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- CALVARY BAPTIST - SUBJECTS GIVEN | | #a bHW. S. Abernethy to i Preach Morning and Evening Sermons. Dr. W. S. Abernethy will preach both morning and everfing tomorrow at Cal- yary Baptist Church. The 11 o'clock topic will be “Let a Man Examine Him- self,” followed by the ordinance of the Lord's supper. At 8 o'clock the topic will be “Forgetting the Essential Thing.” Miss Louise Hoeke will lead the meet- ing of the B. Y. P. U. tomorrow at 7 o'clock at Waddell Hall, 715 Eighth street. Subject, “Forces That Are Making the World Better. The Intermediate C. E. will meet at 7 o'clock, with Othniel Pendleton, new- 1y elected president, leading. Webster Ketcham will conduct the meeting Tues- day at 8 o'clock. ‘The Senior C. E. Society will meet at the Y. M. C. A. hut, Walter Reed Hos- pital, tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. Miss Ruth Sanders will have charge of the meeting. The Woman’s Missionary Soclety is Yeturning to its regular schedule of meeting on the third Tuesday of each month, beginning January 15. The circles of the Missionary Society ‘will meet Wednesday at 2 o'clock, with one exception, as follows: Kendall, at 12:30 o'clock for luncheon, with Mrs. Anna_ Wilson, 216 E street; Baker, With Mrs. Love, 3748 McKinley street; Bris- tow, with Mrs. James Baxter, 3108 Eighteenth street; Brown, with Mrs. Laura Shotwell, 122 B street northeast; Greene, with Mrs. G. S. Barnhart, 1434 Rhode Island avenue; Hoeke, with Mrs. Willis Bryce, 1221 Gallatin _stree Stickney, with Mrs. Leake, 2733 Ontari road, and Vaughn, with Mrs. W. A. Mc- Coy, 4316 Second street. John Duxbury of England will give his interpretations of Silas Marner at the church January 15 at 8 o'clock, under the auspices of the Drake class for_young men. ‘The corner stone laying for the Sam- 1 H. Greene Memorial Sunday School ‘Building will occur at 3 o'clock Janu- l:‘(i A special program is being ar- ranged. £ The annual meeting of the Sunday 0ol occurs next Friday night. Din- aer will be served at 6:30 o'clock. The brief business session will be followed By a program. Reservations should be made with Dr. Adams not later than Wednesday. e :ZPILLAHS IN TEMPLE” = IS PASTOR’S SUBJECT At the National Baptist Memorial Church the pastor, Rev. Dr. Gove G. Johnson, will preach tomorrow morn- ing on “Pillars in the Temple,” which will precede the service of the Lord's Supper. In the evening his subject will 'be; “Who Is the Unknown God?” a young people’s question sermon. ‘The week of prayer will be observed from «Tuesday to Friday with services each evening at the church. The dis- Aricts” (five per night) will have charge. . At 6;15 o'clock the Evening Mission Club mieets at the church for dinner, ,');kfi;\rfll be followed by its regular ‘meeting Tuesday. ‘The ' Bible school board meets for m’&f p.m. Thursday, which will by its monthly meeting and Class for men will hold the January business meeting in its iclassroom at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday eve- ning. T%p Federation of B. Y. P. U. will have its meeting in the church Tuesday ‘evening, Janyary 15. i DR. COPENHAVER BACK. At Epworth Methodist Episcopal g;.&ch South, Thirteenth street and 4 Carolina avenue northeast, to- morrow morning at 11 o'clock Dr. John C. Copenhaver, pastor, will hold com- n service. Dr. Copenhaver re- today from Memphis, Tenn. re he has been attending the I tional Missionary Conference, hav- been sent to represent his church the conference. He will preach at the 8 o'clock service. The Hi-League 21‘11 the Epworth League of the church [\ hold services at 6:30 and 7 o'clock, Tespectively, in the league rooms of the ghurch. “The meeting of the official board of the church will be held at B o'clock ‘Wednesday in the boardroom of the jchurch. At 8 o'clock Thursday the pastor will resume the study of the “Lord's Prayer” as his subject for the midweek prayer service. CHURCH DINNER. A church dinner, followed by the annual meeting, will be held January 10 at the Cleveland Park Congrega- tlonal Church. Election of officers, the pointment of committees and the _mm for 1929 will take up the evening ‘session. “The Thorn in the Flesh” \Si the topic for the sermon at 11 am.; gomorrow by Rev. George L. Farnham. | | ~The Woman's Association at a recent | conferences. Thé Sunday School Lesson BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. Exodus, xxxiv4-7; Psalm, clil. 1-5, 10-14: Isalah, x1.27-31; Mat- thew, vi.24-34; John, iii.3-6, iv. 20-24, viii40-47: Romans, ii.2-11, vili.14-17; I John, iv.7-16. Golden Text—Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.—Psalm, ciii.13. During the coming quarter our series of lessons will be topical in char- acter. They have been carefully chosen and have been assigned their logical order in their relation to the *great Christian_teachings.” They have been selected for the purpose of giving us a better “understanding and apprecia- tion of the essential teachings of the Christian faith.” They commence with the Fatherhood of God, which is con- sidered to be the fundamental basis of the Lord's revelation, and continue until they culminate in a lesson upon the great hope that a Christian pos- sesses concerning the future life. Jesus in his studies of nature found a spiritual message in the material universe. that illustrated His vital teachings. Although last week a prom- inent student and-teacher of historical sociology took a position. that has brought upon him the condemnation of leaders in the scientific and re- ligious world, Yt makes the study of today quite timely. There is no con- flict between science and religion. Scientists and theologians may differ and have differed in their view and theories. Christianity has always fos- tered science and much of the ad- vancement in the realms of science nas been due to the work of men who have had deep religious experiences. Whenever a worker in the field of science has demonstrated as a fact any theory that appears to be an- tagonistic to religion, it usually turns out to be antagonistic to some views men have held about religion and not the Bible or the Lord Jesus. Our Master has given us a body of teaching that has promoted scientific investi- gation and welcomed every discovery made by science through research, be- cause their findings have illustrated the truths of religion and the messages of the Lord Jesus, They have cor- rected false teachings of men, con- firmed the Bible and testified to the truths of the Master. One of America's greatest teachers of theology met the problems present- ed by the advancement made in scien- tific research. by answering in’the af- firmative in his book the question ‘Can I believe in God the Father?” A more recent writer has met the problems of the modern mind with his interpreta- tion of the Divine Fatherhood under the title “The Humanity of God.” Jesus found in the human relationship in the home His greatest revelation of God, whom He taught was “Our Heav- enly Father.” The kingdom that Jesus taught was the rule of a Heavenly Father rather than that of a King. He met the longings of the human soul to know God by bringing to men a revelation that He was known best as Father. The Fatherhood of God. Prophets had spoken of Jehovah as the Father of Israel, but Jesus reveal- ed Him as the Father of the individual soul. He claimed to be the exclusive revealer of God to men. “No man knoweth the Father save the Son. and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him.” In making this revelation of Jehovah to men, our Lord did not contradict any conception that men had or could obtain of God from nature, philosophy, history or prophecy. They are only partial, but in the family circle Jesus found the best possible revelation of the personality of God. It helped men to grasp the depths of His love and understand His service for them when Jesus tried to impress upon them the relationship that ex- isted between all believers and God, as | Father, The fact that Jesus frequently. spoke of God as “my Father” and “your Father” and often spoke of Jehovah as “the Father” has been the foundation for the theory that He taught that God is the Father of all mankind. This is an error, for when some of His hearers insisted that ne- cause they were descendants of Abra- ham they were God's children, the Master emphatically denied their claim and told them very plainly that they were the children of Satan and not of God. No one has the right to claim the fellowship with God unless he has in his heart a love for Him as Father, recognizes Jehovah as his Heaveniy Father and tries to live a life of obedience to His word in his daily life and labor. Not until men commence to take the teachings of Jesus about the Fatherhood of God more seriously will they come to enjoy their privileges as His children. v God is not the Father of those who refuse to recognize His authority and rule, by declining to do His will and work in the world. In this winsome parable of “The Prodigal Son,” our Lord taught us the love of the Father for the wayward and wandering. “If they are disobedient and misused His gift’ of freedom to practice moral evil, which He hates, still He unchangeably holds toward them the attitude of a true Father. * * * He will not let them go into sin unwarned or unpun- ished. And He expresses it further by seeking, at the most of immeasurable mieeting elected Mrs. Clifton R. Moore @ its president. | HOLD ANNUAL MEETING. ! . Communion services will be opened at the Temple Baptist Church tomorrow @t 12 m. The subject of the morning on will be “Come and You Shall e,” and of the evening discourse “Now, Which Way?” The Junior B. {¥. P.'U. will meet at 11 am. ‘The annual business meeting of the congregation_will be held Wednesday evening in the Sunday School audito- glum at 7:30 o'clock. gl | FIDELITY” IS SUBJECT. Rev. Henry B. Wooding, pastor of the Eckington Presbyterian Church, North Capitol street and Florida avenue, will tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock on the theme “Fidelity,” eand in the| ‘evening at 8 o'clock the subject will be *The Grace of God.” The members of the Fidelity Bible Class will meet Wednesday evening at & o'clock. The Women's Missionary Society will meet at the Sunday school bouse Wednesday at noon. e Reviews Presbyterian History. “Early History of Presbyterians in “Virginia” is the subject of the paper that will be read vy the Rev. Alton B. Altfather before the Presbyterian Min- isters’ Association of Washington and ¥icinity Monday at 11 am. in the New Xork Avenug Presbyterian Church. Special Service of Lights. A special service of lights will be held in Grace Episcopal Church, Ninth and D streets southwest, tomorrow night at Meade Bolton MacBryde, deliver a short address on the text, “I Am the Light of the World.” New Year Sermon. Rev. Bernard Braskamp, pastor of the Gunton-Temple Memorial Presbyterian Church, will speak tomorrow morning on the subject, “What Makes a New Year?” At the 8 o'clock evening service. his subject_will be, “How Shall We Enter Upon the Ne: . Awards for excellence in scholarship endiperfect attendance have been give self-sacrifice, to bring back those who have gone astray from Him. Both the sternness and compassion of God are patcrnal.” Faith in the Fatherhood. “To as many as recelve Him, to them Christ gave the right to become the son of God.” He spoke of the privileges of being sons of the Father and concerning the Fatherhood's love, protection, and partnership with us in the affairs of this” world to encourage us to prove our faith by living as children of the Heavenly Father. He spoke so that believers could have the peace of God within them and the power of the Holy Spirit to do God's will. Six times in the few verses select- ed from our Lord's masterful sermon on the mount, He urged His disciples not to be anxious. He had presented to them their re- lation to others, just preceding His injunctions to them concerning prop- erty. Men allow their desire for prop- | erty to precede their wishes for a per- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. JANUARY 5. 1 the fact that all man's treasures are insecure. He condemned their slaving for gold and silver. ~There exists the danger of their being lost. The only safe treasures are those that are bank- ed with God. Nothing can touch the treasures we have deposited with the Heavenly Father. They are protected from defilement, corruption and every possible form of being lost. ‘The man who places his treasures with the Lord js certain to become Christ-like, for “where his treasure is there will his heart be also.” Every Christian should be conse- crated and seek to concentrate all their power, personality and property toward advancing the Father's kingdom. ‘We cannot live a divided life. We can- not serve the Father and the mammon of this world at the same time. If| God is not first in our life, and in all the things of life, then he is not in our life, as the Father ought to be. God will not accept a divided love or a di- vided service. We prove our faith in the Father by trusting Him at all times and serving Him in every way we can and whenever we can with our treas- ures, talents and trade. If we have the faith in God as our Father, then we have no reason for be- ing anxious. ~Anxiety is contrary to nature, reason and revelation. Our Father provides all our food and cloth- ing, He has unlimited possessions. If He cares for the fowls of the air and the lilies of the fleld, certainly we ought to expect and have confidence that He will care for us. Let us seek | first the Father’s will and we will never want any good thing. Bible Questions Of the Day By Harlow R. Hoyt. CHRIST AND NICODEMUS. Questions. . Who was Nicodemus? . When did he first hear of Christ? . What did Christ do at that time? . What attitude did He take follow- His action in the temple? . How did these reports impress Nicodemus? 6. What did he do? 7. What did he ask of Christ? 8. What was the reply of Jesus? 9. Did Nicodemus see Jesus after this? 10. How did Nicodemus participate in the death of Christ? Answers. 1. Nicodemus was a member of the Sanhedrin, noted for his justice and kindness. 2. When Christ came to Jerusalem during the first year of His ministry to celebrate the Pentecost. 3. At that time Christ found the temple filled with money changers and sellers of sacrificial material. He drove them from the temple, declaring that they profaned the house of God. 4. Christ was questioned and rebuked by those who wished to know by what authority He took such drastic actlon. He answered: “Destroy the temple and I will rebuild it in three days.” 5. Reports of Christ and His miracles, which He began to work, were brought to Nicodemus. Being fair-minded. Nico- demus was filled with a desire to ques- tion this new religious teacher. 6. Nicodemus came to Christ in the nighttime. Being a member of the Sanhedrin, he exercised care in calling upon this young fanatic, as many con- sidered Christ, lest it might work evil iny must I do to be saved?” 8. Chuist's reply to Nicodemus was: “Be born again of water and the Holy Ghost.” Christ impressed upon Nico- demus, in His conversation, the neces- sity of spiritual understanding and the immaterial significance of rituals and formulas, . with l;hlt:l'l religion was crowded at that time. 9. When Christ was plotted against by the Sanhedrin, Nicodemus was one of His protectors. 10. Following the crucifixion of Christ Nicodemus aided Joseph of Arimathea in reclaiming the body from the cross and placing it in the tomb. PILGRIMS’ CHURC UNITS COMPLETED The first two units of the new Church of the Pilgrims, Florida avenue and Twenty-second street, have been turned over to the congregation by the con- tractors. They are the religious edu- cation building and the manse. It is expected the church auditorium will be completed for use by Easter. Rev. A. R. Bird will preach tomorrow morning on “Putting the New Into the New Year,” at the meeting at the May- flower Hotel and in the evening on “You Are Running the Wrong Way, Ray,” at the evening meeting in the new religious education building. . TESTIMONY SERVICE. Rev. Earl Taggart, associate pastor of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, will speak at the men’s serv- ice in the chapel of the Central Union Mission, 613 C street, at 7:45 o'clock tomorrow night. A testimony service, in which men who previously had professed conversion will relate their experiences since em- bracing faith in God, will be conducted in_ conjunction with the preaching, John S. Bennett, superintendent of the mission, has announced. RECEPTION PLANNED. ‘The Western Presbyterian Church will celebrate the payment of the site for the new church by a reception next Friday evening. The reception will mark the seventy-fourth birthday of the church. The anniversary sermon will be preached by the pastor, Rev. J. Harvey Dunham, the morning of January 13. ey French Services. Rev. Florian Vurpillot, pastor of the Prench congregation which meets at St. John's Church, Lafayette square, every Sunday at 4 p.m. and every Friday at sonality like that of Christ. Jesus sought to impress upon His followers 10470 pupils of the Jewish religious” . g cliools of Greater New Ycr&‘:*g 4:45 p.m., will preach tomorrow on “La PASTOR T0 START Rev. Moses R. Lovell Will Dis- cuss “Religion Looks at Modern Civilization.” “Religion and the Machine Age” will be the theme of Rev. Moses R. Lovell, pastor of the Mount Pleasant Congrega tional Church, 1410 Columbia road, to- morrow morning. This will be the first of three sermons on the general topic of “Religion Looks at Modern Civilization.” The two sermons following will deal with laboratories and with today's moral codes. Dr. Nolan D. C. Lewis will give an illustrated lecture at 5 o'clock on “Art and the Unconscious” and at 30 o'clock the Young People’s Foru by Helen Mansfield. will discuss “High School Problems—What Are They?” Miss Elinor Ball, social service worker, will be added to the staff of the Wash- ington Life Adjustment Institute for a two-month period. The regular clinics will be resumed Monday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock. The staff, which includes physicians, psychiatrists, social work- ers, general counselors, young people's adviser and spiritual adviser, offers free sv‘rvxce to the public each Monday eve- ning. The meeting of the woman's guild Wednesday at 10 o'clock will be for urgent sewing on Red Cross materials. Mrs. Richard and Mrs. Chapelle of the D. C. Red Cross will attend and explain imperative needs. Dr. John Olin Knott will be the speaker Thursday night in the discus- sion of comparative religions, his sub- ject being, “The Ikhnaton Monotheism,” based on his extensive studies in Egypt and at the tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen. The discussion group will be the guests Sunday night of the L'Allegro Club of All Souls’ Unitarian Church on Sixteenth street. CHURCH. HOME BOARD TO HOLD ELECTION Incorporators of Episcopal Institu- tion Also Will Hear An- nual Reports. ‘The annual meeting of the incorpora- tors of the Episcopal Church Home, 3315 Wisconsin avenue, will be held at Epiphany Parish Hall, 1317 G _street, January 11 at 8 pm. There will be an election of officers and reports will be submitted. During the past year in addition to other presents, there was a gift for each member of the “family” from Mr. and Mrs, Carl Xeferstein. The young peo- pie from St. John's Church, Bethesda, distributed candy and other good things, and the young people from Takoma Park, under the direction of Mrs. ‘Thomas Bright, trimmed the tree. Christmas carols were sung by a num- ber of different grougs. In keeping with the spirit of Christmas, observed throughout the city, there was on the lawn, for the entire week, a lighted tree. A star at the top of the tree was the gift of Mrs. Mayfield, and each light was donated by a board member in viemory of his or her mother. It is planned to continue this custom from vear to year and each light will repre- sent “somebody’s mother.” Bishop James E. Freeman is presi- dent of the board of governors, which also includes George R. Wales, Mrs. F. V. Abbott, Dr. Alvin T. Gregory, Victor B. Deyber, Mrs. W. D. Hellen, Dr. L. W. Glazebrook, C. B. Keferstein, Mrs. Ar- thur Burt, Charles F. Wilson, Dr. W. Sinclair Bowen, Dr. Marcus Benjamin, R. W. Bolling, and H. D. Amiss. MESSAGE FOR YOUTHS. Will Be Given at Metropolitan Methodist Tomorrow Evening. A% the Metropolitan Methodist Church tomorrow, the pastor, Dr. James Shera Montgomery, will conduct the services. At 11 o'clock the quarterly communion service will be held, Dr. Montgomery officiating. In the evening at 8 o'clock he will give a special mes- sage directed more especially to the young. The subject of the sermon- lectture will be “The Hail Fellow Well et.” The official board qf the church will meet Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the vestry. The business meeting of the Metropolitan Epworth League will be held Thursday evening after the prayer service. . MEN TO GIVE DINNER. President Arthur C. Houghton an- nounces the Men’s Club of St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church will give a dinner at 6:30 January 10, in the dining suite of the new parish hall at Sixteenth and Newton streets. Attendance will be limited to men of the parish, their wives, sisters and daughters. William Tyler Page, author of the “American’s Creed” and clerk of th: House of Representatives, will be the principal speaker. The dinner will be prepared and served by members of the Men’s Club, under direction of Otho Thompson Beall. Entertainment features will be directed by William J. Grant and Percy Oliver. Decorations are under charge of Z. D. Blackistone and William F. Bowen. Until January 8 reservations for the dinner may be made with Harry P. White, Argyle Apartments. SPECIAL SERVICES. Rev. G. G. Kundahl, evangelist, will conduct a week of special services at the Eastern Presbyterian Church, be- ginning tomorrow evening. He will speak each evening during the week, excepting Saturday. For several years Mr. Kundahl has conducted services during the opening week of the new year at Eastern Course du Chretien.” CHRIST AND NICODEMUS Church. []n tBe fi_rs_t ear of his ministry, Christ went t);s Jerusalem to cele- br'dtff the Passover He ,qund the tem- le infested with Ry e 1N eir gn)é with sellers of sheep and doves i and oxen for sac- rificial purposes. An &erod &t the defilement of the holy place, Christ drove out the profaners. = 7 SERMON SERIES ABOUT BIBLE LANDS Mount Vernon Place Church Announces Program for Tomorrow. At the Mount Vernon Place Church tomorrow morning John R. Voris, as- sociate general secretary and director of the organizational relations depart- mant of the Near East Relief, will speak on “The Spirit of Christ in Bible Lands Today.” Mr. Voris has recently returned from a tour through Russia, Turkey and Trans-Caucasia. In the Sunday school auditorium at the same hour the junior preacher, Rev. H. R. Deal, will speak to the children on “The Goodness of God.” Rev. Dr. W. A. Lambeth, pastor, will preach at the evening service, his sub- ject being “Christ in the Heart.” The annual quiet hour covenant serv- ice of the Senior Epworth League will be conducted by J. Earle Weatherly, in the Sunday school auditorium, at 6:30 p.m. The subject for discussion will be “With Jesus in the School of Prayer.” "The pastor will conduct the prayer meeting service Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The Junior Missionary Society will meet in room 10 Friday at 4:45 p.m. Prof. John Duxbury of England will read “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” in the Sunday school auditorium, January 14. Beginning Sunday afternoon a School of Missions for the Southern Methodist Churches of Washington and vicinity will be held. The closing ses- sion will be Friday evening, January 25. Instructors for the courses will come trom Duke University, Emory University, Southern College and the Board of Mis- sions, at Nashville, Tenn. REV. W. M. MICHAEL ANNOUNCES SUBJECT Brightwood Park M. E. Church to Hold First Communion Service in 1920. Rev. W. M. Michael will speak on “The Cleansing Flood” at the Bright- wood Park Methodist Episcopal Church’s first communion service of the new year tomorrow morning. He has chosen “Hilarious Spending” for his evening sermon. The six circles of the Ladies’ Guild will hold a turkey dinner Thursday evening in the social hall of the ehurch, proceeds to be used for redecorating the hall. A meeting of the official board will be held Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Following _the ' meeting,. the Fourth Quarterly Conference will be held. The meeting of the Ladies’ Guild will be held January 9, preceded by the regular lunlchion of the Swartzell Guild at 1 o'clock. Y. M. C. A. TO OBSERVE BUNYAN TRICENTENNIAL ‘The Young Men's Christian Associa- tion will join in the commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Bunyan by presenting two illus- trated lectures in the assembly hall of the central “Y” building, 1736 G street. The public is invited to attend the lectures, which will be given by Page McK. Etchison, religious work director of the Y. M. C. A. ‘The first of the two lectures, on “The Life of John Bunyan,” will be given at 4 o'clock tomorrow and will be il- lustrated by 100 colored slides. The second lecture, on “Pilgrim's Progress,” will be given the following Sunday afternoon. HOLY NAME SOCIETY TO CELEBRATE FEAST ‘The Holy Name Society connected with St. Mary's Church will celebrate its patronal feast at a solemn high mass tomorrow at 9:15 a.m. Rev. C. J. Jordan will be the celebrant of the mass; Rev. Vincent Koppert will I; del;o: and Re\;‘ l::ther Richard will sub-deacon. ‘ather Koppert will preach the sermon. o s In the evening at 7:30 the Holy Name Societies of Zone No. 3 will meet in St. Mary's Church for their annual service and reunion. Rev. James E. Connell, pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church, will lead in the recitation of the rosary. Rev. Anscar Zawardt of the Capuchin Fathers will preach the sermon. LANHAM TO SPEAK. At the Metropolitan Baptist Church tomorrow morning the pastor, Rev. Dr. John Compton Ball, will speak on “Our Church Motto for 1929.” 1In the evening his theme will be “The Glory of the Permanent.” ‘The Baraca Bible Class will hold a special meeting Tuesday evening, with the newly elected officers in charge. Addresses will be made by Dr. Ball and Representative Fritz G. Lanham of Texas. The officers of the class are: Emmanuel B. Shaver, teacher; Edward C. Steagall, president; Samuel B. Frantz, vice president; O. C. Orris, second vice president; W. M. Anderson, third vice president; Truman Ward, secretary: Leonard Leland, assistant secretary; R. C. Powers, treasurer; J. O. Peed, libra- rian; Turner Cox, chorister; Rev. Thomas Browne, organist. COMMUNION SERVICE. Holy communion will be observed to- morrow morning and evening at the Memorial United Brethren Church, North Capitol and R streets; also bap- tism and reception of members. At the close of the evening commu- nion, the pastor, Dr. S. B. Daugherty, will begin a series of sermons on “The Parables of Our Lord,” and his theme will be “The Sower.” The Sunday 929.’ One of the best specimens of the art of building exhibited by British con- structive genius in America is that of the Church of St. Michael, in Charles- ton. It is 130 feet long, 60 feet wide and has an elevation of 168 feet, thus mak- ing its steeple a conspicuous object to all vessels entering the spacious harbor to the east. The tower consists of a series of ornamental chambers, rising gradually one above the other, a style involving greater difficulties of construc- tion than were usually incurred at the gemad during which the church was uilt. The corner stone of the church was laid in 1752, but because of the diffi- culty in securing a clergyman accept- able to all parishioners, the first services were held nine years later, and in 1764 the church celebrated the arrival from England of a set of chimes and a clock. The chimes, by the way, served as a fire alarm for over a century, until the in- stallation of a municipal fire alarm sys- tem in the city. An organ and a marble baptismal font were imported several years later, the latter still in the posi- tion it has occupied since Christmas eve of 1771. The American Revolution gave birth to troublous times. The rector and many of his parishioners were stanchly loyal to the King, but the majority was against him, and he resigned in 1776. No regular rector was again obtained until 1781, not only because of the scarcity of acceptable men, but because of financial difficulties brought about by the recent war. The difficulty was I | | | NOONPREACHNG TECANIQUE STUDIED Clergymen From Ten States Assemble at Washington Cathedral. ‘The technique of noonday preaching was studied during the week by clergy- men from 10 States assembled at Washington Cathedral for one of the many conferences sponsored by the Col- lege of Preachers, the unique educa- tional institution associated with the Mount St. Alban edifice. : Right Rev. Granville Gaylord Ben- nett, Bishop of Duluth, directed the studies. He was assisted by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washing- ton. The sessions took place mn the memorial wing of the cathedral library with devotional exercises held in the Bethlehem Chapel and the Chapel of the Resurrection. Providing post-graduate training and inspiration for ordained clergymen, the College of Preachers endeavors to cover | the various phases of prophetic minis- try, and holds conferences at regular intervals for rectors who desire educa- tional opportunities not at present af- forded by existing theological semi- St. Michael’s Church, Charleston, S. C. temporarily ov.rcome by the incorpo- ration together of St. Michael's and St. Johln's, a union which was broken only in 1847. churches, St. Michael's was the scene of many political mass meetings. These were held here conjointly with reli- gious services during the Revolution, during the times of the War of 1812 and during the black days of the Amer- ican Civil War. During the latter war, on November 19, 1863, the United States batteries at Morris Island opened fire | door during full services. The steeple was later used by Gen. Hood's army as a lookout tower. The precious bells of St. Michael’s, the Civil War, were seized by the sol- dier’s of Gen. Sherman’s army and wan- tonly destroyed, though the pisces were subsequently sent to England for re- casting and were returned a few years later. Great repairs were necessary after the bombardment of the town, and the church opened for services again in November of 1865. Twenty years later a cyclone wrecked the spire and in the following year a great earthquake dam- aged the walls, steeple and floors to such an extent that much of it had to be rebuilt. However, in spite of all its vicissitudes and all its damage, inflicted by man and Nature, St. Michael’s stands today, adjacent to its ancient church- yard, much as it did 150 years ago— one of the beauty spots of one of Amer- ica’s most beautiful and historic cities. DR. PORTER PICKS SERMON SUBIECTS “Secret of Triumphant Liv- ing” Topic at First Baptist Morning Service. “The Secret of Triumphant Living” will be the subject of the sermon tomor- row morning by the pastor of the First Baptist Church, Dr. Samuel Judson Porter. His evening theme will be “Refuge for Worried and Wounded.” In the Sunday school tomorrow morning the deacons will have charge of the opening exercises. The Junior Baptist Young People's Union meets at 10:45 o'clock every Sun- day morning. The Senior and Inter- mediate Unions meet at 6:45 p.m. This meeting is preceded by a social in the basement of the church, when refresh- ments are served. ‘The Swedish Mission, of which Rev. Nels Hedeen is pastor, will meet to- morrow at 3:30 o'clock in the lower auditorium of the church. This mission also meets Friday at 8 p.m. The deacons will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. The officers of the Euzelian Class for young women will meet Tuesday at 7:30 pah. for a brief business meeting. At 8 o'clock the regular class busi- ness meeting will be held. Misses Roey Ballinger and Josephine Throckmorton will be the hostesses. ‘The Woman's Society will meet Wed- nesday at 11 o'clock. Luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock. ‘The midweek paryer meeting will be held Thursday at 8 o'clock. —— e Baptist Missionary Meeting. ‘The regular quarterly meeting of the Woman's Baptist Missionary Associa- tion of the District of Columbia will be held at West Washington Baptist Church, Thirty-first and N streets, Monday at 10:30 a.m. Secular League Meeting. “State Soclalism,” as it obtains in various degrees in the United States, is the subject to be discussed tomorrow at 3 pm. at the Secular League Open Forum, ‘1006 E street. Edwin Evans will be the principal speaker. The public is invited. . Rev. Mgr. O'Hern of Rochester is one school and Christian Endeavor societies will give special programs. Sunday School Lesson Matthew 6:24-34 y this action, &nd his preaching, Christ came to attention of Nicodemus, one, of the leaders of he Sanhedrin. ¢ esiring to know more oF this new teacher, Nicodemus visited Christ nlgh(’. that he ', midht question him Convinged of Christs motives, Nicodemus_defend- ed him beFore the Sanhedrin, and Followsn e crucifixton, a ed Joseph ol Arimathea in the burial of the » » Savior .ob s15t- (VYY) of 14 children, 4 of whom became priests. Three cousins are priests. AR =¥ By% an Endeavor Edward P. Gates, general secretary of the International Society of Christian | Endeavor, will address the Endeavors at their union meeting at Luther Place Memorial Church Monday evening. The union meeting of the District Intermediate Christian Endeavorers will be held January 11, at Mount Rainier Christian Church. A feature of the meeting will be talks by members of the Intermediate Christian En- deavor Union board on resolutions for the new year. D. Roland Potter, president of the District_of Columhbia Christian En- deavor Union, filled the pulpit at Ta- koma Park Presbyterian Church, last Sunday evening at the joint Christian Endeavor and church meeting. STUDENT TO PREACH. | Richard Saunders Will Be Heard at First Brethren Church. Richard Saunders, home from Ash- {land College, where he is preparing for | Christian service, will preach at the 11 o'clock service at the First Brethren | Church, Twelfth and E streets south- | east, tomorrow. ‘The pastor, Rev. Homer A. Kent, will preach at 7:45 p.m. on “What It Means to Believe in Jesus Christ.” The year- ly business meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Sunday school meets at 9:30 am. and Christian Endeavor at 6:30 pm. g OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY. Lutheran Missouri Synod to Hold Open House. ‘The fifth anniversary of the estab- lishment of a hospice of the Walther League of the Lutheran Missouri Synod at 1420 M street will be observed to- morrow afternoon with open house from 2 to 4 o'clock, followed by an anniversary program and buffet luncheon. . A praise service will be held at 7:30 o'clock at which Rev. Erwin Umbach of Shlcugo will deliver the principal ad- ress. ‘The Bishop of London (Dr. Winning- ton Ingram), preaching at the Church of All Hallows, Barking by the Tower, E. C, said he was convinced that the dead lived, and though changed in a way and progressing in character, they remained much the same in appearance and general characteristics. ere- fore,” he added, “I cannot understand why it has become to so many wrong to pray for the dead.” Harlowe R. Hoyt Walter Scott As in the case of so many colonial | and one of their shells exploded at the | sent to Columbia for safekeeping during |naries. The Right Rev. Philip M. Rhinelander is warden of the college. A building for its use is now in course {of construction just north and east of | the apse of the cathedral. It is expected | that ity will be completed some time | during the Fall. | Among the clergymen in attendance | at the conference. which concluded to- | day. were: Rev. Charles Clingman, Bir- { mingham, Ala.; Rev. W. H. Dunphy, Nashotah, Wisc.; Right Rev. Charles Fiske, Bishop of Central New York: Rev. F. S. Fleming, Providence. R. I. { Rev. John Gass, Charleston, W. Va. Rev. Fr.J.O.S. Huntington, West Park, N. Y.. Rev. Hamilton H. -Kellogs, Greenwich, Conn.; Rev. A. Kin- solving. Baltimore, Md.: Right Rev. R. E. L. Strider, Bishop Coadjutor of West Virginia; Rev. Samuel Tyler, Rochester, N. Y., Rev. Leigh R. Urban. South- bridge, Mass.; Right Rev. C. E. Wood- cock, Bishop of Kentueky. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., January 5— The First Baptist Church held its an- nual election of officers at the church Jast Monday night, as follows: Deacons—Dr. J. B. S. Norton and J. T. Payne, re-elected for five years: C. | F. Glass, S. C. Sturgis, S. W. Cros- thwait, W. R. Ballard, . M. Long, A. L. Robertson and C. S. Speiden. ‘Trustees—J. E. Rymer, J. T. Norman and Gerald Glass were elected. The other trustees are E. M. Pettit, Miss Flora Davis, Dr. H. T. Willle, A. Y. Dowell, J. A. Crawford and W. L. Scott. ‘Superintendents of the departmentsof | the church—Bible study, F. H. Spencer; training service, A. Y. Dowell; evan- gelism, Dr. J. B. S. Norton; missions, C. S. Speiden; prayer service, J. T. Payne; music of the church, W. R. Bal- lard; publicity department, C. F. Glass, EPI;?‘ stewardship department, E. M. tit. Sunday school officers—Superintend- ent, F. H. Spencer; secretary, E. M. Pettit; treasurer, C. F. Glass; pianist, Mrs. W. A. Cookman; chorister, Mrs. J. E. Rymer, and classification, J. A. Crawford. Departmental officers—Adult depart- ment, J. A. Crawford, superintendent; senior department superintendent, Ger- | ald Glass; intermediate superintendent, J. E. Rymer; junior department super- intendent, Mrs. F. B. Spencer; primary department_superintendent, Mrs. J. T. Payne: beginners' department superin- tendent, Mrs. F. H. Spencer; cradle roll superintendent, Mrs. W. R. Ballard, and home department superintendent, Mrs. A. P. Morton. B. Y. P. U. officers—A. Y. Dowell, su- perintendent; H. M. Nau, assistant su- perintendent, and Miss Marinda Rob- ertson, secretary. Each of the four unions has its own special officers. Chief Usher H. M. Nau will appoint his own assistants. PR - ANNUAL ELECTION HELD. St. John's Bethesda Guild-Auxil- iary Names Officers. Rev Clarence Prentice Parker, rector |of St. John's Church, Bethesda, will preach an Epiphany sermon tomorrow at the 11 o'clock service. The church school convenes at 9:30 a.m. The G. F. S. will meet at the home of Mrs. George Pariscau. Candidates will have a meeting in St. John's Hall Friday. The Guild Auxiliary held its annual election of officers and luncheon | Wednesday morning. Mrs. John Lewis | has been appointed by the president, | Mrs. Richard Cunningham, as director | of the altar work, assisted by Mrs. John F. Corby, Mrs. A. L. Martin and Mrs. George Wilsin. Mrs. H. Latane Lewis and Mrs. Harry Hunt, jr, have been appointed on the ladies’ board of the Episcopal Eye and Ear Hospital. The monthly vestry meeting will be held Monday at 8 o'clock. Dr. Perkins to Preach. Dr. Frederic W. Perkins, pastor of the First Universalist Church, will preach tomorrow morning on “God and Us The services are held in the Ambassador Theater pending the eompletion of a new church. Kindergarten will be the same hour, with church school at 12:15 o'clock. 25TH ANNIVERSARY SET. At the First Reformed Church tomor= row Dr. James D. Buhrer will preach his twenty-fifth anniversary sermon as pastor in the District of Columbia. In the evening service he will speak on “The Changes in Christian Thought of Modern Life.” Rev. E. Hez Swem to Preach. t a Washington Policeman Said!” will be told by Rev. E. Hez Swem temorrow night at 8 o'clock at Centen- nial Baptist Church. The 11 o'clock morning sermon subject is, “An Added Advantage.” e Of the 179 lay delegates chosen to represent the various districts in the North Georgia Conference territory, 78 were absent from roll call at the first ‘Twenty-one of the absentees MR. AND MRS. MESSNER THE PLAYHOUSE. £14 N St. N.W. Sun.. 3, “How to Live Forever.” Sun. “Getting Tnto the Money Currents of 193 Tuess 8. Asiroloey. “Taurus. Apr. 20- 21, Wed.. 3 Healing Meeting. ton, Thur.: 8 N Concentr 8._Astrol _George“_lA.. Warren The Washington Open Forum “THOMAS JEFFERSON” Sunday, January 6—3 P.M. 808 Eye St. N.W. Dise _ Sunday Mertings THE SECULAR LEAGUE Musi s’ Hall, 1006 E St. Sunday, 3 P.M. “State Socialism in the U. 8. EDWIN EVANS. A amision Free, Discassiony = aiiim -~