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A—S BAPTIST MEETING SET FOR APRIL 11 Mission~ry Workers Will Ad- dress Semi-Annual Sessions ~f Columbia Association. ‘The semi-annual meetings of the Co- lumbia Association of Baptist Churches will be held in Calvary Baptist Church April 11. Rev. Samuel J. Porter, pastor of the First Baptist Church and mod- erator of the Association, will preside. Sessions will be held at 10 am, 2 p.m. and 8 pm. A reception will be held at 5:15 o'clock and a men's banquet at 5:45 o'clock. This banquet will be served by Calvary Baptist Church women. Speakers, furnished by the Northern and Southern Conventions, will include missionaries home on furlough. | Dr. J. M. Baker, missionary to South India, will tell of conditions there, and Rev. C. K. Dozier, head of Boys’ School, Fuktoka, Japan, will describe the situ- ation in the Japanese mission field. | Alton L. Miller, president of the | Northern Convention, also will speak, as will Rev. J. A. Cooper. former president of S8ioux Falls College and now in deputation work for the Northern Con- vention in board of missionary co-opera- | tion. From the Southern Convention Dr. J. T. Henderson, secretary Baptist Brotherhood, and Rev. Charles W. Daniel, pastor of the First Baptist | Church of Richmond. Va., will speak. i The speaker at the banquet will be | Maj. Willlam G. Everson, head of tl}?‘ National Militla Bureau of the Wdr Department. | Representative Grant M. Hudson of Michigan at the afternoon session will tell of missionary work of the Northern | Convention. 4TH PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR’'S PROGRAM | Rev. James H. Miers to Preach in| Morning on “Purpose of Mosaic Law.” Resuming his discussion of topics | from the epistle to the Gallatians, Rev James H. Miers, pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, will preach to- morrow_at 11 o'clock on “The Purpose of the Mosaic Law.” At 8 p.m.. in his series of sermons upon the Book of Revelations, he will discuss the thir- teenth chapter. At 7 p.m. the Senior Christian Endeavor Society meets in | Kelly Hall. The Junior Society meets at the same time in the Boy Scout Hall. session of the church meets ‘Tuesday in Kelly Hall at 8 o'clock. ‘The Woman’s Missionary Society will | meet Wednesday in the adult Bible class rooms at 11 am. Leader, Mrs. James T. Sherrier. Mrs. E. F. Brooks | will conduct the devotional service. | Luncheon will be served. At 7:30 p.m. | the class in church history will meet. At 8:15 o'clock Dr. Miers will deliver an address. The weekly prayer meeting service will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. It is planned that at 9:30 a.m. Easter Bunday there will be an assembly of | the Sunday school in the church audi- torium, with a special program. The adult Bible class will be ad- tomorrow by I. H. Linton. ‘There will be a special meeting of the | junior department. CONVERSION PROMOTION | HELD CHRISTIAN DUTY Dr. Hugh T. Stevenson Conducts Lenten Services at First Con- gregational Church. “The special privilege and burden of | every Christian is to promote the con- | version work commenced by Jesus Christ” Dr. Hugh T. Stevenson de-| clared yesterday, speaking in the daily | noon day Lenten services at the Pirst Congrega Church, Tenth and G streets. Scoring the spiritual apathy of merely passive Christians, who believe conformity to church formality im- plies a complete discharge of religious obligation, Dr. Stevenson said, “Our dividual mission is to tell others of our personal experiences with Jesus Christ and his law. Mere Christian orthodoxy is not enough.” “When Jesus declared that we must | be witnesses unto him,” Dr. Stevenson concluded, in pointing out that con- | version workers are under an implied | apostolic duty to Jesus Christ, he meant that we are directly responsible to him in perpetuating his work as a saviour | of gouls. By our efforts to reveal| Christ to other we truly bear him | witness.” | SERVICES SCHEDULED AT EPWORTH M. E. CHURCH ‘The 11 o'clock germon tomorrow in Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church South, Thirteenth street and North Carolina avenue northeast, will be preached by the pastor, Dr. John C Copenhaver, on “The Prince Who Be- came a Preacher.” At 8 p.m. addresses will be made by the pastor and by Dr ‘Westley Spencer of the Kernahan stafl Sunday school will meet at 9:30 a.m. and the Epworth League Chapter at 7| pm. The pastor announces that at 2 o'clock Sunday he will meet with a class of boys and girls for instruction in church membership. These classes will be held at various times until Easter, at which time a large class will be re- ceived into church membership. ‘The pastor will conduct the weekly prayer meeting at 8 o'clock Thursday evening. This will be a meeting of meg:rmon for the visitation campaign inaugurated April 6 “SAVED TO SAVE” IS TOPIC! Dr. B. H. Melton Announces Two Sermons Tomorrow. Dr. B. H. Melton, pastor of the Ninth SBtreet Christian Church, Ninth and D streets northeast, will have for his morning sermon subject tomorrow “Saved to Save,” and his evening sub- Ject will be, “The Gospel of Christ.” “The Phi Kappa class will present the drama “An Old Fashioned Mother” Tuesday evening at the church. On Priday evening will be the * official board meeting of the church ‘The church is co-operating in the Ker- nahan visitation and survey MISSION MEETING HELD Lane C. M. E. Church Scene To morrow of Missionary Gathering. A union missionary meeting will be held at the Lane C. M. E. Church. Fourteenth and C streets northeast, to- morrow at 3 o'clock. Societies from Israel, Miles, Lane, St. Johr and Cedar Heights C. M. E. Churches will be rep- resented. A program will be rendered Mrs. J. D. Jenkins of Asbury M. E Church and Miss Sara A. Janifer, Dis- trict president of the A. M. E. Ziov Church (Washington district), will be the principal speakers. ‘Mrs. Josephine Whittington, president of the societies of the Washington dis- trict, will be mistress of ceremonies. Dr. G. T. Long is presiding elder of the district. % ~ i Q. Why do so many Christians take the story of the Garden of Eden so seriously? Is the Bible story of the origin of sin ¢ ssentially better for intelligent readers to accept than the story of the mytho- logical Pandora and her box of evils? It would seem to me if they can be- lieve the first account, it would not strain their intellectual make-up to be- Iieve the second. A. The strength of the Genesis nar- rative is in _its psychological and moral accuracy. I agree that many good peo- | ple have confused the form with the substance of the document. But this is | no reason for rejecting its entire story. | In an admittedly pictorial setting this venerable book describes the forfeiture | of man's innocence and the disaster that | followed his misuse of the power of choice between obedience to his Maker' Iaw and the seductions of his own de sires. | Is not this drama true to the life we live? There is a sense in which every one of us is an Adam or an Eve, who for our disobedience in eating the fruit | of the forbidden tree have been expelled | from the garden of peace. When we | would fain return to its hallowed shel- | ter, conscience and memory bar the way | with flaming swords. Really, any human | | | THE EVENING Religious Questions DISCUSSED BY Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. has manifested. Nor is its benefit con- |fined to Him. He came that all may | have good life and have it more abun- dantly. As it spreads in the world it carries out the divine scheme of things and hastens the restoration of society to that scheme. Here the question recurs why Jesus possessed such unique and singular sig- nificance. The answer is that God was present and active in Jesus as He has not been present and active in any other being. In Him God and man met as they have never met elsewhere. Why, then, should it be deemed incredible that He is the Redeemer of the race” Through Him myriads have found the peace and salvation of their pardoning | God. In Him they have lodged their | noblest ideals. By His aid they have| realized those ideals in practice. These | are the foundations of Christian faith, and they cannot be disturbed by argu- ments pro and con about them. The factual experience of men still testifies that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Q. T am a young girl who has often pondered the ‘teaching that God made man for His glory. If this is true, to do anything for our own glory is pride or selfishness. Why is not God's in- tention in creation one to which we being capable of self-diagnosis may find himself or herself drawn to life in| the third chapter of Genesis | Pandora and her ill-fated box make | {a commentary on the sorry truth that | we are often the architects of our baser | fortunes. The choice still persists be- | tween a known high and a known low | and the preference for the known low still brings woe and sorrow upon man- | kind. Thes: are the more visioned | meanings of Genesis, Give them room | and emphasis. | Q A professor who is learned and able argues that Jesus was not divine in any sense not true of all other men. 1 am puzzled by his statements and wonder how they can be met. What| would you say on the issue? | A. The enthronement of Jesus in Christian thought is due to His un- paralleled influence upon human life. | The theological forms in which His| significance is expressed have been| slightly modified from time to time, but it has not been substantially ques- tioned. From the first He was worshiped | as the Incarnation of the Father of all men. It is commonly agreed that the per- fectly good man is the Godlike man. Whoever exhibits the highest qualities of life reveals the heart and purpose of Him who is the source of universal life. In Jesus Christian consciousness sees that perfect goodness which no other being who ever trod the earth | even more convincing. | benefit in that choice? can rightfully adapt ourselves? A. There has not been a better answer to the question, “What is man's chief end?” than that one to which you refer. But in what sense do we glorify God if not in living so as to help others to live better, and thus elevating the general conception of life’s worthfulness? The fullest, rich- est, most beautiful and useful existence of which one is capable is therefore the supreme end of one’s being. State the case negatively and it is Let us suppose that any person could glorify God. even though he chose the lowest levels of moral action and sinned willfully against light and knowledge. Would there be any lasting satisfaction or Things on earth as well as in Heaven reply in the negative. God's sole object in our creation is our eternal good. Wherever He finds it, whether in Protestant or Catholic, Jew or Gentile, there He is glorified. | His Intention is that you and the rest of us shall share His life, His love, His purity. You do everything for your own {llumination (and this is what “glory” signifies) by co-operating with | Him. Therefore the best motive you can adopt is that which enables you to do God’s will in the world. Any lesser motive narrows the range of your soul and disqualifies you for the self- development and self-bestowal which are the secrets of noble living. PASTOR ANNOUNCES SUNDAY SERMON TEXT Rev. R. Paul Schearrer to Preach in Mcrning on “Conversion: A Study in Contrasts.” | “Conversion: A Study in Contrasts,” | will be the theme of the sermon at the | 11 o'clock service tomorrow in the Ta- | pastor, Rev. R. Paul Schearrer. The | 8 o'clock service will be under the aus- | pices of the Senior C. E. Society. 3 David A Robertson, director, American Council of Education, will speak on | “Personality.” The pastor will be as- | sisted in conducting the evening wor- ship by the following young people: | Miss Rachel Matson, Miss Helayne Walker and Miss Margaret Dodd. The Christian Endeavor Societies will meet at 6:30 o'clock. Mr. Schaerrer will speak on “Amos and Andrew.” The church school will assemble at 9:30 o'clock and the adult Bible classes at 9:45 o'clock. Representative John C. Ketchum of Michigan will address the men of the brotherhood at 10 o'clock, The annual meeting of the church | and congregaticn will be held Wednes- day evening. A congregational dinner | will be served at 6:15 o'clock. The midweek service will be held Thursday evening. The session will meet at the close of the meeting to con- | fer with candidates for church mem- | bership, ‘The Light Bearers will meet Friday at 4 o'clock, and Troop 33, Boy Scouts, at 7:30 o'clock, ‘The second annual banquet of the Y P. 8. C. E will be held Saturday at 7 o'clock in the dining room of the church. Rev. George C. Culbertson, cociate minister of the New York Ave- nue Presbyterian Church, will be the speaker. FEDERATION TO MEET ‘The Federation of the Churches of the Mount Bethel Baptist Association of Washington, Maryland and Virginia, Dr. A. Wilbanks, moderator, will open a week's Lenten services in the Tenth Street Baptist Church, Tenth and R | streets, Tuesday at 12 o'clock and will | continue from 12 to 1 p.m. each week | day. Short sermons will be preached each day by the Baptist pastors of the city. Revs. Holloman, Roy, Smith, Sayler, | Tyler, Murray, Jernagin and others | will preach. | French Church Services. ‘ Rev. Florian Vurpillot, pastor of the | French Congregation, which meets at | St. John's Church, 'Lafayette square, every Friday at 4:45 pm. and every Sunday at 4 p.m., will preach tomorrow afternoon on “Est ce Moi?" B. Y. P. U. News The executive board of the Senior Federation will meet Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Central Union Mis- sion Building. The Intermediate Federation will meet Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the Central Union Mission. Bethany B. Y. P. U., No. 1, will have a special program presented tomorrow. Miss Virginia Sutton and the fellow- ship commission will have charge of the devotional meeting tomorrov: at Chevy Chase. ‘Wilton Smith and group 1 will pre- sent a program at East Washingion Heights tomorrow. First will hold its monthly business meeting Wednesday. The devotional meeting tomorrow at Fountain Memorial will be conducted by Miss Gladys Schellin and group 4. The devotional life commission, un- der the leadership of Miss Elzie Raye | Sanders, will have charge of the de- | votional mesting tomorrcw 1 lands. The social at National Baptist Me- morial tomorrow will be conducted by | Billy Wolfrey and group 3. A special | program will be presented at the .de- votional meeting. | Kendall will have a special program presented at its weekly devotional meet- ing_tomorrow. The program at Petworth tomorrow will be under the leadership of Miss Hazel Beeler, president of the B. Y. B. U. | Friday evsnlng the fellowship commis- | cion, directed by Miss Janie Humphrey, | will ‘sponscr a “backwards party.” George Thompson, assisted by the | members of the cabinet, will present a special program tomorrow at Beth- | any Union, No. 2. { The Intermediate B. Y. P. U. will meet at Bethany Church April 18 and | | beth Ahern as the leader. at High- | SERVICES OUTLINED FOR REV. DR. LAMBETH Sermon Listed in Morning at Mt. Vernon Place Church—Sunday Program Features. At the morning service in the Mount | Vernon Place Church tomorrow the pastor, Dr. W. A, Lambeth, will preach on “Investing Personality for God d | koma Park Presbyterian Church by the |the Church.” At the evening service Dr. A. Earl Kernahan will speak for 15_minutes. Rev. H. R. Deal, junior preacher, will | speak to the junior congregation, in the Sunday school auditoriu; t 11 o'clock, on “The Worth of Man. An instruction meeting for the per- sonal workers of the second district in the Kernahan campaign will be held in this church, the instruction to be given by Dr. Kernahan Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. The Woman's Missionary Society will meet Wedhesday evening. The board of stewards will meet at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening. The finance committee will meet in the pastor's study at 7 o'clock. The pastor will conduct the prayer meeting service Thursday evening. ‘THEM HE ALSO CALLED, BRIGHTWOOD M. E. TOPIC! Rev. Walter M. Michael to Preach Morning Sermon—Church School at 9:45 A.M. Brightwood Park Methodist Episcopal Church, Eighth at Jefferson street, Rev. Walter M. Michael, pastor, will open its sessions tomorrow with church school at 9:45 am. At 11 am. the pastor will preach on “Them He Also Called.” e sacrament of baptism will be adminiftered and new members will be_received into the church. ‘The Epworth League will meet at 6:45 p.m_with Miss Thelma Browne leading. A new unit of discussion will be opened, the subject being “What It Means to Be A Christian” D. Stewart Patterson will lead the discussion. The Oxford League meets at 7 p.m. with Miss Eliza- At 8 pm. m:d pastor will preach on “Alone With The six circles will hold a chicken dinner in_the social hall Tuesday 2t 5 o'clock. The monthly meeting of e official board will follow at 7 p.m. All workers in the Kernehan cam- paign will meet at Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church Wednesday evening at 8:15 o'clock. The mid-week Lenten service will be held Thursday at 8 o'clock. DR. WICKEY ANNOUNCES TOPIC FOR TOMORROW Lutheran Secretary Will Discuss “Christianity and Education” at Concordia Church. At the evening service tomorrow at Concordia Church, Twentieth and G streets, Dr. N. J. Gould Wickey, secre- tary of the Lutheran Board of Educa- tion, will speak on “Christianity and Education” This is the final address in a series of four on the relationship fige Christianity to various phases of In the German service at 10 am., Rev. Charles Enders will preach. In the Engiish service, he will deliver a brief sermon. which' will be followed by a 15-minute address by Dr. Earl Kerna han, director of the Kernahan visita- tlon evangelism campaign. The church council will meet Monday. The Concordia Young People’s League will meet April-4 at 8 p.m. Series of Lenten Sermons. A series of Lenten sermons is being preached in the Metropolitan A. M. E. | Church by the minister, Dr. Willlam H. Thomas, whose subject tomorrow morn- ing will be “Christ Before Pilate or Rather Pilate Before Christ.” Howard U. Chapel Service. ™. 8. Ralph Harlow, professor of sociology in Smith College, Northamp- | ton, Mass, will be the speaker at the Howard University religious service in Andrew Rankin Chapel tumorrow at 11 P o'clock. First Brethren Pastor’s Topics. Rev. Homer C. Kent, pastor of the First Brethren Church, Twelfth and E streets southeast, will preach at 11 o'clock tomorrow on “Troubled About Many Things,” and at o Col. Joseph H. Cudlipp of Baltimore will give an address, m. “The Pre-eminence of Christ.” "Sunday school, 9:30 am.; Y. P. % E, 6:45 pm. STAR, WASHINGTON, IGANON T0 PREAGH AT CATHEDRAL Dr. Stokes’ Sermon Tomor- row at Celebration of Holy Communion. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon of ‘Washington Cathedral, will be the spe- cial preacher at the 11 a.m. celebration of the holy communion tomorrow at Washington Cathedral. ‘The other services will be holy com- munion at 7:30 am. and morning prayer and Litany at 10 o'clock. There will” also be a celebration of the holy communion tomorrow at 9:15 a.m. in the Chapel of the Resurrection. Even- song_service will be at 4 o'clock. Following the 11 am. and 4 pm. services pilgrimages will be conducted by Rev. John W. Gummere of the Ca- thedral staff to several points in the Cathedral Close. Dally services at the Cathedral in- clude celebration of the holy com- munion in the Bethlehem Chapel at 7:30 am. and evening prayer at 4, The holy communion is celebrated in the Chapel of the Resurrection on Thursdays at 9:30 am. for the benefit of those unable to attend the earlier celebrations. The Cathedral Lenten lectures next week will be as follows: Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Canon Stokes will speak at St. Paul's Church, Rock Creek Church- yard, on “The Many-Sided Christ.” At 8 p.m. William C. Sturgis of the Col- lege of Preachers will speak at St. John's Church, O and Potomac streets, on “The Sermon on the Mount. Right Rev. Philip M. Rhinelander, warden of the College of Preachers, will begin his series of lectures on “The Holy Spirit in the Church and in the Chris- tian” on Thursday. at 8 p.m. in St John's Church, Lafayette square. Dr. G. Freeland Peter, canon and chancellor of the cathedral, will apeak on “The Elements of Religion” in the Chapel of the Resurrection on Friday at 4 pm. FAITH IN GOD’S POWER” DR. REYNOLDS' SUBJECT Methodist Pastor Is Preaching Pre-Easter and Holy Week Series. In preparation for the observance of Holy week and Easter at Wesley M. E. Church, Connecticut avenue and Joce- lyn street, the pastor, Dr. F. C. Rey- nolds, is preaching a series of sermons on the “Essentials of Spiritual Develop- ment.” The topic at the 11 o'clock serv- ice tomorrow is “Faith in God's Power.” At the 7 o'clock service, under the di- rection of the young people, the pastor will conduct an open forum on “Prob- lems of Prayer.” Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, pastor of Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church of New York City, who is speaking at the noonday Lenten services at the First Congregational Church, will be the preacher at the union Lenten service Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. This service, which is sponsored by all the Protestant churches of Chevy Chase, will be held in All Saints’ Prot- estant Episcopal Church, at the Circle. “EVANGELISfiC TRUST” REV. S. E. ROSE’S TOPIC| Petworth Methodist Church Pastor Will Speak on “Wandering Man” at Service in Evening. “Our Evangelistic Trust” will be the sermon tomorrow morning of Rev. Sam uel E. Rose, pastor of Petworth Metho- dist Episcopal Church, and in the eve ning “The Wandering Man.” Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; intermediate and Ej worth League services precede the eve ning worship. Supper for the benefit of the building fund will be given by the women's group, Thursday from 5 to 7 o'clock. Mrs. R. B. Lank will have charge of the arrangements. Midweek prayer serv- ice will follow at 8 o'clock. ‘The Women's Home and Foreign Mis- sionary Societies will meet Wednesday. The church has enrolled a large group to assist in the Kernahan visitation evangelistic campaign and will attend the workers’ meeting at Hamline Church Wednesday evening for in- structions. SERMON TOPICS GIVEN Rev. N. M. Simmons to Continue Series at Highlands Baptist. The pastor of the Highlands Baptist Church, Rev. N. M. Simmons, will con- continue the series of illustrated ad- dresses tomorrow evening, speaking on “Christ and the New Life,” illustratea by Richter's picture of the restoring of life, to the daughter of Jairus. In the morning the sermon will be on “Primary ! Truths.” ‘The monthly meeting of the Workers’ Council will held with Miss Guschewsky, 1329 Longfellow street. “WOOING OF WISDOM” Subject for Tomorrow Announced by Rev. J. H. Dunham. At the Western Presbyterian Church the pastor, Rev. J. H. Dunham, will take for his subject tomorrow morning and in the He will continue the s day evening talks on “The Life of Christ.” An entertainment will be given Saturday evening. - VISITOR AIDS PASTOR Evangelist Listed at First Church of the Nazarene. The evangelistic service will continue | all next week at the First Church of the Nazarene Seventh and A streets northeast. Rev. Charles A. Gibson district superintendent of Ohio, is the evangelist, assisting the pastor, Rev Lewin B. Willlams. ‘Tomorrow there will be services at 11 am, 3 and 7:30 pm. Ohio Will Preach at Mount Zion. Rev. J. C. Olden will be guest preacher at Mount Zion M. E. Church, Twenty-ninth street between Dumbar- ton avenue and O street, tomorrow at 11 am. in the absence of the pastor, Dr. Carroll, who is attending the Washing- ton Annual Conference at Huntington, W. Va. Church school, 9:30 am.; Ep- worth League, 6 pm.; brotherhood praise and prayer service, 8 p.m. Arrangements have been made to hold three Lenten meetings in the lobby of the Y. M. C. A. on Wednesday evenings preceding Easter. April 2 the moving picture, entitled “Passion Week Scenes,” will be shown. ‘Aprii 9 an illustrated lecture, entitled “The People of the Holy Land,” will be given by Page McK. Etchison, religious work director of the ¥. M. C. A.. Op April 16 Mr. Etchison will give another illustrated lecture on the subject, “In the Footsteps of Jesus—the Last Week." The lectures will be illustrated by mov- ing pictures and slides. These meetings will be at 7:13 p.m. and are open to the public. D. C., SATURDAY, REV. MOSES LOVELL ANNOUNGES TOPICS Gideon A. Lyon to Show Pic- tures of “China’s Dragons and Democrats” Thursday. “A Twentieth Century Interpretation of Salvation” is the theme tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock of Rev. Moses R. Lovell of the Mount Pleasant Con- gregational Church, 1410 Columbia road. Dr. Loren B. T. Johnson, mem- ber of the staff of the Washington Life Adjustment Center, will speak on “Some Problems of Childhood” in the psychology life series at 6:30 o'clock. Church school is at 9:30 am. Au- Mm will discuss “The Coal the adult discussion oup at 10 am. The Young Peog}es‘ rum_ will meet at 5:30 p.m. rs. B. A. Chandler will lead the discussion. William L. Corbin, librarian of Smithsonian Institution, will address the ladies ?l the guild on “What Shall We Read?”’ Wednesday at 11 am. The mission study class, under the leader- ship of Mrs. Willlam C. Gordon, will meet after luncheon. The Progressive Education Associa- tion holds its tenth annual conference April 3 to 5, with headquarters at the ‘Willard Hotel. Miss Kugler is in charge of the program. “China’s Dragons and Democrats” is the subject of a stereopticon lecture to be given by Gideon A. Lyon, asso- clate editor of The Evening Star, Thursday at 8 p.m. ‘The puppet show, a program for chil- dren, has been arranged through Mrs. Marion Knight of the kindergarten department April 5 at 3 pm. The Washington Life Adjustment Center will be open for staff consulta- tions Monday- from 7 to 10 p.m. Ap- pointments should be made in advance through Mrs. C. C. McQuilkin, director of the center. PRESENTATI(SN SERVICE SET IN EPIPHANY CHURCH National Fund Is Designed to Sup- port World Mission Work. . The Spring presentation service for the united thank offering of the women of the church in the Diocese of Wash- ington will be held in the Church of the Egfirhnny tomorrow at 8 pm. Dr. 2. B. Phillips, rector, will deliver the address. The offering it a national fund given by Episcopal women all over the world. It is used for the support of women workers in mission fields in the United States and foreign lands. Two hundred and twenty-four are being supported by this fund. It is presented every three years at the meeting of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. In the Diocese of Washington it is presented twice each year, being collected in every church by the parish custodian. ~All women of the church are invited to attend this servics ST. PAUL’S TO OBSERVE OLD ENGLISH CUSTOM “I Am Far From Home"” Is Subject of Rector’s Sermon Tomorrow. The rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rev. Arlington A. McCallum, revives the old English custom whereby all the members of the church family return to their Father's house on Moth- ering or Mid Sunday. The subject for the sermon, in the series preached on each Sunday morning during Lent, is I Am Far From Home."” The members of the Women's Auxil- fary are planning to take their united thank offering to the presentation serv-| ices to be held in Epiphany Church to- morrow evening. The conferences on the faith, which are being held every Wednesday eve- ning under the leadership of Rev. Ca vert E. Buck, will consider Wednesda “The Sevenfold Gift. “GOi)'S ARI;IMETIC" Rev. H. E. Beatty Will Preach on Theme Tomorrow Morning. “God's Arithmetic” will be the sub- ject tomorrow at 11 a.m. in Georgetown Lutheran Church by Rev. Harold E Beatty. _Christian _Endeavor, 7 pm.; topic, “Successful Evangelism in Mis- sion ’ Fields”” Evening service at 8 oclock; subfect, “The Winds of Jehovah.” Union Lutheran Lenten service will be held Monday at 8 p.m. in Keller Me- morial Church. Speaker, Dr. Henry W. Snyder. CONGREGATION MEETS Eckington Presbyterian Church Elects Trustees. The annual congregational meeting of Eckington Presbyterian Church was held Friday evening. Dr. W. C. Alden presided. The following trustees were elected: A. B. McManus, Edward H. Holkamp and Dr. W. C. Alden. The pastor, Rev. Henry B. Wooding. announces the following themes for the Sunday services: Morning service— “Making Religion Too Cheap,” and eve- ning service, 8 o'clock, “A Good Man. NEW YORK PASTOR HERE Will Deliver Sermon at Chevy Chase Church Thursday. Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, pastor of the Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church of New York City, will preach at the union Lenten service Thursday, April 3, at 8 o'clock, under the auspices of the Protestant churches of Chevy Chase. The service will be held in the All Saints' Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase Circle. LENTEN SERMON LISTED Dr. Kennedy of New Haven to Oc- cupy Ascension Pulpit. The special Lenten preacher at the Church of the Ascension, Massachu- setts avenue and Twelfth street, tomor- Tow at 11 am. will be Dr. C. A. Ken- nedy of New Haven, Conn. The other services will be: holy communion; 9:30 am., chus school and Bible class; 3 p.m. Chinese Bible school; 6:30 p.m., young people's meeting; 8 o'clock, evening service, with “The Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ"” in pictures and illustrations on the screen. 8 am. h GOING ON VACATION Dr. Joseph T. Kelly to Pay Visit to Son in Kans: Dr. Joseph T. Kelly, pastor emeritus of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, will leave here Wednesday to visit his son, Rev. John Bailey Kelly, president of the College of Emporia, Kans. The last of May he will go to Minne- waska Lake, N. Y., where he is chap- lain of the mnunt«yn houses. MARCH 29, 1930. - Sun day School Lesson Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson. REVIEW. Devotional Reading—John, x.7-16. Golden text: “Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be uj His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah, ix.6. During the quarter we have been studying a series of lessons selected from Matthew's gospel, which was written to persuade the Jewish people that Jesus was their long-expected Messiah. He chose those events in the Master’s life that proved conclusively that Jesus in His birth, life and ministry fulfilled the predictions of the prophets. The lessons have moved forward with dramatic in- terest 8s Matthew weaved into his biography of Jesus from lhefi!nellogiul records and the events of His birth in Bethlehem, where Jesus was born of the seed of David and in accordance with prophecy, how the acts of a heathen potentate ul’derlns the census of his kingdom should determine that Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, ac- cording to the words of the prophet. The wise men of the East had seen the evidence of the birth of the Nations' King in the heavens and, guided by sclence, scholarship and Scripture, found the new-born Child and wor- shiped Him as a king. The miraculous way He was saved from the murderous g[hm of Herod, who sought His life, and is return from Egypt and location in Nazareth in fulfillment of the sayings of the prophets we considered in our first lesson. Matthew passed over the silent years of Christ's development until we saw how Jesus was moved by the spirit's urge to leave His Nazareth home and identify Himself with the ministry of John the Baptist. whom the Master recognized as the Elijah, who was to point Him out to the nation in accord- ance with phophecy. His baptism marked the Lord's dedication to undertake His divinely given mission. It brought forth conclusive testimony that convinced John that He was the Messiah. Follow- ing His baptism, the Lord had the bat- tle with Satan in the wilderness, where He determined how He would establish His kingdom. Public Ministry. Matthew does not refer to Christ's ministry in Judea, probably because it would not have helped his argument had he presented e fact that the nation’s leaders, political, social and re- ligious, had rejected His claims. Jesus attained great popularity in Galilee, where He went about doing good, preaching the doctrines of the kingdom of God. His personality gripped men. His philanthropic work attracted the muititude by His power to heal ner of diseases. His pri thority as a teacher proved that He wa: divinely appointed. His success, follo ing His making Capernaum His head- quarters, resulted in His summoning some of His disciples to enroll in His | peripetetic college of apostles, where He taught them by precept and practice how to take men alive The ordination of the twelve called for the formal explanation of the prin- ciples of His kingdom that He outlined in the Sermon on the Mount. homiletical masterpiece. He called for them to live up to the standards of the kingdom of God so as to show by life, love and labor that they were seeking first the kingdom of God, striving at all times and under all circumstances to live up to the high ideals of Christ's gospel. In the temperance lesson we considered how we ought to deal witih modern social, economic and moral nrifl)lems in accordance with the golden rule. In considering how Jesus healed and helped needy humanity, we saw the large place that co-operative faith played in His curing the various diseased persons. Faith in His personality, power and purpose played a large part | in His miracles of healing. His power | over disease revealed His glory. His| sympathetic touch healed the leper. His word restored the centurion’s servant. He cured Peter's mother-in- law of the fever, so that she arose from her sick bed and administered unto the Master and His disciples. He demon- strated His power over the wayes and silenced the winds when He stilled the | tempest by His orders, He cured the Gadarene demoniacs. ‘e established His claims to the authority of God in forgiving sins by healing the paralytic. He showed His sympathetic attitude toward all sinners by calling Matthew, a publican, to be one of the students of His apostolic college and then eating with the publicans at a feast. ‘The Apostolic Mission. Having taught the twelve how to meet | the physical, spiritual, social and Intel- | lectual needs of humanity, He sent them forth upon their first mission. His com- passion for the muititude moved Him to call upon the apostles to pray that the Lord would send forth laborers into the harvest field that He pointed out was ripe, awaiting to be harvested. Im- perfect as they were, Jesus _thrust them forth upon their mission. In out- lining the program for them to carry out the Lord mapped out their field of service, gave them their message and sent them forth free from all financial worries. His promise to them contains the assurance that He has given to all who carry out His work in obedience to His commands. 1f we heed His requests and try to win souls for Him we know that we will succeed. ‘When the disciples of John the Bap- tist sought information concerning Christ's claims as the Messiah Jesus answered by a serles of deeds that proved to His forerunner that in His ministry the Master was fulfilling the prophecies concerning the Messiah. His words and works were of such a char- acter that none but the long-expected Messianic ruler could perform. While seeking to meet the needs of John, who was in prison, our Lord proclaimed His Messiahship. Seaside Ministry. Opposition had manifested itself. Jesus saw the faces of men whom He knew in Jerusalem and in His Judean ministry in His congregations. ThLey charged Him with violation of the ceremonial law. They made an attack upon Him concerning His healing upon the Sabbath. They charged that He was in collusion with Satan. This caused Jesus to change His method of preach- ing. He had taught with authority, not as the scribes. He adopted in His sermons devered from the floating pulpit upon the Sea of Galilee the use of parables in describing the kingdom. In His first parable He taught them that the source of the kingdom was His words, but that the power of His gospel depended upon its reception by the people. He used the illustration of the sower sowing seed upon his farm for this parable. The returns from the { first three kinds of soil in the farmer's field were negligible, bul the fourth produced amazing results. He explained privately to His disciples why He changed His metheds of preach- ing His gospel and gave them other) parables that taught them about the kingdom The mustard seed. which was small, showed them that although the kingdom did not appear to be great in its beginnin; the development would nmve it was successful. His use of aven indicated its power to transform men and society. The hidden treasure | taught them the privileges of the king- dom and the pearl how th:y ought to appreciate it. The net taught them that the results at the end would prove the value of the kingdom when the Juflgmem will separate the good from evil. Last week's lesson revealed Him traveling in foreign lands, so that He could prepare the 12 for carrying on His work after He had been crucified Three | of our lessons were taken from this | by His enemies. He healed the daughter of the Phoenician woman, Who showed her faith in Christ by appeaiing to Him to heal her demoniac daugbter. He answered her cry of faith, for she ad- dressed Him as the Messiah, and cured her daughter, teaching us the way in which social service will help opening up new flelds. When He reached De-| capolis Jesus continued His preaching and healing. The souls won during this tour were samples of the millions that have been won for the Christ in foreign lands, where His gospel has bLzen pro- claimed so that people of every nation have accepted Him as their Lord and Savior, and coming King. ‘SPIRITUAL HEALTH' IS SERMON SUBJECT Dr. Pierce Will Preach at Morning Service of First Congre- gational Church. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce will speak to- morrow at the 11 o'clock service of First Congregational Church, Tenth and G streets, on “Spiritual Health.” At the evening service, at 8 o'clock, Dr. A. Earl Kernahan, director of the visitation evangelism campaign, which is about to be started here, will make a short address. The subject of the eve- ning will be “Modern Germany,” the speaker being John George Bucher. His lecture will be illustrated. Following the church night supper |and prayer meeting Thursday, Dr. Plerce will speak in the auditorium, at 8 o'clock, on “Against Spiritual Wick- edness.” His address will be illustrated by a photoplay. All departments of the Sunday school meet at 9:45 a.m. Sunday. The Senior Society of Christian En- deavor will have a tea tomorrow, at 5:50 pm. in the Sunday school room. Its regular meeting will follow at 6:30 o'clock. Prank R. Leonard will lead the meeting and the topic for discussion will be “Successful Evangelism in Mission Plelds.” The Young People’s Society of Chris- tian Endeavor will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the east parlor of the church. Miss Louise Bowman will lead and the sub- ji;t will be “Standing by One An- other.” “CHRIST'S BEST GIFT,” TEXT AT M. E. CALVARY Rev. Mark Depp’s Topic in Morn- ing—Also Will Preach Ser- mon in Evening. “Christ's Best Gift” will be the theme tomorrow morning at the Calvary Methodist Church, Columbia road near Fifteenth street. In the evening the subject of the address will be “The Danger of Doubt.” Rev, Mark Depp will preach at both services. At the young people’s meeting at 7 o'clock, in” Guild Hall, Paul Sapp will lead in the discussion on “Getting More Out of the Newspapers.” The high sckool department meets in the ladies’ parlor at 5:30 o'clock. | meeting. ‘The Philathea class will hold its an- nual public supper in Guild Hall Wed- | nesday from 5 to 6:30 o'clock. 'SERVICES SCHEDULED | BY DR. EARLE WILFLEY| Pastor Will Preach Morning and | Evening—Dr. Kernahan to Dis- cuss Evangelistic Campaign. “In the Name of Christ” will be Dr. | Earle Wilfley's subject tomorrow morn- | |ing at the Vermont Avenue Chr\sflnn’ Church. Dr. A. Earl Kernahan will give a short talk in the interest of the city-wide evangelistic campaign going on. At the evening service Dr. Wilfley will speak on “Living in Two Worlds.” ‘The Woman's Council will meet Tues- day at 11 o'clock, with Mrs. Fannie M. ; Foster, president, presiding during the | business session and Mrs. Jefferson Mid- dleton leader.of the program hour on the topic, “Witnesses to His Victory.” | Wives of the Christian Church minis- | | ters of the city will be special guests. | The board of officers will meet Thurs- | day evening. ICES ARE ARRANGED | | SERV St. Paul's Church Program to Be-| gin at 8:30 A.M. Tomorrow. St. Paul's Chureh, Rock Creek, will hold service tomorrow at 8:30 am., church school, 9:30; morning prayer and sermon, 11 a.m.; Young People’s Soclety, 7 p.m., and informal service by the rector at 8 p.m. Every Thursday morning during Lent a special celebra- tion of the Holy Communion is being held at 9 am. Sunday evenings during Lent at 8 o'clock, the rector is holding informal services with instructions on the church. He is to give this Sunday an outline of church history, particu- larly the Church of England. The in- struction for boys and girls on the con- firmation is being held in the parnsh house on Sunday mornings during Lent at the Sunday school hour. | The Rectory Guild is conducting a food sale today at the residence of Mrs. Harry Hamilton, 115 Rock Creek Church road. Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock the special preacher will be Rev. H. T. Cocke of All Saints’ Church, Chevy Chase. | Christian Endeavor Dr. Earl Kernahan will speak to the Christian Endeavorers of the Washing- ton Church of the Brethren and St. Paul's English Lutheran Church tomor- row evening. Dr. Spencer, a member of Dr. Kernahan's staff, will speak to the Endeavorers of Calvary Baptist Church and Vermont Avenue Christian Church tomorrow evening, | The fiying squadron of the District | Union, under the leadership of Robert Lyon, have charge of the Christian Endeavor meeting at Georgetown Lu- theran Church tomorrow t 7 o’clock. The union will present their play. “Climbing Roses,” April 1 at 8 o'clock in Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard | streets. Miss Edith Wagonseller has been ap- pointed by Mr. Potter to write a sup- plement to the “History of Christian Endeavor in the District of Columbia,” written by Merritt L. Smith. Miss Wagonseller will bring the history up ! to date. ‘The Society of Fifteenth Street Christian Church has elected the fol- lowing officers: President, William Hagzes; vice president, Lorenzo Snyder; secretary, Ruth Jarvis; treasurer, Cha:- hem Melchoir. Mr. Potter is teaching an expert En- deavor class in the Intermediate Society of Keller Lutheran Church. The Inter mediates of Rhode Island Avenue M. F. have organized a class in expert En- deavor, with Mrs. Nicholson as teacher. The Intermediate Union meeting will be | held at North Carolina Avenue M. P. Church April 11. The following subjects will be dis- cussed in the various societies on Sun- day: Junior, “Crusaders With Christ in" Japan”; Intermediate, “What Is Meant By ‘Living a Christian Life?""; Senior, “Successful Evangelism in Mis- sion Fields.” = g™ Thomas Rynson will have charge of the | OPENING OF NEW CHURCH 1S SET Universalist Structure Is Lat- est “National” Edifice Here. ‘The Universalist National Memorial Church, at Sixteenth and S streets, is the latest “national” church in Wash- ington to reach completion. The church, of which Dr. Prederic W. Perkins is minister, will be opened for services April 13, Palm Sunday, at 11 am., and & vesper service at 4:30 p.m. ‘The church is an imposing edifice, romanesque in style. The interior, lighted with exquisite stained glaes win- dows, gives the impression of a small cathedral, The lofty tower has been dedicated as the “Tower of World Peace,” carrying out the ideal of world brotherhood, one of the tenets of the Universalist Church. “'Dedication Sunday” will be observed April 27. “The Friendly Way" will be the sermon theme of Dr. Perkins at the Ambassador Theater tomorrow at 11 o'clock This sermon is one in the Lenten series entitled “The Way of Life.” The church school meets after church in the lounge of the theater. At 7 o'clock the Y. P. C. U. devo- tional meeting in the parish house will be led by Miss Julia Rupp. Dr. Perkins will speak on the doctrines and cere- monles of the church. The Optimist Club will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Dr. Perkins, 1661 Crescent place. W. W. Husband, Assistant Secretary of Labor, will speak on “Immigration.” At 8 o'clock, Thursday evening, the meeting of the board of trustees will be held in the parish house, 1603 S street. “THE WHOLE MAN” IS TOPIC OF SERMON Unitarian Pastor Will Preach To- morrow Morning—Plans to Greet New Members. At the 11 o'clock service tomorrow at All Souls’ Church (Unitarian), Six- teenth and Harvard streets, the minister, Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, will preach on the subject “The Whole Man.” The feature at the motion-picture hour in Plerce Hall at 7:30 p.m. will be “Four Feathers.” Dr. Pierce announces that on the evening of April 3 and 10, at 8 o'clock, he will meet with those who are plan- ning to unite with the church on palm Sunday. These meetings will be held in_the Alliance room. During the week meetings of the neighborhood friendship groups of the Women's Alllance will be held at_the homes of Mrs. Warren Wattles, Mrs. Hersey Munroe, Mrs. Oliver J. Irish and Mrs. Samuel F. Bemis. A meeting of the Lend-a-Hand Society will be held tomorrow at 12:15 oclock. The card party, postponed from March 7, will be held the afternoon and evening of April 9. “FOR THEIR SAKE” TOPIC AT CHEVY CHASE CHURCH Baptists to Take Part in Visitation Evangelism Cam- paign. “For Their Sake" is the title of the sermon at the Chevy Chase Baptist Church tomorrow at i1 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. Edward O. Clark. 1Tt is appropriate to the launching of the Kernahan visitation _evangelism, in which the church is participating. A story-sermon_will be told to the junior | members of the congregation. “Splendor of God,” the celebrated story of Adoniram Judson, by Mrs. Mor row, will be given in the evening serv- jce at 7:45 o'clock as an illustrated lecture by the pastor. Decision day will be observed in the Sunday school, after which a class be formed for instruction in the Chris- tian life and church membership. The union Lenten services on Thursday evenings, in which the church is co- operating, will be addressed this week by Dr. Ralph W. Sockman of New York City. CHURCH OF BRETHREN SERMONS ARE ANNOUNCED At the Washington City Church of the Brethren tomorrow morning the pastor, Dr. F. F. Holsopple, will preach on “The Unseen Glory.” At the eve ning service his theme will be “Sight- seeing on a Hilltop.” % Twenty-five teams are getting ready to serve in the Kernahan evangelistic crusade April 7-11. DR. PETERS TO PREACH Will Address Baptist Missionary Series at Baptist Church. Rev. Theodore R. Peters, vice presi- dent of the Frelinghuysen University, will preach for the missionary circle of the Friendship Baptist Church, First and H streets southwest, tomorrow at 11 am and 8 p.m. Sunday school, 10 am.: B. Y. P. U, 6 pm.; prayer and praise service Tuesday at 8 p.m. A mass meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, the proceeds of which will be for the benefit of foreign mis- sions. Speakers, Dr. W. H. Jernagin, Dr. J. H._Randolph and Dr. G. O. Bullock. Dr. A J. Tyler, master of ceremoni “NEVER ALONE” IS TOPIC Dr. S. B. Daugherty to Deliver Spe- cial Message Tomorrow. At the Memorial United Brethren Church, North Capilol and R streets, tomorrow the pastor, Dr. S. B. Daugh- erty, will preach in the morning on “Never Alone,” & special message to workers, In the evening. “Vision and Service,” another dramatic message on the best literature of our day will be given. A question period will precede the sermon Decision day will be observed in the Sunday school at 9:40 am. and the Christian Endeavor Socicties will have special features. - BROADCAST SERMON Dr. Kernahan Will Speak on “Per- sonal Evangelism.” Dr. A. Farl Kernahan, who is in charge of the city-wide directed survey and visitation campaign planned by the Washington churches, will s to- morrow at the Columbia Heights Chris- ti . Church on “Personal Evangelism. The services will be broadcast over Sta- tion WRC. At the evening services the pastor, Dr. Harvey Baker Smith, will preach. Continues Lenten Services. Continuing the serles of Lenten serv- ices, Rev. A. F. Elmes of the People' Congregational Church will to- morrow at 11 o'clock on subject “The Power of Forgiveness.” The Young People's service begins at 6:30 p.m., with theme for dicussion ‘Successful Mission lds.” Mrs. Evangelism in Fidwedk prayerservice ‘Thursday Iweel yer varatory to communion. .5y