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PREACHER ACCEPTS | CUMBERLAND GALL Rev. W. A. Eisenberger to Take Pulpit at Presbyterian | Church There. GOD'S LAW IN THE HEART. Jeremiah, xxxi.1-40: John, 117; Hebrews, viil.7-13. Golden text.—Thy words have I lald up in my heart. that I might not sin thee.— Psalm 119.11. | against Rev. William A. Eisenberger. nssishi ant pastor of the Church of the Cove- nant, has accepted a call to the pas- torate of the First Presbyterian Church Jeremiah sent forth this message of cheer, consolation and comfort from a prisoner's cell. His prophetic words of - Sunday School Lesson Dr. Hugh T. Stevenson. make God's grace known will eventually | {result in all knowing Him, “from the | least of them unto the greatest of them. The inward spiritual experience demon- strates itself to others, who are thrilled with joy upon learning that God pro- | posed “to forgive their iniquity and re- | member it against them no more. This | is the most precious promise of any prophecy. It is guaranteed in the New Covenant by the Lord Jesus. Christ's Gifts to Men. ! Our lesson, which is more ltke one| THE EVENING I cause it is the only organi promised to be with u of believers in God. for—first, salvation, corporate ship; third, for comprehensive and man. Some people believe sooner or I ing issues STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C The Church a Necessity BY DR. L. SINCLAIR BOWEN. HE church is the temple of God. The church is a real, live, living organism. The church is the only permanent or- ganization of which we have any knowle The only permanent source of happ! e. Why? Be- d| ization that our bfieued Lord has ntil the end. The church is a fellowship It is the divinely appointed agency for world redemption. It is the one foundation. The church stands and individual; second, for edi- fication and spiritual enrichment through sacrament and wor- service. iness is service to God , or pretend to believe, that they religious can get along without the church, but they ater find out that this is a mis- take. A cold and perfunctory religious liv- in apathy, indifference and 1 i | DISCUSSED BY Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. i | | i Q. The New Testament is sald to be ) with one side or the other and these inspired by God. Will you kindly ex- sympathies will color the findings. A | plain _how people who are famillar | Roman Catholic would recommend you | with its history can believe in its in- to read the great works on Luther of | spiration? | Grisar or Deniffie. A Protestant would | At the Nicene Convention the books |recommend you to read Kostlin or that now compose the New Testament | Peter Bayne. But the descriptions of | were separated from other religious | Luther and his work given by these two works and were declared to be inspired. |sets of writers radically differ. | What right has any priest, preacher or | The article on the Reformation, by |layman to say that these books so se- | Rebinson, in the eleventh edition of |lected were inspired, while those re- |the Encyclopedia Britannica, is con- | jected were not? sidered by many scholars as impartial 11 FIELD DAY 1§ SET FOR TOMORROW Organized Bible Class Asso- ciation Announces Sched- ule of Visitations. ‘The annual field day of the Or- ganized Bible Class Association will be held tomorrow. The schedule of visi- tations is as follow Baptist—Brookland, George O. Kraft; doom, that we have considered in our | last two lessons, had been fulfilled. | gojacted from the New Testament than ! Ers;;’.'l,:xfrfl}dfi.fi'fisnb?fi?cfi: Sfad"cap- | from the Old, closes with & verse from tured Jerusalem and the whole nation |the prelude of John's Gospel that re-| had been carried into exile. In the |veals the differences between the two of Cumberland, Md., and will assume | dwarfed life. his duties there next month, Rev. Eisenberger will preach at the local church tomorrow morning at 11 A. The canon of the New Testament | and objective a treatment as we have does not rest on the decree of any|any right to expect Prof. Lindsay's| | council or convention. It had been |book on the Reformation, though writ- | definitely determined long before the | ten by a Scotch Presbyterian, is a model | Nicene Council met. No body of priests | of dispassionate statement. Calvary, Maj. F. A. Frost and Mrs. Ger- trude M. Donovan; Fifth, W. L. Ford: First, Leonard De Gast; Metropolitan, Miss Lula Mae Comstock and Maurice To relate the things of our faith to the common practices of daily living is urgently needed. The church is the most salutary in- o'clock on “The Image of the Invisible | garkect hour of his country's history, | Covenants and Testaments. “For the th lor had or h: “The Renaiss d the Reforma- | : A o | darkes| y story, 3 3 on | |or preachers acting alone had or have "he Renaissance an e forma- | Sands: National Memorial, Mrs. Hattie God.” He will conduct the service |joremiah had prayed for his country law was given by Moses: grace and fluence and the most valuable insUUMLION | |4 right to sey What in Scripture s | tion.” by Prof. Hulme. has been widels | Ruppert and 1. L. Miler: Petworth, Dr. ‘Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The|gang fellow citizens. God gave the|truth came by Jesus Christ.” In that 8. y 3 | inspired or not. praised for its scientific character. The |E, M. Ellison: Second, George Gooch: ought to support the church by his pres- ence. This is a valid reason for church at- tendance, though a very subordinate one. | 'Italy and Southern France had been The far deeper consideration is that men | |testing out the books purporting to be ought to go to church for the public and | |inspired for more than two centuries personal worship of God and for the cor- ‘Drwr to the Nicene Council. After this i extended process of sifting and exam- porate experience which comes to those ination _the - Tepresentatives of those twelfth lecture in Gulzot's “History of Civilization in FEurope” is eminently readable and fair, although it deals with the results rather than with the causes of the Reformation. Perhaps I may also refer to the eighth lecture in | my own book, “Christianity and the | State.” | The churches in Palestine, North subject of that Memorial day talk '\'H)I | Africa, Syria, Egypt, Asia Minor, Greece, be “Holy Ground.” The Sunday school will be in session at 9:45 o'clock. Thes school offers a place of study and worship to every member of the family. Kindergarten workers care for the little folk during the morning hour of worship. Kendall. J. H. Gross: West Washing- ton, J. A. Patterson. Congregational—Ingram, J. M. Hoge. Disciples—Columbia Heights, Dr. C. B. Campbell; Ninth Street, E. M. Bryan: Park View, Arthur G. Cole; Vermont Avenue, Walter Zeph. Lutheran—Keller Memorial, J. L prophet a vision of light that helped |one sentence we find a condensed state- scatter the darkness and despair. He ment of how the gospel preached by | saw afar off the coming evidence of | Jeremiah was fulfilled by the Master. God’s great love for Israel and Judah. |our Lord did not come to destroy the Although they had frequently broken |jaw, for in {he New Covenant promised the covenant with Jehovah, so that they | to Jeremiah Jehovah did not say that no longer had any right to expect pro- | He would write any new laws upon the tection from Him, Jeremiah was given | hearts of men. He planned to write the | DR. L. S. BOWEN. ‘The Christian Endeavor service Sun- day evening at 7 o'clock. Tea and so- cial will be given at 6:30 o’'clock. Leader, Mrs. Alfred Barrett. The meeting of the Washington McAll Auxiliary will meet in the chapel Wednesday at 11 o'clock. The Washington Standard Training Bchool for Vacation School Workers will be held in the church house May 27, 28, 29 and June 3, 4. 5, from 4 to 6 pm., and from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. “BONES OF JOSEPH” THEME OF SERMON Rev. Mark Depp to Preach Morn- ing and Evening at Calvary M. E. Church. “The Bones of Joseph” will be the theme of the sermon tomorrow morn- | at the Calvary Methodist Church, lumbia road, near Fifteenth street In the evening the theme of the s mon will be “The Battles of Peace.” The minister, Rev. Mark Depp, will | preach at both services. ‘The young people’s devotional service | will be held in Rock Creek Park, near | Pierce Mill, the weather permitting. | Cars will leave the church at 5 o'clock. | Supper will be served. followed by the | devotional meeting. led by Miss Ethel- wyne Hine, who wiil present the subject for discussion, “Why the Present Con- cern About War?” In the case of un- suitable weather the devotional service will be held at the church in Guild Hall at 7 o'clock. Children’s day will be observed June 2. . The regular church service in the | morning will be given over to the pro- grams of the kindergarten, primary and | Jjunior departments, starting at the hour | of 10:30. The baptismal service and reception of new members will also be | observed. T EDITOR OF METHODIST | PRESS TO FILL PULPIT| a vision of the coming of a new cove- nant that would replace the old. All reasonable hopes that any legal, ceremonial and external reformation could transform and preserve the re- ligious character of the nation had been completely destroyed. The nation had demonstrated that an external and compulsory relationship had its vaiue in the commencement of their national history, yet it had failed to develop a thoroughly righteous nation, for they neglected to keep His laws. While the nation had no legal standing with Jehovah, the prophet saw that God's power was not limited and that He was planning to save the nation. Jehovah assured Jeremiah that He proposed to save the spiritual message which He had given to Jewish people for all nations, by making & new covenant with the exiled nation. Ramsay suggests that we will under- i we would change “covenant”- into “reli- understanding of the full significance of the contribution of Jeremiah Israel's religious ideals. There was an evident need of a restoration of a work- able and liveable relation between Jehovah and His chosen people. need it today in our own national life. Their old faith ing. Jeremiah saw the coming of & better relationship, that would take the place of the old covenant God had made with the 12 tribes through Moses, when He gave them the law to be their guide. The co! nt He solemnly made with the young nation had been re- newed many times because they had broken it numerous times. It lacked the spiritual force to keep them keyed up to their religious obligations and opportunities. God proposed to Jeremiah the establishment of a new covenant that would completely supersede the old covenant that had failed. The New Covenant. In rebuilding and restoring the na- tion, bringing them back from exile, God informed the prophet that He would write His laws upon the hearts of men. Under the New Covenant the prophet saw that one's relation to God would not depend upon obligations im- sed from without, but that it would depend upon one’s personal experience with God: “that character does not stand Jeremiah's contribution to the i religious _history of humanity glon.” This ought to give us a clearer | e | rapidly disappear- | ! everlasting law, which was based upon | | love, upon the hearts of men. That law | came through Moses. It was “coercive | nd penal in its legisiation and sym- | bolic and shadowry in its ritual”; it was | superseded or fulfilled in the gospel of | grace, the unmerited favor by Whlch‘ | God fulfilled the law in Christ, who | brought. also truth, or the reality of | spiritual worship and eternal redemp- | tion to all. By his death upon the crnu[ | our Lord succeeded in writing upon the | | nearts of men God's love and filling all | who believe with a desire to serve Him. 1f America is to be saved from ex- periencing the same disastrous result Phrough her disregard of law and de- | | termination to have her own way, we| | must start a crusade that will fill our | Tising generation. as well as their par- | ints, with a realization of God's gift of grace and provision to forgive our in- inquity if we will amend our individual Ways and commence to live as He de- | Sires, not because the law demands it. but because the word that we have laid up in our hearts has shown us the way |t avoid sin is to love Him and try to 10 | Move our love for Him by living lives | | Bevoted to evangelizing the world, en- [listing all believers in His service an |teaching them to observe all thing | whatever He has commanded, and thus | prove our love for Him | /| Bible Questions Of the Day By Harlow R. Hoyt. God's Law in the Heart. | Questions. | 1. How long d:fl“d‘k}t‘iflh”m rule? | 2. Who succeeded him? 3. What was the fate of Jeholachin? 4 Who next came to the throne of Judah? | 5. What course did Zedekiah pursue? | | 6 In what did this result? | 7 Who was Pashur and what did he do? 8. Why was Jeremiah beaten? | eremiah do upon his | 9. What did J | release? |10, What conditions existed in Je- | rusalem at this time? in God. of worship worship men oug] they ought to chanj are tiresome men w. ‘ht to change and put their strength into i church is good, the every American home ought to and draw its best life out of it. agencies cons the most sacred and essentia munion demand our unfailing ineffective. Here, as in the st constitutes strength. its so through the fellowship of perform their indiv! honest, moral and industrious, us personally and our personal money we give, and by staying In the center See the earnest The church is the Pl the power of God is felt, the spi of God is revealed and the uni home of my soul, the altar of It claims the first Pl my mind, the principal place eace and progress concern my s to come. ge themselves. ill find that they are not more so than the other addresses to which they listen, or their own conversation, or most of the reading in which they indulge. could be lifted to a higher plane if all men .su&p faith, unrelated to that of the church, prove inade idual responsibilities. There are many splendid men in the world who are kind, children to attend church, but who neglect entirely the opportu- nity of visiting the Lord's house themselves. men are quite generous in supplying money for church work, but are absolutely unwilling to give themselves, or to take any active personal part in church work. Our blessed Lord wants lutely disobedient to God's command. “In the middle of the battle, Represented by his wife.” ace where the word of God is faith, the center of my affection and the foretaste of heaven. ace in my. heart, the highest place in I owe to it my zeal, my benevolence and my prayers. When I neglect its services I injure its good name, I lessen its power, I discourage its members and I chill my own soul. I have solemnly promised, in the sight of God and men, to advance its interests by faithful attendance, by reading the holy Bible, by never neglecting its ordinances, by contributing who meet together to proclaim their faith | | If men lack this faith, they ought to go to church in order to find it. If they say they have no taste for the service in the church, then if the fault is in that service it, or if it is in their own hearts If it is said that the sermons All greachlng orted the church is, however, the t. Even as best and most helpful thing we have, gnd pour its best life into the church The church and its sacraments, its instrumentalities and titute the first line of defense in preserving to us 1 things of our individual and corporate life. The scriptural warrants for baptism, confirma- tion and a consistent recognition of the value of holy com- attention. Individual piety and t}uale and ate, unity in a great fellowship If the church as an institution is to play art in maintaining world order and peace, it may only do those who willingly accept and who encourage their wives and Many of these service more than He needs the away from church we are abso- of the strife, Christian soldier reached, rit of God is manifested, the love ty of God is perceived. It isthe my devojion, the hearth of my in my activities, and its unity, life in this world and that which churches decided almost unanimously | that the books now comprising the New | Testament were the most fitted on | i moral, religious and historical grounds to form what was called the sacred | canon. It was but only natural for a | council like the one at Nicea to give its | official sanction to the verdict of all the | ehurches. | _If a similar council representing the | christian communions extant were to sit._today, it would with one or two | minor omissions retain all the books of |the New Testament as we have them. ;Thm most familiar with its history |and contents are most convinced of its | | divine inspiration. Q. Do you know of any history which ‘15 accepted and deemed authentic by | both Protestants and Roman Catholics | | dealing with the reasons for Martin | Luther’s revolt and which accurately |states the practices which he con- demned? | A. There is probably no book which | quite fulfills the conditions which you name. Any historlan of Luther and | his movements naturally sympathizes | had been entirely erased Q. Your assertion in the daily column that the miracles of feeding the four thousand and five thousand are dupli- cate accounts of the same miracle is contradicted by a Bible student. Please explain your position. A. If. as nearly all modern scholars agree, St. Matthew, St. Luke and St. John derived their accounts of this miracle from St. Mark, he is its sole authoritative source, and therefore a fourfold historical basis cannot be claimed for it. ‘The fourth verse of the eighth chap- ter of the second Gospel reads as fol- lows: “And his disciples answered him: ‘Whence shall we be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert, place?’ " These words imply that the recollection of the former feeding from their memories. ‘That they should so soon have forgotten the miracle recorded in the sixth chapter of this same Gospel is incredible. For this as well as for textural reasons it is the conviction of New Testament exegetes that the ac- count of one miracle occurs twice. DAL OF EAOES” OR PORTERS TORE Second Sermon in Series at Rev. J. H. Rushbrooke of Lon-{ First Baptist Church Tomorrow Evening. | | At the Pirst Baptist Church tomor- row evening Dr. Samuel Judson Porter | will preach the second of his series of | sermons on “Reading God's Message in Natural Phenomena.” The subject will be “The Call of the Echoes.” His | Sunday morning subject will be "How‘; ntiment Crystallizes in the Charac- | ALLIANCGE OFFICER 10 MAKE ADDRESS don to Speak at Calvary Baptist Church. The pastor, Rev. W. S. Abernethy, will preach at Calvary Baptist Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock on “The Book éf Remembrance.” At the evening service at 7:45 o'clock an address will be given by Rev. J. H. Rushbrooke of ndon, England, who is the European ocretary of the Baptist World Alliance. At 11 o'clock the junior church will hold its regular morning service in the senfor room, Rev. H. J. Councllor s, Bateman: St. Mark’s, Henry Ward, Luther Place Memorial, Walter Zeph. Methodist Episcopal—Brightwood, B. J. Hamm: Calvary, T. H. Braden: Foundry, Miss Mary Samson and Henry Brown:; Lincoln Road, Miss Lillian Shewmaker: McKendree, Miss Nettie Herrick: Eldbrooke, Charles McMurra Hamline, Page McK. Etchison; worth, J. H. A. Fowler; Waugh, U. R. Robinson. M. E. South—Epworth, C. C. Jacobs; Calvary, J. E. Gillls; Emory, George E. Harris; Francis Asbury, Mrs. O. F. Hunter and Asa L. Gilbert; Marvin, James T. Ellett; Mount Vernon, Leon- ard Rice: St. Paul's, D. George Warren. 3 Methodist _Protestant — Congress Street, Z. C. Hodges. Presbyterian—Chevy Chase, Mrs. Frank Hoadley; Covenant, Mrs. Lillian A. Metzger and Jesse C. Smith: Eastern, Miss Edith Pennybaker and P. L. Rogers: Fourth, J. T. Skinner; New York Avenue, Earl Bogardus: Sherwood, Franz Lebert; Western, A. P. Black. United Presbyterian—Wallace Me- m‘l’{!‘:" E. dF ;{nycrlfl. lormed—First, James Giffin; Grace, W. H. Kirkpatrick. ar L. H WILBUR TO DELIVER | CHEVY CHASE TALK @. W. U. Provost to Preach at Presbyterian Church in Morning. Provost William J. Wilbur of Washington University will e preacher at the Chevy Chase Presby- ;quhnk Church tomorrow morning at 11 ‘clock. Members of the Young People’ Round Table will attend l;ne zvmlncm. service at the Central Union Mission. They will meet at the parish house at 7 o’clock and go down together. Rev. Irving Paul of Santiago, Chile, who has been adopted as the Sunday school missionary of Washington Pres- bytery, will be the speaker at the George be the ter,” The Sunday school will meet at | 9:30 a.m. Swedish at 2:30 pm., when | Rev. Nels Hedeen will preach. The B. Y. P. U. meets at 6:45 pm. The to its support, by meeting with my fellow members, by watching over their welfare and by joining with them in prayer and praise and service, and that promise I this day renew. preaching. Rev. A. D. Bryant, minister to the deaf, will conduct the meeting of the |deaf in the lecture room tomorrow Senior Christian Endeavor meeting to- morrow evening at 7 o'clock. He will speak on mission work in South America. spring from respect for moral obliga- | tions which are imposed like statutes. Answers. 1. Jehoiakim ruled for 11 years, and Under the Old Covenant God dealt with | the nation as a whole and imposed m‘“deslmyed bracticaily all of the goagd Dr. James 5. Montgomery to Give Baccalaureate Sermon at State College in Mansfleld, Ba. | b e hait “given” Dim & WOk which his- father, Josah, had | 20n, the horror of & dungeon soul, stor Wil Sonduct the prayer meekng | (iening at 8 o clock e R e lation of the close personal fello CONBh aa st | 2 4 ? | " ers of the Sunday school will be held State College, at Mansfeld, Pa., tomor- | b ionce, helpec, Bim, ottoes hign per. proved a weakiing. = " I ! " ; \(The, social committee, consisting of | thelr wives, il give s {arewell iunch- | “’A mother and daughter banguet, wil T Ao har e, Woslever, ealior of |sonally, but also ss the most near |} NGICIGRachey Herisatem. - on | V- ayior.” Ms. Louls Lawrence, Mrs. | ernon who are Jeaving the. First |3 Sienn the assembly room May 22 at > - | friend. His evidence of God's care and h it i T T le - Hiil d Miss Elizabeth | 3 o’clock. t] program - has it Sunday morning, the subject of his | the second visit, he took the King| emple an | Church of Alexandria for Lewiston, : S H Be ; Hove A A el e Dro woulq | prisoner and led him "captive, ‘with | c v ment o the | M. Mr. Vernon Wil -assume. ChATGS | wii o the princisal. saeeker. © et sermon “Life’s Incommeasur- being ables.” Rev. Deets Pickett will conduct the introductory services at 8 p.m. and Rev. Warren E. Briggs will preach the ser- mon. Mr. B has been licensed to preach by quarterly conference of Metropolitan C] ‘hurch. He is a recent graduate of George Washington Uni- versity. He will enter Garrett Biblical Seminary, at Evanston, Iil, in Septem- ber. This school is the alma mater of Dr. Montgomery. HOWARD WILL DELIVER AMERICA FIRST SPEECH wil lpn_k Tomorrow Morning at Chevy Chase Baptist Church. Clinton N. Howard will speak at the | Cheyy Chase Baptist Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock on “America First.” | ‘The pastor, Rev. Edw O. Clark, | will begin a series of Sunday evening Jectures on the parables. These lec- | tures every Sunday evening at 8 o'clock will be {illustrated with colored views on the screen. The subject tomorrow | will be “The Good Samaritan.” Modern | :‘ppliuuons of the parables will be | ven. ‘The church school, George B. Fraser, | superintendent, will observe the second | Sunday in June as Children's day with appropriate exercises. The school con- tinues its sessions throughout the Sum- mer every Sunday at 9:45 am. B. Y. P. U. meets at 6:45 p.m. PLANS TWO SERMONS. Rev. G. E. Schnabel to Preach at| Albright Memorial Church. Rev. George E. Cchnabel, the minis- ter at Albright Memorial Evangelical Church, will preach tomorrow morning on the subject “The Real Church of Jesus Christ.” Sunday evening at 8 o'clock the sermon subject will be “The Unknown Soldier Speaks. Because of Memorial day falling on Thursday, the church night and prayer service will be held Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. DR. BOORDE TO PREACH. | Temple Baptist's Morning Subject “Master, Don’t You Care?” The morning service tomorrow in ‘Temple Baptist Church will be by the pastor, Dr. T. E. Boorde, on ‘‘Master, Don't You Care?" In the evening National Lodge, F. A. | A. M. will be the guest of the church | and the sermon will be “Healing Our | Country.” The On-to-Detroit Club of the B. Y. P. U. Federation will meet in the church Monday evening at 8 oclock. The prayer meeting will be Wednesday | night and will be conducted by the | Senior B. Y. P. U Ministers Will Lunch. The Baptist Ministers' Conference will give a luncheon Monday at 11 a.m. at the Grace Dodge Hotel in honor of Rev. Percy L. Vernon, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Va., who is soon 1o depart to take up the pastorate of the United Baptist Church, Lewiston, Me. Rev. C. B. Austin ‘will preside at this luncheon, and addresses will be made by Dr. O. Dietz, Dr. S. J. Porter, Dr. H. W. Millington and others. Bible Class Speaker. Representative John Clark Ketcham, Michigan, will address the Sunday Schdol of the Church of the Covenant tomorrow morning at 8:45 o'clock. - understand how God could and would etsablish & New Covenant to supersede was based upon love, it failed to reach the hearts of men. Jeremiah was the first to perceive and to preach a personal and individual re- sponsibility for sin. He recognized that they believe to a large extent in the East today. He emphasized it was a personal and individual offense against God. He sought to save the nation by calling upon them as individuals to repent and live right. In introducing his teachings of the New Covenant marked by “spirituality, universality and finality.” Jeremiah reached the apex of prophecy. It gave him a rank with the Joftiest and greatest prophets of the Old Testament. We find the writer to the Hebrews quoting that portion of Jeremiah, as- signed for our study this week, in that part of his epistle dealing with the bet- ter Covenant. He claims that had the first Covenant been faultless, “then no place would have been sought for the second.” The people had failed to re- spond to the best that was in them be- cause they lacked the urge of a spiritual preparation for the heart to keep them nant. by law. One cannot be made righteous Faith, hope and love are By planting religion in the hearts, Jehovah made the New Cove- nant to be spiritual. By writing His law upon the hearts of men, He passed religion from an outward observance, devout and sincere as it had been, into & New Covenant of spiritual fellowship of the individual soul with God, inter- weaving itself in an active vital way with one's will, understanding. affec- tions, in fact his whole personality with God and His service. The spirituality of the New Covenant appealed to the spirituality of the human sou) - who longs for fellowship with Jehovah as His God. Whenever and wherever a repentant soul appeals to God in faith, then the ever-living Lord says He will be_his God. Under the New Covenant every be- liever had opened to him the spiritual fellowship with Jehovah and a thorough understanding of His word. They would not prove faithless and untrue to God. Faith proves itself by its works. The true lover of God reveals his love for Jehovah by seeking to do His will and work in the world. One of the surest evidence that one is a child of God is seen in that individual's efforts to win others for the Master. The effort to :l—r;ho‘aklm ruled %_g.:cnlan. » For wice N The second time, the leadin Rabylonian capt the requirements of the law. ~While it | it was more than a soclal malady, as | rul faithful to their part of the first Cove- | for eleven years, citizens. Zedeliah, another son o 10,000 of his people, into Babylon. 4. Jeholachin ~was succeeded by | Zedekiah, another son of Josiah, who ! was placed upon the throne by Nebu- | chadnezzar. 5. Soon after he came to the throne, | Zedekiah revolted against Babylonian | | rule. | 6. Nebuchadnezzar came at once to Jerusalem with his forces and laid siege to the city. Until the fall of Zedekiah the city remained in an almost constant | state of siege. 7. Pashur, priest and officer of the: Temple of Solomon, arrested Jeremiah | for speaking in the sacred place, had | him beaten and placed in the stocks. | 8. This was a part of the regular form of punhhme?b inflicted upon of- | fenders at this time. The D'gink!‘ were severe and many prisoners died beneath the lash. 9. Brought before Pashur, Jeremiah repeated his warnings and declared that his persecutor would be taken prisoner and that he and his family would die in Babylon. | 10, Zedekiah was greatly worried by | the warfare which existed and the threat which grew nearer day by day— | that Jerusalem was doomed. | { |BACCALAUREATE SERMON. ;R‘v. Robert B. Nelson to Preach | | at Bt. Margaret's. At St. Margaret's Church, Connecti- cut avenue and Bancroft place, tomor- row will be morning prayer and the occasion of the delivery of the bacca- laureéate sermon of Gunston Hall at 11 am., delivered by Rev. Robert B. Nel- son, rector of Christ Church, Win~ | chester. ‘The first service of the day will be holy communion at 7:30 am. At 4 p.m. the children of the Sun school | will march into church for the service and Sunday school commencement, conducted by the rector, Dr. Herbert Scott Smith. “Demas, the Deserter,” Is Topic. Rev. Homer A. Kent, pastor of First Brethren Church, Twelfth and E streets | southeast, will preach at 11 o'clock to- | morrow on the subject “Demas, the De- |serter.” At 8 p.m. his subject will be | “Bed Too Short and Covers Too Nar- | row.” Sunday school meets at 9:30 a.m., |and Christian Endeavor at 7 p.m. GOD’S LAW IN THE HEART his Forces took captive the -~ orn = being succeeded by his son Jehoiachinor three m3riths, this ruler held sway. « ebuchadnezzar, king of Rabylonia,attacked Jerusalem. - ;i o - - ¢ Josiah, was mhade nominal ruler by the WILL BE TOPIC 70 ORDAIN DEACON Dr. Jason N. Pierce to Preach Dr. J. W. Morris to Present at Service of First Con- gregational Church. At the First Congregational Church, Tenth and G streets, the minister, Dr. Jason Noble Plerce, will preach tomor- 11 o'clock for the purpose of ordaining ' Emily A. James. row morning at 11 o'clock on “God’s to the deaconate C. Harold Douglas, Desire.” Dr. Harris E. Starr of New Haven |Morris, acting yector of Epiphany, and | and Washington, chief assoclate editor | Louis C. Webster, who will be presented | class, was in charge of the program, “Dictionary American Biography,” will | by Rev. Earle G. Lier, vicar of Epiphany | Which consisted of plano solos by Miss | apeak at 8 p.m. en “Lying Volces,” and | Sa his sermon will be illustrated by the motion picture “Children of the Whirl- wind.” The motion picture “Abraham Lin- coln” will be shown Thursday and Fri- day evenings at 8 o'clock. ‘The Sunday school meets at 9:45 a.m. The beginner and primary departments meet in the east parlor of the church, the junior and intermediate depart- ments in the Sunday school room, the high school and young people’s depart- ments at 938 Grant place and the adult | department in the west parlor of the church. The Christian Endeavor Societies meet at 6:30 pm. The leader for the Senior Society of Christian Endeavor will be Mrs. M. D. Sample and the toplc for discussion “How Have Missionaries | Miss Kath- | |erine Cutler will lead the Young Peo- Been Effective Leaders?” ple's Soclety and the subject will be “Our Own and Other Religions.” Third Baptist Church. Dr. George O. Bullock’s topic at the Third Baptist Church, Pifth and Q streets, tomorrow at 11 am. is “Is the Last Command of Christ Binding?" At 8 p.m., “The Gospel in Story and Song.” Bible School, 9:15 a.m.; early morning prayer meeting, 6 to 8 a.m.; Junior C. E. Society, 4 pm.; I. C. E. Soclety, 5 p. Senfor C. E. Society. 6 p.m. Prayer meeting, Tuesday. 8 to 10 p.m.; Y. prayer meeting, Thursday, 8 to § p.m. - - - riler and ten thousand of C. Harold Douglas at Ceremony. Bishop James E. Freeman will visit . Epiphany Church tomorrow morning at ! who will be presented by Dr. James W. Chapel. Holy communion will be administered at this service, Bishop Freeman being the celebrant, and the ordination ser- |mon will be preached by Canon Anson iPhelp Stokes of the Cathedral. | " There will be early morning celebra- |tion of the communion at 8 o'clock, and at 9:30 o'clock the church school will assemble. As a rubrical prelude to the ordination service, morning prayer will be read by the two candidates at 10 o'clock. The Young People's Society will have its weekly meeting at 6 pm. At even- song at 8 o'clock Rev. Mr. Douglas will deliver his first sermon as a deacon in | the Episcopal Church. Highlands Baptist Pastor Preaches Twice Tomorrow. The pastor of the Highlands Baptist Church, Rev. N. M. Simmonds, will continue the series of sermons on St. Mark’s Gospel, speaking on “Discipline” tomorrow morning. In the evening the subject will be “Self-Interpretation.” The Woman's Circle will meet with Mrs. Sutton, 5601 Western avenue, at an all-day meeting Tuesday at 10 | o'clock. The daily vacation Bible school | will begin the Monday after the public schools close. Mrs. Parker will head I'the sqBool. Sunday School Less Jeremiah 31:1-40; John 1:17; Hel As he Tpmpbeoled one day i temple, Jeremiah -was seized his warning, declan that the chief officer; Pashur, whose duty officer and alf his Family ‘would be was te keep onder in the sacred into Babylonia and die there. This was et,Pa place. |hcensed at the words of the shur punished him by beat- ing him axd confining him in the stocks. | Clark, gave an entertain: | members of the church and congrega- |of the church at that city July 1. | tion Thursday evening. A picnic dinner |~ 'The Farnam Players of Calvary will | was served at the church. Songs were |gjve an entertainment _entitled . “In sung under direction of Mrs, E. W. Rob- | Apple Blossom Time” Tuesday at 8 | inson, Mrs. E. L. Marthill and Dr. T.|pm. in the Sunday school house. | J. Howerton. Short addresses were Mrs. Lindley Raiford will lead the made by Dr. W. M. Splawn, dean of | meeting of the Christian Endeavor the American University, and Judge | Society Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock R. V. Taylor, member of the Inter-|in the senlor room. The topic for dis- | state Commerce Commission, and T. fcussion will be “How Have Missionaries | Edgar Petty, superintendent of the | Been Effective Leaders?” | Sunday school. All departments of the Sunday school | Spelling Bee Featured. will begin their sessions at 9:30 o'clock | tomorrow morning, .meeting in their| | A spelling bee was conducted by usual places, the Vaughn class, for men, Mrs. R. V. Taylor. T. Temple Hill and | ususl places, the Vaughn clase, for mer . T Petty wert tai) 4 . H. J. . i Fooume, - Prises. were | Councllor, teacher; the Burrall glasn| i e | for young women, Mrs. W. | awarded to Louls Lawrence and Miss | 0, VOUCE, Jer. ih the Metropolitan Theater; the Drake class, for young men, in the clubhouse at 715 Eighth street. All other classes of the adult department meet in the Sunday school house. g The Anne Jackson Bible Class re- | cently entertained for the women of | the Baptist Home at the home. Mrs. Grace P. Carter, vice president of the die Lynn and Miss Cornelia Wood- | ward; vocal selections by Mrs. Mills, humorous sketches by E. H. Hutchins and entertaining short talks by E. Hil- ton Jackson, assistant teacher of the | \DR. ULYSSES PIERCE | class. and Dr. Samuel J. Porter, pastor | RETURNS To PULPIT Served. S | All Souls' Minister Is Back From |“THE GREAT COMMISSION." Annual Unitarian | Meeting. At Second Baptist Ohurch, Third | street between H and I streets, the pas- | SR | tor, Rev. J. L. 8. Holloman, will preach | Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, minister of on’ “The Great Commission” tomorrow | All Souls' Church, Unitarian, Sixteenth morning. At 3:30 pm. the Industrial| and Harvard streets, returns today from | ! Club will conduct a special service. Rev. |the annual meeting of the American | George A, Parker, assistant pastor of Unitarian Association, of which he is! Nineteenth street Baptist Church, will | a director, in Boston, will occupy preach. | his pulpit at the 11 o'clock service. He | The sixty-eighth lnnlvemrty and na- | will take for his subject “The Faith | tional thanksgiving service of the United | That Compels.” | Brothers of Priendship and Sisters of| Dr. William L. Corbin will address | the Mysterious Ten will be observed.|the Florence L. Plerce class at. its The pastor will preach at 8 p.m. morning session, repeating by special The Bible school will meet at 9:30 | request a talk on “Some Neglected am. and B. Y. P. U. at 6 pm. | Literary Types.” The feature at the et | motion” picture hour in Pierce Hall at Dr. W. L. Darby to Preach. |74 will be Joseph Schildkraut in Dr. W. L. Darby, executive secretary of the Washington Federation Churches, will preach at 11 o'clock to-|completed and a considerable group, | morrow morning | Memorial Chapel, Howard University. Other Churches Page 21. |and Willlam G. Eliot, 3rd, chairman of the committee in charge, will spend \l.he period at Camp Keewahdin on the By} Chesapeake. Harlowe R. Hoyt on Walter Scott brews 8.:7-13 eleased after a days exposure, eremiahy was browdht again® be .:tbhgr. Undismayed, the prophet repeat- n the not because oF Pashurs act but because he had pretended to be a prophet and had opposed the word dF Jehovah. Plans for. L'Allegro Club outing over | > of |the Memorial day holidays have been g at Andrew Rankin | headed by Arthur N. Moore, president, . other short talks will be given from the point of view of the mothers and daughters. The men of the congre- gation will serve the dinner. The midweek vesper service will be held in the church on Wednesday from 5:15 to 5:45 o'clock. The pastor wiil give a short vesper address. ‘CHURCH AND THE NATION’ PASTOR’S SERMON THEME Rev. R. Paul Schearrer of Takoma Presbyterian Makes Announce- ment—Other Services Outlined. “The Church and the Nation” will be the sermon subject of Rev. R. Paul Schearrer tomorrow morning in the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, A religious drama, “The Dust of the Road,” will be presented by a cast of young people at the 8 o'clock service. The service will be under the auspices of the Senior C. E. Soclety and be held in the community hall. The cast consists of Peter Steele, John W. Coff- man, jr.; Lahuna Clinton, Lucien H. Kerns and Robert L. Parsons. A de- votional period will precede the drama. ‘The public is invited. On account of Memorial day the mldk'eek service will be omitted this week. The Light Bearers will meet Friday at 3:45 o'clock: the pastor's communi- cants class at 4 o'clock and the Scouts 2t 7:30 o'clock. PASTOR TO PREACH. i Rev. B. H. Whiting to Discuss Topic “Wrestling Jacob.” “Wrestling Jacob” will be the subjeet of Rev. B. H. Whiting, pastor of the Friendship Baptist Church, First and H streets southwest, tomorrow at 11 am. Rev. J. A. Carter of the Metro- politan Baptist Church will speak at m. meets at 9:30 am.: Rev. Charles P. enton, Va., will preach GFraver and praise service pm. p.m. Sunday school . Y. P. U.at 6 Harris of Wi 8 Christian Endeavor ‘The annual union play was given by the Christian Endeavor Society of Ta- koma Presbyterian Church. Their dra- matic club gave a finished production of three one-act plays, with three be- tween-act specialties. The delegates to the International Christian Endeavor Union will meet at an early date in June to plan for the coming convention and the part which the District will take in the parade and ‘the sessions of the convention. ‘The Flying Squadron of the District of Columbia Union will visit the Chris- tian Endeavor Society of Berwyn Pres- byterian Church June 2. The president of the union accom- panied by Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Minor and the Misses Nancy Margaret Comp= ton visited the new society recently organized at Kenilworth on last Sunday evening. ‘The president of the union will visit the Rhode Island Avenue M. P. Chris- tian Endeavor Society next Sunday evi ning. The committee having charge of the costumes for the delegates to the Kansas City convention will make their report to the union board June 2 at 4 pm. 'ghe Christian Endeavor Societies of Luther Place Memorial Church will hold their annual banquet at 6:30 p.m. May 28. Several § speakers. The Intermediate Christian Endeavor So- ciety has merged its meetings for the Summer season with those of the Young People’s Society, held every Sunday a 6:45 pm.