Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1930, Page 9

FILM ILLUSTRATES PASTOR'S SERMON Dr. Pierce Will Speak Tomor- row Morning on “Mending Beats Tearing.” At the First Congregational Church tomorrow morning Dr. Jason Noble Pierce will_preach at 11 o'clock on “Mending Beats Tearing,” and at 8 o'clock on “Strong Men.” The evening sermon will be {llustrated by the motion picture “Vincennes.” ‘The church supper Thursday at 6 o'clock will be followed by a prayer meeting conducted by the minister and at 8 o'clock in the church auditorium he will speak on “Love and Loyalty,” which will be illustrated by the photo- play, “Two Lovers.” All departments of the Sunday school meet at 9:45 am. Sunday. The Sun- day School hour for children up to and including 12 years of age has been ex- tended to Iast during the church hour in order that further opportunity may be had for religious education. The Senior Soclety of Christian En- deavor will have a tea in the Sunday 8chool room at 5:50 p.m. tomorrow, which will be followed by their regu- lar meu:a‘n 6:30 o'clock. Mrs. Mary Stevens lead the meeting and the for discussion will be “Ways of dying the Bible.” The Young Peo- ple’s Society of Christian Endeavor will meet at 6:30 pm. in the east parlor of the when they will hold a debate on the subject “Should We Give the l:hfllwule Islands Their Independ- ence?” The Women's Society of First Church will meet at 11 o'clock Tuesday and will have as their guest speaker Miss Neva I Lindgren, who will speak on the subject “Our Southern Highland- ers.” PASTOR TO CONTINUE SERIES OF SERMONS Jonah: A Sacred Work of Fiction” Is Dr. Pierce's Sabbath Topie. - “Jonsh: A Sacred Work of Fiction” is the subject upon which Dr. Ulysses G. B. Ple; minister_of All Souls’ streets, will preach tomorrow at 11 o'clock. This is the second in a series of sermons on “Modern Aspects of Mllggl" which Dr. Plerce will give during Feb: Dr. Harold g Fowler, a special con- :.lunt at the Library of Congress, will the speaker at the book chat at 5:30 gc(m. , He Will discuss Plutarch’s ‘The Fireside Circle for young pe;m: will meet, a5 usual, at 6:30 o'clock, ‘Woodson P. Houghton as.speaker. At the motion picture hour, at 7:30 C\!ll::k. the feature will be “The Awak- ening.” ‘The board of trustees will meet Mon- Dr. Christine Adamson . Syris, will 3!“ at the regular meeting of the 'omen’s Alliance on Friday. ‘The L'Allegro Club will hold its annual ‘Valentine dance next Friday evening. TO START REVIVAL. "' A two-week revival service will begin tomorrow at Second Baptist Church. Begini Monday, Dr. A. W. Brown, ‘pastor of Sixth Mount Zion Baptist ‘Church, Richmond, Va., will be the spe- clal preacher. Tomorrow at 11 am. the pastor, Rev. J. L. S. Holloman, will preach on “Love Unfolding Itself In’ All-Abounding Life.” Communion serv- fce will be held at 4 p.m. At the evening service the pastor will preach on “Jesus Only.” Bible school ‘will meet at 9:30 am. and B. Y. P. U. WARNINGS AND PROMISES. (Temperance lesson) Matthew, vii1-29. len Text: Every tree that bfl?l:!edlhn not forth lroyod fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire —Matthew vil.19. We conclude with this week’s lesson our studies in the fundamental teach- ings of the Lord Jesus, that He gave in His “Sermon on the Mount.” Tf we | consider it as a temperance lesson, we ! will miss its relation to the “mountain message,” but if we consider it in its relation to the ideal life, the application of its principles to the modern temper- ance question can easily be made by all. Let us follow this method. Our Lord condemned the spirit of prejudice as a method of approach or attitude toward any individual or ques- tion. He warns us against exercising & consorous, cynical and critical spirit in refertnce to any person or controversy. God is our judge. It is not man’s duty to judge. Men cannot consider an- other's faults fairly unless they have first made a self-examination of their own life and removed the log (beam) that was in their own eye before they attempt to take out the splinter (mote) from another’s eye. Jesus had no sym- pathy with the censodious criticism of the self-contented, self-pleased and self- righteous. He does not approve of their character or conduct, for their judg- ment of others is an index of their own character. Unless their characters are changed they will not fare well at the day of judgment, if God applies to them the same principles of judgment that they have used with others. Men will treat them as they treat others. They will reap what they sow. ‘The only way we can deal with one another as we ought is through possess- ing at all times spiritual power from above. This fact calls for us to be per- sistent in prayer. Our neglect of com- munion with God is responsible for much of our shortcomings and most of the failures in life. We need to ask, seek and knock daily at the throne of grace and divine favor. If we pray, our prayers will be answered, for we will receive, find and have opened unto us God's storehouse of blessings. Selfish- ness in prayer will obtain no answers, The Golden Rule, ‘The golden rule is the climax of the “Sermon on the Mount.” In it our Lord has condensed into one sentence and stated the principle that should govern all the affairs of life. This golden rule of life is the quintessence of statesman- ship. If used, it would settle every legal, labor or liquor question. If this princi- ple of life were employed, it would put an end to all injustice and wrong. It is the yardstick needed to settie the problems that the representatives of the five leading naval powers are seeking to solve in London. Its complete. :gplb cation by all people in all the alrs of life would bring the Kingdom of God among men. Some have stated that this golden rule of life could be found in the words of other teachers of morals and religion and also in the Old Testament. A study of these sayings will prove that in every case they are inferior in form and com- pleteness. In most cases they express negatively what Christ commands posi- tively. Geikie has pointed out that the law said, “Thou shalt love thy neigh- bor as thyself,” and that ‘“neighbor” meant to the anclent Jew either Hebrew or Jewish proselyte. Jesus enlarged the meaning of neighbor to take in all man- kind. The world is just commencing to ‘realize that all men are neighbors, we are slow in applying this princip! Ioif( the golden rule to all the affairs of e. ‘The Sermon’s Epilogue. Religion was not only a spiritual reality, but a &enoml experience ac- cording to the Master’s teaching. Hav- ing placed before them the ideal life, Jesus in the concluding portion of His “Sermon on the Mt the danger that &t 6 pm. At the executive board meeting ‘Tuesday Miss Florence Cockerille was elected music director of the Columbia Federation. There will be a meeting of the stewardship directors tomorrow at Na- tional Baptist Memorial Church at 4 o'clock. Plans will be made for the interchurch stewardship debate. ‘The junior federation will meet Feb- fuary 16 at 3 o'clock at Centennial * Church. The program will be ‘gn:ntgx the various Junior B. nions, and will be based on the lives of R | ons, an bt Rev. R. Paul Schearrer to Preach George Washington and Al coln. The Senior Federation will meet Feb- Tusry 18 at Grace Church. The de- votional life commissioners will have | charge of the am. The !nummmmtwn will have 18 sixth hnimmy party at Fifth Church 21. William Caskey and the Service Com- mission will have charge of the services at Bethany No. 1 tomorrow. The B. Y. P. U. will conduct the services at Cen- tral Union Mission as the speaker. tional heart smashers’ convention will be beld at the church Friday night. Miss Evelyn Kerr and the Service Commission will present the program at Bethany No. 2 tomorrow. . ‘The B. Y. P. U Federation will pre- sent a comedy Pebruary 25 at Calvary Church. Miss Lena Parks of First B. Y. P. U. is directing the play. ‘Vernon Robbin, assisted by his group, will present the program at Calvary tomorrow. Dr. Abernethy will con- tinue his series’ of open forums, and his talks will be on the preservation of the Bible. ‘The Devotional Life Commission, George Fraser, jr., director, will have charge of the devotional meeting to- morrow at Chevy Chase. Edgar Smith and group 2 will lead the B. Y. P. U. meeting tomorrow at East Washington Heights. A valen- tine social will be given Friday night. Pirst B. Y. P. U. will have its so- cial tomorrow at 6:15 o'clock. Group 2, under the leadership of Miss Catherine Wackney, will have charge of the meeting at Fountain Memorial tomorrow. Miss Loreen Murphy and group 3 will present a dramatized program at Grace tomorrow. Miss Elzie Raye Sanders and the De- votional Life Commission will present the program at Highlands tomorrow. ‘The B. Y. P. U. will conduct the serv- ices at the prayer meeting Thursday. Miss Thelma Sanders and the Steward- ship Commission will have charge of the program. Mrs. Alicata and group 4 will present the program tomorrow at Kendell. Miss Dorothy Smith and group 4 will have charge of the social tomorrow at National Baptist Memorial. The de- votional meeting will be presented by Mrs. Catherine Schmidt and group 2. ‘The Tisitaw Club will meet Tuesday. Petworth B. Y. P. U will have charge of the church service tomorrow. On o e 16 & lecture v;ul be pusntid . Lowel Ragatz of George Wash- ington University, under the leadership & B v rset s iy Bebrunsy 19, P.U. present a play February 19. ‘The B. Y. P. U. of Temple will con- duct the services at the Home for Aged Ladies tomorrow at 3 o'clock, in charge of Eugene Cooper. Bernard Acher snd the Fellowship Commission will have charge of the devotiona]. meeting at the weekly B. Y. P. U. service at 7 o'clock. Hiram flou-'m and :hf"' e p m just as we do today, from false prophets, who would misrepresent His instrue- hypocrites, who outwardly appear be His, but in their personal life and de- sires were ravening wolves, whose pres- ence among His flock would prove dis- astrous. The spiritual test is the only true one. It is the only one worth while and, being of the heart, it reveals its condition by the character of our lives. G _STAR, WASHINGTO Sunday School Lesson By Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson. The fruits reveal the species of the tree, and the fruits of & man's life prove his relationship to Christ. Unless we are rooted and grounded in Him we will lack ce in our daily life the golden rule. (o) is a practical religion. ted that fact out in making His applitation of the outlines of the ideal Christian life, that He gave to them not to be admired as a system of morality, but as precepts and nciples they were to use in their daily living. He presented to His hearers the difficul- ties that they faced in trying to live the Christian life by “three pairs of con- trasts; the two ways, the two classes of trees and the two kinds of houses.” Jesus taught that they ought as Chris- tians to be different from the people of the world. We live in an age when some are seeking to obliterate the differences between the members of the church and the world. There are vital restrictions in connection with living between them. Chrisl made a sharp and distinct con- trast between the broad and narrow way, whose entrances and destinations are totally different. The narrow way by its attitude of heart and personal ex- perience in their conduct helps develop 8 Christilke character, while the broad develops an un-Christlike character. Oné leads upward and the other down- ward, “Ye cannot serve God and mam- mon.” the er to mpowr hris Meeting the Test. Christianity is demonstrated not by its profession but by its ssion, It is a question not of the lip but of the life. The product of our daily life, like that of the tree, proves beyond question the reality of our religion.” We must all | mect the judgment test of our works, which Jesus taught by His parable of the house builders. The foolish builder did not consider the uncertainties of the future. He erected his house in a dry valley, where the waters of the rainy season would wash it away be- cause he had put no foundation under his bullding. The wise man ahead. He sought a place free from the dangers of floods. He selected a place of security and placed a founda- tion under his house, so that it stood the test of the storms. Every person is a builder. We are aonstructing our own characters and determining our own destiny. If we fail to build upon Christ Jesus, when temptations and difficulties assall us we will fail and become human derelicts in character. If we build useless lives and face God with wasted careers, the penalty of His judgment will be “Depart from me, for I never knew you.” If we build our lives upon the rock of ages, by obeying Christ’s commands. we will be building characters that will stand the test of the struggles and storms of life. If we are faithful to our Lord in the development of our char- acters and in_the building of our lives ‘we may face Him at the judgment and rightly expect that He will recognize us, welcome us into our Father's heavenly home, and assign us & place of honor in the kingdom. The marvel of divine grace is that He has a place in His work for men and women who have failed and been redeemed by His blood. In every crisis in the work of human uplift, the saving of men and women, the followers of Christ should be cham- pioning that which will help establish the lives of men and women, 50 that, with the Lord's help, they can master every difficulty and trial, weather every stamf\ and w! ?'ut in a way that will lority the Lord Jesus. & When the Master concluded His passed, the people marveled at His .“eruug They were astonished at the m t | authority with which He spoke. Back of His lpreil ‘was no reference to any traditional truth, no quotation from the law or any distinguished teacher. He was the authority. The truths that He had spoken had a ring of sincerity and truth that appealed to the multitude. He warned them of the dangers of a false faith, false prophets and false foundations. We must test all things by their fruits. If the results do not come it (up to His standards, then they must be rejected and destroyed. If the followers of the Lord Jesus applied this test to every problem that is pressing for solu- tion in the life of the community, church and country they would all be quickly settled, settled right. Let us apply His test to every measure and greatest sermon, one that will never be | J¢ (ONE of the most anclent cathedrals in all England is that which stands today at Rochester, for it owes its foun- dation to Ethelbert, King of Kent, who founded the Church of St. Andrew of Rochester in the year 600. And when we enter the church today by its north- western door we are treading upon foundations of the apse of this anclent Saxon edifice. We hear but little of the history of this structure for nearly five centuries after its founding, but in 1077 William the Conqueror appointed the famed Gundulf to fill the see of Rochester, and from that date the cathedral be- came the scene of much architectural activity. Gundulf commenced the en- largement of the cathedral a year after his appointment and was Ene}lfl:flc in the work until his death. suc- cessor, Ernulf, was even more ambitious, for it was he who added the chapter house, a chapel, five bays, the crypt and JUNIOR PREACHER TOTALK TOMORROW “Winning Men” Is Subject Given by Rev. H. R. Deal for Evening Sermon. the 11 -o'clock service tomotrow will be conducted _hlv;‘ the pastor, Dr. W. e inceusiag Asoboosoiiy Tos Wi “Inere y. e Junior pmher,nsav. H. R. L will preach at the evening service, his sub- Ject being “Winning Men.” 'Mr. Deal will also to the junior congre- gation in the Sunday school auditorium at 11 o'clock on “The Manhoog of esus.” committee will Missionary Society will meet in roomt 10 Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for the discussion of the first chapter of “The Crowded Ways,” by Sears. ‘The sewing circle of the Young Peo- ple's Missionary Soclety No. 1 will meet with Miss Olive Dean, 2310 Ashmead Pplace, We y evening. At the prayer meeting service Thurs- day ev at 8 o'clock the seventh, eighth and ninth chapters of “The Church and the World Parish” will be uvul':hd' by Richard B. Thigpen, and -The Race y Ric] n, and “The Race Problem in America,” by Dr. A. K& Shannon. roposal, and remember that ‘“every ?ree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.” Let us make it a guide in every personal and ‘public problem that we face. TAKOMA PARK PASTOR ANNOUNCES SERMON on “Such as I Have” at Pres- byterian Church. “Such as I Have” will be the sermon subject tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock in the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church by the pastor, Rev. R. Paul Schearrer. The church school will meet at 9:30 o'clock and the adult Bible classes at 9:45 o'clock. Lawrence Hoo- ver and Willlam Hutchison are sched- uled to lead the intermediate C. E. So- clety. Miss Rachel Mattson will lead the senior meeting. A special service is announced for to- morrow at 8 o'clock, in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Boy Scouts of America. Troop 33, Boy Scouts, will attend the service in uniform. Linn C. e, Beout executive of the District Council, will present four scouts of the troop wtih Eagle medals, The ushers for the service will be graduate Eagle Scouts. Mr. Schearrer will give an address, en- titled “Lincoln, & Star for Scouts to Shoot At." ‘The Westminster Guild will meet Monday at 8 o'clock in the home of Mrs. J. J. Skinner, 7317 Blair rosd. The Ladies’ Ald Society will meet Wed- nesday at 2 o'clock. ‘The midweek service will be in the nature of & symposium, in which sev- eral laymen and the pastor will par- ticipate. February 13 marks the first anniversary of Mr. Schearrer’s pastor- {ate in the Takoma Park Church. The Light Bearers will meet Friday at 4 o'clock, and the Boy Scouts Friday at 7:30 o'clock. SERMON ON PRAYER. ‘The pastor of the Highlands Baptist Church, Rev. N, M. Simmonds, will preach another sermon on prayer to- morrow morning, speaking on “Persist- ence in Prayer,” and in the evening on “Knocking at the Gate." ‘The Golden Rule Class will meet with Miss Alice Rosa Proffitt, 5128 Eighth street, Tuesday evening. The Woman's Circle meets the same day with Mrs. Clarke, 1314 Fa t street. DR. BARBOUR SPEAKER. Dr. Clarence A. Barbour, president of Brown University, Providence, R. I, will be the speaker at the Howard Uni- versity religious service in Andrew kin Chapel tomorrow at 11 o'clock. | EVANGELISTIC SERVICES. o L S Evangelists Charlie and Roy will con- duct services tomorrow At 11 am. and 7:30 p.m. at the Wisconsiri Avenue Bap- # Fellowship | tist Church, and every night next week, jug Satur [ tomorrow ., 6:30 pam. DR. WILFLEY.TO GIVE LAST OF 4 SERMONS “The Christ of God” Will Be Topic at Vermont Avenue Chris- tian Church. “The Christ of God” will be the topic of Dr. Earle Wilfley'’s sermon at the Vermont Avenue Christian Church to- morrow morning. ‘This will be the fourth and last of a series on the plea of the disciples of Christ, At thg eve- ning service he will give an illustrated lecture-sermon in the series “A Pil- grimage to Bible Lands,” using as his special subject, “The Shepherd in the Holy Land.” At the junior church service, at 11’ o'clock, the theme will be “The Child Jesus.” Under the leadership of Mrs, Richard C. Marks and Miss Ida Mc- ?'aouln;,. éhllnz group o‘f boys An': girls, m years of . meets_evs Sunday in annex 2 of‘lfie church. 3 Circle No. 1 of the Woman’s Council will meet Tuesday at noon at the home of Mrs. Mary R. Orpén, 1325 Otis place, with Mrs. H. P. Miller assisting. ~Mrs. "1‘!3“ G. Cross is the leader of this circle. “Le Rendezvous,” a group of - age young people, will Have a valentine arty Friday evening at the hoi Suude A. Cook, Baltimore road, W side, Md. Miss Roberta Belle Galloway and Miss Mary Cramer are the commit- tee on arrangements. QUESTIONS | About the Bibl 1. What did Pilate do with Christ | after the wourgml? 2. did he do this? 3. Did it accomplish the pu ? 4. How did the mob respond? 5. What did Pilate say? 6. With what act did he say this? 7. What was the answer of the mul- t'tude? | 8. Where was Christ then taken? 9. For what purpose? 10. Where are these things recorded? ‘The answers to these questions will be found below. How many can you answer? i 1. s\'n a:“hébtw Him to the assem- bled m e. 2. To excite their pity and their xyxsnpfi.hy for the bleeding man. . No. 4. They demanded that Christ be msl?m"'lu‘-m innocent orwth‘: blood ‘of thi person; see ye fls, ’I-ul.e' washed his hands in the basin held for him. 7. “His blood be on us and on our children.” 5 8. r’:"l‘l: court before the ent. 8t. 3 B . 8t John, chapter i8. ayer eats of | school, 2 rece f death. l‘ E. To ive the sentence of death. Matthew, chapter 27; b DR. CHARLES W00D TO CONDUCT COURSE Conference on World Friendship to Continue Study of Book. ‘The Conference on World Friendship will continue its sessions Thursday eve- ning at 7 o'clock at Calvary Baptist Church. Dr. Charles Wood will conduct & three weeks' study of the book “From Jerusalem to Jerusalem.” The two Boy Scout troops connected with this church will be special guests at the morning service, the occasion be- ing the twenty-second anniversary of the beginning of Scout work in this country. The pastor, Dr. W. S. Aber- nethy, will speak on “The Man Who Plucked Thistles and Planted Flowers.” At the evening service he will preach gmt.'\:;rl inhtl.:e a::lel on ‘;:he ‘l-llome," e toplc “Matrimonial Halter Matrimonial fihr." 3 ‘The junior church members during their 11 o'clock service will hear again another of Dr. Homer J. Councilor's illustrated lectures under the title of unday school session af 9:30 am. 4 o —. SERMON TOPICS CHOSEN. “Static and Dynamic Christians” is the morning subject of Rev. Irving W. Ketchum at Peck Memorial Chapel. At 7:45 pm. he will preach on “A Sermon in Three Words.” The morning Sunday school meets at 9:45 o'clock, The Cuthbert and High- way classes of men and women also meet at this hour. The afternoon school meets at 3 o’clock. The Christian En- deavor Soclety meets at 7:45 p.m. pastor will conduct Wednesday night a preparatory service for the com- munion Sunday night, February 16.. At that time the pastor will meet with those who are intending to unite with the church. ANNOUNCES, SUBJECT. The sermon of Rev. Thomas E. Boorde, pastor of Temple Baptist Church, tomorrow morning will be on “Beware of False Prophets,” and in the evening “Followers of God. Prayer urlvlc:l will be held Thursday at 8 o'clock. Special services will begin Febryary 16 with the ‘workers, “Charlie and Roy,” g the pastor. Visiting ministers will preach the sermons for the first week. . Third Baptist Church. At the Third Baptist Church, Fifth and Q streets, Dr, George O. Bullock’s topic tomorrow, at 11 am. is ‘“Th Leader Bupported.” In the evening there will be a special ‘rm(nm and rally. Pri eeting, 6:30 to 7:30 a.m.: Bible Junior C. Budlety, cp . C. "loemy'l .m.; Beal:; L soomz, pm.; prayer meef ‘Tuesday, 8 10 m Y. P, prayer meeting Thursday, $% 9 pm. At the Mount Vernon Place Church | FEBRUARY 8 1930 Cathedral, Rochester, England. the walls of the cholr, all of which exist today, eight centuries after their erec- tion. The crypt is not only one of the finest and best preserved in England, but a specimen of early English groin- ing as carefully worked as the super- structure. The years 1130 and 1177 were disas- trous for the building, for they mark the years of the two great fires that did much damage to the walls, the cholr and the chapter house. irs were slow, for these were troublesome years of war, which sapped the financial strength of many another see in the country, but reconstruction went on from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, and in 1343 the great tower was finished under Bishop Homo de Hythe, a great patron of architecture. In 1905 the thirteenth centenary of the foundation was celebrated, as was also the inauguration of the steeple, which was finished in that year. SYNOD PRESDENT WL FL PULPT | Dr. Rasmussen of Pennsylva- nia to Be Guest Preacher at Luther Place. ‘The guest preacher tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at Luther Place Memorial | Church will be Dr. Carl C. Rasmussen, | president of the East Pennsylvania | Synod of the United Lutheran Church and pastor of the Lutheran Church of | the Messiah of Harrisburg, Pa. Dr. Rasmussen has been called to the burg Coliege, but has been invited by the council of the Luther Place Memo- rial Church to reconsider his resolution to enter the academic field and to con- | sider a call to that congregation to fill the vacancy created by the resignatios of Dr. rge M. Diffenderfer, who occupled that pastorate for a decade. Since the resignation of Dr. Diffen- derfer the col tion at Luther Place has heard a number of J\lut preachers, and will continue to_do so until the vacancy filled. Dr. Diffenderfer, while directing his ent toward the development_of the national campaign for the Lutheran Women's College at ‘Wheaton, has given much of his time to his old col assisting it in every way toward finding an outstand- in, lmlnm'r to succeed him in that pit. REV. G. E. LENSKI SELECTS SUBJECT “Why Must Evil Be?” Will Be Topic at Grace Lutheran Churoh. At Grace Lutheran Church tomorrow morning Rev. G. B. Lenski will have as in the evening “Six Things a Good Church Member Does.” The Young People’s Soclety will meet Monday evening in the hall of the church. Ernest Holland will preside. Final arrangements will be made for the play soon to be presented by the soclety, under the direction of Miss Emma Newton. A committee composed of the officers of the church’s societies will inaugu- rate & campaign for new members. ‘The committee with workers will be ad- dressed February 17 by Rev. 8. C. Michelfelder of Pittsburgh, Pa. di- rector of the Lutheran Inner Mission Society. ‘The committee is composed of the following: Rev. Mr, Lenski, Willlam Lehmann, Mrs. August Moeller, Mrs, H. McLin Bell, Ernest Holland. MEETING DATE FIXED. The department of religious educa- tion, at a recent meeting, decided to hold the next meeting of the Sunday School Institute at St. John's Church, Sixteenth and H streets, February 18 at 8 pm. Rev. Albert H. Lucas, headmas- ter of St. Albans, National Cathedral School for Boys, and Miss Mabel B. ‘Turner, principal of the National Ca- thedral School for Girls, will speak. The coaching class will meet at 6 o'clock February 16 at St. John's Church, Georgetown. SERVICE TO BE GIVEN. Dr, John P. Knapp of Cincinnati, ©Ohio, acc nied Evangelist E. E. Patzch and k George Wood- ward, will give a service at the Church of the Nazarene tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. Rev. Knapp is representing the East- ern Nazarene College of Boston, Mass. Mr. Woodward illustrates the songs as they are sung by Mr. Patzch. Rev. E. Hez Swem to i’nleh. “A Month of Pleasure” is the subject of Rev. E. Hes Swem tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at Centennial Bapf Church, followed by baptism of converts from recent revival tist Young soc} People's Union meet p.m. and e Sunday school at 9:30 at am. o | Rev. H. E. Beatty’s Sermon Themes the Departed Come Back Earth?” will be the subject at 11 am. in Georgetown Lutheran Church by Rev. Howard E. Beatty, pastor. Chris- :tian Endeavor, 7 .m. ‘Readin Sibjeet: “How o Byla up the Bvening ul “How d up | Services.” .., chair of religious education at Gettys-| i |an address on the Religious Questions DISCUSSED BY Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. Q. What do you regard as the pri- mary interests of the Christian churches? ‘Should not the principal de- nominations have representation in the League of Nations? A. Their first and final interest is the evangelization of the world. This car- ries with it peace and good will to all men. Thelr mission is spiritual, fra- ternal, supernational and necessitates treedom from entangling political alli- ‘| ances of any kind. In some countries the state church still survives as a heri- tage from the past. But experience does not commend the union of church and state unless that union is sanctioned b{ the practically unanimous consent of all parties affected thereby. No well disposed Christian or mon- Christian can be indifferent to .the t moral issues embodied in the ague, or in any other organization acting in behalf of brotherhood and for restraint of war. 1 rsgrfl it as essential that all who prize International peace and security should unite for realization of those great objectives. But they should do so as citizens, not as rel This limitation applies to_their nre- sentation in the e, It is involved in_political, economic, financial, terri- torial and cal matters which are best handled by statesmen, not by theo- logians or advocates of religion. As it s, churchmen belonging to the constituent nations of the League are already regteunud therein by their appointed delegates. They are now in & position to contribute their moral m{ofl, give advice, if 50 desired, upon matters of Prineiple and eneoun?e thelr fellow "citizens to energetically sustain the work.of the League. But these efforts, as I see it, should mark the boundaries of their activity as churchmen. Q. I have recently been told that the existence of God is illogical and with- out proof. As a layman and & believer in God I should appreciate your answer to this assertion. A. Theists agree in the main that the existence of God is not demonstrable. ‘They take exception, however, to the statement that what cannot be demon- strated is illogical. Life's necessities repeatedly leap like a hunted deer be- vond the bounds of logic. The indi- Vidual who undertakes to limit his be- liefs and activities to what he can prove would no longer be a social being. To be concrete, the ordinary sclen- tific view lists man as a product of na- ture. This implies that nature must be equal to producing man. But man surpasses anything found in nature: He is & moral being, having reasoning faculties and the vision of imagination. He forms lortr ideals and judges him- self in their light. His conscience acts as mh it were the attorney general of & higher power. How, then, can nature, which is merely a dead and impersonal system, evolve such a being as man? Since personality alone can impart personal- ity, whatever exists in man is ascribed by ible thinkers to his Creator. He is the image of his God, or he could not be either rational or moral; and nature is the instrument of that ra- tional and moral order which further reflects the verse. scope {?rfl“dmomtntlon" a8 we prac- tice it, it is nevertheless wholly reason- able and defensible. Q. What basis is there for the belief of immediate personal immortality when we die? Clearly St. Paul declares we are “dead” or “asleep” until the final Ji ent. If we have immediate immortality at death why then is there to be a final judgment? In either case will there be & consciousness of individu- ality _)dur death, regardiess of spiritual 0] Tm? A. St. Paul's teaching on the future life should be read in the light of his argument contained in the fifteenth chapter of his first letter to the church at Corinth. There he soars like an eagle above the plain and visualizes the blessedness of the discarnate who are no longer subject to the corruptions of the flesh. Undoubtedly, he anticipated an im- mediate entrance into the life eternal, or why should he say in another let- ter, “For to live is Christ, and to die is gain”; and again, “I am in a stralt betwixt the two, having a de- sire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better” (Philippians 121-23). Consider the triumphant assurance of his words in his second letter to the Corinthians and the first verse of the fifth chapter, “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved we have a bullding of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” Here immortality is no distant des- tiny, separated from mortality by a long Nirvana and awaiting the final judg- ment. It is as though the apostle and his fellow believers at once passed from the vestibule into the palace. It should be remembered that he and the Chris- tians of his time looked for their Lord's "’i’{’y’.‘ return while they were still on earth. They saw him coming in trailin clouds of glory to judge the quick an dead and make a universal restoration of all things. judgment was part of the Jewish escha- tology taken over into the New Testa- ment gospel. Behind it and all other theories of the future dssize is a solemn emphasis of our responsibility for deeds done in the body. Old and New Testa- ment writers alike insist that we must the ar mt which sur- presding mind ot the uni- | g This belief in a final | Th answer torcod for the conduct of our e. IPASTOR TO START SERMON SERIES Dr. Miers to Use Paul’s Let- ter to Galatians as Base for-Talks. At the morhing. service tomorrow the tor of Fourth Pre‘-'l;{umn Church, . James H. Miers, will & series of sermon studies from Paul’s letter to the Galatians. troductory sub- Jject is “Paul’s Intolerance in the Gos- ge," referring to the first chapter of letter to the Galatians. At the eve- ning service, at 8 o'clock, he will speak in the series of meditations upon the book of Revelations, on “The Two Wit~ nesses,” from the eleventh chapter. The Christian End leties will meet at 7 o'clock. The Bettle K. Newton M League will meet at 6:30 evening for its annual election of officers. issionary g.m‘ ‘Tuesday quet and Mrs. Jerome S, CHURCH CANPAGH PROGRESS IS MADE : General Committee. for Pro- posed Survey Plans for Financing Work. The general committee in charge of %’ oV lism n evangel com| ton, to be condumnfl of Dr. A. Earl Kernal early April, met Thu at the Firet Congregational Church, with Rev. Jason Noble Pierce as chairman. poria’ from subthalrmen in. shacs "o rom sul en in c detalls l;l or| :hh-tlon for the rell':lalu census, in wi & large rtion of ‘Washington churches lnp part. The finance committee, with W. W. !V‘::e‘ttml.! ch;l;’m";l. reported $1,000 Tal spec! ts -throughout the city; the pastors pledged a substantial - | amount, and the Washington district will Ashet 1, lina, and of the Flag Pond, Tenn, schools and hospital for mountain ‘Whites, ‘The church history lecture will be Wednesday at 7:30 pm. and at 8:30 o'clock the class in study of the epistle to the Hebrews will meet. Prayer meet- ing will be led by the pastor Thursday evening. L. Middleton, for many years teacher and leader of the adult class of Fourth Church Sunday school, presented his resignation last Sunday because of 11l heal The tion was accepted. ey 1 2ue an all-day mee jul class rooms under leadership of Mrs. Harry Blake, president. The members will work under direction of Mrs. Wil- liam G. Highfield, making garments for g)or 1:3“‘“4“ lklm’ lurllt:llc:l'u d“x’en‘l lospital and makin; essings to be nntw!"lul’o'ndfl ital, & mis- sion in 1;.:1:0-« sup) in part by church. Mrs. Estelle Nelson, chairman of the committee on calling, will report at the luncheon on the work of ca lor sick and shut-in members of the church. < csdaliunde SCOUT DAY OBSERVANCE AT ALBRIGHT MEMORIAL Boy Scout day will be observed at Al- bright Memorial Church tomorrow. Troop 79, of which Edwin Mashmeyer is the scoutmaster, will attend the morning service at 11 o'clock in a body. Rev. George E. Schnabel, the minister, will use as his sermon subject “The Stuff a Boy Is Made Of." At 7:30 o'clock there will be an illustrated ser- mon, with Ralph Conors’ book, “The Sky Pilot,” a8 the theme. The Men's Club will have as their guest Tuesday night Dr. J. W. Thomp- son of York, Pa. Following the club luncheon the quarterly conference will convene. The_eyening circle of the guild will meet Wednesday evening. An evening of Valentine fun has been arranged. ‘The second in the series of prepara- tion mee! for the Kernahan cam- paign will be held Thursday at 7:30 o'clock. WILL RECEIVE MEMBERS. Rev. Henry B. Wooding, pastor of Eckington Presbyterian Church, will k Sunday morning on the topic “A essage to Young People.” New mem- bers will be received into the church. In the evenin will be “The Value of a Man."” The monthly meeting of the Mlssion- ary Society will be held Wednesday at noon. The members of the Pidelity i e Wednceday ab3 el 00! use o'clock. Thi evening .the pastor will give city church and its problems. i PASTOR’S SERMON. Rev. Bernard Braskamp, pastor of the to | Gunton-Temple Memorial Presbyterian Church, will preach tomorrow morning on the subject of “Revealers of Char- dcter.” 'e‘nmmen‘: Missionary Society will ting Wednesday nt. at which the | The work meet by wi his subject “Why Must Evil Be?” and | res) . o s at 8 o'clock the theme | The oyt fi““u“:’-"‘n‘f-‘&%"“‘!fi spgak 6F her impressions of Korea. of the Baltimore Conference of ‘the Methodist Church has guar- anteed its quota to the extent of $3,000, at the rate of 20 cents a member for 15,000 members. Other deriominations are expected to take similar action in the near future. Arrangements ing made by all denominations to so finance the campaign that every church same basis, irre- & comprehensive re ary work of the 10 district chairmen, in completing plans for the city-wide survey, h personal direction a.mlrl.-eummmy. Maryland and Vir- Y‘,!l:_vrk. .Avouph ‘lelmo pastor of “t::' venue Church,spoke regarding the Kernahan campaign here. BROWNING TO ADDRESS M. E. BIBLE CLASS Representative Gordon Browning of Tennessee will address the - Harrison Bible class of Congress Street Method- ist Protestant Church, 1238 Thirty- first street, tomorrow morning, 9:45 o'clock, in the auditorium of the church, His subject will be “Cutting Down the Corrupt Tree” D. B. Thoma$ will have charge of the lesson and give a short talk on it. All men are welcome, . . Dr. H. A. Kester, the pastor, will preach at the regular church services The subject of his sermon at 11 a. will be “The Religious Life of Abr ham Lincoln,” and at 8 p.m. his them will be “Jesus the Light of the World.” USHERS TO HAVE DAY. Usher’s day will be observed tomorrow at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, At the 11 o'clock service the minister, Dr. William H. Thomas, will outline the duties and responsibilities of an usher in the Christian church. His subject will be “The King's Cup Bearer; or, A Layman's Work for God."” At the evening service a special pro- gram will be rendered. E. S. is the president o Mrs. Cora Shadd female ushers. BROOKHART TO SPEAK. Senator Brookhart of Iowa will de- liver an address to the McKendree are be- | bef is the president of the | ¢ Methodist Sunday school tomorrow at 10:15 o'clock, upon “Phases of the Pro- hibition Amendment.” L. E. Tull of Rhodesia will oce L pit of this church tomor- the church in in that inf Africa. the R . e P T Baptist Subject Announced. the “The Unjust Steward” will be the| Peo) subject of Rev. B. H. Whiting, r‘m of the Friendship Baptist Churc! - morrow at 11 am. Rev. O. W. Haw- kins ' will speak at 8 pm. Sunday praver and praie’ smdeting, " Tuedsy prayer ) 8. pm. R A, g upon the work Presb IBISHOP'S SERMON: 10 BE BROADCAST Services to Be Held in Bethle- hem Chapel of Washington Cathedral. ;| At the people’s evensong tomorrow at 4 o'clock in the Bethlehem Chapel of Washington Cathedral the special preacher will be the Right Rev. James . Freeman, Bishop of Washington. _A portion of the service and the sermbn Will be broadcast over station WRC. ‘The preacher at the 11 a.m. celebs tion of the holy communion in the Bethlehem Chapel will be Dr. G. Pree. land Peter, canon and chancellor of ‘Washington Cathedral, E Other services in the Bethlehsm Chapel tomorrow will be the celebra- tion of the holy communion at 7:30 a.m. and morning prayer and litany at 10 o'clock. ‘The Sunday piigrimages through the crypt chapels of the Cathedral and to objects of religious interest and deve- tion in the Cathedral Close will be con- tinued tomorrow under the guidance of Rev. John W. Gummere of the Cathe- dral staff of clergy. The pilgrimages Will begin in the Bethlehem Chapel gt 12:30 pm. and 5:15 p.m. Visitors in the city as well as local residents are invited to join tomorrow's pilgrimages. MIDYEAR SERVICES FORMALLY OUTLINED Institute of Epworth League IY‘(‘ Church Schools' Operis Tomorrow: at Asbury Church. The midyear {nstitute of the Epwort} League . and_ Church Schools Eg( {llmh ‘Washington District of the Annual Coft- ference of the Colored Methodist Epis- copal Church will convene at the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church tomorrow :f-y 3 l%.gn. and continue through Febru- The members of the institute staff are Mrs, Cora E. Doy, manager; Dy. dean; Rev. Charles .E. omas A. Simms, assistant book stew- ard; Mrs, 8. E. Adelle, dean of women, and Mrs. P. D, Smallwood, assistant embers of the faculty—Rev. Rol F. Coates, watch hour, and R. W. 8. ;ll'g"::nu. stewardship and home mis- Recreation and Junior League meth- ods—J. 8. Carroll, Methodism and Bible study; ©. M. Hodges, -life service and tian CHaETANT, ehd e R o citizenship, an Edna Bowle, church school methods. General Epworth League methods— Mrs. W. T. Parker, the Forum, * ‘There will be a service df the locsl league at 2:45 p.m. February 16, and at :30 p.m. Dr. R. F. Coates, superintend- ent of the Washington district, will Certificates will be presented. Ofi- i B B e nt; enne \rnes, secret o J. Arthur Brown, tre: T, - YOUNG PEOPLE’S TOPIC ANNOUNCED BY PASTOR “Youth Speaks to Youth” Will Be Sermon Bubject of Dr. ¥. W. Perkins Tomorrow. “Youth Speaks to Youth” is the topie for the Young People's day sermon .of Dr. F. W. Perkins of the Univeralist National Memorial Church in the Am- bassador Theater tomorow at 11 o'clock. The Y. P. C. U. at its devotional meet~ ing at 7 p.m. at the parish home, 1603 S street, will discuss “Available Recre- ation,” led by Miss Helen Keefe, At the parish house there will also be 2 meeting of the Ladles’ Ald Associa- tion on Tuesday, with luncheon at noon; followed by “the business session. monthly meeting of the Comrades’ is Thursday, with supper at 6 o'clock, fol- lowed by & talk by Mrs. John S. Ben- nett of the Central Union Mission. A Valentine party for the W. E. D. O. Circle will be at the home of Miss Eliza= th Lewis, 3316 Mount Pleasant street, Tuesday at 8 pm. The young peopls are to entertain the Baliimore Y. P, C. U. at a vumt:n‘u dance, Fel 15, at the home ooty Miss Keefe, 360 [ty B gThe senior board met at the home of ndent - Be ¥ ohmlu lonary ac: Individual societies will also assume charge of the services at the Children’s Recelving Home on_the third .Sund in each month. Eckington Presby= terian Soclety will have charge of the service February 18 at 3 o'clock. James Miller presided over the meet- ing at Eckington Presbyterian Church last Monday. The meeting was opened by the president, D. Roland Potter. Miss Louise Moore, president of the local society, gave an address of wels come and an invitation to the social after the meeting. - Rev. Henry .B, Wooding, pastor of the church, also gave a brief address. Special music was given. by the -quartet of Luther Place Memorial Church. A brief talk about - the District C. E. Alumni. was iven by the president of the alumu, ictor Russell. ~Malj. - Gen. Amu-fi Fries spoke on “Christian Citizenship.’ ‘The society of Con, Street Methed- ist Protestant Church received the shield for havi omt its membershi 8. D‘mflg' entitled “The the Eckington Soclety. Those part in the skétch were Miss Lo Mogqre, Darrell Crain and Howard The next meeting will be held at Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Protess tant Church March 3. i | The soclety of the United Brethren Church will hold & “Fellowship Bang Quet” February 25, at the church. ‘The cnmm:‘ Endeavor for pri meef to- :i"flt the Bible.” Miss Catherine Hodge will lead the meeting at Eckington Presbyterian Church. e Hmunuf at Luther Plla Memorial Church will be in charge Mrs. Frank C. Keefer, H Mr. Potter will speak to the En: deavorers of Peck Memorial Chapel to- morrow at 7 o'clock, i The soclety of' Ninth Street Christian Church will present-a three-act dram: Operation,” | “A Manhattan : Honeymoon," at the church. The "'uv York ligious play enti "m ng."" l(l!l‘heeh 4 and 5. e rwood Presbyterian fihw wlflul have a vtllmmu l .- The executive com: meenu:;ym held at the home 5‘; president, Miss Aurelia Beck, wm'# day evening. i The prayer meeting of the You Keller Memor Aven: & re- Thoy e's Society of Lutheran Church will be conducted a_ duet meet! on _Sunday “evening, The leaders will be nor Froeh and David Wurts. g % [ ‘The I O. B, Soclety of - Keller the children l"n;"