Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1930, Page 8

DR NEAL ANDERSON, TOPIC ANNOUNGED VISITOR T PREACH SPIRIT OF HOLINESS | TO DEDICATE ORGAN New Edifice at 22d and P Streets Scene of Imposing Ceremonies Tomorrow. ey < ‘The week of dedication of the new Church of the Pilgrims, on the park- . way at Twenty-second and P streets, | *. will be concluded with two services to- < morrow, at which Dr. Neal L. Anderson of the Independent Presbyterian © Church, Savannah, Ga., will be the preacher. At 11 am. the first communion serv- | ice in the edifice dedicated last Sunday * morning by the retiring moderator of | [ the Presbytertan Church ir the United | . States will be observed. At 7:45 p.m. the Sarah E. Morrison organ, presented to the church by Mrs, Cameron Morri- son of North Carolina, will be dedicated. Dr. Anderson, who is at the same time one of the foemost divines and musi- cians of the Southern Presbyjerian Church, will make the dedicatory ad- dress on the “Worship of Praise.” “_William E. Zench, organist of the First Presbyterian Church of Boston, Mass., will “open” the new organ with a special program of great composers as i follows: Grand choeur dialogue (Gigout), canon (Schumann), largo (Handel), Carillof-Sortie (Mulet), “Oh, ! the Lilting Springtime” . (Stebbins); ¢ “Reverie” (Dickinson), fantasie and ! fugue in G Minor (Bach), “Londonderry Alr” (traditional), “Meditation” (Sturges), “Ave Marle Stella” (Dupre), andantino (Chauvet), march, “Pomp and Circumstance” (Elgar), FOUNDING OF RUSSIAN CHURCH TO BE MARKED | Two Archpriests to Join in St. Al- exander Orthodox Congrega- tion Program Tomorrow. The fifth anniversary of the found- ing of St. Alexander’s Russian Ortho- | dox Church, at 1317 Twelfth street, will . be celebrated tomorrow by the united * service of two archpriests—the dean of the Russian Cathedral in the United - States, the Very Rev. Father Leonid *Tourkevitch, and by the rector of St. Alexander’s Church, Very Rev. Father ‘Viachislav Gindlin. Services will begin at 11 am. and continue until 12:30 p.m., as well as at | the afternoon service in Epiphany Epis- copal Church, 1317 G street, at 3:30 ! o’clock, lasting about 45 minutes, which service will be performed and preached . by Very Rev. Father Leonid Tourke- vitch in the English language. PASTOR TO BE ABSENT pastor of the A Presbyterian Church, is in at- ‘ter.dance at the meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Cincinnati, Ohio, @s & commissioner from the Wi The Christian Endeavor Society will meet for tea at 6:15 p.m.! followed by its regular servi ce. A meeting of the Woman's terial Society missions will be held in the church Pri- day at 10:30 a.m. The synodical presi- dent and missionaries of the national and foreign boards will address the —e L il BIBLE CLASS SPEAKER i Representative Samuel A. Kendall of Pennsylvania will address th Bible Class of Co Protestant itorium of the church. His subject be * Between Faithfulness and Slothfulness.” Minor E. Furr will have charge of the lesson and give a - short talk on it. All men are welcome. : _The annual children’s day services - Will be held at 11 a.m. under the direc- tion of the pastor, Rev. H. A." Kester, and at 8 p.m. the yor il ey young people will pre- DR. SIZ00 HOME 'AGAIN £ at_several of the con- ferences of the General Assembly of -the Presbyterian Church. He = will preach at both services at the New - York Avenue Presbyterian Church to- w. At the 11 o'clock morning worshi) fl lfi:e for his theme, "Ti':m sne’e’r:{g‘ evening subject he will speak - on the subject, “Judge Not.” “WAYSIDE BROOKS” TOPIC “Wayside Brooks”, will be the subject of the communion address at the West- ern Presbyterian Church tamorrow morning. dlluw members will be received into the service the pastor, " gt the Eevenfng - Rev. J. will preac] “Honesty.” ne B. Y. P. U. News The monthly board meeting of the . senior federation will meet Tuesday - evening at Central Union Mission Bullding. The intermediate board will meet _ Priday night at the Central Union Mission. Last Sunday night at the church service the B. Y. P, U.s of Bethany had charge with the following, people | participating: Daniel Bowen, presiding | officer; Phillip England, invocation; | Miss Louise Newkirk, Scripture; Miss Virginia Everett, offered prayer; offer- - tory prayer was delivered by Willlam Wolfrey. The new officers for the - coming year were installed. Miss Maree Pates .will lead the devotional meeting - tomorrow night at Bethany No. 1. - Miss Margaret Carder, assisted by the Devotional Life Commission, will i present the program tomorrow eve- “ ning at Bethany Union No. 2. A car- = nival and lawn fete will be given Fri- Gay . The proceeds will go| d the 1931 convention fund. Miss Mary Pulliam and the Devo- tional Life Commission, will have charge of the program tomorrow night at| Chevy Chase. East Washington Heights will have the program presented tomorrow night by Wilton Smith and group No. 1. Fifth B. Y. P. U. will conduct the services at the Baptist Home for Aged | Ladies tomorrow at 3 o'clock, First will hold their monthly busi- Dess meeting Wednesday evening. The devoticnal mesting tomorrow | evening at Fountain Memorial will be <, conducted by Bruce Kritzer and group No. 1. Their regular business meeting will be held Wednesday night. Kendall will have a program pre- sented by Mr. Alicata and group No. 4 tomorrow evening. The B. Y. P. U. of National Baptist Memorial will conduct the services at ghz Home for Incurables tomorrow at :30 o'clock. Their annual banquet will be held Tuesday. The monthly business meeting is scheduled to be held ‘Wednesday evening. The monthly business meeting and social of Petworth B. Y. P. U. will be & 3 WILLIAM ZENCH. PASTOR WILL PREACH 2 SUNDAY SERMONS Dr. Harris Returns From Balti- more Conference to Occupy Foundry M. E. Pulpit. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, returning from the Baltimore annual conference, which is in session in Cum- berland, Md., will occupy his pulfit to- morrow morning and evening. His sub- Ject for the 11 o'clock service is “A Per- petual Pentecost,” and the ‘sacrament of the Lord's supper will be observed in preparation for the nineteen hun- dredth anniversary of the coming of the Holy Spirit. At 8 o'clock he will speak on “Holiness in the Life of a Winsome Saint,” the second in a series of ad- dresses on “Words Made Flesh.” The theme for the midweek service Thursday evening in “Pentecost” and the last part of the service will be spent in pentecostal waiting around the lighted cross in the church auditorium. At a recent session of the quarterly conference of Poundry Church a reso- lution was passed requesting the return of Dr. Harris to this church, which he has served for six years. Dr. Harris will spend the Summer in England, where he has preaching engagements at City Road, London; Central Hall, Bristol, and other out- standing Wesleyan pulpits. He and his family are to sail on the George Wash- ington June 18. CONTINUES HIS SERIES ‘The pastor of the Highlands Baptist Church, Rev. N. M. Simmonds, l7::1"'11 In the morning ¢ommunion | a. ;| will be observed, with an address and reception of members, BY CHURCH PASTOR Rev. M. R. Lovell to Preach on “Exploiting the Spir- itual Universe.” “Exploiting the iritual Unis is the theme of Rev. R. Lovell of t Congregational Toad, tomorrow at 11 am. Holy communion will be celebrated at this service, X The Young People’s Forum meets at 5:30 p.m. in special preparation for the Conference of Congregational Young People of Washi n and vicinity which is scheduled for June 6, 7 and 8 Perry; vice president, Amelia Brooks; | secretary, Sarah Thornley; - treasurer, | Ruth Kizer; program chairman, Eliza. bsth Norsworth; social chairman, Howard Brooks; membership chairman, William Duvel; fellowship chairman, Peggy Irey; refreshment chairman, Carol Smith; music chairman, Elwood ne s abinet will e discussion group c: meet Tuesday evening to discuss the possibilities for the attendance of some of this group of college and young business people at a Summer confer- ence of their choice. Varigus confer- ence programs will be available for study, and definite plans will be made that evening. ‘The Woman's Guild will hold a picnic meeting Wednesday at the home of Mrs. L. M. Cleveland, Kensington, Md. Automobiles will leaye the church at 11 o'clock to convey all those who plan to attend. “Preparing the Boy and Girl for Mar- riage,” the last in the series of social hygiene lectures by Mrs. Fereva B. Croxton, will be given June 4 at 8 pm. for the mothers’ round table. 'Girls of 18 years.and older are invited to attend. TWO SERMONS LISTED Rev. C. B. Austin, 'pastor of the West Washington Baptist Church, will speak tomorrow at 11 a.m. on “Life's Biggest Question,” and at 8 p.m. on “Young People and Their Traps, or the Devil in a Full Dress Suit.” ‘The new midweek service will be a new feature for June. The pastor will conduct an interesting service Thursday evening at 7:45 o'clock. Forum questions: “What Constitutes a Good Church Member?"” the Chief Business of the Church?” “Can the Church Afford to Close the Midweek Service?” e Third Baptist Church, “The Words of Eternal Life” will be Dr. George O. Bullock’s topic at the Third Baptist Church, Fifth and Q streets, tomorrow at 11 am. At 8 pm. his topic “The Assurance of a New Life.” Sunday morn yer meeting, 6:30 to 7:30 o'clock; le school, 9:15 Junior Christian Endeavor Soclety, 4 p.m.; Intermediate Christian Endeav- or Society, 5 p.m.; Senior Christian En- The Workers’ Council will meet. with Mrs, Clarke, 1314 Farragut street, Tues- day evening, \ Sunday School deavor Soclety, 6 prayer meeting Tuesday, 8 to 10 p.m.; young people’s prayer meeting Thursday, 8 to 9 p.m. Lesson Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson. CONTRAST BETWEEN FAITH- FULNESS AND Matthew, xxv.14-46, Golden text.— Well done, and faithful servant; thou been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord—Matthew, xxv.21, In last week’s lesson we learned how Jesus had impressed upon His apostles the necessity of being thoroughly pre- pared at all times for His return. He knew that they were expecting an early establishment of the kingdom and in the parable of the Talents, He taught them their duty to live a life of service while they watched for His return, which would take place after a I time. 1In this parable, that it is claimed cvery langiage, He.seis forth to Hi every age, He sets fo disciples their relation to Him as stewards. He taught them the personal responsibi’.ay for the utilization of every faculty and opportunity in the develop~ ment of His work, while He was absent. The valuable trust that He committed to them called for a trust accounting, when He, “the certain man,” who traveled into a far country should re- turn and demand an accounting for their use of the talents, intrusted to them for development through trading. Its message of stewardship is one of the greatest that Jesus gave to” His followers, It should tremendously affect our interpretation of the meaning of life. All that we are and can possibly be has been given us by the Lord. Qur Master has personally invested in us, so that we could be workers together with Him in the development of His kingdom. Originally the talent was a measure of t represented about, 65 pounds. heayy talent was double that of the light talent, The talent of silver was worth $1,160 and that of gold about $15,000.” In His program for the evahgelization of the world the risen Christ committed io the people, who had declared their faith in Him, the work of His kingdom. He sent forth the mem- bership of the early church to win the or'4, heeprse He had come into the life in the flesh for the purpose of re- vealing the Father and estabiishing the Zavm among men. Wnile all men have been given the same opportunity of salvation, yet in the disposal of His trust to all, He gave “to every man according to_his several abilities,” The Lord knew His servants’ abilities and limitations. They differed in their trusts of mental, moral and physical endowments; and also in those out- ward trusts which we call the oppor- tunities of life. Faithfulness and Eln!hlu.lne-'. Each ape of the servants belonged to the absent Lord. He had appointed them temporary trustees of His property. ‘They expected that He would demand an acccunting from them individually when He returned. Each was given an opportunity to trade with his Lord's ‘There was equality of right or of condition of service, yet Jesus recognized the fact of life that it is diversity and not equality. When the Lord returned and demanded an ac- counting, He did not reward those who had gained in their trading in propor- tion to what they had gained. He re- warded them for their fidelity, Because it is required in a_steward that he be found faithful. He rewarded equal faithfulness equally. Our talents de- velop through use. Unused talents are lost through neglect. This is in accordance with the principle that “capacity is extir- pated by disuse.” The muscles that are disused wither in power. Fish in the Mammoth Cave have lost their power of "vision through their neglect of use. Ignatious Loyola prescribed certain methods of yer for his followers which he cal “Spiritual Exercises.” They aimed to keep spiritual leaders in close contact with the source of spiuit- ual power. Nothing weakens one's ‘Temple, Fred Bnu&dkecwr, will pre- sent the program orrow night. Louis Lucas was elected guldmt of st Washington B. ¥. P. ¥. A lawn A S R on Fridey 7 % spiritual life more than the neglect of cl communion with God in prayer. From the one who was thful and micused the truet that had been given him of the Lord there vas taien away from him-the power that he opportunity. There is a tendency in life to under- value some of the apparently trivial tasks. Life is.made up of one little thing after another. It is no trifling thing that God has entrusted to us. ‘We should never think, “it isn't worth doing.” “A tone on dne string is use- less, monotonous.” If we become in- different and a slothful slacker in do- ing God's work, we are apt to be num- bered with the useless men and women. We can develop whatever power or talent that God has entrusted to us by using it. We can enter into the joys of the Lord i{f we are faithful in our stewardship, but if we are careless con- cerning our trusteeship we will merit the rejection that is certain to be given ong | to the one who neglects God's service, Finality of Judgment. ‘The rrophecy concerning the judg- ment closes the Master's message re- garding coming events. differ concerning the_ interpretation of this prophecy, which has in it some of the elements of the parabolic teaching of'the Lord Jesus, as, for example, when the righteous are compared to sheep and the wicked to goats. One has well said that “It is a mischievous habit that has led the Christian world to speak of the judgment as béing one great event, taking place at the end of the world, when all human beings, saints, sinners. Jews and Gentiles, the living and the dead, shall stand before the ‘Great White Throne’ and there be ‘judged.’” We may study the second coniing of the Lord and the judgment as one great event, not enacted at one time, but taking place in sections with intervals of time between each act. A noted Bibical student has pointed out that in Thessalonians we find two distinct features or stages in the second coming of Christ. One sets forth His coming for “His saints both living and dead,” while the other represents His coming with His mighty angels taking vengeance. He points out that the resurrection is accomplished not at one moment, but in three “cohorts,”™ ac- cording to the Secripture, which speaks of “Every man in his own order; Christ the. first fruits, afterwards they that are Christ's at His coming.” ~ Then cometh the end, “when the rest of the dead,” 1. e. the wicked dead, “shall live again.” According to His view the interval between Christ's resurrection and that of the saints, lasts from the beginning of the gospel period till the dawn of the millenium, and the interval between the resurrection of the saints and the wicked dead, from the begin- ning of the millenium till its close. In view of wide differences upon this sub- Jject, the writer refuses to consider that his or any human interpretation is ab. solutely correct in all things pertaining to_the judgment. ‘We may be certain that Jesus will be the judge and that thefe will be a judgment. The saved were judged for their sin, when Christ took their place on the cross. Some time He will judge us for our works. If we have been faithful, as stewards, we will reap our reward. If slothful and slackers in His service, we must _expect to reap what we have sown. The separation of the faithful and wicked will be final. The righteous will inherit the place He has prepared for them and which they have obtained through their faithfulness. The wicked will be banished from the King and His glory. While these shall depart from Him to share the company of the devils and his angels, the faith- ful stewards will enjoy the fellowship and service of the Lord forevermore. There will be many surprises in that hour. Many will be astonished at their commendation. Early standards of this world will be ignored. His judgment will reverse based upon worldly position, social standing, and material position. Let us watch for His coming and take advantage of every morumcy to serve Him, remembering “that in as much as ye do to the least of these, , ye have done it unto ‘We cannot ignore our my me.” we to merit His a Authorities ['any Chapel, Wednesday at 8 o'clock. Famous Chufches of the World R ———= Chapel of All Saints—Sedlec, Czechoslovakia. N a picturesque and* highly culti- vnoeg valley a little way city of Kuttenberg, in slovakia, a vast pile of venerable buildings tells of the former splendor and power of the great mon- astery of Sedlec, or Sedletz, which was founded in the year 1142~ ong them is the noble Gothic church of St. Mary's, built in 1280-1320, the largest in this part of Czeshosl vakia. Since the abolition of the re- ligious foundation in 1783, the conven- tual buildings have been used for com- mercial purposes, with the exception of the chapel which stands to the north- in the monastery graveyard. This vy len of peace” acquired great fame th century on account of the fact that the abbot, Heinrich II, reign of King Premyslas Ottokar II, covered it with earth from Calvary. It was in the year 1318 that the mortuary chapel was erected, and dedi- cated to All the Saints of God. It was originally in the Romanesque style, but ‘was approximated by subsequent alter- ations to the Gothic type. When the Hussites ‘burned the abbey in 1421 it wds very much injured and its restor- ations in 1560 and 1661 were made in the Renaissan e ce spirit. It was closed between 1783 and 1810, but in the lat- chapel was made in 187 Prince Carl von Schwarzen! ‘The facade is crowned ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH SERVICES “Spiritual Ascension” Theme of Morning Sermon by Dr. Snyder, Pastor." At St. Paul's Lutheran Church the | Ascension of our Lord will be observed at the 11 o'clock service tomorrow, held in the Mm&uun Theater, when Dr. Henry W. yder, the pastor, will preach on “Our Spiritual Ascension.” At the vesper service at 8 o'clock at Epiphany Chapel Dr. Snyder's subject will be “Fear or -Faith.” Mrs. Lois Hoover Bullis will be the leader at the Luther e meeting at Epiphany Chapel at 7 o'clock. Both the Senior and Intermediate Christian Endeavor Societies will’ meet at St. Paul's, at 7 o'clock. ‘The Ald Society will meet at Epiph- Dr. Snyder has just returned from the meeting of the Maryland Synod at Hagerstown. While there he delivered an address to the brotherhood on the subject “The Universal Prophethood of Believers.” Continuing his lectures on “The Augsburg Confession,” his topic next Thursday evening at Epiphany Chapel will be on ‘the subject “Repentance.” At a reception to be given to the congregation and friends next Satur- day afternoon at Kirklawn, St. Paul's parsonage, by Mrs. Snyder, and to the girls of the Alice Stirewalt Missionary Society, the guest of honor will be Mrs. Camillo Osias, wife of the Philippine commissioner to the United States. Other zuuu“wll ’be"hll!;s vAvndém‘:‘n, general secretary of e Y. W. C. A, and Miss Helen Hudson, chairman of the committee on world friendship. Mrs. Snyder will be assisted by Miss Eleanore McRae and Mrs. Harry T. Domer, Miss Margaret Fox, Mrs. A, Y. Leech, jr, and Mrs, Kenneth McRae will preside at the tea table throughout the afternoon. Children’s day will be observed at both the Sunday school session and at 11 o'clock. Beginning at 9:30, an a tractive fi"’"‘ ‘will be given by mem- bers of both Epiphany and St. Paul's schools, and at the 11 o'clock service Dr. Snyder has prepared a special talk for the children. REV. R. W. BROOKS’ TOPIC At the sérvices of Lincoln Congre- gational Temple tomorrow morning the place of young people in our com- munity life will be stressed. Rev. R. W. Brooks will speak from the subject, “What Is the Matter With Youth?” At 6:45 pm. the Young People's tian Endeavor Society will pre- sent a musical and literary gram. ‘The subject to be discussed ‘How to Avold a Summer Slump in Our So- clety Work.” The forum discussion will be led by C. A. LaGrone, !The publie is invited. REV. E. HEZ SWEM’S TOPIC| ‘What I Take From Washington Per- sons!” is the subject of Rev. E. Hez Swem tomorrow night at 8:15 o'clock t Centennial Baptist Church; and the 11 o'clock ITOW mOTning sermon subject is: “Adjacent to Jesus.” ' ‘The societies of Baptist Young Peo- le’s Union meet at 7 pam., and the junday school at 9:30 a.m. The men of the Bible class are arrange- ments to march in the procession of the organized men's classes June 7. ———————— ., * Dr, Lamkins’ Sermon Topic. At McKinley Memorial Baptist Church, Fourth and L streets, the pas- tor, Dr. 8. Geriah Lamkins, tomorrow at 11 a.m. on “The ents of either duty to Christ or to our fellowmen, if Bible ieh o Jueg- g3 B | o berg. b;'two lttle will preach In"nedl- o hexagonal towers, upon which in the almy days of the abbey great fires were kept blazing all night long for the guidance of pilgrims. All Saints’ chapel consists of an upper church and a chapel-crypt. In the vestibule of the upper portion is a memorial tablet in the Bohemian language, placed there by the Archaeological Society in honor of the eminent man of letters, J. M. Rau- tenkranc, who was pastor at Sedlec at the beginning of the present century. ‘The crypt extends for some distance under the graveyard, and is lined with an innumerable quantity of human skulls and bones, which have made it one of the curiosities of Bohemia, under the name of Sedlec Ossuary. The al- tars, columns, vaults and all other architectural features, are made of these tokens of mortality, which are also arranged to form fantastic and gro- tesque decorations upon the walls. This gruesome ornamentation was first done, with the authorization of Abbot Hilger, in the year 1661, by a lay brother, whom tradjtion reports to have been a blind man. At the restoration of 1870 some of these strange materials were given a new and more elaborate and tasteful arrangement. Under the first arch, directly opposite the entrance, is to be seen the arms of the Schwarzen- bergs, on a large scale, entirely made out of skulls and bones of different sizes. The mantle of the arms is formed by a string of bon the well known bald Turk’s head is a real skull, with thin, little bones to represent the tuft of hair, etc™ GRADUATES LISTED IN BIBLE TRAINING Certificates to Be Presented to School Class at Commencement Wednesday Evening. The third annual commencement of | the Columbia Bible Training School | will be held Wednesday evening at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, sixth and A streets northeast. Benjamin J. Brooks, chairman of the board of trustees, will preside. Dr. F. C. Reynolds, pastor of Wesley M. E. Church, will give the principal address while Miss Elsie Wade Stone, president, will present, the certificates. Dr. John E. Briggs, pastor Fifth Baptist Church, will offer prayer and Dr. John Compton Ball, pastor of the Church, will deliver an address of wel- come., Gen. Anton Stephan will intro- duce Dr. Reynolds. Dr. George Fisk Dudley, rector of St. Stephen’s Episco- pal Church, will give the benediction. ‘Those who will receive certificates are: S. Jane Best, Mrs. E. L. Brad- ford, Willam E. Bolls, Dorothy G. Buglass, Willlam F, Burris, Henrietta Burris, Jennie Burfoot, Ada C. Caylor, Mary C. Corder, Grace E. Courter, Elsle Davis, Nona L. Doherty, Edward M. Embrey, Mary J. Estes, Frank H. Goode. enough, Rosie M. Grissett, E. E. Harrls, Rosa Holder, Tommie Holder, Anna A. Hutchinson, = Josephine §. Kinsella, Bulah Knott, Lillian A. R. Krause, Matalee Talbut Lake, Beatrice Latshaw, Ada E. Looney, Kathryne L. Luginbull, Evelyn May, Etna R. Moberly, Hattie F. Noell, H. E. Reed, Mae E. Roads, Ethel L. Risdon, Frederick H. Robison, Laura A. P. Sansbury, Annie Louise Sinclair, Ruth Snively, Olive Stephens, Culvin S. Totten, Alice C. Ward, Alice M. Weston and William M. White. TALKS ON PENTECOST “Pentecost” will be the subject of the sermon of Rev. A. E. Barrows in the Eastern Presbyterian Church, Sixth street and Maryland avenue northeast, tomorrow morning. In the evening his subject will be “Burden Bearing.” The Ladies’ Aid will meet Wednes- day evening. CHILDREN’S DAY PROGRAM ‘The annual children’s day sérvice will be observed tomorrow morning in the program has been arranged under the direction of Mrs. Charles Douglas and Mrs. Mary Flathers. ‘At the night service the pastor will preach on the subject of “Paul Before Felix.” Epiphany Branch had a social meet- ing. There were several musical selec- tions rendered by the Glee Club, after | which Miss Mary Hartley led munity singing. Refreshments were served. ‘There will be a pienic supper next Monday evening at the residence of Mrs. Grace Berry, 5518 Chevy Chase ‘This will be parkway. the closing meeting of the season. ‘The Senior Club met May 22 at the National Center, 1533 New Hamj avenue. Mrs. Alexander Steuart gave an account of h'u to Europe. Plans were made for a su] y at Holiday House June 14. s Christ Church Navy Yard Southeast Branch will give an American Beauty rose ball Tuesday from 9 to 12 p.m. in St. Luke's ¢andldates had their an- lnl‘;'u;v’;:en‘&fl- lzixfldrm Lewis. Fifteenth Street Christlan Church. A | the INLOGAL CHURCH Dr. Newton, Returned Mis- sionary, to Occupy Mount Vernon Place Pulpit. l Dr. J.-C. C. Newton, who spent 35 years as'a missionary in Japan, will preach at the Mount Vernon Placy Church tomorrow morning. His subs ject will be “The Church's Double In the junjor congregation meeting at 11 o'clock in the Sunday School auditorium Bruce Gannaway will speak on “Your Reasonable Service.,” " Gannaway is a member of Mount Ver- | non Place Church. He is about to re- ceive a degree from the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Georgia, and will soon enter the itinerant min- istry. Daniel C. Roper, chairman of the board of stewards, who was a delegate of the Baltimgfe annual conference to the General Conference of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church South, held re- cently in Dallas, Tex., will speak at the evening service on “The Dallas Gen- eral Conference.” The Epworth un&xe business meet- ing will be held at the church Tuesday evening. ‘The Woman’s Missionary Society will meet Wednesday evening, as will the board of stewards. Immediately after,| the meéting of the board the presiding’ elder of the Washington district, Dr. J. H. Balthis, will conduct the third qu terly conference for the church. The pastor will speak at the prayer meeting service Thursday evening. DR. COPENHAVER RETURNS TO CITY Pastor of Epworth M. E. Church South Attended Conference Held in Dallas. Dr. John C. Copenhaver, pastor of Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church South, Thirteenth street and North Carolina avenue northeast, has re- turned from Dallas, Tex., where he at- tended the quadrennial sessions of the general conference of the Southern Methodist Church, and will conduct services at 11 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing. “Nourished by Christ” will be the subject of the address after which the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be observed. His subject for the 8 o'clock service will be “Parades and Horns Versus Stone Walls.” This will be the first of a series of Sunday evening ser- ficial mons based on Old Testament incidents which have a modern application. The subject of the series will be “Four Queer Battles” and will continue for four Sunday evenings. Mrs. Ida Fowler Moore will be the leader of the Epworth League services at 7:30 p.m. e Hummer Memorial Class will hold a business meeting Tues- day evening. The business meeting of the official board of the church will be held Wednesday evening. The business meeting and election of officers of the Epworth League chapter of the church will be held Tuesday evening. - The pastor will conduct the weekly prayer meeting Thursday evening and speak on the parable of Jesus, “The Two Sons.” PLANS TWO SERMONS Dr. Patterson, pastor of the Pirst Presbyterian Church, will preach Sun- day morning on “The Baptism of the Holy Spirit,” and Sunday evening on STE:Q Use of the Power of the Holy ipirit.” The church Bible school will be held at the church on Massachusetts avenue and Thirty-sixth street at 9:30 a.m. Mrs. John H. Roby is the superin. tendent, —. “Six-Cylinder” Christians. The “Little White Church on the Hill,” East Washington Heights Bap- tist Church, will observe the Lord’s Supper tomorrow morning. The ser- moen delivered by the pastor will be in keeping with ~ Automobile 3 namely, “Six - Cylinder Christians.” Th‘: evening topic will be “Honest In- quiry.” Q. You have referred to “the irredu- cible minimum of faith.” As an intel- lectual process, faith is the acceptance of something as true without evidence. Has not reason a right to determine what is true or not true? Ought not the churches to abolish all doctrines which are not conformable to reason? A. Religion can never be a simple matter of precise logic, and reason is not coterminous with human need nor with human capacity. Men and wom- en are capable of entering into every desirable experience of religion on cer- tain conditions. But those conditions cover far more than the purely intel- lectual. Therefore, any man who re- fuses to act beyond the limits of logical certitude necessarily limits the range of his personality. Wi meant to be “believers” as well as “knowers.” All may ask ques- tions which none can answer. Further, we secure a firmer structure of char- acter and achievment when we make assumptions than when we confine our- selves to demonstrable facts. Hence Anselm’s axiom, do ut_intelligam.” Moreover, faith and belief are not synonymous. Faith involves trust and self-commitment. You can believe and still not have faith in the Biblical sense. Faith is action according to one’s be- lief, basing everything one has or is on | the results of that action, and these results are the criteria by which bellefs are validated. No man can demon- strate God~ But we can point to men and women .who arg what they are because they believe in God and sur- render themselves to all that beliet involves. So if the churches followed your ad- vice they would cease to have any specific_mission. ‘Their function is to keep allve in men the consclousness that beyond the horizon there is still more sea, Every priest and preacher has to provide a local habitation and a name for the invisible, and make this so real to his hearers that they shall believe in the invisible - selves and act upon their belief. Q. I have recently become & Chris- in public when called upon to do so. Would you kindly suggest a book of prayers? A. T am not at all sure that you should be called upon to pray in public at so early a stage in your Ol . Prayer which is real, sim~ ple and effective wells up in the soul like the crystal waters of a mountain spi . Prayer made to fi be mechanical, formal m%‘;"m rren. If others in your fell into ths habit of making the long, wearisome prayers which Jesus con- demned, I ""';t.’,‘.?“ not to be influ- enced by their : I zflf&hfi your tian and find myself at a loss to pray | ¢ ' Baptist Leader Here DR. W. J. McGLOTHLIN. CONVENTION CHIEF WILL SPEAK HERE Dr. W. J. McGlothlin Will Address Baptist Church Tomorrow ¥ Knx'?ing. ) Returning from the Northern Baptist Convention at Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. W. J. McGlothlin, president of the South- ern Baptist Convention, will preach at the First Baptist Church tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock. He is also presi- dent of Furman University, at Greenville," 8. C. This i§ the first time the people of Washin have haq opportunity to hear Dr. McGlothlin sirice his election to the presidency of the Southern Con- vention. He will also address the Bap- tist Ministers’ Conference Monday at 11 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. Evangelist Joe Jefferies of Dallas, Tex., who has just returned from Palés- tine and Europe, will preach at 8 p.m. The Emily York Circle of the Wom- en’s Society will meet at the church parlors Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. The deacons will meet Monday at 8 o'clock at the home of Charles B Mc- Innis, 1549 Forty-fourth street. The B. Y. P. U. will meet at 6:45 pm., with a social at 6:15, to which young people visiting in the city are invited. Prayer meeting will be conducted by the pastor, Dr. Samuel Judson Porter, Thursday . evening. ‘ S nc GOOD LIGHTS NEEDED While the new house is being bullt one will need to give attention to arti- {llumination. Lighting fixts are chiefly for light; for ornament also, Mtlllmvflmtflly for reasons of actual utility. Poorly lighted rooms or rooms ex- pensive to light by reason of imprac- ticable methods give poor returns for the money, no matter how well the fixtures look. A living room, dining room or even a iroom in which the artificial light is not well distributed is a constant source of annoyance. TR INFLUENCE OF DESIGN It is interesting to note that Geor- gian architecture in England and Co- lonial architecture in America were di- rectly influenced by the Baroque archi- tecture in Italy. iening 8 Georgian. fecade for & New s g a Ty e for a New ;{ol"’k club went d‘heckg b::‘:.lkfi-)um talian Baroque for his inspirations and, in detailing the building, produced beautiful and original' moldings and motives very much in character but marked with & crispness and originality often lacking in design taken directly from English prototypes. ANNIVERSARY DAY PR e A of the urch, s second and Ash streets, Mount Rainier, Md., will be celebrated at tomorrow morning and afternoon services and a basket lunch on the ground at noon. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. J. M. Coleman and Rey. H. M. B. Jones, both of Washington. Dr. Coleman will ;pnk at 11 am. and Dr. Jones at pm. Religious Questions DISCUSSED BY Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. from the Scrip- tion selected Dl-!l:lh:! tures, especially psalms and the gospels and St. Paul's unrivaled peti- tions in his epistles. Memorize the best collects of the “Book of Common Prayer” as published by the Protestant Episcopal Church. | the Read “The Temple,” by Dr. Orchard, published by J. M. Dent & Co., and a compilation entitled “Great Souls at Prayer,” edited by Mrs. Tiletson and published by Allenson, Ltd. They render you wise guidance in this vital function of the soul's adoration. Q. A man who was a faithful church worker in his early years comes by varied reading to disbelieve the chief Christian doctrines and also the Bible's j an accuracy with respect to historical miracles and scientific matters. He still whole-heartedly believes 1 Christ's teaching with respect to right diving and he tries to live as a Christian is supposed to live. When he goes to his church should he repeat the creed, which hs does not entirely accept? A. Two issues are in your questions, and whatever one may say about them is likely to be misunderstood. The first is_the real function of the church and the second the relation between that function and the creed of the church. Primarily the church exists to propa- gate a divine message,” the purpose of which is to make bad people good and good people better. No apologetic 1s €0 effective as the transformed life of & believing man or woman. None can find fault with the sacrificial soul who has made love the law of his life and service its constant objective. Jesus came that men might have that life and have it more abundantly. What then is the relation between this life and a creed? It is certain that every life involves some kind of creed, fér men must believe definite truths if they are to live in a given way. But a creed must be distin- guished as to its elements. There are clauses in every historic creed re- | for our improvement. order is prone | the to enrich all | stat 1SPASTOR'S TOPIG Dr. G. G. Johnson Will Speak at National Baptist Memo- rial Tomorrow. At National Baptist Memorial tomor- Tow morning Dr. G. G. Johnson has chosen for his topic “The Spirit of Holiness,” after which the ordinance of the Lord's Supper will be observed. Dr. W. J. McGlothlin, president of the Southern Baptist Conventi preach in the evening on Name.” During the afternoon the young people will go to the Home for {:cunblu to help with the service ere. The annual banquet of the Young ple’s Society will be held at the church Tuesday at 6:30 o'clock r\n. Maj. Gen. Willlam G. Everson be the speaker. There will also be the installation of the officers of the senior and the intermediate societies. The Woman's Society will hold its June meeting at the church Wednesday at 11 am. Reports from the Atlantia District convention will be given by Mrs. F. J. Lukens and Mrs. David Thompson in the morning session. The Sunbeams, with Mrs. Joseph Virga in ch: will give a program in the aft- errgon session. At 8 p.m. Miss Haney give an {llustrated talk on “Our National Parks,” under the auspices of the Egbert Class. Miss Haney is ree puted to be a very interesting speaker and her pictures are said to be unusuale ly beautiful. officers of the church will meet Thursday at 7:45 p.m. those desiring to unite with the church. The midweek service will be held Thursday at 8 o’clock, the topic being “The Sanctifica« tion of the Spirit.” The standing committee will meet at the church Priday at 8 pm. Ths Boy Scouts and the Sea Scouts will meet at the church at 7:30. CHURCH WILL CONTINUE REVIVAL OF PENTECOST The “Revival of Pentecost,” coms memorating the nineteen hundredth year of the Christian Church, at the Full Gospel Tabernacle, North Capitol and K streets, will continue all next Wweek, “under the direction of Rev. H. Argue and daughter Zelma Canada. e will address the y 3ehody Miss _Ary ladies’ Bible class of the Sunday at 9:45 am. She will also preach at 11_on “Joseph.” $ Rev. Argue will speak at a populaf evangelistic service at %30 on “Ruse sia’s Attitude Against God and What It Means,” when he will discuss the significance of the anti-religious move= ment in that country. A divine heali service will be held Tuesday at 7:4! pam. Some of his subjects for the week are “Sodom and the Modern World,” “Do All Speak With Tongues?”, “The Close of the Gentile Age at Hand—What Next?”, Jesus, the Great Physician,” “Where Are the Dead?”, “Jerusal ASCENSION IS SUBJECT OF REV. F. F. HOLSOPPLE At_the Washington City Church of the Brethren Dr. F. F. Holsopple will speak tomorrow morning on “The As- cension of Our Lord.” the m:t:ll The fol A e _even subject will N R L & continual of ‘the “question box." Children’s day service will be held June 8. A program tendent of the primary department Mrs. E. H. Kline. A play! “ClI in the Temple,” written by the pastor, will be presented by six characters, After the children’s day program there will be a formal ground-breaking service for the new church school build« mi‘ue%m 1s to ?e er;:tea vthl.! sutnmelx‘i lay evening Rev. Virgil Finnel gthcumd the effects of the use of to- WILL CONFIRM CLASS At the Church of the Ascension to- morrow at 11 o'clock Bishop lander will administer the Apostolic Rite of Gonfirmation to a large class of candidates to be presented by the rec- tor, Rev. Thomas Worthington Cooke. The bishop will also preach. He is officiating for the Bishop of Washing- ton, Bishop Preeman, who is on his way to England to preach at Canterbury Cathedral:~ The other services on Sunday will be 8 am., holy communion; 9:30, church school; 3 p.m., Chinese school; Young People's Society, 6 pm. Parish com= munion next Thursday, 10 a.m. < —— Home Owner Is Saver. The man who owns his home is usually able to save more money than e man who rents because he has an incentive to do so. It is a great satis- faction to him and to his family. It is a eat convenience, especially when :hlflun are considered. i “Reincarnation” Lecture Topic. There will be a lecture on “Reincar- nation,” followed by questions and answers, at the United Lodge of The- osophists, Hill Building, Seventeenth I streets, Thursday at 8:15 p.m. Sunday School QUESTIONS . In the interpretation pl;‘lhle who is meant 3. What was a common Eastern trait regarding the safekeeping of m ? 4. What, in the interpretation of the parable, is the monetary “talent”? 5. What is the modern monetary equivalent of one talent? hlué ‘What is the teaching of the para. e 7. Why did Christ recite a parable dealing with traders, money, interesi and investments? 8. What does this show¥ llth this parable have a basis in ac . In what manner? answers to these questions will be found below. How many can you answer? 1. Christ. 2. All possessions—life, physical and mental powers, etc. 3. It was often buried in the d 4. The “goods” which are given us 5. About $1,000. fi. ikrye. hrm: Tmrore”shers: oy 0, e an mlfl them in service; we not them where they do no good to us or others,