Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1929, Page 8

DELEGATES LEAVE FORC. E. MEETING ‘Approximately 100 Go From Capital to Kansas City Convention. ! Approximately deavorers are leaving Washington this ‘week end for the International Christ- ian Endeavor Convention at Kansas Among this number are Miss Eileen Robinson, winner in the Christian Endeavor world contest. The District of Columbia was placed in a group of 15 States and Miss Robin- son through this contest will attend the international convention as a guest of the International Society of Chri istian vor, and then continue Ter trip to the Yellowstone Park. Miss | Mildred Lindblom, winner of the Dis-| trict Union oratorical contest, who will | compete with the winners from the other States, Canada and Mexico, and Miss Josephine Davis, winner of the sharpshooting col at Kansas City with the winners in the various State contests and with contestants from Canada and Mexico. An invitation will be extended the| international convention to meet in ‘Washington in 1931, which, if accepted. will bring to Washington in - that year thousands of young people from every section of the country and from many foreign countries. A meeting of the District Union will be held at Vermont Avenue Christian Church Monday evening, July 15, at which time the officers will be in- stalled. This meeting will be under the direction of T. R. Hosick, president of the entertaining society. The fiying squadron of the District Union will meet with the soclety of the Church of the Pilgrims July 14. The Christian Endeavor conference which will meet with the young people's conference at Westminster July 2, 3, 4, will be divided into three sections. Robert Simmons, vice president of the union last year, will conduct con- ferences on Christian Endeavor, its organization, purpose and the work ‘which can be done by a society, Charles . conduct conferences on practical society pians, and Luther Kinard will conduct conferences on perscnal evangelism. EVANGELISTIC GROUP 70 LEAD SERVICES 100 Christian En- ! land these must tee meetings, )odges‘ | social calls and a host age prayer meetln§? is atténded by a few righteous be good in order to be saved. far as I can see. healthy sinner there. efforts of those present could be exerted. | What's the matter anyhow? A. There are many reasons for the They are a species of intellectual pres decline of the prayer meeting, the chief | titution; the comparatively recent in- |abuse their own mothers if to so do one bel.n’ crease of new interests which bid for our time and attention. After all, there are only seven evenings in the week, be divided between church, radio, theaters, clubs, commit- bridge, of other engage- ments, to say nothing of an occasional night off, required by the average per- son for what has been facetiously called “innocuous desuetude.” When the eve- nings of the week are subjected to this intensive distribution, the prayer meet- ing is usually excluded from the ap- portionment. Church workers also hold many other gatherings which have largely sup- planted the Xnyer meetings they for- merly attended. The various guilds and societies for both men and women, existing in any vigorous church, have a greater aggregate weekly attendance | than did the prayer meeting. The vase dancing, | o Religious i DISCUSSED BY Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. But I have never seen any first class | barks. \ on whom the | scme of these bilious critics print their is shattered, but the perfume is spread. In other words, religious energies have | forced new channels for themselves. | If you think the modern church’s pro- | gram is not as complete as it was 50‘| years ago, read the calendar it issues. | Q. What is a revelation? Do you| know of any modern religious works which contain any revelations compar- able to those contained in the Books of the Bible? A. A revelation is the disclosure to | man through direct inspiration, ex- perience, prayer or the course of events of that knowledge of God by means of which man’s acquaintance with divine realities is increased or confirmed. I do not know of any modern reli- glous works which take equal rank in these respects with the literature of the Old and New Testaments. On the con- trary, such works are largely derivative from that literature. They usually ex- pound the grand originals of the law- givers, psalmists, prophets, evangelists and apostles in the light of advancing learning and e nce. Account for it how we may, the post- biblical eras have mot produced those lofty personalities who in their turn added to the actual spiritual content of the two Testaments. What I here Wheaton College Body to Conduct Nightly Meetings at Fourth Presbyterian Church. lists from Wheaton College, n, 1L, will conduct serv- ices each night at 8 o'clock at the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Thirteenth from Monday of eve: DR. DEPP TO PREACH AT BOTH SERVICES "htriofilm of Peace” Is Topic of Calvary Methodist Church Pastor. At both services of the Calvary Meth- odist Church tomorrow the minister, Dr. , will preach. At 11 o'clock will be “The Patriot- afirm is, of course, separate from the being of Jesus, the light of all Scrip-| ture as He is of the world. We have to leave Him out of count, since the authors of the twenty-third and fifty-first Psalms, the major prophets of Israel and the a les whose letters were the nursing forces of a higher civilization are still on the distant horizon of religious authority. Far above these spiritual magistrates stand the Christ and His supreme evangel. But do not take what I say for granted. Get Bolton Hall's arrangement of the Sacred Oracles and let these testify for themselves. They sanction our for so marvelous and {lluminating a Book as the Bible. It is enthroned in Judaism, in Christianity and in the hearts of men and women who really know it. When its essential teachings are practiced as they should be, & new *| day will dawn for the human race. Q. Is it possible to build today a ca- thedral having the artistic and devo- tional detalls which characterize the medieval churches? A. Modern construction’s efficiency is due to the employment of steel and concrete, to say nothing of those re- markable mechanical appliances which n & up in a few months. 36-story building in New York City was recently erected in a year. I do not belleve artistic building to- day can claim any such number of devotees as were active in the Middle Milan (uu-ul.'nt. time had 250 stone cutters who carved its pinnacles and TS, 3, statues, many of heroic size, adorn its walls. Tennyson un‘ of it: "o in, chanting choirs, The t windows’ blazoned fires, The height, the space, the gloom, the glory, A mount’ of marble, & hundred spires.” Elbert M. Conover, in his book, “Bullding the House of God,” asserts that todsy we could not mobilize so great an army of skilled and reverent e | craftsmen as was employed on scores “The o wit men's Bible class, uwclmn‘, gets in the e newly organized 3 Ym.\rf Couples, meets in the rear of the chi urch. ‘The last devotional meeting of the ‘young le's d t untll Fall will be hel Hall at 7 o'clock. ‘The minister will t the 5 “The Choice of a Life Companion.” ‘Young people of the congregation and community are invited. The devotional meeting fo the church, 'l'hukmdly night, will not be held this week. DR. PORTER WILL SPEAK ON “UNIVERSAL MELODY” Pastor of First Baptist Church Re- turns From Lecture Engage- ment at Richmond. Dr. Samuel Judson Porter, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Sixteenth and O Awoe":l.‘ who has mn thuc,zfrk:; mend, Va., ve! series of in the School olrg:il(lfln in Richmond University, will occupy his pulpit to- morrow morning and_evening. 11 a.m. subject is “The Universal Melody” and at 8 pm., “The Golden Measuring Rod.” re will be baptism at the evening service. Sunday school meets at 9:30 am.; B. Y. P. U. at 6:30 p.m.; prayer meet- ing, Thursday, 8 p.m., with Dr. Porter as leader. OFFICERS ARE ELECTED. Dr. C. P. Clark President of Bible School Fraternity. The national convention of the Ph Mu Sigma National Sunday u:mty, Inc., was held this week at the Ingram Memorial Church. The princi- pal business was the revision of the constitution and national laws. (Phi Epsilon Chpater); Hollin| (Delta Phi Chapter) urer, l;u“nb-r Goss (Delta Epsilon tar); historian, A. F. Harlan, jr. Ci ; mars] 8. p- (Alpha ‘Warren SERMON GOING ON AIR. : | basis is there for 2. Protestan T. | thorities take _steps to of Italian churches during the four- teenth and fifteenth centuries. And one of the reasons for speeding the of American cathedrals and churches of a high order of architec- ture is the dificulty created by the in- creasing scarcity of artistic artisans. Q. 1. The Roman Catholic Church tells its adherents that there can be no error in that church and that they should not question its purity. What such a doctrine? minisf gress the law have their sins aired be- fore the public and are punished. Why is that not equally so in the Roman Catholic Church? 3. Why do Protestants permit to pass unchallenged the numerous abusive at- tacks made on their faith by members of other churches and permit the mo- tion picture producers to depict on the screen all Protestant clergymen as effeminate and ridiculous? A 1. al Mercler said in 1907, in his ral letter, issued as a sup- plement for the enforcement of a papal encyclical: “We have here merely the question of honesty; yes or no? Do you believe the di authority of the church? Do you accept exteriorly and interforly what in the name of Jesus Christ she proposes to your belief; yes or no? If yes, then she puts the sac- raments at your disposal and under- takes your safe conduct to heaven, If ters who trans- 1| no, you deliberately break the bond that united you to her, of which she has tied and blessed the knot. Before God and your conscience you belong to her no_more.” ‘These words are explicitness itself and express the lucidity of a first-class mind. If a Roman Catholic rebels against the discipline they exact, he should be governed by his convictions. 2. Clergymen of any church who tra law create an unfa- vorable reaction which is always de- plorable. The evil conduct of one of- fender is seized upon and imputed to his Brethren by unbalanced and preju- liced observers, who thereupon indict the whole ministry for the shortcomings of a single delinquent—pastor or priest. do riot know of any conspiracy in- volving the courts and the police de- partment by which either Catholic priests or Protestant past can escap: justice. If I did I would brl:l it to the attention of the press an ] In the event of certain imprudences, or immoralities, some ecclesiastical au- e penalize the r vately. The polity of an mhallc Church lends it- rocedure. Clerical repro- ietly casionally. Opinjons differ about the wisdom of permitting &rlvlcy in such instances. . James M. eminént Methodist statesman and edi. THE EVENING Lueestions Q. What's the matter with the aver- |are thick with vulgar personalities. The The one 1 go to | jaundiced efforts of such vinegary souls | Feople | have about as much influence upon the who don't need any further urging to | onward sweep of true Protestantism They're | have the fugitive dartings of the eve- overdue in the next world anyhow, so | ning midge Life is too short to expend one’s time and effort on every dog that Moreover, do not forget that spleen solely for pecuniary profit and would attack anything for a price. who would not ould be financially worth while, When Protestants are loyal to their faith and order and unite their spir- itual forces, we shall hear fewer com- | plaints about the motion pictures. These have already amended their ways to some extent under the pres- sure of public opinion. Meanwhile, it is the proud distinction of Protestant clergymen to be caricatured by certain authors and producers. whose opposi- tion is one of the best credentials of the Christian ministry. GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN. “Christ and Our Personal Motive" will be the subject tomorrow at 11 a.m. in Georgetown Lutheran Church, Rev. Harold E. Beatty, pastor. Christien Endeavor, 7 pm. topic, “Heroes of Christianity in America.” At the be “To an Unknown God.” hesitate to| e 8 p.m. service the subject will | STA DR, PIERCE SELECTS - SERMON SUBJECTS “When God Forgives” and “Love Never Fails” Are | Topics for Temorrow. | | _ At the First Congregational Church, ]Ten(h and G streets, the minister, Dr. | Jason Noble Pierce, will preach at the morning service at 11 o'clock on “When God Forgives.” At the evening serv- ice at 8 o'clock Dr. Pierce will speak on “Love Never Falls,” and his ser- |mon will be illustrated by the motion | picture, “The Opening Night.” ‘There will be a Fourth of July pro. gram Thursday at 8 p.m. when the motion picture, “Redskin,” will be shown. The Collegians in “Kicking Through” will also be shown in_con- nection with this program. Every one invited. | L All departments of the Sunday | School meet tcmcrrow at 9:45 am. | The beginner and primary depa |ments meet in the east parlor; the {junior and intermediate departments in the Sunday school room: the high school and young people's depart- ments at 933 Grant place; and the adult department in the west parlors. The Christian Endeavor Societies {meet at 6:30 pm. The leader for the | Senior Soclety of Christian Endeavor tomorrow will be B. E. Bozman, and | the topic for discussion, “Heroes for Christ.” Clarence Phillips will lead the Young People's Society of Chris- fian Endeavor and the subject will be “My Group and Its, World Service.” GLIMPSING THE FAR EAST BY GIDEON A. LYON, Member of American Journalists’ Carnegie Endowment fe NAGOYA, Japan, May 28, 1929. Ceramics, cloissone, cotton, soldiers, radio and children were yesterday's por- tion on this remarkably varied Japanese progrem through which we are going at a rapid pace. We returned from Inu- yama—the Rhine of Japan—by electric car after an early breakfast and were driven immediately to the “Nippon Toki Kaisha, Ltd.,” one of the largest manu- factories of fine earthenwares in this country. The officials of the company e, as usual, in a scheduled event, waiting for us at the main entrance and we were at once taken to a recep- tion room on the second floor, where the introductions were made. There seemed to be an air of expec- tancy. We sat about and talked and signed the visitors’ book and wondered when we were to start on the rounds when there was a sound of feet in the yard below the windows. Some one said “We will wait now for a few mm- utes, but look out at the exercise: So we looked out, and there in the large yard were gathering hundreds of men and boys, who took places in regular order, and, at the direction of a leader standing on a platform, went through a series of calisthenics. They worked ise | at these motions vigorously and with seeming enjoyment. “This is the rule twice a da; ex- plained one of the officials. At 10 o'clock and at 3 all the workers, men and women, have 15 minutes’ rest, and 5 minutes are given to these exercises. ‘We started this routine last June and Party Touring Orient as Guest of for Interrational Peace. mony. No speeches were made. It was just a pleasant get-together for the midday meal, with no formality. Harbor Works Inspected. ‘The next number on the program was the inspection of the new harbor works of Nagoya. We drove across the city and first saw the final stages of the making of a at canal that will cut for 10 miles ‘through the heart of the city and give water transport serv- ice to all the great business section. It is almost completed, after several years of work, and is a sound con- struction that will repay Nagoya many times over for its heavy cost. Next we went down to the water front and saw the activities there—livelier because of the arrival a short time before of two transports from Chine with Japanese troops aboard—and heard the explana- tions of the new works that are to give Nayoga berthing facilities for a large fleet of merchantmen. ‘The arrival of the troops had drawn a great crowd of people. spirit was in the air. - The soldiers looked very happy at their return home and the peo_gle were just as happy to see them. hey are fine, sturdy fel- lows, these Japanese soldiers. They take their military role very seriously, march with precision and bear theme selves as worthy successors to wonderful troops who won the Russo- Japanese War and changed the map of Eastern Asia. ‘Though the typewritten program did > IN THE GORGE OF KISO RIVER, JAPAN. have cut the percentage of sickness among the employes from 10 to 5.” So the workers were back at their tasks when we went through the great factory, clay mixers, molders, trimmers, kiln men, sorters, inspectors, decorators, packers. ' It was a wonderful proces- sion of processes, and a beautiful line of goods we saw in the making. Skill, order, speed—these are the three fac- tors in the work, which moves as do the calisthenics in the yard. I shall not undertake to describe how the wares are made. That is a matter for the encyclopedia. But it may be inter- esting to mention the rapidity with which the materials pass through all groups of hands, the expertness which | is shown in every part of the work, from the man who slaps a big pan- cake of prepared clay down on a form to make the beginning of a plate, with | the precision of a star base ball pitcher gifted with perfect “control,” to the man who paints the designs on the wares. Goods for All World. These goods go all over the world, especially to all parts of the United States. Out in the yard we saw great numbers of boxes marked for firms in a hundred cities of our country, includ- ing some for Washington. Our next item on the list was lunch- eon at the Honganji Buddhist Temple, a seemingly strange place for a feast. We drove away from the ceramics works, after having been told that a beautiful souvenir would be sent to us at the Hotel Imperial in Tokio—which has become our receiving reservoir for our collection—and were led into a yard where showed a shrinelike small structure. Was this the Buddhist Tem- ple? No, it was the headquarters and shop of the renowned Ando, maker of cloissone. In a shedlike workroom, look- ing out on a delightful garden, sat half a dozen workmen, putting wires in place on vases, filling in the spaces with enamel, painting, firing. We stood entranced in observation of this re- markable skill and artistry. Then we went upstairs to the second story of the “shrine” and there found a veri- table museum of beautiful things, by which we were all sorely tempted. The real Buddhist Temple proved to be a vast structure set in a veritable rk. It was crowded with worshipers, and the great space before it swarmed with ople, especlally children. We put cloth covers over our shoes and went through the immense place, which is about 150 years old, and so finally emerged into the rear of the park, se- cluded from the crowd and as quiet as if far in the country, although the tides of the million-peopled Kagoya flow swiftly only a few yards away. On the top of a small hill is a tiny teahouse, a place famous for the per- formance of the traditional tea cere- niony of Japan. Preparations were Buckley, the | made for this ceremony, but there was | not the time, and so the photograpi tor, favored pitiless publicity as a check | er for one of the local newspapers asked on ‘ministerial misbehavior. Every case | Wililam Phillip Simms and me to pose Dr. Earle Wilfley to Broadcast Talk on “Harmony,” Via Station WRC. ‘The services of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church will be broadcas! urch. | implies have been wili | ro ¥ Y, . m * of sheer ignorance and prejudice and door Japanese @st. has its tionary judgment by the religious body having jurisdiction is often its best so- lution, provided the offense does not t | contravene the laws of the State. made by professed Protestants or ex-Protestants who have turned sour. Their diatribes arise out ular features and discre- | for one scene of the ritual, which we L th cared in print evening. with that i3 un- doubtedly very interesting, though un- | known to us. The luncheon was bright sunlight, at small tablss on the bank of a charming little lake sct with stone lanterns and other forms of out- this highly | served in the | firs vmnm‘- cotton not mention the fact, we were next to be driven to a very special shrine near the water front, on our way to the great | wireless station, but we did not get there. For when we reached .the-place of approach we found the street jammed with troops, several thousand of whom were just marching away from the shrine, where they had gone to pay homage to the Emperor. There was no time to wait for them to pass, so we went to the railroad station for our train to Kariya, but this second glimpse of the troops, who poured past our machine, gave us a renewed sense of their high efficiency. The great wireless station at Kariya, believed to be the most powerful sepd- ing “set” in the world, was complated only last month. Its equipment is of the finest and on the largest scale. The antenna, are carried on eight steel towers each 820 feet high. Regular service is now maintained with Europe and, through other stations, with Amer- {ica. While we were at the station we were asked to send, with the compii- ments of the company, the Japan Wire- less Telegraph Co., a collective message through the Carnegie endowment to our homes in the United States. Greeted by Children, | But really, the racio station was ot {the most impressive feature of our visit to Kariya, As we drove along the road from the railroad station through a little village we noted here and there groups of ople with Japanese and American flags, which they waved ~at us passing. We wondered at this, but aurhv':mder ew when a few mo- men r we began to pass a long line of children, each child waving a flag and cheering. For nearly half a mile the road was bordered with them and the air was filled with their voices, raised in shouts of welcome. We have had a good many pleasant exrer!enczu in Japan, and numerous evidences of a real affectionate regard for our country. But this encounter with the children capped the climax. As we approached the entrance to the radio station the flag waving extended to both sides of the road. Adults were on hand as well as youngsters. When we turned into the gates the air shook with the cheers. Then came the real “reception” by these little Japanese, 1,500 of them, all with the flags of the two countries. When we had reached the front en- trance and were lined up for the usual photograph the children began march- ing into the inclosure. They were led | by thelr teachers in squads and formed { in divisions, precisely and orderly. They {were perfectly silent. But just as we | lined before the camera from inside of the building came the familiar strains {of “The Star Spangled Banner,” played {on a small melodeon, and the voices of {about twenty girls and boys singing it, in English, | _Nothinz has quite so touched us as { this. The soft shuffle of the incoming childrens’ feet and the voices of the | singers remained in our ears through- the afterncon. We later went up- ond from ihe front’ windows saw Ltle foiks swarming to take their ‘Then we went on the roof and ® was a bombardment of “banzais,” from the children, with a great i flag waving and then ourselves and the radio station folks. ‘When later we drove back, to see & spinning and ‘weaving factory, {a six-month course on D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1929.° 'h\ Sunday ScMol Lesson Dr. Hugh T. Stevenson. Review: PROPHETS AND KIN( OF JUDAH'S DECLINE. Golden Text—"I thee with an therefore with loving have I drawn thee.—Jeremiah We have concluded the first part of “Prophetic Teaching and Leadership of Judah.” The past quarter's lessons have covered |about a hundred and fifty years of the history of the southern kingdonm, from the death of Uszziah in 736 B.C. to the close of Zedekiah's re! in 586 B.C. Between Uzziah’s and kdiah's administrations nine other kings exer- i cised their authority as rulers of Judah during the nation's decline. In our studies we have not taken up their work as individuals. We have consid- .jered the work of Heszekiah and Josiah and in the fall of Judah the result of A holiday | Him. Zedekiah's administration. - God sought during this period to re- veal His everlasting love to Judah through the work of the %r.o hets, who tried to draw the nation back into His ways by their messages. Although seven prophets were active during the period we have been studying, to make known unto the potentates people the will of God, we have con- sidered only two. Three of our lessons were selected from Isaiah, whose ministry extended from the death of Usziah through at least the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, the exact hour of the close of his ministry being un- known. Five of our lessons were from Jeremiah, who did not commence his work until some time after the close Jf Isaiah’s active service. He commenced his ministry during the reign of Josiah | judgm and continued his ionate efforts, inspired by great ethical ideals, for the purity of the state, through the ad- ministrations of Josiah, Jeholakim and Zedekiah. If, as some hold, that it is by no means impossible that Isaiah was a victim of Manasseh's bloody sword, then these two men, the greatest of the prophets, covered the last 150 years of Judah’s history, with the exception of Ammon's short reign. Two Tllustrious Prophets. Judah falled to learn the lessons taught by the fall of the northern kingdom. During the early days of its history it was a small nation, made up of herdsmen and vine dressers. During Nzziah's long and prosperous reign the boundaries were enlarged, commerce developed and wealth accumulated. We know of the country’s economic pros- perity, but we do not know much about the social, moral and religious aspects of the kingdom when Isalah was called to become a prophet. Isalah held fast to a few cardinal principles which served him as a good guide in every crisis. He believed that Judah was under the protection of Jehovah. The lpace and safety of the state depends therefore upon the na- tion’s fidelity to Him and confidence in . He saw the danger in the polit- ical devices, such as were common to the people of that age, and recognized that in the end they would bring harm to a small nation like Judah. He be- lieved that Jerusalem would be invul- nerable, not by the power of her armies, not by membership in a fore! alli- ance, but by independence of every power of earth and by a sole reliance upon Jehovah. is made his minis- try one “of obedience, judgment and mercy.” m the commencement of his service he was an outstanding fig- ure in the nation’s life, the seer, states- man and servant of God. He tried to prevent Ahaz making the fatal alliance with when Pekah and Razon were seeking to force him into an alliance against Assyria. Ahaz we passed groups of the children, each carrying a flag and they gave us cheers of recogniti road station, as we were embarking, we saw them. They had come from both up and down the line, from towns some distance away, to give us this reception. how we could not quite concen- trate our attention on the wonderful cotton mill of the Toyoda Co., with its 100-acre compound, its wonderful new machines, inventions of the head of the works, its hflm th t::t. efllden: employes an n turns_ou lmr:’:nu quantities of cotton cloth, spun and woven from American cotton and sold almost exclusively in India. Somehow between us and the looms came the vision of those children. And bove the noise of the busy factory rose their voices. For those children are the future men and women of Japan. ‘Note—Another of Mr. Lyon's letters All appear tol 3 declined to listen to the prophet. When the prophet’s words had come true and Hezel wanted to cast aside the bur- den of the heavy tribute, Isaiah insisted that the treaty, having been made, should be kept. When the nation was suffering because the prophet's advice was not followed, he sought to fill them with comfort in their perilous crisis, he encouraged the people with confidence and Jerusalem was saved from the peril of being destroyed by the forces of Sennacherib. In his classical Jehovah,” we have tsh greatest Mes- sianic prophecy ever written. We found a prediction of the suffering and suc- cess of the Lord Jesus and a prophecy of a world-wide kingdom. Jeremiah commenced his ministry during the days of Josiah, when the power of the State was on the side of righteousness and truth. According to the traditicn preserved in the Misna, TIsal: Early in his ministry ‘was threatened by the people in his own community. He was a priest by birth and his work as a prophet made him unpopular. Frequently he faced the possible loss of his life. His outspoken condemnation of sin and iniquity made his life a strenuous and stormy one. He may have helped along the reforms of Josiah. He was a prophet of the heart and sought a true reformation. He fearlessly proclaimed the word of God and used, as in the case of the Rechabites, telling illustrations of his message. He was a lover of his nation and it was a source of grief to him that ger of his nation’s doom. Loyalty to God and country resulted in his being exposed to the charge of treason, be- causé he saw the evidence of a divine ent in God's use of Babylonia in fulfillment of His righteous purpose. Looking beyond the fall, Jeremiah saw & new day, 50 that men have found in his messages the word the world needs in this hour of national and world-wide readjustments. The Three Kings. Our lessons have brought before us for consideration the reigns of three kings, two of whom are rated good. Hezekiah was the first one of these rulers. He worked for 29 years in such a wise and noble way taht his ad- ministration was recognized by its dis- tinctive religious note. He tried to lead his nation back to God. Upon his accession to the throne ‘“he at once renewed the ancient covenant, reopened the temples, reorganized its service, and summoned” the members of all the tribes to the o:‘:rvl.nee“ll): lth: greatest passover in history. st years were clouded by sin. His weak- ness and sin retarded the work of re- form that he had inaugurated and it prepared for the reaction under Manas- seh and Ammon. Josiah is the only one of the two whose reign was marked by a love of God and obedlence to His word. The thorough revival of the religion of Je- hovah that followed the very of the law and the destruction of the outwara worship of idols made his reign a notable one. It was marked by peace and pn:remy The reforms were short-lived because the heart of the nation had not been reached. The end came during the ref of Zedekiah. The lofty moral Mosaic code was suj planted by g oriental id The national character became so de. praved as to be beyond ordinary cure. cancer of distrust of Jehovah caused them to reject the words of the prophets and pu: their faith in the chariots of tnanility of the poor. peasanis to bets o poor peasan ar the oppression of the landlords and loan sharks. Pincnae, the foundation of the nation’s security, was neglected be- cause they had rejected God’s law that contained tion for the poor. False faith showed itself in a bad financial tem and a disregard of international ol tions which brought the nation's overthrow and exile. Against the dark background of Judah’s doom we had a im of praise as our concluding lesson for the quarter. In every dark hour Israel has exhibited a faith in God that has filled them with hope. In Jehovah they have found forgiveness, healing of their backslid- ings and insirpation for their future, Let us praise Him from whom all blessings flow, for He loves us with an everlast- ing love. O Invest Your Dividends : in Our First Trusts That interest money you'll prophecy of the “Suffering Servant of | . | Hummer Memorial class of the Sunday he should be compelled to be & messen- | be getting now on investments can be reinvested to safe and profitable advantage in First Trust Notes—upon property which our appraisers have ap- proved. In denominations to suit your avaliable funds. “The Bank With a Smile” Washington Savings Bank 719 Tenth Street—at Grant Place Thos. E. Jarrell, Pres. J. D. Leonard, Vice Pres. & Treas. o f you have fFallen ~through neglect —from the good graces of friend or relative, a lo PASTOR T0 RELATE PROUDEST MOMENT Dr. John C. Copenhaver Will| Preach Two Sermons Tomorrow. Dr. John C. Copenhaver, pastor of | Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church | South, Thirteenth street and Norl.h; Carolina avenue northeast, will preach | at the 11 o'clock service tomorrow on | “The Patriot.” For his 8 p.m. sermon his topic will be “The Proudest Mo- ment of My Life.” The Sunday school will conduct services in all departments at 9:30 o'clock. The Epworth League and the Hi-League services will be held in the league rooms at the usual hours tomorrow evening. The “Go-Forward” Circle of the| school will hold a meeting and social at 6 o'clock Monday evening on, Hains Point. The regular monthly busi- ness meeting and social of the Hum- mer Memorial Sunday school class will be held in the social rooms of the church at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening. At that time they will be host to the presidents of the Bible classes of the several churches in the Lincoln Park district. Delegates of the several Bible classes of the Sunday school of the church wiil attend the annual meeting of the or- ganized Bible class convention to be held at Western Maryland College, ‘Westminister, Md., July 5, 6 and 7. ‘The regular midweek prayer meeting will be held Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, and will be conducted by the pastor, who will speak on the signifi- cance of Independence day. The Ep- worth Junior Soclety has suspended ac- tivities for the Summer months and will continue with meetings about the mid- die of September. P “HIS OWN CITY” WILL BE SUBJECT Patriotic Sermon at Chevy Chase Baptist Church. / Rev. Edward 0. Clark Will Preach | “His Own City” will be the subject of a patriotic sermon by Rev. Edward O, Clark at:the Chevy Chase Baptist Church tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. A story-sermon will be told the juniors of the congregation. The church unites with other church- es of the community in holding an open- air vesper service on the lawn of the Presbyterian Church at 7 o'clock. Rev. the preacher at the service this week. Vacation Church School, sponsored by the Protestant churches of Chevy Chase, is larger than in former years. school is open to all children from 4 to 14 years of age. Unfurl a Flag ‘The registration in the Community | I The | SUNDAY SCHOOLS LEADERS TOMEET Officers and Teachers Will Convene at Western Mary- land College. ‘The sixth annual Sunday School cf- s’ and teachers’ conference will open at Western Maryland College, ‘Westminster, Md.. Tuesday afternoon and continue over Wednesday and Thursday, closing in the afternoon. E. B. Sha will be the presiding officer and Dr. R. Y. Nicholson, pastor Rhode Island Averue Methodist Protestant Church, the conference speaker. Dr, Homer J. Councilor, Miss Lillian A. Shewmaker, Dr. Knute Carlson, Luther H. Kinard and Page McK. Etchison will be the leaders of the discussion groups. Addresses will be given by Mrs. Ruth Seltzer, Mrs. H. E. Sheriff, Mrs. E. B. Shaver, Eyerett F. Haycraft, Mrs: H. D. Ormsby and Col. W. O. Tufts. The fifth annual young people’s com- ference will be held at the time as the officers’ and teachers’ ence. This has been planned for the young people of the inday Schools. John A. Patterson. jr., will preside and Dr. John H. Clifford, fa- mous chaplain to the Marines, will be the conference speaker. The round- table groups will be one of the features of the conference and will' be under the leadership of experts. The eighth annual organized Bible class conference will open July 5 and continue until Sunday afternoon. Dr. Councilor will preside at the sessions and Dr. Charles L. Goodell of New York City will be the conference speaker. - Other speakers will be Dr. Joseph T. Herson, Dr. S. B. Daugherty, Dr. Mark Depp and Dr. liam Knowles Cooper. The music will be in charge of Willlam R. Schmucker, who lwl‘:ltbfT;Mlsmd by Robert Zearfoss, so- oist; omas Moss, organist, and Mrs. Page McK. Etchison, pianist. ese conferences are under the supervision of the District of Columbia Sunday School Council of Re! Education and the interdenominational in character. The new Ambassador Bridge across the Detroit River, linking the United States and Caneda, will, when com- pleted, be the longest single span sus- pension bride in the world—1,850 feet | from tower to tower. DON'T HESITATE Let us Estimate on a Phillp C. Edwards, pastor of the Uni- || THE LIFETIME versity Heights M. E. Church, will be| Adams 6245—No Regrets Generst Stee’ Corporation 1355 Randolph St. N.W. on the Fourth Every 'citizen ‘of this great country should display the Stars and Stripes on the anniversary of the Nation's birth—next Thurs- day, July 4th. ‘ Think what a wonderful sight it would be if over every door waved this symbol of American independence. 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