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SOVIET “PROTEST" SERVICES PLANNED Five‘ Washington Religious Leaders to Take Part in Public Meeting. ‘The movement in Russia to abolish religion from th- territory of the Soviet state has provoked a reaction in the Capital City which is to find expression tomorrow afternoon, at 4 o'clock, at Constitution Hall, when five religious leaders in Washington will take part in a public meeting “to show sympathy for Russians suffering persecution for their religious convictions.” { Though the occasion will be entirely non-political in character, it is expected to furnish a focal point for the feeling of fellowship which “men and women of all creeds in the United States enter- tain for those of their brethren in Ru: sia who are being deprived of the rig to worship God according to the dic-| tates of conscience.” ‘The program will be as follows: Invo- cation, Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church; introductory address, Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington; Scripture lesson, Rabbi Abram Simon, leader of the Washing- fon Hebrew Congregation; principal Rev. Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, esident of Georgetown Univer- concluding prayer, Dr. Frederick C. Reynolds, pastor of the Wesley Meth- odist Chureh The meeting is being sponsored by | the religlous forces of the city, under the leadership of Washington Cathedral. The committee in charge of arrange- ments has invited ministers of all de- nominations to attend, and places on the speakers' platform will be reserved for them. To the Auditorium proper the public is invited, and no seats will be reserved. No ti Doors will be open at 3:15 o'clock. SECOND IN SERIES WILL BE GIVEN Rev. R. Paul Schearer to Preach on “Brotherhood” at Morn- ing Service. Rev. R. Paul Schearer, pastor of the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, will 'h at the 11 o'clock service tomor- Tow on “Brotherhood” and at 8 o'clock will give the second in a series of char- ‘acter studies on some of the leading figures in the book of the Acts of the Apostles. The subject tomorrow night ‘will be “Gamaliel, a Doctor of the Law.” Troop 33, Boy Scouts, will attend in a Miss Eleanor Normandy and Miss Mary Guill will lead the Senior C. E. meeting at 6:30 o'clock. Zadia Bonney and Margaret Hutchison will lead the intermediate meeting. A social will fol- low the devotional period. The church | school will assemble at 9:30 o'clock and | the adult Bible classes at 9:45 o'clock. ‘The pastor's communicants’ class will meet Monday at 4:15 o'clock in the | church office. The Westminster Guild ‘will meet at the manse Monday evening | at 8 o'clock. The Ladies’ Aid will meet | at the church Wednesday at 2 o'clock. | The midweek service has been changed from 7:30 to 8 o'clock on Thursday eve- . The study of the Acts of the| ‘will be continued by the pastor. | ‘The Light Bearers will meet Friday at | 4o'clock, There will be a dinner for the canvassers of our financial campaign at 6 o'clock, and the Boy Scouts will meet Friday at 7:30 o'clock. MINISTER WILL PREACH ON “LAW OF THE SPIRIT” Rev. George E. Schnabel Will Speak Tomorrow Morning at Albright Memorial. At Albright Memorial Evangelical Church tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock Rev. George E. Schnabel will preach on the subject “The Law of the Spirit.” ‘The church workers will attend the service of preparation for the Kerna- han campaign of visitation evangelism at the First Congregational Church to- morrow afternoon. There will be a moving picture serv- ice tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. The sermon following the picture will be on the subject “Keep Off of the Thin Ice.” Lenten services will be held Thursday | at 7:45 pm. Mr. Schnabel is presenting & series of Lenten Bible studies on the subject “The Church We Have For- gotten.” COMMUNION SERVICE. Trinity P. E. Church, Takoma Park, Announces Program. The services in Trinity P. E. Church, Takoma Park, tomorrow will consist of Sunday sermon by the rector, Rev. J. Cobb, 11 a.m.; Young People's Society, €:45 p.m., and regular evening service, 8 pam., at which time the rector emeri- tus, Rev, Christian Martin Young, will deliver the sermon. During the week there will be several services. Monday at 3 p.m. there will be « mecting of the Mission Study Class, under the able leadership of Mrs. B. K. Bauer. The first of a series of childrens’ services will be held Tuesday at 3:15 pm. The rector will fie the second of his special Lenten talks Priday evening at| & o'clock, the subject being “Christ's | Teaching of God.” s PLAN UNION SERVICES. | NWew York Woman Will Lead Chevy | Chase Churches. Miss Bertha Conde of New York will lead the five churches of Chevy Chase in a union series of Lenten lectures and sery at the Chevy Chase Presby- terian Church from Monday to March 16 at 11 o'clock. Each morning, from Monday through Priday, she will speak on “Spiritual Laws and Their Possibil- itles for Us.” Thursday at 8 o'clock the first of the weekly series of Lenten services will be held, when she will speek on “Widening Our Horizon.” A union young people’s service will be held March 16 at 7 p.m. John Duf- field, president of the Senior Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church, will preside. Miss Conde's sub- Ject, will be “Spiritual Adventuring for Youth.” There will be a social from 6 to 7 o'clock in the church house. SUNDAY SERMON TEXT. Dr. Daugherty Announces “God Everywhere” as Morning Topic. At the Memorial United Brethren Church, North Capitol and R streets, tomorrow the pastor, Dr. 8. B. Daugh- 3 h in the mormnlx(m the Co ,” the first in a series of dramatic sermons based upon the best literature of our day. 'Questions on life problems will be answered publicly pre- ‘ceding each sermon on Sunday evening. Sun school ‘and Christian vor. will have special ickets will be required.| W Religious Questions DISCUSSED BY . Parkes Cadman. Dr.S Q. .Why do clergymen invest God with the common attributes of hu- manity, such as fear, ambition, hope, regret, and so on; especially love? ;I;:m sorts of failings go with love. réfore, how can God be all- and be subject to these flfl}nz‘;{‘nc‘ent A. If T read your question correctly, you deplore human qualities in God. He must be without emotions of ai kind if He is to command your rev- could neither be conceived nor described by any man. If you say, ‘Then He is simply unknowable,” you beg the question, for you must ~ at least think God to affirm His unknow- nbg;ness. our curious idea that His love con- notes frailty calls for the statement blending of all His attributes. What love: His eternity but the endlessne: of His love; His wisdom but the gui | ance of His love? But why continue? The truth is we are compelled to ex- ress the holiest we can lt’mnk in the highest terms we know. For this rea- son the qualities we most esteem in men we transfer to God. This is thought's natural course and you should not re- sent its application. Your letter speaks of man “making God in his own image.”” Very true, but he could not have done this had | he not first been created in God's | image. We may well believe that the | eternal home of our noblest impulses | and ideas is in the everlasting Father | from whom all human good proceeds. | The process is reciprocal. He engraved H's likeness in our souls. We find Him in that likeness and we see in His Son made flesh its eternal example. Q. You have stated that the vital verities of Christianity are few, straight- forward, clear and unmistakable, but you did not state what those verities vere. Will you kindly do so now? A. Christianity has manifold forms of expression, but they are all subordi- nate to ont controlling element. The man who does Christlike things in a Christlike way is a Christian. He bears himself toward God, his fellows and the world as the Master did. And if the Master praises, what matters it who dis- praises? Plainly, the religion of Jesus is not primarily one of doctrine, or millions of His followers who do not understand theology would be deprived of its ben- efits. Nor is an orthodox subscriber to Christian doctrine necessarily a Chris- tian. Practice is three-fourths of the adventure. The first deciding factor is, How did Jesus conceive and practice life? He | conceived the living God as His Father, Himself as the Son of God and the uni- versal brother of mankind. He taught that the divine will for all men was brotherhood, because they were the sons of one Father. He bequeathed an ex- ample which motivates that brother- hood, and He crowned it by giving Hlm-l self for the redemption of the world. erence. All I can repl. | G ply is that such a that God'’s affection is the consummate | is His power but the strength of His | | The issue is not how it originated, but | | what it has come to be and may vet be. In proportion, then, as we meet Christ’s demands we are His disciples. This is the second deciding factor, the true.gospel and the sufficient creed. | Churches exist to explain and expand ! it. It contains far-reaching implications which they should explore. But every- thing else is secondary to the verities |1 have stated, and Cardinal Newman | | was right in saying that the proof of | apostolic succession in the church is! her power to produce saints. They gain | their divine sonship and achieve their service for others by enthroning Christ | at the center of their lives. Q. Did not the religious instinct in man originate from fear of the un- known? Were not all the major reli- | glous movements in the world based on | fear of punishment or the hope of re- | ward, either in this life or in the life | to come? | A. Petronius wrote “Timor fecit!' deos” (Fear made the gods”) and the gibe has been repeated for nearly 2,000 | | years. But why should a humble origin | disccunt later excellence? Is a man less a man because certain theories allege his emergence from a lower order? Surely he is what he is here and now., regardless of his beginnings. As with man, so with his religion. Doubtless fear had much to do with | primitive faiths. But the emotion of fear never exists alone. It implies power of conception, curiosity and the ability to establish relations with what is feared. The vast capacities of the human spirit may have been ked by fear. But they presently surpassed its range and occupied the whole universe of love, trust and aspiration as their realm. So what began in fear issued in con- fidence, and what began in curiosity is- sued in solid achievement. The scheme was evolutionary. Since in any evolv- ing process the beginning can be under- stood only in the light of the end, why dwell on “origins” exclusively? Not what we were, but what we are; not ‘whence we came, but whither we go, are the primary questions. As to rewards and punishments, any psychologist will tell you that we seek some good in all our activities. Why do you work, eat, play or do anything? Because you desire satisfaction and would avoid difficulty. Rewards and punishments simply mean that certain | courses of life bring health of body and mind, and others involve disaster to both. Religion follows these lines be- cause 1t is a divine energy in normal human 1ife. Philosophy is the proper agency for that interpretation. And on the whole philosophy inclines to the idea of the soul as “invisible,” “unponderable” and “unextended,” manifesting itself in the “visible,” the “ponderable” and the “ex- tended.” This position is still valid be- cause it is the only intelligible explana- tion of the facts of our spiritual and physical lives. Read Pratt on “Matter and Spirit,” MacDougall on “Mind and | ... Ward on “Psychological Principles. DR J. C. COPENHAVER ‘ ANNOUNCES SUBJECT “Keeping the Heavenly Vilion"‘ Will Be Sermon Topic &t | Epworth M. E. South. “Keeping the Heavenly Vision” will be the subject of the sermon of Dr. | John C. Copenhaver, pastor of Epworth | Methodist pal Church - South, | Thirteenth street and North Carolina | avenue northeast, tomorrow at 11 o'clock. His sermon at 8 o'clock tomor- row evening will be “For Sale—A For- tune for a Dinner.” < The th League will meet at 7 o'clock. Sunday school will meet at 9:30 am. A meeting of the Sunda school council will be held in the churc] at 8 o'clock Monday evening. The Ep- | worth League council meeting will be held at the home of Miss Grace Bush, 922 F street northeast, at 8 o'clock ‘Tuesday. The Women's Missionary Soclety is receiving donations of clothing for men, women and children, which may be de- livered to Mrs. Mary Barnes, at 1025 D street northeast, who has charge of the work, or to the church, where they will be taken care of. The pastor will conduct the weekly prayer meeting at 8 o'clock Thursday evening and will continue his series of talks based on the book of Dr. E. Stanley Jones, “The Christ of Every Road.” Representatives from the church will unite with repre- sentatives from other churches in the district north of East Capitol street and carry on the work of the Kernahan campaign, which is to start shortly. W. C. Purr will have charge of the workers from the church. —ie “THE WAY OF CHRIST” OPENS LENTEN SERIES | F. W. Perkins to Give Initial Sermon on General Topic “The Way of Life.” “The Way of Christ” is the sermon subject of Dr. F. W: Perkins of the Universalist National Memorial Church at the Ambassador Theater tomorrow at 11 o'clock. This is the initial ser-| mon of a Lenten series entitled “The Way of Life” At the Y. P. C. U. meeting in the parish house, 1603 8 street, at 7 o'clock, Dr. Perkins will be- gin a series of informal talks on the doctrines and ceremonies of the church and the meaning of church member- ship. The leader of the devotional meeting is Marshall Goding. Other meetings at the parish house next week include the luncheon of the Ladies' Aid Association on Tuesday, followed by the business session, and on Thursday, at 6 p.m., the dinner meet- ing of the comrades. ‘The W. E. D. O. Circle will be enter- tained Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Willlam H. McGlaufiin, 1757 K street. Dr. “GLORY OF THE THORN.” | Dr. Montgomery Announces Metro- politan Methodist Subjects. “The Logic of the Christian Life” will be the subject of the sermon by Dr. James Shera Montgomery at the Metro- politan Methodist Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock. In the evening he is an- nr})‘unccd to speak on “The Glory of the orn.” The Metropolitan “World Wide Cir- | cle” will meet at the E Street Y. W. C. A. Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. The midweek service wiil be held Thursday evening in the vestry of the church. i g § Girls’ Class to Have Banquet. Dr. Mark Depp, pastor of Calval M. E, Church, will speak on “whmn::'y at a banquet of the Gleaners' class of the Columbia Heights Christian Church in Power Hall of the church March 13, Dr, Harvey Baker Smith, pastor of the church, will make a short address and glldy Brown will give the class his- Ty. Talks on I-elmaul Fanaticism. “The Effect of Religious Fanaticism on the United States” will be discussed *|“BRANCHES OF THE VINE.” DR. RUFUS WEAVER T0 BE PULPIT GUEST Former Mercer University Presi- dent to Take Place of National Baptist Memorial Pastor. Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, former presi- dent of Mercer University and .after- ward executive secretary of the Boar of Education of the Southern Baptist Convention, now residing in this city, will occupy the pulpit at the National Baptist Memorial tomorrow morning and evening, taking the place of Pastor Johnson, who is ill at his home. Dr. ‘Wever’s subject in the morning will be: “The Point of View of Jesus and in the evening, “Mobilizing for World Peace.” For the fifteenth consecutive year, the men of the church tomorrow after- noon will go out to call upon the mem- bers of the church throughout the city upon the so-called “Every Member Canvass.” The Pinkham Class on Tuesday at 8 pm. will entertain the women at the church. At the same time the Egbert Class will meet at the home of Mrs. Moffett Spilman, 2915 Porter street. Thursday at 6 pm. the Bible School Board will meet at the church for supper. The same evening the Bible School Board meets for dinner at 6 o'clock, the pastor’s class at 7:10 o'clock and the regular midweek service at 8. The standing committee meets Friday at 8 pm, the Boy Scouts at 7:15 o'clock, the Sea Scouts meeting Satur- day at 7:30 p.m. DR. WILFLEY TO SPEAK AT NAVAL ACADEMY Rev. W. H. Pinkerton Will Fill P#lpit at Vermont Avenue Christian Church. At the Vermont Avenue Christian Church tomorrow, Rev. W. H. Pinkerton Wwill preach at the morning service on The Kind of a Church That Always Wins.” Dr, Wilfley, the pastor, will preach at the chapel service at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and also will speak at the meeting of the Chris- tan Association in the evening. Circle No. 1 of the Woman's Coun- ¢l will meet Tuesday at noon with Mrs. Earl Taggart, 4519 Iowa avenue, with Mrs. William Gutshall and Mrs. S. Con- Wway Walker assisting. Mrs. James G. Cross is the leader of this circle. At the meeting of “Le Rendezvous,” E’rnnk C. Summers will review the book, B:cllla]Ql'x]iret ogl the Western Front.” The eceding has been arranged b; Miss Roberta Belle Galloway. b . LISTS FRATERNAL VISIT. —— ‘ Methodist Bible Class to Meet With . Presbyterian Group. The Harrison Bible class Street Methodist Brotestany Cehen will pay a fraternal visit to the men's Bible class of Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning at 9:45 o'clock. Representative Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania, the teacher of that class, will welcome’ them and Representative Morgan G. Sanders of Texas will re- spond on behalf of the visiting class, All members of the class are requested to report at the church, 1238 Thirty- first street, at 9:30 o'clock. The pastor, Dr. H. A. Kester, will conduct the regular church services at Congress Street Church at 11 am. and 8 pm. His subject in the morning will be “Three Men Whom Jesus Called": in the evening it will be “The Angei that Blocks the Way.” Clarence R. Ferguson An- nounces Subject. Rev, Clarence R. Ferguson, pastor of Wisconsin Avenue _Baptist = Church, Forty-second and Fessenden streets, will preach on “Branches of the Vine” tomorrow at 11 o'clock. During the 8 o'clock evening service the pastor will Rev. 118 Jhtimi ' i Cathedral—Guadalajara, Mexico. A PERLA DEL OCCIDENTE, Guadalajara was wont to be called when, before the era of railways, she was the second cap- ital of the country and queen of all that rich western coast. It was about the year 1531 that Nuno de Guz- man, penetrating at the head of an army into Western Mexico, and desir- ing to found a capital for this rich country which the Spaniards called Nueva Galicia, named it after his birth- place in distant Spain. The present city is still called Guada- lajara, although it is not located upon the spot first selected, for, finding that unsatisfactory, the small colony - of Spaniards moved a few years later to the present situation on the banks of the San Juan de Dios. Located here is the first Franciscan foundation, a picturesque old building with open Carmelite belfries and quaintly carved doorway, its fortress the walls of brown stone and the high, small windows pre- senting, as one writer says, “A perfect example of an old Spanish mission church.” Only less ancient, but far more mag- nificent in size and detail than the church of Francisco, is the cathedral with its sculptured “Assumption” over the massive central doorway. | Massive pillars support the lofty roof, I rich chapels are closed in by gates of | gilded metal, ornate, handsome altars | abound, while above the choir, with its magnificent stalls of carved mahogany, soars the frescoed dome. Here, too, is a great Murillo, while treasures of vessels and vestments in marvelous old coffers are hidden away in dim recesses, where one would look for nothing but cobwebs and dust. Here, too, may be seen the strangely preserved bodles of ancient bishops, em- balmed by some process whose secret cannot be discerned. There is an in- teresting and poetic legend told of one of them. A good old bishop, while traveling away from home, was taken suddenly ill and died on the road, and his mule unguided and knowing the wish of his master brought the body back and knocked: with his fore feet at_the door of the cathedral. Here the wealth and fashion of Guadalajara—for even in the heart of Mexico wealth and fashion are to be fouhd—worship side by side with the Indian, and rich and poor, educated and ignorant are equally at home in this old mission of Western Mexico. NOBLE WONEN 5 SERMON TOPC Dr. Pierce to Preach on “Workers Together” at Morning Service. ‘The first Sunday in Lent (tomorrow) each person who attends services at the First Congregational Church, Tenth and G. streets, will be presented with a picture of Christ praying in the garden, which will be mounted on the church calendar, Dr. Jason Noble Piefce, min- ister, will speak at 11 a.m. on “Workers Together” and at 8 p.m. on “Noble Women.” The evening sermon will be illustrated by the motion picture “The Frontier Woman.” Dr. Pierce will speak on “Mysteries” Thursday night and.his address will be illustrated by the photoplay “The Re- turn of Sherlock Homes.' A motion picture entertainfnent will be given in the auditorium of the church tonight at 8 o'clock for the benefit of the fund for the needy. All departments of the Sunday school meet at 9:45 am. The Senior Society of Christian En- deavor will have a tea in the Sunday school room tomorrow at 5:50 p.m., which will be followed at 6:30 o'clock by their regular meeting. Mrs, Fred A. Woodis will lead the meeting and the topic for discussion will be “Why and How Win Others to Christ?” The Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the east parlor of the church. Folsom E. Drummond will lead the meeting and the topic for discussion will be “Getting Acquainted With God.” LENTEN FORUM TO BEGIN AT SERVICE TOMORROW Dr. McCartney to Give Series on Sunday Afternoons for Young Men of City. Dr. ‘Albert Joseph McCartney, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, wil begin a lenten forum for young men on Sunday afternoons during Lent, begin- ning tomorrow at 4:30 o'clock. He will meet with a group of young men in the church at 1229 Connecticut avenue. All men of 30 years of age or younger of any denomination or of none are in- vited. The subjects will be as follows: March 9, “The Bridge of San Luis Rey’ (Thornton Wilder), March 1 . “Ghandi, or the Spirlt "of Christ. in’ Action in ‘India”; April 6, “What is Happening to Religion in Rus- sia?” The sacrament of the Lord’s supper will f)e administered at the m 8 service tomorrow. QUESTIONS About The Bible 1-—~Who 8 prolch:‘(‘i) ;he cross of Christ after its elevation' 2—What did Christ say to His mother? 3—What did He say to John? 4—What did He mean by this? 5—What agonizing cry did Jesus ut- ter from the cross? 6—What does this mean? 7—What did Christ receive to quench His thirst? 8—What were Christ's last words? 9—What happened to the multitude? 10—Where are these things recorded? The answers to these questions be found below. How many can you answer? 1—His mother, His mother's sister, Mary, the wife of Cleophas; Mary Mag- dalene and John. 2—"“Woman, behold thy son!” ther, 5—¢“Elol!_Eloi! lama sabachthani! 6—"My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?” preach on “The Picture of Jesus Christ ‘Bible school, 9:45 am.; B. Y. P. U. by Br. B. G. Wilkinson, dean of theol- ogy of Wash! n Missi College, tomorrow even! the L'A*lm: au- ditortum, Bighteenth street and Colum- 7 pm. Hmhmmdeflun’nudy iod i ot 1 pim, Wednesdsy, and Prayer serv- REV. JAMES MIERS CONTINUES SERIES 'Fourth Preshyterian Church Program for Tomorrow Is Announced. At Fourth Presbyterian Church to- morrow, at the 11 o'clock service, the sermon subject of the pastor, Rev. James H. Miers, will be from the Gospel of John, xx1.15-17, the institution of the Lord's supper. Phere will be com- munion, with reception of new mem- bers, At the evening service, at 8 o'clock, the sermon subject will be “The First Beast From the Sea,” in the series of sermons from the Book of Revela- tions, by Dr. Miers. Junior Christian Endeavor Society, 7 p.m., White; Senior Soclety, Betty ' Bailey. Officers will be stalled. They are: President, Miss Eve- Iyn Webb; vice president, Miss Agnes Motyka; secretary, Miss Elizabeth Wil- liamson; treasurer, John Hardee. H. Miers Bible class will meet ., led by the pastor. This install officers, as follows: President, Joseph T, Sherier; vice pres- ident, Miss Russell; secretary, Miss Basim; treasurer, Miss Rachel Bryan. The Woman's Aid Society will meet ‘Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in the basement parlors, led by Mrs. Harry Blake, pres- ident. A group will continue work on surgical dressings under Mrs. L. G. Emmons, and Mrs. Highfield will direct cutting and making of garments for needy children. Mrs. Estelle Nelson will report on the work of care of the shut-ins. At 8 o'clock the Betty K. Newton Missionary League will meet, led by Mrs, Jerome Shear. The class on church history will met Wednesday at 7:30 pm. and at 8:30 o'clock the study of Hebrews will be led by Dr. Miers. ‘The Missionary Society elected officers Wednesday. Rev. Jerew of the board of home missions spoke of his experiences among the Indi in Colorado, and Miss Eleanor White spoke upon “The Subject Peoples.” The officers are: President, Mrs. Mabel Miller; vice pres- idents, Mrs. Colin Livingstone, Mrs. Willlam W. Tuckey, Mrs. Joseph T. Sherier, Mrs. Joseph Bogan; secretary, Mrs. Edward G. Russell; corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. Y. Savage; treasurer, Miss Margaret Stephenson; secretary of literature, Mrs. David T. Black; sec- retary of missionary education, Mrs. W. Hutton; members at large, Mrs. ir!-\‘ks and Mrs, Morgan. Mrs. I. H. nton, secretary of Jewish work of the Women's Presbyterial Society, presided. W.M.S. SPON.SORS SERVICE Lenten Day of Prayer and Self- Denial Is Planned. A “Lenten day of prayer and self- denial for missions” will be observed March 14 at 2 o'clock, at St. Paul's English Lutheran Church, Eleventh and H streets, under the auspices of the ‘Washi n Women's Missionary ety. e meeting will be divided into devotional periods which will be in charge of various leaders from the mis- sionary societies of local Lutheran churches. The officers of the missionary union are Mrs, J. G. Kingsbury, president; Miss Irene Gummel, vice president; Mrs. E. A. Seltzer, recording secretary; Mrs, Harry T. Domer, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. T. S. Pettis, treas- urer, “LOST MEN” IS TOPIC. ™ will | Morning Sermon at Highlands Bap- tist Church Announced. ‘The evening service tomorrow of the Highlands Baptist Church will be the monthly Sunday school service, The class of young people is taught by Miss Bradley Thompson. In the morning the sermon of Rev. will be on “Lost Men. The Golden Rule class will hold with Simmong street. Th ting e Circle will be held Wednesday with Mrs. King, 1402 Decatur street. There will be & box lunt n. Business meet- e aich oty [ 8 Sunddy School Lesson Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson. ‘The Parable — Matthew w1225, 0 SO"e Golden Text—He that hath ;lrs let him hear.—Matthew In our lesson this week we find Jesus preaching to great crowds at the sea- shore, using a fisherman's boat as a pul.it. This unique pulpit gave him an opportunity to increase His effective- ness as a preacher. The great crowd could be seen by Him more easily than if he had tried to preach to them from & temporary platform on the shore. The water aided His delivery, for it carried His message with greater power. Although the use of parables was a popular rabbinical method of preach- ing, Jesus, who has given to the world its greatest parables, had not used them in His ministry preceding the lesson assigned for our consideration for this week. The positive, pointed and prac- tical messages, with their incidental illustrations, that had marked the preaching of the Master in His public discourses are supplanted by His use of parables. In His explanation of . His reasons for making the change of meth- ods that Jesus gave to His apostles in the inquiry room, we find that Christ was prompted by sound pedagogical principles, prophecy and practicability. He was a past master in the art of imaginative expression and He used illustration that always gripped His h.arers by their singular aptness and force, The choicest parables to be found in all literature were given to His hearers by the Lord Jesus, who, without doubt, was influenced by the growing| numbers of His enemies, who were al-| ways present in any large assembly that gathered to hear His words, eager to catch some phrase or word that they could use in entrapping Him. Matthew shows us that it was in ac- cordance with prophecy that Jesus used parables that protected the truth, like the husks that temporarily conceal the germs, that later it may aid in the de- velopment of the hidden life by the sac- rifice of itself. The parable protected the truth that it enshrined from the mockery of the scoffers by withdrawing its light from the lovers of darkness, as punishment, while it revealed its mes- sage to the thoughtful seekers of truth. |15 In this parable of the sower, that really is one of the soils, we have a hint of the resistance that the Gospel meets from human hearts. The mysteries of the kingdom of God contains truths that are beyond the comprehension of mere intellect. There must be a spir- itual approach to the truth of the Lord Jesus if it is to be understoed. Its se- fcret can only be understood by revela- tion . of the Lord Jesus or the Holy Spirit. The Parable of the Soil. Probably while Jesus was speaking, he could see a farmer sowing seed upon hillside farm. Everything had a spiritual message for the Christ. Watchi the sewer scatter his seed gave the Master an illustration of the receptivity of the human hearts for the message of the gospel. In His interpretation of this parable of the sower, the Lord Jesus taught that the four different kinds of soll represented four different attitudes of the heart toward the gospel—the hardened, superficial, preoccupied and reverent. The wayside soil represented the hardened heart's attitude toward the truth. The pathway had been hardened by the feet of the multitude, that had crossed through the farm, which was unfenced and had several paths through it. Many apparently religious persons have hearts that have been beaten hard by worldlinegs. They may attend church services, yet not be interested in spirit- ual life and work. Thelr sin, selfishness and sensuality prevent them from ap- preciating spiritual values. “Habitual indifference has withered the spiritual nerve and truth does not issue in noble conduct. * * * Those to whom beauty and truth make no appeal, and injustice causes no indignant sensation are hard- ened hearts, past feeling.” DR. J. J. RIVES SELECTS “PROGF OF DIVINITY” Francis Asbury M. E. Church South Pastor to Continue Series on “Life.” Dr. J. J. Rives, pastor of Francis As- bury M. E. Church South, Sixteenth and Lamont streets, will preach tomorrow morning on “The Proof of Divinity.” He will continue the series of sermons on “Life,” with the subject “Boasting,” at the evening service. Wallace Linfoot will be the leader at the Epworth League at 7 o'clock and the subject “Daring Bigger Things.” The two Hi-Leagues will also hold their usual services. The ladies’ Bible class will meet at the church Tuesday evening. Dr. Rives will continue his study of the book of Revelation at the Thursday evening prayer meeting at 8 o'clock. Family day will be observed March 16, when every member of the congre- gation who is in the city and able to attend is expected to be present. At the recent quarterly conference the following delegates were appointed to attend the district conference, to be held at Rockville, Md., from April 30 to May 1: R. F. Hatcher, P. H. Heiro- nirus and H. B. Denham; alternates, ‘l;lhlAt‘e Frost, B. M. Bowen and E. M. LAMBERTSON TO SPEAK. Kansas Representative to Address Young People’s Meeting. Rev. Kyle Booth, pastor of Ingram Memorial Congregational Church, Mas- sachusetts avenue and Tenth street northeast, will have for his subject at the 11 o'clock service tomorrow “Jesus and the Untutored.” At the 8 o'clock evening service he will preach on “An- drew.” Representative W. P. Lambert- son of Kansas, will address the young people’s meeting 7 o'clock on “Re- ligion in Politics.” The church school will meet at 9:30 am. At 2:30 o'clock there will be a meeting in this church for the instruction ot workers in the Kernahan survey. DR. McALPIN TO- PREACH. “Shifting Responsibility” Will Be Subject of Sermon. At the Fifteenth Street Christian Church, Fifteenth street and Kentucky avenue southeast, the pastor, Dr. S. Read McAlphin will preach tomorrow mnmlnfilon the subject of “Shifting Re- sponsibility.” John S. Bennett, super- intendent of the Central Union Mission, ds, | Showid will be the speaker. ‘The pastor is givi a special series of addresses at the iweek prayer serv- ices on Thursday nights, on “The Seven W s d Their Pres- Third Baptist Church Service. Dr. George Bullock's at the ‘Third Baptist Church, and Q tomorrow at 11 am. is “Who Be First in Our Lives. 8 p.m. the Underwriters will has 8] program. _Bible school, The rocky sol represented the shallow sculs. They lacked depth. They may be enthusiastic ahd emotional, eager to promise, but when faced with the neces- sity of self-denial, sacrifice and service that interferes with their personal com- fort and pleasure, the evidence of their superficiality is soon apparent. They reveal a Selfishness and their interest in things of the kingdom quickly withers hecause they were not thoroughly rooted and grounded in Christ Jesus. They are spasmodic and superficial professors of Christ. The thorny soil represents people with reoccupied hearts. They are not hard Eelrted nor shallow, but they have not completely surrendered their lives to their Lord. They have a divided al- legiance, seeking to do the impossible, serving Christ and the world. They are attracted by the pleasures, profits and prospects of the material age in which they live, so that they hesitate to give up anything of this world's goods or at- tractions so that they could enter whole- heartedly into the Master’s service. facts are that they are so preoccupled by the affairs of the moment that they have no time to consider the affairs of the Master and work of the Kingdom of God. They might have been vigorous and influential Christians, but they al- lowed the cares, riches and pleasures of this world to crowd out their proper de- votion to Christ and His Church. ‘The good soil represents those whose hearts are reverent and hungry for a larger knowledge of the gospel. “They see the immense superiority of godliness over worldliness; of spirituality over sensuality; whole-heartedness over half- heartedness, and gladly sacrifice what- ever there is in the world that interferes with growth in grace to the heavenly fruit which they see promised in the word of God.” They are reverent, obe- dient, reliable, loyal and are the de- pendable folks in every good work. The Fate of the Seed. ‘The fate of the seed is determined by the character of the soil, just as the attitude of the hearer determines his reception of the gospel. “It is worthy of thought that in our Lord’s great ex- position of this parable He identifies the hearer with the word, or the soil with the seed.” If any one hears the gospel and is not saved by it the fault not in the message, .but in the hearers, because they have not appre- clated and accepted as they ought the word that is able to make men wise unto salvation. It is not the sower, for Jesus Christ is the sower of the word. If God's message miscarries it is due to the way the individual hears the truth of God. ‘The effective work of Satan keeps the wayside hearer from taking in the seeds of salvation, Although the prince of the power of the air “taketh away the word out of their hearts lest they should believe and be saved,” he can only do this when individuals voluntarily re- his | fuse to hear with proper attention and to open their hearts to the gospel of salvation. The superficial hearer wants to be “carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease” or not at all, hence he is not willing to endure any trials that call for him to make any sacrifices, self-denials or attempt any service for the Lord or His church. The preoccu- pled hearer is unwilling to give up any- thing to serve Jesus Christ. He is will- ing to worship God and serve his own idols at the same time. He fails because he wants to enjoy the fruits of the world’s fellowship and allow the spirit of the age to choke the development of |a good Christian character. The seed was the same that fell “by,” “upon,” “among” and “into” the ground. Only the seed that fell into the ind, where there was no interference with its development, brought forth a hun- dredfold. The good seed, which is the gospel of the Lord Jesus, is still falling among men and each soul determines by its attitude toward Christ and His gospel what the results of the word will be in his own life. The acceptance and development of the truth depends upon the life that receives and hears the gospel. Let us take heed how we hear God’s word. MRS PEABODY GIVES CITIZENSHIP ADDRESS |Rev. W. S. Abernethy to Start Series of Sermons on “What Youth Is Asking.” Mrs. Henry W. Peabody will give an |address on the subject “Christian | Citizenship” at Calvary Baptist Church tomorrow at the 11 o'clock service. At 8 o'clock the pastor, Rev. W. S. Aber- nethy, will begin ‘a series on the gen- eral subject, “What Youth Is Asking.” ‘The topic is “Why Pray?” ‘The junior church service will be held at 11 o'clock in Baker Hall, Rev. H. J. Counciler, minister. Miss Pearl Deucher will lead the meeting of the Tuesday evening Chris- tian Endeavor Society Tuesday at 8 o'clock. Carl Hewlett will speak at the Bap- tist Young People’s Union meeting to- morrow at 7 o'clock in Vaughn Hall. ‘The Evening Mission Club will meet in Burrall Hall Monday at 7:45 p.m. The program is in charge of Miss Mignonette Buckingham. Subject, “Home and Horizons.” Mrs. Myrtle Barnes will also be on the program. The Florence M. Brown Class will hold a birthday supper meeting in Shallenberger Hall Wednesday at 6 o’'clock. Drake Class will hold its annual ban- quet at 7:30 o'clock Friday at Harvey's Restaurant, DR. PATTERSON’S TOPIC. First Presbyterian Program Is Announced. tewardshij Means of Fellowship ‘With God,” be the sermon subject of Dr. N. P. Patterson, pastor of the First Presbyterfan Church, on John Marshall place, tomorrow morning. His theme Sunday evening, at 8 o'clock, the chapel on Massachusetts avenue a ‘Thirty-sixth street will be “Are Chris. tions Under the Old Testament Law of Tithing?” Sunday school at both the old church and the chapel meets Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock. REVIVAL TO CLOSE. Rev. H. L. Collier to Resume Serv- ices at Tabernacle. ‘The evangelistic campaign, which has been continued for four weeks at the Full Gospel Tabernacle, North Capitol and K streets, by Rev. Ben Hardin of Chicago, will close with services tomor- row at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. tor, Rev. Harry L. Collier will resume the regular services next week, with divine healing Tuesday at 7 %m pentecostal, Wednesday, 7:45 p.m.; study, Thursday, 7:45 p.m. REVIVAL CONTINUES. Fifth Baptist Church Plans Four Services Tomorrow. be continued all next’ week Revival meetings will at Fifth Baptist Church by Charlie Clarke and Roy Guerley. ‘There will be four 8 , 10 and 11 am. and 3 and 7:30 pm. There will be a mass meeting Sunday af! noon for men, Which time . women and Charlie?, A=y NOONDAY LENTEN: SERVICES PLANNED Federation of Churches Sponsors Program at First Congregational. The annual noonday Lenten services will be held again this year in the First Congregational Church, Tenth and G streets, beginning March 17. will be under the auspices of the jo eration of Churches, the meetings com- mencing at 12:20 each day (except Sat- urday and Sunday) and closing promptly at 1 o'clock. The arrangements have been made through the committee on public meetings, whose chairman is Dr. F. C. Reynolds, and the executive sec~ retary of the federation, Dr. W. L. Darby. The speakers during the first week will be local pastors—Drs. 8. J. Porter, A. R. Bird, R. Y. Nicholson, H. W. Snyder and S. B. Daugherty. Dr. J. R. Sizoo of the New York Avenue Church, will give the addresses during the second week, with the exception of ‘Wednesday, the speaker that day being Rev. H. A. Woolfall of St. Mark’s Epis- copal Church. For the three weeks following the speakers are Dr. Ralph W. Sockman of Madison Avenue Met t Church of New York City, Dr. A. Earl Kernahan, evangelistic leader, and Dr. Peter Ainslie of the Christian Temple of Baltimore. These services are interdenominational in character, and everybody will be BISHOP P. T. ROWE TO PREACH HERE Prelate of Alaska Will Be Guest in Pulpit of St. Margaret’s Church. Right Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe, Bishop of will be the pre: at 11 o'clock tomorrow at St. Margaret's Church, Connecticut avenue and Bancroft place, Other appointments for Sunday are: Holy communion, 7:30 a.m.; Sunday school service, 9:30 a.m.; morning prayer at 11 a.m., confirmat instruc- tion at 2:30 p.m, evensong with ser- mon by the Rev. Robert Shores at 4:30 p.m., Young People’s Soclety, 6 p.m. . ‘The senior and junior sections of the confirmation class will meet earlier than usual to afford to those who desire to attend meeting called by Bishoj Sunday afternoon. Bi James E. Freeman will visit St. Margaret's March 16 at 11 am. to administer confirm- ation. Appointments for the week are as follows: Monday and Tuesday at 4:45 p.m., evening prayer with address by the rector, Dr, Herbert Scott Smith, on “Christianity the Way”; Wed!lm 4:45 p.m. evening prayer with by the Rev. Jabez Backus on “The holy communion at 11 a.m. and prayer wm\t .‘ddrun“ by Rev. Frank n at 4: .m.; Priday, young people’s service with offices of instruc- tion and address by Rev. Robert Shores at 4:45 pm. The second section of the adult con- :m-don class will meet Tuesday at 3 .m, CONCORDIA ANNOUNCES SERIES OF ADDRESSES “Christianity in Relation to Va- rious Phases of Life” Will Be Discussed. Concordia Church, Twentieth and G streets, announces a series of addresses jon “Christianity in Relation to Various Phases of Life.” They will be given in :);e evening services on the following tes: March 9—“Christianity in the Home,” by Dr. W. L. Darby, executive secretary of the Washington Federation of Churches. March 16—“Christianity in Business,” by William Knowles Cooper, former gen= eral secretary of the Y. M. C. A. March 23—"“Christianity and Poli- tics,” by Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota. March 30—"Christianity and Educa- tion,” by Dr. N. J. Gould Wickey, sec- retary of the Lutheran board of educa- tion. Rev. Charles Enders will preach to- morrow morning on “Temptations.” Special midweek Lenten services are held Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock in English and Thursday evening in Ger- man. “CREED WE FORGET.” Dr. Harris Announces Foundry M. E. Church Subject. Dr. Frederick Brown ity mass for An all-day meeting of the women's societies will be held Tuesday, meeting at 10:45 a.m., Woman's Home %tsslmury“&)lcmi‘ at 11:45,. and the 'oman's Forel lisslonary Society at 12 o'clock. o . Dr. Melton to Preach. Dr. B. H. Melton, pastor of the Ninth Street Christian Chp.:th 4. _77i JOHN H. DEQUER PREACHER AUTHOR TEACHER PLAYHOUS Next Week, Beginning SATURDAY March 15th, 8 P.M. Seven Master Addresses Sat. Subjec Sun. Subject: Py X ou busy publlc, business and protessiongl dop’t fail to’ hear thi he “fmw :?"rol;Ag ¥ men. 't CHARAS ANA- as a8 8 GTER