Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1928, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. U. SATURDAY. TOATTEND MISSION Bible Conference Committee of 70 Extends Invitations to Services at St. Stephen’s Church. A committee of 70 extended a per- sonal invitation this week 1o residents of the parish to atiend an_evangolical mission December 2 to 7 in the new parish hall of St. Sicphen and ths Incarnation Chwurch, Si teenth and Nev the house to houss visitation will be made at the rectory. 1515 Newton street. tomorrow at 8 pm The auditorium of the parish hall. in which the mission will be held will seat 700. The hall will amply accom- modate the activities of the various organizations of the parish. Bishop Jam-s E. Freeman will preach the opening sermon of the mission cember 2 at 8 pm. E Monday to Friday will the missionary, Dr. Ki Cleveland, Ohio. who. i will succeed the present recior of and St. Peter's Episcopal Church, timore. Neighborhood prayer services are a feature of the extensive preparations for the mission The Men's Club will hold its first meeting of the season November 27 at the rectory, 1515 Newton sireet. Meetings thereafter will be held at tie new parish hall, Sixteenth and Newton streets. Officers of the club are Arthur C Houghton, president: Edward S. Dew- son, vice president: Fdwin A. Heili secretary: Otho T. Brall, treasurer The board of directors is composed of | J. Elvans Mayfield. James G. Traylor and William P. Bowen. OFFICERS CHOSEN BY LUTHERAN BOARD Foreign Missions Organization De- olines to Transfer Headquarters From Baltimore to Ohio. Special Dispatch to The Siar. BALTIMORE. Noevmber Board of Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Church, at the an- nual meeting here this week, reor- ganized the system of administration but declined a proposal to move the headquarters to Ohio. After being in Baltimore for many years, the board recently acquired the property as its national headquarters. The chief feature of the reorganiza- tion was the election of Rev. Dr. P. W. Kohler, president of the Ohio Synod, as executive secretary of the board.| Thet step was recommended at the | church convention recently at Erie, Pa, | Other executive officers chosen were | Rev. Dr. L. B. Wolf, for many years | secretary: Rev. Dr. George Drach and | Rev. M. E. Thomes. | The board officers named were Rev. | Dr. C. Theodore Benze of Philadelphia, | president: Rev. Dr. J. E. Byers of Bal- | timore, vice president, and George Weit- | 2el, treasurer. | The board collects and distributes 'n missions about $900.000 a vear. In India alone it has entolled 140.000 native | members. Large mission work also is, carried on in Liberia, Japan, China and | Argentina. ! 24.—The { At Tabor Presby:erian Church. Sec-; ond and S streets, Rev. R. Alvin Fairley | will speak tomorrow at 11 a.m. on “A Portreit of God,” and at 7:45 p.m. on | “Where Dc You Stand?” ‘The Union of Congregational Churches will be held at 10:30 o'clock | Thanksgiving morning at Tabor Church. Rev. R. W. Brooks will deliver the ser- mon. Lincoln Congregational Temple, | Plymouth Congregational, People’s Con- gregational, Fifteenth Street terian and Tabor Presbyterian Churches constitute the union. First Brethren Service. UNION RITES PLANNED “Services SABethlEhEm Chapel Will | Pirst Brethren Church, Twelfth and E streets southeast, will preach at 11| o'clock tomorrow 'on “Reasons for | ‘Thanksgiving.” At 7:45 p.m. his mes- sage will be “A Glimpse Into Heaven Sunday school meets at 9:30 a.m. and | Y. P. C. E. at 6:45 pm. LUTHER LEAGUE The Second Annual Washington Luthersn Training School was opsned at the Church of the Reformation, Sec- ond and B streets southeast, last Mon- day evening and offers the following courses: “Life of Christ,” “Story Tell- ing for Teachers of Children ™ “Psy- chology of Early Adolescent. ciples of Teaching” and “A Study of Inner Missions.” of which courses Dr. John Weidley, Miss Bernice Huff. Rev. E. H. Meuser, Paul Frochlich and Rev. Manken, jr. respectively, are teachers. In connection therewith, Jectures will be delivered by Rev. Ger- | hard E. Lenski of Washington, D. C Arthur P. Black, secretary Laymen Movement, United Lutheran Church; Dr. Oscar F. Blackwelder. Dr. Foster U. Gift, and Rev. John G. Fleck, of Balti- more, Md., and Dr. Charles P. Wiles of Philadelphia, Pa. The vice president of the Luther League of the Maryland Synod, Austin W. Howard, presided at the vesper service of tHe Evangelical Lutheran Church of Prederick, Md., last Sunday, which was in charge of the Luther League. Fred L. Schickler, publici chairman of the Luther League of ti District of Columbia and correspond- | ing and_statistical secretary of the | Maryland Synodical League, appeared on the program. This meeting was attended by the Maryland School for the Deaf, under the direction of Prof. ! 1. Biorlee, superintendent ! The organization of a Junior Luther | | of the home, Prin- | Reports of DR. A. C. CHR'STIL 5;‘"177 “LAMPS OF GOD” TOPIC. : Morning Subject of Georgetown H Lutheran Pastor Announced. | “The Lamps of God" will be the sub- | | ject tomorrow at 11 am. in Georgetown | | Lutheran Church, Rev. Harold E. Beatty, pastor. Christian Endeavor I meets at 7 p.m. The last of the four meetings of the Bible conference will be {held at 8 pm. Arthur P. Black, execu- tive secretary of the Lutheran Laymen's movement, will speak Men {Can Help” and Dr. A. C. Ch ie ot on | “The Old Bibie in the New World.” BENE#IT DAY SCHEDULED FOR METHODIST HOME Annual Donations and Tea for In- stitution Will Take Place November 30. The board of managers of the Methodist Home for the Aged will hold the annual donation day and tea for the benefit of the home at Connecticut venue and Ellicott street, November 30, from 3 to 10 o'clock. Mr. Ivan Riley is chairmen of donations. Mrs outlying districts. Mrs. Robert Parker, assisted by Mrs. William Fraser McDowell, wife of Bish- op McDowell, and the wives of the | ministers of the Metiodist churches of the Washington district, will preside in_the tearoom. Mrs. Howell Bartic and Mrs. Isaac Birch, assisted by the members of the reading circie. will be in charge of the sale of miscellaneous articles. many of which have been made by the women aprons and homemade v. Both money and food supplies are | needed for the maintenance of the 3 inson is presi- dent of the board of managers, and Mrs. Edward M. Hall, treasurer. BISHOP TO PREACH EVENSONG SERMON Be Broadcast by Sta- tion WRC. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop Thanksgiving service |Of Washingion. will preach at tne| and Presbyterian | PeOple’s evensong. at 4 p.m. tomorrow | in Bethlechem Chapel of Washington Cathedral. This service will bs broad- cast by radio over WRC. Very Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl, dean of Washington, will be the preacher at Presby- | the 11 am. celebration tomorrow of | holy communion and sermon in Beth- lehem Chapel. The full list of ser: ices tomorrow in Bethlehem Chapel wi jon; 10 a.m., morning prayer and lit- | I { be as follows: 7:30 a.m., holy comm-m-‘: B. Y. P. U. News h Rev. Homer A, Kent, pastor of the ' 1V 11 am communion and sermon; 4 p.m., people’s evensong and sermon. | VISITOR TO PREACH. Dr. Alfred E. Barrows, pastor of the | Eastern Presbyterian Church, has been | called to Chicago to attend a meetin of General Assembly’s budget allocating | commitee, of which he has been elected | chairman. This committee is charged | with allocating down to the churches | the $12,000,000 benevolent budget of the | Presbyterian Churches, United States | of America. In the absence of Dr. Bar- rows his pulpit will be supplied Sunday by Rev. Alton B. Altfather, pastor of the Presoyterian Church at Falls Church, Va. The Westminster Society will meet Monday evening. The Women's Mis- sionary Society will meet Friday at 2 p.m. The program is in charge of Mrs. W. L. Hagen and Mrs. M. Hand. Dr. F. W. Perkins tori’reach. | _“Getting the Thankful Habit" will be | the theme of the sermon by Dr. Frederic | W. Perkins, pastor of the First Uni- versalist Church, tomorrow morning at {11 o'clock at the Ambassador Theater. | At 12:15 pm. church school; 7 p.m. | devotional meeting of the Young Peo ple’s Christan Union, at 1317 New York avenue, topic, “‘Our Church,” led by Miss Eleanor Bonner. French Congregation Service. The French Congregation, which meets at St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, every Sunday at 4 pm. and every Friday at 4:45 pm., will hear to- morrow a sermon by the Rev. Florian Vurpillot on “Donnez leur vous-memes a manger,” In which the pastor will tell 1o be fed. Caivary Meihodist Church will speai on | Grace A. L. Suit is chairman of Lhe‘ how and by whom the multitudes are young people’s night RITES FOR BAPTIST OFFICIAL PLANNED Notables in Church to Take Part in Service for Dr. E. Y. Mullins. By the Associated Precs. LOUISVILLE, K November 24— | Memory of the lats Dr. E. Y. Mullins, | sident of the Baptist Theological eminary, former head of th: Bap- tist World Alliance and widely known | a writer and authority on scriptural interpretation, was honored today at the seminary in a special memorial | service, in which the faculty and stu- dent body participated. Final rites for the theologian, who dicd at noon yesterday, following sev- eral weeks of fafling health. will be ob- served tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in a public service at the Broad- | way Baptist Church, with the Rev.| John R. Sampey. senjor member of the | faculty, officiating. | Shortly before the public ceremony, | a private funeral will be held at the residence, the Rev. Hansford D. John- son, pastor of the Broadway Church, | presiding. Members of the family, fac- | ulty of the seminary and a small group | | of close triends of Dr. Mullins will at- | tend the home service, At the public service the Rev. A. T.| Robertson, professor of New Testament | interpretation, will speak for the sem- | inary faculty. Dr. John J. McNeil of | Toronto, Canada, president of the Bap- tist World Alliance, will represent that | body. and others fo deliver addresses the Rev. Z. T. Cody of Grenville S. C.. editor of the Baptist Cour Dr. Georg> W. Truelt of Daile: ident of the Southern Baptist Conven- tion. ,Dr. Mullins is survived by his widow | and six sist | The Mullins' lot, which will be the | are | final resting place of Dr. Mullins, In | | Cave Hill Cemetery, contains the graves | | of the first and second presidents of the | seminary, and of another who was ac- | }flve in founding the theological school. | Pallbearers have been selected from | | the fellows in the various departments of the seminary BUNYAN BIRTHDAY ~ T0 BE OBSERVED BBy | Dr. Sizoo to Preach on “Tinker's God" at New York Avenue 1 | At New York Avenue Church tomor- | row_morning at 11 o'clock Dr. Joseph IR. Sizoo will observe the tercentenary of John Bunyan. It was on the last day of November, 300 years ago, that his birth was registered in an English |village. In keeping with that event Dr. | Sizoo will preach on “A Tinker's God.” |1t is a_modern interpretation of “Pil- | grim’s Porgress.” Dr. Sizoo will continue his Sunday | evening “Studies in Religion” at 8| o'clock. This Sunday evening sermon | |is followed by the questionnaire offered |by the members present. His theme this week will be, “Does Prayer Change Anything?” The church will observe the annual | Thanksgiving day with & special serv- ice at 11 o'clock. Dr. Sizoo will preach | the sermon. having for his theme, | | “When Thou Makest a Feast.” WILL JOIN IN WORSHIP. | Order of Red Men and Auxiliary | to Attend Service. | ‘The Improved Order of Red Men and | Daughters of Pocahontas will attend service in the Western Presbyterian | Church tomorrow evening. The pastor, | Rev. J. Harvey Dunham, will preach | |on “What We Live By." Union Thanksgiving day service will | be held Thursday morning. and Dr. | James McLean of the Union Methodist | Church will preach the sermon. Rev. J. Clyde Turner spoke to the Baptist young people Thursday evening | | at Metropolitan Baptist Church. This | past_week was the annual meeting of | the Baptist Association. Thursday eve- | ning’s session was devoted to the young | people. | The Columbia Federation is holding |its annual Thanksgiving sunrise prayer |service at the National Baptist Me- |morial Church, Sixteenth street and | Columbia road, at 7 o'clock. Dr. James H. Taylor will speak. ‘The On-to-Detroit Club branch of |the federation, had a tacky party at | National Baptist Memorial Church | Wednesday evening. Thomas R. Wilson is president of this club. Bdwin Phelps, general secretary of the Baptist Young People’s Unions of America. was visiting in the city during week. was originally planned for the Boys' Basket Ball League to only play each Tuesday night, excepting the third, at Langley High School, Second and T | streets northeast. So many teams now belong to the league that Herbert Reamy, second vice president and athletic di- rector, is endeavoring to secure another night 'each week. There are 25 teams entered in the bowling league, which bowls every Saturday night at the Lucky Strike alleys. There were an even 200 present at the Junior Federation meeting last Sun- |day afternoon, where the Petworth Junior boys and girls gave the program. Miss Gladys Cockerille is the Junior su- | perintendent. J. W. Leap is in charge of a drama- d program tomorrow night at Grace Union. Bethany Senior Union, No. 1, will have a special Thanksgiving program in the form of a spiritual feast. Louise | Newkirk and the Gamma group will {lead. Tomorrow night will also be in the church service, Melrose Abbey, Scotland. 'I‘I{E original abbey at Melrose was built in 1146. It was a structure for the Cistercian monks imported from Yorkshire, the pioneers of their order in Scotland. It was an influen- tial abbey and heavily endowed by David I. His gifts and those of the crown and nobles made it a treasure house of costly works of art and the center of monastic learning. But Its life was a comparatively short one, for in 1322, when Edward II retreated after the Batlle of Bannockburn, it wi object. of his vengeance and his soldiers almost completely destroyed the ancient pile. It was rebuilt, however, largely through the munificence of Robert Bruce, and the new structure, built at the time of the introduction of Gothic architecture, gave up the severe Nor- man style to that of the new. But, like so many of the famous religious struc- tures of the world, its history continued full of strife and turbulence. Edward | IIT held it by force of arms for 40 years as an English territory, but did it no harm. A few years later, in 1384, Richard IT used the abbey as shelter for himself and some of his soldiers and showed his appreciation by setting it on fire, He made gifts to the abbey Sunday School Lesson BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON. ‘THE PRAYERS OF PAUL. Acts, xx.36-38: Romans, 18-10. Ephesial 1.15-23; 1ii.14-21. I Thessalonians, 1.2-5. Golden Text—Rejoice always pray without ceasing: in ev thing give thanks—I Thessalon- ians, v.16-18. Sir Francis Younghwsband claims that “most men, and particularly men of action, are deeply conscious of the presence of some unseen force at work in the world, and what they have felt has filled them with a conviction that the power makes for righteousness.” The reality of the presence of an “in- visible ally,” who was ever ready to assist all that sought His aid In the struggle of life, has filled all men with the spirit of prayer. ligious.” The secret of the poise, per- sonality and power cf the Lord Jesus can be traced to His life of communion with the Father. Paul was a man of prayer. While one will not find a phi- losophy of prayer in the writings of the apostle, we find that he practiced prayer, seeking not world gain, but spiritual blessings. Probably Paul would have met the present. age, with its problems, somewhat differently from the way he met those of his day and generation. He would not have needed any stronger argu- ment to demonstrate the power of pre- vailing prayer than his own experience and practice of fellowship with his Lord in prayer. In fact, any attempt to ex- plain prayer that does not rest upon the facts that demonstrate conclusively the value of prayer by the evidence of well authenticated answers to petitions would be valueless. He found, as we will find, that our greatest personal privilege and power comes through oux prayer life, The psychiatrists hawe found out that a prolific cause of mental disturb- ances is lack of self-conquest and of inward harmony. It may consist of a secret sin, a wayward imagination, de- sires at war with ideals or a wrong at- titude toward life and other people. ‘The way out is a central, dominating. unselfish purpose that brings life into harmony. We shall find the way out of conflict where Paul found it, “con- quering self, overcoming barriers, mas- tering difficulties and conquering all op- position by his practice of prayer.” The Practice of Prayer. In his farewell mess: to the leaders of the Ephesian Church, delivered upon the beach at Miletus, Paul warned them of the danger of false teachers entering into their fellowship and their J)osslhle destructive work. He pointed out not only their peril, but also assured them that he faced serious difficulties at Jerusalem. They knew that it was the last time that they would look into the fact of the apostle, who had endeared himself to them by his sacrificial services and untiring ef- forts to win them for Christ and es- tablish them in the faith. It was a time of great sorrow, and, following his custom, he knelt “down and prayed with them all” upon the beach. By practicing in that hour his cus- tomary method of conquering all of the difficulties of life, he taught the brethren of the Ephesus Church as- sembled upon the seashore that day the way of success. In his epistle to them, written to the Church in Ephesus when the apostle was in Rome, he re- veals the fact that his prayer of that day and of his constant remembrance of them at the throne of grace was a source of joy. Paul had great comfort in their faith, of which he heard, and he ceased not to thank God for their victories in meeting their spiritual dangers, Famous Churches of the World as an | It is this fact | that has made “all men incurably re- | advance or | He told them that he con- | surpasses knowledge it does not destroy | later on, however, to repay for the damage, and it regained some of its old prestige in the middle of the fif- teenth century. In 1542, just before its final destruction, it housed more than 200 brethren, monks and laymen. Its final destruction came at the ands of the scourge of God,” as he was called. The frenzies of the Reformation finishea anything left undone and its subse- quent conversion to a stone quarry emed to indicate the almost total ob- teration of the famous structure. But it wes saved from t by Sir | Wolter Scott and the noble house of | Buccleugh, who purchased what was left of the ruins Though the tower and much of the | building had fallen into ruins, the walls and vaults of the apse are intact: the transept walls and & few of its vaults are in good state of preservation, ana there still remain many evidences of the rare delicacy of the workmanship and crude richness of its sculpture. It was the favorite haunt of Sir Wal- ter Scott, who loved to sit among its ruins; and the stately grandeur of the massive structure inspired many a poem, among them the “Lay of the Last Minstrel.” tinued “making mention of you in my prayers.” Evidently this was a part of his daily practice of remembering the converts of his ministry, the churches he had established, and the special needs of his friends in prayer, when he was making his petitions to God. He rejoiced in their spiritual prosperity. He felt their trials, troubles, and testings of adversity as if they were his own. We all ought to give & larger place in our lives to the practice of prayer. It is vital and essential to our religious life and spiritu ment. ‘The fellowship between God and our- selves is sustained by personal prayer on the basis of worship and spiritual communion. This is the first and greatest requirement. “Prayer will lack power and fail to bring us blessings | unless we are following the example of Paul, remember at our devotions to the Lord to endeavor to make our requests extend far beyond ourselves into the realm of intercession and human fel- lowship.” We must expand the geo- graphical limits of our prayers until they take in all nations and embrace all classes and people throughout the world, so that our prayers will be as wide as Christ's kingdom. Our prayers will then be full of thanksgiving and rejolcing, just as Paul's were in refer- ence to the Church in Ephesus. A Sample Prayer. In answer to the greatest request ever mare to the Lord, our Savior gave to His disciples the model prayer. This disciples’ prayer, generally called “The Lord's Prayer,” contains all the elements of prayer and is so broad that it can be used universally by men of every known faith. The petitions of Paul are more limited. Many people complain that they do not know how | to pray. A study of the prayers of the Bible would suggest to them the method and means of prayer. The re- | quests contained in the recorded prayer that the apostle offered on behalf of the Ephesions reveal his ideal for them and what kind of Christians we ought to seek to become. One studies the prayers fo the apostle and finds only a few references to physical benefits. His petition for the | Ephesians covered all the possible dimensions—breadth, height, length, depth, He prayed that they should have spiritual ~dimensions, spiritual strength, spiritual stability, spiritual growth, spiritual apprehension. He recognized that they needed to be strong in Christ if the two elements in their membership, Jewish and Chris- tian, were to maintain their harmony and do effective work for the Lord Jesus. He sought this from “the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.” If our families are to be preserved in heaven then we need a revival of the old family altar in our homes. He sought this strength according to the “glorious riches of God's grace” and not through any merits of the church members. In seeking the spiritual stability of the church, Paul revealed that the strength of the church was not in its numbers, social, physical or intellectual life. The church will preserve its sta- bility and power only as its inner life, the spiritual life of its members is ener- gized by the power of the Holy Spirit. The upkeep of the Christian and the church depends upon their fellowship through the Holy Spirit with the Lord Jesus. Only as we are dwelling deep in Him can we keep our spiritual power. No Christian lives for himself. He is part of Christ's body and is full of the joys of Christian life by a re- ciprocal life with all the other members of the church, Spiritual development depends upon the Christian’s knowledge of the Master's love. While this experience advance- | vary Baptist Church, Eighth and H CALVARY BAPTIST MEETINGS ARE SET Bliss Electrical Faculty and Students to Be Guests Tomorrow. Rev. W. S. Abernethy, pastor of Cal- streets, will preach at 11 o'clock tomor- row morning on the topic “Blessedly Burdened.” At the 8 o'clock service the | Bliss Electrical School faculty, students | and alumni will be the guests of honor | and the pastor will speak on the subject | “Goodness an Asset in Life. ‘The prayer meeting service will be held Tuesday evening_at 8 o'clock in- stead of Thursday. The deacons will| meet at 7:15 o'clock preceding the prayer service. The annual Thanksgiving_service of the Baptist Churches of Washington will be held Thursday at 11 o'clock in this church. Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, former president of Mercer University and now a resident of Washington, will preach. ‘The first of the three adult depart- ment socials will be held Friday evening at 8 o'clock in the adult room. The function will be in the nature of a cir- cus. Miss Esther Belle Holmes is chair- man of the committee on arrangements. The Bell class will have its annual barrel packing in the primary room Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Under the auspices of the B. G. F. S. alumni class a food sale will be held in Waddell Hall, 715 Eighth street, Wed- nesday morning at 10 o'clock. Junfor church will be held in th Senior room of the church tomorrow | morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. Councilor, director of religious el tion, will ‘speak. The Burrall class, which has been meeting in the Rialto Theater, will meet in the Metropolitan Theater to- morrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. Mrs. W. 8. Abernethy will teach the lesson. SERMON IS ANNOUNCED. | ‘The third address on “Fireside Mat- ters” will be given tomorrow evening at the Highlands Baptist Church, the subject being: “Getting What We Pay For.” In the morning the church will have its annual Family day, when the congregation is asked to attend in fam- ily groups and sit together. The sub- | ject of the sermon will be: “Our Fam- duca- 1 Thanksgiving day will be marked by the 7 o'clock “Sunrise prayer meet- ing,” which has been held for several years. The Ladies' Circle will meet with Mrs. Clarke Wednesday for an all-day meeting for sewing. Bible Questions Of the Day By Harlow R. Hoyt. PAUL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN. Questions. 1. What problem confronted Claudius Lysias after the arrest of Paul? 2. What did he decide to do. 3. Was Paul allowed to address the Sanhedrin in his own defense? 4. What was the result of his opening remarks? 5. What was Paul's explanation of his | statement? 6. What strategic stand did Paul then take? 7. Why did he do this? 8. Did it have the desired result? 9. What did Claudius Lysias then do? 10. What vision comforted Paul at this time? Answers. 1. As an offcer of the law, he could | not let Paul go until he was certain no offense had been committed against the state and Caesar. 2. Since the difficulty was religious, he decided to summon the Sanhedrin | to assist him, | 3. Yes. 4. Paul said that he “had lived be- fore God in all good conscience.” Ana- nias, the presiding high priest, once had been suspended from office for some of- fense. Taking the words as a personal affront, Ananias ordered his officers to smite Paul. Paul retaliated by calling Ananias a hypocrite. 5. When asked if he intended to vility God's high priest, Paul explained that he did not know Ananias was & high priest. His disclaimer was accepted. 6. Paul announced that he a Pharisee and that his persecution was due to the fact that he upheld the Pharisaic doctrine of resurrection. 7. The Sanhedrin was composed of Sadducees and Pharisees. The Saddu- cees bitterly opposed the doctrine of resurrection. 8. It did. The Pharisees rallied to Paul's side and took a decided stand against the Sadducees. Bickering com- menced and the meeting broke up in a riot. 9. Claudius Lysias dismissed the San- hedrin and returned Paul to the Castle Antonia. 10. Following this, Paul beheld a vision of the Lord. who bade him be of good cheer since the statements he had given in Jerusalem would be repeated in Rome—a spot Paul had ever hoped to visit. our individuality. He sought for the Ephesians that they should be filled with all the fullness of God. He longs that his disciples should be filled with the joy, the peace and the righteous- ness of God. What he prayed that the Ephesians should possess is possible for us to personally possess today, if we will meet God's condition. The work thet He has assigned to us can be ac- complished only in the power of the Holy Spirit. If we seek from Him help, He will supply us with reserved power and help us to conquer, just in proportion to our personal appropria- tion of the blessings and strength He gives to men in Christ. Let us, as we approach Thanksgiving, think over His precious gifts and “rejoice always, pray wuhgut ceasing, in everything give thanks.” Revival Services DR.C.T.WILSON | WL FLL POLPF Preaches at Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church During Pastor’s Absence. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, secretary of the Board of Temperance of the M. E. Church, will preach tomorrow morn- |ing and evening at the Mount Vernon | Place M. E. Church South, during the | absence of the pastor, Dr. W. A. La m- {beth, who was called to Thomasville, !N. C., on account of the death of his " REVIVAL CONTINUES. Dr. V. W. Wallace Will Preach at | w Two Services Tomorrow. The revival services at Ninth Street Christian Church, Ninth and D streets northeast, continue. Dr. Virgil W. Wal- lace. the evangelist, will preach tomor- row morning and evening. The morn- ing subject will be “Twelve and Five Thousand” and his evening subject will be “Behold Thy Mother.” The meet- ings continue through next week. The union Thanksgiving services of the Northeast Protestant Churches will be held at the Douglas Memorial Methodist Church, Eleventh and H streets northeast. Dr. Wallace will give the Thanksgiving sermon. “THANKSGIVING SACRIFICE’ T0 BE SERMON SUBJECT National Baptist Memorial Pastor Announces Tomorrow Morning’s Topic. At the National Baptist Memorial Church tomorrow morning the pastor, Rev. Dr. Gove G. Johnson, will have for his subject “The Sacrifice of ‘Thanksgiving.” On another question the pastor will preach on “Why Bap- tists?” in the evening. Reasons for Thanksgiving” will be the subject of the midweek service Thursday evening. Rev. James H. Taylor, pastor of Cen- tral Presbyterian Church, will have charge of the sunrise prayer meeting at this church Thanksgiving morning. This service is under the auspices of the Columbia Federation of Baptist Young People's Unions. Dr. Harvey C. Wiley will speak at the meeting of the Mizpah class for women tomorrow morning, the subject of his talk to be “Things for Which We Are Thankful.’ — MINISTER TO PREACH ON “LAW OF LIBERTY” Union ThAn}sgivlng Service to Be Held at All Souls’ Church. “The Law of Liberty” is the subject ! of the sermon to be delivered by Dr.| Ulysses G. B. Pierce, minister of All Souls’ Church (Unitarian), Sixteenth and Harvard streets, tomorrow at the 11 o'clock service. At 9:45 am. the church school will hold its monthly general assembly for all departments in the church. auditorium. The feature at the motion picture hour in Pierce Hall, 7:30 p.m., will be the picture of early California “Ramona.” ‘There will be a union Thanksgiving | day service Thursday at 11 o'clock in All Souls’ Church. A number of the neighboring churches will co-operate. Rev. Harry Baker Smith, minister of the Columbia Heights Christ! Church and president of the Washing- ton Federation of Churches, will preach the sermon. AES TS Dr. Wilkinson's Lecture Theme. “The Coming United States of the World at Hand" will be the subject of the lecture by Dr. B. G. Wilkinson, dean of theology of the Washington Mission- ary College, at the Arcadia Auditorium, Fourteenth street and Park road, to- morrow at 7:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor The Junior Christian Endeavor Union of the District of Columbia will hold its third annual banquet at Wallace Memorial United Presbyterian Church, Randolph street and New Hampshire avenue, December 7 at 6 pm. The attendance banner will be awarded to the society having the largest percent- age of its members present. All reser- vations must be in the hands of Mrs. Fred G. Kline, junior superintendent, by December 4. ‘The December meeting of the District of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union will be held at Calvary Baptist Church December 3 at 8 p.m. Preceding the in- spirational part of the program study classes will be conducted in progressive endeavor, expert endeavor and church ublicity; also a conference of society leaders. ‘The flying squadron ef the union will meet with Mount Rainier Christian Church tomorrow evening. under the leadership of H. Lee Smith. Gunton Temple Presbyterian Chris- tian Endeavor is sponsoring observance of Golden Rule Sunday, December 2. Merritt L. Smith, former president of the District of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union, will speak at Pirst Brethren Christian Endeavor tomorrow evening Plans are being made for celebration oi Christian Endeavor week, January 27 through February 3, which will mark the fortv-eighth anniversary of the Christian Endeavor movement by Dr. Francis E. Clark. father, Col. Frank S. Lambeth. Dr. Wilson's sermon in the morning Is the Soul of Man Immortal?” At the evening service he will speak on How Prohibition May Now Be Made i Effective.’ At the service of the junior congre- gation in the Sunday school auditorium Rev. R. Deal, will preach on “Giving e mission study cla: s Missicnary Societ ‘Tuesday 11 o'clock the ninth chapter of ‘Women and the Kingdom” will be discussed. A Thanksgiving service will be held Thursday at 11 o'clock, at which serv- ice Rev. J. H. Balthis, presiding elder of the Washington district, will preach.r There will be no prayer meeting serv-i ice on account of the special Thanks- giving service. " The Epworth Hi-League will give a social Wednesday evening, at 8 o'clock, for the young people of the church be-. tween the ages of 13 and 17. The social will be_a ‘iHobos' Convention. DR. PORTER TO GIVE TALKS TOMORROW Children of Baptist Home to Be . Guests of Sunday School Classes. of the Dr. Samuel Judson Porter, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will preach tomorrow morning on “The Triple Rays of Heavenly Light.” His evening theme will be “A Double-Header Program for i Christ. The Junior B. Y. P. U, which has'* Jjust been organized under the leader-:’ ship of Miss Thelma Hicks, meets every ‘ Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The Swedish Mission, of which Rev.i~ Nels Hedeen is the pastor, will meet at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. This mission also holds a weekly meeting on Friday nights in the lower audito- rium of the church at 8 o'clock. % The Intermediate and Senior B. Y. P. U. meets at 6:45 p.m. This meeting is preceded by a social half hour, at which time refreshments are served. There will be no prayer meeting Thursday evening. The Sunday school will have as its . guests tomorrow morning the children from the Baptist Home. The offering in the school at this time will be for . the purpose of furnishing these chil- " dren with their Thanksgiving dinner. DR. PHILLIPS © RESUME " SERIES ON 2 ARTICLES - Will Preach at Tw. Services To-' morrow at Church of the Epiphany. Dr. Z. B. Phillips, Church of the Epiphan; the pulpit at the 11 .m. services tomorrow. At the latter service he will resume his special series of ser- mons on “The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion.” Holy communion will be administered * at 8 a.m. and at 9:30 the church school’ will_assemble. Thanksgiving day there will be & celebration of the holy communion at 7:30 a.m. and at 11 o'clock Dr. Phillips”~ will conduct a special ervice and de< liver & sermon appropriate to the har- rector of the [ vest festival. TOPIC IS SEASONAL. Rev. Dr. Earl McKinley Bowman,’ pastor of the Washington City Church of the Brethren, Fourth street snd North Carolina avenue southeast, will; preach iomorrow at 11 am. on “The Spirit of the Pilgrims,” in celebration of the annual Thanksgiving festival. In the evening at 8 o'clock Dr. Earnest E. Sappington will d-liver a lecture on “Medical Hcroes. The Christian Endeavor Society of Young Peopie will meet at 6:15 p.m, for a social and business meeting, at which the wcicty will be reorganized. ; The Sunday school meets at 9:45 a.m, every Sunday. The midweek inspira- tional meeting is every Wednesday eve- ning at 8 o'clock, at which the pastor is giving a series of adaresses on help-, ful methcés of Bible study. Thanksgiving Day Sermon. At John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church Thursday morning at 11 o'clock Dr:: Henry D. Tillman. the pastor, will"s preach a Thanksgiving sermon. Mem- bers of the Third Baptist Church, of© which Dr. G. O. Bullock is pastor, wilk attend services at this Church 5 day night. wed.ne(: Rev. L. B. Franck Returns. Rev. L. B. Pranck, rector of Em<: manuel Episcopal Church, Thirteenth* and V streets southeast, has returned to the city from Southwestern Virginia, where he conducted a 10-day mission. i{e will preach tomorrow at 11 a.m. and - pm. ___ SUNDAY MEETINGS. The Secular League Mlllelln!“. . 1006 E St. “Scientific Reli T. SWANN H. (Admission_Free. Discussion.) League at St. John's, East Riverdale Md., of which Mrs. P. M. Howard was elected superintendent and Miss Mary Glading. assistant superintendent, hes been announced. “Priendships or Warships” is the topic which was presented on Armistice day by C._Bertram Geiston, treasurer of the Luther League of the District of Columbia. at the Epworth League meet- ing of Anacostia M. E. Church A specially prepared Thanksgiving | program will be presented at St. Mark's Luther League November 28, to which & general invitation to attend has been extended all leaguers. At the annual meeting of St. John's (Southwest) Luther League. Cherles Christian Weitzel, jr., was elected presi- dent. Miss Frances Dysinger. Lutheran Inner Mission executive of Washington accompanied the following delegation | of Zion leaguers on their monthly visit to Children’s Hospital last Sunday af- ternoon, when fruits and literature were distributed: Misses Mary Leon- berger, Zion's missionary secretary; Emma A. Holzer, District League mis- sionary secretar argaret McDonald, recorcing secrelary of Zion's League Wilhelmina Krautwurst and Frances Krautwurst. The topic “Stewardship and Missions” will be presented at Incarnation Lu:her League tomorrow evening by Miss Grace Vogle. The same topic will b~ ciscursed at a joint senior and intermediate meet- ing of Zion's League, Second and Up- ahus streets, Harlowe R. Hoyt Sunday School Lesson Walter Scott :8-10; Ephesians 1:15-23; 2:14-21; First Thessalonians 1:2-5 STIRRING SERMON|| SUNDAY NIGHT l PAUL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN { — Acts 20:36; Romans By EVANGELIST JOHN MacNEIL Capitol Memorial Church Sth and F Sts. N.W. Nozh and the Ark Is it simply a story for children, it some ant bearing on . ~2 e ern he had arrested Paulin Jerusalem, Claqdius Lysias,as an officer of the |aw,was at aloss what to do. Discovering, that the riot was the result of religious dis- sension, he summoned the San- hedrin to assist him.e . . [Paul addressed, the Sanhedrin declar- ing that he had"lived before God inall good conscience! Ananias, the_hi h&‘lesfi, once had been sent. to Ronte offences adainst the church, Taking exception o the words of Fadl, he exclaimed; Are you reviiing Gods high priest? ul denied that he meant o offend nanias. | did not know it was | possible for g high priest to act s said he. hen, knowing that s Lyl e sented in the y Faul declar- gj!hgqms_elf- & Pharisee. The council became divided and started to drgue. Eollawine Puul's statement that e was 3 Pharisse, the Sanhedrin became disordered. = ) There arose a hubbup that Saudius P imodera nge ysias couldnot guiet. . Evangelistic Meetings Every e evandelist Sunday & Wednesday Evenin taken back to the Castie Adtonia. 21 Welcom, Se. inal ly, he ordered