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14 LUTHERAN CHEPEL 10 BE DEDICATED President of Maryland Synod to Preach at Exercises Tomorrow. Zion Lutheran Chapel, recently erected at New Hampshire avenue and Buchanan street, will be dedicated with | appropriate exercises tomorrow at 3 pm. The sermon will be preached by Dr. J. E. Byers, president of the Mary- land Synod. ‘The pastor, Dr. Richard Schmidt, will conduct the act of dedi- cation. The Zion Lutheran congregation has onducted a branch in the Petworth section for a number of years, and re- cently erected the present, chapel. It is of stucco and has a seating capacity of | 220. It will serve for most of the Eng- | lish activities. German services will ‘continue regularly at the old church every Sunday at 10 am. The Ladies Guild will have an oyster supper and bazaar Tuesday evening. A motion picture, “The Life of Christ,” will be shown Wednesday evening. The first English service will be held December 9 at 11:15 a.m. in the chapel, | with an address by Luther Black, sec- retary of the Lutheran Laymen's Move- ment, on “Stewardship.” T0 “Y” CONFERENCE ®Quest of the Best” Is Theme of Older Youths' Annual Meeting at Cumberland, Md. Twenty-six Washington youths are attending sessions of the sixth annual inter-State older boys’ conference on AMfe work being held under auspices rft “national officers of the Young Men’s Christian Assoclation at Cumberland, Md. The conference will close tomor- Tow evening. The local delegation is under the guidance of Page McK. Ewchison, reli- glous work director of the local Y. M. C. A. and James C. Ingram, direc- tor of the boys’ department, who will address the convention. The conference theme is “The Quest of the Best.” Addresses are scheduled by Dr. Ray Freeman Jenney of the Christian Association of the University of Pennsylvania, and Rev. J. S. Ellen- wood of the New York State executive committee of the Y. M. C. A. The local delegation includes Homer W. Wills, Dallas Shirley, Jack Perry, Bugene L. Krauss, Roy G. Epperly, Robert W. Keil, Clarence O. Cornelius, Harry E. Schonrank, R. H. Copeland, Roland A. Linger, Walter Hiley, Her- ‘bert Pendleton, O. Pendleton, Grant W. Van Demark, J. Donald Thomas, George C. Sudduth, Agnew Myers, Miller Hunt, Mark D. Woodward, Chester Jones, Jack Belt, Richard Stretton, James Kennedy Ireland, L. H. Kinard, Walter Thompson and Alfred Richmond. CHINESE MISSIONARY TO SPEAK TOMORROW Rev. Otto Braskamp, Brother of BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON. PAUL BEFORE HIS JUDGES.— Acts XXIV. 1-26, 32. Golden Text—I Was Not Disobedient Unto the Heavenly Vision.— Acts XXVI. 19. Golden Rule Sunday calls for us to maxe our final gift to assist the children of the Near East. They were saved through the persuasive power of the leading nations of the world from the perils of persecution, just as Paul was savad by the intervention of Claudius Lysias from the mob in the temple and protected by him when Paul faced the Sanhedrin because he was a Roman citizen. The tribune not only preserved the apostle’s life, but by sending him to Felix under guard, Paul was placed be- yond the reach of danger. Our gifts today ought to place the orphan chil- dren of the Near East in a position of self-support. Their persecution will work out for their good and the advance- ment o fthe Kingdom of God, just as Paul's persecution carried the gospel to Rome, where he had longed to- preach the good news. Five days after Paul had reached Caesarea, the high prist Ananias and a delegation from the Sanhedrin ap- peared before the governor, accom- panied by Tertullus, who ap] to have been a lawyer, authol by the Roman government to appear before their courts and rulers. The lawyer's flattery of Felix was in the main un- true. ~ He made a threefold charge against Paul, that the delegation from Jorusalem concurred in, as being true. He claimed that Paul was guilty of trea- son, heresy and sacrilege, asserting that the apostle had incited insurrection among the Jews, was a ringleader of the Nazarenes, and that he had at- tempted to desecrate the temple. These charges brought Paul's case before the highest tribunal in Judea. According to Tacitus, Felix “exercised the power of a king with the temper of a slave.” He had been born a Roman slave, obtained his freedom from Claudius Caesar, and rose to an important post in the empire th‘?;uh {avmu& and lnfluzneel.w ileis reign was one of terror because - mained a slave at heart during all his career as a public servant. Paul Before Felix. ‘When Felix beckoned to Paul to an- swer the accusations, he faced the un- righteous governor without fear. He met the issues calmly and courageously. He tactfully referred to the fact that since Felix had been a judge man years, that he was pleased to present Washington Pastor, Will Tell of War Experiences. Rev. Otto Braskamp of Ichowfu, China, a brother of Rev. Bernard Bras- “kamp of this city, is in wuh‘mrwn for few days, and while here tell at k Memoriel Chapel tomorrow night ‘he story of his experiences among the Chinese soldiers Rev. Mr. Braskamp was the only missionary of his station who stayed on during the Chinese war. times he was marked for death, but each time escaped. Mr. Braskamp wi wxhibit among other things a Chinese men!‘s uniform, which he brought to country with him. His address will be illustrated with stereopticon views. The subject of the Rev. Irving W. Ketchum tomorrow morning will be *What Is It to Be Saved?” ‘The speaker at the men's morni tlass at 10 o'clock will be John S. Ben- ing class. On Friday night from 5 to 7:30 the Ladies’ Ald and Christian Endeavor gocieties will serve an oyster supper :%.thel public in the gymnasium of the pel. e GUILD TO HOLD MEETING. Rev. Clarence B. Parker Will Be Speaker at Bethesda. Rev. Clarence Prentice Parker will Bddress the meeting of St. John’s Guild, ‘Bethesda, Wednesday, at 9:30 am. Mrs. Richard Cunningham, president, ‘will preside at the business session of the guild. Luncheon will be served at 12 o'clock. \ t. L. H. Charles 'Will be the host to the every member canvass com- mittee at dinner Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock. ‘There will be a celebration of holy sommunion at 7:30 am. Sunday, and morning prayer will be read by the wector, who will also preach at that service, at St. John's Episcopal Church, Wisconsin avenue and Bradley Lane, Bethesda. ¥MARKS OF LOVE,” TOPIC. @ermon Subjects Are Announced by Rev. Samuel E. Rose. *“The Marks of Love” is the third ic in the series of sermons the pas- , Rev. Samuel E. Rose, is preaghing on “Modern Mating” at Petworth M. E. Church. At 11 a.m. the pastor speaks on “The ‘Rigid Test” and administers holy com- munion. B. Y. P. U. News A large crowd represented the Bap- tist Young People Thanksgiving morn- ing at the sunrise prayer service at the National Baptist Memorial. Dr. James H. Taylor made a very inspir- ing address. ‘The executive board of the Columbia Federation will meet Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Central Union Mission Building. ‘The member unions are to observe Golden Rule Sunday tomorrow. A col- Jection will be taken at the different meetings or the individual members will eat the orphan’s meal, donating the difference between the regular meal and the orphan’s meal to the Near East Relief. ‘The Alpha Group of Bethany Union No. 1, Frances Dameron, captain, will lead tomorrow night. The topic, - ing Strength Through Knowledge.” At the church service last Sunday night the young people participated. Marga- ret Miller presided, Richard Kirkland Three | da} his case before him. This was not flat- tery, but an acknowledgment of his faith in Roman justice. It was a r2cog- nition of the fact that the governor's experience had qualified him to under- stand the charges and his defense, for he claimed that he was not gullty. Taking up the accusations, cne by one, Paul refuted the charges made by Ter- tullus. Concerning the charge of trea- son, he declared that it was folly to charge that he was an insurrectionist since he had entered Jerusalem only 12 His acts for that time ys previous. proved the absurdity of the charge. ill | Half of the time he hed cpent in ‘he balance temple and the of it in the palace of Herod in Caesarez, so that he had little opportunity to fom:nt sedi- tion, since he went up to Jerusalem. He entered a sweeping denial and point- ed out that the charge had not been proven. He acknowledged that he was ing | a Christian, but insisted that belonging to the Nazarenes was not contrary to the law. His loyalty to the Jewish faith was proven by the collection, that he brought to Jerusalem to aid the poor. The charge of desecration, Paul pointed out had been raised, when he was com- pleting & religious vow in the temple and that the Sanhedrin had not bcen able to find any evidence to prove rim guilty. Felix, recognizing the hostility of the Jews, who were present, postponed making known his decision until he could confer with Lysias. Paul's ene- mies saw that they could make no headway with Felix, so did not press the case further. They were satisfied to keep him shut up in prison at Caesa- rea, where he spent two years. Felix frequently had him brought before him with the hope that cither Paul or some of his wealthy friends would cffer him a financial reward. ‘One would like to know why Felix expected the money would be forthcoming, for Paul dressed like a workingman and lived plainly’ One of the many times Felix brought Paul before him was when Drusilla was present. Filled with the passion for souls, Paul faced the avaricious ruler and his illegal wife, who was the law- ful wife of Aziz, the King of Amesa, and courageously “reasoned of right- eousness, temperance and judgment to come.” He made Felix tremble, when he spoke of his unbridled passion and limitless self-indulgence. His demand for consclentious conduct toward God and man went home to that small con- gregation, both of whom were living in sin. He warned them of the approach- ing judgment, where influence and pull would not influence the decision of the Divine Judge. Felix was under conviction, but he put off making his decision in the hope of obtaining money from Paul or his friends, who he evi- dently belleved had money. - After two years imprisonment Paul's destiny was placed in the hands of a new governor, who evidently was a man \. ! fined in the, « THE EVENING. STAR, . WASHINGTON, D.._C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 19 Bnll(“:f at New Hampshire avenue and Buchanan street, which will be dedicated with special exercises tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock. Sunday School Lesson of a much higher type. Porcius Festus found his province “a hotbed of bigotry, faction and intrigue.” He sought to enforce justice. When he reached Jerusalem, Paul's enemies requested that the Apostle be brought to Jeru- salem for trial, planning to kill him on the way. He refused but promised an early consideration of the case. He took up the case the next day after he returned to Caesarea. The old charges were presented and denied by Paul. The new governor in de- sire to be falr suggested that Paul con- sent to a trial by the Sanhedrin and himself, since he was not familiar with Jewish customs and practices. Paul recalling his former experience took the case out of the governor's hands by appealing to Caesar. ‘While Paul was waiting to be sent to Rome, Herod Agrippa and his sister Bernice made a state visit to the new governor. Festus sought the aid of Agrippa in making his official report of Paul's case to the Emperor. This resulted in Paul being brought before the royal party. In his famous ora- tion before Agrippa the Apostle traced his ancestry and his life preceding his conversion. He showed how his life had been changed by his heavenly vision of the risen Christ and his obedi- ence to God's commission. He had taught God's word to both Jew and Gentile calling upon them to repent. He claimed that it was his preaching the doctrine of the resurrection, that caused his persecution by the Sanhe- drin and his imprisonment. He sought to show that the Gospel was identified with the law and the prophets. Festus, evidently was moved by the earnestness of Paul and the message which was new to him. He suggested to Paul that he was made do to his studies. ‘This the Apostle denied and appealed to Agrippa to confirm the statement that Paul had made concern- ing Christ. Agrippa did not deny the statements of Paul. This was a tacit acknowledgement of their truth. Rec- ognizing that the Holy Spirit was at work in the case of Agrippa, he made to help Agrippa to confess Christ, by asking him if he believed the prophets. The king hesitated to answer in the affirmative, because if he had said “yes” there would have thing for Agrippa to do, “to confess Christ.” Paul saw by his eye, face, or attitude that Agrippa be- lieved and pressed home the king’s duty. He evaded his duty and sought to_puw Paul off. ‘The Apostle showed his tender interest in the roy: speech that ranks among the world's great orations. Paul showed his deep regard and hope by his courteous wish that Agrippa might become an out and out_follower of the risen t, just as Paul was without the chains. Paul was dismissed but his innocency had profound and al in a NATIITY CHAPEL WL CELEBRATE Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Congregation to Be Ob- served Tomorrow. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the congregation of the Chapel of the Na- tivity will be observed tomorrow with the first service at 7:30 a.m. Holy com- munion for all co'nmunlunts. ‘The church school meets' at 9:15 a.m., with a children’s service following at 9:50 o'clock, in the church. The senior school will assemble at 10:15 o'clock and later attend the church services. There will be a second service of holy communion at 11 o'clock when Rev. Enoch M. Thompson, vicar, and founder of the chapel, will give a historical f'ke'ch of the growth of the congrega- on. Plans have been made by the congre- gation to erect a parish house early next year. A bazaar will be held in the interest of the building fund December 4, 5 and 6 at Nativity Hall. The Phillips Commisison has under consideration the erection of the new Resurrection Chapel at Fifteenth and Gales street northeast, which was desig- nated by S. L. Phillips, before he died. Rev. Mr. Thompson has given the en- tire 30 years of his ministry in this city, having been ordained by Bishop Satterlee in 1898 at St. Mark’s Church. BISHOP WILL GIVE READINGS OF BIBLE! Right Rev. P. M. Rhinelander to Be Heard December 5, 12 and 19. Right Rev. Philip M. Rhinelander, warden of the College of Preachers of ‘Washington Cathedral, will give three readings of Holy Scripture in the Me- morial reading room of Washington Ca- thedral Library, December 5, 12 and 19 from 5 to 5:45 p.m., under the auspices of the Society for the Home Study of Holy Scriptures anrd Church History, of whose board of trustees he is presi- dent. Rev. Joseph Fletcher, librarian of Washington Cathedral, is its libra- rian and secretary. ‘The soclety’s valuable library is now housed in the Cathedral Library Build- ing, in close connection with the valu- able collection belonging to the Cathe- dral library proper. Founder of Society. This soclety was founded by Miss Sarah F. Smiley, a devoted church- woman, who had experienced in her own life the spiritual guidance and in- spiration derived from the study of Holy Scripture and was desirops of help- ing others to share in the like experi- ence. In her purpose and effort Miss Smiley was a pioneer, and the work effect in ting the way for simi- lar unflemkfin in the broad field of religious education. It is the desire of the trustees, it is said, to make this soclety minister in every way possible to the help of those who may wish to carry on the study of Holy Scriptures or of church history in their homes, under competent guid- he | ance and direction, and that this col- would win more victories for Christ. Bible Questions Of the Day By Harlow R. Hoyt. PAUL'S ESCAPE FROM DEATH. Questions. 1. What was the next plot against the life of Paul? 5 2. How did the conspirators plan to kill him? » t:?' How was Paul saved from this af 4. What action did Claudius Lysias decide upon? 5. How did he carry out his plan? 6. Where was Caesarea? 7. Who was Felix? 8. Where was Paul confined? 9. How was he treated? 10. Why was he accorded consider- ation? Answers. 1. Forty of his enemies banded to- gether and swore they would neither eat nor sleep until they had killed Paul. 2. It was decided that Paul should be summoned before the sanhedrin. On his way to the council chamber a mob ‘was to seize and kill him. 3. A nephew of Paul’s learned of the plot and told the evangelist. In turn, Claudius Lysias was notified. 4. Claudius Lysias determined to send Paul to Caesarea, where he would be safe from his enemies. 5. Fearing an outbreak, Claudius Lysias detailed 200 soldiers, 200 spear- men and 70 horsemen to conduct Paul from the city by night. At Antipatris Paul was sent on with the horsemen to Caesarea. 6. Caesarea, the Roman capital of Judea, was on the Mediterranean coast northwest of Jerusalem. = 7. Felix was the Roman governor of udea. 8. Paul was confined in a room of the palace built by Herod, now occupied by Felix. 9. Paul was placed in a room, not a cell, and was well treated despite the fact that Felix was noted for his cruelty and despicable character. 10. Paul was a Roman citizen. Felix knew the rights to which his prisoner was entitled through his citizenship, and carefully observed them. ey St. Louis First Presbyterian Church, 111 years old, has dedicated a new $225,000 church. PAUL’S ESCAPE FROM DEATH lection of bodks—numbering some six or seven thousand—should be used fully for this pi . The collection is aug- mented fi time to time by the pur- chase of new books from the funds of the society. Readers Welcomed. Readers are welcome at Washington Cathedral Library at all times to con- sult these books. Under certain .con- ditions books from the Smiley collec- tion, as well as books from the cathe- dral library, may be withdrawn for use at home. Durin';g E’I‘Ier“Advex}t su.sombln special opportunity ven for le students by the readings of Bishop Rhinelander. The trustees of the society wish to co-operate with other church organiza- tions promoting Bible study in the homes of the people, particularly of the city and diocese of Washington. Rep- resentatives of the Church Periodical Society and of the department of re- ligious education of the diocese of ‘Washington and of that of the Woman's Auxiliary of the dlocese are connected with the board of trustees. Information may be obtained from Rev. Joseph Fletcher, librarian of Washington Cathedral. STUDIES OF HOLY LAND WILL BE INAUGURATED Sermon-Lectures at Hamline Meth- odist Church to Be Illus- trated. Dr. Chesteen Smith, pastor of Ham- line Methodist Episcopal Church, will have for his subject tomorrow morning, “The Higher Values of Devotion.” In the evening a serles of studies of the Holy Land will be inaugurated. These sermon-lectures will be illustrated by pictures which were taken by Dr. Smith during a recent visit to the Land of Palestine. The ladies’ all-day meeting will be held at 10:30 am. At this time the Woman’s Home Missionary Socfety will have as-its speaker Mrs. F. C. Rey- nolds. At 12 o'clock Mrs. F. C. Brinley will review a study book, “Friends of Africa,” for the Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Society. Luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock and at 2 p.m. the Ladies’ Ald Soclety will hold its regu- lar monthly meeting. ‘The Washington Epworth League Board will hold its regular meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. LIFE ADJUSTMENT INSTITUTE T0 OPEN Series of Monday Night Lec- tures to Be Held at Con- gregational Church. The Washington Life Adjustment Institute will open Monday night at 7 o'clock at Mount Pleasant Congrega- tional Church, 1410 Columbia road. It will be open free to the public each Monday night for three months, under the direction of the pastor, Rev. Moses R. Lovell. “Which Church Would Jesus Attend?” will be the theme of the pastor at the communion service tomorrow morning. At 5 o'clock Rev. Thomas V. Moore, pro- fessor of psychology in the Catholic University of America, will speak on “Mental Hygiene for Adults.” Other Sunday services will be those of the Young People's Forum, who will discuss world fellowship at 5 p.m., and the dis- cussion group, which, led by the pastor, will consider at 6:30 Sir Oliver Lodge's novel, “Raymond.” Child Guidance Lecture. A child guidance lecture will be given Monday at 8 p.m. The speaker will be Dr. Ernest R. Groves, professor of soclology of the University of North Carolina. Thursday at 10 a.m. another lecture in the course will be given by Mrs. Marietta Johnson, whose subject will be “The School Child’s Leisure Creative Work and Play.” A dinner and rally of the men of the church will be held Tuesday evening at 6:15 o'clock, under the auspices of the Men's Club, of which C. Hayward Marshall is president. Address on Primitive Religions. The late Winter series of midweek studies of comparative religions will open Thursday evening, and Rev. George S. Duncan, professor in the American University Graduate School, will make an address on “Primittve Re- ligions.” The Women’s Guild, which meets ‘Wednesday at 11 o'clock at the church, will conduct a card party Friday at 2:30 at the Chestnut Farms Dairy Audito- rium, for the benefit of the bi-weekly motion picture services. “The Impertinepce of the Creature,” “Plerrot’s Mother” and “The Pot Boil- er” will be the three one-act plays which the Young People’s Forum will present December 14 to raise funds for the forum's regular Winter activities. PASTOR TO OBSERVE FIRST ANNIVERSARY Special Exercises Will Take Place Tomorrow at Silver Spring Baptist Church. Rev. J. Wesley Loftus, pastor of the Silver Spring, Md. Baptist Church, will celebrate the first anniversary of his pastorate there with special exer- cises tomorrow. His subject tomorrow morning ‘s “The Race Before Us,” and in the eve- ning “The Book of Life.” At the close of the morning service glenns for a series of revival meetings to conducted in the near future will be announced. ‘The Woman's Missionary Soclety will conduct a bazaar at the old Republican headquarters next Wednesday. > AT PLAN TRAINING SCHOOL. Falls Church Baptists Will Open Classes Monday. FALLS CHURCH, Va., December 1.— Angther training school for Sunday school and church workers will be held in the Baptist Church December 3 through December 7, commencing each evening at 7:30 o'clock. The following instructors have been engaged: Rev. E. T. Smith, Richmond, Va., fleld sec- retary, Baptist Board of Education and Missions, subject, “Building a Standard Sunday School”; Mrs. J. L. McCutcheon, Modest Town, Va., fleld worker, inter- mediate _division, subject, “Interme- diates”; Miss Alberta Jones, Richmond, Va., feld worker, elementary division, subject, “The Beginners, Primary and Juniors.” There will be no registration fee. ‘Workers in all denominations are in- vited to attend this school. CAROLINIAN TO PREACH. Dr. J. W. O'Hara to Be Heard at Fifth Baptist. Dr. J. W. O'Hara of Asheville, N. C., superintendent of the mountain schools of the Southern Baptist Convention, will preach at Fifth Baptist Church tomor- row morning. Dr. John E. Briggs will preach at night on “The Judgment” and describe the famous “Judgment Scene” carved over a door of the famous Rheims Cathedral, France. The “Great Judg- ment Morning” will be sung. December 9 will be observed as Church Loyalty day. Next Wednesday night the Berea and Baraca Bible classes will hold their business meet- ing, to be followed by an entertainment and social with refreshments. PLANS TWO SERMONS. Dr. 8. B. Daugherty Will Preach in Morning and Evening. At the Memorial United Brethren Church, North Capitol and R streets, tomorrow the pastor, Dr. 8. B. Daugh- erty, will preach in the morning on “Beyond the Obvious” and in the eve- ning on “Love in Tears.” The Sunday school will meet at 9:40 a.m. and the Christian Endeavor So- cleties at 7 p.m. The election of Gen- eral Conference delegates will be held at all the services. Sunday School Lesson Acts, 24:1-26:52 FEW days after the English colo- nists disembarked from the ship Susan Constant, on May 13, 1607, a board was nailed between two trees, a few crude benches were placed before it and a square of canvas supported from the branches of the trees served as a protection for the worshipers who lis- tened to the first Protestant services ever held in America. The clergyman was the Rev. Robert Hunt, and the service was htat of the Established Church of England. Some months later, on the return from a trip of exploration up the James River, Capt. John Smith caused the erection of a more substantial structure, “a homely thing,” as he de- scribed it, “like a barn se! on crutches and covered with rafts, sedge and earth, as were also the walls™ the best that could be done at the time and this ancient church was in use until just after the death of its clergy- man, Capt. Smith then ordered the erection worship, and it was nearing completion when he was forced to return to Eng- land for surgical treatment of wounds received in the conflict with the cver troublesome Indians. His departure was the signal for unbridled rioting on the part of the more lawless of his follow- But it was | of a new and more substantial house of | | ers and trouble with the Indiaps.!| Fanline and diseas: accompanied the quarrels and the colony seemed on the roint of extermination until the com- ing of Lord Delaware, who restored order, kept the Indians in check and finished the church. It was in this suc- cessor to the first rude benches and canvas roof that Queen Pocahontas and John Rolfe were married in April, 1614. Twenty-five years later a solid brick church succeeded this wooden struc- ture, the dimensions c¢f the new edifice being 56 by 28 feet. A square brick tower, forming the front of the building, was built to the full height of | the church, and the surrounding land was reserved as a burial ground, in which were buried the governors of Vir- zinia who died in office as well as the rectors who served in the little parish. In. 1676 Nathaniel Brown rebelled against the authority of Gov. Berkeley and instigated a civil war, the first in America. He marched against James- town, applied the torch and reduced it and the anclent church to ashes. Nothing of the old town now remains except the little church tower and a few scattered ruins. No later attempt was made to erect a church building on its site and so the ancient tower stands to- day, picturesque in its ruins, a monu- | ;¢ ment to the first Protestant services held in America. PCIPAL M IBSERVE SERVEE Will Take Part in Nation- Wide Corporate Communion Tomorrow Morning. A Nation-wide corporate communion service will be observed tomorrow throughout all the Episcopal churches for the men and boys of the church for the spread of Christ's kingdom throufih prayer and service of laymen. Fully 25,000 men and boys throughout the Nation will commune at their own re- spective churches as the result of an extensive campaign to spread the spirit of evangelism from Advent to Easter. This service at St. Paul's will be held at 8:45 am. by the rector, Rev. F. J. Bohanan, assisted by Rev. William L. Mayo. At the 11 o'clock service Rev. F. J. Bohanan preach and conduct the service. A play will be presented Tuesday night by the choir. Teachers of the church school will meet Wednesday night. There will be the presentation of a new banner and election of officers. The annual bazaar will be held Thursday evening.. Supper will be served from 5 to 7:30 o'clock. T e R BISHOP TO BE SPEAKER. Church of Ascension to Observe Nation-Wide Corporate Communion ‘The Church of the Ascension, Massa- chusetts avenue and Twelfth street, will observe the Nation-wide corporate com- munion of men and boys tomorrow at 11 am, when Bishop Rhinelander, the headmaster of the College of Preach- ers, will be the special preacher. ‘The rector announces the other serv- communion at 10 a.m. DR. STOKES TO PREACH. Will Deliver Sermon at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Tomorrow. Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, Canon of ‘Washington Cathedral, will deliver the sermon tomorrow at 11 o'clock at St. Luke's P. E. Church, Fifteenth and Church streets. Dr. Stokes has for years been active in promoting the cause of negro educa- tion. He is a trustee of Tuskegee In- stitute, chairman of the Phelps-Stokes Foundation, trustee of the general edu- cation board, chairman the Washington interracial committee and was for many years secretary of Yale University. By{ RECTOR ASSUMES PULPIT TOMORROW Rev. H. A. Woolfall Will Be Installed at St. Mark’s by Bishop Freeman. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will concluct the service of institution at St. Mark's Church to- morrow morning, Advent Sunday, at 11 o'clock, for the purpose of stalling as rector Rev. Hulbert A. ‘Woolfall, who has recently been called to that parish. Bishop Freeman will ?rfiuh and the communion service will ollow. Mr. Woolfall will hold his first serv- ice in the parish at an early celebra- tion of communion at 7:30 a.m. an will preach his first sermon the 8 o'clock evening service. Rev. Mr. Woolfall, who is not yet 30, will be the youngest rector of any Episcopal church in Washington. He took charge of St. Phillip’s, Laurel, Md., in 1926, while still a deacon, and served there for approximately two years and a half. He was graduated in 1927 from the Virginia Theological Seminary, near Alexandria. He was born at Yonkers, N. Y, In the parish in which Bishop James E. Freeman of Washington was then rector. - After completing his studies at a New York City preparatory school he entered college, but before ffhishing his course matriculated at Virginia ‘Theological Seminary. Prior to entering the theological sem- inary he served as a lay reader in charge of a mission chapel at Yonkers. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta Praternity and is the first warden of the Toc H to be appointed in this country. The rectors of this parish since the organization of the diocese have been Canon De’ Vries, now at the Washing- ton Cathedral; Dr. Stetson, rector of Trinity Parish, New York, and Rev. W. H. Pettus of Everett, Mass. The parish was founded in 1869, developing as a mission from old Christ Church, Navy Yard, and its first rector, Rev. A. Floridus Steel, served until his death, in 1892, ———igl 78TH ANNIVERSARY. John Wesley A. M. E. Church to Observe Occasion December 10-17. The seventy-eighth anniversary of John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church will be observed with appropriate exer- cises from December 10 to 17, under the direction of the pastor, Dr. Henry D. Tillman, and the various church organizations. There will be group meetings each evening. Dr. Tillman will preach tomorrow at 10:45 am. and 7:45 p.m. Harlowe R. Hoyt Walter Scott SUDGET MEETINGS SET FORNEXT WEEK ! ‘ | | Rev. W. S. Abernethy Will Preach at Calvary Bap- tist Tomorrow. | Rev. W. S. Abernethy, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, will preach at , 11 o'clock tomorrow morning on the subject, “All for God.” The ordinance of the Lord's Supper will be celebrated 1t the close of the morning service. The Christian Endeavor Societies will 0ld their anniversary service tomorrow :vening in the church auditorium, the « sastor will speak on the topic: “Then and Now.” Others taking part in the sorvice will be Miss Monette Hallam, Othniel Pendleton, Dr. H. J. Councilor, Dr. F. A. Swartwout, Miss Ruth San- | ders, Miss Gene Doyle. Charles 1. Hay- | craff, Vernon Robbins, Mrs. Fred Kline and Raymond Brown. The church will hold its annual | budget week meetings each night mnext | week with the exception of Saturday. | A short program will be given, & brief |talk by the pastor, a social fellowship and at the close the signing of the cards for 1929. The meetings will last from 8 to 9 o'clock. L The Kinnear class of young men will célebrate its thirty-seventh anniversary | at a banquet Friday evening at the Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets. The executive board of the Columbia * Association will meet in the junior room Monday evening at 8 o'clock. - The Evening Mission Club will hold % a birthday anniversary party Monday |evening at the home of Miss Lucie " | Bernhard, 1226 Massachusetts avenue, - at_8 o'clock T | The Circles of the Women's Mission- = ary Socitey will meet Wednesday after- * noon at 2 o'clock (except Kendall: Circle) in the following places: Baker, with Mrs. H. E. Howe, 2702 Thirty- | sixth street; Bristow, with Mrs. J. R.- Hardesty, 111 Grafton street, Chevy Chase, Md.; Brown, with Mrs. Harvey Hatch, 1306 Trinidad avenue north- east; Greene, with Mrs. F. A. Swart- wout, 12 Iowa Circle; Hoeke, with Mrs. E. C. Rice, 4832 Sixteenth street; Ken- & dall, with Mrs. C. H. Curl, 3423 Mount, Pleasant street, at 12 o'clock; Stickney, with Mrs. Charles Wright, the Woodley, ‘ 1851 Columbia road; Vaughn, with Mrs. | Philip Wright, 215 Rock Creek Church + |road; White, with Mrs. A. L. Van Horn, 3104 Twenty-fourth street northeast. The Christian Endeavor Union will}} hold a rally in the church auditorium Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Secretary | Wilbur will be the guest speaker. . The Florence M. Brown class will hold their annual dinner and bagzaar in the primary room of tb Sunday - school house Thursday at 5:2° o'clock. Cross workers wi iave a. meeting Monday at 2 o'clo: in the” kindergarten room. Rev. J. W. O'Hara, | superintendent of the mountain schools - the home mission board of the- Southern Baptist convention, will be the ., speaker. The Burrall class for young women will meet tomorrow at 9:30 am. in th Metropolitan Theater. Mrs. W. ¢ Abernethy will teach the lesson. {CHURCH LAUNCHES ‘STEP-UP’ CAMPAICG! Congregational Members Thr. out Nation Are Asked to Increase Donations. P . A ‘step up” plan to increase support . for the work of the canmglgzg»l churches throughout the country will be inaugurated this month, The plan-: will be introduced in connection with - the annual Every Member Canvass, which will be taken by most of the churches December 9. All members are asked to “step up”.+ to a higher level of giving. Those now » giving 10 cents a week are asked to in-, crease to 15 cents. those giving 50 cents - to 65, those giving $1 to $1.25 and thosc . giving other amounts to make similaz increases. The plan has been launched Natio: wide by the denomination’s Commis. sion on Missions. The basic prineipl. ., of the plan is stated to be that th Ckristian church can be content wit! nothing less than a “step up” each yea in its work for human redemption. DR. JOHN S. GERMAN SPEAKS THURSDA! Baltimorean Will Address Devo - tional Service—Young People’s Meetings Resumed. Dr. John S. German. of the Goodwill' Industries, Baltimore, will be the speaker in the devotional service Thurs- day at Calvary M. E. Church. T ‘The young people’s meetings will be resumed this evening, with American~ University students again in charge. Their last evening will be December 9. when there will be a tea and special - musical program, beginning at 6 o'clock..: The. sessions of the Church School~ will meet tomorrow morning, with Dr. Christie teaching the Men's Bible class. Rev. Depp will preach at the regular’ church services, at 11 and 8 o'clock. « | LS. BENNE'I.'T TO SPEAK. - | i s | Mission Head to Give Talk at Tem: ple Baptist Church. - John S. Bennett, superintendent ofu the Central Union Mission, will speak” in the Temple Baptist Church tomorrow” night at 8 o'clock on “The Miracle of " Salvation.” The service will be in~ charge of the Men's Bible Class. The pastor, Rev. Thomas E. Boorde, willd preach in the morning on “Until He’ Come.” The Lord's supper will be ob-: served at 12 o'clock. v An old-fashioned Sunday school social * will be given Friday evening at 8% o'clock. There will be social greetings™ and refreshments. _— CHURCH TURKEY DINNER. : Feast to Be Given at Meu'opolitln: Methodist Vestry. L At the Metropolitan Methodist Church? tomorrow the pastor, Dr. James Sherai Montgomery, will conduct both services,* morning and evening. The subject of the morning sermon will be “The Best' Loved Book in the World.” In the” evening at 8 o'clock he will deliver a sermon-lecture on the subject, “The’ Bystander at the Roadside.” ) Next Thursday evening in the vestry the first turkey dinner will be given under the auspices of the Ladies' Assge ciation, Mrs. W. S. Dewhirst, president,, William Tyler Page will deliver the: address of the evening. Bishop M. Bristol will be a special guest. Dr,/ Montgomery will preside. th Rul lay e Antonia, forty of his enemies @u]s nephew, who lived n Jerusalem, learned of the plot. ¢ e rxastened to notify his uncle. e examination by“the aul, in _turn, dispatched the youth Charles Yeatman of Grace Union will gnhedrin. » i a4 e to the Roman officer and Claudius have charge of the meeting tomorrow On his way o the cog;cll chamber, Lysias was diven Full details of the night. An oyster supper will be served they planned to seize Paul and slay him scheme.s * = P A "Tuesday from 5 to 7 o'clock. Proceeds A /are to go to the convention fund. led in prayer, and Paul Dameron de- livered the offertory prayer. The junior president, Jack Pirge, and intermediate relsldenl. Charles Shuffle, took the of- ering, Dr. Darby Will Attend Meeting, ' Dr. W. L. Darby, Washington secre< tary of the Federal Council of Chi will go to Rochester Tuesday night fop the annual meeting of that org: tion. This year the twentleth annj. versary will be celebrated with an ap. propriate program. He will remaig over the following Sunday. ! @faudius Lysias was responsible.for the life of his prisoner and the. peace of thoy city. vfie feared the strength of the plotpt':er-s and did notde~ sire another outbreak. Accordingly, he summoned two hundred soldiers, two hundred spearmen, and seventy horsemen. T"’V‘”'Illx throudhout the night, the ban& reached Antipatria with thclr&n oner. The horsémen continued on to Caesarea and handed Paul over lix, the Roman governor: - © 1928 Pusnimens Srvoxcare p‘ended n | guriymgn ed too&ether to assassinate him. ed to have the evangelist