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WEEK OF PRAYER 10 BE OBSERVED 4Y” Qrganizations Arrange for Meetings to Be Held November 10 to 16. Joint observance of the annual week | of prayer for youth of the wor!d, No- | vember 10 to November 16, has been | arranged by the Young Women's and | Young Men's Christian Associations. Under their auspices there will be | held at 4:30 o'clock on the Mmmnnn“ of November 10, a young people’s mest- | ing at the Mayflower Hotel. to which | the churches, organized Bible classes | and other groups are invited to send representatives. Addresses will be delivered by Miss | Barah 8. Lyon, executive secretary of | the foreign divisicn of the National Council of the Young Women's Chris- tian Association, and Fred W. Ramsey, general secretary of the National Coun- | cil of the Young Men's Christian Asso- eiation. Young people of more than 50 na- tions are joining simultaneously in a great communion of prayer. Twn vears ago Christendom entered upon the nineteenth centenary of the public min- istry of Jesus. The observance this year will commemorate the conclusion of His ministry, in addition to marking the nineteenth century of His death, the advent of Pentecost and the begin- ning of the Christian Church. It is planned to make the week one of general thanksgiving “because of the remarkable growth of Christian brother- | hood throughout the world and bacause of the spirit of unity which exists in | the Christian Church.” PASTOR CELEBRATES 16 YEARS OF SERVICE Dr. G. G. Johnson Assumed Charge at National Baptist on November 1, 1914, A large gathering of congregation and friends assembled last night at the Na- | tional Baptist Memorial to grtet the pastor, Dr. G. G. Johnson, upon the | completion of his fifteenth anniversary | which began November 1, 1914. Dr. H W. O. Millington, executive secretary of the Columbia Baptist Association, brought the greetings of the denomi- nation, Dr. James H: Taylor, pastor of Central Presbyterian Church, gave eetings of the neighboring churches, 'he pastor and his wife were presented with a set of china from the congre- getion and friends. Dr. Johnson will preach tomorrow morning on “Christ or Demons,” after which the ordinance of the Lord’s sup- er will be observed. In.the evening e will preach on “Lying to the Holy Spirit.” The subject for the mid:week gervice on Thursday is “Speech Sea- soned with Salt.” The North Star W. C. T. U. will meet ‘Tuesday, at 2 p.m. at the church; at 7:30 p.m. the Evening Mission Club and at 8 p.m. the Pinkham class will meet. The Womeén's Society meets | Wednesday at 11 am,, and in thé eve- ning’ the Young People’s Soclety and the Bible 8chool orchestra. The Young People’s Soclety will go to the Home for Incurables in Georgetown tomorrow afterncon. The standing committee mects Friday, and the Boy Scouts the same evening. ST. MARGARET’S TO HOLD COMMUNION TOMORROW Dr. Herbert Scott Emith, rector of gv;nym;%-relc‘s. Cmmemmt h.venuz and roft place, will preach tomorre at 11 o'clock. v o The services for the day will be: Holy commurion, 7:30 am.; Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; holy eommunion and | sermon, 11 am.. Young People’s Su- | ciety, 8 p.m. There will be a celebra- tion of holy communion Thursday ac 1 i | | | Week of Prayer op E et ) o oo o FRED W. RAMSEY. LOBBYING IS TOPIC 0FDR. J.N. PIERGE Pastor to Discuss Disclosures Made in Recent Congres- sional Inquiry.’ In the First Congregational Church, Tenth and G streets, at 11 o'clock, the sermon prelude of Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, the minister, on the religious aspects of current events will deal with lobbying in Congress. The sermon of the ‘morning will be preached by Rev. William Loren Fisher of the United States Army on the subject “A Royal Rule of Life.” Dr. Page McK. Etchison of the Y. M. C. A. will speak at 8 o'clock on “Why I Like Abrah: mon will_be illustrated by the motion picture “The Life of Abraham.” Dr. Pierce will preach Thursday af 7:45 o'clock on “The Joy of Self-De- nial,” and his sermon will be illustrated by the motion picture “Tommy Atkins.” The Sunday school meets tomorrow at 9:45 am. ‘The Senior Soclety of Christian En- deavor will meet at 6 p.m., with J. Q. Buzbee as leader. The topie for dis- cussion will be “Making My Body a Fit Temple for God.” The Young People's Society of: Christian Endeavor will meet in the east parlor at 6:30 p.m. Miss Mabel M. Thurston will lead the meet- ing and will speak on “Prayer.” “The Tie That Binds.” Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, will preach tomorrow morning on the theme, “The Tie That Binds,” in the evening his subject will be, The Signs to the Summit.” RESPECT FOR RIGHTFUL AUTHORITY (World Temper- ance Sunday)—Mark,” x1i.13-17; Romans, xill.1-14; I Peter, 11.13-17. Golden Text—"Let every soul be subject to the higher pow- ers.”—Romans, xiil.1. 11 a.m. Miss Doris Mechl'n has been added | to the list of reserve teachers. At a meeting of the Senior Brothei- | hood Albert Atwood was elected di- rector, Charles F. Yauch vice director and Wilmer 5. Wingate, secretary. ANNUAL CHURCH MéETlNG. ‘The annual meeting of the Petworth | ‘Baptist Church will be held in the Sun- | day school auditorium next Tuesday | night night at 8 o'clock. . ‘The Men's Class held their installa- | tion of officers last Wednesday night. | ‘The installation was conducted by Rev. Homer J. Councilor, president of the ‘Washington Federation of Men's Bible Classes. . | At the communion service tomorrow | morning, the pastor. Rev. H. J. Smith, | will speak on “Intention-built Barriers,” | - and at the evening service, the second | sermon in the group on the nature of | ée:u’s.‘ the subject being “The Essential | rist.” MEMORIAL SERVICE. A service in memory of Right Rev. G. H. 8. Walpole, Bishop of Pittsburgh, will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. in Christ Church, Georgetown. Right Rev. Philip M. Rhinelander | will deliver an address. The service will | be a celebration of the holy communion. | — . — ! “A Fivefold Exhortation.” J Rev. C. B. Austin, pastor of the West | ‘Washington Baptist Church, will preach | tomorrow at 11 am. on “In and Out” and at 8 pm. on “A Fivefold FEx- hortation.” "Annual church conference Thursday evening at 8:15 o'clock. i G. U. Dean to Speak. | Dean Willlam Allen Wilbur of the George Washington University will de- * liver an address at 7:43 p.m. tomorrow | at the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, | Fourth and B streets southeast, on | “Serviceable Christianity.” " QUESTIONS About the Bible. 1. What interruption took place in Gethsemane during Christ's prayers? 2. For what purpose did they come? 3. Who led them 1o Christ? 4. How did this' betrayer indicate the person of Christ? 5 5. Why was it necessary to indicate esus? 6. What did Christ say on perceiving the muititude? 7. What was their answer? 8. What was His retort? 9. What happened then? 10. Where are these things recorded? The answers to these questions will be found below. How many can you answer? 1. A multitude sent by the scribes and priests approached. 2. To arrest Jesus. 3. Judas. 4. By kissing Him. 5. St. James the Less was with Christ se two resembled each other. ‘Whom seek ye?" esus of Nagzareth.” 8. am he: if, therefore, ye seek me. let these go their way." mest vital questions of the hour in this week's study. Whenever a communit commonwealth or country fails to show respect for rightful authority its future | is imperiled. It is no longer a personal question or a local problem, for like “a grim pestilence this open flaunting of the law, this shameless brutality and violence, is spreading outward over the land in ever-widening circles of terror- ism and atrocious crime.” Although we have many Jeremiahs who are predict- ing gloom and destruction of the Ne tion's life, the fact that the President has_appointed a crime commission to study the exact condition of the Nation at this hour is prophetic of a new day. The recognition of the country’s possi- ble peril means that steps will be taken {to curb ‘the disregard of the law and correct anything in our laws that fos- ters the present disregard of law by so many. Our lesson presents the Master's {eachings concerning the duty of all to be loyal to their Nation's laws and the interpretation of His teachings by both the Apostles Paul and Peter. His cne- mies had combined their forces in an effort to catch the new —Prophet whose growing power and prestig> threatened to overthrow them. His claims threatened the thooc- racy. Pharisees and Herodians, zeal- ots of Jewish orihodoxy and hated Je ish Liberals, filled with bitter hatred of Jesus, had sunk their differences and join in an effort to ruin the Lord Jesus. They approached Him in a hypocritical manner, acknowledged that He was good and that-He was a teacher come from God before they asked Him | a dangerous question. They figured that any answer to their question meant apparent death either by a mob or by the Roman government. Far-Reaching Revolutionary Doctrine. They were not prepared for the reply that Jesus gave, based upon their com- mon practice. He asked for the “temple coin” and when they acknowledged that it contained the superscription of Cae- | sar, He said, “Render unto Caesar the things that are Cacsar's and unto God the things that are God's.” Detached from the events that brought them forth this saying is recognized as one of the most far-reaching revolutionary doctrines ever taught by the Master “These words were destined” says | Richter, “to lift empires off thel hinges and to turn the current of ages out of its channel.” 3 This clear recognition of man's two- fold relation to government. human and divine, was destined to find its first po- | litical ‘expression in the Constitution of our country. By the adoption of the to all of our citizens, the principle of {came a definite part of our national po- litical ideals and principles of govern: ment. -Our Nation, by this action. fol- clearly and concisely pointed out there jwas a complete independence between men’s political and spiritual relations. ,While they are separate and distinct {there is no antagonism between the two. Accerding to Christ's teaching, ‘{hr state has rightful jurisdiction over demain of the mind and conscience /in_all things spiritual and religlous We speak of this principle of Jesus 3 9. They went backward and fell on the ground. 10. St. Mark, Chapter 14; Et. John, Chapter 18, its id way.” am,” and his ser-| Sunday School Lesson Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson. We are asked to consider one of the | first amendment, giving religious liberty | | the separation of church and state be- | lowed the Master's teachings, which | Me body, but no State or Legislature th- country where they were dwelling. has any right to enter into the sacred | The application of this lesson to the [In that realm God is the supreme ruler .| the saloon when they as teaching the American ideal of sep- | that about two billion dollars that was aration of church and state, yet we do | once spent over the bar, has been di- ot find either In the words of the Lord | verted to the support of better homes esus or in the Constitulion of our| and the development of higher stand- country any reference to the “church in | ards of living. Let us in & spirit of essence, or character in any | brotherhood seek to serve our fellow- Jesus' teachipg furnishes the men, be I basis of the claim m’ our Government | and faithf: ‘DOUBT' TOBE TOPIG AT FRANCIS ASBURY Dr. J. b Rives, Pastor, Gives Program for Church Next Week. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper | will be observed at Francis Asbury M. E. Church South, Sixteenth, near La- mont street, tomorrow morning. In the evening, Dr. J. J. Rives, the pastor, will | preach on “Is It Wrong to Doubt.” The Fpworth League will hold a “surpise” | meeting at 7 p.m. in charge of Miss Marie Woolf. | Commencing Monday the Woman's | Missionary Society will hold a week of | prayer. The leader at 2 p.m. Monday | will' bs Mrs. John Rawlings. Tuesday’s | meeting at the same hour will be led | by Mrs. Pauline Jones. On Wednesday, the regular monthly meetings will be | held, devotional service at 11 am. fol- | lowed by luncheon at 1 p.m. At 2 pm. there will be a business meeting, at which time officers will be elected. Fri- day's meeting at 2 p.m. will be led by | Mrs. Lottie Roberts. The series of meet~ !ings will close at night November 10 | with a pageant to be given in the church_auditorium, | The Sunday School Council will meet Monday at 8 p.m. at the church. The Gamma Sigma Sunday School | Class will meet Tuesday at the home ! of Mrs. Weedon, 1734 Lanier place A meeting of the hoard of stewards | will be held at the church Wednesday |at 8 pm At prayer me-ting Thursday at 8] pm. Dr. Rives will speak on “Fanny Crosby and Her Songs.” TRIBUTES ARE PLANNED. Jst. Paul's Services to Be in Honor | of Parish’s Former Faithfuls. ! On Sunday. which is in the octave of all saints, there will be services at St. | Paul's Episcopal Church, in which re- membrances will be made of those who have labored in the parish in former | days. The rector, Rev. Arlington A. | McCallum, will preach on “For All the | Saints.” | The members of the church will | gather in the parish hall Monday eve- ning at 8 o'clock. when all the various organizations will make short reports | of their activities. New officers for the guild will be elected. Frank VanSant | is temporary chairman, and Miss Kath- | erine Lowndes chairman of the nomi- | nating committee. | Centennial ilptut Church. “Some Stories Sure to Stick to Your- | self!" will be told by Rev. E. Hez Swem | tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at Cen- | tennial Baptist Church, Seventh and | T streets northeast, and the 11 o'clock morning sermon_subject s, “A Great Mind Grant.” The unions of the Bap- tist Young People convene at 7 p.m. and the Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. French Services Planned. | _Rev. Florlan Vurpillot, pastor of the | French Congregation, which meets at St. John's Church every Sunday at 4 %:n will preach tomorrow on “Cesar et eu.” has no religlous function. Cavour's saying, recently quoted by Mussolini, of “g free church in a free state” is not found in the Master's words or the Na- tion’s Constitution. No matter what a man’s faith may be, h= has the same rights, privileges and immunities as any believer in any other faith. The power of the state is a police power. In,return for protecting men and giv- ing to each the right to worship God in accordance with the dictates of his | conscience, the Government has a right to expect from every citiz'n a respect for its Jaws and their abstaining from doing anything evil or detrimental to others not through fear, but out of love for the Nation and its institutions. Christians' Relation to Government. An age-long question naturally comes up in connection with this lesson, con- cerning the relation between the indi- vidual conscience and civil authority. In nearly every case there is no conflict between the will of God and our con- gcience in this land. Whenever there | appears to be any law that is contrary to any individual's opinion to his duty to God, we have the means, given us in our Constitution, to remedy and cor- Tect any error. “Our weapons are the power of public opinion, the rights of fre> speech and a free press, to pre- serve the freedom of conscience, the education of the electorate and the bal- lot box.” If we excrcise our privileges, we need never fear in this land with the strong determination on the part of the people to give every man a square deal. We need never doubt the result of an appeal to the Nation when any class of beli~vers does not receive its religious rights. The outcome of such an appeal is certain. Paul insisted in | his letter to the Romans, that ecven | when the governments came short of | being just. because of human weakness, | it was entitled to be obeyed becaus it was of divine origin. He claim- ed that any resistance to their authority was against God's law. Paul insisted that love should gov- ern every Christian's relation to the state. This calls for us to love our fel- lowmen and to oppose anything that | seeks to be destructive of the home, state and church. Every Christian is required. to subdue the lusts of the flesh and to “make no provision for the flesh.” Without being forced by the requirements of the law, every Christian cf his own free will is supposed to gov- ern his life by the Golaen Rule. Paul went further, when he insisted that if by the eating of meat he would make his life a stumbling block for another, then he would abstain from partaking of the mcat. This principle applies to all social practices, as well as the ob- servances of the laws of the state and the Naton. f Peter in his first epistle took a po- sition that is virtually the same as that | found in the teachings of Paul. He { urged upon the Christians to whom he was writing to be loyal to the law. He advised them not to be aisorderly, but to be loyal to the laws of their rulers and his representatives as King or Emperor. A noted writer has recently claimed that Peter traced the authority of the representatives of the government as proceeGing from the people and not from God. while Paul poke of those exercising authority as servants‘of God.” This difference has been made the basis of the claim that Peter was a constitutionalist and Paul was an imperialist. No one who traces the influence of Paul's ministry upon | the civilization in the development of modern democracy can agree with that | view. They both taught that Christians should recognize and obey the laws of | present problems in reference to obey- ing the law and Constitution needs no | comment. No one seeks the return of face the fact oy ul te our cbligations to God. to our state and country are St. Gereon’s Church, Cologne, Germany BY E. L. Tinzmann, ONE of the most ancient citles of Germany is that which the Romans called Colonia Agrippinia, and it takes its place beside Treves and Mayence as one of the earlisst seats of Christian- ity. There were Christians here in t third century, and in the year 312 the |{Emperor Constantine gave his protec- tion to its adherents throughout his colonies. And while the great cathedral of Cologne is the most conspicuous of the many churches in this old Rhenish town, there are others that interest the students of the historic. St. Gereon's is one of the most curi- ously constructed churches of the Mid- dle Ages. It was founded by the Em- press Helene in honor of the Theban martyrs, who, to the number of 300, died for their faith, with their captains, Gereon and Gregory, toward the end of the third century, in the reign of Diocletian. It is an octagonal struc- imilar to that of Charlemagne, at 1 -Chapelle: and though it has been repeatedly enlarged and otherwise al- | tered since its foundations were laid in| | the ffth century, it presents today a distinctly Rhenish style, with modifica- tions that suggest the Templar's Church |in London and the famous example at | Ravenna in Italy. The great decagon of St. Gereon's is covered with a domed roof, divided into 10 sections by groins, or ribs, which | rise gracefully from the slender shafts | | at angles, meeting at the apex in a boss. The ancient collegiate ldings which formerly surrounded the edifice have disappeared, but there is yet an exten- sive structure of a more modern date which enfolds the central pile. The easterly apse is low and rectangular, while the facade of the west is flanked by two Romanesque unspired towers. In the walls of the choir are pre- served innumerable skulls of the com- panions of St. Gereon, and in_each of the chapels is a great sarcophagus containing the bones of the martyrs. | Beneath the choir is a vast antique | erypt which contains yet other sarcoph- aguses filled with human bones. MORNING SERVICE 10 BE BROADGAST Dr. Lambeth to Preach on “Knowing God” at Mount Vernon Place Church. ‘The service tomorrow at 11 am. at the Mount Vernon Place Church, will be broadcast by Statlon WRC. The pastor, Dr. W. A. Lambeth, will preach on “Knowing God.” He also will preach at the evening service on “My Task,” & | W] poem by Maude Louise Ray. In the service of the Junior Congre- gation at 11 o'clock in the Sunday school auditorium, the junjor preacher, Rev. H. R. Deal, will speak on “A Nature Study. Mrs. Willlam E. Brock, wife of Sen- ator Willlam E. Brock of Tennessee, will address the A. B. Pugh Bible Class at_9:30 am. ‘The second of a serles of evangelistic | sermons, on four consecutive Sunday evenings, will be preached at 6:30 o'clock in the Sunday school auditorium by Rev. J. J. Rives, pastor of the Francis Asbury Church. These services | are being held by the Senior Epworth League. The annual week of prayer will be observed by the missionary societies from Monday through Thursday with special services at the church each evening at 8 o'clock. ‘The mission study class of the Woman's Missionary Society will be held Tuesday at 10:30 o'clock. The board of stewards will meet in room 8 Wednesday at 8 o'clock. The finance committee will meet in the pastor’s study at 7 o'clock. Instead of the regular prayer meet- ing service Thursday evening, the service will bs conducted by the mis- sfonary societies of the church as the closing program of their observance of week of prayer. An Inteidenominational. Young Peo- ple's rally will be held Friday evening. PASTOR ANNOUNCES HIS SERMON TOPIC Rev. E. 0. Clark's Communion Meditation Subject Will Be “What Price Redemption?” “What Price Redemption?” will be the subject of a communion meditation by Rev. Edward O. Clark, pastor, at the Chevy Chase Baptist Church tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. New members are to be received into the church. Continuing the series on the “Drama of David,” in the evening service, at 7:45 o'clack, Mr. Clark will have as his subject “Nathan's Parable.”” A service of song precedes the sermon. The month of November is being ob- served in the church as Loyalty month. Loyalty and coupons will be received at each of the rcgular services of the church. An every-member visitation will be con- ducted by the men of the church to-| morrow afternoon in the interests of the yearly budget. The annual church banquet will be held November 14. william A’ Reilly 15 chairman of the committee on arrangements. EVANS TO ADDRESS CLASS| Representative John M. Evans of Montana will address the Harrison Bible Class of Congress -Street Methodist Protestant Church, 1238 Thirty-first street, tomorrow at 9:45 o'clock, in the auditorium of the church. His subject will be “Respect for Rightful Author- ity.” Clarence Morgan will have charge of the lesson and give a short talk on it. All men are welcome. Rev. H. A. Kester, S. T. D, the pas- tor, will deliver the sermon at the reg- ular church service, 11 o'clock, and ex- plain the campaign for new members, which will continue throughout the month of November. i PASTOR PREACHES TWICE. Dr. B. H. Melton, pastor of the Ninth Street Christian Church, will preach to- morrow morning and eveneng. The Missionary Society will meet Wednesday at 10:30 o'clock. A program has been arranged, followed by & lunch- eon at 12:30 o'clock. The Missionary Guild will meet in the evening at 8 o'clock. This guild is composed of members of the Misslonary Society who in office throughout the day and unable to attend ’e day session. bonds have been distributed | BISHOP TO PREACH EVENSONG SERMON | Dr. Freeman Will Officiate at Special Service in Bethle- hem Chapel. At the people's evensong tomorrow’ in Bethlehem Chapel of ‘ashington Cathedral at 4 p.m., Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will be the special preacher. This serv- ice will be broadcast by radio over RC, Dr. G. Freeland Peter, canon of Washington Cathedral, will preach at the 11 a.m. celebration of the holy communion in Bethelhem Chapel. Two pilgrimages over the Cathedral Close and through the crypt chapels will be held under the leadership of Rev. John W. Gummere of the Cathe- dral clergy staff. The first will take place immediately after the 11 am. service in Bethlehem Chapel and will start about 12:30 p.m. The second pilgrimage, also under the direction of Rev. Mr. Gummere, will begin at the | Peace Cross in the Cathedral Close at |3 p.m., weather permitting. The other services in Bethlehem Chapel tomorrow will be as follows: 7:30 am. celebration of holy com- munion; 10 a.m, morning prayer and litany. There is a celebration of the holy communion at 7:30 am. dnd uvening prayer at 4 pm. in Bethlehem Chapel each week day. Thursday an additional celebration of the holy communion takes place in the Chapel of the Resur- rection at 9:30 am. for the benefit of those who are unable to attend at the earlier hous PASTOR TAKES TOPIC ' ON “WHY A CHURCH?”"| | | 5 | Grace Lutheran Plans Preparatory Service in Morning—"“A Day in a Modern Home" Evening Text. | At Grace Liitheran Church, Sixteenth | and_Varnum streets, the pastor, Rev. Gerhard E. Lenski, will preach tomor- |row at 11 a.m. on the subject, “Why a Church?” This service is by way of | | preparation for the church’s annual | “every member” canvass, which will be launched November 10. . The committee on arrangements is composed of the following: Willlam |Lehmann, Ona R. Hoover, Marvin Bumgarner and La Four Raymond. A dinner for the workers in this canvass will be given in the hall of the church Wednesday at 6 p.m. Arrangements are being made for a committee of 50 workers. At the evening service tomorrow the pastor will continue his discussion of George Fiske's book, entitled, “The Changing Family " His special topic will be “A Day in a Modern Home.” The “White team,” captained by Earl Haislip, was last week's winner of the | membership contest of the Sunday | school. H. S. Yoke is captain of the “Blue team” and Mrs, William Ruchert of the “Red team. { | SERVICES CONTINUED. The series of services which began | October 27, marking the forty-sixth year of ihe existence of Miles Memorial |C. M. E. Church, continues through | next Friday. Sunday at 11 a.m. Rev.| | G. T. Long, Washington District C. M.} E. Church, will preach the communion | service. At 8 p.m. the pastor, Rev. L. C. Cleaves, will preach to the visiting Elks and Cross Bearers. * The following ministers "will preach from Monday night through to Thurs- day: Rev. Lewis A. Sheafe, Rev. A F. Elms, Rev. Douglass R. Grymes and Rev. Thomas 8. Tilden. Friday night a reception to all visiting friends wil be given by the church, thus concluding the anniversary celebration. —. “The One Unfailing Refuge.” Rev. Homer A. Kent, pastor of the First Brethren Church. Twelfth and | E streets southeast,. will preach tomor- row at 11 o'clock on “The Unfailin, Refuge.” At 7:45 p.m. his subject will be “Witnesses to the Deity of Jesus.” Beginning November 12 an_evangelistic campaign will open, with Rev. R. Paul Miller of Philadelphia as the evangelist. Daughters of the King. The -Fall local council of the Daugh- ters of the King will be held in the ,[i-mh hall of Rock Creck Church next hursday at 8 pam. WILL BE OBSERVED Proceeds Will Be Used to Re- duce Hamline M. E. Building Debt. At Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church Dr. Chesteen Smith, minister, | will observe the Joash Chest day at both | services tomorrow. A Joath Chest| which has been used in the Wesley| Methodist Episcopal Church, Worcester, | Mass., has been secured for these special | services. The members will make a free | will offering for the curtailing of the| building fund indebtedness. The pro-| cessional will be directed by the women in white under the direction of Mrs. Ed- ward S. Brashears. E. R. Rochester is the general chak'man. The sermon tomorrow morning wiil be delivered by Dr. J. Phelps Hand, dis- trict superintendent of the Washington district of the Baltimore Conference. In the evening the processional of the Joash Chest will, be repeated. There will be shown on the screen pictures of some of the Methodist Episcopal churches erected in recent years. Brief addresses will be made by Mrs. H. S. France, Rev. W. H. Richardson and Dr. Smith. The Woman's Foreign Missionary So- ciety will meet Wednesday at 10:30 un- der the direction of Mrs. Harry A. Havens, president. Mrs. K. E. Duehay will conduct the devotions. Mrs, F. C. Brinley will speak. At 12 o'clock the Ladies’ Aid will meet under the direc- tion of Mrs. Orrel Moody, president. Mrs. John C. Rau is chairman of the luncheon committee. Luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock. At 2 o'clock the Woman's Home Missionary Society wiil be addressed by Mrs. Frederick Brown | Harris on the subject, “Jubilee Goals to | Accomplishments.” Mrs. O. H. Hillman, president, will preside. . THREE SERVICES LISTED. At Second Baptist Church, Third street between H and I streets, tomor- row, Rev. J. L. 5. Holloman will preach at 11 am. on “Building the Morale of a Race Through the Medium of Re- ligion.” At 3:30 p.m. the Deacon’s Auxiliary Club will conduct a special service. = Dr. Julius 8. Carroll, pastor Mour. Zion M. E. Church, will preach. At the evening hour the pastor will preach on “Honest Industry, Society’s Great Asset.” The Bible school will ;neet. at 9:30 am, and B. Y. P. U. at pm. SUBJECT IS ANNOUNCED. “More Than These” is the topic of the sermon at Temple Baptist Church tomorrow morning by the pastor, Dr. Thomas E. Boorde. In the evening the members of the Euzelian Bible class will present a pageant, “Ruth and Naoml.” The Lord's supper will be observed at the close of the morning service. The church covenant will be read. The church has closed its mis- slonary year with all its pledges paid. The pastor will be absent for a week, assisting in special services in Norfolk Installation Service DR. F. F. HOLSOPPLE. PUBLIC INSTALLATION SERVICE TOMORROW Dr. Holsopple to Become Pastor of ‘Washington City Church of the Brethren. The public installation service of Dr. . F. Holsopple as pastor of the Wash- \nilnn City Church of th> Brethren, will take place tomorrow at 11 am. Dr. J. W. Lear of Chicago will deliver the installation sermon and give the charge to the pastor and congregation. Elder J. H. Hollinger will respond in behalf of the congregation. Dr. Holsopple has been serving the church since September. He came to Washington from Roanoke, Va. where he was pastor of the Central Church for three years. Prior to that he was pastor seven years at Hagerstown, Md., and from 1901 to 1914, was a member of the faculty at Juniata College, Hunt- ingdon, Pa. ‘The Lord's supper and communion will be celebrated at 6 p. SERMON TOPIC GIVEN. Rev. Otto Braskamp, pastor of thé Northminster Presbyterian Church, Alaska avenue and Kalma rcad, will preach tomorrow g _on “Why ‘They Followed Jesus.” the evening at 7 o'clock there will be a oun% people’s meeting. Suncsy school will meet at 9:40 a.m. ‘The Women's Auxillary will meet Tuesday at 11 o'clock. Midweek prayer service will be held Wednesday evening. EX-PASTOR TO PREACH. At the Metropolitan Methodist Church tomorrow morning Dr. John Reid Shan+ non, a former pastor, will preach. His subject will be “Life’s Greatest Ques- tion and Its Answer.” In the evening Dr. Deets Pickett the Ralelgh Heights Baptist Church, of which he was formerly pastor. will speak on ‘Temperance.” Religious Questions DISCUSSED BY Dr.S. Q. Is anything definite known about the history of Simeon, who blessed our Lord in the temple? I know of no his- torical references to this aged saint ex- fi'fm 8t. Luke's statement concerning m. A. The evangelist says: “And behold there was 2 man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Ghost was upon him.” (St. Luke, xi, 25). ‘Then follows one of the most beautiful incidents in the Gospel of the Nativity, crowned by the “Nunc Dimit- tis,” which has since been the evening hymn of God's people for nearly 20 centuries. The two Greek words describing Sim- eon, “dikajos” and “ellabes,” translated respectively as “just” or ‘righteous” and “devout,” stress his upright rela- tions with men and his worshipful at- titude toward God. Plainly he was one of those radiant and well rounded souls who maintained Israel's vigll for the promised Messiah. Legend has been busy with his name. One story identifies him with a rabbi who was the son of Hillel and the father of Gamallel I. But this and similar accounts are wholly speculative. Simeon’s presence in the sacred annals demonstrates the endless luster of the good who were unknown to fame in their earthly life. Little did this modest, dedicated and holy Jew think that you and many others would eagerly inquire about him 1929 years, or thereabouts, after he had departed in peace. Q. Kindly explain Christ's words that there will be no marrying nor giving in marriage in Heaven. Did He mean that the wonderful and divine gift of love between men and women will cease after death, or was He referring only to the physical attributés of marriage? Surely pure love does not die. A. The heaven to which Christ re- ferred is a state of spiritual being in which the reproductive function is un- necessary. His statement casts no siur on earthly marriage. The final supe- riority is that of the spiritual over the material, a truth which no normal per- son should have any difficulty in accept- ing. Sacrificial love will still exist, for this love is essentially spiritual, although on earth the expression is necessarily conditioned by the flesh. Perhaps _in your school days you read Sir Walter Scott's “Lay of the Last Minstrel.” If so, you may recall these lines: “Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below and saints above, For love is heaven, and heaVen is love.” There are men and women whose sole ground for believing in immor- tality is that love cannot die. They may feel the futllity of all meta- physical arguments for a future life, and they may disbelleve every story which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ac- cepts as conclusive. But, having loved deeply, they maintain it is such a di- vine passion that the personalities in which it is aflame will surely sur- vive the stroke of death. It may not be an argument which satisfies everybody, but I refer to it here because it is germane to your inquiry: indeed, in some respects, it is its answer. Do not_forget the meaningful words, “God is love.” I cannot perceive how there can be a state of conscious ex- istence in Him without love. Q. If a Jew, out of conviction, be- comes a believer in the Lord Jesus‘ Christ, has he the right still to call himself a Jew? A. If you are satisfied to be governed by New Testament precedent, your question 1is easily answered. The | great majority of early Christians were Jews and they did not cease to be regarded as Jews because they were Christians. While St. Psul became known as “the Apostle to tha Gentiles,” he never overlooked an op?urtumcy to resent his message to his fellow coun- en. It was his constant prayer | at all Israel might be saved.” The early Christian Jews continued their worship in the temple and observed thelr national feasts, (See Acts, 11.46; ) Parkes Cadman. In our day, however, the question is complicated by the unfortunate antag- onism which prevails between Jews and Christians. Kence, the supposition that a man must be either a Jew or a Chris- tian, and that he cannot be both. Iam confident that this view will gradually lose its prevalence, although its com- plete abolition will require substantial concessions by both sides. Christianity will ultimately acknowledge that Juda- ism gave it Jesus, and Judaism will ul- timately recognize that Christianity exalts Jesus as the glory of Israel. If. therefore, a Jew of apostolic times who accepted Him did not cease to be a Jew, there seems to be no valid reason why the same status should not obtain now and in the future. Q. On what grounds do you base your belief that God exercises a peculiar care over the peoples of the earth? | As a student of science I believe that all things are fixed by law, and that nature forbids the intervention you described. A. As a student of history T there is such an intervention apart from it many transformations in nature and in man _cannot be satisfac- torily explained. What or who, for example, creates the difference between the organic and the inorganic, the liv- ing and the non-living, the instinctive and the rational? They make breaks in your argument which the theory of law’s fixity and unbroken development cannot bridge. Everywhere in life, in nature, in his- | tory, in personality, there are breaches | with the past, new beginnings, novel facts, that are not to b> measured DY! the canons you lay down. The uni- | verse is too rich and manifold to be confined within this dogma of science. Jesus taught that God is the Creator and Father who watches over every- thing He has made, and that His chil- dren should act as if all things work together for good to them that love Him. Those who are opposed to this teaching construe human life in two ways: First, as a painful discipline to be borne with Spartan endurance till death mercifully ends it; secondly. animated by a diabolic urge whi mocks man's useless efforts to escape its clutch. Neither speculation is gen- erously accepted, because both are op- posed by humanity's deepest conscious- ness and our actual experience. I therefore adhere to the téaching of Jesus and believe that every soul which does its best, trusting in God for deliv- erance; Is already destined to be forever blessed. Nor could I thus adhere and believe if I conceived God as having set up laws He cannot control for His | own purpose. What would you think | of an cngineer who built a machine he | could start but could not stop? ! WILL MEET TUESDAY. ‘The members of the department of | religious education of the Diocese of | ‘Washington elected at the last conven- tion will hold their first meeting in St. John's parish hall, Sixteenth and H streets, Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. The officers and members are: Chair- man, Rev. Franklin J. Bohanan: sec- retary, Arthur_ Anderton; treasurer, W. C. Beck. Executive council, Rev. Calvert E. Buck, Dr. Robert Johnston H. Lawrence Choate and Dr. W. Sin. clair Bowen. Members of the depart- ment, Rev. Edward Gabler, Mrs, Mary C. D. Johnson, Miss Heloise Sargent, Rev. Clyde Brown and Rev. J. Manly Cobb. Members of the Sunday School Institute, Miss Emma W. Abbott, Dr. G. Freeland Peter, Mr. Leslie €. Rucker. At this meeting & program will be arranged for the next meeting of the Sunday School Institute, which is held on the third Tuesday 6f each month. believe | nd that i “Mystery of Death” Is Topic. “The Mystery of Death” will be given | tomorrow evening at 8:15 o'clock at the | United Lodge of Theosophists, Seven- teenth and 1 streets, and Thursday at 8:15 p.m. the study class will consider the subject of “Evolution.” Public is invited.. g S “The Church and| | Church tomorrow mornin, | part. ¥ RELIGON SCADOL T0 OPENNOV. 11 Registration Will Begin Mon- day Night—Classes Will Run Until June. Registration for the School of Re- | ligion of the Young Men's Christian As- sociation College ~will begin Monday i night at the religious work department i of the Y. M. C. “v\ s announced today by Page McK. A, 1736 G street, it tchison, secretary of the school. ‘The school will open the evening of November 11 at Calvary Baptist Church, at 7 o'clock. Classes will be held reg- ularly thereafter on Monday nights un- til June 11, except for Christmas recess. Organized 11 years ago to meet a de- mand in the Capital for trained leaders in churches and Sunday schools, the school has attained wide success. Dr. Homer J. Councilor, director of religious education of Calvary Baptist Church, heads the faculty as dean. Other members of the faculty in- clude Dr. James D. Buhrer, pastor of the Pirst Reformed Church and for- merly instructor in history of philosophy and medieval history at Heidelberg Col- lege; Dr. George S. Duncan, professor of Egyptology, Assyriology and biblical literature at A n University; Dr. H. Dennington Hayes, pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church; Mrs. Anne Tillery Rensh: chairman of literature, League of American Pen Women, found= 2r of the local school of expression bear- ing her name and formerly teacher at Pennsylvania State College and George Washington University; Lilllan A, Shewmaker, critic teacher, Wilson Nor- mal School; W. H. H. Smith, authority on Solomon’s Temple; D. Roland Pot= ter, president of the District of Colum= bia Christian Endeavor Union, and Mr. Etchison, director of religious work at the Y. M. C. A. For admission to the school the equiv- alent of a four-year high school course is required in the case of those seeking credits and gracuation. All classes are co-educational. Requirements for students who wish to secure credits from the International Council of Religious Education are thet they shall not be less than 16 years of age and shall have completed two years of standard high school work. . Stu- dents 18 years or over may enroll though they have not completed the two years of high school work. However, all per- sons 18 or over will be admitted to il classes “as auditors. Courses include psychulofi. pedagogy, story_telling, life of Christ, missions, church history, Old Testament, N Testament, the Temple, young people organization and public speaking. Twelve credits are required for grad- uation., In addition to diplomas, the school will award certificates of credit for each unit of study completed. EPWORTH CHURCH PROGRAM OUTLINED +Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper An- nounoed for Morning—Sermon on “The Penitent's Psalm.” ‘Ths sacrament of the Lord's supper will be held in Epworth Methodist Church South, Thirteenth and North Carolina avenue northeast, tomorrow at 11 o'clock, before which Rev. Dr. John C. Copenhaver, pastor, will de- . {liver the communion messag: on “The Penitent’s Psaim.” He will preach also for the 8 o'clock service, his subject to be “A Man Not Afraid of Lions.” This will be the third of a series of sermons {bas-d on the “Book of Daniel.” The Sunday school will conduct services at 9:30 am. The Epworth League chapter will meet at 7 o'clock p.m. The Hummer Memorial class will meet in the church at 8 o'clock Tues- day evening. The official board of the church will meet at 8 o'clock W« day evening. Thursday evenin; o'clock, the pastor will hold the usual weekly prayer meeting in the chi . Mount Olive Sermon Announced. ‘The pastor of Mount Olive Baptist Church, Sixth street between L and M streets northeast, will begin a series of sermons from the Book of Daniel. Invincible Determination” will be subject at 8 pm. “The Way, Truln and Life,” will be the subject at 11 am. At the communion ce ac 3:30 p.m. there will be a reception of the new members added this montn. — ( Pians Sermon Series. Shiloh Baptist Institutional Dr. Milton preach 1n At ‘Waldron, the pastor, will | preparation for a series of sermons on “The Bible Doctrine of Prayer.” whicn he is to bef'n November 10. The Lords Supper will be administered and new members received at the night service. Woman's Day to Be Qbserved. ‘Woman's day will be observed tomor- row at the Florida Avenue Baptist Church. Miss E. F. Marritt will speak at 11 am. Mrs. Julis West Hamilton at 3 p.m. and Mrs. Martha A. McAdce at 8 pm. Rev. W. A. Taylor, the pas- tor, will preside. Christian Endeavor The Young People’s Society of Chrise tian Endeavor of the First Church of the Brethren wiJ celebrate Christian Endeavor month, beginning tomorrow and ' continuing through ~the entire month. The celebration will be formally opened Wednesday night, when the so- clety will give a social and invite all the young people of the church to attend. The society will have an Old Home night tomorrow, at which time the pas- tor and his wife and all former mem- bers of the society will have a special Mr. Potter, Mr. Koch and Mr. Kinard are the speakers for the re- maining three Sundays in the month. The Sunday evening meetings will be held at 6:45 o'clock. The flying squadron of the District Union_will meet with the Young Peo- Fl!'l Society of First Brethren Church lomorrow at 6:45 o'clock. Luther Kinard will have charge of the mecting at Fort Meyer tomorrow afternoon. The Christian Endeavor board of the Senior Union will hold a meeting to- morrow at 3 o'clock in the Christian Endeavor headquarters of the Y. M. C. A. Building. ‘The Senior Society of Calvary Bap- tist Church will elect officers tomorrow evening. The installation banquet for the five societies will take place the first week in December. ‘The monthly meeting of the Inter- | mediate Union will be held November 8 at 7:45 pm. in First Congregational Church. Mrs. Gordon of Mount Rainier Christian Church will be the speaker of the evening. Time will be given to the discussion of plans for the Thanks- giving basket to be given by the union at Thanksgiving. Mildred Lindblom of Keller Lutheran Church has been se- lected as the official representative of the union in the Christian Endeavor world contest for a trip to the world C. E. convention in Berlin in 1930. ‘The new advisor for the Intermediate Society . of Sherwood Presbyterian Church will be introduced to the soclety tomorrow at 6:45 o'clock. The Intermediate Society of Keller Lutheran Church, under the leadership of David Cooksey, will conduct a dis- cussion tomorrow_evening cn the sube ject “Living the Fourfold Life." l;ll'hr u;l;l_l!nr ::_cletl-a o£1 the Distrizt will use the subject “Making My Bod; & Fit Temple for God.” et y