Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1930, Page 11

ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES LISTED Opening of Lenten Season to Be Observed by Many Washington Churches. Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, which begins next week, will be observed with special services in the Episcopal and Catholic churches, and in .some other Protestant churches of the city. ‘The special event in the Catholic churches is the placing of ashes from palms on the foreheads of the parish- wners. At Bethlehem Chapel of Washington Cathedral there will be a special service at 11 o'clock according to announcement of Dr. Willilam L. DeVries, canon and Precentor of the cathedral. The preacher will be the Bishop of ‘Washington, Right Rev. James E. Free- man, who will geliver a special message to the Nation on the significance of Lent, which will be broadcast through Station WMAL. The opportunity for a Lenton message from the cathedral is made possible at the invitation of Ida Bailey Allen, president of the National Radio Home Makers' Club, who has asked Bishop Freeman to take the half | hour from 11:30 to 12 o'clock on the Columbia network. ‘The portion of the service to be broad- cast will include an anthem appropriate to the day, the great evangelistic hymn, “My Faith Looks Up to Thee,” and the 15-minute sermon by the Bishop of ‘Washington. The service will be fol- lowed by the usual penitential office read on Ash Wednesday. An tation is extended to the public to attend this service. Other services at the cathedral on Ash Wednesday include holy ccmmunion at 7:30 am. Litany at 10 am. and evening prayer at 4 o'clock. “SELF-SACRIFICE” T0 BE SERMON TOPIC Rev. G. E. Lenski Announces Sub- jects for Grace Lutheran Church Addresses. “Self-Sacrifice” will be the subject of the sermon to be delivered by Rev. Gerhard E. Lenski, pastor, at Grace Lutheran Church, Sixteenth and Varnum streets, tomorrow at 11 am. ‘The first of the Lenten services will be held Wednesday at 8 pm. In con- nection with this service, the Litany will be sung and holy communion will be celebrated. Lenten services will be held each Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. A special class for the benefit of new members uniting with the church on Palm Sunday will be conducted by the pastor. The first meeting will be March 5, from 7 to 8 pm., and all following meetings will be on Thursdays of succeeding weeks. The Young People's Society will present the play “Billy” March 3, at 8:15 o'clock in the church hall. This play is being directed by Miss Emma Newton. The pastor will preach at the evenin; service tomorrow on “How to Join Church?” TOPIC FOR COMMUNION. Rev. Henry J. Smith to Discuss! “Escort of Progress.” For the communion service tomorrow at Petworth Baptist Church, the pastor, Rev. Henry J. Smith, will have as his subject “The Escort of ess.” At the evening service his subject is “The | Chemistry of Character.” The Baptist | Missionary Union of Washington will | meet Tuesday with the church and | luncheon will be served by the women | of the church. The Sunday school council will meet | Monday evening in the Sunday school auditorium. The elementary depart- ment of the school will present an entertainment Friday evening, the pro- ceeds of which will be given to further | the buildings of the Baptist Home for Children. SCIENTIST TO LECTURE. W. D. Kilpatrick to Speak at Fourth Church of Christ. A lecture on “Christian Science— God’s Answer to Humanity’s Cry for Freedom” will be delivered in Church of Christ Scientist, Sixteenth and Meridian streets, tomorrow at 3:30 p.m., by William D, Kilpatrick, C. 8. B., of Detroit, Mich. Mr. Kilpatrick is a member of the board of lectureship of the mother church, the Pirst Church of Christ Scientist in-Boston, Mass. He will be introduced by Sterling R. March, first reader of Second Church. The lecture is free and the public is cordially invited. ‘The lecture will be radiocast over station WJSV, ‘This lecture is under the auspices of Second. Third and Fourth Churches of Christ Scientist. “PASSION P'LAY” TOPIC. Dr. E. U. Hoenshel to Give Word Picture and Dramatization. At the Memorial United Brethren Church, North Capitol and R streets, tomorrow the pastor, Dr. S. B. Daugh- erty will preach in the morning on “The Untilled Garden.” In the eve- ning at 8 o'clock Dr. E. U. Hoenshel will give a word picture and dramati- zation of “The Passion Play.” The Sunday school and C. E. Societies will have special features. Christian Endeavor ‘The March meeting of the District Christian Endeavor Union will be held Monday at 8 o'clock in Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Protestant Church, First street and Rhode Island avenue, in charge of the world peace committee of the Crusade With Christ Commis- sion of the District of Columbia. The speaker will be Frederick J. Libby, exec- utive secretary of the National Coun- cil for the Prevention of War. His subject will be, “An Intimate Picture of Current Events in the International Field.” The Alpha C. E. of Ninth Street Christian Church will present a com- edy-drama in three acts, entitled, “A Manhattan Honeymoon,” Tuesday at 8 church. h 4 and 5 the society of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church will present a play entitled, “Follow Thou Me,” ir Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard streets, at 8 p.m. The Keller Christian Endeavor So- ciety will present an entertainment at the National Lutheran Home for the Aged Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. St. Paul's English Lutheran Senior Society will hold a joint meeting with the Intermediates tomorrow evening. ‘The Luther League of the church will be the guests of the Christian - deavorers. Rev. Snyder, pastor, will lead the meeting. N. K. Gardiner will j none ever suffered more mentally than | | young rabbi, who had been_ introduced | the work of the Baptist. The forerun- | judgment of these two important cen- | Sunday THE EVENING School Lesson Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson. “Jesus Teaching About Him- self.”—Matthew x1.2-12, 50. Golden Text—“Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and T will give you rest” —Matthew xi.28. Christianity differs from all other religions in that it rises and falls with the character of its founder. Men | have had their problems concerning the personaiity of the Lord Jesus, but the Master’s forerunner, While Caper- naum and Galilee were stirred by the | messages and miracles of the brilliant | to the nation by John the Baptist, the great heroic soul had his faith tested. | He had proclaimed that the Messiah, | whose voice he had been, would be of a different type than what Jesus appeared | to be, according to the reports of the Master's ministry that reached John in his prison. There was only one way to solve his problems, so he sent some of his disciples to Jesus, to find out whether he was the promised Messiah or should they look for another one to come. It would be well if we all made a practice of taking all our problems to the Lord Jesus for solution. The cause of the prophet's perplexity can be traced to his education, exper- ience and expectation. It was natural for one who had Meen developed in the wilderness and who had an intense, im- patient and intolerant spirit like John to be depressed by his being shut up in the prison. He had predicted that the Messiah, when He came would be ready | for a complete renovation of the nation. | He evidently was expecting that the | Messiah would be as intolerant as Elijah | was to the priests of Baal upon Mount | Carmel. He predicted that the Messiah would “thoroughly purge His floor, and | gather His wheat into the garner, but | He will burn up the chaff with un- quenchable fire.” John did not ques- tion the possibility of Jesus being the Messiah. The supremacy of Jesus in His conflicts with the Pharisees and His miracles of healing as well as His power over the dead had filled John with the hope that He had made no | mistake when He recognized Him at the Jordan as the Messiah. He was perplexed by the Messianic manifesto delivered upon the ordination of the 12 and the methods of Jesus toward the evil of the hour and sinners. Christ’s Credentials. We have but little autobiographical material that has been given to us by the Lord Jesus, but in His reply to the question of John the Baptist we can see how the Master fully implied that He was the Messiah, especially when we consider it in connection with the question of His perplexed forerunner. According to Luke’s account the Lord did not stop His work, when they in- terrupted Him by asking John'’s ques- tion, for “He cured many of their infirmities and plagues and of the evil spirits, and unto many that were blind He gave sight.” In His reply to John the Master did not answer definitely the question of the Baptist, but He quoted from Isaiah passages that had been interpreted to be Messianic, when He said to them to report what they had seen to John how “the blind re- ceive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.” We often misjudge God and others be- cause we have certain preconceived | ideas, that influence us, when we should turn to the facts in the -se and make up our minds according to the evidence. Using the figure of a man stumbling over a stone, Jesus made an appeal to John to revise His decision for the prophet’s own peace of mind. ‘When the disciples of John had de- parted Jesus paid a tribute to the ministry of the prophet that revealed the high estimate the Lord placed upon ner had been his champion. The Mas- ter did not hesitate to point out that John was no demagogue, who bent his policy, program or preaching to every popular breeze. He was not a grafter, who sought to please the rich and powerful, His sturdy and stalwart stand had swept the country, so that all ized that he was a prophet. Even if he had faltered for a moment concerning the Master's messiahship, Jesus insisted that justice demanded that the people shouid always remem- ber that John the Baptist was the greatest of all prophets because he closed the old and opened the new dispensa- tion. He led the inaugural procession at the commencement of tge s Teign. The Master publically recog- nized by His testimony to John’s per- sonality thstm the hn:‘pu.suvu His fore- runner, propl Wi resented Elijah in irit and se'ndo;e;phe was the only Elijah that would appear, if they would believe it. In these words Jesus publically proclaimed Himself as the Messiah. He cited His miracles as positive proof that He was what He :}:l!‘med be, the long-expected Mes- Christ Censures Cities. A note of reproach and warning fell from the lips of Jesus because Chorazin and Bethsaida had refused to accept the testimony of His miracles, They had ~witnessed the manifestation of Divine mercy that would have saved them. Sinful unbelief was the cause of their condemnation. They had en- joyed His ministry, messages and miracles and refused to believe. His ters of population has been fulfilled. All that is left of them is mounds and ruins. They repented not and | have disappeared. The heathen cities of Tyre and Sidon, although their wickedness had been condemned by the orophets, have survived. The tocsin of judgment was followed by a passage that proclaims mercy. In the prayer we see how Jesus in the hours of sacred communion with the Father a claim of a relationship that is unique. He never in His teach- ings concerning the Fatherhood of God, associated Himself with any other in we'ation to the Sonship, which He ree- | ognized in His case was distinctively separate. Though ethical sonship may belong to men in general, and may nave been perfectly exemplified by Him aloné, yet this has not exhausted the relationship of sonship which Jesus sustained to God. In His case the Sonship was something necessarily dnique. There existed a oneness be- ‘ween Christ and the Father that no sthers have ever possessed. The Way of Salvation. Although Jesus was disappointed at | he attitude of the cities towards His claims, His disappointment helped Him 0 sympathize with those who felt the sufferings caused by the Pharisaic ex- ctions. His heart fecls today, as it did then, when He demanded that oeople should repent and believe His zospel of the Kingdom. Beyond His requirement of a change of life, He made the further demand of the per- sonal acceptance of Himself as the re- juirement of salvation in the words ‘hat_are probably the most quoted of | all His sayings, when He summoned | il that were weary and heavy laden ‘0 come unto Him and have rest. In His “Come unto Me,” as emphatic {n self-assertion as winning in welcome, interpret the laws of the Sabbath. He defended His disciples and removed from His followers the burdensome and cumbrousness of a rabbinical Sabbath, making “it a day of joy and gladness, a type and foretaste of heaven.” In the synagague, He defended His right and duty to heal men upon that sacred day of rest. In His proclamation of re- ligious liberty Jesus did not oppose ob- servances which aided in commemorat- ing religious events or promoted help- ful habits. His hostility was against rules of procedure that gave no place for the development of the spritual life. Let us accept His invitation to come and obtain the promised rest by trusting Him and doing His will. CARBER T0 SPEAK TO SUNDAY SCHooL Sacrament of Lord’s Supper to Be Observed at Ep- worth M. E. South. The sacrament of the Lord's supper will be observed in Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church South, Thirteenth street and North Carolina avenue northeast, tomorrow at 11 o'clock, at which time also the pastor, Dr. John C. Copenhaver, Will preach on “The Healing Touch of Jesus.” He will oreach at the 8 o'clock service on Seeking Man Meets a Seeking God.” Representative Jacob A. Garber of Virginia will address the combined senior and young people’s departments of the Sunday school tomorrow at 9:45 o'clock. The Epworth League will hold services at 7 p.m. ‘The Hummer Memorial Class will hold its monthly business meeting and social Tuesday evening and will be en- tertained by the “Lend-a-Hand” group. At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning women of the church will meet in the church to sew for the Sibley Hospital Guild. ‘The official board will meet at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening. At that time the newly elected stewards, E. Cameron Burton, V. P, Hammer, E. E. | Davey and Dr. W. Frank Lady will be inducted into office. The Ninety and Nine Brotherhood of the church has decided to postpone the annual ban- quet of the organization at this time in order to give time for preparation for the city-wide Kernahan evangelistic campaign soon to be inaugurated. The pastor will conduct the weekly grlyer meeting Thursday evening and will give the third study of Dr. E. Stanley Jones’ book, “The Christ of Every Road.” LIBBY TO GIVE ADDRESS ON INTERNATIONAL FACTS: Rally for World Peace Will Be Held Monday as Second of Series in Capital. A rally for world peace will be held Monday night at 8 o’clock in the Rhode Island Avenus Methodist Protestant Church under auspices of the commit- | tee on world peace of the crusade with Christ commission of the District of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union. Frederic J. Libby, executive secretary of the National Council for Prevention of War, will speak on “An Intimate Picture of Current Events in the Inter- national Field” according to an announcement by Luther H, Kinard, chairman of ‘the commission. A program of entertainment will be presented. Refreshments will be served. ‘The meeting is the second in a series | on “Christian Citizenship, World Peace | and Evangelism” sponsored by the com- mission, which is composed of the fol- lowing: Chairman Kinard, Mrs. Irving | L. Koch, vice chairman; Miss Ruth, Rodier, secretary; Miss Evelyn Bixler, associate secretary; Nelson Mason, Pres- ton Campbell, Miss Margaret Weber, Irving L. Koch, James Miller, Miss Margaret Eberly, Robert Parsons, Mrs. | Ruth Harrison, Miss Julia Hiley, Miss | Helen Wertman, Walter Thompson and | Alvin Corbin. CHURCH FEDERATION " PLANS ANNUAL MEETING Tenth Anniversary of Organization ‘Will' Be Observed the Eve- ning of May 5. Arrangements are under way for the annual meeting of the Washington Fed- eration of Churches. It will mark the tenth anniversary of the organization. ‘The meeting will be held in Mount Ver- non Place Methodist Episcopal Church South May 5 at 8 pm. The chief at dress will be delivered by Bishop Fran cis J. McConnell of New York, presi- dent of the Federal Council of Churches. It is expected that brief ad- dresses also will be given by Chancellor L. C. Clark of American University, the first executive secretary of the federa- tion, and Dr. Earle Wilfley, pastor of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, who was the chairman of the organiz- ing committee. These will be of a his- torical character. The president, Dr. David A. Robert- son, will speak on the future program. Necessary reports will be presented and other business transacted, including the election of officers and other members of the executive committee. Rite of Confirmation Scheduled. Right Rev. James E. Frceman, Bis- hop of Washington, will visit Grace Episcopal Church, Ninth and D streets southwest, tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock to administer the rite of cons firmation. The class will be presented by the rector, Rev. Meade Bolton MacBryde. QUESTIONS About The Bible 1. What refreshment did Christ Te- ceive just before the crucifixion? 2. Did He take advantage of it? 3. Why was this given? 4. What became of the two thieves? 5. What did one of these say to Christ? ; 6. How did the other rebuke him? 7. How did Christ answer the second 8. What became of Christ's garments? 9. Why was this done? 10.-Where are these things recorded? “The answers to these questions will be found below. How many can you answer? 1. Myrrh and gall. 2. No. 3. As a stimulant, to keep the victim He places the acceptance and devotion w Him as the way of salvation and cest. ‘We cannot be saved unless we repent, turn away from our sin and accept Christ Jesus as our Savior and Lord. We have to learn to t. Worry is a sin; let us draw near to Jesus and find rest. In His controversy with the Pharisees Jead in the discussion of the topic at Luther Place Memorial Church. ‘The subjects for discussion in the various meetings tomorrow are: Senior, “Faith and ‘What It Does”; inter- mediate, “What Is God Like, How Does One Find Out?™ concerning the Sabbath, Jesus made some definite claims as to His position and authority. He taught them that love was a greater thing than the law of the ritual. He also claimed that He was the Lord of the Sabbath. This -claim gave Him the absolute right to alive for legal execution. 4. They were crucified on either side | of Jesus. 5. “If thou be Christ, save thyself and us 6 “Dost thou not fear God, seeiny thou art in the same condemnation? Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy Kingdom.” 7. “Verily, I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in Paradise.” 8. The guards cast lost for them. |JOINS IN PROMOTING { Rev. F. F. Holsopple to Preach To- STAR, WASHINGTON, SERMONS ON LIFE 10 BE CONTINUED Francis Asbury Congregation to Observe Communion Tomorrow. The sacrament of the Lord's supper | will be observed at Francis Asbury| M. E. Church South tomorrow at 11} o'clock. Dr. J. J. Rives, the pastor, will continue his series of sermons on “Life” at the evening service, taking as his topic “Good Hearing.” 1 ‘The Epworth League servicesat 7p.m. | will be addressed by Hedley Clews, o student ¢f the ministry, who will speak { on “A Call to Service. ; ‘The Hi-Leagues will have as their topic “The Wesleys and Their Work.” Margaret Ferguson will lead the senior | group and Dorothy Woof will be the| leader of the junior group. The Sun- | day School Council meeting will be held in the church Monday at 8 p.m. A business and social meeting of the Gamma Sigma class will be held Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Hansberry, the Al Roy Apartment, 1615 Kenyon street. Miss Emily Wright and Mrs. Lucy Wood will assist Mrs. Hansberry in entertaining the class. Circle No. 4 of the Woman's Mis-| sionary Society will give an entertain- ment Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. at the home of Mrs, Felton, 1525 Upshur street. ‘A silver offering will be taken for the benefit of the building fund. ‘The monthly meetings of the Wom- an's Missionary Soclety will be held in the church Wednesday. The meet- ing of the board of stewards will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. Dr. Rives will take up the study of the Book of Revelations during the month of March at the Thursday eve- | ning prayer meetings. A business and social meeting of the men’s Bible class will be held in the church on Friday at 8 p.m. Circle No. 1 of the Woman's Mis- | sionary Society will serve a Colrmi!\l’ tea Friday, from 2:30 to 6 p.m., at the, home of Mrs. H. B. Denham, 1917 Biltmore street. - A silver offering will | be taken for the benefit of the build-| ing fund. The Epworth League party planned | for Monday evening has been post-| poned until further notice. Dr. Rives will go to Wilmington, | Del, next Monday to address the, Methodist preachers of the Wilming-| ton district of the Wilmington Annual | Conference, on the subject, “Meth- odism and Experienc RELIGIOUS CENSUS Covenant Church Appoints Teams to Aid in Work Inaugurated by ‘Washington Federation. ‘The Church of the Covenant is par- ticipating in the plans for the religious census of the District of Columbia un- dertaken by the Washington Federation of Churches. Various teams have been appointed under the general chairman- ship of Rev. Harold F. Pellegrin and the following committee: Mrs. J. Martin Proctor, Mrs. Lloyd B. Wright, Mrs. ‘Wallace Bruce Laughton and Mrs. Charles C. Lamborn. Dr. McCartney will be the guest | speaker Wednesday afternoon at the | meeting of the League of the Covenant in the home of Mrs. Clyde B. Asher. | This is the organization of the young | women of the church. ‘There begins a seéries of study classes Thursday evening under the auspices of the Men’s Society at 7 o'clock, preceded | by dinner at 6 o'clock. These classes cover religious subjects of general in- | terest. Leaders are Dr. William Knowles Cooper, Dr. Arthur Jennings Jackson, Edward C. Potter and Miss Mabel N. ‘Thurston. These classes will be followed next | Thursday at 8:15 o'clock by the serviee | in preparation for the communion of | the Lord’s supper to be celebrated the following Sunday and sermon by Dr. McCartney. | “EXCUSE ME” IS TOPIC. morrow at Church of the Brethren. “Excuse Me” is the title of a ser-! mon on responsibility by Rev. F. F. Holsopple at the Church of the Breth- ren, Fourth and North Carolina ave- nue southeast, tomorrow morning. The Kernahan campaign will be taken seriously by this church and a | number will take an active part in the | census as well -as in the visitation | campaign. ‘The subject for the evening service is “Man’s Answer to God's Call | —Here Am 1” A social was held by the Christian Endeavor last Wednesday evening. | DR. MELTON TO PREACH. Pastor Will Deliver Sermons at Ninth Street Cpristian Church. Dr. B. H. Melton will preach tomor- | row morning at the Ninth Street Chris- | tian Church, Ninth and D streets north east, on “God’s Bounty and Our Needs, and his evening topic will be “Christ Glorifies Little Things.” Tuesday evening the Alpha Christian Endeavor will present the play, “A Manhattan Honeymoon.” On Wednes- day evening will be held the third Sun- day school dinner conference of the Winter. This conference is from 6 to 8 pm. FOUNDRY SERMON TOPIC. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris to Preach Tomorrow Morning. Rev. Frederick Brown Harris will preach tomorrow morning on the theme “The Portals of Lent,” and administer the sacrament of the Lord's Supper at Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church. At the evening service his subject will be “Bridging Gaps,” suggested by the poster displayed on the church lawn. ‘The annual banquet of the church school board will be March 7. The guest speaker will be Dr. William Allen Wilbur of George Washington Uni- versity. “Mormon Church” Conference. Melvin J. Ballard, an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and commonly known as the “Mormon Church,” will address a special conference to be held in the ‘Washington Auditorium tomorrow at 10 o'clock. Members of the Mormon Church and all others are invited to attend and participate in those services. Friendship Baptist Church. “A Fixed Heart” will be the subject of Rev. B. H. Whiting, pastor of the Friendship Baptist Church, First and H street southwest, tomorrow at 11 a.m. “The Relatives of Jesus” will be the subject at 8 pm. Sunday school, 10 am; B. Y. P. U, 6 pm.; prayer and praise service, Tuesday, 8, pm. 'neprelenmtlve Lozier to Speak. 9. It was the usual custom at legal executlons. t. Matthew, chap. 27; St. Luke, chap. 23; St. Jokn, chap. 19, Representative Lozier of Missourt will deliver an address tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at the H Street Chris- tian Church, | Pienkowsky, 2923 Tilden street; leader, | Edward Wichers. |ley, the pastor, will give an illustrated | lecture-sermon on “Egypt,” which will {1s “Witnesses to His Ministry.” { chairman of the banquet committee. D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 19%. MISSONSOFFIAL TOTALK AT CHUREH Treasurer -of Presbyterian Board Will Address Chevy Chase Congregation. At the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Rev. E. Graham _Wilson, treasurer of the Presbyterian Board of National Missions, will bs the preacher tomorrow morning. The pastor is preaching in the First Presbyterian Church of Mount Vernon, N. Y. “A Great Commission” is the theme of the third and last of the series of district devotional meetings Thursday at 8 pm. The places of meeting and the leaders are: Mr. and Mrs. E. Clapp, 6802 Meadow lane, Md.; 1 J. H. Hollister. Mr. and Mrs. houn, Braemer For M Earl Fouts. Mr. an Wylie, 5806 Cedar parkway, M R.C. Wells. Mr. and Mrs. M. 3 East Irving st leader, Fre Hartman. Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Schreibef, 3907 Huntington st.; leader, J. M. Winnemore. Mr. and Mrs. A, E.| Dieterich, 3701 McKinley street; leader, | Mrs. L. H. Russell. Mr. and Mrs, A. T. | The junior department of the church school will offer an additional hour's program to the present plan, beginning March 7. It will consist of moving pictures, educational studies of other lands, slides and stories illustrating the life of Christ, dramatics and handwork, training in music and other forms of expression. Once a month the children will come into the church service, sit- ting in the balcony a department and singing a song or having some | special part in the service. Miss Mable Thurston will be the special speaker tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Senior Christian Endeavor meeting. Her subject will be “What Kind of God Can We Believe In?” The Missionary Society will hold a special service of praise and prayer for missions March 5 at 11 am. in the assembly room of the church. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 p.m. Women of the guild will meet at 1:30 pm. Invitations have been issued to all the mothers of the children in the be- ginners’ department of the church school to a tea March 7 at 3:30 p.m.,, to be given by Mrs. Frank A. Linzel, superintendent of the department, assisted by the teachers. DR. EARLE WILFLEY T0 TELL OF EGYPT Illustrated Sermon Will Be Held at Vermont Avenue Chris- tian Church. At the Vermont Avenue Christian Church tomorrow night Dr. Earle Wilf- be the last in the series on “A Pilgrim- age to Bible Lands.” This last lecture will deal with experiences Dr. and Mrs. Wilfley had during their recent trip to Egypt. At the morning service Dr. Wilf- ley will speak on “Neglected Fields The worship theme for the junior church will be “Dare to Be Brave.” ‘The Woman's Zouncil will be held Tuesday. Mrs. Charles E. Felton will iead the devotional hour and Mrs. H. E. Burton the program, the topic of which The board of officers will meet Thurs- | day evening, with A, C. Williams, vice chairman, presiding. The twenty-fifth annual Christian Endeavor banquet will 'be held Friday at the church. Fred I. Chase, president of the Alpha C. E. Society, will be the toastmaster, and Henry C. Littlefield is WHO ARE THE AT\ICIéNTS? IS SUBJECT OF SERMON| Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce to Deliver Address at All Souls’ Church, Unitarian, Tomorrow. At the 11 o'clock morning service at All Souis’ Church, Unitarian, Sixteenth and Harvard streets, the minister, Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, will preach on the subject, “Who Are the Ancients?” There will be a general assembly of all de- partments of the church school at 9:45 o'clock. The feature at the motion picture hour at 7:30 p.m. will be the German film, “Freedom.” There will be a spe- cial presentation at 3 o'clock. FIFTH BAPTIST CHURCH. Revival Services Announced by Dr. John E. Briggs. Dr. John E. Briggs announces re- vival meetings at Fifth Baptist Church for the next two weeks. Dr. H. W. O. Millington will preach tomorrow morn- ing on “Gideon’s Three Hundred.” At night Dr. Briggs will administer the ordinance of baptism and preach on “Religion in the Home.” Charlie Clarke and Roy Gourley will join the pastor Monday night, and for two weeks will magnify and direct the services. Different _distinguished preachers will assist Dr. Briggs, among them Dr. Homer Councillor and Dr. Perry Mitchell of Clarendon, Va. WILL HOLD COMMUNION. Highland Baptist Church Services Announced. Monthly communion will be ob- served at the Highlands Baptist Church tomorrow morning. In the evening the pastor, Rev. N. M. Simmonds, will preach on “The Spectre Christ.” The monthly meeting of the workers of the church school will be held with Mrs, Schwing, 1333 Jefferson street, day evening. Next Sunday evening the pastor will begin a series of evening addresses il- lustrated by some picture of impor- tance, CHURCHES TO UNITE. Series of Lectures Is Sponsored by Chevy Chase Groups. ‘The five churches of Chevy Chase will unite in sponsoring a union series of lectures to be given the first week of Lent, March 10 to 14, by Miss Bertha Conde of New York City. These lectures will be held at 11 o'clock at the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Tues- " | deals with a changeless God? Religious Questions DISCUSSED BY Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. Q. Where in the Scriptures do we find the statement that the tender branch of the fig tree and its young lrlv:a are a sign of approaching Sum- mer? A. The passage to which you refer occurs in St. Mark's Gospel, and reads as follow: fig tree learn her parable; when her branch is become tender and putteth forth its le: , ye know that the Sum- mer is nigh. The parable in which it occurs is one of those beautiful parallels with nature which the Master frequently employed for His profoundest icach- ings. It illustrates the secret yet in- vincible coming of God’s kingdom. As , | the unseen breath of Summer fills the land with life, joy and gladness and ! | makes the barren trees of yesterday to blossom anew, so the eternal spirit of ¢ | God prepares the hearts of men to re- ceive their Lord. Q. How can theology change if it I have not found an answer to this simple question. A. You should have found it, for the answer is quite as simple as the ques- tion. Ideas of Deity are often errone- ous, because they are the creation of human thinking, which conceive His | attributes so arbitrarily as to baffle those who seek His aid. Take the nature of God revealed by Christ as the All Father, and compare it with the God of justice. vengeance and terror found in theological works which re- flected the passions and prejudices of their authors. I think you will readily perceive that the changeless Deity whom they mis- represented demanded a _changing theology in order to correct the utterly | false and misleading notions of mis- guided men. Q. What is the good of praying? My prayers have never been answered, nor have the prayers of many friends of mine, and they were not merely sup- plications for material benefits, but for mercy, relief from pain and death when young. T feel humiliated by pray- ing and call myself a coward for daring to ask for things. A. The stumbling-block In your ques- tion is that it assumes prayer is merely a matter of asking for things we greatly desire. The idea that God ought to give us whatever we want flatly con- tradicts Biblical teaching on prayer. We often fail to realize that God hears countless petitions which He cannot grant because He has elected to govern the universe according to a settled pur- pose. Undoubtedly, distressing situ- ations will arise to confront His rule. If we ask Him to change those situ- ations it should be with the distinct understanding that what He wills to do is our chief good. More, what He vouchsafes for you and me has to be consistent with His | total plan. He cannot violate His obli- gation at other points than those we cover. For example, we pray to be re- lieved from pain. Yet is it not much more beneficial in the end that by the very pressure of pain God compels com- petent men to investigate its causes and endeavor to arrest them? Of course, xi11.28, | “Now from this | {“for all but a five-hundredth part of | we see the remotest visible nebula of pain is a dreadful burden. But the bat- tle to get rid of it is one of the noblest | fights our race can wage and one that brings out some of the finest human qualities. You urge that your prayers have never been answered. Have you prayed, not for what you want, but for what God wants in you? If not, try that kind of prayer. Have you ever prayed for courage, strength and vision, or that a holler life may be yours, with power in it to overcome self and sin? If not, pray for these blessings until God seems as real to you as you are to yourself. If, on the other hand, you have thus prayed and realized the un- speakable grace and help of His pres- ence, your prayers have been answered. Until we pray, not for our own way. but for God's way in us, we have not learned how to pray. Q. Can you recommend a book for a | men's Bible class, most of whom like reading and are intelligent artisans? ‘They have asked for one which deals with the scientific account of creation. A. The volume for these men is “The Universe Around Us,” by Sir James Jeans. It is a truly great book, inspir- ing numberless reflections in its read- ers and giving them the impression that the author wrote it as a labor of love. Thanks to his immense knowledge and prolonged experience as a mathe- matician and a thinker, he has been able to take advantage of the rapid de- 'velopment of astronomical observation. Tt is plain that Sir James keenly relishes the task of explaining the marvels of the cosmos to the average man. These are transmitted in novel fashion and in terms all can understand. ‘When, for example, one learns that | its long journey the light by which space traveled toward an earth as yet uninhabited by man,” one’s only re- sponse Is a wondering silence. “Just as it was about to arrive,” continues Sir James, “man sprang into being on earth and built telescopes to receive it.” The temptation to quote further from a thoroughly scientific work which makes many so-called physical miracles appear clumsy in comparison, is re- strained by the desire that you should obtain and carefully study its entranc- ing pages. The book has received a chorus of praise from critics of every school, the loudest notes of which are struck by some religious weeklies. What | can be the end and aim of this incom- | prehensible display of stupendous power and wisdom is the question uppermost in the reader’s mind. Sir James intimates that when the 20-inch telescope is built billions of stars may be photographed. To pass from the infinitely big to the infinitely little only increases the mysterious grandeur of creation. What if there is no such quantity as dead, inert mat- ter? If every atom is vital, instinct with actual or potential force, sensitive to its environment, who need be sur- | prised? Verily, science is baffled by the | vastness of its own discoveries. The certitude it formerly promised has van- ished. It is now too near to the in- | explicable to dogmatize. } DR. PIERCE'S TALK 10 BE ILLUSTRATED First Congregational Pastor Will Deliver Two Sermons Tomorrow. At the First Congregational Church, DR HENRY SNYDER INST. PAUL PULPIT “Taking Our Share” and ‘““Chameleon Christians” Are Sermon Topics. i INAVAL SOCIETY - o* T0 HOLD SERVE Bishop Freeman Will Preach Sermon at Washington Cathedral. The second annual patriotic service of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy will be held in the Bethle- hem Chapel of Washington Cathedral tomorrow at 4 pm. Right Rev. James Edward Freeman, Bishop of Washing- ton, will preach the sermon. The sexv~ ice will be broadcast by radio over WRC. The Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy has invited other patriotic organizations to attend the service and to take part in the picturesque proces= sion of colors of the various societies. Mrs. Frederick Hicks and Mrs. Stan- ton R. Norman are making the ar- rangements for the participation of the patriotic organizations upon the re- quest of Mrs. Russell Langdon, presi- dent of the organization. Special seats will be set apart for those in the procession which will form in the south corridor of the Cathedral crypt. Among the organizations which have been invited to march in the pro- cession and attend the service are the Auxiliary of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the National Soclety of the Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America, D. C. branch; District Chapter American Red Cross, National Society Colonial Dames of America, D. C. chapter; American Gold Star Mothers, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, chapter 3; Colonial Dames of America, National Society United States Daugh= ters of 1812, D. C. chapter, American War Mothers, American Women's Legion, National Society, Dames of the Loyal Legion; American Legion Auxil- iary, Daughters of the Revolution, repre- sented by the State of Maryland branch; Women's Overseas League, Woman's Naval Service, National Betsy Ross Club and Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century. In so far as the capacity of the Bethlehem Chapel will permit the public will be admitted to this service. At the 11 am. service tomorrow the preacher will be Dr. G. Freeland Peter, Canon of Washington Cathedral. v Special services will be held Ash Wednesday in the Bethlehem Chapel as follows: Holy communion, 7:30 a. Litany, 10 am, and morning prayer at 11 aum. with the recitation of the penitential office and sermon by Bisho) Freeman. A portion of this service wil be broadcast to the Nation by the Co- lumbia Broadcasting System through its . local station WMAL. At 4 pm, on Ash Wednesday, as on every other week day, evening prayer will be read. On the Sundays in Lent and on Easter day there will be an additional service of the holy communion in the Chapel " of the Resutrection at 9:15 a.m. % Following the 11 am. and 4 pm. services each Sunday, a pilgrimage i’ * conducted by one of the Cathedral clergymen to the many points of devo= - tion, interest and beauty in the Cathe- o dral Close. The members of the con gregation who may wish to join the pilgrimage are invited to remain in the * Bethlehem Chapel after the services, where they will be met by the clergy= ' man in charge. LUTHERAN PASTOR AND WIFE HONORED Coxigregatinn Tenders Farewell Re- - ception to Dr. and Mrs, Diffenderfer. The congregation at Luther Place Dr. Henry W. Snyder, pastor of St. Tenth and G streets, the minister, Dr. | Paul's English Lutheran Church, Elev- Jason Noble Plerce, will speak tomor- | enth and H streets, will preach tomor row morning at 11 o'clock on “Joy in | row morning on “Taking Our Share, 8 o'clock Sunday ' and at 8 o'clock he will discuss “Chame- The ser- | f night will be lilustrated by | 90 Christians. the Heart” and night on “Spiritual Liberty.” mon Sunday the motion picture, “Declaration of In- dependence.” Dr. Plerce will speak Thursday night on “Winning Out” and his address will be illustrated by the motion picture “The Four Feathers.” There will be a motion picture en- tertainment in the church auditorium March 8 at 8 p.m. to benefit the fund for the needy. All departments of the Sunday school meet tomorrow at 9:45 a.m. ‘The Senior Society of Christian En- deavor will have a tea in the Sunday school room at 5:50 o'clock, which will be followed- at 6:30 o'clock by their n:guln- meeting. Julius G. Lovelace will lead the meeting and the topic for discussion will be “Faith and What it Does.” The Young People's Soclety of Christian Endeavor meets in the east parlor of the church at 6:30 p.m. Miss Caroline Clff will lead the meeting and the topic for discussion will be “A Re- ligion to Live By.” The Women's So- clety will meet 11 o'clock Tuesday and will have as its gueu speaker Dr. Bolivar J. Lloyd of the Public ealth Service, who will speak on “Some Problems Which Threaten Our National Safety.” potanich-4 S0 | ‘Great Imperatives’ Sermon Jheme At the services of the Peoples’ Con- gregational Church the pastor, Rev. A. F. Elmes, will preach tomorrow morn- ing on the theme “The Great Impera- tives” and administer the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Young peoples’ service, 6:30 o'clock; church night, ‘Thursday. Dr. Clayton to Occupy Pulpit. Dr. J. B. Clayton will preach at the First Presbyterian Church on John Mar- shall place tomorrow morning during the absence of the pastor, Dr. N. P. | Patterson. LUTHER LEAGUE The Luther League of the District of Columbia will meet Tuesday at the Church of the Reformation, Second and B streets southeast, at 8 p.m. The de- votional service will be condutced by Rev. John Weidley, pastor of the Refor- mation Church, while the address of the evening will be delivered by Rev. J. .| N. Gould Wickey, executive secretary of the Board of Education of the United Lutheran Church in America. Members of the Baltimore district Luther League executive committee and Leaguers of Frederick, Md., will attend this meeting. Invitations have been extended students of the Third Annual Lutheran Training School for Church Workers to be present. The theme of this meeting will be “Education.” A meeting of the executive com- mittee of the Luther League of the Maryland Synod was held last night Church. The subject for the addresses will be announced later. She will also speak at the first union lenten service March 13 at 8 o'clock and also at a union young people’s service Sunday night March 16 at 7 o'clock. . “Hope for Downcast” Topic. Dr. George O. Bullock’s topic tomor- row at the Third Baptist Church, Fifth and Q streets, at 11 L, 18 “] for the Downcast,”. and at 8 p.m. “Why the New Birth.” Bible school, 9:15 am.; Junior C. E. Society, 4 pm,; I C. E. Sdciety, 5 p.m.; Benior C. E. Society, 6 pm.. Prayer meeting Tuesday, 8 to 10 pm. Y. P. prager meeting Thurs- day, 8 to 9 pm, at the Lutheran Foreign Missions | House, Baltimore. Plans for the annual convention of the Maryland State League, to be held at Cumberland, Md., in September, were discussed. “Faith and What It Does” is the ic wheh will be presenited by Miss St. Paul’s Lu- Lillian Lindquist at l:l'm ther e - devotional service tomor- g. row e Christ?” is the discussed at Zion's League, tomorrow evean..e when Miss Ruth Schmidt will lead meeting. Dr. John Weidley, pastor of the Lu- theran Church of the Reformation, will be the speaker at St. Mark's Luther League service next Wednesday, [ | | | | Theme of Communion Meditation | Stauffer will be the leader. How Win Others to topic which will be| the | clety | were “addressed by Dr. Snyder, | The two Sunday, schools will meet at 9:30 o'clock at St. | Paul's and Epiphany Chapel, Sixteenth and U streets. At 7 o'clock there will | be a combined meeting of the two En- | deavor Societies and the Luther League at St. Paul's. Dr. Snyder will give a | brief talk on “Faith and What It Does.” | The monthly meeting of the Ladies’ Aid Society will be held at Epiphany | Chapel Tuesday at 8 o'clock. The so-| will inaugurate a campaign for raising funds for the new church. On Ash Wednesday at 8 pm. at Epiphany Chapel a special service will be held. Dr. Snyder will deliver the first of a series of sermons outlined for the mid-week services. His topic will be “At the Master's Feet.” The pastor has also planned daily devotions. The world’s day of prayer will be ob- served at Memorial Church, Thomas to 2 pm. | . Henry W, Peabody of New York. Her theme will be “That Jesus May Be Lifted Up.” "St. Paul's will also participate in union Lutheran Lenten services, which will be held every Monday evening during Lent at different churches in the city. The first of the series will be held March 10 at 8 pm, at the Georgetown Lutheran Church. Dr. Gerhart Lenski, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, will be the speaker. The Dr. Samuel Domer Bible class will meet tonight at Kirklawn, 5124 Chevy Chase Parkw: when they will be the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Snyder. The Men's Club at its meeting Tues- day night adopted a new constitution and planned a campaign for work among the men of the church. Th’e‘y who pointed out various ways in which they could assist the pastor. | { SUBJECT OF SERMON at Calvary Methodist Announced. | “The Greatest Love” will be the! theme of the communion meditation tomorrow morning at Calvary Metho- dist Church, Columbia road near Fif- teenth street. At the evening worship service the subject of the address will be “About Tendencies.” The minister, Dr. Mark Depp, will preach at both services. ‘The young people will meet at 6 o'clock, with the following program: Short business session, with reports ot the year's work and election of officers for the coming year, a brief service of devotion, fellowship and refreshments. The high school department will meet at 6 o'clock in the ladies’ parlor. Charles Lenten devotional services will begin | Thursday evening at the regular weekly devotional meeting at 8 o'clock in Guild Hall. The minister will give a series of brief addresses on the general theme, “Christ’s Great Sermon.” This Thurs- day evening the subject will be “The Road to Happiness.” ‘Will Observe Day of ;rayer. The Woman’s Interdenominational Missionary Federation of the. District of Columbia and vicinity will observe word day of prayer, March 7, at 2 o'clock, in the Mount Vernon Place Methodist _Episcopal Church South. Mrs. John Newton Culbertson, president of the federation, will preside. assisted by Mrs. G. C. D. Townshend of the' Francis Asbury Church South, "~ Methodist Episcopal q Memorial Church tendered a reception to Dr. and Mrs. George Diffenderfer in i the parlors of the church. The recep" tion was a farewell to the pastor after 10 years of service. Dr. Diffenderfer came to Luther Place from Ne: News, Va., April 1, 1919 where he been a chaplain during the World W He resigned his pastorate here, August 31, last. i For two years he served as president’’ of the Washingten Federation of* Churches, and for a number of years was a member of its executive committee. He helped to organize the Inter Racial League, and was its presi- dent for a number of years. He is & reserve chaplain, and has served for several Summers with the 343d Ln- gineers, He is a member of the Wash- ington Committee of the Federal Council of Churches, of the Army and Navy chaplain’s committee, and vice president of the Reserve Chaplain's Association. Dr. Diffenderfer has moved to Carlisle, Pa., where he was pastor of the Pirst Lutheran Church from 1900 to 1014, B. P. U. News ‘The pxecutive board will meet Tues- day evening, at the Central Union Mis- sion Building at 8 o'clock. The _intermediate federation board meeting will be held Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the Central Union Mission. Miss Louise Newkirk and the Devo- tional Life Commission will have charge of the meeting tomorrow night at Bethany No. 1. The stewardship commission, under the leadership of Phillip England will present the program tomorrow evening at_Bethany Union No. 2. Wwilton Smith and group 1 will pre- sent the devotional program at East Washington Heights tomorrow night. Fifth Baptist Young Peopie’s Union will conduct the services at the Home for the Aged Ladies tomorrow at 3 o'clock. The monthly paper of this union, The Loud Speaker, will be issued at_the devotional meeting at 7 o'clock. First will hold its monthly business meeting Wednesday evening. Bruce Kritzer and group 1 will pre- sent the program tomorrow evening at Fountain Memorial. The monthly bus- iness meeting will be held Wednesday evening. Highlands will have illustrated stere- opticon slides tomorrow night sponsored by the Fellowship Commission under the leadership of John Carter. Leroy Greer and group 3 will present a program tomorrow cvening at Kendall. William Wolfrey and group 3 will have charge of the social at National Baptist Memorial tomorrow at 6 o'clock. Mrs. Catherine Schmidt and group 2 will present the devotional program at 7 o'clock. The Baptist Young People's Union will conduct the services at the Home for the Incurables tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock. The monthly business meeting will be held Wednesday eve- _ ning. The devotional meeting tomorrow night at Petworth Baptist Young Peo- ple's Union will be conducted by the Devotional Life Commission under the direction of Miss Evelyn Ballou. The topic will be “Faith and What It Does.” ‘The Stewardship Commission, directed by Miss Winifred Whitney, is sponsor- ing Petworth's participation in a de- bating contest to be held among the unions of the city. A social will be held Friday evening which will be preceded by their regular monthly business meet- P e Devotional Life Commission of Temple, directed by Pred Braugh, will lead the devotional meeting tomorrow BT Service unny Haycock and the Commission will have charge of the pro- gram to be Fresemed tomorrow night at West Washington. Rev. Austin will give a short talk on “Daily Bible Read~ ill present the Biblge; IR h‘:L Louis Lucas wi &