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12 VIRGINIA RELIGIOUS BODIES INCREASE Department of Commerce| Figures Show Member- ship of 1,172,363. The Department of Commerce an- nounces that, according to the returns | received, there were in the State of Virginia in 1926 82 religious bodies or | denominations, with 7,565 organizations | or churches reporting 1.172,363 mem- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1928.° Sunday School Lesson him was clear and he pushed on, leav- ing the evenws with his Lord. The first break mentioned in their journey was at Tyre, where their boat stopped 2 week to unload its cargo and put on another one. Paul took advan- tage of this stop to look up the Chris- tians in }"l;\e Dlace. Wwe have no knowl- - s edge of his visiting the brethren there give than to receive.—Acts, xx.35. prg\'inus it Paul soon came into ' | personal_ai.. helpful fellowship with When the tumult and shouting of the | them. These brethren sought to per- ter- | suade Paul to give up his plan of going riot in Ephesus had ended, Paul deter- | YRS 5oy calem, for they insisted that mined to pay a farewell visit to the | 19 '3 OSN3 made it clear to churches that he had established in| thom that he faced serious difficulties Macedonia and Achaia. cssemble the|if he went up to the city. No doubt | Paul_expressed appreciation of their oo (oL e DO I wupe with.tho | advice, but would insist that their reve- Sorserticriven of these Gentile churches | ations served o confirm his owh, {07 To oarry. the funds collgcted to Jeru- | GO hiad called him to push o8 i8S BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON. Paul's last journey to Jerusa- lem.—Acts, xx.1-xxi.17; 2 Corin- thians," xi.28. Golden - text: Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He himself said, it is more blessed to SUNDAY SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETS |Religious Education Body Transacts Business in Cal- vary Baptist Church. The annual convention of the Dis- trict of Columbia Sunday School Coun- cil of Religious Education held its an- nual meeting Wednesday evening at the Calvary Baptist Church. ‘The convention was well attended and | the numerous conference groups showed great interest in the discussion and PASTOR 10 DISCUSS SOCIAL REFORMS ;Calvary Baptist to Hear Eve- ning Sermon on ““Christ at the Crossroads.” Dr. W. S. Ab-rnethy, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, will preach tomorrow | at 10:50 am. on “The Church and Social Reforms,” and at 7:45 pm. he | will preach the second sermon in the series on “Christ at the | using the topic, “What's the Harm in Wanting to Be Popular?” Crossroads,” | I L} | | bers, as compared with 76 religlous bod- | ;31 ke then proposed to visit Rome | jes with 7.135 organizations and 949.136 members in 1916. As the term “mem- bers” has a variety of uses. eac was requested to report the number of members according to the definition of membership in that church or organiza- tion. In some religious bodies the term member is limited to communicants, in others it includes all baptized persons. and in still others it covers. all enrolled persons. The value of church edifices repre- gents the value of the buildings to- gether with the land on which they stand and all furniture, organs, bells and furnishings owned by the churches and actually used in connection with church services. It does not include the value of buildings hired for church use or buildings owned by the denomina- tions but not used for religious services. Under expenditures are included run- ning expenses, improvements, the pas- tor's salary, payments on debt and | money actually paid for new buildings. It also includes the amount expended for benevolences, home and foreign mis- sions, for denominational support and all ofher purposes. The data shown for Sunday schools represent Sundav schools conducted by the churches of the different denomina- tions and do not include undenomina- tional or union Sunday schools. Thes2 data relate entirely to what is known as the Sunday school, and do not cover | parochial schools, week-day _religious schools or other schools which supple- ment or sometimes take the place of the Sunday school. The report for 1916 included statis- | > tics for 76 demonimations, 14 of which are not shown at this census. Some have joined other denominations and their statistics are included with them, others are out of existence, etc. There are 20 denominations shown at this census not reported in 1916. All of them are not new, however, as a number were created by divisions in denominations | which were shown as units in 1916. ‘G0OD NAME OF CHURCH’ T0 BE SERMON SUBJECT Bunday Will Be Observed as En- listment Day at Chevy Chase Bapti: “The Good Name of the Church” will be the subject of the sermon by Rev. Edward O. Clark, pastor, at the Chevy Chase Baptist Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock. This Sunday will be observed as enlistment day, with the members of the church making their subscriptions | for local church support and for mis- sions for the year beginning November 1. Mr. Clark will take for his theme at 7:45 p.m., “Dealing in Futures.” ‘The church school meets at 9:45 a.m. The B. Y. P. U. held a Halloween | progressive dinner October 10. Their | devotional service is at 6:45 p.m. Sunday. The annual church fellowship banauet will be held November 1, at which time brief messages and reports from the officers of the church and affliated organizations will be received. “LOST SKYLINE” IS TOPIC. Metropolitan Methodist Announces Program. At the Metropolitan Memorial Meth- odist Church tomorrow morning the pastor, Dr. James Shera Montgomery, | will deliver a_special sermon on the. subject, “The Lost Skyline.” This will be given in appreciation of “Echo Sun- | " a day set apart in the interest of | the young people of the church. In| the evening, at 8 o'clock, Dr. Mont- gomery will conduct the introductory | gervices and “Echo Sunday” exercises ! will be under the direction of the Met- ropolitan Epworth League, Warren Briggs, president. ‘The three societies of the Metropoli- tan Methodist Church will convene | ‘Wednesday. The first society, which is | the Ladies’ Association, will meet -at| 10:30 o'clock. Luncheon will be served at noon. The Home Missionary So- ciety will hold its session at 1:30 p.m. ;nfldfl the Foreign Missionary Society at :30 p.m. Church PASTOR IS HOST. A. E. Barrows E.ntertuins Church Officers at Manse. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Barrows of Eastern Presbyterian Church- recently entertained the officers and their wives at the manse. The Ladies' Aid served dinner last | evening to the Boy Scout Troop and | friends. The Woman's Missionary Society will hold a harvest home gathering in the Sunday School room next Friday eve- ning. ‘The Missionary Society met Wednes- day afternoon, with the president, Mrs. Barrows, in the chair.” The subject was “Africa,” and was led. by Mrs. MacKibben, assisted by Mrs. Kern. Re- freshments were served. Rev. BAPTISM TO BE HELD. Arrangements for Revival Made by Hyattsville Church. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star HYATTSVILLE. Md., October 27— Rev. B. P. Robertson, pastor of the rst Baptist Church,. will speak on Inlistment in the Program of Jesus Christ” tomorrow morning. There will be a baptismal service in the evening. Arrangements have bszen made for evangelistic meetings to be held on No- vember 4 and continue through Novem- ber 18. The pastor will be assisted by T. E. Boorde, pastor of Temple Baptist Church, Washington, and Rev. J. Wesley Loftus, pastor of the Silver Spring Baptist Church. 13 JOIN A. M. E. CHURCH. Rer. H. D. Tillman to Preach at Both Services Tomorrow. Thirteen persons were received for membership at John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church, Fourteenth and Corcoran streets, last Sunday. The pastor, Rev. Henry D. Tillman, will preach at both services tomorrow. 10:45 am. and 7:45 pm. Church \school meets at 9:30 am.; V. C. E. Society at 6:30 p.m. Dr. W. L. Darby to Preach. Dr. W. L. Darby, executive secretary of the Washington Federation of Churches, will preach tomorrow morn- ing at the Friends Church, Thirteenth and Irving streets. His subject will be “Fellowship Comes First. Rev. W. D. Jarvis to Preach. Rev. William D. Jarvis will preach at YMew Bethel Baptist Church tomorrow morning 2nd evening. Sunday school, $:30 am.; Christian Endeavor, 6:30.pas. h church | | csephy had appeared, and Paul recog- !for the leaders of the Ephesian Church and afterward carry the gospel into | Spain. The ambassador to the Gentiles | knew the strategic importance of Rome as the capital of the empire in winning the world for Christ. Paul had a vis- jon, based upon the final orders of Christ to His church, of making the Roman empire Christian and using | Rome as the most influential city to| help capture the world for Christ. Just| as today Washington is recognized “i not only the Capital City of our coun-| try. but of the world, so Rome appeared | to the apostle to the Gentiles. He un- | folded his program “to all that are in| Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints.” in his letter to the Romans,| written from Corinth while he was vis- iting that church. paying them a fare- | well call along with the other churches of Macedonia and Achaia. The story of his visit to thess churches is con- densed into the opening verses of our lesson. ‘When, after spending three months in Corinth, Paul learned of a plot against his life, this caused him to change his | itinerary. He had planned to sail di- rect to Syria, but under the guidance of the Holy Spirit the ambassador of the Lord to the Gentiles determined to return to Jerusalem through Macedonia. Arriving at Troas, he found the dele- gates appointed to carry the relief funds to Jerusalem waiting for the ar-| rival of Paul and his companions. It/ is not easy to say farewell, but Paul's desire to meet all his disciples caused them to wait for the assembling of the | rathren on the night of the first day of the week. Many of the disciples may have been slaves who had to toil dur- ing the day, so they met to “break bread” at night. It was not a secret| moeting. for their meeting place was| well lighted and the windows were opened. The fall of Eutychus and his restoration to life was evidence that the apostle possessed powers to work mira- cles. Paul was able to leave Troas with fuil assurance as a result of the restora- tion of Eutyvhus, that God was wateh- ing over and heiping His servant. He walked 20 miles over the hills unaccom- panied, while the eight membors sailed to Assos, where he joined them and pro- ceeded to Miletus by boat. From there Paul summoned the elders of the Ephe- sian Church to meet him and receive his farewell message. Farewell Message. There is a_“pathos, passion and per- spective” in Paul's addrass to the Ephe- sian brethren who came to see their former pastor for the last time. One can feel the heart throbs of the apostle, who clearly saw that he and they were facing difficulties and dangers. After he reviewed his work among them, re- calling the spirit, diligence and mes¢ sage of his ministry, Paul presented the purpose of his going to Jerusalem, pointed out the perils that he recog- nized he faced, and his determination to be obedient to his duty. He pre- dicted that they would never meet again in this’ world, and insisted that he had been faithful to them and that he had preached the whole truth to of an them. Looking ahead, Paul saw slgm unsuspected danger in the life of the Ephesian Church, concerning which he warned the elders. They had a respon- sibility in the matter that they could not shirk, because they had been chosen for their work by the Holy Spirit, and it was their duty to care for the church with their own life blood if necessary. Paul detected a danger from the phil- osophical system that, by its similarity of goals and methods, would prove de- structive of the faith. He warned them to be on their guard against the false teachers who would arise in their midst, teaching dangerous doctrines, even to the extent of destroying the funda- mental teachings of Christianity. Paul had commenced his work among tI as a radical and progressive, but he seeking by recalling his messages among them to develop a conservative spirit in the Enhesian Church. Paul had entered their city, as he had Corinth, “determined to know nothing among them save Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” ' Here is the secret of his power as a preacher. He had but one message. The great-minded man and master intellect of the early Church had only one theme. All others—and there were many that he preached— were all subordinated to that great message. The germs of a false phil nized with his gigantic intellect the a- --oaching peril that the Church had to face,-and which shows itself in dif- ferent forms at the present moment. Paul sought through praye- to secure protection: against the dangers they faced. He sought for them a life dwelling deep in Christ as a source of personal purity- and full of the power of the Holy Snirit. His farewell ad- dress closed with a truly Eastern scene. for after his praver for them we read “that they all wept sore and Paul's neck and Kkissed him.’ writer recalls such a scene in Palestine when fathers and friends gave just such an Oriental farewell to the sol- diers who had been called to the colors at th> opening of the World War. Facing Perils Courageously, All along the way to Jerusalem Paul was saying farewell to groups of his| disciples, whom he had won for Christ and .started upon their Christian ca- reer. Between Miletus and Jerusalem the historian hurries us along toward the City of Jerusalem, where Paul had studied, attained distinction as a rab- binical scholar, had served with credit as a member of the Sandhedrin, per- secuted the church and won his victory for religious liberty. He loved its walls and everything connected with its his- | tory, yet he knew that he faced un- known perils there. He had been warr.ed but he refu: to turn aside would have cited to them that through disobedience Jonah got into trouble, as all do who disobey God’s commands. When they reached Caesarea, Paul became the guest of Philip, the evan- gelist. He and his four daughters were influential members of the local church During their stay at Cacsarea, Agabus, who was a prophet, visited the apostle and sought to persuade him on account of his approaching peril to change his program. He would not hesitate to turn aside from any peril that would inter- fere with his arrival at Jerusalem. but no human power could keep Paul from being obedient to God's orders to go to his nation’s capital. The sympathy and prayers of the brethren helped him to move on ready for sacrifice or serv- ice, when he reached Jerusalem. Bible Questions Of the Day By Harlow R. Hoyt. THE SAVING OF EUTYCHUS. Questions. 1. What was Paul planning to do at | the end of the Winter of 58 A. D.? X‘: ‘What precautions did he take and | why? | 3. Where did Paul and his followers go and when did they sail? 5 4. Where did they pause on their way to Jerusalem? 5. What did Paul do there? 6. Who was Eutychus? 7. What happened to him? 8. How did Paul treat this situation? 9. Why did Paul not visit Ephesus again? . 10. How did Paul say farewell to the elders of Ephesus? Answers. 1. At the end of the Winter of 58 A.D., Paul was in Corinth. He planned | to visit the mother church in Jeru- salem. 2. Paul had collected sums of money to aid the church. Fearing sea- robbers he traveled overland with his followers. 3. Paul and his followers went to eapolis and set sail in the Spring. 4. At Troas. 5. Paul preached, held communion sérvices, and solicited funds for the church. & 6. Butychus was a Christian youth of s. 7. While listening to one of Paul's sermons he fell from a window into the courtyard below and was picked up for ead. 8. Paul prayed over the youth and his life was restored to him. 9. Paul did not visit Ephesus be- cause he did not wish to encounter the delay such a visit would entail. 10. He sent messengers from Miletus who brought the elders of Ephesus to im. There Paul gave them final ad- vice and said farewell. S CANON DUNLAP TO PREACH AT ST. PAUL’S TOMORROW Communion Service Will Be Cele- brated by the Rev. Wil- . liam L. Mayo. Rev. E. 8. Dunlap, canon of the ‘Washington Cathedral, will preach the sermon and conduct the service at St. Paul’s Church, Rock Creek parish, to- morrow at 11 o'clock. The communion service wiil be at 8:45 a.m.: celebrant, Rev. William L. Mayo. The church school will hold its session at 9:30 a.m. and the Young People’s Soclety will have its meeting at 7 p.m. Al the recent Episcopal convention H. Lawrence Choate, member of the church, teacher in the church school, founder and former director of the Rock Creek Brotherhood Chapter, was elected president of the National Council of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Miss Sadie L. Carlisle, founder and president of the Rock Creek Girls' Priendly Society and promulgator cf the candidates’ class, has been appoint- ed chairman of the committee having in charge all girls from 14 to 21 vears of age of the Girls’ Priendly Societies in the diocese of Washington. Recently Dr. F. J. Bohanon, rector, was appoint- ed director of the department of re- ligious education of the Episcopal churches in the diocese of Washington. OBSERVE FESTIVAL DAY. Lutherans to Hear Sermon Bearing on Reformation. “A Sixteenth Century Principle for Twentleth Century Christians” will be the subject tomorrow at 11 am. in Georgetown Lutheran Church, of Rev. Harold E. Beatty. The service will be in keeping with the observance of the festival of the Reformation. Christian Endeavor meets at 7 p.m. The leade Mrs. Helen Albert. At the 3 p.m. service the subject will be “The Lord, My Banner.” Forum to Discuss Smith. “Al Smith—Progressive or Reaction- ary?” is the question to be discussed tomorrow at 3 p.m. before the Wash- ington Secular League Open Forum at 1006 E street. - William V. Mahoney, who declined the nomination for Vice President of the United States on the Farmer-Labor party ticket, will be the principal speaker. The public is in- from the path of duf God's call for mother church in Jeru: s2 At the end of the winter of 58 A.0, 5ul found himself in Corinth with a larde sum of money to take to the searobbers, he ordered his followers to make their way across ceuntry. They reached Neapolis in safety and iled for Jerusalem in the spring. = A A R A It i) vited. THE SAVING OF EUTYCHUS | demonstration of Sunday school work. | ‘The Elementary Union banquet, held Monday evening, was attended by 100 people. The final address was given by Dr. A. N. Ward, president of Western Maryland College. President Homer J. Councilor out- lined the organization of the Organized Bible Class Association, the Elementary Union and the Young Christian Work- ers Association. A resolution was adopted that W. W. Millan prepare a [ history _of the organization from its origin, 35 years ago. A resolution was offered to change | District of Columbia Sunday School A sociation. Under the rules, this went aqver for action at the next annual con- vention. President, Dr. Homer J. Councilor: fir vice president, E. B. Shaver; second vice president, Maj. F. A. Frost; third vice president, Benjamin Dochrer; fourth vice president, Mrs. Rossei E. Mitcheil; fifth vice president, D. H. Johnsol sixth vice president, Everett F. Ha: craft: secretary, Maj). W. O. Tufts; treasurer, Thomas P. Hickman. were elected as follows: W. W. Millan, Rev. Charles H. Butler, John E. Daw son, Norton M. Liltle, Page McK. Etchi- son, E. H. De Groct, J George D. Sullivan, Miss Lois Kugler, Y Prince, A. C. Ridgeway, W. E. Hoffheins, John C. Rundles, Mrs. E. A. Seltzer, Paul Froehlich and J. L. Bateman. REV. W. S. BEARD TO PREACH SERMON Laymen's Advisory Committee Chairman to Fill Mount Pleas- ant Congregational Pulpit. Rev. William S. Beard, secretary of the Congregational Laymen's Advisory Committee, will preach tomorrow morn- ing at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. The Women's Guild of the church will serve dinner Wednesday at the church to the Congregational Woman's Assocfation of the Middle Atlantic Con- ference, holding its meeting in Wash- ington. In the child-guidance course, a reg- ular Thursday morning feature at the church, Dr. Lois Meek will be the speak- er November 1 at 10 o'clock, her sub- ject being “The Home—Its Opportuni- ties as a Democratic Environment.” Mrs. Arthur Deerin Call, wife of the secretary of the American Peace So- ciety, addressed' the League of Service of the church at the home of the Misses Peck, 1528 Newton street, M day evening, on “William Ladd—Pio- neer of the Peace Movement.” Miss Cora T. Clements and Miss Jo- sephine Peck have. been named by the women’s Bible class as delegates to the monthly discussion meetings of the Sunday school. LEAGUE WILL MEET. Churchman's Group to Hold Au- tumn Conference Tuesday. The regular Autumn meeting of the Churchman’s League of the District of Columbia, an organization composed of clergymen and laymen of the Episcopal Church, will be held in the assembly room of the Cosmos Club, Madison place near H street, Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. The subject of the meeting will be “Echoes of the General Convention.” An account of varfous phases of the recent General Convention of the Epis- copal Church will be given by various deputies, both clerical and lay, from the Diocese of Washington and from other dioceses. All clergymen and laymen of the Episcopal Church now in the city, including deputies to the General Con- vention, are invited to be present. The president of the Churchman’s League is George B. Selden,iand the secretary Dr. Alvin T. Gregory. Francis Asbury M. E. Program for Tomorrow Announced. At Francis Asbury M. E. Church South “What 1s Leadership?” is Rev. J. J. Rives' subject for the 11 o'clock service tomorrow morning, followed by the installation of the official board of the church. At 8 p.m. Rev. Mr. Rives will begin a series of eight sermon lectures based on his recent trip to Egypt, the Holy Land and Europe, Pastor to Tell of SQmsom Rev. George Farnham, pastor of the Cleveland Park Congregational Church, will speak tomorrow at 11 o'clock on “Struggles for Perfection.” In the eve- ning at 6:30 o'clock he will give the story of Samson. Miss Virginia Rutty and Miss Edith Bruce will furnish a 40- minute program of stories and readings during the evening servics . Special Sermon Announced, Rev. Roy Carter, pastor of the Mount Olive Baptist Church, will preach at the Friendship Baptist Church tomorrow at 11 am. The pastor, Rev. B. H. Whiting, will preach a special sermon at 8 p.m. Sunday school, 9:30 am.; B. Y. P. U, 6 p.m.; prayer and praise service Tues- day, 8 p.m. For seve salem. Fearin - contribu he was A’c Troas, Paul and his party paused There he preached as was his wont, and on the first day of the week he held communion services and asked n days. e - = tions to aid the fund which collecting. = - - Junior church_at 11 o'clock will b~ the name of the organization to the | The following officers were elected: | Members of the exacutive committee | | School CI BOARD TO BE INSTALLED. | {in charge of Rev. director of religious education. | meeting of the Senior Christian | Endeavor Society tomorrow at 6:45 p.m William B. Doyle will lead the merting “Making the The Young | for discussion will be | Right Use of Our Talents.” People's B. Y. P. U. Eighth street at 7 o’clock. | The Burrall class will hold its | Autumn banqust Wednesday evening at | 6:30 o'clock. It will be a Halloween affair, Mrs. Jessie Burrall Eubank. former teacher, will give the address. The class is meeting in the Rialto Theater Sunday at 9:30 am. _All departments of the Sunday school will meet tomorrow morning at 9:30 | o'clock. =iy REV. H. H. KRATZIG T0 FILL PULPIT HERE Norfolk Pastor Will Preach at Morning Hour in Mount Ver- non Place Church. | _The pulpit of Mount Vernon Place Church will be occupied tomorrow morning by Rev. Henry H. Kratzig, su- perintendent of the Union Mission of Norfols, Va. He will speak on “The Church Everlastingly at Work.” Dr. W. A. Lambeth, the pastor, will preach at the evening service, using as his sub ject, “Heaven on Earth.” At the junior congregation service, held in the Sun day school auditorium at 11 a.m.. Rev. Haskell R. Deal will preach on “Making the Goal. At 3 pm. the Epworth League will conduct a service in building B, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Monday evening at 7 o'clock the Esthnaoruth Sunday will give a program at the Home for Aged Women, 1255 Wisconsin avenue, Miss Grace Gannaway will lead the monthly missionary program of the Se- nior Epworth League at 6:30 o'clock tomorrow in the Sunday school au- | ditorium. Rev. Mr. Deal will speak at the prayer meeting service Thursday at 8 o'clock. RELIGIOUS PAGEANTRY STUDENTS TO GATHER Mass Meeting to Be Held at First Congregational Church November 9. The mass meeting in the interest of religious pageantry and dgama which is being arranged by the committee on re- ligious drama of the Washingion Fed- eration of Churches will be held in the Sunday school room of the First Con- gregational Church, at Tenth and G streets, Friday evening, November 9. Rev. Georg> Reid Andrews, chairman of the department of religious drama of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ, in America, will come to Wash- ington to address’ the meeting and to consult with the leaders of the move- ment to encourage drama as a fneans of religious_education. The Washington committee, assisted v the ministers of the various churches affiliated with the Federation of Churches, is now preparing lists of those in the various denominations who have shown interest in any phase of this dra- matic work, including particularly di- rectors and business managers, choir masters and musictans, costume makers, hands. are intimately concerned with branch of religious pedagogy. “CROWDED LIFE” IS TOPIC All Souls’ Church 7{0— Show Ironsides” on Screen. “The Crowded Life” is the subject upon which Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, minister of All Souls' Church (Unita: rian), Sixteenth and Harvard streets, will preach tomorrow morning. The feature at the motion picture hour in Pierce Hall et 7:30 pm. will be “Old Ironsides.” A special presentation of this film will be given at 4 p.m. All Souls’ Church will be represented at the Fall mgeting of the Joseph Priestley Gonferbnce. made up of the Unitarian Churches of this vicinity, to be held at the Unitarian Church’ in Baltimore October 31. Laurence C. Staples of All Souls' Church is acting president of the conference. Both Dr. and Mrs. Ulysses G. B. Pierce will par- ticipate in the program. REVIVAL IN PROGRESS. Directors of religious education this “old Dr. 8. L. Johnson to Address Mount Moriah Baptists. Evangelistic services are being held at the Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Third and L streets southwest, Rev. J. Harvey Randolph pastor. Dr. S. L. Johnson of Boydton, Va., evangelist, will preach tomorrow at 11 am. and 7:30 pm. A special mass meeting for men will be held at 3:30 pm. in the auditorium and another for women in the bagse- ment. Dr. Johnson will speak to the men and jointly to men and women at 5:15 o'clock. Sunday School Lesson H. J. Councilor, | Miss Ruth Winter will conduct the | Tucsday evening at 8 o'clock. The topic | scene painters, electricians and stage | will moet at 715 | Abbey Church of St. | "THE present church of St. Ouen has | occupied its site for over six cen- turies, but it is the most recent of a series of structures which have stood | here for over 1,900 years, {or legend has | it that one stood here somewhere in the year 400. It is certain that a house of worship occupied this ground two cen- turies later during the pontificate of Conon, for Archbishop Ouen died and was buried there in 686, It must have been a rather flimsy structure, however, for it was easily burned in a few hours | first Duke of Normandy, who plundered the place about a hundred and fifty vears later. This same Hrolf com- menced the rebuilding of the church | shortly after his elevation to the duke- dom and the corner stone and founda- | tion were Iaid by his successor. Rollo, in the year 900. Work continued for a | century and a half during the reigns of |the first three Richards; then, the Ab. bot Nicholas, son of Richard III, dis- satisfied with its general and designs, had it demolished and | commenced work on an entirely new strueture. |by the Norss Vikings under Hrolf, the | dimensions | REFORMATION DAY - SERVIGES PLANNED LGcneral Assembly of South- ern Presbyterian Church Scts Tomorrow Aside. eneral Assembly of the South- terian_Church has set aside October 28 as Reformation day. On | this day throughout the entire church { sermons will be preached suitable to | the occasion, and in connection with these services the tercentenary of John Bunyan will b» observed. At the Central Presbyterian Church. in the morning the pastor, Rev. James | H. Taylor, will preach a sermon on the | Reformation. and at night Dr. Willlam | Allen Wilbur, provost of George Wash- | ington University, will make an address |01 _sohn Bunyan. | _The young people’s Friday night Bible | class, under the instruction of Dr. Tay- for. held its first meeting last week. The class s open to all young people above | 15 vears of age, both in the church and | cat.ide of the congregation | The topic for study during the ores- ent session is church historv, feen the | aposteiic age until the present time. | Miss Mary E. Coi’ is executive manager | of the class and Mewton B. Warwick is | secretary. . Council Date Is Fixed. ‘[ The Fall local council of the Daugh- ters of the King tn the Diocese of Wash- | ington will be held No-ember 1 at 8 | pam. at St. Jzmes” Churc™. QOuen, Rouen, France ory is one of r "~ Call to Prayer . to All Christians of All Political Faiths f all. in general confession of st Its subsequent his peated misfortunes; completed finally in 1126 it stood for only a hundred years and was then destroyed by fire | Rebuilt a few years later, it again fell a victim to the flames in 1248 and the new church, the pry started 70 years later. More lrcuhls‘ was in store for it, for the Hundred | | Years' War between France and Eng- e |1and delayed construction not only be- |19, cause the, re ne | cause of lack of man power, but also | centinued and. the: pricele | because of a shortage of money. The|of conscience for all n middle of the fifteenth century saw the | ___ completion of most of the main struc- { ture so that it might be put to use, but much of its interior was again de- oyed by the Huguenots in 1562. And during the French lution it was | turned into a blacksmith shop for the | manufacture of ar Much of the blackened discoloration of the interior | is due to the smoking forges in use here during that time. | This church is intimately connected | with the history of Joan of Arc, for it was here that the Maid of Orleans | made_her futile retraction and denial | that God had spoken to h-r. | CITIZEN. Evangelist John MacNeil Capital Memorial Church Corner of 5th & F Sts. NW. in DR. PORTER RETURNS; PREACHES TOMORROW Topic for Morning Sermon at First Baptist. Dr. Samuel Judson Porter, pastor, will preach at the Pirst Baptist Church tomorrow on “When Love Centered on Me” and in the evening on “Tamper- ing with Conscience.” During Dr. Porter’s two weeks’ absence from Wash tures, “Eight_Portraits of the Master, in the First Baptist Church of Denton, Tex., and has also spoken to the stu- denfs in several of the colleges there. The Swedish Mission will meet to- morrow at 3:30 pm. with Rev. Nels Hedecn, the Swedish pastor, at the church. At 6:45 p.m. the Baptist Young Peo- ple's Union will hold its weekly de- votional meeting. A _special program on “Stewardship of Talents” is being planned by ‘Miss Ruth Reynolds, the group captain in charge. The B. Y. P. U. will have a Halloween party Wednesday evening at the church. The pastor will lead the prayer meeting Thursday evening. HALLOWEEN PARTY. |B. Y. P. U. at Highlands Church Plans Celebration. The Japtist Young People’s Union of the Highlands Baptist Church will give a Halloween party for the church school Wednesday evening. The society has ar- ranged a new program of meetings, to go into effect on the first Sunday of November. The annual business meeting of the | church was held Thursday evening. with a supper served by the Ladies’ Social Circle. The pastor, Rev. Newton Simmonds, will preach tomorrow evening on “Crushed by the Crowd.” In the morn- ing the subject will be “Methodical Re- ligion." PASTOR GIVES TOPICS. Dr. Chesteen Smith to Preach at Hamline M. E. Church, "‘T dencies Which Determine Des- tiny I to delivered by Dr. Chesteen Smith at Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church. Sixteenth and Allison streets, tomorrow at 11 o'clock. In the evening at 8 ;'Clm‘k. his subject will be “The New ife.” Robert P. Green, newly elected teach- er of the men's class, will address them at 10 o'clock, the devotional exercises beginning at 9:45 am. Church Program Announced. At the Church of the Transfiguration tomorrow the services will be: Holy communion at 7:30 a.m., morning pray- er and sermon at 11 o'clock, evening prayer and sermon at 8 o'clock, church school at 9:30 a.m. Rev. J. J. Queally will officiate at all the services and will preach at 11 am. and 8 p.m. B Acts, xx.1-21, zvii.2; Cor., zi.28. Serwces were held in @ lof¢ under the roof of the house. The night was hot. The room was close. Paul preached | Eutychus, one of the group, seated in an open window, dozed as hi listened. He lost his balance and pitched head| into the courtyard below. o & = The, youth was taken up Fer dead, but Paul kneelm’g beside the Eady, oFfered up ervent prayers and the converts life “When Love Centered on Me," be the subject. of the sermon | was saved. s = 7 . o Sunday and Wednes- 'WORKER FROM CHINA | day Evenings, 7:30 TO SPEAK AT CHURCH Rev. J. H. Reisner in Pulpit of Peck Memorial Chapel Tomor- row Evening. Rev. J. H. Reisner, who is doing cial work in China and is an over- | Sunday guest in Washington, will be the chief speaker at a special sorvice at Peck Memorial Chapel tomorrow night | 2t 7:45 o'clock. At 11 o'clock Sunday morning the | pastor, Rev. Irving W. Ketchum, will speak on “Why and How to Begin to Be a Christian.” | The men'’s Cuthbert class will be ad- | dressed by Judge William E. Norris at {10 o'clock. Elizabsth F. Ketchum will | be the speaker at the sa hour for th> woman's cla: The community g and industria! school at the chapel will open for the year November 4 at 10:30 o'clock. The | president of the school. Mrs. Herbert A | Whitney, will preside. Rev. Mr. Ketchum will make a short address. The month of November will be ob- sorved in a spec 1 way by the chapel | as a _month rt gratitude and service. 1t will bozir. with a special sermon Sur dav morning. November 4, and in the evening there will be a communion serv- ice and reception of new members. Sub ject Sm:la;y Night, 7:30 October 28 “ARMAGEDDON” The greatest human struggle of all the ages. The events leading up to it. When it takes place. Wednesday, Oct. 31 “What Assurance Has Man of Eternal Life?” Good Music All Cordially Welcome | TAKOMA PARK CHURCH | WILL HOLD ORDINATION, Christian Congregation to Conduct | Anniversary Program Jointly | Tomorrow. | OTHER SERVICES. n Church. | [ ) § HALL MISSION 625 LA. AVE. N.W. The Takoma Park Christ meeting temporarily in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Willow and Carroll avenues, will observe an anniversary- | ordination program tomorrow at 3 p.m. | The occasion is the second anniversary of the organization of Disciples of Christ in Takoma Park. Rev. D. C. | Gordon of ths Christian Church at Mount- Rainier, Md.. will preach on “Preaching and Reaching.” Following his address, Rev. Harvey Baker Smith of the Columbia Heights Christian Church will have charge of | an ordination ceremony, at which M. | Flmore Turner, present minister of the | | Takoma Park Church, will be ordained | | to Christian service. i At 8 pm. the guest-speaker will be | | Rev. W. L. Darby of the Washington | Federation of Churches. MARKS ANNIVERSARY. For the Promotion of Scriptural Haoliness Sunday Serviees. 2.30 Praver meeting Thursday. ALL_INVITED S=NERSTSY SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON Phone Franklin 1839, K 3 JUDGE, DEAN FRANKI Healing Mi 10 am. pm. 8pom HUMILITY L. a3 Christian Good Words Club. pers Class. Allbright Church to Hold Specinl" Services Tomorrow. Services in _celebration of the first | anniversary of the dedication of the Aibright Memorial Evangelical Church | will be held at the church, Fourth and Rittenhouse strects, November 4. Dr. W. F. Teel of Reading, Pa., president of | Schuylkill College, will be the special speaker at the morning and evening services. | Bishop J. F. Dunlop of Cleveland will preach at the church November 11. TUESDAY “Christian Heal —Healing Service. WEDNESDAY. -Proving the Law.” Prosperity and Healing Serv- Ice. 3:00p.m ling” Class 30 pm 3 SDAY THUR: ons in Truth” Ciass FRIDAY 5:00 p.m.—Healing Service. ce daily at 12:20. n our unity of purposs we are guided by infinite wisdom and prospered by di- vine love. All classes are open classes and all are walcome. Noon, (Harlowe R. Hoyt Y (Walter Scott 7 )AY MEETINGS. . The Secular League Musteians’ B unda: . SMITH—Progressive or React WL MAHONEY. o President Theatre Penn. Ave. at 11th St. Subjects Sunday: 3:00 P.M. “The Baptism with the Holy Spirit.” 7:30 P.M. “A Perfect Romance.” Services Daily (except Saturday) at 10 and 7:30.