Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1930, Page 10

CHURCHES FOREEO | EVENING SERVICES Various Denominations Unite To Make Evangelism Drive Success. For the first time in the history of Washington, a large number of churches of various denominations will volun- tarily forego their evening service to- morrow in order that the hundreds of workers engaged in the plan of visi- tation evangelism throughout the city may begin their round of personal and family visits without waiting until Monday, the day set, in advance, for the beginning of the campaign. Immediately after the “launching meeting” tor ' in five major district headqu: s, four in the city proper and one in Virginia, these workers will set out on their visitations, continuing through the late afternoon and evening, and many of them begin- ning again early Monday morning. Visitations will continue every day and evening, with supper conferences in the headquarters churches at 6 o'clock, held for the purpose of reports and inspira- tion, to be under personal charge of Dr. Kernahan and his staff, which is being augmented for this final intensive week of the religious enterprise conducted by the churches of the cit The decision to close the churches for the evening service tomorrow was Yeached at the fi.al meeting Thursday of the co-operatins pastors at New York Avenue Church, following the example of practically all cities that have en- gaged in visitation evangelism cam- paign under Dr. Kernaban's directio The five launching meetings tomor- row afternoon will take place in Cen- tral Methodist Church, Ballston, Va., at 2 pm Metropolitan Pre terian Churca, at 2:30; Calvary Baptist Church, at 2:30; Hamline Methodist t 2:30, and Pilgrim h, at 8 o'clock. he supper conferences each evening, beginning Monday and continuing through Friday will be held n Metro- politan Presbyterian_Church, Calvary Baptist Church, United Brethren Church, National Memorial Baptist Church, Hamline Methodist Church, Epworth Methodist, Pilgrim Presby- terian, Wesley Methodist and Central Methodist in Ballston. PASTOR AND CHURCHWAN | T0 DO PERSONAL WORK| “Pillars of God” to Be Subject of | Dr. Earle Wilfley at Vermont Avenue Christian Church. “The Pillars of God" will be the sub- ject of Dr. Earle Wilfley’s sermon to- morrow morning at the Vermont Ave- | nue Christian Church. Tk the junior church this mentt “Why I Should Become a C! and the special topic fc “Jesus Needs Me.” Miss Ma has charge of the worship pros T April. W. E. Brait will partici- Ppate in the service tome 4 ! There will be no ev morrow. ' During the a n | ning pastor a i g ¢ | by two, to call upon pr e names have been received a: for Christian decision. . Circle No. 1 will meet Tuesday at noon at the church for luncheon and a | brief business er which work= ers will go out in the ation envan- | stic work. pests | B. Y. P. U. News = | Miller, devotional life director, | I . { the heart THE EXVENING m Sunday Scfi:ool Lesson Rev'. Hugh T. Stevenson. THE LAW OF THE CROSS, Matthew, xvi. xvii. Golden Text—If any man will come after Me, let him deny him- self, and take up his cross, and follow Me.—Matthew xvi.24. Christian history contains no more important item than that recorded in this week’s lesson. No greater event can be found in all history, for issues of world-wide significance turned upon the results of the examination that Christ gave to His apostles when they reached the section of Ceasarea-Phillipi. A crisis had occurred in the Master's ministry when He refused to permit the people to make Him their temporal ruler after He had demonstrated His power to feed the assembled multitude that had followed Him when He was seeking a place of retirement. Looking backward, we can see how every step He took away from Jerusalem was really drawing Him nearer the cross. We have observed in our lessons last quarter how He attracted the twelve to Him by His personality, secured their confidence by 'His philanthropic work and aroused their wills by the demon- strations of His miraculous power so that they immediately accepted His in- vitation to become members of His apostolic college. The definite plan, purpose and pedagogical principles that | Jesus used in their instruction we have seen. When He returned from His trip through foreign lands, where He had been preparing the apostles for the inevitable and final break between and the priests, Pharisees, and sult in His cruci- He found the strife against Him was so great that He took them away once more into the section of Palestine that was inhabited by people of other races and faiths. These He de- termined to examine them concerning their personal faith in Him. They had misunderstood the Lords teachings. He desired to know if they were certain concerning their faith in Him, which is the foundation of Christianity. Confession, Commendation, Cross, They had reached the cool, and de- lightful northern section of Palestine. The twelve and the Lord were alone when He asked the apostles the first question of their final examination, that contains a suggestion of His being the iah. He expected that their an- would reveal that the public was ed in its views of Him. Some held that He was Elijah, whom the Jews believed would return again as a fore- runner of the Mes: sidered that He w of the other prophets. Herod Antipas identified Him with John the Baptist. All acknowledged that He was at least sent from God. While their view§ wei and inaccurate, they did not ¢ the Master. Jesus then asked them a direct personal question, one which every individual must answer, Who say Ye that I am?” The destiny of the world awaited the answer that Peter, speaking for the twelve, quickly replied: “Thou art the irist, the Son of the Living God.” They had grasped the truth—that Jesus was, in fact, divine. The Lord's great- d dawned upon them, when, as has pointed out “the lowly ori Carpenter, the familiarity of intercourse, the® shocks of * dis- bpointment, the delay of hopes making 'k, the haughty repudiation of Jesus by the authorized teachers of Israel and the ebbing tide of popularity in Galilee. might have almost justified a fisherman’s inability to answer this Chuist of the daily. a) most momentous question,” but Peter courageously confessed Christ. He had marveled when He had witnessed some of the deeds of Christ and had asked, with the other apostles, “What, manner of man is He?' This problem had been solved under the divine revelation that enabled Peter to see that there was only one satisfactory explanation of the Master’s character and only one correct answer to the question that He had asked the twelve. It is the only answer that will insure our salvation, It is the foundation of our faith and the basis of our hopes. Christ commended Peter for His answer. The Lord saw in His reply the evidence that His work was well estab- lished. From that moment He has been building His church. He assured the twelve that there would ultimately be a complete triumph of his church, for the church that our Lord is building is destined to triumph over all forms of opposition, Its message has centered about the Messiahship and deity of Jesus, that Peter proclaimed first to the Jews and then to the gentiles. Our Lord heard in Peter’s confession the call of the cross. Their confession of Him in that heathen section of Palestine filled the Master’s heart with the realization that He must now pre- pare them for His crucifixion. The foundation had been laid for their understanding the significance of His death. They were now ready to learn the next important lesson. They had met the test of faith and He knew that they would now stand the strain of the cross, even if it shattered their hopes concerning Christ's power and the es- tablishment of a temporal kingdom. From that moment he commenced to teach them plainly concerning the rapidly approaching catastrophe. Protest, Proclamation, Preview. Peter courageously protested against the Lord suffering. It was not in accord with their conception of the Messiah that He should suffer. He could not understand how the Messiah would “suffer many things, be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.” The thought of a suffering sovereign was intolerable, so Peter, taking the Lord to one side, made a pre- sumptuous protest. He ‘contradicted the prophe¢y that the Lord had just made by his rash assertion that the Master's death should never occur. He voiced in those words a temptation of Satan, who proposed in His temptations of the Master in the wilderness that He could have the kingdom without the | cross. In spurning Peter's suggestion as one coming from Satan Jesus re- Jected the plans of men because they were shortsighted, selfish, sinful and contrary to the scriptual predictions. misunderstood the Lord’s teachings. Christianity called for all to bear the cross. If we are to live like Him and | follow Him we must live lives of self- | | denial, sacrifice and service. Loyalty to | Him calls for us to put our whole life at | His disposal. If we should fail in the | judgment of men we know that He will ! |reward us with greater spiritual values for all material goods that we may sacrifice in His service. He took three of them with Him upon the mount. { was more than a mere man; that He | Where they saw Moses and Elijah talk- | ing with the Lord concerning His com- |ing departure. | thing of Christ's coming glory revealed. so that they were encouraged to stand steadfast in their devotion to Christ. While they failed for a moment, the experiences of those days fitted the | apostles to understand better Hij de- mand that calls for us to take up our cross and follow Him in a life of self- denial, sacrifice and service. }DR. CHESTEEN SMITH GIVES SERMON TOPIC announced at the board meeting Tues- | day evening an increase in the per- centage of daily Bible readers The Seven Eyes will mect tomorrow afternoon. The New Willard Hotel will be the | hotel heaaquarters for the B. Y. P. U of America convention, which is meet- | ing here in Washington in 1931 | The Senior Federation will meet April 15 at National Baptist Memorial Church. & special Easter prcgram. The B, P. U. of Baltimore will be guests. The Intermediate Federation will mezt at Bethany April 18. Col. Cudlipp will give an address. | The Juniors of Chevy Chase will en- tertain the Junior Federation Sunday afternoon. April 20. | All B. Y. P. U. members are requested | to attend an Easter sunrise service, | either at Walter Reed or Temple | Heights. | Wilbur St. Clare presented the fol- lowing names as nominees for the fed- eration officers: President, Thomas R. Wilson of Chevy Chase; vice president, Frank H. Spencer of Hyattsville and Leo Drumwright of Takoma Park; re- cording secretary, Miss Elsic Scay of Grace and Miss Elizabeth McDaniel of Temple: corresponding_sccretary, Miss Myrteen Sisson of Bethany and Mi Elizabeth Owens of National Baptist reasurer, Clifford H. Jenkins ington Heights. ges selected the following to serve on the committee to plan for the | “retreat” this Fall: Miss Elsie Seay, Miss Elizabeth McDaniel. Miss Elizabeth Owens. Miss Myrteen Sisfon, Thomas | R. Wilson and Clifford Jenki | Miss Margaret Carder. assisted by the devotional life commission, will pre- sent the program at Bethany Union, No. 2, tomorrow. | Miss Mary Pulliam and the service commission will have charge of the de- Ltional meeting tomotrow at Chevy hasi Smith and Group No. 2 will present a program at East Washington Heights tomorrow. Fifth B. Y. P. U. will have charge of the scrvices at the Baptist Home for Aged Ladies tomorrow at 3 o'clock. The program will be presented by the Eveready Juniors of that church, As a special feature of the B, Y. P. U. | program at First tomorrow Miss Lena 8. Parks and her group will present a study of the origin and principal char- acters of the “Passion Play.” This will be given at the devetional meeting at 5 The devotional meeting at Fountain Memorial tomorrow will be conducted by Bruce Kritzer and group No, 1. The service commission, under the } leadership of Miss Ruth Neal, will have charge of the devotional meeting tomor- row at Highlands. The cabinet meet- ing will be held Tuesday at 8 o'clock at the home of John Carter. 819 Delafield place. The B. Y. P. U. will have charge of the prayer meeting Thursday eve- ning. Miss Ruth Neal and the service commission will discuss the topic, “How to Bring Others to Christ.” Kendall will have a program pre- sented tomorrow by Mrs. Alicata and group No. 4. Maryland avenue will have a business meeting and social Monday night. Metropolitan wili have charge of the praver meeting Thursday evening. The social at National Baptist Memo- rial tomorrow will be conducted by Miss Dorothy Smith and group No. 4. Billy ‘Wolfrey and group No. 3 will present the devotional program. The B. Y. P. U. will condauct the services at the Home for the Incurables tomorrow at 2:30. ‘The Tisitaw Club will meet Tuesday. “What Is Involved in Deciding for Christ” will be discussed at the B. Y. P. U. meeting at Petworth tomorrc under the leadership of the Devotional Life Commission, directed by Miss Evelyn Ballou. ‘The Devotional Life Commission of Temple, under the direction of Fred Braugh. will have charge of the meet- ing of the B. Y. P. U. tomorrow. [ Morning Sermon at Hamline M. E. Church Based on “Value of Religious Meditation.” “The Value of Religious Meditation" n Smith, pastor of Hamline Metho- dist Episcopai Church, tomorrow morn- ing. in the Kernahan visitation evangelisin campaign there will be no evening serv- ice. At 2:30 o'clock the workers from the 15 churches in the North Washing- ton district will meet for final instruc- tions. A representative of the Kerna- han staff will be the speaker. Dr. Smith is chairman of district No. 4 of the campaign. This is composed of churches north of Park road to Quack- | enbos street and from Rock Creek Park cast to Soldiers’ Home grounds. Supper conferences will be held from Monday to Friday at 6 p.m., at which time reports will be given and new as- signments made for the following day. The women of Hamiine Church wiil serve the suppcrs and will be assisted by representatives of various churches t. h League will meet at the Home for the Aged on Connecticut ave- nu> tomorrow at 4 o'clock and hold a vesper service. ‘The members of the league will meet at the church at 3 o'clock. gk “PLAYING THE GAME” TEXT OF DR. HARRIS Sermon by Pastor of Foundry M. E. Church to Be Broadcast Over WRC Circuit. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of Foundry Methodist Episcopal CR‘l’urch. will preach tomorrow morning on the theme “Playing the Game.” This sery- ice will be broadeast by Station WRC. Al the evening service the pulpit will be occupied by Dr. Newton P. Patter- son, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, who will preach on the theme “Near to God Through Christ.” Foundry Church will not begin the evangelistic campaign until the end of the expansion program, which closes Monday night. Tuesday evening Rev. Eari Kernahan will meet the evangel- istic campaign workers of Foundry for instruction. | QUESTIONS Abocut the Bible. 1. Who was one of the first to see Christ after His resurrection . Did He allow her to touch Him? 3. Why? 4. To whom else did H: appear? 5. Did He also meet the holy woman? 6. What did He command them? . On what occasion did He meet the disciples? 8. Who doubted the appearance of Christ at this meeting? 9. Why did he doubt? ) 10. Where are these things recorded? The answers to these questions will be found below. How many can you answer? 1. Mary Magdalene. 2. No. 3. Because, in His own words, not yet ascended to my Father.” 4. To Peter. 5. Yes. 6. “Go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee.” 7. At an evening meal. 8. Thomas. 9. He was not present at the time. 10. St. John, chapter 20; St. Luke, chapter 24; St. Matthew, chapter 28. “I am \DR. SMITH’S SERMON i CONTINUES SERIES ! Rector of St. Thomas' Church An- | nounces Discourse on “Shake- l speare in the Bible.” At St. Thomas' Church tomorrow at | | will be the sermon subject of Dr. Ches- {11 a.m. the rector, Dr. C. Ernest Smith, Kendall will assist and they will present | @, preaches the fifth sermon on “Shake- speare in the Bible.” | Shakespeare by Iago'in “Othello.” Confirmation will be administered at |8 p.m. by Bishop Freeman. | Thomas’ Hall. adjoining the church, Monday at 8 p.m. on “Newfoundland— | th2 Unknown.” His lecture also will | include a description of Labrador. \PRIMARY DEPARTMENT WILL GIVE TWO PLAYS | Dr. J. Hillman Hollister to Preach on Theme “If I Had Not Come.” At Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, the pastor, Dr. J. Hillman Hollister, will | preach tomorrow morning on the theme “If 1 Had Not Come.” The primary department of the church school will give two plays, “Spring in the Brown Meadow” and “Why Didn’'t You Tell,” Friday, at 7:30 o’clock. Bishop William F. McDowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Wasi- ington, will preach at the last of the series of union Lenten services of the churches of Chevy Chase Thursday at 8 o'clock at this church. 1 “DIVINE KINSMAN” TOPIC Rev. Henry B. Wooding at Ecking- ton Presbyterian. Rev. Henry B. Wooding, pastor cf the Eckington Presbyterian Church, North Capitol street corner Florida avenue, will speak tomorrow morning on the text, “Though He Slay Me, Yet Will «I Trust in Him,” and in the evening | on the topic, “The Divine Kinsman.” IThe communicants’ class will meet at 10:30 a.m. The Fidelity Bible class will meet at the Sunday School House Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The entertain- ing committee consists of the follow- ing: Judge and Mrs. Loranz, Dr. and Mrs. Frank Day, Rev. and Mrs. Henry B. Wooding. ‘The Missionary Society will meet at the Sunday School House Wednesday at noon. GIVING LENTEN TALKS Dr. A. Earl Kernahan to Speak Daily in Congregational Church. Dr. A. Earl Kernahan will be the speaker at the Lenten services next week conducted under the auspices of the Washington Federation of Churches. These are held daily at 12:30 in the First Con, tional Church. Dr Kernahan is in the city person- ally to conduct a campaign of visita~ tion evangelism and has agreed give these Lenten addresses in addi- tion to carrying the other work which he has undertaken. Two Topics. v, Jesse Davis, pastor of Wilson Avenue Baptist Church, Colmar Manbr, Md., announces his sermon themes for Sunday as follows: 11 am., “God’s An- swer to Man’s Needs”; 8 p.m., “What Does It Mean te Be a Christian?” Announces Peter's protest revealed that He had | Jesus proclaimed that the law of | There they saw some- | The subject will | On account of members working | be “Satan’s Triumph,” illustrated from | the Scriptures by Judas and from | ! “With Jesus We Go Forward” will be | Dr. Smith will deliver a lecture in St. | 10| ing STAR, ' WASHINGTON, BAPTISTS 10 TALK ON MISSION WORK |columbia Association o Meet at Calvary Church. , World wide missions will be the theme for the semi-annual-meeting of the Columbia Assoclation of Baptist Churches, to be held in Calvary Church, Eighth and H streets, April 11. The sessions will occupy the entire day, starting at 10 am. Afternoon ses- sion will be at 2 o'clock and the eve- ning session at 8 o'clock. The officers of the association are Rev. Samuel J. Porter, pastor of the First Baptist Church, moderator; Wil- liam W. Everett, vice moderator; George B. Bryan, treasurer; S. G. Nottingham, clerk; E. V. Shaver, assistant clerk; William W. Everett, chairman of the executive committee, and Dr. Henry W. ©O._Millington, executive secretary. President Alton L. Miller, of the Northern Baptist convention will make addresses both at the meeting and at the men's banquet, which is to be held at 5:45 o'clock in the new banquet hall of Calvary Baptist Church. The condition in South India wil be told by Dr. J. M. Baker, veteran missionary to South India, An address on the present missionary situation will be given by Rev. J. A. Cooper, former president of Sioux Falls College, and now in deputation work for the Northern convention in board of missionary co-operation. Rev. C. K. Dozier, head of Boys’ School, Fukuoka, Japan, will give an address in reference to the situation in the Japanese mis- sion field. Dr. J. T. Henderson, secretary of the Baptist, Brotherhood of the Southern Convention, and Rev. Charles W. | Daniel, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia, will also spealk. At the afternoon session, Represen- tative Grant M. Hudson of gan_ will tell about the missionary work of the Northern convention. The speaker at the banquet will be Maj. Gen. William G. Everson, head of the National Militia Bureau of the ‘War Department. “FINDING GOD” TOPIC | OF MORNING SERMON Dr. Councilor to Preach Twice at National Baptist Church—Pas- tor's Health Improving. the National Baptist Memorial tom | row morning on “Finding God," and |in the evening on “The Measure of | Christianit Dr. G. G. Johnson. the pastor, has {returned from_Atlantic City, and has |gone to the Episcopal Eye, Ear and ! Throat infirmary, where he is to un- {dergo a minor operation. { The women of the church will take {part_in the womas 1; {at Fifth |10:30 am. * Tuesday to Friday, | sive, at 6 p.m. suppers will be held at | the church for the visitors from the six_churches in district 3, co-operating | {in the work of the Kernahan visitation | evangelism. The actual work starts to- | morrow afternoon, when Edward H. De | Groot will make assignments at the launching meeting at Hamline Meth- odist Church. Sixty church have already volunteered, and it is expected that more than 70 will | take part. | The pastor's class meets Thursday |at 7:10 pm. in the church parlor. and |at 8 pm. the midweek service will be {led by Rev. C. K. Dozier. The Boy Scouts and the Sea Scouts meet Friday |8t 7:15 pm. | IMEETINGS CANCELED BECAUSE OF CAMPAIGN G. E. Schnabel Will Preach “With Jesus We Go Forward." Rev. | on the subject of the sermon by Rev. George E. Schnabel at Albright Evan- gelical Church, Fourth and Rittenhouse streets, tomorrow at 11 a.m. The evening sérvice and ajl meetings through the week will be omitted in the | interests of the Kernahan campaign. Beginning Palm Sunday evening Holy week services will be conducted each night at 8 o'clock. Brethren Co-operate. Because of the Kernahan campaign all public services at the Washington City Church of the Brethren have been canceled. This includes Sunday eve- ning and each night during the week following April 6. A representative of the Kernahan campaign will speak at 11:20 o'clock. WHEN John, Bishop of York, visited the site of Beverly early in the eighth century he found there a small church dedicated to St. John the Bap- tist. It was but a crude building built of wood, but he soon made additions and improvements and, as St. John of Beverly, as he was afterwdrd called, enlarged the domain of the church and became one of the most influential of church dignitaries in England. ‘The small church was destroyed dur- the troublesome times of the late ninth century, but the monks and nuns returned in the year 870 and from that time onward the church regained its power. during the reigns of Aethelston, Aelfric and Aldred. As to the progress of the building of the newer church we have absolutely no record during the years 866 to 1050, but during the latter year, a period of a great building boom in Yorkshire, Archbishop Cynesige added a lofty tower and 10 years later Aldred completed the additions com- Michi- | Dr. Homer J. Councilor will speak at visitors from the | Famous Churches of the World Beverly Minster, England D. C, SATURDAY TOPI ANNOUNCED BY . . MERS Fourth Presbyterian Sermon Tomorrow on “Ye Are All One in Christ.” ‘The sermon subject of Dr. James H. Miers, pastor, at the 11 o'clock service tomorrow in the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Thirteenth street at Fairmont street, will be “Ye Are All One in Christ,” and in the evening he will con- tinue his sermons upon the Book of Revelations, which have been attract- ing large crowds, with “The Song of the Hundred and Forty-four Thou- sand,” from the fourteenth chapter, At a meeting Wednesday evening the | adult Bible class elected Judge William E. Andrews to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of the late Frank L. Middleton, teacher. He will be in- stalled at the morning service at 9:30 o'clock. The beginners’ department of the Sunday school has been enlarged. At 6 o'clock Sunday evening a fellow- ship tea will be given in the basement | parlors, conducted by Miss Agnes Motyka. At 7 o'clock there will be a | consecration service for the Senior Christian Endeavor Society, as part of which the pastor will install the newly elected officers of the society—Evelyn Webb, president; Agnes Mot president; John Hardee, tr Elizabeth Williamson, secre #vy. | At 8 o'clock Monday e/ening the | Blake Chapter, Westminster Guild, will | meet at the home of Mrs. Ralph Shank, | 644 Massachusetts avenue northeast, to entertain Miss Olive Love of the Afri-| can Inland Mission. The Woman's Aid Society will hold | an all-day meeting at 10:30 o'clock | { Tuesday “in the ement parlors. | | Luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock. |In the evening the Bettfe K. Newton | Missionary League will meet in Kelly Hall. | _The special study classes will meet | Wednesday evening, in charge of the! | pastor, discussing church history. There will be a meeting for special | | prayer Thursday evening in Kelly Hall |of the official boards and officers of all | organizations of the church, preceding the regular prayer meeting at 8 o'clock, | when the subject will be “The Twenty- | lslxlh Psalm. e |COMMUNION SERVICE | ‘PLANNED AT EPWORTH, Dr. John C. Copenhaver to Deliver| \ Address at Morning Ceremony. The sacrament of the Lord's supper will be observed in Epworth Methodist | Episcopal Church South, Thirteenth | reet and North Carolina avenue north- | east, tomorrow morning. and the pastor. Dr. John C. Cop-nhaver, will deliver the communion address. At 2:30 o'clock | the workers in the Kernahan visitation | campaign will meet with other workers from the neighboring districts for final instructions in_the Metropolitan Pre. byterian Church. from which place they will go to their assignments in the work of the campaign. There will be no meetings in the church during the week and no preaching service tomorrow eve- ning. Epworth League will meet at 7 o'clock. Each evening of the week at 6 o'clock the visitation campaign workers of the district north of East Capitol street and cast of North Capitol street will meat in the church for the evening sup- per conference, from which place all workers will leave for the work of their respective churches. Women repre- senting the various churches interested Il have charge of one evening's sup- | gram, and will be under of Mrs. J. O. Gilliam. A| member of the staff of Dr. Kernahan| | will be in direct charge each evening | and will direct the work of the whole | district from this point. Mrs. Mary L. Barnes of the Woman's | Missionary Society is in charge of the collection of clothes for the society and will be prepared to receive them either t the church or her residence, at 1025 D streei northeast. | Church ‘of the Transfiguration. | Services tomorrow at the Church of | the Transfiguration will be holy com- | munion at 7:30 a.m. holy communion | and sermon at 11 am., evening prayer | and address at 7:30 pm. Rev. J. J.| Queally, rector. will continue his series | of special Lenten sermons at the 11 o'clock service, Church school is at 9:30 am, There is a special Lenten service on Friday evenings 2t 8 o'clock. Slavery to Be Discussed. “The Christian Ohurch and Slavery in America” is the subject of the lec- ture that will be delivered by Dr. W. Stuart Nelson, associate professor of | philosophy_in Howard University, be- fore the Presbyterian Ministers’ Asso- ciation of Washington and _ vicinity, r\‘londay at 11 am, in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. | | | | Nt e we RedeeTs APRIL 5, 1930. ™ Religious Questions DISCUSSED BY Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. Q. What is meant by the statement that “truth is relative?” If God Him. self is true, must not truth be absolute? A. Obviously everything must exist before it can be known. But knowledge involves two factors—the thing that is krown and the mind that knows it. Different minds know the same thing in different ways. So the quality of the mind and the sum total of its ex- periences exert a modifying influence on the new knowledge. The stars are one spectacle to the astronomer and another to those who are ignorant of astronomy. A savage in the jungle in- terprets nature according to his lights. Scientists like Darwin and Edison live in another universe than that in which the savage lives, because they glimpse the meaning of the universe as he does not. Yet both the savage and the scientist suppose their interpretations to be true. This is why truth is relative to the total situation. It is also the underlying reason for the growth of truth. It develops with man’s enriched acquaint- ance with facts and makes the reality of yesterday appear paltry in compari- son with the reality of today. It should not be forgotten that some truths are only confirmed by our growth into life. The proverbs of the race 1llustrate this process. It is always true, for example, that honesty is better than dishonesty, or chastity than unchastity. Yet here again opinions separate. What is honesty and what is dishonesty? ‘The conclusion is that God alone is absolute in the supreme sense, and that the truth as He sees it is likewise ab- solute. Man's ideal, therefore, is to appropriate the truth of God by every means at his command. Necessarily this process is one of gradual acquisi- tion, giving to much we conceive, even to God, a relative character. declared Himself the life, the truth, the way, and from the fruits of that declara- tion the world has received its noblest spiritual culture. In Him are certitudes none other has given us, and those who obey Him shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. Q. The Bible states that Christ is to return personally to_earth as the reigning Messiah. _This doctrine is sealed by the Holy Spirit, who inspired those who taught it. Why do so many learned Christians reject it and so dis- credit _the authority of God? A. The scholars to whom you refer are not intent upon discrediting the | doctrine of our Lord's return. They wish to understand it for themselves and make its meaning plairn to others. They do not agree with those who assert that His return will be that of a localized Christ confined to a bodily form. Nor do they concede that the literal interpretation of highly sym- bolical Scriptures elucidates the issue. Much biblical language is pictorial because this was the favorite medium of expression for its authors. They inclined ‘o the mysterious, the ma- jestic, the apocalyptic, and never more so than when they dealt with tge., the | transcendencies of Jesus and risen Redeemer and King. But, while all that is obvious, it is equally clear that the essential teachings of the Bible are direct and universal in their appeal. Take, for example, the Fourth Gos- Christ | pel, which reports Jesus as saying that He must needs depart, but that He would return again as an unseen yet abiding Presence, reigning in human hearts and human ry. Compare this beautiful and helpful presenta- tion with those which depict Him as a supermonarch on a visible throne, clothed with the petty panoplies of perishable temporal power. Which of these two forms of interpretation do you prefer? If you say that the first is prefer- able you conform to the best we know of the spirit and purpose of our Lord, and you enjoy the inestimable ad- vantage of believing what has actually occurred. He does rule in the souls of men and the heart of events. But if you accept the apocalyptic descrip- tions of His return, you ‘are faced by the fact that it has not happened. Repeatedly it has been thus predicted, repeatedly it has failed to materialize. Why not accept the pictorial and sym- bolic descriptions to which you refer as the efforts of their authors to adequately portray a profound spiritual reality? Q. What about the present-day rejec- tion of all authority in religion? Has this not seriously affected the morals of this rising generation? I am the fa- ther of three grown-up children, twn daughters and a son, who do not see matters of belief as I do. A. I hardly think you are entirely correct in astuming that there has been a rejection of all authority in religion. ‘The historic churches of Roman and Greek catholicism have not surrendered the direction of the spiritual life to their adherents. On the contrary, the vast majority of their adherents submit to clerical direction, Lutheran, Ang! can and Protestant communions exer- cise varying degrees of supervision and | discipline over their members, millions of whom accept such supervision. The Society of Friends has no stated creed, observes no sacrament, acknowl- edges no religious institutional author- ty. Yet they remain Christian and their conduct as such need fear no comparison with that of any other re- ligious body, Jew or Gentile. The Friends have a standard to which they submit themselves and its inwardness makes it the more exacting. I think your children would readily admit the priority of decency, loyalty, truthfulness and honesty over ob- scenity, treachery, falsehood and dis- honesty. The foregoing virtues have an authority independent of codes and systems. In so far as the church, the sustain the right, oppose the wrong. stand for life’s lasting values and exalt the things of the spirit, they have an authority inseparable from these vital realities. Probably these differences with your children concern forms of belief rather than its substance. Revolt against good morals is futile because it breeds per- sonal and social disaster. But conven- tional morals may not be the best morals. As a matter of fact, they often compromise ethical principles of conduct. There is cause for your anxiety and many share it. But in the long last, the moral order will dom- inate. It is sustained by physical laws and by our deepest experiences and re- ligious belie/s. KERNAHAN DRIVE INSPIRES SERMON Subject Announced by Dr. W. A. Lambeth. “Win-Some Christians” will be the subject of the sermon by the pastor, Dr. W. A. Lambeth, at the Mount Ver- non Place Church tomorrow morning. The junior preacher, Rev. H. R. Deal, will speak to the junior congregation in the Sunday School auditorium at the same hour, on “Good Church Mem- bers.” Due to the Kernahan visitation evan- gelism campaign, which begins tomor- row, there will be no evening service tomorrow. A number of workers from the church will be visiting in the homes of those not now members of any church in Washington. Practically all the activities of the church for next week have been can- ccled, due to the participation of the church in the Kernahan campaign. There will be no prayer meeting service Thursday evening. PASTOR CHOOSES “SIN” FOR EVENING SUBJECT Temple Baptist Women to Give Re- | ception for Members of Ladies’ Home. Communion services will be observed by Temple Baptist Church tomorrow at the close of the morning service. The sermon topics by the pastor will be “His Body” in the morning, “Sin and Sins” in the evening The women of the church will give a reception and entertainment for the members of the Baptist Home for Ladies at the home, 3248 N street, Monday evening. Prayer meeting will be held in the church Thursday evening. ‘The members of the family of F. S. Deland, deceased, presented the church with a silk American flag in memory of their father. Mr. Deland was for years a member of the board of deacons of Temple Church and clerk of the church for a period of years extending to be- fore the time when the church was lo- cated on E street. PASTOR TO.BE ABSENT Mission Board Secretary to Speak in Place of Minister., Rev. J. L. S. Holloman, pastor Second Baptist Church, Third street | between H and I streets, will be the speaker at the John Jasper Memorial day service at Sixth Mount Zion Bap: tist Church, Richmond, Va., tomorrow. He will speak at the meeting of the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Rich- mond and vicinity. In the absence of the pastor, Dr. A. A. Graham, corresponding secretary of the Foreign Mission Board of the National Baptist Conyention of Amer- ica, will preach at Second Baptist Church morning and evening. The Bible school will meet at 9:30 am., the B. Y. P. U. will meet at 6 p.m. menced by Aelfric and added a preby- tery. Late in the twelfth centruy much of the church was rebuilt, but in the year 1188, the last year of the reign of Henry II, the edifice was almost com- pletely destroyed by fire. A partial rebuilding was finished in 1202, 20 years later the eastern parts of the church were built and additional enlargements and altérations went on to the year 1349, at which time all work ceased because of the Black Death, which invaded England at this time. Somewhere along toward the end of the fourteenth century, the structure was completed and no changes or repairs were made to the venerable pile until the beginning of the eighteenth century. In 1866 the entire church was reno- vated and some of the “improvements™ made in 1713 were removed. Beverly Minster is 365 feet long, 332 broad at the transepts and its towers rise 162 feet =hova the English land- scape. a LEADERS APPOINTED Tulla B. Young Bible Class Mem- bership Group Meets. At a meeting of the membership com- mittee of the Trilla B. Young Bible Class of the Western Presbyterian Church the following group leaders were appointed: Mrs. Minnie Remsen, Miss Ethel Coon, Mrs. Margaret Cal breath and Miss Jane Best. For two months beginning tomorrow the class will be divided into two groups in a membership campaign. Dr. John E. Briggs to Preach. Dr. John E. Briggs has returned from Philadelphia and will preach at Fifth Baptist Church tomorrow morning on “The Officers and Ordinances of a New Testament Church” At night the ser- mon subject is “Going Away.” The Durdlealnu of baptism will be adminis- 3 “HISTORIC CHRIST? J SERIES CONTINUES . “Win-Some Christians” Given as Dr. Z. B. Phillips, Epiphany. Rector, ;L To Speak on “A Man | of Sorrows.” | Dr. Z. B. Phillips, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, will continue his special series of sermons cn “The Historic Christ” at the 11 o'clock serv- ice tomorrow. The subtopic of his ad-| dress is “A man of sorrows and ac- quainted with grief.” There will be celebrations of the ho!. communion at 8 and 11 a.m. At 9:30 oclock Epiphany Sunday School wil! convene. At 10:20 o'clock the school will have general assembly in the par- ish hall, and will be addressed by Dr. Phillips. > ‘The special noon-day preacher will be Dr. Frederick G. Budlong, rector of Christ Church, Greenwich. Conn. Dr. Budlong will be at Epiphany Monday to Friday, inclusive, and the service starts promptly at five minutes past 12. ‘The parish clergy will deliver the ad- dresses at the 4:45 o'clock services. DR. U. 6. B. PIERCE GIVES | MORNING SERMON TOPIC ‘Will Preach at All Souls’ Church on ‘“The Pioneers'—Other Services Scheduled. | At All Souls’ Church (Unitarian). | Sixteenth and Harvard streets, the min- | 1ster, Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, will | preach on “The Pioneers” tomorrow | morning. The church school assembles | at 9:45 am. The minister is conduct- ing a class Thursday evenings at 8 o'clock for those who are considering membership in the church on “An In- troduction to Unitarianism.” “ The Women’s Alliance will meet April 11 at 11 o'clock. Officers will be elected. In the evening at 7 o'clock the annual banquet of L’Allegro Club is scheduled. Pierce Hall Players will meet in Pierce Hall at 8 o'clock. The postponed card party will take place April 9, afternoon and evening. Mrs. Frank B. Steele is chairman of the committee in charge ) — g Rev. H. L. Collier Announces Full Gospel Tabernacle Program. ‘The pastor, Rev. Harry L. Collier, will preach at the Full Gospel Taber- nacle, North Capitol and K streets, tomorrow at 11 am., on “He That Is Greatest,” when communion will be observed, and at 7:30 p.m. on “God’s Unopened Books.” Reports will be given on the Sunday school member- ship at 9:30 am. The Young Crusaders service will be held at 6:30 p.m. The pastor will conduct healing service Tuesday at 7:45 pm. and Pentecostal service Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. Mrs. Kernan's Bible study class will meet Thursday at 7:45 p.m. PARISIAN TO SPEAK Emanuel Chastaud to French Group. Emanuel Chastaud of Paris, director- general of La Mission Populaire Evan- gelique de France, known in America as the McAll Mission, will speak at the 4 o'clock French service at St. John's Episcopal Church, Sixteenth street and Lafayette Square, tomorrow afternoon. He will tell of the work done by the mission. Mrs. Charles S. Alden is honorary president of the local auxiliary of the mission. Address —— g Editor to Speak. Dr. Lorenzo H. King, editor of “The Southwestern Christian.Advocate,” New Orleans, La,, will be the speaker at the Howard University religious service to- ‘r:nm at 11 am. in Andrew Rankin apel. | | Bible and religious practices in general | Mrs. Myron Smith is' luncheon hostess. | BISHOP FREEMAN 10 BE SPEAKER People’s Evensong in Bethle- hem Chapel at Cathedral Tomorrow. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will be the special preacher at the people’s evensong in the Bethlehem Chapel of Washington Cathedral tomorrow at 4 pm. Ths service and sermon will be broadcast by radio over WRC. Bishop Freeman has returned to Washington from Chicago, where hc went to attend the special meeting of the House of Bishops called to elect a new presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States. At the 11 a.m. celebration of the holy communion in the Bethlehem Chapel tomorrow the sermon will be preached by Right Rev. Philip M. Rhinelander, warden of the College of Preachers. The other services will be the holy communion at 7:30 a.m. and morning prayer and litany at 10 am. A celebra- tion of the holy communion will take place in the Chape! of the Resurrection at 9:15 a.m. tomorrow. Daily services are held in the Bethic- hem Chapel as follows: 7:30 a.m., cele- bration of the holy communion. and evening praver at 4 p.m. On Thursdays the holy communion is celebrated in the Chapel of the Resur- rection for the benefit of those unable | to_attend the earlier services. | . Following the 11 am.and & p.m. serv- ices tomorrow a pilgrimage will be con- ducted*by one of the cathedral clergy- m<n to points of religious devotion, in- terest and beauly in the Cathedral Close. The members of the congrega- tions and other pilgrims who may wish to join the pilgrimage are invited to remain in the Bethlehcm Chapel after the services, where they will be met by the clergyman in charge. REVIVAL WILL CONTINUE AT ASBURY M. E. CHURCH Dr. Culpepper to Address Congre- gation Tomorrow on “Jesus, Human or Divine?” ; Dr. Burke Culpepper will continue revival services at Francis Asbury M. E, Church South, Sixtcenth near Lamont street. Tomorrow morning he will preach on “Jesus. Human or Divine?” Sunday school night will be observed {at the evening service, and the sermon | topic will be “The Last Great Day.” Dr. Culpepper will hold services every evening except Saturday at 8 o'clock. Monday evening the sermon topic will be “The Golden Choice. ‘The Epworth Leagus will hold a dif- ferent kind of a service Sunday evening at 7 o'clock in the social hall of the church. There will be six teams striv- ing for the honor of having the best attendance and for presenting in brief iorm the most interesting topic. All general activities ‘of the church of a business or social nature are being dispensed with during the period of the revival sorvice, which will close Easter Sunday. Girls’ Friendly Society ! About 75 members attended the an- nual admission service of the Epiphany | branch March 31. Florence Ockers= hausen, Audrey L. Martin, Pemberton Thacker and Jessie M. Carelton were | admitted as members and Lois Richards, | Katherine Moncure, Edith Langsford #nd Lucile McLean were made seniors, having been members for five years. Dr. James W. Morris, assistant rector of Eniphany Church, will be the speaker April 7. St. Stephen's Branch had a rehear- Isal for its Spring festival play, which { will be given May 2 in the parish hall. 'It is being coached by Miss Olga (Tofgren. Due to the healing mission service and mass meeting being held on | Monday evenirg. the branch has been | requested to mcet with the president, Miss Alice Gerow, 1336 Harvard street, at 7:30 p.m. | A meeting of the Senior Club was ,held at National Center. 1533 New { Hampshire avenue, March 27. Musical | selections were rendered by Master | Lawrence Alsop. There will be a bene- |fit for the club at National Theater | April 29. The next meeting will be 1 April 24, to which all the new seniors are especially invited. Rock Creek Branch will have a food sale April 12 at the parish hall. Emmanuel Anacostia Branch will hold !'a pastry sale April 19 at 2104 Nichols avenue southeast. The girls will sing sacred anthems at their monthly visit to Blue Plain. Mrs. Bessie Darling, president of the Woman's Auxiliary, will give a talk to the probation class at the next meetin Christ Church Navy Yard Southeast | Branch is packing a missionary box to be sent to the Dyke Industrial School, | Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia. There will be an admission service Palm Sun- day evening. Tentative plans are being made for the American beauty rose ball to be given in the parish hall June 3 at 8 p.m. ‘The Nativity Chapel members at- tended the Bible instruction given by the rector, Rev. E. M. Thompson, each Tuesday at 8 pm. The class has the regular service at 8:30 o'clock. An associates and senior meeting will be held Tuesday when the new by-laws will be studied and action taken. The class will celebrate corporaie com= munion tomorrow, followed by break- fast, Mrs. M. L. Cox attended the diocesan meeting held at the home of Mrs. Alex- | andria Steuart, Resurrection Chapel Branch mem- bers are meeting at the chapel. The gh’lsk are planning a picnic for Easter week. ki g Lecture Announced. S. A. White will give a lecture at the Potomac _Bible College, 1316 Vermont avenue, Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock on the subject Du T 3 Divine Yoga Lectures 3 Come and hear this Eminent Au- hority and Master Feacher of Raja Inner Teachings of the Masters. Yogiraj Sri nent Brahmin Phi ou‘lur hysician f _Indi 'resie Bifecior_Abplied ¥ "ADFil. 6th—3:00 P.M. and Scientific Aspects of th—8: PM— e and Meaning of fll.’luyllome Auditorium 1814 N Street N.W. lon Free All W’eleo it witl TR and Human Aufa in colors. I L T - ] S) 2w