Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1930, Page 10

A—10 GUEST PREACHER 10 OCCUPY PULPIT Dr. Pierce of First Congrega- tional Church Is in Charleston, S. C. i In the absence of the minister, Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, who is in Charles- ston. §. C.. to give the annual address ifor the Charleston Bible Society, the ‘Pulpit of First Congregational Church will be occupied tomorrow morning by ‘Dean Thomas W. Graham of Oberlin. He will give the first of four addresses ‘on the theme “Paul—A Study of Life -at Its Best.” At 4 o'clock he will speak ‘n “A Christian Democracy.” . Dr. John Herman Randall of New | York. formerly minister of Mount Morris Baptist Church of New York and now “director of World Unity Foundation and editor in chief of the World Unity ‘Magazine, will speak at 8 p.m. on “Our New World and Its New Demands.” ‘His address will be followed by the anotion pictures “Lindbergh Flies Alone” ®Bnd “A Trip Around the World. ++ Dean Graham will speak Monday and uesday at 8 p.m., his subject Monday Tiight being “Where Religion Comes In.” Tuesday night his subject will be “The ! Rights of Youth.” % iT After the fellowship supper and Praver meeting Thursday, led by the Minister, there will be a_ public service i the auditorium of the church at which Dr. Pierce will speak on' “Off the ack,” his address being illustrated by e famous motion picture “Thunder.” All departments of the Sunday school meet at 9:45 a.m. Sunday. | i. The senior society of Christian En- deavor will have a tea at 5:50 p.m. Sunday in the Sunday school room,! which will be followed at 6:30 by .ts | regular meeting. Mrs. Charles F. Hughes will lead the meeting and the “opic for discussion will be “Lessons from John's First Epistle.” The Young People’s Society of Chris- tian_ Endeavor will have as its guest ‘speaker Sunday night Chaplain Thomas Tivingston, U. S. A, who will speak ‘about the Philippines. The meeting will be held at 6:30 in the east parlor of the church. ALBRIGHT TO HOLD COMMUNION SERVICE! Pastor Will Preach on “Glorious, Living”"—Evening Program to Begin at 7:30. At Albright Memorial Evangelical Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock holy communion will be observed. Rev. ‘George Schnabel, the minister, will de- liver a communion sermon on “Glori our Living” Sunday evening the serv- “ice begins at 7:30 instead of 8 o'clock. ‘The sermon will be illustrated by the moving picture “The Least of These.” The Men’s Club will present the “Radio Minstrel Show ” Thursday ani Priday nights. ‘The Woman's Missionary Society will meet Monday night. The women of the society will pack boxes for the church mission stations in the moun- tains of Kentucky. S ‘The Christian Endeavor Society wuli .conduct a ;}nrty Saturday night for the e. Guild will meet Wednesday at the church. SCHULZ WILL ADDRESS ST. PAUL'S SERVICE “Validity of American Ideals” Will | Be Subject of Professor To- morrow Evening. i Services at St. Paul's Church, Rock | Creek, will be held tomorrow at 8:30 am., with’ holy communion, and at} 11 o'clock, morning prayer and sermon. At 7 o'clock the Young People’s Society -will meet. followed at 8 o'clock by eve- ning service by the laymen of the church. At 9:30 am., instead of the usual lessons of the church school, there will be a service in the church. | The speaker for the evening service | will be Prof. George J. Schulz of the | Library of Congress, on the “Validity of ‘American Ideals” The kindergarten department of the church school will give selections from _*“Mother Goose” and other selections |PASTOR ANNOUNCES ] Sunday Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson. JESUS HEALING AND HELPING. Matthew, viil.—ix.34. Golden text—"Himself took our infirmities, and bare our dis- eases.”—Matthew, viii.17. Matthew grouped a series of the miracles of Christ in the two chapters of his Gospel, that we are to consider this week, without regard to the time that Jesus performed these miracles. Evidently he desired to impress upon the Jewish readers the fact that the Master in His ministry of healing and helping was fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah, as stated in our golden text, “Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.” Jesus cited His miracles | as evidence that ought to convince John the Baptist that he was correct when he introduced the Lord to the nation as the long-expected Messiah. The people who witnessed His miracles recognized that they demonstrated mn a strong way, not only that He was sent from God, but that He could not have presented any stronger evidence of his Messiahship than He had done by His | miracles of healing and helping. Christianity, as a religion, rests upon | historical facts that were attested by the Master's enemies. They recognized the miracles as facts. They tried to| explain the Lord’s power by claiming that He was aided by an evil power. These miracles were not performed by the Lord for the purpose of causing the ple to marvel at His power. They | attracted attention and increased the numbers seeking to hear His messages. | He did not perform His miracles for | this pus , because He warned the | leper, whom He cured of the loath- some, contagious, and at that time con- sidered to be an incurable disease, noL‘ to publish it, but to show himself to the priest, who as a public health offi- | cer could certify to his cure and restore | him to society. His sympathy for humanity and desire to remove the | burdens caused by sin, sickness and | sorrow filled his heart with compassion. | The more we study the work of "‘”‘\ Great Physician the larger place faith | appears to hold in His work of “Healing | and helping.” Nazareth's lack of faith | prevented His doing any great miracles | there that He did throughout His whole ministry. ‘The Divine Healer. Our lesson tells up of a number and variety of cures He performed. In His work He considered each person's | peculiar need. When He healed the leper, Jesus touched him. The man had been an outcast for years and the Master's touch thrilled him by its revelation of the sympathy of the| Divine Physician and His power. When | He healed the servant of the Roman | centurion, Jesus commended the faith of the man, who, although not a Jew, had shown an insight into spiritual | realities greater than He had found in | Israel. This servant was healed by | absent treatment. When He entered | the home of Peter, where He was a | est, Jesus saw that the mother-in-l law was sick with a fever. He touched her and she proved the genuineness of her cure by rising up from her sick bed and ministering unto the Great Physician. Worn out by His efforts, He ordered | His disciples to cross the lake and im- | medately fell asleep. ~While resting, | one of those unheralded storms broke | out with such severity that these men, | who were accustomed to the changeable | weather of the Lake of Galilee, were | filled with fear, so they aroused Him | and He demonstrated His power over the wind and waves after he had criti- | cized them for their lack of faith. When the disciples saw how the wind and | waves obeyed His authority and re- | their sick friend down through the | opening. | responsible for his condition. THE EVENING ! 1 School Lesson sponded at once to His word, they n;la;;veled at His character and person- ality. | Following a day of miracles in Ca- | pernaum, the home of Peter Was sur- rounded by multitudes seeking to be healed. Jesus healed them and among the number were some with mental diseases. When He reached the other side of the lake, He was moved with compassion at the evidence of faith in His power, that was expressed, so He cured the demonized man. The keepers of the swine reported the loss of the herd that ran down the hill into_the sea and Jesus was asked to leave. They valued the swine more than they did | the restoration of their fellow citize. When Jesus left, he longed to go along, but the Master left him there to act As & missionary among his own people. He did it so well that when Christ re- turned again, He was welcomed. The Sinner's Friend. When Jesus had returned and was preaching in Peter's home, four men arrived carrying a friend, who was a paralytic, like the servant of the cen- turion. His rug had served as a cot and made it easy for them to climb up to the roof and remove the ceiling of straw and mud until they could let Their efforts demonstrated their faith and Jesus rewarded their co-operation by saying to the sick man, “Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.” Evidently, the man's sin was Jesus detected the unexpressed penitence of | the sick man, whose appealing look re- vealed to the Lord the man's regret for his iniquity and desire to be healed. For the first time in the Gospel, we have one seeking healing who was con- sclous of his sin. The Lord removed the cause before He took up the effect. His mercy surpassed the expectation of the man’s friends and Jesus demon- strated by His words that His first in- terest was the salvation of men. Christ's words were a challenge to His cynical critics, who were present hoping to ensnare Him. The Pharisees saw in His declaration to the man a claim of power and authority to forgive sins. They raised the question that none but God had that authority. Jesus demonstrated that He possessed the divine authority to forgive sins by a physical proof ~ that established con- clusively His power and authority to forgive sins. The sick man knew in his heart that his sins had been for- given and immediately showed his faith by obeying Christ's command, “Arise, take up thy bed and go to thy house.” His obedience proves to us that Jesus possessed the power to forgive sins, as well as heal the sick. He showed His friendship with sinners by calling Maz- thew, a publican, who was recognized by the public as a traitor to his nation, to become one of His apostolic band. He accepted Matthew’s invitation to dine with publicans and explain to them the Gospel of salvation. This aroused His enemies and it ought to g‘c:l‘:::ge all sinners to put their faith In response to the request of Jairus, He restored to her broken-hearted par- ents their young and beautiful daugh- ter, whom they mourned as being dead. | He gave sight to a blind man and power of speech to one that was dumb. His great heart is still desirous of helping and healing men. He commissioned His followers to carry the Gospel to every creature. His sympathy for the suffer- ing men and women, boys and girls, had taught a new sympathy for others. The first institution to arise as a result of Christianity was a hospital, that has | carried the sflr". of helpfulness revealed by Jesus to all men throughout the world. The point of the surgeon’s lancet has helped to open the doors for the procla- mation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in China and other lands, where the missionaries of the cross have told how He “Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.” HIS SERMON THEME Dr. Copenhaver to Preach on “Man Shall Not Live by Bread Alone.” “Man Shall Not Live by Bread| Alone” will be the subject of the 11 o'clock sermon of Dr. John C. Copen- haver, pastor of Epworth Methodiat Episcopal Church South, Thirteenth street and North Carolina avenue | February 23 at 7:30 pm. in the parish hhouse. " The proceeds will be used | to equip the kindergarten. HOLD NIGHTLY MEETINGS.| | ‘Evangelistic Services Are Conduct- ed by Chicagoan. | Evangelistic meetings are being con- ducted by Rev. Ben Hardin of Chicago ! -at the Full Gospel Tabernacle, North | Capitol and K streets. The services | wiil continue next week, with meetings every n'ght except Saturday at 7:45!p, o'clock and Sundays at 11 am. and | 7:30 pm. A divine healing service for | the sick of every creed and faith will be held Tuesday at 7:45 pm. A com- | munion service will be held tomorrow | at 11 am. | The Sunday school membership cru- sade holds its session at 9:30 am. and | will continue all next week. The Young | Crusaders’ service will be held tomor- | row at 6:30 pm. The pastor, Rev. Harry L. Collier, will preside at the services | Dr. W. L.VDarby Will Speak. Dr. W. L. Darby, executive ucmm"‘ of the Federation of Churches, wtll‘ speak tomorrow morning and_ evening ! in the Luther Place Memorial Lutheran Church. His morning theme will be' “One Is Our Master” and at night “The | Great Adventure.” QUESTIONS About the Bible. 1 ment_was pronounced upon Him? 2. For which crime were they sentenced? 3. How Pilate? 4. What did Christ’s companions be- fore Pilate bear on their backs? 5. Where was the cross of Christ at ime? '.h:;. VLN:IE did Pilate write on the title fece to this cross? % sI?EIH what languages did he write? 8. What did this mean? 9. What was the final act before Christ was led away? 10. Where are these things recorded? The answers to these questions will be found below. How many can you “answer? 1. Two crt‘rfl\n;ls. . For stealing. ; Christ stood between the thieves, ~below the platform of Pilate. © 4. The horizontal pleces of their to be did the three stand before on th t behind him. e vemen! . : Jesus of Nazareth, King of the 'WS. Latin, Greek and Hebrew. That the inscription was for the | new ¢ */ho was with Christ when judg- | northeast, tomorrow morning. Sunday school meets at 9:30 a.m. The Epworth League Chapter will | meet at 7 o'clock. The Woman’s Mis- | sionary Society will meet in the social | rooms at 8 o'clock Monday evening. | ‘The young people of the church will have charge of the devotional services at Central Union Mission, Tuesday, at 8 o'clock. The pastor will conduct the mid- week prayer service at 8 o'clock Thurs- day. The service will ke in prepara- | tion for the evangelistic campaign about | to be conducted throughout the city under the direction of Dr. Ear! Kerna- an. Representatives of the Epwortn League will attend the bl—monthly' meeting Priday evening of the Epvorih | League Union of Washington and Vicinity in Mt. Vernon Place M. E. Church South, and which will open services with dinner at 6:30 p.m., after which a business session and social | will be held. AR, “THE FRONT DOOR” IS SERMON TOPIC Francis Asbury M. E. Church Pas- tor Continues Series of “Life” Sermons. Dr. J. J. Rives, pastor of Francis As- bury Methodist Episcopal Church South, will take as his topic tomorrow morn- ing “The Front Door.” Continuing his series of sermons on the present-day problems of “Life,” at the evening serv- ! ice he will try to answer the question “Can a young man lead a clean life today?” At the joint service of the Epworth Leagues and the Young People's Mis- sionary Society at 7 p.m. Dr. Rives will continue his review and discussion of Dr. King's “Practicing the Principles of Jesus.” Mrs. Elsie Hall Woolf will be the leader. The Gamma Sigma class will serve a turkey dinner on Wednesday at 5:30 trz'clock for the benefit of the building und, Prayer meeting will be held Thurs- day at 8 o’clock. All members of the congregation are invited to attend a silver tea to be given at the parsonage, 1866 Monroe street, by the Jeffries Bible class for the ben- efit of the building fund February 21 from 2:30 to 6 p.m. PRAYER IS SUBJECT. DR. PERKINS TO PREACH. | “Test of Liberal Religion” Is An-| nounced as Subject. “The Test of Liberal Religion"” is the sermon topic of Dr. F. W. Perkins of the Universalist National Memorial Church in the Ambassador Theater to- morrow at 11 o'clock. At 3 o'clock there | will be a tour of inspection through the hurch at Sixteenth and S streets by the Young People’s Christian Unions | of Baltimore and Washington. There | will be joint devotional service for the two unions at 7 pam. in the parish house, 1603 S street, led by Miss Elea- nor Bonner. Supper will be served | after the meeting The monthly meeting of the Mission | Circle will be held at the parish house ‘Tuesday, with luncheon at noon and business session following. Also at the parish house will be the Church School Association meeting Thursday at 7 | o'clock. WILL PREACH TWICE. Dr. 8. B. Dougherty to Deliver Two Sermons at Memorial Church. At Memorial United Brethren Church, preach in 'the morning on “Capitaliz- ing Calamities” and in the evening on “The Passing of Opportunity.” The Sunday school attendance cru- eade is reported to be increasing. Spe- row morning. The Christian Endeavor Societies will meet at 7 o'clock. Free Lecture Announced. ‘The United Lodge of Theosophists, in the Hill Building, Seventeenth and Eye streets, will give a free lecture on the .cross designed for Christ. ‘They gave Him back his white = 10, st Jobn, chapter 19; St. Matthew, subject of “Brotherhood—False and True,” tomorrow evening, and Thurs- day evening the free study class will discuss “Kai " and questions will be answered. public is invited. North Capitol and R streets, tomorrow | the pastor, Dr. S. B. Daugherty, will | cial features will be introduced tomor- | Dr. Pierce Will Deliver Sermon To- morrow Morning. “The Paradox of Prayer—If Prayer Gives You Only What You Have, Then Why Pray?” is the subject of the ser- mon which Dr. Ulysses G. B. Plerce, | minister of All Souls’ Church (Uni- | tarian), Sixteenth and Harvard streets, will deliver at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. Mrs. Benjamin Smith will be | the speaker of the book chat at 5:30 jo'clock. She will review Claude G, Bowers' “The Tragic Era.” The Young Pe(])plc‘s Fireside Circle is at 6:30 clock. The feature at the motion picture hour, at 7:30 p.m., will be the Russian | film, “Ten Days That Shook the World." | |LEGISLATOR WILL SPEAK. David Hogg to Give Address at Douglas Church. Representative David Hogg of In- diana will deliver the address at joint observance of the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln at Douglas Memorial M. E. Church, Eleventh and H streets northeast, to- morrow at 8 pm. ‘The meeting is under the auspices of Cushing Camp, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and their auxiliary. A flag drill will be given by the Junior League. Boy Scouts will act as ushers. Rev. R. W. Brooks to Preach. Al the services of Lincoln Congrega tional Temple tomorrow morning Rev R. W. Brooks will speak from the sub- Ject, “Reaching Definite Conclusion: | Aboutalife.” Senijor Christian En- | deavor Society meets at 6:45 pm. A literary program will be presented. The | subject to be discussed is “Lessons From Epistle.” The forum dis- cussion will be led by William Black- | STAR, WASHINGTON. b2 8 C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1930. EVENSONG SERVICE PROGRAM OUTLINED Bishop Freeman to Preach and Sermon to Be Broadcast. Communion Announced. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will preach at the people’s evensong to be held in the Bethlehem Chapel of Washington Cathedral tomorrow at 4 o'clock. A portion of this service and sermon will be broadcast over WRC. At the 11 a.m. celebration of the holy communion tomorrow the preacher will be Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon of ‘Washington Cathedral. Other services in the Bethlehem Chapel tomorrow will include celebra- tion of the holy communion at 7:30 am. and morning prayer and litany at 100'clock. The cathedral choir of men and boys under the direction of Edgar Priest, organist and choirmaster, will sing at 11 am. and 4 p.m. Daily services are held in the Bethle- | hem chapel as follows: 7:30 a.m., cele- | bration of the holy communion, and evening prayer, 4 o'clock. The holy com- munion s also celebrated in the Chapel of the Resurrection Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. for the benefit of those unable to attend the earlier services. Visitors as well as residents of the city are invited to attend the Cathedral services and to participate in the daily | and Sunday piigrimages about the Cathedral Close by a member of the Cathedral stafl of clergy. The Sunday pilgrimages will be held tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. from the Bethlehem Chapel. The crypt chapels of the Cathedral open to the public will be inspected and, weather permitting, other objects of religious devotion and interest in the Cathedral grounds visited. o REV. E. 0. CLARK SELECTS THEMES “The Christian's Revelation” and “Washington, the Patriot,” Sermon Subjects. “The Christian’s Revelation” will be the subject tomorrow morning at the Chevy Chase Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. Edward O. Clark. A story- sermon is’ told the children of the junfor church, after which the Jr. 8. Y. P. U. meets, under ihe leadership of Mrs. Gladys C. Wilson. “Washington, the Patriot,” will be Mr. Clark’s subject in the evening praise service at 7:45 o'clock. ‘The Woman's Society will meet Mon- day at 11 o'clock at the church. White Cross activities occupy the period pre- ceding the luncheon. “Home Missions will be the subject for consideration following the business session. Mrs. E. W. Chafee is the president of the | soclety. The Senior Young People’s Union is planning to present a dramatic produc- tion, entitled “Youth Prays” in the near future. A father-and-son banquet, under the auspices of the Church School, will be held February 21 at the church. Dr. Willlam M. Mann, director | of the Washington Zoo, will make the address. INSTITUTE WILL MEET. Sunday School Group to Hold Ses- sion on Tuesday. The Sunday School Institute of the Department of Religious Education of the Diocese of Washington will meet at St. John’s Parish Hall, Sixteenth and H street, Tuesday at 8 o'clock. Re Albert H. Lucas, headmaster of St. | Albans, National Cathedral School for Boys, will speak on “Another Aspect of the Sunday School,” and Miss Mabel B. Turner, principal of the Schools for Girls, will speak on “Educa- tion and Youth.” ‘The coaching class will meet at St John's Church, Georgetown, tomorrow at 6 o'clock. Prior to the class instruc- tion there will be a supper. An umusual program will be given at the Western Presbyterian Church to- morrow evening. Alvan Thaden will preside, and the speakers will be Arthur Storey, Willlam Hanback, Shanner and Charles Laughlin. This service is in charge of the young people. Cathedral | ‘Thomas | ALVARY BAPTIST TOPIC ANNOUNCED jRev. W. S. Abernethy to ‘ Preach in Morinng on “Gos- “ pel According to Enemy.” ‘B | Rev. W. S. Abernethy, pastor, will preach at Calvary Baptist Church to- | morrow morning on “The Gospel Ac- | cording to the Enemy,” and at 8 o'clock |he will preach the third sermon in the series on the home, this one being | “A Lifelong Honeymoon." | Junior church service will be held at 11 o'clock in Baker Hall, Rev. H. J. | Councilor, minister, | “'The annual Vaughn Class banquet will be held Friday evening, in Shallen- | berger Hall. Reception at 6:30 o'clock | will be held in Baker Hall, | Dr. Charles Wood will give the sec- | ond talk in the series on the Jerusalem | conference in Woodward Hall, Thurs- day evening at 7 o'clock. Preceding the lecjure a dinner meeting will be held in Shallenberger Hall in connection with the World Fellowship conference at 6 oclock. The mid-week prayer service will follow at 8 o'clock. The board of trustees will meet Wed- nesday, 8 o'clock, in the pastor's study. ‘The Lucia Greene Chapter of the World Wide Guild will have a dinner at the Y. W. C. A. Wednesday at 6:30 o'clock. Mrs. Julian C. Dowell will be the guest of honor and principal speaker. The Woman's Missionary Soclety will meet in Baker Hall at 11 o'clock Tues- day. The members of the Stickney Circle will be hostess and sponsor a program on A Vision of Citizenship,” with Mrs, Otto Veerhoff as principal speaker, and Dr. Cochrane giving a de- votional talk. The Service Class Group will be hostess at the valentine at home to- morrow from 5 to 7:30 in Burrall Hall. John R. Thomas will conduct the meeting of the Christian Endeavor So- ciety Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in Kendall Hall. 'DR. LAMBETH GIVES TOPICS OF SERMONS “A Lost Note in Protestantism” | Will Be Subject for Morning ! Address, The pastor, Dr. W. A, Lambeth, will preach at Mount Vernon Place Church tomorrow morning on “A Lost Note in Protestantism” and in the evening on “Recovering Lost Faith.” In the junior congregation service, held at 11 o'clock in the Sunday school auditorium, Rev. H. R. Deal, junior preacher, will preach the sermon, his subject being “James—a_Christian.” The meeting of the Woman's Mis- sionary Society will be held on Tuesday as 11 o'clock. The Mission Study Class will meet after the luncheon for the discussion of the second chapter of “The Crowded Ways,” by Sears. The Young People’s Missionary So- ciety will meet Tuesday at 8 in room 10. ‘The Board of Lay Activities will meet in the pastor's study Tuesday evening. At the prayer meeting service Thurs- day evening the last three chapters of ‘The Church and the World Parish” will be reviewed as follow: “Christian Service to the Immigrant, Clark; “Christ and the Country ple,” by Miss Grace Gannaway, and “The Christianization of Southern In- dustry,” by Judge E. K. Campbell. As a part of the program of the bi- monthly meeting of the Washington City Epworth League Union Friday eve- ning Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, will speak in the main audi- torium of this church. | WILL CONTINUE SERIES. Dr. Z. B. Phillips to Preach on “The Historical Christ.” Dr. Z. B. Phillips, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, will continue his special series of sermons on “The Hstorical Christ” at the 11 o'clock serv- ice tomorrow. The sermon will have to do with the consideration of sal- vation, with its various implications, and Jesus Christ as the savior of man- | kind. The rector also will occupy the pulpit at evensong at 8 o'clock. | There will be a celebration of the holy communion at 8 am. At 9:30 Epiphany Sunday school will assemble, and at 9:45 Dr. Morris, associate min- ister, will conduct a Bible class for adults. The weekly meeting of the \Young People's Society will be at 6 pr. Covington, Kentucky. When one thinks of a famous church, one naturally thinks of one great in age, great in architecture or great in its historic associations. One finds none of these characteristics in the little church on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River, ‘and so, perhaps, one can hardly refer to it in the same manner one refers to Westminster, Cologne, Notre Dame or Santa Sophia. It may not be a famous church, but it s at least unique, for it man. At 8 p.m. Mrs. Charlotte Haw- kins Brown, president of Palmer Memo- rial Institute, Sedalia, N. @, will be presented in special address. Is the smallest church in the world, capable of accommodating but three or four parishioners. The small brick structure was bullt n 1890 by some brothers of the Bene- dictine Order, who used it as a shrine during the years they were engaged | there in the making of sacramenial wine. During the years of its use, it contained an altar, the usual church candles, a crucifix and pews for the ac- commodation of three people. But it is no longer used as a church, though still owned by St. Joseph's parish of Coving- ton. It is now merely an outhouse of the estate on which it is situated. This interesting structure, the smallest church in the world, is on the Highland pike, two miles south of Covington. held | Religious Questions DI Dr.S. Q. What is the best evidence that one is a true Christian? A. Growth of the soul through Chris- tian discipline. To achieve that there must be humility and confession before the new life in Christ can become operative. Divorcing self from fond conceits, vain desires and vicious habits is not an easy matter either for the godless or the conventionally religious. Yet in any effective approach to the Father through Christ we should listen rather than speak, and be humble recipients who hear solely to obey. ‘This requires a contemplation the depth and significance of which demand every energy of the entire man. Pere Lallemant in his devotional manual, | “Prayer and Intelligence,” declares that “without contemplation no great ad- vance will be made in virtue, and we | shall never be able to help others toward it.” The Christian should keep his inward vision fixed on the divine perfection, the divine love, the divine salvation, whereby the dross of his lower being shall be purged away. Thus can he meet the crises of life through reliance upon the mercy which endures forever. That is the rule of Christian progress | into Christlikeness. ‘Too often our intercourse with heaven chiefly consists in asking for what we want, careless of whether it is what we need for the development of our souls Suppose one followed this course in social life and became a mere suppli- cant, with everybody else the victims of one's ceaseless requests and importu- nities. What would be the outcome? We should understand that the teaching of Jesus is our surest guide and that what He establishes for the Christian life is | not only divine wisdom, it is also com- mon sense, Q. I have recently joined the church and feel that I ought to plead with o:l!;,rs to join it. How can I go about this? A. By being wholesome, manly, fair- minded and sympathetic. Live to the limit that which you profess and pro- fess nothing you do not strive to attain. Manifest the spirit of unselfish service. Do not preach at your acquaintances as if they were a public meeting. Ex-Senator Pepper stated the basic answer to your inquiry when he said: “If your common sense tells you that friendship is by far the greatest power in the world, it will also tell you that the essence of Christianity is mature friendship with Jesus Christ, the kind of friendship which leads to imitation of Him.” Read the Gospels to find what a friend He was to all sorts and condi- tions of men and women. He did not patronize them, nor put on superior airs, nor parade His excellencies. He SCUSSED BY Parkes Cadman. embodied the perfect ideal of persuasive affection which you and I must en- deavor to secure, is does not mean that He was complacent with open wrongdoing. On the contrary. He de- nounced it with words that burned and made Him bitter and relentless enemies. But gentleness was His norm; com- passion for the weak and erring His habit. He was 5o averse to plous pretensions that He shocked the ardent religionists of His time. You will also note that He seldom intervened unless asked to do so. | Neither are you required to be a busy- body any more than a prig. Naturalness is the secret of every successful spiritual adventure. Hearts open, consciences respond and wills submit to the steady approaches of good life and patient comprehensio When the moment is ripe you can speak the word which is as a nail fastened in a sure place. Q. We are told that we must sur- render the reality of the God of the Bible. What do you say to that proposition? A. Everything depends on what is meant by “the God of the Bible.” If this phrase refers to the Being who commanded Abraham to slay Isaac and the Israelites to exterminate the Amalekites, few believers, Jews or Christians, would accept such com- mands as indicative of the God they adore. But what of the majestic con- ceptions of God in the Hebrew prophets? For example, in the fortieth chapter of Isaiah. Consider the rounding out of His self-revelation in those inspired guides to spiritual reality. Reflect that, as Bishop Gore shows in his book, “Be- lef in God,” Jesus presupposed the illuminating writings of those prophets Father of all men completed theirs. The net result is that the ideal of God is elevated in the Bible to an infinitude of benevolence and rectitude. fi! lthe Christ, Jesus embodied that leal. Since when has it been unreal? If I define God as the personal spirit, entirely good, who in holy love creates, sustains and ordains all that is, I only reproduce the Biblical concept of God as accepted by Christendom and Jewry at large. But we must not seek the Biblical concept of God in the early stages of its emergence. That is illogical and unsound. Its consummation is in the mind and revelation of Jesus. The man who says this concept is unreal denles God's existence. For if He is not a personal spirit He is not God in any intelligible sense. Hence the Biblical idea of His being, taken as I have stated it, affords us a more rational explana- tion of life and experience than any suggested substitutes offer. Whatever achieves this end will never be surren- dered by reasonable and aspiring men and women. CHILDREN INVITED BY NEW PASTOR Dr. McCartney Arranges Place for| Boys and Girls in Church of Covenant Program. Dr. Albert Joseph McCartney, who has recently come to the pastorate of the Church of the Covenant, is arrang- ing a place in the usual morning serv- - {ice program for the ministry to chil- dren. He is inviting all the boys and girls of 12 years and under to come forward to the pulpit at that point in the service for a four-minute address suitable to their life and thought. To- morrow he will speak on “Habits, Good and Bad.” After the sermonette the children withdraw to the play rooms of the church or rejoin their parents in|g their pews. The subject of Dr. McCartney’s morn- ing sermon tomorrow will be “Engaged in a Great Work for God.” Judge Ernest H. Van Fossan will speak to the Sunday school at 9:45a.m. The young people will meet at 6:30 pam. in the church house, at 1229 Con- necticut avenue. After a social Mr. Kahler will lead discussion of the les- son, from the first epistle of John. ‘The Society of the Covenant will meet at 11 o'clock Wednesday and will be addressed by Mme. Osias, wife of the resident commissioner of the Philip- pines. The teachers of the Sunday school meet for discussion and business Wed- nesday at 7:30 p.m. “MINISTRY OF MEMORY” IS DR. ROSE’S SUBJECT Morning Sermon Announced at Petworth Methodist Church Tomorrow. Rev. Samuel E. Rose will preach on “The Ministry of Memory” tomorrow morning at Petworth Methodist Episco- pal Church, and in the evening on “Say It With Results.” The Intermediate and Senior Epworth Leagues also will hold services in the evening. A social will be held Monday eve- ning in the church parlors for the building financial campaign workers, at which time Ed Morton Willis, direc- tor of the campaign, will give final in- structions. A supper Friday evening will inaugurate the campaign for the raising of $40000 toward the construc- tion of the new Sunday school unit and repairs to the church proper. Ten teams of five members each will make a canvass of the entire membership | Re during the 10 days of the drive. The Epworth League is planning a | social to follow the monthly business | meeting, Tuesday evening. The Phila- | thea class for women also will meet that evening. PASTOR ENDS VACATION. Dr. B. H. Melton to Preach Tomor- row at Ninth Street Church. Dr. B. H. Melton, who has been spending his Winter vacation in Florida the past three weeks, will return to his pulpit tomorrow at the Ninth Street | Christian Church, Ninth and D streets | northeast. He will have as his morn- ing subject “Eternal Towers.” This sermon is based on the famous Bok | Singing Tower, near Lake Wales, Fla. The_evening subject will be “A Beauti- | ful Benediction,” based on the Mispah benediction. The Alpha Christian En- deavor Society will attend this service in a body. The Phi Kappa class of the Bible school will present its annual play, “An Old-fashioned Mother,” Tuesday night. PROGRAM IS GIVEN. Dr. Otto Braskamp to Preach at Northminster Church. At Northminster Presbyterian Chap- el, Alaska avenue and Kalmia road, to- morrow at 9:40 am. the church school will meet. At 11 am. Dr. Otto Bras- kamp will speak on “Life’s Governing | Principles.” " At 6:30 the Intermediate Society of Christian Endeavor will meet. At 7 o'clock the Young People’s socie'tly of Christian Endeavor will meet, McQueen will lead the ission. The midweek prayer service will be held Thursday evening and Friday at 3:30 o'clock the children will meet to continue the “Trip Around the World.” ‘The Christian Endeavor will present & play March 4 and 5. DR. G. G. JOHNSON ANNOUNCES TOPICS “Followers of Jesus Should Walk Worthily” Will Be Morning Subject. Dr. G. G. Johnson, pastor at National Baptist Memorial, has chosen for his subject tomorrow morning “Followers of Jesus Should Walk Worthily” and for the evening “What Christ Expects of the Christian.’ The Mary V. Walton Circle will meet ‘Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Dunn, 3810 Eighth street, and at the same hour the Mount Pleasant W. C. T. U. will meet at the Friends' Church, Thirteenth and Irving streets. The Co- lumbia Federation of B. Y. P. U. meets at Grace Baptist Church, Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, at pm. Various missionary circles will meet Wednesday at 2 pm. as follows: Annie Laurie Sadler Circle, at the home of Mrs. O. F. Hunter, 1537 Monroe street; Ella Marie Holmes Circle, at the home of Mrs. Noyes, 3010 Porter street; Helen B. Montgomery Circle, at the home of Mrs. Gary, 1742 Lamont street; Kath- leen Mallory Cirlce, at the home of Mrs. Robert Clark, 1019 Hamlin street northeast, and Lucy Peabody Circle, at fllle home of Mrs, Noud, 3228 Hiatt Pplace. The pastor’s class for boys and girls will meet in the church parlor Thurs- day at 7:10 p.m. and at 7:45 o'clock the officers of the church will meet with those desiring to unite with the church. The subject for the midweek service at g lpl;n is “The Names of the Holy pirit. At 7:15 pm. Friday Troop 43 of the | Boy_Scouts will meet at the church and |at 7:30 o'clock Ship 203 of the Sea | Scouts will meet. FOR SERIES OF SERMONS | Special Services to Be Started by Pastor Tomorrow and Con- tinue Two Weeks. ‘There will be a series of special serv- ices in the Temple Baptist Church, be- ginning tomorrow and continuing for two weeks. The sermons on Sunday will be by the pastor, Rev. Thomas E. Boorde. The morning sermon will be | “Songs in the Night" and the evening | “Working for Christ.” During the week the following minis- | isters will assist the pastor: Rev. John E. Briggs, Rev. C. R. Ferguson, Rev. C. B. Austin, Rev. W. P. Wheeler and v. W. F. Johnston. Charley and Roy, evangelists, will be- gin their work Monday night. The Sunday school superintendents of the Columbia Association will hold their conference in the social room of the church Monday night. Dinner will be served them at 6:30 o'clock by the Euzelian Bible class. REVIVAL CONTINUES. Miss Stockton and Miss Gould Will Speak. Revival services at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, Sixth and A streets northeast, will continue every night next week except Saturday, under the direction of Miss Amy Lee Stockton and Miss Rita Gould. Pastor John Compton Ball will preside. Miss Stock- ton will speak tomorrow morning on “The Judgment of Christians” and in the ‘:\'enlng on “Life’s Supreme Mo- ment.” Miss Gould will tell the story of her life Monday night. Miss Stockton will speak Tuesday night on “Can We Know the Bible as God's Word?” Birthday night will be observed Wednesday, when Miss Stockton will' speak on “Born Twice.” She will preach Thursday night, when there will be a program of Negro spirituals, and a praise service will be held Friday night. & ey SERMON TOPICS GIVEN. Rev. William La Rue to Speak to Children Tomorrow. At the Takoma Park Baptist Church, Rev. Willlam E. La Rue, pastor, will preach tomorrow a sermonette to the children on “One Good Turn Deserves Another,” and a regular sermon on “Believers as Evangelists. Mrs. William E. Brock, wife of Sena- tor W. E. Brogk of Tennessee, will speak at 8 pm. - CHURCH FINANCING SERMON SUBJECT Rev. James H. Miers Will Preach at Fourth Presbyterian. At Fourth Presbyterian Church morrow at 11 o'clock the subject of sermon by Rev. James H. Miers will be “The Romance of Financing a Church.” An address will also be given by Judge Willlam E. Andrews, former member of Congress from Nebraska. The r will speak at 8 p.m. on “The ur- rection of the Two Witnesses and What Followed.” At the close of the morning service James T. Sherier, William Tul- loch, W. A. Patton, Harry Blake, Dr. Joseph T. Bogan and Charles Bissell, recently elected elders, and James Basim and C. Vernon Hill, newly elected dea- cons, will be inducted into their re- spective offices with a short special serv- ice by the pastor and the pastor emeri- tus, Rev. J, T. Kelly. ‘The Senior and Junior Christian En- deavor Societies will meet at 7 p.m. The leader of the Senior Soclety meeting, to be held in Kelly hall, is Miss Agnes Moulka, the subject being “Love Your Enemies.” A general assembly of the Sunday school will be held at 9:30 a.m. ‘This program is under the direction of C. Vernon Hill, Mrs. Jerome Shear, Miss Maude Burklin, Mrs. June Sud- duth, Miss Eleanor White, Mrs. W, R. Stewart, Edward G. Russell, James T. Sherier and Mrs. W. W. Tuckey. ‘There will be a lecture on church his- tory in Kelly hall Wednesday at 7:30 pm., and at 8:30 o'clock the class studying the Epistle to the Hebrews will meet, led by the pastor. | | Prayer meeting service will be Thurs- and His teaching about the universal | day at 8 p.m. DR. WEAVER TALKS AT FIRST BAPTIST Dr. Samuel J. Porter, Pastor, Is in Roanoke Delivering Series of Sermons. Dr. Rufus W. Weaver will preach at First Baptist Church tomorrow in the absence of Dr. Samuel Judson Porter, who is in Roanoke, Va. delivering & series of sermons at the Calvary Bap- tist Church of that city. Dr. Weaver's topic for 11 o'clock is “The Chorus of Character,” and 8 pm, “The True Fundamentalism.” The B. Y. P. U. will meet at 6:15 o’clock. ‘The Emily York Circle, Mrs. Elliott chairman, will meet at the home of Miss Elizabeth Clark, 2020 O street, Monday at 2:30 p.m. The prayer meeting will be held ‘Thursday at 8 o'clock. ‘The B. Y. P. U. will give a George ‘Washington social at the church Friday at 8 o'clock. ish services Priday at 8 o'clock and February 23 at 3:30 pm, by Rev. L. Danielson of Brooklyn, N. PAUL J. KVALE TO SPEAK AT EVENING SERVICES Minnesota Representative to Ad- dress Central Union Mission Crowd Tomorrow. Representative Paul J. Kvale of Min- nesota will be the speaker at tomorrow night's services at the Central Union Mission, 613 C street. i from the fol- During the week groups. conduct the serv- lowing churches will ices: Monday night, the B. Y. P. U. of the Kendall Baptist Church; Tuesday night, the Epworth League of Epworth M. E. Church South; Wednesday night, Christian Endeavor of the Calvary Bap- tist Church; Thursday night, the Christian Endeavor of the Pirst Con- gregational Church; Friday night, the Live Wire Class of the Metropolitan Baptist Church, and Saturday night, the ’édult Bible Class of the Fourth Pres%yterian Church. The Evening Auxiliary of the Wom- en’s Guild of the Central Union Mis- sion _held a Valentine party last night in the Children's Emergency Home of the Mission, 624 Louisiana avenue. Mrs, A. E. Benner presided and Miss Char- lotte Darrow was program chairman. A general program was provided by Cathedral Chapter, O. E. 8., including vocal solos by Mrs, Ethel Martin, matron, and readings by Mrs. Eva Roth- rock, past matron. Twenty of the 40 children in the Mission's Emergency Home took part, dressed as valentines. AT WESLEY METHODIST. Dr. Reynolds to Discuss “Faith That Makes Fearless.” Dr. F. C. Reynolds, pastor of Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church, Connecti- cut avenue and Jocelyn street, will take s the basis of his discourse tomorrow at 11 o'clock the incident in the life of Jesus when he calms the stormy sea. His subject will be “Faith That Makes Fearless.” Dr. A. J. Jackson, professor of Bible at American University, will continue his series of studies, taking as his topic +Jesus and Sacrifice.” ! This service will be held at 7 o'clock under the direction of the Young People's organization of the church. Under the auspices of the Men's Clup and the Woman's Guild, Henry Warren Poor of Boston will give an fllustrated lecture Friday evening on “Scenio A’merlcl:' This is to be a social eve- ning. PERTSUNON T TR Dr. Kress to Read Paper. “The Cigarette and Our Boys and Girls” is the subject of the paper that will be read by Dr. Daniel H. Kress of the Washington Sanitarium, Takoma Park, before the Presbyterian Ministers' Assoclation of Washington and vieinity at 11 am. Monday in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, LUTHER LEAGUE When the league holds its QuAr- terly meeting at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation March 4 the devo- tionals will be conducted by Dr. John Weidley and an address will be deliv- ered by Dr. N. J. Gould Wickey, former president of Carthage College, Carthage, 111, recently elected executive secretary, g;:lrrdcho! ;guel:’!‘un. %"&d Lutheran s e theme ing w\g bed “Education.” vaw raduation exercises, at which Dr. Fisher of Gettysburg College delivered a lecture illustrated motion pictures, were held at the Washington Lutheran Training School for Church Workers last Monday evening. tes were awarded by Dr. N. J. Gould Wickey, dean of the school, and refreshments were served by members of Miss Freda s'.eg:n's sunnd-y xf’hohg‘l class, “Lessons From John's First istle” is the topic which will be mue?ua at St. Paul's Luther League tomorrow eve- ning. Carl O. nrutflln will* lead the Zlon League in the study of the topic “The Value of the Bible for Non- tial ." Members of Zion League will visit Children's tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon. e Fred L. Schickler, ding sec- retary of Maryland Synod League, was a speaker at the Open meeting of the Rt T S ot day evening. -