Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1927, Page 11

CHURCH WILL HoLD ANNIVERSARY RITES Epworth Methodists to At- tend Special Service Tomorrow. - Services marking the sixth anni versary of the occupying of the pres- ent church building will be held to- morrow morning in Epworth Meth- odist Episcopal Church South, Thir- teenth street and North Carolina ave nue northeast, at 11 o'clock. Rev. Dr. John Paul Tyler, pastor, will Preach the anniversary sermon Rev. Joseph H. Balthis, newly ap- Pointed presiding elder of the Wash ington district, will make his first} « & Official visit to the church and preach N 3 N D the evening sermon at 8 o'clock. The Young People’s Missionary So- ciety will hold its regular meeting Tuesday evening. The Women's Mis slonary Society hold its “harvest day” service Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, at which time the pledges will be collected. 't of the work | ty is the support of Miss | A v, an evangelic al mission- | ary in Mexico. The pastor will conduct the weekly Prayer service Thursday evening. PASTOR ANNOUNCE ; -~ TEXTS FOR TOMORROW | Rev. W. S. Abernethy to Preach in Morning on “Shall We Abolish Sunday?” Rev. W. S. Abernethy will preach at 11 olock tomorrow morning at Calvary Baptist Church on the sub- ject, “Shall We Abolish Sunday At 8 o'clock the subject will be Contribution of the Methodist Church to Christian Truth.” This will be the second sermon in this series on ““Our Sister Denominations.” Junior church at 11 o'clock will in charge of Rev. H. J. Council Miss Margaret Wagy and Robert Zearfoss will be the leaders of the Young People’s Society and Inter- mediate Christian ndeavor Society, respectively, in meetings at 6:45 and tomorrow evening. cening Mission Club will meet at 7:45 p.m. in the junior room of the Sunday school house Monday evening. Miss Linda Lee Clift will act as hostess. The board of trustees will meet in the church office Wednesday eve- ning at 7:30 o'clock. At the close of the prayer meeting Thursday evening, and as a con- tinuation of it, there will be presented a moving picture, “Let’s Finish the Job.” Mrs. Thomas E. Robertson, presi- dent of the board of lady managers of the Florence Crittenton Home, will speak at the Woman's Missionary Society meeting Tuesday at 11 o'clock. The society is meeting a freek earlier on account of the com- ing holidays. ASCENSION SERVICES. Rev. be Thomas Cooke Announces Schedule for Tomorrow. Rev. Thomas Cooke, rector of the Church of the Ascension, announces the following program tomorrow 8 am., holy communion; 9:30 am., church school; 11 a.m. advent lit- any service and sermon by the rector; 3 p.m., Chinese school; 6 p.m.. Young People's Society. At 7:30 p.m. there will be evening prayer, with a lecture on the life of Moses and pictures shown on the screen to illus- trate the lecture. The Junior Brotherhood will meet Tuesday . night at 7:30 o'clock, and at 8 o’clock there will be the monthly meeting of the vestry. Wednesday at 3 o'clock the Woman’s Auxiliary will meet at the home of Mrs. W. C. Rives, 1702 Rhode Isand avenue. Thursday at 10 a.m. there will be cel- ebration of holy communion. Friday at 7:30 p.m. the Girls’ Friendly So- ciety will meet. “#During the entire week the annual visitation of the men to the homes of the people of th> parish will be in progress. SECOND BAPTIST TOPICS. Rev. E. C. Primm to Preach Fourth of Sermon Series. “No Admittance” will be the sermon gubject. tomorrow night of Rev. Ellis C. Primm, pastor of the Second Bap- tist Church. This is the fourth sub- ject in a series on “Familiar Signs.” It will be preached twice, at 6:30 o'clock at an early service at the East Capitol street branch, Seventeenth and East Capitol streets, and at 8§ o'clock at the church. The morning germon_theme will be “The Supreme Demand.” The B. Y. P. U. meets at the church at 7 o'clock. At the midweek services Wednesday night.at the branch and Thursday night at the church there will be another discussion “The Making of the Bible.” «SHADOWS” IS TOPIC. Rev. J. L. S. Holloman Announces Second Baptist Program. At Second Baptist Church, Third gtreet hetween H and I streets, tomor- row the pastor, Rev. J. L. 8. Hollo- man, will preach at 11 a.m. on “The Shadows That Shut Out the Visions of God The last communion service of the year will be held at 3:30 p.m. Joseph £. B. Wright, an African student, will | preach at 8 p.m. The Bible school will | eet at 9:30 a.m. and the B. Y. P. U. will meet at 6 p.m. FRENCH SERVICE TOPICS. Dr. Virpillot Announces Two Series of " dvent Sermons. Dr. Flor on i Vurpillot, French yiscar, in charge of the French con- gregation of Washington, has an hounced two special series of Advent germons for the month of December. "Tomorrow afternoon at St. John's Church La Fayette Square, he will preach at 4 o'clock on “Les doutes de Jean Bap! " and next Friday welock on “Jesus chez les siens.” js customary these services French throughout, and the invited. Rev. public is g el " Four Services at St. Margaret's. Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rector of gt. Margaret’s Church, Connecticut avenue and Bancrof: place, announces the following_ services tomorrow: Holy communion, T:30 A.m.; morning prayer for Sunday school, § r with sermon by rector, 11 musical service without sermon, 430 pm. L Christian Church Sermons. . Earle Wilfley, pastor of Ve m‘r‘:‘,l Avenue Christian Church, W ave for his sermon t " ::L 11 a.m. “The Supreme Motive. ke evening service he will preac <hort Sermon. At h a CANON TO CONDUCT FUENSONG SERVICE : morning | heme tomorrow | wept v the 5ab5wkeh, an inmn walls of Jerusalem an ern the wamng Assyrians under Sennacherib twice, eneral, stood lemanded its surrender. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB Se ezekian ruled Judah, || advi land. = - - before the Hez. tcl Pée not afraid lee and shall die'in his own land shakeh returned to his ruler. _» advice, Hezekiah dis- essenders to |saiah. " “the prophet Assyrian shail " thed ¢ m sed. “The N - - ekiah stood Firm and Rab- D. Sunday School Lesson Isaiah, Chapters 7, 31, 36 demands From the Assyrians, Hezekia dyed, Jehovah answered g'rm of Sennacheti to the Temple and hius ayer and the {’ound one flundred and eighty- at night by an andel °§3'e’°flaL§u"’s'afi4§?L » By{ \gain came went, in- fiflafiuqu ib was vis- || temple of N lled at th ammfl% ] t:Nineeah. isroch, his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, and put to death by the sword. Harlowe R. Hoyt Walter Scott or Sennach- ere inthe he was seized by - @10k e oevemam snomer Right Rev. A. P. Stokes to Replace Bishop Freeman at Cathedral. Tn the absence of Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, who | will preach twice at Cornell Univer- sity, Ithaca, N. Y. tomorrow, the spe- cial'sermon at the People’s Evensong in Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Cathedral, at 4 p.m., will be preached | by Rev, Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, | canon of the cathedral. The evensong will be broadeast by rad'o over WRC. | At_the 11 a.m. service of holy com munion and sermon in Rethlehem Chapel, the preacher will be Right.Rev Philip M. Rhinelander, former Bishop of Pennsylvania and warden of the | College of Preachers, Washington Ca- thedral. The services in Bethlehem Chapel tomorrow will be as follows: 7:30 a.m., holy communion; 10 a.m., morning prayer and litany; 11 a.m., holy com- munion and sermon; 4 p.m., people’s evensong. PROTESTANTS, CATHOLICS AND JEWS PLAN DINNER Members of Three Religions Will Have “Good-Will” Banquet in Baltimore. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 10.—The good-will dinner to be given here Mon- day will be the first joint meeting ever held in Baltimore by members of the Jewish, Catholic and Protestant churches for the purpose of further- ing tolerance. This statement was made by Rev. Dr. Peter Ainslie, pastor of Christian Temple, who is a member of the pro- gram committee. He said phases of tolerance will be discussed at the din- ner by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York and Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana. From three to four hundred mem- bers of the three sects are expected to attend the affair, which will be held at_the Southern Hotel. Besides Dr. Ainslie, Rev. Dr. Albert E. Smith, editor-in-chief of the Balt more Catholic Review, and Rabbi Ed- ward L. Israel head the program com- mittee. REVIVAL CONTINUES. Evangelist to Hold Services All Next Week. The evangelistic meetings _being conducted by Rev. Charles A. Shreve at the Gospel Tabernacle, North Cap- itol and K streets, have attracted large numbers and many conversions are reported, The services will con- tinue all next week. A healing ser ice for the sick and afflicted of ever faith and name will be held Tuesday evening. An allday service will be held tomorrow. The evangelist announces the fol- lowing topics for next week: Sunday morning, “Jesus Only”: Sunday after- noon, “Signs of the Times;" or, “Is Jesus Coming Soon?”; unday ev ning, “Christ at_the Door”; Monday, “Another Heart-Throb Service'; Tue: . healing, “The Great Physician' Wednesday, “What Is the Full Gos- pel””” Thursday, “The Fullness of the Holy Spirit”; or, “The Ideal Christian Experience”: Friday, “Was the Apos- tle Paul a Madman? Rev. R. W. Brooks to Talk. At Lincoln Congregational Temple tomorrow morning Rev. R. W. Brook will speak from the theme, “Where Are We Safe?” The holy communion will be observed at the morning serv- ice. ‘The Senfor Christian Inds Society will present its program at m. The subject to be discussed j00d Mottoes for Christian Liv- The executive hoard of the Colum- bia Federation of B. . met at the Central Union Miss Tues- day evening. It was announced that the first boys' basket hall game (seniors) of the season would be played at Wilson Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard streets, next Wednesday night, and that games would he rez vly played on cach Wednesday eve- | dine Saunders of Bethany and leader of the Intermediate ! Federation of B. Y. P. U. announced | the monthly meeting of the Iedera- tion at First Baptist Church next day evening. Miss Mary Follans- | bee, lew fer of the First Intermediates, | announced there would be a program | of entertainment, chief of which would he the Hawaiian Melody Boys from | Second Raptist Church. Seniors are Iy requested to attend. ident Bmeritus John Ruthven announced the Anacostia Baptist Church organized a B. Y. P. Mo with the fo oficers: President, Mrs, Grace | ford; viee pr | secretary, Miss Maude Cousins; trea |urer, Norman Davis; pianist, Mrs, | Ernest R. Chase, and assistant plani ! Miss Dovothy is. A group from | the First B. Y. P. U. will have charge {of its first meeting tomorrow. The Eethany B. Y. P. U. had a | missionary page Whit God Would ‘Il-t\'o to Happ: presented by the Beta group last Sunday. Miss Irma gs from the Lincoln Road M. Church will he the guest soloist at the program to be given cvening by the Gamma group. The hevy Chase B. Y. P. U, will present missionary play entitied “Ordered | South.” written by W. | *he Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church next Wednesday at § pnl Wing n- Bri tomorrow | J. Noble, at | DR. ROBERT E. SPEER. DR. SPEER TO ADDRESS LOCAL PRESBYTERIANS Moderator of Church in TU. 8. to Attend Session of Washington Alliance Friday Next. The Washington Presbyterian Al- liance will hold its annual mod- erator’s visit next Friday in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, when Dr. Robert E. Speer of New York, moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, will make an address. Dr. Speer is well known throughout the world as a speaker, and is now under appointment as one of those who will address the interdenomina- tional service to be held in Jerusalem next Easter. He is_senior secretary of the Presb: n Board of Foreign Missions. Al interested are invited to_attend the meeting. While in Washington Dr. Speer will be a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lansing. CALVARY CLASS TO MEET. ‘Wilbur Group Will Convene Tues- day Night. The Wilbur class of Calvary Bap- tist Sunday school will meet Tues- v at 8 o'clock at 1816 N street. Mrs. Mary Pfender and Miss Lucille Pope will be the hostesses. Dr. Joseph F. Elward will give an illus trated lecture on “Foreign Bodies. An invitation is extended to all former members. Under the direction of Miss TLucie RBernhart, the class will entertain the women of the Baptist Home, 3248 N street, Monday evening. The en- tertainment will consist of music and readings. MRS. LIPPARD TO SPEAK. Missionary to Japan Will Preach at St. Paul's Church. Mrs. C. K. Lippard, missionary to Japan and gencral superintendent of the light brigade work of the W. M. S. of the United Lutheran Church, will speak at the thank offering service to- morrow at & p.an., at St. Paul's Lu- theran Church, Eleventh and H streets, She will speak at 3 p.m. at the light brigade rally at Kellar Memorial Lu- theran Church, ~Ninth street and Maryland avenue northeast. JURIST TO LECTURE. Judge Franklin to Speak in Unity Auditorium. Judge Dean Franklin will lecture in the Unity auditorium, 1326 I stre “Victory Through Reliance on Spi tomorrow at 11 a.m, At 8 p.m. there will be a healing service, The Sunday school and Bible class meets at 9:45 am. ¢ afternoon at 5:15 o'clock is a class in piritual Development,” by Arthur P. Buck, and at 5:30 o'clock “The Young People’s Christian ity.” The Good Words Club meets at 6:45 o'clock. The speaker for this week Reeves. WILL DISCUSS BOOK. Pastor to View Bruce Barton’s “What Can a Man Believe?” At the Metropolitan Memorial Meth- od’st Church tomorrow evening the pastor, Dr. James Shera Montgomer will speak on Bruce Barton's hook—"\What Can A Man Believe?" At the morning service he will have for his_ subject ‘“The Unsear Riche: Rev. Homer Kent to Preach. Homer A. Kent, pastor of the Church, Twelfth and will preach at At 11 o'clock tev. t Brethren 115 streets southeast both services tomorroyw. his subject will be *“The Story That Melted a Kin . At 745 the | subject will he Bible Teaching About Marr be ge.” Will Preach t;rr };Iarriage‘ Rev. Thomas Boorde at Temple tist Church, Tenth and N streets | will have for his sermon tomorrow at 11 in Marriage—Ship or n the evening “lle: Y. P. U. meeting i . Prayer meeting Thursday The Rible school meets at 9:3 . on Sund e | " | Kendall Baptist Sermon. | “Those Who Are Losing Jesus” will @ Rey. C. P. Ryland’s subject tomor- vow night at Kendall Baptist Church, Nimth aear B street southwest, S RULERS. apters vii, xxxi, xxxvl, XNXVii, Golden Text—Thou wilt keep him_in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee. — Isaiah, xxvi.3. Isaiah, CI Although Tsaiah took “the first step in the emancipation of spiritual reli gion from the forms of political life, probably no prophet ever had greater access to the rulers of his nation than the brilllant seer and statesman, whose messages we are again called to con- sider in connection with this week's lesson. Separation of church and state | does not call for an ‘indifference upon the part of Christians to the moral is- sues involved in the political questions of the day. ) Isaiah in his carcer as a prophet fulfilled the ideal expressed by Demos- thenes four centuries afterward: “To discern events in their beginnings, to be beforehand in the detection of movements and tendencies, and to fovewarn his countrymen according- ly; to fight against the political vices, from which no state 1s free, of pro- crastination, supineness, ignorance and party jealousy; to impress upon all the paramount importance of unity and friendly feeling, and the duty of providing promptly for their country’s needs. The prophet could never have suc- ceeded in his social reform work i he had neglected {o consider how Je- hovah desired the natfon to serve Him. Wherever there exists a free and independent ministry among the preachers, priests and pastors of all faiths in our land, the spirit of Isaiah lives, for they will not hesitate to preach against the sins of the indi- vidual, society or nation. He cannot make a spiritual interpretation of secular events, explain the meaning of history and justify the wavs of God unless he sees Him at work help- ing men to solve their personal, na- tional and international problems and overcome their sins. Entangling Alliances Opposed. Early in his ministry Isaiah tried to prevent the timid and terrified Ahaz from entering into an alliance with Assyria. Damascus and Israel had forgotten their old animosities and formed an alliance with the view of checking the danger that they faced from the rapidly growing power of Tiglathpileser—the Pul of II Kings, xv.19—who had usurped the throne of Assyria, and by his executive abil- ity and military genius had unified the empire and was making rapid work in the conquest of other nations. They had tried to force Judah to join their league and to compel Ahaz to enter thelr coalition by besieging Jerusalem. The king succeeded in defeating them, but-he faced peril from the invasion of Judah by the Edomites and Philis- tines, who never overlooked an op- portunity to humble their hereditary foes. Ahaz had determined to seek aid from Assyria against his enemies, Tsaiah saw two things clearly—that the two northern kingdoms, Dam cus and Israel (Ephraim) wer: doomed before the victorious ad vances of Tiglathpiloser; they were only “the stumps of two smoking torches, with fire nearly gone out.” He also saw that the intervention of Assyria’s monarch in the acairs of Palestine at the request of Ahaz meant that Judah was destined to be- come a province of Assyria without being conquered by the force of arms, It meant the nation's doom. He called upon the King to put his trust in Jehovah, and assured him that If Judah would serve Him, then they would be protected from all danger. In vain the prophet tried to prevent the King from depending upon the power of the Assyrian prince by the promise of the opening of a new reign through the gift of a divine child, the promised Messiah, who would in. stitute an era of peace and good will. After the death of Ahaz the leaders of Judah commenced to think of breaking their covenant with A and forming a new alliance with Tirhakah, the first Nubian king to break into the history of God's chosen people as King of Cush. Isaiah tried to prevent their forming any alliance with Egypt—"a people which cannot profit, and bring neither help nor gain, but only shame and reproach’— he denounced it as a rebellion against Tehovah, that must lead to Judah's irretrievable ruin. He recognized Judah's danger as a buffer state be- tween Fgypt and Assyria meant that the nation would he ground to powder in any conflict hetween the two great. er powers, if ghe hroke her azreement as a vassal of Assyria. He urged them to put their trust in God and to do Mis will. This would insure them protection. peace and prosperity a8 a per Hh Wins, in every way to im- nation that their only way of sifety was dependent upon their trusting Jehovah., He took an unpopular course in his efforts to keep the people from breaking their cov- enants with Assyria, During a period of three years he appeared upon the | streets of Jerusalem, dressed in the zarh of a captured siave, “naked and bavefoot,” as a_warning against their agrecing with Egypt. When the pow- erful Sennaherih turned his attention to the group of Palestine cities and countries, who had been influenced to break their treaties with Assyria, { Isaiah’s predictions were recognized as being fulfilled. TIn fact, the As- an conquered “46 walled towns, <hut up Hezekiah in Jerusalem, like 2 bird in a cage; and the nation was completely prostrated by the turn of | svents.” “His record of this campaign, found upon the six-sided, haked clay onfirms the 'Biblical ac- kiah tried to secure pro- taction paying heavy for his hellion nd jolning with Egypt. sennacherib laid - seige to \ehish, Evidently he was not satisfied with {the payment of this large indemnity, for he sent Rabshakeh demanding a surrender. Isaiah's reply to the As- <yrian ambassador “matches the most <5 upon t “vlinde unt when heroic defiances of Greek or Roman history.” (II Kings, 19.6) He did not expect a retuaal,fly more than Ger- many expected the deflances of Bel-| gium, at the opening of the World| War, but the faith of Isaiah rose to| lofty heights. 1o encouraged the | and the people to put their faith | od, for Jehovah had been defied ennacherib, and he told the A n to his master t bd would him back home. When Sennacherib tried to force 1e kiah by a letter to make a peaceful surrender the king took the pe; nation faced to God in prayer in the temple. Isalah assured his king that | God would protect the city and defeat their oppressor. Jehovah vindicated TIsaiah's faith. In a single night “the angel of the | Lord” smote the Assyrians with a | pestilence or a panic. Herodotus pre- serves a tradition that at Pelusium | field mice ate the bow strings of the | Assyrians. Fleld mice are a symbol | of pestilence. If a disastrous plague.| broke out in his army that would sa isfy both the Biblical record and the tradition of Herodotus. ~Whatever forced Sennacherib to close his suc cessful campaign so soon kept him from ever returning to Palestine. God vindicated the prophet's faith, but it required fully six centuries before the promised Messiah came. Have we learned the lesson that God desires to teach us? Tha Hebrey rapidly degenerated after the deliver- ance of Jerusalem, because they did not give Jehovah the first place in their thought and life. Unless we learn the spiritual message of trusting in the Lord and doing His will we will Dbe found among the nations who once were pioneers of civilizatton. Egypt. Assyria, Babylon, Rome, Greece, Per- <ia, Judah and the autocratic Ger- many. We must recognize our re- sponsibility. Our Lord and the whole world looks to us for guidance. Let us not take them along the highway of material prosperity, for it is the way of doom. Let us point the world, and live it individually and as a na- tion, to the way of self-denial, sacrifice and ser 1t is only through spirit- ual power that our faith can over- come the world. May we mot forget the promise of Isalah, Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusteth in Thee.” Faith is the way of victor Let us walk and glorify the Lord by living a life of faith. «g0” IS SERMON TOPIC. Rev. Harvey Baker Smith Will Preach Tomorrow. Rev. Harvey Baker Smith, pastor of the Columbia Heights Christian Church, will preagh tomorrow morn- ing on thes subject of “Go.” At 8 o'clock the Women's Missionary So- ciety of the church will render a world call pageant of living plctures. The girls of the Delta Sigma class of the church won a cup at the bowling tournament last week, This makes four cups the Young People’s depart- ment have won. Miss Cynthia Pearl Mans of the United Christian Misstonary Society of St. Louis will visit the church to- morrow, and conduct a conference for all workers in the Young People’s de- partments, the Christian Endeavor So- cieties and all organized cla All Christian churches in the ty have been asked to participate. Rev. W. B. Shacklette to Preach. Rev. Willam 8. Shacklette, rector of the Church of the Advent, will preach tomorrow morning on ‘“The Need of the Church to Teach How to Live a Life.” At the evening service he will lecture on “Is the Bible the ‘Word of God?" A representative of the Luther Leagues of the Shenandoah Valley conducted the opening exercises of the educational meeting of the Luther League of the District of Columbi which was held at Luther Place Me- morial Church, Fourteenth and N streets, last Tuesday evening. The in- vocation was pronounced by Rev. W. . Waltemyer, pastor of S Lutheran Church, after which M Rebecca Long, president of the Luther Place Young People’s Society, extend- ed a welcome to the District Leaguers. Irving L. Koch, educational secretary of the Luther League of the District of Columbia, outlined the efficiency contest inaugurated among the local leagues. Miss Ethel M. Tussing, Dis- trict life service secretary and fleld secretary for the upstate leagues, told of the Maryland Synodical League convention to he held at Frederick, Md., in September, 1928, Following dresses delivered by Miss Brenda Mehlhouse, junior secretary of the Luther League of America, and Rev. R. J. Wolf, intermediate secretary of the Luther League of America, the amendants at this meeting were di- vided into two conference groups to discuss Junior and Intermediate work These conferences were led by Mis Mehlhouse and Rev. Mr. Wolf, respec- tively. Paul L. Brindle, president of the Luther League of the District of Columbia, presided at this meeting. Refreshments were served by the Lu- ther Place Young People. The missionary objective of the Lu- ther League of America for the bien- nium is to defray the cost of $12,000 for erecting the Luther League Hall of the Lutheran College at Buenos Aires, Argentine. In connection there- with Miss Emma A. Holzer, mis ary secretary of the Luther League of the District of Columbia, recently called a meeting of the missionary sec- retaries of the local leagues for the purpose of outlining programs for ising the District's quota, which is Jennie Leishear recently led Mark’s League meeting and presenied the topic, “Blessings We Often Forget.” “Preparing for the Coming of the Lora” is the topic which will be pre- wented for discussion at Zion's League tomorrow evening Miss Evelyn Roloff, life service secretary The Strangers at the Door” is the title of the Christmas story which will be enacted by Zion Leaguers at their De- cember 18 meeting, which will be held at Zion Hall, Second and Upshur streets, at 7:45 p.m. Club Speaker REV. FRANK C. VERNON. DR. JOHNSON ANNOUNCES TOPICS FOR TOMORROW Baptist Memorial Pastor to Preach at Both Services—Bible Study "to Be Concluded. At the morning service tomorrow at the National Baptist Memorial the pastor, Rev. Dr, Gove G. Johnson, will preach on “The Body of the Son of God.” The Lord's Supper will be served. In the evening the pastor will preach on “Another Man Sent from God Whose Name was John,” giving a_detailed history of the life of John Huss, a witness to the Word. The study course on the Bible will conclude tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock with lantern slides. The Bible School Board will have something entirely new for its meet- ing this month. Following the supper at 6 o'clock Thursday evening there will be a conference for each depart- ment -in the school, with specialists to conduct the various departmental conferences, The Mary Tucker Circle will meet Wednesday at 2 p.m. at_the home of Mrs. W. B. Gifford, 5208 Four- teenth street, and the Evelyn Speiden Circle at the home of Mrs. W. D. Sutherland, 3306 New Hampshire avenue. MISSIONARY SERVICES. Brethren Church Plans Special Program for Tomorrow. Missionary Sunday will be observed tomorrow in the First Church of the Brethren, Fourth street and North Carolina avenue southeast. At 11 o'clock worship the pastor, Rev. Earl McKinley Bowman, will preacfi a mis- jonary sermon on the theme, “The irowing Supremacy of the Lordship of Jesus.” At 8 pm. Dr. J. 5. Noff- singer, secretary of the National Home Study Council, will give an il. lustrated lecture on the subject, “Friends of Many Firesides.” The Sunday school meets at 9:45 a.m. The subject of the Young Peo- ple’s meeting at 7:15 p.m. is, “Co- operation.” VISITOR TO PREACH. . F. G. Mitchell Invited to Fourth Presbyterian. Rev. Fred G. Mitchell of Gnada, Ariz., will preach tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the Fourth Presbyterian Church. Rev. James Miers, the pastor, will preach at 8 p.m. on “The Doom of Impiety.” The Betty K. Newton League will meet Monday at 8 p.m. in the church parlor. The Ladies’ Aid Society will meet Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., and Dr. Miers will lecture Thursday evening on “The Book of Daniel.” CAPT. EAKER TO TALK. Historian of Pan-American Flight to Address Church Club. Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, tor of Foundry Methodist Epis Church, will preach tomorrow mor ing on the theme, “A Triple Test, and in the evening on “A Door and a Kes ‘The women's societies of the church will hold the monthly all-day meeting next Tuesday. Capt. Ira C. Eaker, of- ficlal historian of the pan-American good-will flight, will lecture before the Men's Club y. The lecture will be fllustrated with moving pictures. Rev. “Palm Tree Christians” il Topic. Dr. B. H. Melton, Ninth Street Christian Church, Ninth and D reets northeast, will preach tomorrow morning on “Who Is the Richest Person in the World?” and in the evening his subject will be “Palm.Tree Christians.” The sermon will be preceded by pictures of Egypt, showing the background of the Bible. tor of the Rev. R. A. Fairley to Preach. At the Tabor Presbyterian Church, Second and S streets, Rev. R. A. Fair. ley will speak on “The First Group of Christians,” tomorrow at 11 a.m. serv- fce. At 8 p.m. the Community Forum ill ‘vender its monthly program. The topic is “The Negro Worker and the Church.” 3 o . Daughters'of King Plan Visitation The St. Luke's Chapter of the Daughters of the King will have their visitation December 14 at 8 p.m. All Daughters are invited to attend and visitors are welcome, ANGLO-CATHOLICS - WILL HEAR VERNON Public Also Invited to St. Paul’s Church for Ser- mon Wednesday. Upon the invitation of the Anglo- Catholic Club of Washington Rev. Frank L. Vernon, rector of St. Mark’s Church, Philadelphia, will preach at St. Paul's _ Church, Twenty-third street near Washington Circle, Wed- nesday night at 8 o'clock. His sub- ject will be: “What Is Anglo- Catholicism?” He will endeavor to explain Anglo- Catholicism and to dispel certain mis- conceptions in regard to it. Many of the ‘local clergy, members of the | Anglo-Catholic Club, will take part in the procession and be present in the “hancel. All interested persons will | be welcome at this, which is one of | series of services being held this Winter under the auspices of the Anglo-Catholic Club, There will be a social gathering in | the parish hall following the service, to which all are invited. | FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SERVICES ANNOUNCED Dr. Pierce to Speak at Metropolitan Theater—Bazaar Planned for Church Parlors. Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Plerce will speak tomorrow morning at the services of First Congregational Church at 11 o'clock in the Metropoli- tan Theater, Tenth and I streets, on “They Are From God.” Sunday school will meet at 9:30 o'clock in the Metropolitan Theater and the primary department at 10 oclock in the parish_house, 938 Grant The Young People’s Societies will_meet at 6:30 o'clock, the Y. P. S. C. E. at 711 Tenth street and the Senior C. E. Society in the parish house. The Senior Society will have for its leader Mrs. Fred Woodis and Society and the subject will he “Keep- ing Fit Bodily and Spiritually.” A Christmas bazaar, with gift tables, will be held by the Women's Society December 15 and 16 in the parlors of the church, at Tenth and G streets. An “all States” turkey dinner will be served Thursday from 5 to 7 o'clock and luncheon Friday from 11 to 2 o'clock. VISITOR TO PREACH. Minister From China Will Talk at First Baptist Church. Rev. R. L. Bausum of Kweilin, China, will speak at the First Bap- tist Church, Sixteenth and O streets, tomorow at 11 a.m. and Dr. Porter, | the pastor, will preach at 8 p.m.. Sub- ject, “The Deepest Well in the World."” Communion services at the close of morning sermon. Swedish services at 3:30 p.m. by Rev. S. Swensen of Phila- delphia, P'a. The subject for the prayer service next Thursday evening will be “Songs of Bethlehem,” and the adult and in- termediate classes of the Sunday school will participate. ELUAH IS TOPIC. Hamline Church Pastor Continues Sermon Series. | Rev. Joseph T. Herson, minister of Hamline Methodist scopal Church, Sixteenth at Allison street, will preach tomorrow at 11 o'clock on “David or Unarmed Faith.” At 8 o'clock he will preach the tenth in the series of sermons on “Revela- tion by Character,” his subject for this sermon being “Elijah, the Prophet.” Baptists to Hear Rev. C. B. Austin. At the West Washington Baptist Church tomorrow Rev. C. B. Austin will preach at 11 a.m. on “The Su- preme Gift to Jesus.” Dr. Millington will preach in the evening. | EPWORTH L UE Metropolitan Chapter is holding an old-fashioned spelling bee tonight at the church. Prizes will be awarded to winners in the various contests. The contests are open to ail who de sire to take part. Mrs. Ruth Havener will lead the devotional service at Anacostia Chap- ter tomorrow evening and Mary G. Gireen wili lead at Metropolitan Chap- ter. The topic is “Peace on Earth Among Men of Good Will.’ A comedy in three acts, “The Hid- den Guest,” will be presented by mem- bers of Waugh Chapter at the church | next Tuesday and \Wednesday eve-| nings at 8 o'clock for the benefit of the district and local organizations. Forestville Chapter will hold a box social next Wednesday evening. Anacostia, Dougls Forestville, Lanham and Waugh Chapters are holding their devotional services each Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Trinity Chapter is also having a tea each Sunday_evening. The Washington District Epworth League annual banquet has been post- poned to January 20. The place of the banquet will be announced later, Dr. John R. Edwards, secretary of the board of foreign missions, " will make the principal address, Rev. Edward N. Parrish of Ellicott City has been elected dean of the 1928 Baltimore Conference Epworth Leagué Institute. Lawrence Rice of Baltimore was re-elected manager and | members of REV. AQUILA SAYLES HAS ANNIVERSARY Providence Baptists Mark Pastor’s 23rd Year Here With Special Program. The twenty-third anniversary of the pastorate of Rev. Aquila Sayles is being observed at Providence Baptist Church, M street between Four-and.a- half and Sixth streets southwest, with exercises which began Tuesday eve- ning and continue through tomorrow. Rev. V. N. Hughes, pastor of the Nash Memorial M. Church, preached Tuesday night: Rev. Dougla R. Grymes, pastor of the Salem Bap- tist Church, Wednesday night; Rev, Joseph H. Lee, pastor of the Mount Olive Baptist Church, Arlington, Va,, and St. Philip Baptist Church, this city, Thursday night; Rev. L. T. Hughes, pastor of Mount Jezreel Baptist Church, Friday night. There will be no service tonight. Rev. Mr. Sayles will preach the morning sermon tomorrow, and also at the evening service. The anni- versary sermon will be delivered to- morrow at 3 o'clock by Rev. Hampton T. Gaskins, pastor of the Liberty Baptist Church. ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL RECTOR PLANS ADDRESS Annual Talk to Congregation Will Take Place Tomorrow. Other Events. The rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Bethesda, Rev. Clarence Pren- tice Parker, will make his annual ad- dress tomorrow and every member of the parish is urged to be present. Lectures for candidates for confir- mation are held by Rev. Mr. Parker Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. John's Hall, and also private instruction is given to candidates. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will visit the church December 18 and ad- minister the rite of confirmation at the 11 o'clock service. Mrs, Edward L. Stock, superintend- ent of the church school, announces the monthly dinner of the faculty will be held December 15 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The L. P. S. L. will motor to St. George’'s Church, Clarendon, Va., and meet with the L. P. S. L. of that parish tomorrow at 8 p.m. . GIFT SZRVICE PLANNED. Chevy Chase Baptists to Observe Christmas Season. “The Meaning of Worship” will be the subject of Rev. Edward O. Clark, pastor, at the Chevy Chase Baptist tomorrow at 11 o'clock. “The Last Judgment” will be the theme in the evening service at 8 o'clock, and it will be illustrated by the picture of the same title by Michelangelo being thrown upon the screen. This picture will be the second in the series of “Great Religious Pictures.” A white gifts Christmas service is being arranged by members of the church school for presentation Christ- mas week. The school meets at 9:45 a.m. Any one who can play musical instruments is invited to join the or- chestra. A program is belng prepared for the Young People’s service at 6:45 p.m. “VALUE OF A MAN” TEXT. Subject for Sermon by Eckington Pres’ -terian Pastor. “The Value of a Man" will be the theme of the pastor, Rev. Henry B. Wooding, at the morning service at the Eckington Presbyterian Church, North Capitol street and Florida ave- nue. In the evening at 8 o'clock the topic as announced is “The Compas- sion of Christ.” At the morning service the mem- bers of the Junior Endeavor Society will attend church in a body, when a special sermon will be given upon the theme ‘“‘Banner: This is in rec- ognition of the society winning the District banner for the largest at- tendance at the annual banquet of the Junior Endeavor Societies of the city. Miss mi_Crain, Miss Mary Rob- ertson and Mrs. L. A. Cole are the the committee having charge of the society. CONDUCTING REVI-VAL. B. H. Whiting at New Rochelle Two Weeks. Rev. Benjamin H. Whiting, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church, i8 con- ducting_a_two-week revival at the Union Daptist Church, New Rochelle, Rev. . Willlam Brown, officlating in the absence of the pastor, will preach tomorrow at 11 a.m. on “As the Eagle Stirs Her Nest.” Sunday school meets at 9:30 am. and B. Y. P. U. at 6 p.m. KLAN TO HEAR PASTOR. Rev. H. J. Smith Will Speak to Petworth Baptista. Members of the Ku Klux Klan will be present at the Petworth Baptist Church evening service tomorrow, at which time the pastor, Rev. Henry J. Smith, will speak on “Spontandsus Demands.” The subject of the pas- tor’s morning sermon “Fellowships of Divine Enterprise: Service in Theater. The pastor, William D. King, will conduct services in the Colony Theater, Georgia avenue and Farragut street, tomorrow at 11 a.m., using for his subject “After Six Days, What?" Services will be held in the home of Mr: and N H. A. Lavisson, 615 Up- shur_street, tomorrow evening. Ep- worth League, 7 pm. Serman by the pastor, 8 p.m. rmon topic, “The Promised Reward. POETS—— Preacher to Review Books. At St. Andrew's Church, Tew Hampshire avenue and V street, at he 8 o'clock service tomorrow eve- ning, the rector, Rev. Dr. Dimon, will review the following books: “God and the Groceryman,” by Harold Bell Wright; Brother Saul,” by Donn Byrne, ‘and “The Son of Man,” by Emil Ludwig. . Minister Sees Conflict. "Storm Clouds Are Approaching and America Ts on the Verge of Another Great' Conflict” is the subject of a lecture by Dr. B. G. Wilkinson, dean of theology at Washington Missionary College, at Arcadia Auditorium, Four- teenth street near Park road, at § o'clock tomorrow night. “Deity of Jesus” Is Topic. Dr. John E. Briggs will preach to- morrow morning at Fifth Baptist Ch_urch on “Can We Believe in the Deity of Jesus?” and at night on “Can Rev. Willlam C. Parrish was elected life work secretary at a recent meet- ing of the Baltimore Conference Board of Epworth League, We Believe in Divine Healing?” The :\I@:‘l;;wv:;g ‘l\'adun entertainment on esday and Frida; “Trial by Jul"y." - e