program included the presen- tation of a number of subjects re- lated to the general topic of impor- Xance of familiarity with the Bible. There was an_informational discus- fion of several interesting and in- structive points. A resolution was ,,Empwl to request the pastors of the pub- crnoon Novem tendent of ti des the the leader of ho will hold t m of the of the nov s erec churck Sunday 9:45 o'clock preaching serv 8 at “Mistrict, in connection with the unching of the Fall campaign of “evangelism, to urge upon their respec- tive congregations the need for adopt- ing a plan of personal, systematic Bible reading as a preparation for co-operation in the movement. The Jeague decided to continue the discus- /mion of the general subject at a meet- Zlhg in the near future to be later an- nounced. e s, DR. PORTER TO PREACH. . Samuel Judson Porter, pastor of | the First Baptist Church, Sixteenth 2ts, announces his 11 o'clock Socit “hrist?” Dr. Porter deliver the addresses entitled “Twelve | Portraits of the Christ,” commencing Bunday evening, October ears of this church, died last, and at the prayer meeting Fesolutions were presented. Beginning October 16, the church | will hold special services for four days n a special effort to bring in 100 new mbers. The Scandinavians will hold v Dr. Wilson Becton Conducts Serv- fces at John Wesley A. M. he John Wesle ch, Fourteen b the scene of 1 gelistic camp Wi and this wh . Zion. Zion | Chu h h sory ¢ school W of $17 for his been with hurch, h A recent offer 000 phurch property The officers wre seeki CANON RUDD IN CHARGE ch of the tomorrow ock, with tion of the rved tomor- Churct In ock give In the evenir tor will preach upon “God’s Call for a Man.” Xondeavor will begin at 7 p.m. upon Which A gregation tian Science at 11 o'clock of the Chris: h tomorrow stel La Fayette. ! dom upon the medi | denial_of | court “like the flash | fering from famine due to the drought {4h DRAMATIC EVENTS IN BIBLE HISTORY . School Lesson. hen came the droudht and starvation. = ided by Jehovah, Elijah hid himself beside the brook Cherith,where ravens brought him food, When the brook dried, the prophet was suc- cored by 3 poor widow,whose Food supply was miraculously replenished.When her son died, Elijah restored him to life through prayer: \ Hsrael long since had fallen into idol- atry. Undél Ahab, the wicked king,and Jezebel, his queen, the people became worshippers of Baal. Then from the wilderness came the prophet Elijah, Fcrtelling a great drought hecause Jehovah *had”been forgotten. = = s E”. = = | 2 A Fter thre Elijah challen to e and one-half years, nged the priests o prove their gods power. On Mount Baal Carmel, two altars were erected andtwo bullocks sacrificed. All day, four hun~ . dred and fifty priests prayed fruitlessl to Baal for fire toignite t’ileir offering. i 2 At night fall, Elijah pdured water on hig altar until it ran on ali'sides. At his prayer, the fire ' of Jehovah destroyed it all. Prophet and people seized the false priests and killed them. Fd © 157 Ausnens Sadeare MISSION INSTRUCTION SCHOOL IS PLANNED enth Am\\;.;l S; 7i<¥n to Be }!eldi October 1 15 Here. l Sunday School Lesson BY REV. HLU | (i ¢ that was | it is called | River nr{ The victory was c¢ nation had been won for wah in one day and the prophet 1to prayer for rain stianity has won n some he to stand : for icen Chr he ove he n TEVENSON, nated from the ti ELIJAH ON MOUNT CARMEL. 1 Kings, xviii.1-46. Golder hein ed session of the Instruc Woman's | IFed- | wher | Arvangements are for tho tenth annual re School for Missionary its greatest | tion under auspices of the » soul { Interdenominatior onary glory of | eration, which 1 Oc S of ourf] 14, 15 from that | Mour ions. The | copal Church $ er Damicn | Mys, Mildred « alnia Sleights Chyistian Church simi- | cnairman of program; Miss Hamilton Clavk of Marvin Methodist_Iipis K { capal Chureh South, Mrs. H. W. O. iam Booth w illinzton Highlands — Baptist P he Salyation | Church ana I, 8. Pitts of Me- | el 5 < -3 scopal € im. | & v : . Kendree Iiscopa ; are registrars, and Mr Cockrell of the entertaini in charge of study class hool | school is open to all women. | BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL HAS OPENING RECEPTION| aining School tion in the Monday ev | Choose y day whom ye will TR —Joshua, Xxiv. [ DA s IS | we ¢ the proph con; open early ts quarter in of the Colum m of Re Solomon, Bl in the court king of the calamity and ed. The prop mncd the k covenant relat Jehovah and Is for the substitution of the i Daal place ¢ the wor hoval by the people. He married Jez el, the daughter of the pr and the King of Zidon, solzht to 1 the v red d the ational s tha abruptly Ahab, w pro: guided, v by Miss 1 to win t n Buropean lan to a point in the B and eivilization that ould choecse whom we God bas no use for trim- wocrites. He is calling for fearl tand not man talents. sonal power men to repent of in the gra [ the unite with 1is Church < in His kingdom. Let question of our whole 1y we will serve the Lord. REVIVAL MEETINGS. Harvey Mc_Ali Services at Tabernacle. of God conc ting betwer beca will serve nsi He should to per- The Columbia Bible T heid its open Washington Hotel ning. Mrs. John New vice president of the b and a member of th schoo ~use of h . A1l his e & The uncouth of the nation’s peril fell upon the 1 of the i i ng sword in its not be found i made fun ond Jordan, d that was suf Jesus, D to by settle th life and sharp as a bl and h den vividne: when the court, who h: the man from I cd the whole 1 . Cummin tor of Garden Memorial Presbyte Church, who is also a member of th board of trustees and of the executive committee and of the faculty, Dr. Samuel Judson Porter, First Daptist Church, made the ripal add Others who spoke : Rev. Richardson, Dr. njamin J. Brooks | t he had predicted. When the water of Cheroth failed God sent him to a widow of Zarephath, whose faith served to revive the weary prophet vhen_ he appeared in the pasan land \ hour when her supply of oil and flour was about used up. Due to God's biessing, the oil and flour | continued to last ophet was ordered to return to Israel, face |1 , issue a challenge for him to s of Jehovah and Baal peans of a public assembly. Encouraged by the support Jehovah had given to him during the long pe riod of the famine, His answers to the prophet’s prayers that brought the widow’s son from the dead, and the evidence of the peace, protection and power that God’s presence had given the prophet, Elijah returned to Isracl, met Ahab according to appointment, il dictated terms to the king who had H placed a price upon his head. The embly of the nation was called to meet at Mount Carmel, that is recoz- nized as one of the finest beautiful mountains in P: whole range is called Je er Is Conducting| of Harvey MeAlister is conducting re- | al meetings at Full Gospel Tabe srth Capitol and K street iture of the services tomorrow wil the interchurch communion sery. t 10:45 am. The theme of the rmon for the morning service will e Lord’s Cup.” The afternoon Tegins at 2:30 o'clock. Har or of the h, has i ation | to worshipers of ominations to | : st McAlister at the eve- when_ the topic will be Lord Kill the Devil v na t St. Paul's street south of will meet ever for Dr. A Bible c Twenty-third ington circ day even of the ated by the large season Rev, Dr. h of the Epiph- 1 at the out usiasm gene s taught last Phillips at the Cin any, and it is bel zestion of 1 D Frecman, Dr. Ph non De Vries | and Eugene B, Thompson, who man- | s the Epipha have b vited to be pre the first meeting of the cl n En- I street between ind Third streets, will ting of the Cleveland Tow at § p.m. Th r will be the pasto . Washington, official dele to the convention. Nine other will make three-minute cony prin The World's Great Drama, S Romance may be challenged to rival the world's er ma enacted upon Carmel resentativi in the weird tragedy before the sembled nation. The multitude looked upon_the strange contrast furnished by Elijah, the champion of Jehovs and truth, who had been a despised outlaw for months, standing alone in defiance against the priests who had shared the favor of the court and the people’s generosity The obscure, despised and hated prophet demonstrated his faith by hi courageous challenge t the people choose between Jehovah and Bral by | using.a test of fire, suggesting that | “the god that amswereth by fire, let him be God.” It is evident th t mass of the people in the w no difference betw al and Jehovah. Many | eived by false teachings | that they true Chris- | ns, when their life, labor and love | not correspond to the teaching. of Christ, who insists, just as I did, that we must “come out f among them. g pirit s through have demanded that give God the supreme place thoughts and acts. Elijah took the position that Paalism did not blend, and insisted t ake their choice eithe nst Jehovah as God., Isracl ation called for the over the restoration of a s We need to reme 1lous God; that He is nd that the one who would im must worship Him in We cannot serve WILL HONOR PASTOR. At the First Univers Church, to meet at the Ambassador Theater, izhteenth strect and Columbia road, tomorrow at .m., the pastor, Rev. { Dr. Frede Perkins, will preach on the theme, “Sheep and Goats, The church school will convene in the upstairs lobby of the theater im- med the morning serv M r, superintender This is rally At 7 tional meeting of the Young People n Union at the y h h ct, topic, “Forward led by Miss Clara B h and P Tuesd: Brindl the office of dent of that | nization for s term. pam., devo- 1601 onwar COMMUNION PLANNED. Quarterly communion services will be held at the Metropolitan Methodist Church tomorrow morning. Rev. Dr. James Shera Montgomery will pre- side. In the evening at 8 o' give rmon lecture of a_practical and direct nature. His subject will be, “The Failure at Home.” of the District leazue, Mr, Brin- dle holds the office of vic president of the TL.uther League of the Ma nd Synod and is a memrer of the cutive committee of the Luther League of Amel v and ()fi the Washington Interdenominational Young People’s Committ Other officers to be in- meeting are Robert vice pr ne- ment League; Herman J. \d vice president, Z recording s iss Edith Lawson, ock he will Brindle. MISSION ARRANGED. yner Banks, m ashington Cathe- a mission on pe from October 9 to 16 rch, Thirteenth and . upon_invitation nek. nks is the director of the of the Nazarere at Mountain Like ew Jei He was one of the group lead t the third an- nual Summer conference of the Col- e of Pr at Washington hedral la: COMMUNION SERVICE. At the morning service of the Wi minster Presbyterian Church the y tor, Rev.’ W. Tolson, will preach on the words, “Lord, Is It 12" Holy communion will be celebrated. At the evening service the pastor will preach a picture sermon on the famous picture, “The Last Supper, Irving Koch, lif by Leonardo 1 A copy of the Luther Le: the picture will be thrown on the ict of Columbia, was a speaker |screen. meeting, { crly t the for or Re sion pi that God is a j L Spirt, 2 worship V stre ; of the r Dr. E Socic Luther Le ce st Sunday Leazue work, the follow took a Elijah knew Lutheran Church 1 roon on Intermediate ch conferenc ict League officer {he discussion: Paul I 1o, pr Miss Ethel Tu ng, sceond vice president, and 1 {L. 8 Juy i secref Mankin, pastor of the “h, and Charles Wise, superin. nt of the Sunday school, intro- s questions for us- | coup. A model Luthe conducted by M nd the ¢ rge of Mis rotest nd one t s e. Baal | ar power | v n | deceptic the secret nd_the head of Tsis from y the priests 1ded oracles, Eve the open o 1l the acts of v s life se Y . her League of the M { throuzk latan of & themselve v of until’ the fell and )t New York R ST S oneo ot Thearnation | REV. MR. BEEBE TO TALK. on Junior Luther s e a Milton O. will preach : | Church, South, Thirteenth and 2 Shg ‘l'dl‘nlin.l venue northeast, tome ye.|at 11 o'clock duri absence of upon | tev. Dr. John Paul Tyler, pastor, who newly annual conference in kened by of blood ir exe the loss Society | - Rev. Make Our R : to be [U. 8- A, 2 is the topi st. Mark's e Laurs Haye an address 1 Itimore, 1 in his ironic i ev Md., the 1d hear ired th Sunday will preach at the nt servi chmic s the insti pre: vice Kraut south- evenir ateau, ne .. |8 p.m. service. ! Rally Day at Church. % At the Western Presbyterian Church, H street between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, there will be a rally d: service tomorrow by the Sunday school at 10:15 am. At 11 o'clock a sermon will be preached by the pastor. Rev. J. Harry Dunham, on “Green Pasture: Holy commun- ion will be celebrated and new mem- bers received. At 7 o'clock Ch ijuh prepar Naced upon it the erifice ed with water, and prayed for | h to prove by fire that He was | Fre answered and | Hol their faith | Marg priests of Paal ‘ yetary e 1o the mmand of I31ijal service Jower declivities of the moun. | dent of the District Lea is mound called m Gelston, recording secret. pre rst, . piani ational “Donald, s lvelyn Paul I “On the : tr | tain ost | will med Famous Churches Qf the World Cathedral of § l‘lll-l Cathedral of St. Joseph, in far- off New Zealand, is an imposing building in the Gothic style. Unlike the many notable churches of Europe, it is comparatively new structure, for the see of Dunedin was founded only so recently as 18 The ground plan is cruciform, with central tower and spire and the build- ing contains many fine_windows of Munich stained glass. Close cathedral is a convent of the religious of the third order of St. Dominic, Joseph, Dunedin, New Zealand | some 18 miles long. | | popularly called “The Monastary,” to which is attached a large boarding school for girls, managed by the sisters of that rule, The city of Dunedin is but little known in America, but it is one of the most important municipalities of sw Zealand. Tt was founded in 1848 uer the auspices of an association of Scotch philantropists. It is a very prosperous city situated in an amphi- theater of beautiful hills and ap- proached from the sea by an inlet FEDERATION TO MEET. Woman's Interdenominational Mis- sionary Group to Hold Session. The fivst Fall meeting of the Wom- 's Interdenominational Missionary wtion for conference and inter- yer will be held Friday at Mount Vernon Place iscopal Church South, wton Culbertson, presi- The subjects for con- tior will be “Temper- and_“Neighborhood Centers. Mrs. T. . Moore of the United Breth- ven Church will lead the devotional service, Addresses will be made by Mrs. L. White of Wallace Memorial United shyterian Church, chairman of the rtment of tempe nee in the fed- rtion; M. Pollock of the Kkington Preshyte Church, pres- ident of the W. John . DY s . J. E. Angel of All Protestant Episcopal Church t the members of the South Africa Gene i for conference “GIFT OF THE YEARS.” Rev. Henry B. Woodii | the Eeckington Presbyterian North Capitol street and Florida ave- nue, will give the first of a series of three Sunday morning sermons tomor- row on “T! ift of the Year: The sermon tomorrow morning is “Follow- m,” the second of the se- on “Middle Life”.and the third on “Old Age.” The theme of the Sunday evening sermon is “We Would See Jesus.” The international Sunday school les- son will be discussed next Thursday evening. The nmual home-coming socinl will be held in the Sunday school house Friday evening. The new members recei nto the fellowship of the church during recent months will be special guests. The social is iven under the auspices of the Aid pastor of Church, | BEGINS WINTER SCHEDULE _The Winter schedule of St. Augus- tine’s Church, Fifteenth reet, be- tween L and M streets, will begin to- morrow morning with high mass at 11 o'clock. Rev. Robert Froleich, act- ing pastor, will deliver the sermon. Ve will be sung in the after- o'clock by the Boy d by benediction of the ament, The Sodality of irgin will also begin on day evening at 8 o'clock. Alonzo J. Olds, the pastor, is on a four-week vacation. RALLY DAY Wedns Rev. away DAY PLANNED. nth street outh Carolina avenue southeast, s at 11 o'clock will have a ‘Church Home-Coming Service. pastor, Rev. come the members after the vac 1on and preach a_special sermon. The Lord’s supper will be observed. The Bible school, Rog , super- ntendent, will hold its v serv- e at 930 o'clock one of the faculty aptist Institute, will be the speaker ‘The three young people have their Fall rally at 6:45 pm. At p.m. the pastor’s subject will be After Death—\What?" PASTOR'S SERMON TEXT. “The Cup of the New Testament” will be the sermon subject at the 11 a.m. service tomorrow in Georgetown Lutheran Church, Wisconsin avenue and Volta place, Rev. Harold Beatty, pastor. Holy communion at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Junior church Iso at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavo tomor: hill of the p wh Distriet yder ks the very scene of their exceu est Au- deavor and at 8 o'clock the pastor It has been suggested that the nd Rev. Mr. will take for h ubject itselt may have were visitors, Aggressiveness, “the m: tion.” name of the Kishen at 7 pm. Door of Hope™ will be the t the evening service, o ) . W. Johnson, will wel- | tion | societies will | “GREATER JOY,” IS TOPIC. Dr. Pierce to Preach at First Con- gregational Services. At the service of the First Congre- gational Church, to be held tomorrow | morning in the Metropolitan Theater, | Tenth and F streets, at 11 o'clock, | the ‘ministe! Rev, Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, will preach on “G ter Joy.” Sund: School meets at 9:30 o'clock in the Metropolitan Theater and the y department meets k in the parish house, 938 Grant The Young People’s Societies irst Church will meet Sunday evening at_6:30 o'clock, the Y. P. S C. at 711 Tenth reet and the . 8. C. E. in the parish nouse. RECEPTION .IS PLANNED. ament of the Lord’s supper will be observed tomorrow morning at We: | ley Methodist Church, Connecticut ave- and Jocelyn street, preceded by the reception of new members. The Rev. Fred C. Reynolds ate and preach on “Consecrs studied. club held its first meet- ing of the Fall last Thursday evening. Col. McKelvey, president of the men club of All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase, was a guest and spoke briefl icner Dougherty told of some of the vicissitudes in the life of a District official. REOPENING IS PLANNED. The Ninth Street Chr will reopen its auditorium and new assrooms tomorrow after being 1 months for exten- ian Church he pastor, Dr. Benjamin H. Mel- ton, will have for his morning sub- ct, “The House of God,” and his ning subject will be, “Ang Old Time Love Letter.” “THE CHRISTIAN'S GOAL.” Rev. Dr. Boorde, pastor of Ter tist Church, will p morning on “The Ch and at 8 p.m. Mr: ship of speaker. will be n's Goal,” L. Blanken- will be the U. meeting 7 p.m. y_prayer service will be t 8 pm. The Ladies’ Aid v will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. for a business session. Rev. Dr. Walter H. Brooks, pastor neteenth Street Baptist Church 1l preach tomorrow at the 11 o’cloc service on_“Conflict of Affections.” At 8 o'clock the church will observe { communion. Sunday school meets at and Christian Endeavor Socie day evening at 8 o'clock. The church méets In prayer service Thursday at 8 o'clock. QUITTERS TO BE TOPIC. | “A Question for Quitters,” will be the sermon theme tomortow nigh 4 of Rev. EIl Prim, at the Second | | Baptist Church, Fourth i\/ll'nin a avenue southeast. mon will be deliv {oclock at the Eas Branch, Seventeenth and East ¢ streets, and at 8 o'clock at the church, The subject of the morning sermon wiil by “Beggars and Borrowers.” The Lord's supper will be observed i lat this servic —_ Rally Day at Church. _Rally day will be observed at Colum- EPISCOPAL DEPUTIES TO ATTEND SYNOD Many Plan Trip to Roanoke for Tenth Province of Washing- ton Meeting. Deputies and others in the Episcopal Church in the diocese of Washington i arranging to attend the tenth vnod of the Province of Washington, which will convene October 13 in Roanoke, Va The following have an official s in connection with the entitles them to hos 3 Freeman, Rev. Philip Rhinelander, Very Rev. G. C. itenahl, Rev. Dr.” George W. kinson, Rev. . Whitmore, Rev Rev. D. W. Curran, an, Rev. Dr. W. L orge W. Dow, Re 8. Dunlap, Stephen E. Kramer, Henry P. Blair, Dr. W. Sinclair Bowen, Edward L. Stock, Comdr. C. T. Jewell, Byron S. Adams, Prof. C. J. Ipin, H. L. Rust. Rt. Re ICHURCH NAMES OFFICERS. The Eastern Presbyterian Church, Dr. Alfred E. Barrows, pastor, elected new officers on all its board this week, On_the session—Myers C. Murray Deener, treas- H. Winslow, Edward B. ., Wiliiam T. Betts, Harry N. ms, Joseph H. Bishop, John S. Blake and Gail F. Bonham. On the board of deacons—William Dargie, president; Charles Loughery, secretary and treasurer; John H. Aliwine, Gil- bert M. Hutchinson, J, P. Hunnicutt and Frank J. Henning. On the board of trustees—Cieorge Loughery, presi- dent; John L. Ferguson, secretary; Charles W. Guest, treasurer; Charle F. Consaul, Dr. William E. Bradley, Capt. Marshall M¢Kibbin, Henry F. Allwine, Prof. William A. Beall and Thomas C. J. Baker. The Women'’s Missionary Society of sewing, Mrs. John S. Blake: secretary vs: President, Mrs. Alfred E. Bar- first vice president, Mrs. G. M. Hutchinson; second vice president, Mrs. E. Perry; secretary, Mrs. Walter L. Hagen; assistant secretary, Mrs. C. Murray Deener; treasurer, Mrs. George Kern; _secretary of literature, Mrs, John W. Reynolds; secretary. overseas sewing, Mrs. John'S. Blake; secretary Waldensian work, Miss Mary Kauff- VISITOR TO PREACH. _Members of the faculty of the Bap- tist Training School for Christian Workers will occupy the pulpit of the Fifth Baptist Church tomorrow morning and night. Rev. William P. Philips of Nashville, Tenn., will preach in the morning. The evening service will be in the interest of voung people’s work. The Junior, Intermediate and Senior Baptist Un- ions will attend in a body. Miss Annie L. Williams of Birmingham, Ala., and John Ruthveen are the speakers. Rev. Dr. Ray Palmer, recently of Califonria but_now of Washington, will teach the Darlington Berea Bible class tomorrow morning. TOPIC OF REV. E. H. SWEM. Rev. E. Hez Swem, pastor of Cen- tennial Baptist Church, returns to his pulpit tomorrow night after a 10- week absence, and will give “a talk to those who have been patients in a hospital (as he was recently), to those who will be very soon, and to others who will surely find them- selves some time in hospital beds.” The 11 o'clock morning sermon will be preached by Rev. J. H. Strong. WOMAN TO SPEAK. Elizabeth ¥. Ketchum will be the speaker tomorrow morning at Peck Memorial Chapel. The pastor will speak at the evening service on the ibject, “What It is to Be a Chris- t “The Cuthbert Men's Class will meet before the morning service, at which ddress will be given. The Sunday session will be held at 3 o'clock. ian Endeavor Society will “How to Make the Society More Successful.” TOPICS FOR SERMONS. At the Highlands Baptist Church, “ourteenth and Jefferson streets, the paston, Rev. Newton Mercer Sim- monds, will deliver an address at the morning service, followed by com- munion, ev. Edgar Willlamson of St. Louis will address the evening meeting. Sermon on Cares of Life. The subject of the pastor of the Zion Baptist Church, Deanwood, D. ., Rev. Leon S. Wormley, tomorrow at the 11 o'clock service will be “Th ares, Riches and Pleasures of Life. At 4 p.m., Rev. C. B. LaGrange, pastor of the Randall M. E. Church of Deanwood, will preach a special ser- mon in interest of Fall rally. The thject at the night service will be Seeking Great Things.” Secular Leagu_e to Meet. The Secular League will open its season tomorrow at 3 o'clock follow- ing the Summer recess. John D. Bradley will address the open forum A’ Secularist in the South—Some Impressions, Observations and Re- flections.” "Following the lecture the subject will be discussed by the au- audience. The league meetings are held at 1006 E street. Rev. J. L. §. Holloman to Preach. At Second Baptist Church, Third street between H and I streets, the pastor, Rev. J. L. S. Holloman, will preach tomorrow at 11 a.m. on “The Power of Word: At 8 pm. he v Heights Christian Church tomor- . The session begins at 9:30 ‘clock, with a program at 11 o'clock in the auditorium. will have for his subject “The Triple Blessing of Forgiveness.” The Bible school will meet at 9:30 a.m. and the B. Y. P. U. will meet at € pan. OCTOBER I NAMED AS DAY OF FASTING | Preshyterian Church Sends Out Appeal to All Members in United States. The United an app members to observe October 9 as a day of fasting and prayer. This appeal is being sent out jointly by Rev. Dr. R. F. Campbell, Asheville, N. €., moderator of the general as- . W Winsborough, St. ary of women's 3 I, Richmond, Va., of religious education, and . J. E. Purcell, Atlanta, Ga. ccretary of men's work, who are ad dressing in their appeal the ministers and leaders among the men, women aml youns people. Dr. Campbell, moderator of this church, states that at this time, when there is much anxiety as to the fu- ture of mission work at home and abroad, it is well to note that it was after days of fasting and praver that the spirit of missions for the world began to move upon the New Testa- | ment church. There is considerable concern in the Presbyterian Church, United States, over the necessity of cutting $100,000 | off the zppropriativns for this year to foreign missions and the necessary retrenchment by other committaes because of the decrease in contribu- tions. The leaders of the church, belleving that the people have the money and the conditions facing the church are not financial but spiritual, have there- fore called upon the whole church to s | observe a day of fasting and prayer in home churche: the public services organizations of the -|DR. SIZ00 WILL SPEAK ON NEAR EAST SUBJECT Rey. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of '!’Ii‘ New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, will occupy the pulpit of that church at both the morning and eve- ning services tomorrow. At the 11 o’clock service he will preach upon the theme “The Supremacy of Jesus,” {and at the 8 o'clock evening service he will speak on the subject * Observations of the Near East.” Dr. Sizoo has just returned from an extended trip abroad] where he has spent several week in travel and study in the Holy Land. He has planned to deliver a series of “Ser- mons on Cities” during Sunday eve- nings in October and November. The congregation will hold an in- formal reception and home-coming welcome for Dr. and Mrs. Sizoo in the lecture room of the church Tues- day at 8:30 p.m. A program has been arranged. Dr. Sizoo will resume his midweek prayer services Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in the lecture room. He will conduct the baptismal service in connection with the regular morning worship October 9. At this service he will use water from the River Jor- dan, which he has brought with him for that purpose. PLAN MEMORIAL RITE. A memorial service for the late Har- riet Earhart Monroe, who for so many vears was interested in the work of the Gospel Mission of this city, will be held at the mission, 216 John Mar- shall place, next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Harvey V. Prentice, superintendent of the mission, will preside, and Dr. G. M. Diffenderfer of Luther Place Memo- rial Church will preach. Others tak- ing part in the service will be Dr. Maurice E. Miller, president of the hoard of trustees of the mission; Wil- liam L. Clarke, treasurer of the board, and Rev. C. H. Butler of Columbia Heights Lutheran Church. An inter- esting part of the service will be the baptizing by Rev. Mr. Hawthorn of Wallace Memorial United Presbyte- rian Church of a namesake of Mrs. Monroe—John Monroe Prentice, in- fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Prentice. CHURCH OF COVENANT. Rev. William A. Eisenberger will preach at both services tomorrow at the Church of the Covenant. His ser- mon subjects will be: At 11 a.m., “The People Had a Mind to Work™”; at 8 p.m., “Solomon in All His Glory. All departments of the Sunday school will begin their work at 9:45 o'clock. Christian Endeavor tea and fellowship is at 6:15 p.m., followed by devotional service at 6:45 o'clock, Miss Josephene Green, leader. Midweek service for prayer and Bible study Thursday at 8 p. WOMEN TO MEET. The quarterly meeting of the Wom- an’s Baptist Missionary Assoclation of the District of Columbia. will be held in the National Baptist Memorial Church,’ Sixteenth street and Colum- bia road, Monday at 10:30 a.m. Of special interest will be reports from Northfield by Mrs. Thmoas and a missionary book review, entitled “Along the King's Highway,” given in the form of a pageant by women of the Eastern League. SOCIETY TO MEET.. The first Fall meeting of the sea- son of the Women's Missionary So- ciety of Fourth Presbyterian Church will be held in the church parlor Wed- uesday at 11 o'clock. Miss Cora White speaks. Luncheon will be served after the meeting. At 11 o'clock tomorrow Rev. Dr. Miers will speak on “Anxieties of Life,” and at the evening services he will speak on “The Heavenly Home."” WILL HOLD RALLY DAY. Rally day will be observed tomor- row at the Bible School of Fifteenth Street Christian Church, Fifteenth street and Kentucky avenue south- east. The program will be followed by communion services, but no preaching at the morning hour. At the evening service Charles D. . Brewington will occupy the pulpit. Plans Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper will be cele- brated at Shiloh Baptist Institutional Church, Ninth and P streets, tomor- row, at 3:30 p.m., by the pastor. The fifth sermon in the series, “What We Believe, and Why We Belleve It.” Subject: “Religious Liberty and the Separation of Church and State,” will be delivered by Rev. Waldron at the morning service, and at night, he will resume his sermons on the “Book of the Acts of the Apostles,” using the following theme: ‘“Lessons From “Peter’s First Sermon After Pente- cost.” Theosophists to Meet. The United Lodge of Theosophists, 709 Hill Building, Seventeenth and I streets, will open its regular season next Thursday night at 8:15 with a special lecture on “Masters and M: hatmas.” The first meeting of the study class will be held October 9 at 8:15 pm, Tha publia js invited,