Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1929, Page 11

/ OLY COMMUNION | o> vers ] SERVICE TOMORROW Dr. Lambeth to Speak on Morning Program of Mt. Vernon Place Church. ly communion will be observed at the 11 o'clock service tomorrow in the Mount Vernon Place Church. The pastor, Dr. W. A. Lambeth, will speak on “Believe and Receive.” The sermon at the evening service will be preached by the junior preacher, Rev. H. R. Deal. His subject will be “A Friend of Publicans.” Mr. Deal will also speak to the junior congregation in the Sunday school auditorjum at 11 o'clock on “Remembering Christ in Service.” ‘The Washington District Missionary Institute will be held in this church Tu t 10:30 am. Dr. W. G. Cram, secretary board of missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Nashville, Tenn., will be present; also, Dr. John Paul Tyler, Baltimore Con- ference missionary superintendent. Addresses will be made by Dr. Cram and Dr. Tyler and by Daniel C. Roper, chairman of the board of stewards of this church. A meeting of the Senior Epworth League will be held Tuesday evening. ‘The Woman's Missionary Society will meet Wednesday at 8 o'clock in room 10.. ‘The board of stewards will meet Wed- nesday evening in room 8. After the board meeting, the first quarterly con- ference for the new year will be held by the presiding elder of the Washing- ton district, Dr. J. H. Balthis. The finance committee of the board will meet in the pastor's study Wednesday at 7 o'clock. * The pastor will speak at the prayer meeting service Thursday evening. The following officers were tecently elected by the Young People's Mission- ary Society, No. 1: President, Mrs. Terissa Chapman; vice president, Miss Nettie Phoebus; recording secretary, Miss Ardelle Humphrey; corresponding secretary, Miss Priscilla Lazenby, and treasurer, Miss Isla Rhodes. DR. SIZ00 TO PREACH | TWICE TOMORROW Overflow Congregation at New York Avenue Church Accom- modated by Amplifier. Dr. J. R. Sizoo will prelhth}}omo;mv‘z momning and evening at the New Yorl Avenue Presbyterian Church. The am- plifier service is making accommoda- tion for the overflow each Sunday. His subject at the morning service is “On Being .” Sunday evening he begins three Sunday evening studies on “Some Aspects of Life in Holland and Belgium and Their Religious Values.” ‘Tomorrow evening his subject will be “The Place of Holland in the Family of Nations.” ‘The first of a series of church din- ners will be held Wednesday in the lec- room at 6:30 o'clock for the mem- bers and friends of the church. The committee in charge will be Willard Gatchell, Mrs. C. O. Goodpasture and Mrs. Donald B. Clement. The speakers will be W. Irving Glover, Assistant Postmaster General, and Dr. Earle Wilfley, pastor of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church. DR. PHILLIPS TO GIVE SERMON AT EPIPHANY BSchedule Includes Holy Commu-| nion and Corporate Communion. Dr. Mcrris Evensong Speaker. ‘The rector of the Church of the Epiphany, Dr. Z: B. Phillips, will preach st the 11 o'clock service tomorrow, the first Sunday in Advent. At evensong, at 8 o'clock, the pulpit will be occupied | ;yubr. James W. Morris, associate min- = ‘There will be celebrations of the holy communion at 8 and 11 am. At the former service there will be the ite communion for men and boys of the parish. This corporate com- munion is an annual event, sponsored by the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. REV. SWEM’S TOPICS. Announces “A Peculiar Story, and More” for Evening Sermon. A peculiar story, and more, will be told by Rev. E. Hez Swom tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. “A man with ears claimed that without' touching them he could make them stone-deaf, at any time!” At Centennial Baptist Church. The 11 o'clock morning ser- mon subject is “A Fouled Fountain." ‘The various societies of the Baptist | Ywn'!’ People’s Union meet at 7 p.m. | and the Sunday school, 9:30 am. SACRAMENTAL SERVICE. | Holy Communion Announced by | Rev. W. F. Atkinson. i ‘The sacrament of holy communion will be celebrated tomorrow at 11 am. at the ilncoln Road M. E. Church, Rev. Walter Pranklin Atkinson, min- ister. There will be reception of new members at the same service. At 8 pm. there will be a congregational service. An all-day meeting of the ‘women's organizations of the church| will be held Wednesday. Thursday at 8 p.m. there will be a joint meeting of the official board and church school ‘worleers in the interest of the religious | education work of the church. VICAR HEADS SERVICE. Communion to Be Celebrated at Trinity Church. Rev. Jackson L. Cole, vicar of Trinity | Episcopal Church, will celebrate holy communion tomorrow at 7:30 am, to be followed by the children's service and church school at 9:30 am. He will preach at 11 am. FM ‘The evening service at 8 o'clock will| include exercises for the admission of candidates to the Girls' Friendly Bociety. The preacher will be Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon of the Na- tional Cathedral. Canon Stokes will be the first of several well known preach- | s ers to make the addresses at the evening services during Advent in this church. On week days the daily offices ‘will be said at 8 am. and 5 pm. WILL PREACH TWICE. e e Topics for Sermons. Dr. James Shera Montgomery will preach tomorrow morning at_ Metro- politan Methodist Church on “Religion #s Reality,” and in the evening, at 8 o'clock, the subject will be “The Anchor of the Soul.” The Metropolitan Epworth League will conduct evangelistic services in the vestry of the church next week, begin- ning Monday and continuing through Sunday evening. Before each service a Columbia Federation executive board will meet Tuesday evening at Central Union Mission at 8 o'clock. The executive board of the Inter- mediate Federation will meet Friday at 8 pm. at the Central Union Mission Building. PFifth B. Y. P. U. will conduct the services at the Home for Aged Ladies tomorrow at 3 pm. The loud speaker devotional meeting. First will hold its monthly business meeting Wednesday night. Fountain Memorial will have the pro- gram presented tomorrow evening by Miss Theresa Bankeston and Group No. 3.8 They will have their monthly business meeting Wednesday evening. Z. C. Hodges, jr., will be the guest speaker of Highlands B. Y. P. U. to- morrow night. Kendall held its monthly business meeting and social Tuesday night. To- morrow evening Mr. McGill and Group No. 2 will have charge of the devotional meeting. National Baptist Memorial will have its monthly business meeting Wednes- day night. The devotional life commission, under the leadership of Miss Evelyn Ballou, will present the program tomorrow eve- ning at Petworth. The monthly busi- ness meeting will be held Friday evening, after which there will be a “tacky party.” Temple will have missionary slides tomorrow night. This will be in charge of Fred Braugh and the devotional life commission, Fifth B. Y. P. U. will present a min- strel show and entertainment Friday evening, entitled “The Wedding of the Painted Doll.” DEAN TO BE SPEAKER. Albert Russell at Friends' Meet- ing House. Albert Russell, dean of the school of religion, Duke University, will deliver an address on “Religion and Experi- ence” tomorrow at 8 pm. at the Friends' Meeting House, 1811 I street. This is the first of a series of meet- ings to be held during the Winter. The second will be Jamuary 26, when Clar- ence E. Pickett, executive secretary of the American PFriends' service commit- tee, will discuss “The Place of Friends in the Christian Church.” SPECIAL SERVICE. Christ Church to Hold Communion Twice. ‘The services tomorrow at Christ Church, Georgetown, will consist of a celebration of communion at 7:30 a.m. and again at 11 o'clock, with a sermon by the rector. Rev. E. Pinkney Wroth. Church school will be conducted at 9:30 am., under the direction of Albert Stuart, student assistant. Q. Our clergyman is an Episcopalian. But he does not like to be called a Protestant. He criticizes the name I was taught to honor. Why is this? A. He probably claims an unbroken ecclesiastical descent through the An- glican episcopacy from the ancient church of the pre-Reformation period. The Anglo-Catholic party of your church asserts this claim, and other clergymen of that communsion alsd favor it. “Protestant” is a somewhat ambigu- ous term. If all who have denounced abuses and striven for reforms were in any sense Protestants, some renowned figures of the Roman Catholic faith come under that description. _The writings of Erasmus, Contarini, Igna. tius Loyola and Pope Paul IV are fa- mous for their fearless exposures of wrongs and pleas for amendment. It is of the essence of modern Prot- estantism, however, that every indi- vidual believer is free to arrive at his own conclusions about religion, and to express them as he pleases, without let or hindrance. Yet the early re- formers did not concede this freedom. The Lutherans and Calvinist Churches followed a long and rough road in their pursult of toleration, both within their own borders and for each other. The passage from mere toleration to genuine fraternity is now in process, and it likewise confronts numerous ob- stacles. Liberty is not a lovely maiden wooed by all. She is a battle-scarred Amazon, constantly on the alert against unnumbered foes. ‘The term “Catholic” is also mis- leading. No one church is universal. Christ's_empire is divided. True, its Greek, Roman and Anglican branches, respectively, claim catholicism for their several communions. But as things are it is an ideal to be realized rather than an established fact. Hence, Prot- estant and Catholic are technical terms, leaving much to be understood which they do not cover. Q. 1f as Christians we believe in im- mortality, why do we value human life |so much and make every effort to prolong the lives of chronic invalids and hopeless sufferers? A. One frequently meet the idea that belief in immortality lessens regar for life here and now. It is founded {on the further idea that all ills will be abolished in a future existence. Your question points in this direction. It implies that we can well afford to shorten earthly life since death is not the end. act that “life is ever lord of " however, gives present life a significance which otherwise it could not have. Anything in man destined which are never to be handled in a careless, still less & destructive fashion. tortured by pain. But to cut it off in any realm a virtual denial of its values and an act of supreme folly. In the first instance, life is a gift received and not an acquisition secured by our own efforts and volition. Its sources are independent of human will. Hence, what man does not bestow he has no right to take away. except in obedience to the self-protecting instinct of the individual or the state. For these reasons the basic measure- ment of any civilization is its esteem tributes to its welfare and prolongation. Which do you think is the nobler at- titude, that of the savage who abandons from exposure, or that of the physician who finds in the helplessness of such a case a challenge of his best gifts? Even when suffering is “chronic” and edy death its inevitable outcome, civilized man exhausts his resources to lessen the patient’s burden and keep nim here awhile. Death is a foe to be fought because it is the denial of life. Hence, we are justified in fighting it to the last ditch, and until the supreme will intervenes to end the struggle. Q. What_is the meaning and inter- pretation of Chapter xxvii, 13, of Isaiah? A. The chapter of which these verses form the conclusion is a typical ex- ample of those apocalyptic references with which contemporary Jewish liter- | ature abounded, in which symbols and mythological epithets are employed to convey certain truths. These fi tive passages are difficult for us to un- were perfectly intelligible. Perhaps a comparison of the text you special service of prayer will be held in the adult Bible class room. These serv- 4ces will be under the leadership of Rev. Harold Eaton of Bryn Mawr, Pa. fifth chapter of Isalah will help you, Here the promise is given that the Jews who had been exiled in lands both east and west of Palestine should re- Religious Questions DISCUSSED BY Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. to live eternally has intrinsic values | Life may be hampered by difficuity and | for human life and for whatever con- | his sickly or malformed child to perish | gura- | derstand, but to their first readers they | quote with the thirteenth verse of the | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1929. PASTOR TO PREACH Lord’s Supper Will Be Observed Tomorrow, at Chevy Chase Baptist Church. ‘The ordinance of the Lord's Supper | will be observed at the Chevy Chase | Baptist Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock. | The pastor, Rev. Edward O. Clark, will preach a brief meditation on the theme, “Broken Things.” A Junior Baptist Young People's Union for boys and girls 9 years and over will be organized by Mrs. Gladys C. Wilson and Miss Mary Pearce to-| morrow morning after = the | church period. Junior r. Clark’s sermon subject at 7:45 p.m. At the prayer service December 5, a Christmas booklet of scripture compila- tions entitled “His Coming” will be used. ‘“Foregleams” will be the topic of this first service. The Senior B. Y. P. U. has organized | a fourth group with Miss Virginia Sut- ton as leader. The union meets to. morrow at 6:45 p.m. Aty MEN AND BOYS PLAN ANNUAL COMMUNION Yearly Corporate Celebration to Be Held at St. Paul's Chureh. The twelfth annual Nation-wide cor- | porate communion service of men and boys will be observed tomorrow and the chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew will attend in a body as well | the organizations and communicants | St. Paul's Rock Creek Church. At 9:30 a.m. a school session. At 11 o'clock there will be communion and a sermon by the rector, Dr. F. J. Bohanan. The new prayer book will be used. ‘Teachers will meet Wednesday evening to_discuss Christmas festivities. ‘The parish visitation will be made tomorrow by the men from 2 to 7 p.m. The rector has planned to have a regu- lar church service every Sunday evening during Advent at 8 o'clock. “GOD’S FARM.A" IS TOPIC. Dn Barrows Will Also Preach on “The Wrong Goal.” Dr. A. E. Barfows, pastor of the Eastern Presbyterian Church, will preach tomorrow at 11 am. on “God's I'G‘aonln" and at 7:45 p.m. on “The Wrong al. The Ladies’ Aid Society will meet Wednesday evening and the men's Bible class will meet in the basement of the manse turn to Jerusalem and again worship there the God of their deliverance. Con- sult also IT Kings trom xviii, 13, to xx, 19, the substance of which, according to Prof. Peake, is repeated in the twen- ty-sixth to the twenty-ninth chapters of Isaiah. The calling of the elect by a trumpet blast is an idiom very frequently em- ployed by the apocalyptic books, “a great voice as of a trumpet” being one of the resounding phrases of this litera- ture. The reference in the text before us to Assyria is not to be applied to the the Assyrla of Isaiah's time, of which Ninevah was the capital, since the| | chapter was written after the fall of | | that city. It is rather a general refer- | ence to the regions occupied by Israel's hereditary foes, Q. The Scriptures speak of death as a sleep and also as a transition to a place of great happiness. Yet Hezekiah did not want to die and Jesus wept when he heard of the death of Lazarus. | Moreover, Lazarus, after his restoration, never gave any information concerning; his_experiences while dead. ‘Would it not, therefore, seem as if there were no such thing as activity of the soul when the body lies still in death? A. Your illustration fro Hezekiah is hardly in point and does not establish the conclusion your question suggests. No sane person interested in a great enterprise as Hezekiah was desires death. All of us, whether so engaged or not, have a natural shrinking from the pain and mystery of bodily disso- lution. This statement holds true of those who are firmly convinced of more and fuller life beyond as well as of those who do not share that convic- ON ‘BROKEN THINGS’| | “The Gospel of Prevention” will be Famous Churches of the World HE town of Thomar, situated near the ruins of the ancient Neban- tia, is one of the most interest- ing and picturesque places in all Portugal. The river Uabao di- vides it into two parts, which are con- n:l%tged by a curious old medieval e. The Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy— Nossa Senhora de Pledade—a famous place of l;\:él:flmnge—flses on one hand, and on the other is a steep hill crowned with the enormous convent and fortress of the Order of Christ, which was once almost unrivaled in Europe for its wealth and splendor. The castle-convent of Thomar is in- closed in great walls which rise grimly around the summit of the rocky height in the midst of the town. In entering by the gate of Santiago the remains of the Chapel of Sta. Catarina are seen close by the walls, and below it the castle of Gualdrin Paes, now the prop- erty of the Counts of Thomar. A mas- sive flight of steps leads up to the great south door of the church, a portal which is one of the richest specimens of the flamboyant gothic style in existence. The plan of the tribune or apse is quite unique, having 16 sides, and being supported in the middle by a central pier, in the form of an octagonal tur- ret, within which the high altar is placed. The turret has two stories, in Romanesque style, with an approach to Byzantine ‘in the carving of its Cloister of Felipe Il—Thomar, Portugal l S5 capitals. On the piers are figures of kings and ecclesiastics, and behind the altars are three elaborate canopies. The holy water smu}n and some of the pllasters are of exquisite Arrabida breccia. Under the gallery of the ritual choir is the chapter house, a low, hand- somely vaulted apartment in two bays, with fine lattice-work at the west end. Its south door is one of the most won- derful specimens of the florid archi- tecture by which the splendid reign of Dom Monoel the Fortunate was char- acterized. In a belfry on the east end of the church hangs the largest bell in Portu- gal, on which is inscribed in the Latin tongue the text from holy writ: “Blessed be God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who comforteth us in all our afflictions.” The convent has 10 beautiful clois- ters, around which were the rooms of the brethren. Some of them were very elegant specimens of the. early pointed style of gothic architecture, with richly foliated capitals of a somewhat later type. Among the most striking are the great Claustros dos Felipes, one of which, that of Philip the Second, is shown in our picture. These are hand- some colonnades, two stories high, in the style known as cinque cento, The courts within the cloisters are filled with orange trees and partially paved with glazed tiles. DR. SNYDER LISTS SPECIAL MESSAGE St. Paul's Lutheran Pastor to Base Sermon on Text From Prophet Isaiah. . The Rev. Dr. Henry W. Snyder, pastor of St. Paul's English Lutheran Church, Eleventh and H streets, will preach to- morrow morning at 11 o'clock and eve- ning at 8 o'clock. In the morning he will bring a special message to the con- gregation from the Prophet Isaiah, his theme being “Vision, Rapture and Reality.” In the evening he will speak on “Three Photographs.” The two Sunday schools of St. Paul's will meet at 9:30 am. the St. Paul's branch at Zleventh and H streets and the Epiphany branch at the chapel, at Sixteenth and U streets. The Stewart Bible Class has recently financed the redecoration of the St. Paul's Sunday school department. At 7 o'clock the Luther League will meet at Epiphany Chapel and the Christian _Endeavor Society at §t. Paul's. The topic for discussion is “Why Is Christianity a Missionary Re- ligion?" ‘This evening, at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Harry T. Domer, 1745 Q street, the Dr. Samuel Domer Bible Class will hold its monthly meeting. An informal reception will be extended to Dr. and Mrs. Snyder, who have both been tion. There is always the thought of the unfinished work of loved ones to be left behind, of opportunities forfeited— reflections which give deep poignancy to_death. The case of Lazarus does not sus- tain your argument, because we have no record of what, if anything, he re- | vealed of his experience while in the | hereafter, and, further, it is possible [ that he had nothing to tell. Lazarus, | like the rest of us, could only remem- | ber what his brain recorded. While | his body lay dead his brain must have | been inactive, and the fortunes of his | discarnate spirit were not registered-in that inactive center. His memory re- sumed its functions when he was re- stored to bodily existence, and ibly he was at first unaware that he had been dead except as he inferred it from the circumstances or from the conversa- tion of others, Of course, this raises the issue as to life's conditions and processes beyond the grave. These are not fully in our present possession. Jesus, who wept for his own sorrow and for that of others at the grave of Lazarus, is the Chris- tian's authority concerning the future life. And He commands us to believe in God as its giver. Our knowledge of that life is dim. But it is enough to know that the souls of the righteous shall be with Him. “This day,” said Christ to the dying thief, “thou shalt be with Me in Paradise.” This is not the place of coma, but of the blessed- ness promised to those by faithful con- tinuance in well doing, “lay hold on | eternal life.” Q. Why did Christ have to die for man's sin if God is omnipotent? I am At a complete loss to understand the | doctrine of ‘the atonement. A. You are probably thinking of | | Christ's death either as a propitiation | offered to an angry God or as a_means ;of removing an obstacle to the further carrying out of His will. The first idea has no warrant in the New Testament. It is essentially a pagan view and quite loses sight of the fact that in the New Testament Christ is always set forth as God's gift to us and as the supreme expression of His love. The second idea may also be seriously misunderstood. It can be taken to mean that there was some obstacle iy | God which th= death of Christ removef. | I believe it is correct to say that the obstacle was in man. What could such an obstacle be? Only one thing—sin. God desires the destruction of sin, but sin is something which mere omnipotence can never abolish, in is an attitude of the human will and God cannot change that unless we allow Him to do so. The elected to honorary membership in the ¢l lass. The Ladies’ Ald Society, of which Mrs. George C. Husman is president, will meet Wednesday at pm. Epiphany Chapel. MAN WHO GETS READY” IS SUBJECT OF SERMON Dr. Frederic W. Perkins to Preach First of Series Preparatory to Christmas. “The Man Who Gets Ready” will be the sermon theme for Dr. Frederic W. Perkins at the service of the Universal- ist National Memorial Church in the Ambassador Theater, Eighteenth street and Columbia road, tomorrow at 11 o'clock. This is the first of a series of Advent_sermons, preparatory to Christ- mas, which Dr. Perkins will preach on the next four Sundays. ‘The Young People’s Christian Union will hold"their monthly business meet- ing at the parish house, 1603 S street, tomorrow at 5 o'clock. Supper will be served at 6 o'clock, and the regular devotional meeting will be at 7 o'clock. “ Miss Leila Mechlin will address the | Optimist Club Tuesday at 8 p.m., at its meeting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Perkins, 1661 Crescent place. REVIVAL SERVICE TO END. Evangelist Announces Closing Pro-| gram at First Brethren Church. ‘The First Brethern Church, Twelfth and E streets southeast, will close its revival tomorrow with three services. ‘There will be a decision service in the Sunday school conducted bf' Evangelist R. Paul Miller, At 11 o'clock he will preach on the subject “Partakers in Christ,” At the closing service in the evening his subject will be “The Pass- ing of Eternal Opportunity. THREE SERVICES PLANNED Grace Baptist Church Schedule An- nounced for Tomorrow. Grace Baptist Church, Ninth street and South Carolina avenue southeast, will hold three services tomorrow, at 11, 3 and 7:45 o'clock. % Charles Clark and Roy Gourley are assisting the pastor. sufferings of Christ are the means | Whereby God seeks to win our will to Himself. They are an expression at one a¥l the same time of His great and ablding love for men and of His aver- | sion to sin. He would forgive, bu® He | can forgive only as we repent, and He ! in us the spirit of repentance and thereby make us forgivable, “The Man Who Forgot” Theme. Rev. Bornard Brakamp, pastor ot the Gunton-Temple M:mor'al Presby: terian Church, will vosach tomorrow morning on the subjcc, “The Man Who manifests Himself in Christ to procuce * Purim. and at the 8 o'clock evening service on the subjegt “Excluding and Limiting God.” in | Celebrates Installation as Head of | | the minister, Dr. Mark Depp, will preach | under the Baptist Board of Missions, s | Morning and Evening Services at DR. DEPP TO PREACH TWICE TOMORROW | “Led Forth by Christ” Topic for Morning Hour at Calvary Methodist Church. At the Calvary Methodist Church, Columb'a road near Fifteenth street, | at both services tomorrow. At the morning service the sermon theme will be “Led Forth by Christ” and at the evening service “The Snare of Ideals.” The young people’s fellowship is from 6 to 7 o'clock in the Sunday schocl room; the devotional service follows at 7 o'clock in the Guild Hall. The young people of Foundry Church will be the guests of Cavalry Church. Elmer Carl- son will lead the discussion. The church school meets at 9:30 a.m. The Men’s Bible class, Dr. Arthur C. Christie, teacher, meets in the Guild Hall and the C. Y. W. class for women in the ladies’ parlor, with Mrs. D. W. Lum teaching. Dr. Arthur Jackson of the American University continues his Bible class ‘Thursday evening in the study of the Gospel of St. John. The devotional meeting follows at 8:15 o'clock, with the minister in cha: ARCHBISHOP CURLEY OBSERVES ANNIVERSARY Archdiocese, Saying Mass in Cathedral. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 30.—Arch- bishop Michael J. Curley yesterday ob- served the eighth anniversary of his in- stallation as head of the archdiocese of Baltimore, primatial American See. He celebrated the occasion quietly by his usual morning mass in the cathedral. Archbishop Curley was the youngest man ever elevated to an archbishopric in this country. He is 50 now. He was only 34 when he was made Bishop of St. Augustine, Fla. By virtue of his post at the head of the archdiocese he also is president of Catholic University, Washington. SEEK FUND FOR LEPERS. Auxiliary Will Hold Fall Ingather- ing December 6. The Fall ingathering of funds for leper rellef, under the Washington Auxiliary, Mission to Lepers, will be held December 6 at 2 p.m., in Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South. Rev., John Lake, re- turned missionary to the lepers on Tai- Kum Island, in the South China Sea, North and South, will give the princi- pal address. Other speakers will be Mrs. Hamilton E. Clark and Mrs. C. E. Ziegler, who will report on leper work in Belgian Congo, Africa, recently started by the Methodist Episcopal Church South, un- der the guidance of Bishop James Can- non, jr. Mrs. John Newton Culbertson, president of the auxiliary, will preside. PASTOR TO-OFFICIATE. Cleveland Park Church. ‘The pastor, Rev. George Farnham, will conduct both morning and evening services tomorrow at the Cleveland { Linton will | ing centers of popula ‘TALKS ABOUT JESUS’ SUBJECT OF SERIES Sermons for Takoma Park Presby. terian Congregation An- nounced. “Plain Talks About Jesus” is the subject of a series of Sunday night addresses to be given in the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church by the pastor, Rev. R. Paul Schearrer. The series starts tomorrow night and continues for two additional weeks. The particular topics are as follows: December 1, * Personality”; December 8, “His Pui pose,” and December 15, “His Passion At 11 am. tomorrow Frederick B. Spegk on “The Present Situation in Ofir National Life” and Mr. Schearrer will speak on verence for Laws—Human and Divine.” ‘The other appointments for the day are as follows: Church school at 9:30 am., adult Bible classes at 9:45 am. and pastor's communicants’ class at 10 am. The Christian Endeavor Socleties will meet at 6:30 p.m. Georgianna Smith will lead the Intermediates and Rachel Matson the Seniors. ‘The School of Missions will continue its meetings Thursday at 7:30 pm. There are classes for men, women and young people. “The Crowded Ways,” by Sears, and “Human Needs angaWorld Christianity,” by McConnell, the | text books used. —_— “THE ANSWERING VOICE.” Dr. Pierce Will Preach on Subject at All Souls’ Church. At the morning service at All Souls’ Church (Unitarian), Sixteenth and Harvard streets, the minister, Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, will preach on the subject: “The Answering Voice.” “Books for Christmas” is the subject upon which Mrs. Helen Steinbarger of the Mount Pleasant Branch Library will speak at the book chat at 5:30 o'clock. The feature at the Motion Pic- ture hour in Pierce Hall at 7:30 will be & picturization of Rostand’s famous story, “Cyrano de Bergerat —_— LISTS 150 NEW MEMBERS. Report From Revival Service at Fifth Baptist Church. The revival services just closed at Fifth Baptist Church, according to the pastor, Dr. John E. Briggs, resulted in 150 persons being receiyed into the church, 75 of whom were baptized the last two Sundays. » . H. W. O. Millington, executive secretary of the Columbia Association will preach tomorrow morning. Holy LUTHER LEAGUE l ‘The quarterly meeting of the Luther League of the District of Columbia will be held Tuesday at Luther Place Memorial Church, Fourteenth and N streets. The theme of this meeti be “Life Service.” Harold S. Miller of { Brooklyn, N. Y., will deliver an address and the program will be in charge of Miss Frances Dysinger, League Life Service secretary. The topic, “Why Is Christianity a Missionary Religion,” will be presented at St. Paul's Luther League tomorrow evening by George Cunningham. ‘Theodore G. Risley, solicitor of the Department of Labor, delivered a Thanksgiving address at Atonement 1s | Lutheran Church last Sunday evening, when the service was in charge Atonement's Senlor Luther League. A meeting of the State, District and local leagues’ educatiol secretaries. will be held December 5 at the home o{ P;red L. Schickler, 1300 Emerson street, of ——— NATIVITY CHAPEL PLANS FOR 26TH ANNIVERSARY Services Announced by Rev. E. M. Thompson, Viear. ‘The Twenty-sixth annivérsary of the Nativity Chapel of which Rev. Enoch M. Thompson is the vicar, will be observed with special exercises tomorrow. The first meetings were held in a pri- vate home and later in a storeroom at Seventeenth and East Capitol streets Five years later the chapel was erected. TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. West Washington Baptist Services Arranged. Rev. C. B. Austin, pastor of the West Washington ~ Baptigt Church, will preach tomorrow at 11 a.m. on “How To Glority God” and at 8 pm. on “What Jesus Thought of the Church.” The pastor will answer the following questions Sunday evening: Can a man be saved who is not a church member? Does the church suffer from too much sociability? Is there enough preaching in the churches about future punish- ment? Should churches aid in law enforcement? What is the greatest danger of the church today? Do you think the church is the only institution that can save our civilization from decay and ruin? What is the supreme business of the church? Evangelist to Speak. list Gramps of Port Plain, N. speak at the Gospel Mission, Evan, will Communion will be observed. Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson. THE CHRISTIAN HOME IN A MODERN WORLD. Deuteronomy, 6:30-9; Matthew, 19:3-9; Luke, 2:40-52; 24:28-32; Ephesians, 6:1-9; 2 Timothy, 1:3-5; 3:14-15. Golden text—Honor thy father and thy mother.—Eph., 6 If the Christian home should disap- pear, the modern world would soon pass away. The influence, instruction’ and | spiration of the Christian homes have ‘ontributed towards the advancement and development of our modern civili- | zation. 1In this age of, rapidly develop- | fion many critics claim that the Christlan home is disap- pearing. It is true that old-time homes are not found in our modern cities. The homes may be more compact in_our growing centers of population, but these changes in our modes of living have not destroyed the atmosphere of love and fidelity that makes a home. No one can build a home of wood, brick, concrete, | o pin, stone ro marble without the elements that transform the buildings construct- ed of such material into a home. It is more difficult to preserve the right at- mosphere of the home with love of the parents and children for one another in modern society, so we are facing in today's lesson one of the fundamental problems of society. In seeking to establish and preserve for other ages the atmosphere of the Christian home, we need no better ex- ample than the Nazareth home, where our Lord spent His boyhood, youth and early manhood. There is only one inci- dent of that important period of the Master’s life, which Luke has preserved for us in connection with the experience of the boy Jesus in the Temple. He condensed all references to the Lord's childhood in one compact, concise, yet comprehensive statement. It gives all the information that we have after the return of the holy family from Egypt upon the inauguration of Archelaus as King. Joseph selected Nazareth as the place that promised him the best open- ing for the development of his business as a builder and the establishment of a home for his family. The Lord’s Childhood. We are told that “the child grew, and waxed strong in the spiriy, fille with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.” This concise record reveals the fact that entering the race, as a divine child, the development of Jesus was that of & normal child. It was four= fold, physical, mental, spiritual and so- cial In a Christian home, the religious at- mosphere, like that which has charac- terized the Jewish race, is absolutely essential. Qur mothers shape our life in more ways than we are l?t to reccg- | nize. In no small way the life of Jesus | was molded by His mother, whose influ- ence, instructiop and inspiration helped | mold the character of her son. With-| out doubt Mary following the custom of all Jewish mothers, was the Master's first teadher. She taught Him His first prayer. She unfolded to his growing mind the meaning of the Sabbath, syna- gogue’s services and the Scriptures. She taught Him to touch and kiss reverently the fingers that touched the sacred | name of Jehova upon the Mezuza, that was attached to the door post of their home to teach all their absolute depend- ence upon God. The marvelous view that one can get from the heights about Nazareth helped Jesus to understand the close relationship that existed be-! tween His country and Jehovah. The! environment of Nazareth, which was “one of the great centers of Jewish Temple life,” where the priests assem- bled to prepare for the sacred functions and to go in companies to Jerusalem, filled His growing mind with its religious history. It was a commercial center, being on trade routes of the caravans that brought the civilization and cul-[ ture to the world of Nazareth. ‘The education of Jesus was continued in the local synagogue school. The He- brews surpassed all other races and na- tions in their principles and practice of educational principles. They statted the education of every child in their schools Park Congregational Church. At 11 o'clock the ect will be “A Study in Contentment.” The evening service will be at 6:30 o'clock. Mrs. D. Brown, president of the Congregational Women's Association of the Middle Atlantic Conference, will be the guest speaker at the meeting of the local association Wednesday. = ¢ French Services Tomorrow. Rev. Florian Vurpillot, pastor of the French congregation which meets every Sunday afternoon at St. John's Church, Lafayette aquare, will preach tomorrow at 4 p.m. on “Les pleurs et les chants.” at 5 years of age. Every home supple- | mented the school in its teachings of religion. Unless the modern homes see\| to it that their children are taught and | practice the precepts and principles of the Christian religion, the influence of the modern life will fall in giving to the modern world what God planned when Hf established the home that it should ve. ¥ Jesus revealed the marvelous knowl- ! contests with His foes and in His con- |Rev. George E. Schnabel and Ed- b 21‘; John Marshall place, Sunday eve- trip, which was probably His first| pe the Jjourney beyond Zaareth, covered terri- tory full of sacred history, and no doubt, Jesus asked many questions upon ! the way. No one can read the story of | those days without seeing that evi- dently Jesus had been encouraged to ask questions concerning the ligious problems, that, without doubt, had fre- quently been made the subject of con- versation in the Nazareth home. His attendance at the passover feast gave | Him the orportumty to ask the teach- ers of theology questions that the mem- bers of the Nazareth household had| not been able to answer. The great | theological schools’ of Jerusalem were n connection with the temple. | g the great religious feasts the! visiting youths were always welcomed the classes. It was customary and expected that the scholars would ask questions, which Jesus did. He sur- passed the youths of His day in His mastery and knowledge of the Scrip- tures to such an extent that the doctors of the law “were astonished at His understanding and answers.” The ab- g interest of the youth in the things of the temple and religious discussion caused Him to tarry in the temple when the family started back. They took it for granted without in- vestigation that He was with them. When His absence was discovered it took them three days to find Him, be- cause they did not seek Him in the temple. They, had underrated, as we are apt to do, the possibilities of chil- dren for religious thought and life, ‘The Silent Years. In His answer to His mother, the Lord. Jesus revealed the central theme of His ministry. Although He returned to Nazareth ‘and became subject to Joseph and Mary, the 18 years that have been called the silent years played a large part in the Master’s life. Joseph, whose name does not npgn ain in connection with the Master's life, fol- lowed the Jewish practice of teach- ing a trade to their children. He took Jesus into the carpenter shop and taugh Him to be a builder. ~While tolling at the carpenter’s bench Jesus learned much of the outside world from the visitors who visited it, seeking the service of Joseph, who, -according to tradition, died shortly after this time, and of the Lord Jesus, whose reputa- tion as a skilled master workman gave Him a local fame. It was during this | period that He thought through His, m that later were to be burned into the hearts of men. In some manner, perhaps by copying the Old Testament, He obtained a com- plete mastery of the ancient Scriptures. When the hour came for Him to leave the shop and enter upon His public minist Jesus had such a thorough knowledge of the 39 volumes that He quoted from at least 23 of them in His versations with His friends. Hé mastered Satan by His use of the Old ‘Testament. He probably formed at this period His method of prayer that caused Him to seek the secret places upon the lofty heights, where He could spend the night in communion with His Father. While developing physical strength at His trade Jesus enlarged His mental and spiritual life, so that He was ready to enter upon His life work when the urge of the Holy Spirit caused Him to leave Nazareth and take up ' His public ministry. What the Nazaref me was for the Lord the Christian home should be for the chil- dren within the home circle today. It should stimulate the love of God's word and encouragé the physical, mental and lgmtull development of our faeulties through labor, study and prayer, This will result in the honoring of father and mother and fitting the children to enter heartily into God's service. MINISTER AND ATTORNEY TO DEBATE PROHIBITION ward B. Dunford to Speak at Church Tomorrow, Night. Albright Memorial Evangelical Church, Fourth and Rittenhouse streets, will ob~ serve holy communion tomorrow morn- ing. Dr.J. W. Thompson of York, Pa., will preach the communion sermon, There will be:a reception of church members. The second in the series of sermonle debates will be at 8 pm. The subject tomorrow night will be “Resolved, That Prohibition Be Discontinued as a Na- tional Policy.” edge that He possessed concerning the Scriptures when He went up to Jeru- salem for the first time to attend the temple services as s son of the law. 3 i tended x;:n of age when He at- t passover service. The and the affirmative side, Dunford, attorney for the Anti- League, will argue the negative side.! J. Allen Clark will act as chairman Marvin Coleman §s timekeeper, Observance \Tomonow ‘With Special ly 8 o'clock. 7:30 o'clock will mon and benedict cember 8. ‘Third Baptist Church, Fift Rev. George E. Schna- | streets, bel, pastor of the chureh, will argue|the Unseen.” while Edward B.| Junior C. E. Soclety, Sllmm'goclety. 5 p.m.; Senior C. p.m. LY PASTOR'S SERMON - TEXT ANNOUNCED Rev. M. R. Lovell to Discuss “New Churches for 0Id,” Morning Hour. “New Churches for Old” is the theme tomorrow at 11 a.m. of Rev. Moses R. | Lovell of the Mount Pleasant Congre- gational Church, 1410 Columbia road. The motion-picture service at 7:30 p.m, will feature “The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come” and a short talk by Mr, Lovell. Church school is at 9:30 am. Dr. | Arthur Deerin Call will examine with the adult discussion group at 9:50 a.m., 'l‘The Way Out of the Mandate Prob- em.” The young people’s forum will meet at'5 o'clock. The group will continue its series of studies in psychology with & talk by Miss Jessie La Salle on “How Can Emotions Be Controlled?” The young people’s discussion group at 6 o'clock will consider, under Mr. Lovell's leadership, Stuart Chase's “Men and Machines.” The Washington Life Adjustment Center will be open Monday evening from 7 to 10 o'clock for staff consulta- tions. Appointments should be made through Miss Helen M. Treudley, direc- tor of the center. A meeting of the women's Bible class :lll be held at the church Tuesday at p.m, Mrs. A. B. McManus will address the Guild Wednesday at 11 a.m. concerning Java, to which place her husband was sent as a delegate from the United States to the Fourth Pacific Congress. A lecture with new slides in color depicting our marvelous Southwest, “Oldest America” or “Along the Santa Fe Trail,” will be given Wednesday eve- ning at 8 o'clock by Fred Payne Clat- worthy, under the joint auspices of the Mission Club of the PFirst Church and the League of Service. A get-together dinner will be held Thursday at 6:30 pm. by and for the men of the church and the community. Next Friday evening the members will leave the church by bus at 7:30 o'clock to attend the synagogue service of the ‘Washington Hebrew Congregation, 816 Eighth street. Rabbl Abram Simon will deliver the address. SERMON ON WOMEN PLANNED BY PASTOR Vermont Avenue Christian Church Will Observe “Women's Day” at Sabbath Service. At the Vermont Avenue Christian Church tomorrow Women's day will be observed and in the morning the pastor, Dr. Earl Wilfley, wit deliver an appro=- priate sermon on the subject “Women of All Lands.” At the evening service he will give an illustrated lecture-ser- mon entitled “On the Way.” This will second of a series of illustrated sermons on the general theme “A Pil- grimage to Bible Lands.” ‘There will be a “country fair” Mon- day from 5 to 10 o'clock at the church under the joint auspices of the e Barger Missionary Circle and “Le by dezvous,” a younj le’s e: nal group. The co-c en in charge are Miss Robera Belle Galloway and Miss Mary Cramer. The Woman's Council will meet Tues- day at 11 o'clock with Mrs. Fannie M. Woster, president. presiding. Mrs. B. M. Hafner, Mrs. Charllen li!t Pm:::olr ngd Mrs. D. B. Lloyd will participate in the program, the subject of which will be “Witnesses to His Nativity."” Following the midweek prayer meet- ing Thursday, the board of officers of the church will meet, with G. H. Hack- worth, chairman, presiding. GUEST HOLDS PULPIT OF WESLEY METHODIST Dr. W. L. Darby to BSpeak at Morning Church Service Tomorrow. Dr. W. L. Darby, executive secre! of the Washington Federation of Churches, will be the preacher at ths 11 o'clock service tomorrow at Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church, Congecti- cut avenue and Jocelyn street. The evening service at 7 o'clock will be in charge of Edward Mellon, who has chosen for his subject “What We Are Missing Prom Christianity.” A fel- lowship hour from 6 to 7 o'clock will be conducted by Miss Margaret Linkens, fourth vice president of the league. The monthly meeting of the Men's Club will be held in the social room of the church, Thursday evening. The union missionary luncheon of the churches of Chevy Chase will held at Wesley Methodist Church, De- cember 10, at 12:30 o'clock. Dr. Homer J. Councillor will give an address on his experiences in Jerusalem. THEMES ANNOUNCED. Rev. A. F. Elmes to Administer Lords’ Supper Tomorrow. Rev. A. F. Elmes, pastor of the Peoples’ Congregational Church, will preach tomorrow morni on the theme “A Friend of the Failures,” and administer the sacrament of the Lord's supper. The second in the new feature of the vesper services of the youn peoples’ service will be held at 6:3 o'clock. Under the auspices of the Woman's Home Missionary Soclety, Mrs. David E. Brown of the Congregational Woman's Association, Middle Atlantic Conference, will address a public meeting Tuesday. The annual meeting of the church will be held Thursday. SERVICE FOR WOMEN. Pageant to Be Presented at Eve- ning Meeting. The services at the Fifteenth Strect Christian Church tomorrow will be de- voted to the interest of ‘the women of the church. The pastor will preach & special sermon on the subject of “The Place of Women in the Church,” A pageant entitled “The Evidence of Power” will be presented by the women at the night service. ST. MARY’S HOLDS NOVENA | Masses Being Held at 7 and 8 A. M. and Devotion at 7:30 P.M. A novena began today at St. Mary's Church in honer of the Immaculate Conception and the Miraculous Medal, Rev. James S. Kerrigan of the Oblate Fathers is conducting the novena. masses The ing devotions at of prayers, ser- tion., It wnu'x‘chu '5’,_ Third Baptist Church. Rev. George O. Bullack’s topic at the and tomorrow morning, is BeelnQ Bible school, .m. 4 p. . O, B Soclety, prayer meeting Tuesday, 8 to 10 i-flll,-‘ prayer meeting, Thursday;