Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1929, Page 9

MOTHER'S DAY SERVICE PLANNED Dr. Lambeth Announces Mount Vernon Place Church Program. Mother's day will be observed at the Mount, Vernon Place Church tomorrow E\l;;‘]nlnx, the pastor, Dr. W. A. Lam- eth, Mine. congregation, the junior preacher, Rev. H. R. Deal. will preach on “Our Mother: At the evening service, the pastor will use as his subject, “Genu- ine Repentance.” At 6:45 pm. In the Sunday school | auditorium, the Senior Epworth Lesgue | will hold & special Mother's day serv- | fce. the subject for discussion being ‘Appreciating Our Parents as Leaders.” | Miss Erma Kile will be the leader. | The pastor's visiting committee will | meet Monday at 8 o'clock. The Bible Study Ciass of the Woman's Missionary Soclety will meet Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for the discus- sion_of the second chapter of “Jesus, the Ideal” After this period the Mis- sion Study Class will discuss the second and third chapters of “Priends of Af- rica.” Circle 10 of the Missionary Society will meet Wednesday evening at_the home of Mrs. H. R. Deal, 2515 Thir- teenth street. The postor will speak at the prayer meeting vervice Thursday at 8 o'clock. EPWORTH PROGRAM WILL HONOR MOTHERS Bpecial Series of Services Will Be Held Tomorrow in All Departments. Services appropriate for Mother's day will be held in all departments of the Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church_ South, Thirteenth street and North Carolina avenue northeast, to- morrow. Dr. John C. Copenhaver, pastor, will preach at 11 o'clock service on “The Boy Who Rewarded His Mother,” and at 8 pm. on “A Good Name Versus Silver and Gold.” For the opening service of the Hum- mer memorial class of the Sunday school special features will be held ap- propriate to the day. The Hi-League chapter will begin Sunday evening an “attendance contest” to last for four weeks. The Epworth League chapter will hold services at 7 o'clock and will be led by Clinton Lanham. ‘The veeklunyer meeting will be held at 8 o'l Thursaay and will be conducted by the pastor. He will begin a series of sketehes of the lives of great religious leaders. The first will be that of Gen, William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. Wednesday evening the cast from the Hummer memorial Sunday school class will present “The Minister’s Bride,” a four-act play, in the auditorium of the high school at Fairfax Court House, Va. The Young People's Missionary Soclety of _the church will meet at the church at 7:45 o'clack Tuesday evening, from which place they will ;o to the home of Mrs. Grantham in Brentwood, Md., where the monthly meeting will be held. Miss Hazel Booker has charge of the arrange- ments. DR. TAYLOR WILL PREACH | YOUNG PEOPLE’S SERMON Con.t‘nl Presbyterian Services to Include Special Discussion % for Youth. The service ;' the Central Presby- E e D, i te pastor, especially f 'l 5 or young people. Dr. James H. Taylor, wgl preach a spe- clal sermon, in which he will discuss some the spiritual problems that ‘Wade H. ison, jr., graduated with the ee of bachelor of divinity from the jon Theological Esminary at Richmond, Va., last Wednesday. In ad- dition to Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Allison, sr., who went to see the graduation of their son, a number of members of the church went to Richmond for this oc- casion. The party consisted of Earl Carbauh, Dr. Taylor, Miss Mary Coit, Robert Terrell, Mrs. Robert Terrell, Joe Terrell, Charles Bragaw, Maye Walker, Edith Lutz, Maude Hudson, Dorothy Braw, Willlam Alexander, James athews, jr., Hugh Nesbitt and Newton B. Warwick. Miss Carolyn Mathews, s member of this church and now a student at the General Assembly's Training School in Richmond, Va., has accepted the position as teacher in one of the moun- tain schools of the Presbyterian Church. Miss Mathews will be located at Central . Academy, Stuart, Va. Dr. Taylor will continue the lectures on the Reformation at the Thursday evening prayer services. - METROPOLITAN CHURCH. Mother's Day Services Will Be Featured Tomorrow. At the Metropolitan Baptist Church tomorrow morning Pastor John Comp- ton Ball will speak on “The Seven ‘Word Gospel of the Mother of Jesus.” In the evening a Mother's day service will be held. Mothers will assist the pastor in conducting the exercises. ‘The Seripture will be read by Mrs. Clyde H. Freed and the prayer offered by Mrs. Fred A. Kardell. The following mothers will act as ushers and receive the offering: Mrs. Theresa Martin, Mrs. Lillian Railey, Mrs. Ruth Locke, Mrs. Mary Gonzales, Mrs. Lola Everette, Mrs. Victoria Ding- Jer, Mrs. Lulu Bailey, Mrs. Lois Embrey, Mrs. Madeline Baker, Mrs. Myrtle Brown, Mrs. Elsie Ahearn, Mrs. Flor- ence Kunza, Mrs. Mary House and Mrs. Gladys Ward. | LINCOLN TEMPLE TOPICS. Congregational Sermons Told by Pastor, Dr. B. W. Brooks. At Lincoln Congregational Temple tomorrow morning there will be special Mothers’ day exercises. Rev. R. W. Brooks will speak on “The High Cost of Motherhood.” The holy communion will be observed. The Christian En- d r Society will present its program at 6:45 pm. At 8 pm. the Grand United Crder of Odd Fellows will hold its annual thanksgiving service. Dr. Brooks will be the speaker. His subject will be “A Threefold Aspect of Christianity.” COMMUNION SERVICE. #The Second Birth” Is Rev. H. B. Wooding's Topic. The communion service will be ob- served at the Eckington Presbyterian Church, North Capitol street, corner of Florida avenue, tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. In the evening, at 8 o'clock, the pestor, Rev. Henry B. Woering. wiil eseak cn the th'ms “The So° Eirth.” preaching on “Your Mother and At the service of the junior | | a message of judgment that Jeremiah tea will be | f.\ Sunday Dr. Hi THE EARLY MINISTRY OF JEREMIAH. Jeremiah, 1.1-10: vi10.11; viii18; 1x.2; xxvi1-24. Golden Text—We must obey God rather than men.—Acts, v.29. Mothers of great men are always great | personalities. Most men who have achieved success in the ministry owe it | {to the influence of their mothers, who | Imolded their character. Many a man {learns after he has entered upon the (work of preaching that his mother dedi- | cated him, her son, for God’s service | before he was born. Paul had a con- viction that strengthened him in his | missionary endeavor, for he felt that God had separated him from his mother’'s womb, just as He had predes- tined Jeremiah for his lifework. God does not wait for chance to produce His man in the critical hour of history. He| sees ahead and knows the work needed to be done. He selects the family, as in the case of Samuel, David and Jere- miah. Our Lord Jesus was no excep- tion. In the birth of Jeremiah, the Old Testament character, whose life was a marvelous prototype of the Master, Jehovah selected a famil where the prophet would from his bh’l{l be in touch with the finer traditions of Israel. He gave him a priest. Hilkiah— not the one who found the lost copy of | the Sacred Scriptures, of last week's| on—for a father. Jeremiah was n into a priesthood that he was des- | tined to condemn for infidelity to God's cause. | From his birth Jeremiah enjoyed life | and a religious home in Anathoth in| Benjamin, near enough to Jerusalem for the growing boy to have the advan- tage of the country life and close enough to the nation’s capital to be in- fluenced by its complexed life. There in that priest’s home Jeremiah was reared under the watchful care of his mother, who lives in the annals of men in the great work of her son. He'evi- dently was a shy, sensitive soul, whose deeply religious life felt keenly the reality of God's presence, purpose and power. The early religious training of the mother dominated his thoughts and his devotion to her, and the high ideals of religion had evidently made him re-| served in nature and not a popular playmate with the rougher element of the community, We cannot overesti- mate the part the prophet’s mother played in the development of his life during his days at Anathoth. In all probability, during these early days, Jeremiah may have come into fellow- ship with Josiah, the young ruler, whose religious ideals were seen in the reforms which he tried to force upon the nation. | The Prophet Divinely Called. Jeremiah, the priest, was called to be a prophet of God because of the evil times in which he was born. The nation was ignorant, indifferent and insensible to their spiritual mission. The national degeneracy called forth the efforts of Josiah &s a reformer. Fgobably five years before the Book of the Law was found in the Temple God summoned Jeremiah to assist the young King in his work of reformation, to resist Jehoiakin in his reckless iniquity, to remonstrate with Zedekiah in his weakness and folly, and to reveal to the nation in their captivity God's grace and their future glory, if they would repent and do His will. He was called to enter a lifelong ministry of more than 40 years, that was to be char- acterized by destruction “to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to ove: . But not all of his work was to be so destructive, for he also was “to build up and to E}l}ln " ‘When Jehot made known to the id Anathoth youth, by means of a divine revelation, that He had given him an international mission, it was natural for Jeremiah to hesitate. His- m":afi“‘ tell us that nearly all who are to _enter God’s ministry feel their tness and lack of ;mpnr; can vine one. Jehovah met the questions of fitness and capacity of Jeremiah by the as- surance of supernatural assistance. ‘When the prophet faced the fact that he had been summoned he hesitated. He was summoned to the sublimest task to which any human being could g“l.l’ be called—the task of trying uplift with God's message his gen- eration. One of the sreltelt souls of the Old Testament dispensation re- sponded to the hand of God, who touched the prophet's lips. From that hour he would apeak, without flinching or fear, the word of the Lord. From that moment Jeremiah became a prophet of God. His mission and mes- sages have, in the judgment of many students of the Old Testament dispen- sation, made a profounder contribution to the religion of Israel than that of any other Hebrew. His Early Ministry. No prophet ever faced a sterner task than did Jeremish. It may have been because he had found eut, s prophet “was without honor” in his home town that was responsible for his removal to Jerusalem. We do not have any record of any ministry earlier than the one recorded in this week’s lesson. It was was called upon to deliver. It called for heroic courage to stand in the temple and declare the message of doom and destruction. If he had not spoken boldly that day, we would not be study- ing the prophet’s words today. It called for more than boldness to tell 8 Jerusa- lem audience that the city and temple would soon be like Shiloh, Twenty miles away, on the historic site where once stood the tent sheltering the ark of the covenant, was a mass of ruins. Some thought he was hlllyhmln[. Others charged him with being a traitor. It cost the prophet agony of soul, mind and body to deliver his message. He was true to his commission and, like Nathan, Elijah, Amos, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, he delivered God's mes- S‘ale of warning of the coming destruc- tion. The sensitive soul had declared the message Jehovah had given him with such clearness and convincing power lremiah.ofle of th of the 646 B.C., the same, §rod king, Josiah. Pilkizh, & direct, da Asro e dweitin A The annual missicnary given 8t the home of Mrs 043 Tilden stiest, FiiGay § eciek, il il D. C. Ci2in, ficm 2 to ¢ L &~ fortified town assign: about three miles northeast of Jerusa- lem. from Jehovah, were tiousness, Jeremiah prophesied punish- ment 31 years. three-month ryle, was succeeded by his brother .Jeholakim, who ruled h}l‘w 11 & large number of prophet, drawn from all portions of his Qld Testament,was horn about iried city assigned the priests, thice miles frem Jerusalem, G i ot T School Lesson ugh T. Stevenson. rs, priests, eropheu and oused and determined to put him away. They had been indif- ferent to the spirit of the sinfulmess that was sweeping the nation downwerd to dectruction. Jeremiah was arrested for being a traitor and teacher of falsc doctrines. Supported by the conviction that Go dhad given him a divine reve- iation, Jeremiah faced the court with- out fear. He made a defense that won him support from certain laymen, who rallied to his defense, They pointed out that Micah the Morasthite had prophe- sied in the days of Hezekiah that Jeru- salem's streets would be plowed up like a fleld. He had bean recognized as © prophet of God and was allowed to go without being punished for such state- ments. Their support convinced the as- sembly of the innocence of the prophet, who given his freedom. Geographers would point to Israel's central location as the cause of the nation’s undoing. Historians will find in the developments on the battleflelds of the east, the cause of Jerusalem's overthrow. They will point to Nebu- chadnezzar’s_triumph over Ninevah as the cause of Israel's fall. Jeremiah saw | ‘The | spiritual poverty, the normal corruptien | it in the hearts of the nation. and the religious nPostacy of the nation were the foundation of his prophecy that the nation, that he loved was doomed. The spirit of God was upon him. He sacrificed popularity and dared tc, obey God rather than man. We face similar perils in our modern social, | political life. Let us return to live the religion of Jesus as our only hope. Bible Questions Of the Day By Harlow R. Hoyt. THE MINISTRY OF JEREMIAH, Questions. 1. Where was Jeremiah born? 2. Who was he? 3. Where did he reside? 4. What did he prophesy? 5. Did he live to see his prophecies fulfilled? 6. What word in the English lan- guage is derived from his name? 7. Under how many Kings did Jere- miah carry on his crusade? 8. Name them, tell who they were and how long each of them reigned. 9. Who was Zedekiah? 10. What is the Book of Jeremiah? Answers. 1. Jeremiah, one of the great proph- ets of the Old Testament, was born about. 646 B.C.. the same year as was | the good King Josiah. 2. Jeremiah was a son of Hilkiah, a priest in direct descent from Aaron. Shallum, prophetess, was his uncle. husband of Huldah, the lived at Anathoth, a 3. Jeremish ed to the priests, 4. Because the people had fallen away | clined to idolatry and were weskened by sin and licen- and -worldly destruction unless they renounced their wickedness. 5. Yes. He was present at the de- struction of Jerusalem. 6. Because of the imistic trend | | of his prophecies the name of Jeremiah became synanymous for a tale of sor- TOW, Thus j disap] itment and complaint. was fo . 7. J iash prophesied ' under five S ol %‘.;;i tipgirelgned for 4 ' Jehos m after & Zede- ‘was placed upon the throne. His reign was one of 11 years. 9. Zedekiah was the last King of idah. 10. The Book of Jeremiah consists of { addresses by the ministry. GUEST PASTOR TO FILL DR.PATTERSON'S POST Special Mother’s Day Service to Be Held at Old Presbyterian Church. A special Mother's day service will be held at the old First Presbyterian Church, on John Marshall place, at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. The pulpit will be supplied by a gm preacher, Rev. J. G. Clayton, 0 weeks ago Dr. N. P. Patterson, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, was called Texas because of the serious iliness of his mother. Dr. Patterson's mother died url&lthll week and he has just returned to the city, Dr. Patterson will preach at the evening service at ‘the chapel, Massachusetts avenue and Thirty-sixth street, at 8 o'clock. Church school will be held at both the old church and the chapel at 9:30 am. A special Mother's day service is being given at the chapel, and in addition to this there will be a good- will presentation. Ludwig, Ilse and Annemarie Prossinagg, children from Austria, who have been in this country with their parents since last September, are members of the chapel church school. They are leavi country this month and the dren of the chapel will present them with goed-will gifts tomorrow morning at the 9:30 service, which they will present to the children of their school in Austria. “Logic of Love” Is g;rmon. “The Logic of Love” is the topic for a special Mother's day sermon at the | Cleveland Park Congregational Church. In the evening a picture appropriate to the day will be shown, “Not One to HE _EVENING to | preach before leaving for meetings in |at 4 STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, Famous Churches of the World 'HE domkerk, or cathedral, at Utrecht, originally dedicated to St. Martin, is today a Protestant church. It was an outgrowth of the primitive church founded in 630 by Dagobert I, and of an_abbey established by St. Willibrod. The cathedral of St. Martin was rebuilt after a fire in 1024 and 200 years later it was nearly entirely re- built. A great storm in 1674 crushed in its nave and the faulty juncture of the various parts has been sadly apparent. After the destruction of the nave the choir and the transepts formed practi- cally the entire building, with the tower existing merely as a dismembered and orphaned feature. 'he tower was commenced in 1331 and completed 51 years later. It rises from a magnificently vaulted base. The lower portion is rectangular, but the octagon which forms the upper stages and “pierced to the light of the day” fol- lows the best accepted style of its era. In its way it is, although quite different, the rival of 8t. Ouen's “Crown of Nor- many” at Rouen. There are 453 steps \ vy \ Pl \\.,\‘i\ Cathedral, Utrecht, Holland to be mounted if one cares to ascend to the platform, about 315 feet above the ground. And from here one achieves the’ magnificent view of almost all the provinces of South Holland, with the Zuyder Zee to the north and the Guelderland and North Brabant. he interi z0 crowded with benches pect is somewhat chan, lor L hteen gelt pillars hold aloft QK:dVI\I'l'Jnl of e A notable tomb of black and white marble is that of Admiral van Ghent (1676), and another is that of Bishop Georges d'Egmont (1549). In the vault beneath the edifice were buried the vis- cera of Conrad II and Henry V, who dled at Utrecht, and whose remains, with this exception, were transported to Speyer. A fine Gothic cloister connects the cathedral with the university, This has in recent years undergone restoration of & most practical and devoted kind. It l; a marvel of modern architectural work. similar to pews that its original choir and transepts. PASTOR T0 PREACK ONMOTHER OFLORD Rev. W. S. Abernethy’s Morn- ing Sermon Tomorrow Will Deal With Mary. .- Rev, W. 8. Abernethy, pastor of Cal- vary Baptist Church, will preach to- n;arr&;/ at’11 do"e!uck :im “Mary, uulthekr o! r e 8 at 8 o'clock, "mzflon."w Mg B, 5 Rav. H. J. Councilor will conduet the :‘:1’23' for the junlor chureh at 11 The Evening Mission Club will meet Monday at 7:45 o'clock in the' junior room of the Sunday school house. Miss Della E. Harriss, a former missionary | the in Africa, will make the address. Charles I, Haycraft will lead the Senior Christian Endeavor Soclety meeting tomorrew at 4:45 pm. in the lecture room. Mrs. John R. Thomas will speak at the Baptist Young People's Union meeting at 7 o'clock at Waddell Hall. The topic for discussion will be “Appreciating Qur Parents as Leaders.” esday evening at 8 o'clock the Christian Endeavor Society meeting will be conducted by John R. Thomas. The classes of the adult department will return to their regular places to- morrow at 9:30 o'clock. SPECIAL SPEAKER. Miss Betty Beylor Will Conduct Tabernacle Services. Rev. Harry L. Collier, pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle, North Capitel and K streets, announces a special speaker tomorrow at 10:45 a.m. when Miss Betty Beylor, who has been con- ducting revivals in other eities, will Western Maryland. ‘The pastor will continue the Sunda; night evangelistic services. He will speak on “The Road to the Celestial City.” Schedule for the week includs Divine m-lm&. Tuesday, 7:45 o’cloc] Pentecostal, Wednesday, 7:45 o'clock; Bible study, Thursday, 7:45 o'clock, and ‘Young People's, Friday, 7:45 o'clock. SPECIAL SERVICE SET. Mother's Day Sermons Chosen for Second Baptist. Mother's day will be observed with special services at Second Baptist éhureh. Third street between H and I streets, tomorrow. The pastor, Rev. J. L. 8. Holloman, will preach at 11 a.m. on “The Christian Mother Versus the Heathen Slave.’ The communion service together with reception to new members will be held p.m. The pastor will have for his subject at the evening service “The Unique Faith of the Syro-Phenlcian | Mother.” The Bible school will meet at 9:30 Spare.” e Jdreat prophets Jeremia T -ovah to come ear as the he son Af- ecendnt of- nathoth, 2 tort- with « and the When he was twenty years of age, vickediee - lig in 7 R am. and B. Y. P. U. at 6 pm. ITHE EARLY MINISTRY OF JEREMIAH h received a command from to warn fhe people of wrath ifet ‘ed (n their of-sorrow, € |I'|CDVI\‘ - o and complaing, erennad’ was originated. Y ‘The oficial board of the Intermediate Christian Endeavor Union will meet at Christian Endeavor Union headquarters, room 217 Y. M. C. A. Bullding, tomor- row at 3 o'clock. The nominating com~ mittee of the D. C. C. E. Union will meet at the same place at 3:30 p.m. ‘The May meeting of the Christian | Endeavor Union will be in the form of a play entitled “The Hidden Guest,” to be presented by the Paint and Powder Club of Takoma Park Presbyterian Church at the Community Hall of that church May 24, at 8 pm. A number of socleties are planning plays in the near future, including the of Wirst. Congregational and Eastern Presbyterian Church, and the Church of the Cove- nant Christian Endeavor presented “Adam and Eva" last nmight for the benefit: of Peck Memorial Chapel. At the Intermediate Union meeting last evening at Luther Memorial Church a contest was held to choose the rep. resentative of the union in the Bible AW' contest, to be held at first International Christian Kansas City, Endeavor Convention in Mo, in July. CALVARY SERVICE T0 HONOR MOTHERS Pastor Will Preach Morning Sermon on “Makers of Men.” Mother's day will be observed at Cal- vary Church, Columbia road near Fif- teenth street, tomorrow. At the morn- ing service the minister, Dr. Mark Depp, will preach on the theme: “The Makers of Men.” The subject of the sermon at the evening service will be “Life’s Real Rewards." At the young people’s evening devo- tional service at 7 o'clock the fortieth anniversary of the Epworth League will , with a s al program. Circle No. ¢ of Woman's Guild will hold a rose luncheon at the par- at 1 e'clock. Circle No. Mrs. H. G. Taylor, 5355 Nevada avenue Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. The Queen Esther Soclety will pre- sent two plays Tu and Wednesday evenings, in Guild Hall at 8 o'elock. The devotional meeting of the church be Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. ‘The minister will be in charge. HOME SERMON PLANNED. “Home, Where 1t All Begins,” will be the subject of the sermon tomorrow morning_ by the pastor of the Chevy Chase Pyesbyterian Chureh, Rev. Hillman Hollister. The midweek vesper service will be held in the church auditorium Wednes- day from 5:15 to 5:45 o'clock, The pastor will give a short vesper address. | ments through whom MAY 11, 1929. D Q—What is the significance of the angel, spoken of in the New Testament, in connection with St. Peter's escape from prison? A —Angelology and demonology were of the New Testament age. The Jews were averse to the idea that God acted directly in human affairs, therefore He must needs have intermediaries to ac- complish his ends. So the Epistle to the Hebrews says: “Who maketh his angels winds and his ministers a flame of fire.” Angels were thus conceived as the agents for the fulfillment of His purposes. while demons were the instru- their prinee, Beelzebub, carried out his sinister proj- eets. I have a suspiclon that the angel who helped Peter to escape was a disgulsed member of the Jerusalem Church. For this “angel” carried a light, spoke Greek ar perhaps Aramaic, was strong enough to arouse the Apostle out of a heavy slumber and to unfesten the chains with which he was bound. Angels are introduced as messe: in the Old and New Testament nul;rl- events. Q—Would you kindly explain the fol- lowing quotations from the Book of Job xix.25, 26: “I know that my redeemer iiveth. Though worms destroy _this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. ‘A.—The margin of the Revised Ver- sion reads “vindicator” instead of “re- deemer,” .and is to be preferred. The Hebrew word names that great being who will establish one’s innocence and free one from unjust and cruel accusa- tions. The same word is used of God in His work of freeing the chosen na- tion from the bondage of exile. Job anticipates the day when his righteousness will be amply vindicated by his Creator. The Hebrew of the second passage you quote is capable of more than one translation. The vised Version renders it as follows “And after my skin hath been de- stroyed, vet from my flesh shall I see God.” The word transiated “from” may mean “without.” The verse as a whole may be paraphrased, “When I have died under the ravages of my dis- ease, I shall then see W Q. What is the explanation with reference to the “lie” in Romans 1il.7: “For if the truth of God hath more abounded um:u!h my lie unto His glory, why am also adjudged as a sinner?” A. Dr. Sanday’s paraphrase of the verse you quote is as follows: “If, you say, as in the case before us, the truth- Religious Questions marked features of the religious beliefs | | | ISCUSSED BY Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. fullness of God in performing His promises is only thrown into relief by my infidelity, which thus rebounds to His glory, why am I still like other offenders brought up for judgment as a sinner?” | St. Paul's ‘I‘ovemlnl principle that | righteousness is to be obtained by faith in Christ and not by the performance | of works of the law was represented | by his opponents as an immoral doc- trine. Its natural inference for them | is expressed by their saying: “Sin the | more, it will only magnifiy God's grace | more.” apostle does mot stop to | discuss it, but only states that who propound such an unreasonable judgment will themselves be subjected | to_the just censure of God. | In verse 7 he borrows from his op- | ponents the premise that he himself | is to be judged as a sinner and that his life has set off God's truth. There is enough in this premise to serve his purpose, namely, that if he for his part cannot evade judgment on the ground that his sin (as they think it) has been a foll to God's righteousness, no mase can they evade that judgment. It is a good specimen of the apostle’s rab- binical tendency when at close grips with those who scorned his favorite doctrine of justification by faith. Q—Will you kindly tell me where the Roman Catholics, Eghcona“lns. Pres- byterians and Methodists get their modes of baptism? A. There is no account in the New Testament of the baptism of an in- fant, though it is probable that the households of Lydia, the Philippian jailor, Crispus and Stephanus included young children. Polycarp, at his mar- tyrdom in 155 A. D, claimed that he had served Christ for 86 vears, which indicates that he must have counted his Christian service almost from the day of his birth. Seeing their children, it would be but natural for teachers of the new religion to ap- ply the outward sign of baptism to the offspring of confessing Christians be- fore accepting them into the church. Our , by blessing little children, clearly showed that they have an im- portant place in His kingdom. ‘There is little doubt that the usual mode of New Testament baptism was by immersion, but when the early church decided to admit infants into her fellowship, sprinkling was practiced. comparatively unimportant, so long as the baptized disciple realizes it is a sign of inward and spiritual grace, and in the case of infant baptism a solemn oov'c‘nut:‘ung lol the parents to conse- cral 'mselves to the religious train- ing of the child. MOTHER AMBITION Hamline M. E. Church Class Will Give Supper to Board Tuesday. “A True Mother's Ambition” will be the sermon subject of Dr. Chesteen Smith, minister of Hamline Methodist Episco- pal Church, Sixteenth and ‘Allison streets, tomorrow morning. Special ar- rangements have been made to bring mothers by automobile to this service. In the evening previous to the sermon Hugh Werts and his class of Sunday school boys will present a study in “Life Aims,” This will be followed by the first sermon of a series on “Types of Life.” “The Defective Life” will be the subject for the evening. A supper will be ‘Tuesday at 6 o'clock by the homemaker’s class to the Sunday school board, and those in- | terested in church school work. An ad- dress will be delivered by R. P. Green, teacher of the men's class. This will be followed by the meeting of the Sun- d-%hschoi;l ‘l;o.rfl. i e la managers representing Hamline are co-operating with the Methodist Home for the M'ed in cele- brating the thirty-ninth anniversary tea and May festival, to be held at the home w.d"“d'lf' . Dr. Smith will continue a study of church history Thursday evening, the :I;Emifl:. being “The Expansion of Meth- DR. LUBECK TO PREACH. New York Pastor Will Epiphany Pulpit. The preacher at the Church of the tomorrow morni at 11 o'clock will be Dr. Henry Lul of New York City. The pulpit at evensong at 8 o'clock will be occupied by Rev. Earle G. Lier, vicar of Epiphany Chapel. There will be a celebration of the holy communion at 8 am., and at 9:30 the church school will assemble. weekly meeting of the Young People’ Society will be held at 6:15 p.m. HIGHLANDS BAPTIST. “An 0ld Testament Mother” to Be Morning Sermon Subject. At the Highlands Baptist Church, Mother's day will be observed at the morning service. The sermon of the morning will be on “An ld Testa- ment Mother.” In the evening the pastor, Dr. H, M. Simmonds, will preach on “Our Confession of Faith.” A delegation from the Bethany Bap- tist Church will visit the church Sun- Occupy J.|day evening for the meeting of the Baptist Younf Peoples’ Union service. Addresses will be made on the value of the work of the young people. e Golden Rule class will meet with Mrs. David, 740 Ingraham street. Sunday School Lesson - Jeremiah 1:1-10 people and "prinding them 1378 in the battle of M came to the throne. tddo, his sen, Jehoa haz, who gfd . He reigned for eleven years, good werk dccomplished by his father - J;shh reigned For thirty-one vears, spending his time in reforming back to God. Mortally woun , he died on the Field. H for three months. Then 5 SERMON TOPG “A_MOTHER’S FAITH.” Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church Program Madeg Public. “A Mother’s Faith” is the se topic at the Wisconsin Avenue l::fi struction” is tople, pastor, Rev..Clarence R. Fer; b"-'ih: p.m. Bible achool, 9:30 Senlor T, From wning to 01':!3““ “ff;‘" g to the End | services will be | May 19 to June 2. e BISHOP FREEMAN T0 OPEN SERVICES First Outside Evensong of Season to Be Held Sunday ~_ at Cathedral. Rt Rev. James E. Freeman, Opencalr eveRsong ot ine seatsi - e season aro the Peace Cross in Washington ::n.'fig dral Close tomorrow at 4 p.m. This %ce will be broadcast by radio over ' open-alr evensongs have been l::l Eau wthm for more than rom early services, the shade of O.helyou dra Olose, there has spread to other eif a remarkable lnltcmt in the nvlm“:( | open-air preaching. celebration of Holy ‘These held at t| 25 years held in At the 11 -.mn.‘ | Communion and sermon in the Beth. | lehem cre&el tomorrow merning the 3:&;’-:" be uaf,x Rev. Dr. G. Free- T, canon ashington Ca- e rull s s e t of services Bethlehem Ohapel is as (flmm' ® Seven thirty am. holy eomm“nlon: 10 a. and litany. m., morning prayer 11 am, oelebnhngn of z\.‘!y communion and sermon. | TYDINGS TO SPEAK. | Senator Will Address Bible Class | Tomorrow, Senator Millard E. Tydings of Mary- land will address the Harrison Bible Class of Congress Street Methodist Protestant OChurch, 1238 Thirty-first | street, tomorrow, at 9:45 o'clock, in the auditorium of the church. His subject will be, “We Must Obey God Rather . Henry W. Draper, supervising principal of the frst division of & schools, District of Columbia, will have cha of the lesson and give a short talk on it. Will Address Philathea Class. ‘The Philathea class of the Metropoli- tan Presbyterian Sunday school, Fourth and B streets southeast, will be address ed by Dr. Arthur J. Jackson of the American University tomorrow on the Mother's day theme. By) Harlowe R. Hoyt Walter Scott his ded by the Egypt- e was succeeded by Jehoiakim, another son, undoing much of » F the - - | B 910 AAUIILs Svatee that the Jews circumlsed | After all, the manner of the rite is| e { “.Appre ., Bisho ‘the first | 5 CUEST PREACHER T0 OCCUPY PULPT Dr. Weaver Will Preach in Place of Dr. Johnson at National Baptist. In the absence of Dr. Gove G. John- son, pastor of the National Baptist Memorial Church, who is attending the Southern Baptist Convention at Memphis, the service tomorrow morn- ing will be conducted by Dr. Rufus W. | Weaver of the Southern Baptist Con- vention. At the evening service Rev L. L. Legters of Philadelphia will bring the message. The delegates to the Southern Bap- tist Convention, Dr. and Mrs. Ray Pal- mer, Mrs. O. E. Howe and the pastor, will give their reporis next Thursday evening at the prayer and fellowship meeting. At a meeting of the Pinkham Bible class last Tuesday evening the follow- ing were elected: President. Roy Wins- vice presidents, R. 8. Williams and Plgg; treasurer, W. 8. assistant treasurer, ; secretaries, K. F. . 8. Bartlett; usher, W. 8. librarian, J. H. Grubl chorister, J. P. McCurdy. A Mother's day service will be held by the young people in the Pinkham | classroom at 7 o'clock tomorrow eve- ning. A‘mwher-trlimnl class will hold its first session in the Sunday school Sun- day morning, with Mrs. Joahn T. Press- grove as the teacher. The annual banquet of the young peo- ple_will be held at the church May 24. The Mizpah class for women will ob- serve Mother's day at its class ses- sion at 10 o'clock. SERVICES WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO MOTHERS Rev. R. P. Schearrer Will Preach Tomorrow on ‘“Building of the Home.” ton; Clem ham; Rev. R. Paul Schearrer, pastor of the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, will preach tomorrow, at the 11 o'clock serv- ice, on “The Building of the Home” & sermon appropriate to the observance of Mother's day. Pews will be reserved for members of the mothers’ class of the church school. There also will be baptism of infants. At the 8 o'clock service he will preach o . Troop 33, the Scouts. lh'bert Parsons will lead the devo- tional meeting of the Senior C. E. So- clety at 6:30 o'clock. The topie is, ciating Our Parents as Leaders.” B AL e zhh mmnl. hl!nwl::rme devotional meeting & social will be held. May _meet| of the Woman's Mlsdonlr!,!ocletflfll be held in the church Wednesday at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Lisle Morrison and Mrs. Winn T. will be in charge of the K;o[nm m-n.’nen G. Davis will lead devo. tions. The intensive study of the Epistle of James will be continued at the midweek urvlc: on Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. . MOTHER’S DAY SERVICES | AT ALBRIGHT MEMORIAL | Celebration Opens With Sunday School Sessien When Children Will Give Program. The celebration of Mother's day will with the Sunday School session at 5 am. at Albright Memorial Evan- ieal and Rittenhouse will be feature the evening program at o'clock. Members of the men's Bible class will partieipate in this service, ‘The monthly supper conference of all chureh workers will be held Thursday evening. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Thompson of York, Pa., will be the guests. After the ocommittee meetings Dr. J. W. Thompson will deliver an address to all of the workers. MISSIONARY TO SPEAK. Scudder Will Address Meeting Tuesday. Dr. Ida Scudder, medical missionary from India, will address a mass meet- ing Tuesday, at 8 pm., at the New York Avenue Pre: rian Chureh. ‘The local committee which will en- tertain her is headed by Mrs. Willlam F. MacDowell, representing the Metho- dist churches of the city, and also in- cludes Mrs. Harvey 8. Irwin, Mrs. H. M. Kendrick and Mrs. H. W. Fisher of the ‘Women's Auxiliary of the Washington Federation of Churches; Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe and Mrs. W. L. Darby, Pres- b, churches; Mrs. William S. Abernethy and Mrs. Frank J. Nickels, Baptist churches; Mrs. W. G. Jamison, Disciples of Christ; Mrs. W. P. Ellen- berger, Congregational churches; Mrs. . C. Dinwiddle. Lutheran churches: W. Shaw, Methodist 3 ©. Dennis, Chevy Chase Women's Club; Mrs. George F. Bowerman, the Twentieth Century Club; Mrs. Thomas Edwin Brown, Miss Helen Hudson and Miss Hettie P. Anderson. the Young Women's Christian Association., and Mrs. Karl Fenning, the Association of University Women. Dr. Mass BRI 3 MAY FESTIVAL IS SET. Benefit Announced for Methodist Home for Aged. The board of managers of the Meth- odist Home for the will hold & May festival benefit of ‘home, Con- necticut avenue and Ellicott street, May 15 from 3 to 10 o'ctock. Mrs. Ivan Riley is general chairman, with the fol- lowing assistants: Mrs. H. W. Barber, cake table: Mrs. Stevens. ice cream: Mrs. Howell Bartle, assisted by members of the reading eircle, candy booth; Mrs, Leonard Tilden and Mrs. Grace Suit, donations and cash contributions; Mrs, Edward M. Hall, treasurer. Mrs. Robert Parker, ted ’ thlnfl:'g!lmt "luprur; n district, e tea room. A fine program has for the evening by Mrs, A committee on hospitality, headed Mrs. Harry Hoskinson, president of the board of managers, wiil receive visi- tors and conduct them on a tour of the e building Zion Baptist Chutch. In the Mother's day pr of the Zion Baptist Church of lg::‘nmwood D. C., Rev. Leon §. Wormley, the pastor, will have for his subject “A Day in & Mother's Lif~.” At 3:30 p.m. holy com- munion will be calebrated, and at 8 p.m. Mrs. Julia E. Walker, the superintend- ent of the Sunday school, will present a program by the cinmn. of the "