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HOLY NAME FEAST T0 BE JANUARY 12 Solemn Mass Will Be Offered in Churches, With Distin- guished Participants. ‘To accord with the recent rescript ot Pius XI, January 12 is set aside as the Feast of the Holy Name in the United States, on which day every church where the Holy Name Society his been canonically erected may have offered a solemn mass or missa cantata. The celebration here takes place to- morrow evening at the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament, Chevy Chase circle. Most Rev. Pietro PFumasoni-Biondi, apostolic delegate to the United States, will pontificate at the solemn benedic- tion closing the evening service. Right Rev, Msgr. P. C. Gavan, spiritual di- rector of the Washington Holy Name Unlon, is in charge of arrangements for the celebration. The Fourth De- gree, Knights of Columbus, will act as a guard of honor during the services. Rev. Thomas Gibbons Smyth, pastor of the shrine, will preach the sermon and will give the pledge of the Holy Name Soclety as an open profession of . {faith and patriotism. Joseph A. Kuhn, secretary of Blessed Sacrament Holy Name Society, is chair- man of the local committee on arrange- ments. He is being assisted by Charles ‘W. Darr, Andrew I. Hickey, Francis Anthony~ McCann, Caesar L. Alello, Henry J. Auth and Richard L. Lamb. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, Sunday School Lesso By Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson. BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION OF JESUS. Matthew, 1ii.1—4,11. Golden text.—This is My Be- loved Son, in whom I am well pleased —Matthew, 111.17. Six months after John the Baptist had commenced to preach in the wilder- ness near Jericho, Jesus was moved to leave his obscure and wonderful home in Nazareth to join the forces of the reformer, whose demands for righteous- ness had attracted the Nation. It marked a crisis in the Master's life when He laid down His tools in the car- penter shop and said farewell to the members of the home, that for 25 years had by its influence, instruction and in- spiration helped mold His character. Nothing less than the urge of the Holy Spirit could have moved Jesus to leave the silence of Nazareth to mingle with the crowd that had been attracted to the desert place where John preached and baptized. Christ's period of secluson and study was ended when He left His Galilean home to join His cousin. They prob- ably had never met until Jesus applied for baptism. The famous desert preach- er recognized that his appeal for men to repent did not apply to Jesus, who was without sin. The reformer suggested that he should be baptized by the Lord, who insisted that John should baptize Non-Catholic men of the city are invited to attend. There are to be no cards of admission. The service is for “HOPE” DESIGNATED AS SERMON TOPIC Dr. Rives Announces Subject of Morning Discourse and Outlines Additional Services. Him. In bis answer to John one can detect the fact that Jesus evidently rec- ognized that he was superior to John, but He clearly percelved that it was in accordance with God’s plan that He should identify Himself with John by being baptized and thus placing His approval upon the work of His herald, Who did not know that Jesus was the Messiah, when he baptized our Lord. The Master’s Baptism. John had never hesitated before, even when the leaders in the nation’s reli- glous life requested him to baptize them, but he would have hesitated more had he known that the candidate for bap- tism was the promised Messiah. Jesus Dr. J. J. Rives, pastor of Francis As- bury M. E. Church South, Sixteenth near Lamont street, will take as his subject tomorrow morning, “Hope.” In the evening he will continue his se- ries of sermons dealing with life's prob- lems from a practical standpoint, with the subject “Seeing Life.” ‘The Epworth League meeting at 7 p.m. will be in charge of Frances Bold- en. This will be Epworth Era night and the subject will be “Prayer.” Dr, Rives will give a talk at prayer meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. ‘The circle meetings of the Woman's ry Society will be held as fol- Jows: No. 1 at Mrs. Coe's, 1344 Park- wood place, at 2 p.m.; No. 2 at Mrs. Alley’s, 4410 Fourteenth street, at 8 pm.; No. 3 at Mrs. Craaford’s, 1356 Oak street, at 8 p.m., and No. 4 at Mrs. Elgin's, 1476 Harvard street, at 8 p.m. The Epworth League will have charge Mission at 8 p.m. CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN PLANS DAILY SERVICES Beries Beginning January 19 In- cludes Week of Prayer for Foreign Missions. Beginning January 19, a series of daily services will be held at Central Presbyterian Church, which will include the week of prayer for foreign missions set apart by the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Dr. Robert W. Miles of Lynchburg, Va., wili have charge of the services, preaching every night at 8 o'clock for 10 days. It is planned to make the week of January 26 to February 2 a season of E:yer for the foreign mission work of Southern Presbyterian Church. The young people’s Friday night class, | under the instruction of the pastor, Dr. James H. Taylor, will continue the studies in the Old Testament, taking up the books of the Old Testament in order. The next book to be studied will be the Book of Judges. It is designed to cover the entire Old Testament his- tory in this course. WILL MEET JANUARY 21. Bunday School Institute Plans Ses- slon 4n Epiphany Church. next meeting of the Sunday Institute of the Department of Education of the Diocese of Wi will be held in the Epiphany Church January 21 at 8 o'clock. This will be a joint meeting to which the Woman's Auxiliary of the of Washington has been in- vited to participate with the members of the Sunday School Institute. Rev. H. 8, Donovan, missionary from Liberia, ‘will be the speaker of the evening. Prior to this meeting the coaching class, which is a brancn of this de- partment, will meet in the Epiphany hall January 19 at 6 p.m. Be- the class instruction there will be & supper and following that the classes will assemble in their respective grades for one month's advanced instruction in the eourse of the Christian nurture ‘The School SECOND BAPTIST TOPIC. At Second Baptist Church, Third street between H and I streets, tomorrow the paster, Rev. J. L. S. Halloman, will h at 11 am. on “Merit ana ce, Life's Mighty Masters.” Com- | munion service will be held at 4 pm. | pastor will preach at the evening service on “The Unlimited Possibilities of the Present Moment.” Bible school will meet at 9:30 am. and B. Y. P. U. 8t 6 pm., ‘The January meeting of the District| of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union | was held at Georgetown Lutheran Church Monday evening. Mr, Potter | presided. Miss Pauline Hann, president | of the society at Georgetown Lutheran, led the devotional service. The pastor, | Rev. Mr. Beatty, gave an_address of | welcome. Dr. George J. Schulz, for- merly professor of American Govern- ment at Maryland University and now senior research specialist, Library of Congress, spoke on “The Spirit of God in American History.” The society from Congress Street Methodist Protest- ant Church won the shield for having largest percentage of its member- ship present at the meeting. ‘The soclef &t United Brethren Church hek s Philippine night Wednesday in the church. Mauro ~Berad! presided. Others on the pro- gram were: Joseph A. de Jesus, Urbano A. Zafra and Prof. Marcial P. Lichauco. ‘The annual Senior Christian En- deavor banquet will be held January 27 at Calvary Baptist Church. The annual intermediate banguet will be held at the same church January 31. The fiying squadron of the District Union, under the leadership of Bob! YLyon, will have charge of the meeting st Walter Reed Hospital tomorrow eve- hing. Mauro Baradl, secretary to the resi- dent commissioner of the Philippines, addrested the young people’s societies of Keller Lutheran Church last Sun- e A ka 1| the gospels ithe 40 days was about to enter upon His lifework and He believed that He was obeying God when He submitted to baptism. He indorsed the ministry of John as a messenger of God by being baptized. He identified Himself with humanity by sharing the rite with men. It was a baptism that showed His sympathy with sinful men, when He formaily conse- crated Himself by the rite which He later enjoined upon His followers. The Master’s baptism became the occasion of a divine testimonial to His g::x::lrlg,b'mm cha!ures Tefer to the opened on one[::! = c% pel only a few times, us t as He was being baptized He prayed and as He pnye(‘l s Shiexvia were opened. John saw the dove de- scend upon Jesus, which was the evi- dence that God promised to give him in inting out the Messiah. John, then, new that he had baptized the One for whose coming he had been commis- of the ‘meeting Saturday at Central |5.¢isd 10 Prepare. Jesus heard the voice the Father acknowledged Him as His ved Son. Ross has pointed out how “the self-consecration of Jes: Vi - warded as ours y sorcieacs is toda; a cle consclousness of endowment 'with God- given capacity for work and by a vivid sense of holy and filial intimacy with the Divine Being Himself.” When He enrolled Himself among the Iollower: ar“.l{ghx‘am.;:sm {xe.n} sna Heavenly Fa- acknowledging His well beloved Son. L The Master’s Temptation. Immediately following His baptism, our Lord felt the ne - ing aive ecessity of consider- ness His Mission. Next to His death and the solitude of the wilder- passion, the greatest event recorded in occurred in His tempta- ton. Tradition points to & high eleva- tion northwest of Jericho, called Mons Quarantana (the 40-day mountain), but the traditional site is not of so much importance as what took place during that, solitary and alone, Jesus thought out how He could carry out the program of establishing the Kingdom of God among men. The people were anticipating a national Testoration of their national power and prestige. Daniel had predicted a world- wide dominion. No one except the Lord Himself could have informed His disciples of what took place in that soli- tary struggle. It has been suggested that He probably told it to Peter shortly following his confession of Jesus as the Messiah and the Lord’s rebuke of Peter's protest of Christ's plan, so that the apostle might understand that He had rejected that plan when it had been submitted to Him by Satan himself, and that was the basis of his saying to Peter, “Get thee behind me, Satan.” There is no time when one is more susceptible to temptation than in the hour of spiritual exaltation. Tempta- tion does not reflect upon our char- acters unless we yleld to tion and indulge in sin. These trial: should serve to strengthen our faith and | help develop our personalities. The specific temptations that Jesus met in the wilderness proved conclusively that He was the Son of God and worthy to be the Messiah. Satan tried by the temptations that continued throughout the 40 days to mislead the Master as to His mission, so that Christ would mis- use His powers, The Three Temptations. ‘The three temptations mentioned in the lesson are similar in character as to those which men are compelled to face today. Physical appetites, the pride of life and the lure of possession of power are the temptations that test our fidelity and are along the lines that try modern | men and women. The first suggestion that Satan made was that He should use His power to turn stones into bread to satisfy His hunger. While the appeal had the germ of selfishness in it, the real temptation was in the suggestion that the proposed plan would prove His Sonship. It appealed to Christ's love for humanity and His desire to assist them along temporal lines. Labor recog- nizes today in its efforts to uplift the toiler that its inspiration has come from the one who left the Nazareth carpenter shop to enter upon His work as a spiritual teacher. Jesus knew the tremendous appeal of supplying men with physical needs, and He demon- strated more than once Hi; power to do it, but He refused to place material in- terests first in His work. He is turning stones into bread daily, for the disin- tegration of the stones supplies the min- erals that make possible our wheat havrests, whence comes our bread. The fallacy of many philanthropic en- deavors has been due to the fact that they have put first physical and tem- poral needs before man’s spiritual needs. Jesus turned aside the first temptation by quoting from Deuteronomy. While recognizing bread as an evidence of God's love, Jesus insisted that faith in God's word should be placed ahead of any desire for one's daily bread. Spirituality first was the decision of Christ. He determined then to put the Kingdom of God first at all times. If | Jesus had ylelded, it would have sup- plied men with excuses for yielding the flesh throughout the ages. The second temptation, as we have it in our lesson, was more subtle than the first, for the devil showed that he knew how to quote Scripture to his liking, but h> misapplied his reference, taken {rom the Ninety-first Psalm, T was no foundation in that passage that would justify Jesus in trying to demonsirate in a public, presumptuous way His Sonship. It presented to Jesus the sug- gestion of establishing a political church, that would dominate the civic life of the world by force. Jesus met Satan's false use of Seripture by a true use of the Biblical truth. Not one of the loyalty to the Father, which became the Arst plank in His platform. ‘The third test suggested that He ob- tain His kingdom by lowering His stand- ards. It proposed that He obtain power and possessions by His worshiping the devil. Satan promised Jesus that He could have all the kingdoms of the world if He would accept Satan's help in establishing the same. It was an effort to bribe the Master, just as the lure of possessions tempts men today to serve Mammon in place of Christ. ‘The passions, power and prejudice would be overcome easily if Christ would com- promise. Jesus based His refusal again upon God's word, “Thou shalt worship the Lord, thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. * = ‘The Master's fight was fought for us Jesus took our place. He determined to be the Messiah, not after the tyj imagined by His herald, nor according to the desires of the Jewish nation and its leaders, for He came forth a con- queror over Satan, determined to es- tablish a universal empire even if it cost Him His life upon the cross. In view of His success in overcoming the wm‘rmtlons of Satan, we are encouraged to fight evil in our temptations of life, for we can count on His helping us to win every conflict where the glory and honor of His name and kingdom is in- volved, "All who have revealed their strength in the Christian life have ob- tained their power through their vic- tories over temptations. QUESTIONS About The Bible 1—When Pilate proclaimed to the multitude that he “found no fault with this man” what interruption took place 2—What did she tell Pilate? 3—What was the name of Pilate's wife? 4—What happened to her in later years, 5—What effect did Pilate’s announce- merl;g of Christ's innocence have on the mol 6—What did they say? T—What did the name Galilee sug- gest to Pilate? 8—Why did he grasp at the idea? 9—What happened to Christ? 10—Where are these things recorded? ‘The answers to these questions will be found below. How many can you answer? 1—A messenger from Pilate's wife reached him on the balcony. 2—She gave him a message from his wife, saying, “Have thou nothing to do with this just man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream of rist's baptism. Luke tells | him. 3—Claudia Procula. 4—Tradition says she left Pilate and became a Christian. 5—It made them furious. 6—He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning with Galilee to this gllce." 7—That Christ might be transferred to the jurisdiction of Herod, tetrarch of Galilee. 8—He wished to get rid of a disagree- able case and wished also to pay his respects to Herod, with whom he was at enmity. 9—Christ was sent to Herod, tetrarc™ | of Galllee. 10—St. Luke, chapter xxiil. “FROM DREAM TO DUTY” PASTOR’S SERMON TEXT Rev. Petworth M. E. Church Service Program for Tomorrow. “From Dream to Duty” will be the theme tomorrow morn! by Rev. Samuel E. Rose at Petworth Methodist Episcopal Church. At 8 p.m. there will be a brief talk by the pastor on “A Hit or a Miss.” Thursday the midweek prayer service will be held at 8 o'clock. The building committee has an- nounced the financial campaign for the building fund will start February 21 and continue through March 3. Edwin M. Willis will conduct the drive, ‘The members of the building com. mittee are: Harry Beck, general chair- ; A. B. Lank, L. T. Jones, Thomas Mears and W. R. King, secretary. The pastor is a member ex officio. This group, together with Mrs. A. B. Lank, Fred Young, D. H. Davenport and Charles Buchanan form the executive committee, which will direct the ac- tivities under Mr. Willis' leadership. ‘The Sunday school board will hold its annual election of officers at a sup- per Tuesday, which will be prepared and served by the Mothers’ Round Ta- ble. |DR. MONTGOIJIERY SPEAKS ON TWO SUBJECTS SUNDAY | At the Metropolitan Memorial Meth- odist Church tomorrow public services will be held by the pastor, Dr. James Shera Montgomery. At the morning service he will speak on the subject, “The Rivers of Damascus,” and in the evening the subject of the sermon will be “A Dangerous Camp at the Road- side.” ‘The annual banquet will be held ‘Tuesday in the vestry of the church. ‘The speakers are to be Senator Thomas Schall of Minnesota and Bishop Wil- liam F. McDowell. Midweek service of prayer, praise and Bible study will be held Thursday evening, conducted by the minister. DR. FREAS TO PREACH IN CAPITAL CHURCH Dr. William Freas of New York City will address the Incarnation Lutheran congregation, Gallatin and Fourteenth streets, tomorrow at 11 am. ‘The Lutheran churches of the city begin tomorrow their annual campaign for members and funds for their local Inner Mission Social Service, of which Miss Frances Dysinger is the executive secretary. At 3 pm. & general conference with Dr. Freas will be held by all the city Inner Mission workers and pastors of the various churches, REGULAR PASTOR CALLED. Rev. Robert C. Masterton of Lumber- ton, N. C., has accepted a call to the rectorship of the Church of the Ad- vent, Second and U streets, and will enter upon his duties February 1. ‘The church has been without the services of a regular minister for some time. . “Consuming Zeal.” At the services of the People's Con- | gregational Church tomorrow morning, o | the pastor, Re : eal on the subject, “Consuming ‘Zeal.” The young people's service begins at 6:30 | Power of Prayer.” p.m., with the theme for discussion: | “How Can Natlons Practice the Golden Rule?” MMidweek prayer service every ‘Thursday. | “The Power of Prayer.” ! At the Third Baplist Church, Fifth ond_Q streets, tomorrow, Dr. George | 0. Bullock's topic at 11 am. is “The At 8 pm. his toplc is “Conquering Love.” Sunday morning prayer meetin; 30 to 7:30 o'clock. Bible school, am.; Junior C, E. Samuel E. Rose Anmnounces H. ST.ALBAN'S CHURCHBOARD OPPOSES | HAS SPECIAL SERIES :College of Preachers of Wash- ington Cathedral to Join in Wednesday Services. A special series of preaching services for St. Alban’s Parish Church on Mount St. Alban on Wednesday evenings at 8 o'clock, beginning January 15, was an- nounced today by the rector, Rev. Charles T. Warner. They are to be held under the joint auspices of St. Alban’s Church and the College of Preachers of Washington Cathedral, of which Right Rev. Phillp M. Rhine- lander is warden. Bishop Rhinelander has arranged to supply as preachers for these services the men who are to lead conferences for the clergy at the College of Preach- ers during the remainder of January and February. They will be informal and short, lasting less than an hour. ‘The series will open next Wednesday evening with a sermon on “How to Know Church History,” by Very Rev. Henry B. Washburn, dean of the Epis- ;(‘)pnl Theological School at Cambridge, ass. The preachers and their subjects for the following six Wednesday evenings are as follows: January 22, “How to Read the Bible,” by Rev. Father G. M. Williams, 8. 8. J. E,, St. Paul's Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.; January 29, “How to Meet Temptation,” by Rev. John R. Oliver, Johns Hopkins University, Bal- timore, Md.; February 5, low to Bring Religion to the Home,” by Right Rev. John Dallas, Bishop of New Hampshire February 12, “How to Pray,” by Right Rev. P. M. Rhinelander, warden of the College of Preachers; February 19, “How to Make Use of Lent,” by Right Rev. A. C. A. Hall, Bishop of Vermont; Feb- ruary 26, “How to Use the Sacraments,” by Dr. F. S. Fleming, St. Stephen's Church, Providence, R. I. BOYS TO TAKE PART IN ANNUAL SERVICE 50 Members of Junior Brotherhood of St. Andrew to Attend Cor- porate Communion. Fifty boys who are affiliated with the Junior Brotherhood of St. Andrew will Jjoin with one hundred senior members in the second annual corporate com- munion, to be held in the Bethlehem Chapel of Washington Cathedral on February 22, according to plans being arranged by the committee in charge. Bishop James E. Freeman, who will be the celebrant at the corporate com- munion, will make a 10-minute address to_the men and boys. Following the service the junior brotherhood members will take break- fast in the refectory of St. Albans, the National Cathedral School for Boys, at the invitation of Rev. Albert H. Lucas, headmaster. After the breakfast there will be a conference to lay before the boys a definite plan which the Broth- erhood of St. Andrew has for offering them interesting opportunities for per- sonal service in the life and work of the church. The senior members of the brother- hood will take breakfast in the refectory of the College of Preachers building, and will listen during their conference to addresses by Right Rev. Henry St. George Tucker, Bishop of Virginia, and . Lawrence Choate, national presi- dent of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, and others, Because the facllities for breakfast are limited at '_h; College of Preachers necessary to allot a in number of tickets to each chap- ter of the brotherhood, representing the various parishes in the Potomac assembly district. DR. J. H. HOLLISTER ANNOUNCES SERMON Chevy Chase Presbyterian Pastor ‘Will Preach on “When Your Children Ask.” tomorrow at 1 o'clock Dr. J. H. Hol- lister, the pastor, will use as his theme “When Your Children Ask.” Closing a series of studies on some of the non-Christian religions which the Senior Christian Endeavor Society |has been having, they will have a | movie trip to China, India and the Mediterranean. ‘Three Interesting ireels will be shown in the assembly room at 7 p.m. Five sections of the Women's Guild will meet for luncheons during the week as follows: Monday, section 7, Mrs. Hathaway, leader, will meet with Mrs. Wright Clark at 3345 Tennyson street, D, C, and section 2 will meet Monday for luncheon at the church house, Mrs. Louis L. Boekhoff, leader; Tuesday, section 11, Mrs. Simpson, leader, will meet with Mrs. L. S. Til- lotson at 4402 Stanford street, Mary- land, for luncheon at 1 p.m.; Thursday, section 10, Mrs. Schofleld, leader, will meet for luncheon with Mrs, Gibbs al 6025 Western avenue; Friday, section { will meet with Mrs. J. 3708 Ingomar street. and Mrs. Elmer Pusey will assist. st | AT HIGHLANDS BAPTIST. | Golden Rule Class to Conduct Evening Service. ‘The Golden Rule Claas of the High- lands Baptist Church will have eharge of the service tomorrow night. The pastor, Dr. N. M. Simmons, will preach on “Living Water.” In the morning his subject will be “Eyes on the Goal.” ‘The woman's_circle is planning a calendar social Monday evening. The husbands of the members of the circle also are invited. The Golden Rule Class will meet Tuesday evening. A conference of a small group of the members of the church will meet Fri- day evening with Mrs, Booth, 819 In- graham street. This the second | similar conference. It is proposed to cover the entire church in these con- ferences. — LISTS SERMON SERIES. Pastor of Gospel Tabernacle An- nounces Service Program. Rev. Harry L. Collier, pastor of Full_Gospel Tabernacle, North and K streets, will begin a series of Sun- day morning sermons entitled ‘“The ‘Three Judgments of the Christian.” His subject tomorrow at 11 o'clock will be “The Christian's First Judgment.” At 7:30 p.m. he will speak on the second of the serles of evangelistic sermons en- titled “The Bible Picture Gallery,” when the topic will be “Enoch—the First Man to Walk Into Heaven.” Sunday school meets at 9:30 a.m. un- i der the superintedency of Ivan V. Gross. ‘The Young People’s service meets at 6:30 p.m. under the leadership of Lin- wood P. Safford. Week night ectivities include: Monday, 8 p.m., prayer; Tues- day, 7:45 p.m., divine he: _d’.i/., 7 pm, wnrk-n"‘t‘:llulnl :45 p.m., pentecos pm, g(hla -'35'5; class; J Junior Crusaders, apd 8 o' the itol class, At Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Kn WOMAN MINISTERS Session Decides to Combat Overture of Presbyterian General Assembly. ‘The church board session of the Fourth Presbyterian Church is opposed to the admittance of women to ordina- tion into the ministry of the church. At & meeting of the session this week it was voted that the body will oppose the overture of the General Assembly designed to take such action. It was stated this is a question upon which the entire Presbyterian Church has been greatly agitated. At the church session tomorrow morn- ing at 11 o'clock Dr. James H. Miers, the tor, will speak on the subject, “Understandeth Thou What Thou Read- est?” At 8 p.m. in the serles of ser- mons upon the Book of Revelations, he will speak upon “The Silence in Heaven and Afterward,” referring to the eighth chapter of Revelations. e senior and junior sessions of Christian Endeavor will meet at 7 o'clock. Miss Betty Basin will speak at the senior session meeting in Kelly Hall upon the “Parable of the Two Debtors.” ‘The Women'’s Aid Soclety will meet in the basement Tuesday at 10 o'clock. Luncheon will be served. At 6 p.m. the Bettie K. Newton Missionary League will serve a buffet supper, followed by e study of the home missions book, “The Crowded Ways.” ’ There will be a lecture on church history Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, and at 8:30 o'clock the class studying the Letter to the Hebrews and a guestion box conducted by Dr. Miers. f'" meeung ‘Thursday evening at 8 o'clock will have for the subject, “The Fifteenth Psalm.” PULPIT EXCHANGES SET FOR JANUARY 26 Committee on Public Meetings Working Out Plans for Annual Event of Churches. ‘The annual exchange of pulpits ar- ranged by the Federation of Churches will take place the morning of January 26. The plans are being worked out by a committee on public meetings, the chairman of which is Dr. F. C. Rey- nolds, pastor of Wesley Methodist Epis- copal Church, in Chevy Chase. At the meeting of the executive com- mittee of the Federation of Churches this week it was voted that the organi- zation uld celebrate its tenth anni- versary at a meeting May 5 in Mount Vernon Place Church. The principal address of the occasion will be delivered by Bishop Francis J. McConnell, presi- dent of the Federal Council of Churches. The president of the fede- ration, Dr. David A. Robertson, was authorized -to appoint a committee on arrangements for this occasion. Two churches were received into membership: The Church of the Holy City, at Sixteenth and Corcoran streets. and Hermon Presbyterian, a suburban congregation in Maryland just beyond Cabin John Bridge. Reports were made by Mrs. Lorna W. Smith, Juvenile Court worker, and Mrs. Elizabeth Whiteford Murray, hospital worker, The latter told of the distribution of more than 3,000 l'oeklnfs filled with candy in seven hospitals, the schools for tuber- cular and erippled children and the Home for A at Blue Plains. REV. HENRY J. SMITH WILL ADDRESS B. Y. P. U. Speaks on “The Great Forfeit” at Evening Service of Petworth Baptist Church. ‘The tor of Petworth Baptist Church, Rev. Henry J. Smith, will speak before the B. Y. P. U. at the evening service tomorrow on “The Great For- feit.” At the morning service he will have the second of a p of sermons on “Ignorance and Knowledge,” the nubjeclt being “The Menace of Partial TT r’: urch has just eomnleug a week of prayer, making rations for dlec;uion day, !evruuryw;?.tn the 1001, The B. Y. P. U. will have & banquet January 15 at the Blue Triangle Hut, with Rev. Dr. Homer J. Councilor as the principal CHURCH HOLDS]NNUAL MEETING ON THURSDAY Women’s Association to Serve Sup- per at Cleveland Park Congregational. The Cleveland Park Congregational Church will hold its annual meeting Thursday evening. A supper will be served in the church basement at 6:30 ‘clock by the Women's Association, with Mrs. F. B. Brightwell, chairman of the committee. Dr. Phillip Smith, president of the board of trustees; J. M. Barker, senlor deacon; Mrs. R. L. Livingston, president of the Women's Association, and Miss Jane Bassett, church clerk, will have part in the pro- gram. ‘The pastor, Rev. Farnham, SubleRt g The evening Servins g e eve: is at 6:30 o'clock. i PLANS ANCIENT SERVICE. An ancient and symbolic service will be held in Grace Episcopal Church, Ninth and D streets southwest, tomor- row evening at 8 o'clock, There will be a festival of lights. The specfal preacher will be Rev. Phillip A. Dales, rector of St. John's Chureh, Olney, Md. Soul Camp: znvll;l;ned. Evangelistic services will be held un- der the direction of Rev. W. A. Em- mans at the Maryland Avenue Baptist Church, Fourteenth street and Mar: land avenue northeast, beginning Jai u-ryds and continuing through Janu- ary 26. ) LUTHER LEAGUE - A meeting of wuhl.nsum and Ball more Leaguers was held January 3 a the home of Miss Rosalle Becker, 925 Poplar Grove street, Baltimore, Members of Zion's Luther League made a visit to_the Children's Receiv- ing Home, 816 Potomac avenue south- east, last Sunday afternoon. Following a brief devotional serviee, at which Miss Emma A. Holzer, missionary secretary of the Luther League of the District o~ Columbia, was speaker, candy was d: tributed. “How Can the Nations Practice the Golden Rule?” is the_topic which will be presented at Zion's Luther League to- morrow evening by Miss Margaret Mc- ‘The Atonement Luther Te- 45 | Donald. JANUARY 11, 1930. N Religious Questions } DISCUSSED BY Dr. S. . Can explain Jesus so that I ug really mmund Him? I have heard many orthodox sermons about Him, but they do not remove my difficulty. ~Also, kindly name a good book dealing with this questior. A. Your confession that you are greatly interested in the Master, but cannot accept the orthodox accounts of His person, is by no means singular. On the contrary, it is a striking aspect of the modery mind. He was never so fascinating to believers and non-bellev- ers as He is'today. Begin with the three synoptic Gospels which show you how the doctrine of the inearnation was developed around the being of this Galilean peasant by those who knew Him best. Here you see Him as a real man, living at a given time, conditioned by its environments and laboring under its disadvantages. Yet, in and through these, Jesus so re- vealed the nature and character of God that His earliest disciples were con- vinced of His Messiahship. The evangelists do not forget His humanity in their conviction of His divinity.” In fact, they know Him as one of themselves until His person and work evoke from them the unavoidable conclusion that He is other, far other, than themselves. Do not be afraid of asking questions about this transform- ing process. The first disciples were puzzled as you are. They asked ques- tions such as yours and found the an- swers in Jesus Himself. So will you if you find them,anywhere. He is His own sufficlent explanation. Realistic efforts to meet the historical and philosophical requirements of the revelation He made are not injurious. St. Paul and St. John, to whom I refer you, met those requirements and in- creased the human consciousness of the divine values of their Lord. But belief in Jesus is not the result of investiga- tion alone. It arises from your sym- pathetic relations with His entire self- manifestation. Everything in it belongs to one who is exceptional in regard to purity, justice, love and compassion. His temptations, trials and triumphs are those of the most extraordinary person- ality in history. The truths He taught not only present themselves to the world as the sure and steadfast word of the father for all His children. They are also so embodied in Jesus that what he says is but the overflow of what He was. It is & progressive experience, deeply affiliated with your own spiritual de- mands as a son of the infinite. Con~ sider all the profound humility, the tre- mendous authority, the endless signif- icance of Mary's son, who is also the Lord of men. Review His meanings for the human race during the last 2,000 years. I think you can then arrive at a reasoned judgment about Him which will be the primal source of your best life. I suggest that you read “Jesus of Nazareth,” by Bishop Gore, and “Jesus Christ and the Human Quest,” Prof. Edwin Lewls. Q. Is not the present age one of the worst the world has seen? Our pastor belleves it indicates the approaching end of the world. A. T suggest you and your pastor should read Trevelyan's “Early Life of Charles James Fox.” Society was then one vast casino, in which everybody who was anybody gambled, drank, danced and fiddled to their hearts’ content. On whatever pretext and under whatever circumstances, says this author, where half a dozen people were found together the dice box was sure to be rattling and cards were being cut and shuffled. The lottery was a government insti- tution exceedingly detrimental to the moral tone of the populace. It was not abolished till 1828, its suppression resulting in an annual loss to the Tritish government of at least a million dollars. High play and sex intrigues were followed by dueling, the com- batants, like the Kilkenny cats, fre- quently killing each other. Perhaps you recall how Thackeray uses the con- test between the Duke of Hamilton and Lord Mohun over a fair lady's favor for one of the most thrilling episodes of his finest novel, “Henry Esmond.” Study the current literature of the stage of the Georges, and contrast the industrial and cily population of that benighted era with those of the one we know. I do not think that either of you will deny, on further informa- tion, that, while the twentieth century confronts numerous and serious prob- lems, it is infinitely more just, humane and in the true sense spiritual than ‘was the eighteenth. Predictions of doom from heralds of disaster serve no good end and only lead fanatical groups who belleve in them to the excesses kindled by despair. Jesus came unto Galilee preac) “the good news” of God's kingdom of deliverance and righteousness to those who were buried in hopelessness ana misery. Let your church resound with that news and it will accomplish its specific mission. Q. As a recent visitor to the Holy Land, I have wondered if the sacred places pointed out in Jerusalem are really authentic or only imaginary. Can you enlighten me? A. The present city was largely built during the thirteenth and following centuries. The circumstances under which it was reconstructed necessarily made it & fortress against invasion. Repeated sieges and wars have buried the former cities on this historic site beneath their successive ruins. The Jerusalem of David's time and of the later day of our Lord has almost dis- appeared. Here and there a few frag- ments remain and perhaps the only as- sured sacred place is the mount on which stands the beautiful Mosque of Omar. The traditional sites of Christ's crucifixion and burial are probably fictitious. But when the visitor es- capes from the city to its surrounding hills he realizes afresh the sceneries of the Bible narratives. The Mount of Olives and the Brook Kearon have their full significance for him. As he Journeys southward to Jericho, or east- ward to the Jordan Valley, or the Dead Sea and the sapphire lake or Galilee, the prophecies and ls are reinforced by his contacts with these famous centers of spiritual life and ministry. Northwestward lles Nazareth, very much as it was in the first century of the Christian era, a little village overlooking one of the n.qclen'. gate- ways of the former world’s extensive commerce and its many military ex- peditions. From that hilisidé hamlec the traveler glimpses the distant Med- iterranean, the spreading plains whicn were once the granaries of Israel; ana on the far orizon ther:xr:::v-covcnd summits of tl.- Lebanon A The boy Jesus grew up in the midst of these entrancing prospects, and with the varied peoples of the Roman em- pire crowding the plateau at His feet. Those people have vanished with that empire. Many of their cities are deso- late, But the Child who lived and grew to manhood on that hillside has be- come the hope of the world. You must have felt that the creative force of Christ's personality makes Palestine the Holy Land for His followers, and every Jew regards it as sacred because his race made it glorious for psalmedy and prophecy. Q. How do you regard the rel person’s pursult of recreation and pleas- ure? What is the proper method for selecting one's recreations? I am a Jewish mother and I find my children’s ideas do not square with mine on this matter. I should be glad of your ad- vice. A. Two attitudes toward life have profoundly influenced this question. The first springs from your own race and emphasizes a reflective view of all hu- man _pursuits under the constraint im- goud by a sense of life’s mystery and revity, The second emanates from Greeks, who taught that s ready sponse to the beauty and wag its best inf Te- of Parkes Cadman. out undue preponderance of either re- L B i T ither can su) lone. ey ?’lnw the world to be miserable, nor to deny our capacity for its enjoyment. Yet extremes, whether in the Treligious or the secular indi- vidual, provoke mischief. If the ascetic has regarded all pleasure as morally d: rous, none the less have its ex- clusive devotees gone far to justify the ascetic's estimate. Clearly it is a matter for discrimina- tion. Instead of being & side issue de- pendent on personal whims and incll- nation, genuine pleasure is a fine art requiring careful cultivation. Its essen- nfl factor is discrimination, because the range of amusements and recre- ations is extensive, and no two people find them on exactly the same plane. ‘What then are the pursuits your chil- dren prefer? And wh{ do their prefer- ences disturb you? If they follow va- grant impulses which lower their per- sonal values, such impulses should be regulated. Remind them that excess in anything is usually injurious; that whatever weakens reason, impairs con- science or takes the relish off spiritual elements, is profitless in this world ana the next. At the same time declare your belief in helpful social intercourse, musical and dramatical circles, athletic contests or whatever else energizes soul and body. It would be well if old and young America more widely understood that the mere gratification of desire cannot endure, that the sources of deepest joy the pursuits of the flesh breed satiety and disgust. In summary, suffuse your Hebraism with Hellenism. This “was Matthew Arnold's advice, and it is salutary. ACTS OF APOSTLES IS SERMON TOPIC Second of “Plain Talks About Prayer” Scheduled by Rev. R. P. Schearrer. “The Acts of the Apostles” will be the subject of the sermon tomorrow at 11 o'clock in the Takoma Park Pres- byterian Church by the pastor, Rev. R. Paul Schearrer. At the 8 o'clock service he will give the second address in the series entitled, “Plain Talks About Prayer.” The particular theme will be “How to Pray.” The public is invited. ‘The other services of the day are as follows: 9:30 a.m., all departments of the church school; 9:45 am. adult * | Bible classes; 6:30 p.m., C. E. Socleties. | in The Westminster Guild will meet Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Miss Marian Crittenden, 308 ‘Takoma avenue. ‘The monthly meeting of the Wom- an's Missionary Soclety will be held Wednesday at 11 o'clock. Mrs. J. J. Skinner will lead the devotions. Mrs. E. M. Haas will be hostess chairman. The women of the congregation are invited to attend. ‘The Brotherhood Club will meet at the church Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. All men are invited. ‘The standard training school will meet Thursday from 4:30 to 6 o'clock. At 6:15 o'clock supj will be served. ‘The school will continue from 7 to 9:10 o'clock. Rev. J. Manly Cobb, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, will make the address in the devotional period. ‘The public is invited. The Light Bearers will meet Friday 33, il “Teetin- the “cormene A meet e community hall Priday at 7:30 o'clock. e “THINGS NEEDFUL” IS MORNING TOPIC Dr. Earle Wilfley to Give Illus- trated Lecture-Sermon in Evening. Dr. Earle Wilfley, pastor the Ver- mont Avenue Christian Church, will speak tomorrow morning on’ T L e 3o Tvice he ve an illus- trated lecture-sermon on “‘Going Up to o series on the gene: o Pilgrimage to Bible l-l‘l:d.!." . At the meeting of “Le Rendezvous,” an expressional group of college-age you people, tomorrow night at 7 o'clock Dr. Wilfley will lead a discus- sion on “The Im}.llrlmon of the Scrip- tures,” which will be the first of a serles on vital problems in religion. ‘The program committee arranging for this course is composed of Frank Sum- mers chairman, Miss Mary Cramer sponsor, Miss Marjorie Nellly, Miss Martha James, Miss Josephine Kapsch, Ivan Edwards, James Smither and Flo- rian Wilt. Circle No. 1 of the Woman's Council Will meet Tuesday at noon for luncheon at the home of Mrs. John H. Wick, 3820 Eighth street, with Mrs. Jefferson Middleton as associate hostess and Mrs. J. G. Cross leader. ‘The Business' Women’s Circle, of which Miss Charlotte Darrow is leader, will meet Tuesday at 6 pm. at the church for a supper meeting, by the regular midweek prayer service. At & recent meeting of the senior department of the church school the following officers were elected: Jack Tisdale ident, Marian Smither vice president, Maxwell Galloway secretary and LeRoy Eakin assistant secretary. MEMBERS TO CONSIDER PROGRAM FOR CHURCH Board of Trustees Expected to Call Meeting of Brightwood Congregation Soon. Brightwood Park Methodist Episcopal Church, Eighth and Jefferson streets, will preach at both services tomorrow. At 11 am. he will use as his subject “The Responsibility of Power” and at 8 p.m,, “Self-complacency.” The Wesley Men's Bible Class will hold a soclal next Friday evening. Earl Webb, as president of the class, will be in charge, A congregational meeting will be called at ap early date by the board of trustees to hear expressions from the membership in regard to a build- ing program. DINNER PLANS MADE. Prelim! nual consecutive felowship dinner in honor of the Bishop of Washington, Right Rev, James E. 'man, have been made by the interparochial committee in charge of arrangements. The com- mittee is Maj. P. G. Munson, chairman; E. A. Hellig, secretary; N. W. Dorsey, treasurer. The committee on arrange- ments is H. D. Amiss, dinne Busey Howard, parish representation; H. T. Nelson, tickets: Col. J. H. Finney, deco- rations; Admiral 8. S. Wood, guests; VISITING MINISTERS 10 BE HEARD HERE Dr. Spivey, Florida, and Dr. Garber, North Carolina, Mt, Vernon Place Speakers. At the Mount Vernon Place Church tomorrow the pulpit will be occupied by visiting speakers, both members of the faculty of the school of miss! to be held at the church during the lowing week. The morning speaker will be Dr, Ludd M. Spivey, lent Southern College, Lakeland, ., and his subject will be “Is There a for Cynicism?” At the evening service are in us not in our circumstances, that - Dr. Paul N. Garber of Duke University, Durham, N. C., will speak on “Can We Follow in ‘Their Tread?” The junior preacher, Rev. H. R. Deal. will speak to- the junior congregation at 11 o'clock in the Sunday school audi~ torium on “John the Baptist.” Due to the school of missions, the meeting of the pastor’s visiting commite tee will be postponed until January 20. A school of missions for Washington and vicinity will be held at the church, beginning Monday evening and con- tinuing each evening through Friday of next week. Four courses will be offered: “Missions in a Changini World,” taught by Dr. W. W. Pinson of Nashville, Tenn.; “Thy Kingdom Come," taught by Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, presi- de of Southern College, Lakeland, “The Church and the World Par- ish,” taught by Dr. Paul N. Garber of Duke University, Durham, N. C.; “Hu- man Needs and World Christianity,” taught by Mrs. J. W. Perry, vice - dent of the Woman'’s Mi ary e cil of the denomination. There will be no registration charge, and no expense to the individual student except the price of the textbook. Books may be secured from Mr. Deal in the chureh office. ‘The prayer meeting service Thursday evening will be held with the gmorupl assembly period of the school of mij- sions. Dr. Pinson will speak at that undlca on “Missions in a Changidg World.” VISITOR. T0 PREACH Rev. Walter M. Michael, pastor of - inary plans for the fourth an- | district AT EPWORTH CHURCH Dr. Joseph H. Balthis, Presiding Elder, to Conduct Service at Morning Hour. At Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church South, Thirteenth street and North Carolina avenue, Dr. Joseph H. Balthis, presiding elder of the Wash- n_district, M. E. Churches South, preach at the 11 o'clock service tomorrow. The Sunday school will conduct services at 9:30 am. The Ep- worth League chapter of the church will hold services in the league room of the church at 7 o'clock. ton to lecture Mount Vernon . South, while the school of mission classes are in session. Dr. J. C. Copenhaver, the pastor, will begin a series of studies Thursday eve< ning, based upon the booklet, “The Mis- sionary Passion in the Church.” This booklet is being studied during the ‘Jmu"lry-l’:bmlry “Missionary Cultiva- DR. PORTER TO PREACH ON “THE COVENANT CUP” First Baptist Church Program To- morrow to Include the Lord’s Supper. Dr. Samuel Judson Porter will rfl] tomorrow at 11 o'clock at First Baptist Church on “The Covenant 03." ‘l'h Lord’s supper will be observed at close of his sermon. His evening sub- ject is “When the Glory of the Lord Fills the Home of the Lord.” The B. Y. P. U. meets at 6:45 The Swedish services will be hel lI:SD m. Dan! yn, N. ‘The meet Wednesday at 2 o'clock with Mrs. H. C. Travis, 545 Buchanan street, ‘The church decided to hold a get- together dinner February 6, and to have as their guests the vmung.umnn- of the States comprising the Southern Baptist Convention, which meets here February 5 and ‘6. COMMUNION SCHEDULED. . Qutline of Services at St. Paul's Rock Creek Church. At St. Paul's Rock Creek Chureh tomorrow there will be holy communion 0, followed by the church sehoot o'clock. Morning prayer, litan; and sermon at 11 a.m. conducted the rector of the parish, Dr. F. J. Bohanan. At 7 pm. a mletlnt of the Young People’s Soclety, and at 8 p.m. | & special service under the auspices of the laymen of the church, ' ‘These evening services are to con- tinue throughout the Epiphany season for about five successive Sundays. .m. at sollowed | Specal speakers have been selected to address the members present on some interesting topic. The speaker tomor= Tow evening is Busey Howard, president of the Laymen's Association. EPWORTH LEAGUE ‘The worth League of Brookiang M. K. ‘Gharch Wil be charge of the joint service tomorrow c 17:30 pm. The address will be given D. Stewart Patterson, conference Epe worth League president. ‘The leader for the devotional service tomorrow at 7 o'clock at Douglas will be Miss ie Mackin, the subject be- g “War.' ‘Woodside Epworth League deve service will be in charge of llm ‘Williams. ‘The devotional service at Petworth will be in charge of Graf Baehm, the subject being the second of a series on “Why Go to Church.” The Washington District annusl banquet will be held January 31 at 7 of George Washington University. connection with this banquet, the fol- lowing district officers will visit the R o e R preat M garet Lents, - dent, will~ visit Dumbarton Avenue Chapter; Miss Marion Nichols, s>cond vice president, will vialt ham Chapter; u‘;fi‘;flmfl — 9 Anacostia Chapter; Al Sisson, district fourth vice president, will visit Calvary Chapter; Miss Mildred Rogerson, e~ cording " secretary, will visit Wi Chapter; Thomas L. Kidwell, dist treasurer, will visit Wilson Memorial Chapter. The district will conduct a week.end Midwinter institute at Falls Church, Va., beginning at 5 p.m., February 31, and continuing through February The dean of the institute is Lan« J. Harris Frankli) usic; H. C. Henry, printing. At the last meeting Col. Fin- the | been ppointed to arrange for the dgmr. Invitations have asianere, Gov. Rtdhie, Gen: Ferssing and former Senator G. Wharton Pepper. ‘The dinner will be and 23. Rev. W. M. Michael, pastor of wood Park M. E. Church; unmnuum' Joseph A. Rice, jr.; the housing gr is Rev. Otorg Conner, Church M. B. Chureh iy umhmuo.lflué tor of 2 e