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A—8 FEAST OF LIGHTS 10 BE CELEBRATED Service Will Be Held Tomor- row Night at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The “Feast of Lights” will be cele- brated in commemoration of the Epiphany tomorrow at 8 pm. in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Perish, at Webster street and Rock Creek Church road. Tha service begins with the silent assembling of the congregation, choir | and clergy in the darkened church. The cim light from the Old Testament prophecies is typified by the fiickering flame of a small candle, which appears in the chancel, while the rector reads ( the passages from which the prophecies sre taken. As the various prophecies are read the several characters therein are depicted by the thu?g of the can- dles on the nine-branched candelabra. Then are mentioned the seven spirits or God, and as each one is named a candle ' on the seven-branched can- | delabra is lighted. “The service progresses from the Old | to the New Testament. After the episode | of the Annunciation is read the choir | sings the “Magnificat,” and the “Nunc | Dimittis” is also sung after reading of the account of the Circumcision. Then the two Eucharistic candles are lighted | from the Old Testament candle, during which the events connected with the Holy Nativity are depicted. Then there is presented in pageantry the coming of the Wise Men, who sing in solo and chorus “We Three Kings.” The action rapidly moves to the lat- ter part of the earthly life of Christ, with especial emphasis on the calling of the twelve apostles and the appear- ance of the Apostle Paul. As each apostle is called by name his candle is lighted from the eucharistic candles, a Toticeable break being that Judas Is- carlot deliberately extinguishes his can- dle and leaves his brethren. The great commission is read and the apostles, after filling the breach caused by the apostasy of Judas the betrayer, descend from the chancel and with the flames of their candles light those in the hands of the congregation and the darkness of the church is banished by the light of the myriad candles. The service closes with the apostles leading the members of the congregation into the darkness of the outside world, each person with his candle lighted in typification of personal Christian serv- ice. The musical portion of the service in- cludes the singing of Christmas carols. The clergy in the chancel during the service will be Canon Joseph Fletcher of Washington Cathedral, rector emeri- tus of Rock Creek Parish; Dr. Franklin J. Bohanan, rector of the parish, and Fev. W. L. Mayo and Rev. C. S. Ride- nour, assistants to the rector. I = ‘G0D'S MAN FOR 1932’ IS SERMON SUBJECT Rév. W. S. Abernethy Announces Theme for Tomorrow Morn- ing's Service. Rev. W. S. Abernethy, pastor of Cal- wvary Baptist Church, will preach tomor- row morning on “God’s Man for 1932," and at 8 pm. on “When Is a Man Happy?” The Junior Church service conducted by Clyde J. Crouch and Andrew C. Wil- ,kl{nf will be held at 11 o'clock in Baker all. ‘The Advisory Board will meet Tues- day evening in the pastor’s study. The Kinnear Class of Young Men will hold a business and social meeting at the home of Leonard D. Rice, 5929 Fourth street, Tuesday evening. The Wilbur Class will meet Tuesday evening with Miss Margaret E. Whit- vel, president, Tilden Gardens, Con- necticut avenue and Tilden street. The guest speaker will be William A. Slade, director of the new Folger Shakespeare Library. ‘The Burrall Class will hold a business gefiflnz Wednesday evening in Burrall all. DISCIPLINE OF CHURCH WILL BE DISCUSSED Young People of Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South to Begin Series. “Tomorrow” will be the subject of the sermon by Dr. W. A. Shelton, pastor of Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church Bouth, Massachusetts avenue at Ninth street, at the morning service tomorrow. At the evening service he preaches on "'l'%e1 Open Door.” e meeting of the Young People's Department at 9:30 a.m. will continue the discussions taken from Soper's “What May I Believe,” while at the evening sesslon at 7 o'clock a series of discussions on the discipline of the church will be inaugurated. Hugh El- lJiott will be the leader, and Rev. Mr. Deal, the assistant pastor, will speak. ‘The Sunday evening prayer meeting for adults will be held at 7 o'clock, with Mr. Burgess as leader. At the monthly meeting of the Wom- an's Missionary Soclety Wednesday evening there will be the installation of officers. The Finance Committee and fioard of Stewards meet the same even- g. D. C. ALLIANCE TO MEET Bunday School Group to Confer Next Wednesday. A meeting of the District Sunday Bchool Alliance will be held at the Phyllis Wheatley, Y. M. C. A, 901 Rhode Island avenue, January 6, at 8 o'clock. The alliance is organized by the superintendents and workers of the Sunday schools in the District of Co- umbia and vicinity, and the following are its major aims: To promote religious on in general, and Sunday school ods in particular; to establish a] Sunday school library; to conduct an annual Sunday schocl chautauqua or | training s to compile Sunday school statist: d supervise a Sunday school census; to discuss Sunday school ns: to study juvenile delinquency d cure; to sponsor a 15-minute address, monthly, cn child psychology, by some outstanding authority. Meetings will be held monthly at the Y. W.C. A CGUESTS WILL PREACH Eastern Presbyterian Church Will Observe Week of Prayer. ‘The week of prayer will be observed in the Eastern Presbyterian Church next week by special services every evening except Monday and Saturday. The guest speakers will be as follows: Tomorrow evening, Dr. Albert J. Mc- Cartney; Tuesday, Rev. Gustave G. XKundahl; Wednesday, Rev. Alton N. Altfather; Thursday, Rev. Irving W. Ketchum! Friday, Rev, Henry B. Wood- ing: January 10, 7:45 p.m., Rev. Frank B. Niles. The subject of the pastor, Dr. A. E. Barrows, tomorrow morning will be “The Open Door.” ‘The Women’s Missionary Society will NING STAR. WASHINGTON, THE SON OF GOD BECOMES MAN. John, 1.1-18. Golden text: He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.— John, xiv.9. Our studies for the first quarter of this year have been selected from the greatest and most beautiful book of the Bible. The lessons for this period have been chosen from the Gospel of John, that is the most Joved and pop- ular book of the Holy Scriptures. The aim of the Lesson Committee in se- lecting this course from the fourth Gospel could be condensed and stated in the words of John, who tells us that this was written “that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life through His name.” John reveals his early Hebrew train- ing, as well as the evidence of his per- sonal fellowship with the Master, writing his graphic gospel. Evidently he was moved to write to meet the false teachings of the Gnostics and Ebionites. Drawing from his intimate knowledge of the inner and public life of the Lord, John gave to the world a gospel that in its sublime, simple, spiritual statements shattered com- pletely the Gnostics, who claimed to possess “a_ deeper insight into the mysteries of religion than the ordinary believer.” It antagonized their princi- ple that there existed a ‘“necessary conflict John selected his material so as to counteract the heresies of both the Gnostics and the Ebionites, who “de- nied the divinity of the Savior, while admitting His messiahship, and main- taining the continued obligation of the Jewish law.” In the prologue or in- troduction to his gospel that is con- tained in our lesson for this week it is evident that John was seeking to correct the “false ideas of God's reve- lation to the world and to maintain the uniqueness and all-sufficiency of the revelation of God in Christ.” The Eternal Word. It has been frequently said that three words—life, light, love—furnish us the key to the matchless gospel of John. The beloved apostle must have felt the limitation of human speech when he tried to express the infinite mysteries of God's love in finite speech. He felt the longing of God to give ex- pression of Himself to man. It had been part of His program from the be- ginning of time. The limitations of hu- jmanity made it impossible for men to understand how God loved them, until there should be given them, in a form that they could understand, a revelation of the interests of the Omnipotent and Everliving One in mankind. The Lord Jesus appeared in the flesh to meet this necessity and by His life, labor and love imparted unto men a knowledge of the life and light of God in reference to their salvation, In the opening of his gospel, one is impressed by the influence of Genesis. Both start with the timelessness that marked not only the creation, but also the existence of the preincarnate Christ, who John speaks of as “The Word.” Before crgation began there existed One His own ideas. Revealer in creating the universe, for in that act He pictured to God's mind” His own “eternal thought-ideal in out- ward form; and in the sustenance of of Divine Ideas to man. It was not suf- ficient for “The Word” to try to make God known through nature and the rev- elations of the prophets. He had to become God's representative to men by becoming incarnate and dwelling among them, so that humanity could under- stapd God's love through the life Jesus lived and the light He gave to human- ity concerning the Father by His revel- begotten Son, as the source of all life and truth. In the opening paragraph John pic- { tures not only the “eternity and per- sonality of Christ” as One who lived face to face with the Father and was One with Him, but also the tragedy of His advent through His rejection by men. Throughout all time the divine light of truth was shining in the rea- son and conscience of men, yet when Jesus appeared in person among them they refused to accept Him and find through Him life and light from above. John the Baptist appeared among men and aroused his fellow countrymen with his God-given message, so that they had to be assured by him that he was not the light, but was sent to bear witness to ‘“the true light” to every one who would accept Him. John points out that when Jesus ap- peared among His own people they refused to accept Him. Unbelief was the cause of His rejection as the “true light” by the world, that was hold in Him the Son of God, their Savior and Redeemer. Although Jesus was rejected by the leaders of the na- tion and the people as a whole, there were some who were prepared to re- ceive Him. While John pictures the tragedy of his nation rejecting Christ Jesus as their Messiah, he also paints against that dark background the un- folding of faith that results in Ilife. For to “as many as received Him. to dren of God, even to them that be- lieved on His name” through direct supernatural exercise of divine power. The life of a Christian cannot be ex- plained by the laws of heredity, or of environment, or of personal resolution; it is imparted to men through the Spirit of God. Spiritual Results. When “The Word became flesh” at His birth in Bethlehem's manger, He became human in the broadest sense. Although He had existed through all the ages as pure spirit, when He en- tered the human race, there existed in that physical body of our Lord both the human and the divine. No explanation of Christ’s life in the purity of His soul, speech and service being absolutely free from sin, can satisty the thoughts of men, except that Jesus was what He claimed to be, the Son of God. This manifestation of God in the flesh was the glory of Christ’s ministry among men. John pointed to Him. whose fullness of grace and truth had resulted in His surpassing the Baptist, who introduced Him to the world, as the One who was to come that was greater than the voice that preached in the wilderness, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord." He imparted of His grace to all who received Him, so that they came to possess a life full of grace and truth. These disciples united their testimony with the Baptist and the Apostle John concerning the character, personality and power of the Christ, who brought life and light to men. to know God, but not until Jesus ap- peared was it possible for them to grasp the love of God, for He, who was the only begotten Son, had de- The senior union meeting will be held Monday_evening at 8 o'clock at Ninth Street Christian Church, Ninth and D streets northeast. Rev. Elmore Turner, pastor of the Takoma Park Christian Church and tenth legion superintend- ent of the union, will have charge of the meeting. A stewardship program will be presented. The intermediate union meeting will be held Friday Rainier Christian Church, Mount Rainier, Md. Rev. Turner will speak on “Good Resolutions.” hear addresses Wednesday afternoon on “Serving With Christ” by Mrs. W. L. Hagen and Miss M. A. Kaufiman. Mrs. Adams will lead the devotional service gqnd Mrs. Galiher -is chairman W the The junior-intermediate union will hold its monthly union meeting tomor- | row at 3:30 o'clock at Calvary Baptist Church in the church parlor. Miss Lowise Smith,~adviser for this group, will talk on “New Year Resolutions.” between matter and spirit” | who mirrored back to the Divine mind | “He was His Thought- | the universe” our Lord is the Revealer | ations of His love in sending His only | too wicked and spiritually blind to be- | them gave He power to be the chil-| The great longing of men has been | evening at Mount | Sunday School Lesson y Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson. clared Him among men by His life, labor and love 50 that in the Master men could see mirrored forth light of the Father and His wish to impart unto them life from above. While through- cut the ages there thave been prophets, who revealed God's will to men, Jesus Christ was the final declaration, revela- tion and interpretation of the unseen God. The coming of the Lord Jesus | bringing grace and truth to men about | God has reinferced humanity. In un- | dertaking the conquering of this world through the use of men and women who had failed, the Master knew what | He could accomplish. The glory of the gospel is that Christ has used sinful 'men and women, whom He has re- | deemed, to help make known to men | the Father's love for the world. For Jesus truly said: “He that hath seen Me, hath seen the Father.” He is still the Revealer of God to man. If we would know the Father, we must first know the Christ. ® WOMEN WIN GLORY INU.S. DURING 1931 Miss Jane Addams Leads | Members of Sex in Honors for Year. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 2.—Glory with- out stint was heaped upon women dur- ing the year which drew to & close last | night. Especially in the United States did feminine achievements during 1931 re- ceive recognition. | Towering high on the list of those honored is Miss Jane Addams of Chl- cago, who, at 71, is still working for | the welfare of the less fortunate. Four | awards, three of them accompanied by | money ' prizes “amounting to_ $30,000, | were bestowed upon the silver-haired | social worker. | ""Her crowning triumph was the an- | nouncement that she would share | equally with Dr. Nicholas Murray But- ler the $40,000 Nobel peace prize. | " 'Miss Mary Emma Woolley, president | of Mount Holyoke College, came into imtrmauona.l prominence through her appointment by President Hoover as a | representative on_the American dele- | gation to the Geneva Disarmament | Conference next February. | “Doris Stevens, feminist, became the | first woman member of the American | Institute of International Law. Miss Ada L. Comstock, president of Radcliffe College, was the only wom- an appointee to the National Law En- forcement Commission, which handed down the important so-called Wick- ersham Teports. Mrs. Hattie Caraway was appointed to fill the unexpired term in the United States Senate of her late husband, Thaddeus H. Caraway of Arkansas. In aviation Ruth Nichols, although | defeated by mishap in making a flight to Paris, set & new women's long-dis- tance flying record with a trip of 1,977 miles, from Oakland, Calif., to Louis- ville, Ky. She also set an altitude rec- ord by flying 28,743 feet above the Jersey City (N. J.), Airport. In a speed test she fiew 226.88 miles an hour at Detroit. Amelia Earhart, now Mrs. George P. Putnam, made the first round-trip transcontinental autogyro fiight, fiying 11,000 miles in 150 hours. Evelyn (Bobbie) Trout and Edna x;y Cooper set & new women's refuel- endurance record, sj hours in the air. penduatily e ‘HOPE OF NEW YEAR' IS PASTOR’S TOPIC r. James H. Taylor to Deliver Sermon at Central Presby- terian Tomorrow. | D ‘ e | At Central Presbyterian Church to- | morrow morning the pastor, Dr. James | A. Taylor, will preach on “The Hope of the New Year.” At the evening service Rev. G. Wilbur Shipley will preach. The young people will hold a fireside hour for all the young people of the congregation, and especially for those 1‘»22 are at home on vacation from col- A School of Missions will be begun Thursday night, at which time. ihe study of the work of foreign missions will be the theme. These studies will be made by groups. There will be a group for men, a group for women, a group for young people and a group for inter- mediate grades. These studies will be held every Thursday night in January. ‘c:tal teachers and will last for 45 min- | utes. |at T:15 oclock, after a devotional ex- ‘Ercwe of 15 minutes. 'SUNDAY SCHOOL PLANS GENERAL ASSEMBLY Dewey Gardner to Direct Service| 1 at Albright Memorial Evan- | gelical Church, '} At Albright Memorial Evangelical | Church, Fourth and Rittenhouse streets tomorrow there will be a general as. sembly of the Sunday School under the direction of Asst. Supt. Dewey Gardner. b ‘The morning sermon theme will be |“Unto Us a Child Is Born.” Sunday | evening at 8 o'clock there will be a New | Year service of the months. This wiil [be s canglleltxgm service. The sermon | theme w: “God Speaks Th the New Year.” > T The Albright Brotherhood Fellowship dinner will be held Tuesday at 6:30 o'clock. |SCIENTIST S!}BIECT, ‘GOD’, | Lesson - Sermon Announcement Made for Tomorrow. | “God” is the subject of the lesson- | sermon in all the Churches of Christ | Scientist tomorrow. The golden text is from Joel, 11.27: “Ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.” Among the citations which comprise the lesson-sermon is the following from the Bible: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord |our God is one Lord: And thou shalt | love the Lord thy God with_all thine | heart, and with all thy soul, and with | all thy might” (Deuteronomy, vi4, 5). | The lesson-sermon also includes the | following passage from the Christian | Sclence text book, “Sclence and Health }Wllh Key to the Scriptures,” by Mary | Baker Eddy: “The starting point of divine science is that God, spirit, is all-in-all, and that there is no other might nor mind—that God is love, and therefore He is divine principle. To grasp the reality and order of being in its science, you must begin by reck- | oning God as the divine principle of | all that really is. Spirit, Life, Truth, | Love. combine as one, and the Ibcnpbuul names for God” ( 275). These classes will be conducted by spe- | It is planned to begin the studies | DR. SIZ00'S TOPLC New York Avenue Preshyte- rian Pastor to Preach Twice Tomorrow. At the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church Sunday morning, Dr. J. R. 5iz00 will have for his subject “The Reflec- tion of Life.” The 11 o'clock cervice will b> broadcast over Station WOL. In the evening at 8 o'clock, Dr. Btzoo will continue his discussion of last Sunday evening on “The Religious | Significance of the Events of 1931." The young people of the congregat.on are invited to the fellowship tea tomor- {ow at 6 o'clock. Following the tea the Christian Endeavor service will be ob- served. Misses Hester and Winifred Sias will lead the discussion of the subiect “What the Bible Teaches About Truth- fulness.” The Woman's Soclety for Misslons will hold the first of a serles of mission study classes, Friday at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Frank E. Edgington will conduct this course of study which will be based on th> Home Missions book, “The Rural Billions.” The first lecture will be on “The Man of the Countryside” and on the following Friday mornings in Janu- ary other aspects of rural life will be discussed. Mrs. James A. Finch will be the hostess at the luncheons following these classes during the maath of January and at the first luncheon she will be assisted by Miss Margaret North Beginning January 10, Dr. 8izoo has planned a series of Sunday evening ser- mors which_will have for its theme “Religious Leadership in Colonial Times.” 'DR. HARMON SPEAKS TWICE TOMORROW “Pressing Toward the Goal” and “The Battle of Life” Christian Church Topics. At the National City Christian Church tomorrow Dr. H. H. Harmon will speak at 11 o'clock on “Pressing Toward the Goal” and at 8 p.m. on “The Battle of Life.” The Women'’s Council will meet at 11 o'clck Tuesday, with luncheon at 12:30 o'clock. This will be followed by the first of a series of mission study classes under the direction of Mrs. Everett L. Dix, who will review the book “The Rural Billion.” The church night dinners will continued Thursday at 5:30 p.m. “Pas- toral Life of the Danes” will be the subject of an address by O. E. Reed, Cchief of the Bureau of Dairy Industry of the Department of Agriculture. MONTGOMERY MAY GO T0 COMMAND SCHOOL Park Police Head Planning to Take Summer Course at Fort Leavenworth. Capt. Ray C. Montgomery, superin- tendent of the United States Park Police, may leave Washington next Summer to take a course at the Com- mand and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., it was learned yes- terday. 5 Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, has acceded to Capt. Montgomery's re- quest that he be permitted to attend the big Army school if the War De- partment agrees. The glist of Army officers who will attend the school at Fort Leavenworth is expected to be published soon by the War Department. Capt. Montgomery’s name is understood !to be under favorable consideration. Capt. Montgomery has been superin- tendent of the park police since June, 1929, when he relieved Capt. Marvel H. Parsons. During his tenure of office here he has been active in civic work. He also has taken an active part in amateur theatricals, and is in charge of the Washington Tourist Camp, in addition to his other duties. ‘NEW ;EAR RESOURCES’ IS SERMON SUBJECT Rev. Herman McKay Will Lead Service With Sermon Tomorrow. Resources for the New “Spiritual service in Union Methodist Episcopal Church, Twentieth street near Penn- sylvania avenue, Rev. Herman McKa,, minister. The sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be celebrated. Following the friendship session of the young people, which begins at 5:45 o'clock, there will be the Ep- worth League religious service. During January the league meetings will be devoted to a study of missionary ente: prises of the church, beginning to- morrow with a discussion of the book, “India Looks to Her Puture,” by Oscar MacMillan Buck. At 8 o'clock the pastor will speak on “Missionary Mo- tives.” An_interpretation of the books of the Old Testament will be the basis of the devotional meetings each Thurs- day at 8 o'clock, starting next week with the Book of Genesis. COURAGE PROVIDES THEME OF SERMON Pastor to Advise Congregation on Uncertainties New Year Brings. “The Courage With Which to Face | the New Year With Its Uncertaines ! and Problems” will be the subject of the sermon by Rev. J. Frederic Wenchel {at the 11 o'clock service in Christ Lutheran Church, Sixteenth and Gal- latin streets, tomorrow. The Mission Circle will have a de- votional and business meeting Wed- nesday at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Paul Heit- mueller will lead the devotional mee:- ing. Mrs. W. Charles Heitmueller and Mrs. Parke Irving will read papers. The business meeting will be presided over by Mrs. Edward Fisher. The Smithson-Hodgson Dramatic School will give a Christmas comedy entitled “Aunt Tabiatha’s Romance” in the Sunday school hall Friday evening Facing TWO TOPICS ANNOUNCED Rev. Harry L. Collier to Preach at Full Gospel Tabernacle. Rev. Harry L. Collier, pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle, North Capitol and K streets, will preach tomorrow at 11 am. on “At the King's Table,” and at 7:30 pm. on “What of the New Year?” The Sunday school will meet at 9:30 am. and the Young Crusaders’ Society at 6:30 pm. Prayer services will he held Tuesday at 1 p.m. and Priday at 7:45 pm. The radio service cver sta- tion WISV will be held Wednesday from 10:30 am. to 11 am. The mid-week Pentecostal healing service will be held Wednesday, 7:45 p.m. be 1 | Year” is the theme for the morning | D. C. SATURDAY, J! “LIFE REFLECTION” [CHURCH OBSERVES | SIXTH ANNIVERSARY Hamline Methodist to Cele- brate Erection of Present Building. The sixth anniversary of the dedica- tion of the present edifice of the Ham- line Methodist Episcopal Church, Six- teenth and Allison streets, will be ob- | served tomorrow. At the 11 o'clock service Dr. Benjamin W. Meeks, super- intendent of the Washington district of the Methodist Episcopal Church, will be the preacher. In the evening at 7:45 o'clock, the minister, Dr. H. W. Burgan, will preach on the subject, “The Church for 1932.” The present structure was erected as a result of the merger of the old Ham- line and Iowa Avenue Methodist Epis- copal Church. The old Hamline Church was organized July 2, 5255‘ and was lo- cated at the corner Ninth and P streets. The Iowa Avenue Church was organized September 19, 1909, and was Jocated at the corner of Fourteenth and Emerson streets. The union of the two churches took place in 1924, The site for the present church was purchased immediately, and ground was broken for the new Hamline Church by President Calvin Coolidge, July 28, 1924. The present church building was dedicated by Bishop William F. McDowell, Jan- uary 3, 1926, during the pastorate of Dr. Joseph T. Herson. Drs. Chesteen Smith and H. W. Burgan have been pastors of the church since. 4 The Church School will meet at 9:45 am. tomorrow and the Epworth League at 7 pm. The official board will meet Monday at 8 o'clock. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Societies and the Ladies’ Aid Society will meet Wednesday and at 6:30 p.m. Wednes- day the Men's Bible Class will give a turkey dinner in connection with the anniversary exercises of the week. The midweek praise and prayer anniversary service will be held Thursday night. DR. 0L|VER.T0 BEGIN i LECTURE SERIES HERE Chevy Chase Presbyterians to Hear “Adjusting Ourselves to Life” Topic. Dr. John Rathbone Oliver of Johns Hopkins University will begin his series of lectures Thursday night in the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church. The gen- | eral topic of the series will be “Adjust- ing Ourselves to Life.” These lec- tures will be as follows: January T, “Mentally I1"; January 14, “Mental Maladjustments,” and January 28, “Maladjustments in Marriage.” The lectures are free. “Words That Are Spirit and Are Life” will be the subject of Dr. Hol- lister's sermon tomorrow morning. The Fireside Discussion Group will meet_at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Capt. and Mrs. John M. Smeallie, 5209 Thir- ty-eighth street. Dr. Harvey A. Smith will lead the discussion. A missionary meeting will be held in the church at 11 o'clock Wednesday Dr. Hollister will speak. Mrs. M. J. Benjamin will conduct the devotional cxercises. Mrs. Charles F. Carhart will begin the study of the foreign mission book, “The Rural Billion,” by Charles M. McConnell. The Woman's Guild will meet in the church Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. CHURCH RECEPTION St. Stephen and Incarnation Epis- copal Program Arranged for Wednesday. The annual reception sponsored by the Parish Council of St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church in honor of Br. George Fiske Dudley and Mrs. Dudley, Rev. Willlam Wright and Mrs. Wright and Rev. George Boate will be held Wednesday at 8 o'clock in Dud- ley Hall of St. Stephen and the Incar- nation, Sixteenth and Newton streets. Following the reception there will be songs by the Telephone Glee Club of 25 members, after which refreshments will be served by hostesses, assisted by the Young People’s Society. Dancing will follow the entertainment. Dr. Dudley, having continuously scrved as rector of the parish more than 38 years, is the honor dean of the Dio- cese of Washington. Arrangements for the reception are under direction of Mrs. James E. Dalgleish, Mrs. R. E. Joyce, assisted by Mrs. Henry Radson, Who has charge of refreshments; Mrs. | Fober Stevenson and Mrs. H. O. Cut- | ting of program, Mrs. Edward Daw- | |son’ and Henry U . Milne of music and | | decorations, S. Percy Oliver of printing | and George P. Hart, jr., of publicity. Dr. Dudley will speak at a supper to be given by the Young People’s Society | tomorrow at 6:45 o'clock in the parish hcuse. The subject of his address will be “High Lights of the Denver Con- ventfon.” PASTOR WILL SPEAK ON ’32 CHURCH MOTTO Dr. John Compton Ball to Install Men's Bible Class Officers Tomorrow Morning. At the Metropolitan Baptist Church tomorrow morning, Dr. John Compton Ball will speak on the church motto for the coming year. In the evening the topic will be “Visions and Dreams for 1932.” The electric lighted tree will be left standing Sunday night. Dr. Ball will install the officers of the Phi Gamma Kappa, a Bible class of young men, tomorrow morning. Thel officers are: President, W. B. Everett; | vice president Cleve Williams; secre- tary, Egbert Everett; assistant secre- tary, Allen Stager; treasurer, E. B. Nash. Miss Francis Guschewsky is the teacher. The teacher-training class will be re- sumed Tuesday at 7 o'clock, when a systematic study of the Bible will begin. A meeting of the teachers of the Sunday school will be held Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. The church | prayer and praise conference will fol- low. The pastor will speak on “Our Covenant Relations for 1932.” | - —mm AUTO RACE CUP STOLEN Ll R Taken From Assembly Room of Club in New York. NEW YORK, January 2 (#)—The racing trophy of the Automobile Club of America, a cup made of 14-karat gold and valued at $5,000, Was stolen from the assembly room of the club’s head- quarters some time between 2 p.m. Wed- nescay and 10 am. Thursday. The cup, which was first won in 1908 by the race driver Wagner, representing ) Italy, at Savannah, Ga. has been out of competition for the past 10 years A porter discovered its glass case broken and the cup lifted from its pedestal, The cuwu protected by in- surance, WILL HONOR FIVE AN Good Will Baptist. Dr. James L. Pinn will preach to- morrow morning on “Adventure on 8 New Road.” At the evening service his topic will be “The Value of Time.” Communion will be served at this serv- ice. The B.' Y. P. U. will have a New Year program at 6 p.m. People’s Congregational. Rev. A. F. Elmes will preach tomor- row morning on “Before an Open Door.” Holy communion will be observed. Young People's service at 6 p.m. The annual meeting of the church will be held January 7. Religious Drama. The religious drama ‘“'Tis the Hand of God,’compiled and arranged by the pastor, Rev. Winston B. Hill, which was to have been given in Northeastern Baptist Church, Third street between D and E streets northeast, December 20, will be given in the church«pext Thurs- day at 8 p.n. Fifty-five members of the church are taking parts in four- teen scenes from the life of Christ and ending with a colorful crossing of the Red Sea. A chorus of 40 voices will sing spirituals. Centennial Baptist. “Folks in Love Touch Hands” is the subject of Rev. E. Hez Swem to- morrow night. The 11 o'clock morn- ing sermon subject is: “Seers of the Sun.” The young people of the church have meetings Sunday night, 7 o'clock, and the Sunday school meets at 9:30 am, Highlands Baptist. Communion will be observed tomor- row morning. A short sermon Wil be given by the pastor, Rev. Newton M. Simmonds, on “Rewards.” In the eve- ning he will preach on “Resolved.” The workers' council will meet Wwith Mrs. Clarke, 1314 Farragut street, Tuesday evening.. Wednesday evening the Golden Rule class will meet with Miss Whitford, 3369 Eighteenth street. The Muir Club will also hold its meet- ing that evening. French Services. French Congregation which worships at St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, every Sunday afternoon, will preach tomorrow at 4 p.m. on “Strangers et Voyageurs.” Plymouth Congregational. pastor, Rev. William Herbert King, will speak. Y. P. S. C. E,, 6:30 p.m.; ¢hurch school, 9:30 am.;, prayer meeting, Thursday, 8 p.m. Galbraith A, M. E. Zion. observed tomorrow. The pastor, Rev. William D. Battle, will occupy his pulpit morning and evening. ~ The program_of the church school and Varick Christian Endeavor Society will be featured with interesting numbers. Federation Moves. The Washington Federation of Churches has moved its office in the Woodward Building during the past | week, taking smaller space on the r | below. Council of Churches has also been moved to room 810 of the same build- ing. Bishop to Preach. Bishop James E. Freeman will preach | at the Church of the Advent, Second !and U streets, Sunday morning at the {11 o'clock service. He will also admin- ister the apostolic rite of confirmation nd be the celebrant at the holy eucha- rist, assisted by the rector, Rev. Robert Coolidge Masterton. Takoma Park Baptist. “Keeping a Good Conscience” is the tcpic of Rev. W. E. La Rue tomorrow morning at the communicn service and “New Year Aspirations” in the evening. Sunday school, 10 a.m., and B. Y. P. U, 7:15 p.m. McKinley Memorial Baptist. Bible school tomorrow, 9:45 am.: eaching by Dr. §. G. Lamkins, 11 m.; evangelist program at 8 pm., under the auspices of the Church Prayer and Singing Band of Washing- ton pr 2 Friendship Baptist. A revival is being conducted by Rev. W. F. Fisher of Chicago, Ill. Special sermons will be delivered by him Sun- Dr. Florian Vurpillot, pastor of the At 11 am. and 8 p.m. tomorrow the | | Special New Year services will be | Activities in Local Churches day at 11 am. and 8 pm. and each night, which will be preceded by prayer service from 7:45 to 8:45 o'clock. Baptist Ministers. Dr. ¥. Scott McBride will address the Disciples and Baptist ministers at Cal- vary Baptist Church Monday at 11 a.m. New Bethel Baptist. Rev. William D. Jarvis will preach tomorrow on “The Reliable; of Jesus, Our Lord.” Bible school, 9:30 am.; Lord’s Supper, 1 pm.; Christian Endedvor, 6:30 p.m.; special services, 8 pm. Birthday Party. ‘The Board of Managers of the Con- gregational Home for Old People, at 1290 Crittenden street, have issued in- vitations for a birthday party celebrat- the third anniversary of the estab- lishment of the home, Friday from 3 to 5 o'clock. There will be a musical program, and the residents of the home will be guests of honor. Evangelism Stressed. ‘The pastor of the Petworth Baptist Church, Rev. Henry J. Smith, will preach the second of a group of evan- gelistic sermons tomorrow night, “Serfs of the Centuries.” There will be baptism at the morning services for the next few Sundays; the morning sermon tomorrow is “The Divine Infusion.” Twelfth Street Christian. Rev. J. F. Whitfleld will use for his subject tomorrow at 11 a.m,, “New Year Wisdom.” Church school, 9:30 am.; communion, 12:30 p.m.; Senior Chris- tian Endeavor, 6:30 p.m.; preaching, 8 p.m. Midweek prayer service Wednes- dey night. Volunteers of America. Lieut. Col. Prank H. Wise, regional commender, will preach tomorrow aft- ernoon at services in the mission at 471 Pennsylvania_avenue on “Spiritual Prospects of the New Year.” Second Baptist. Rev. J. L. S. Holloman will preach at 11 a.m. tomorrow on “Burning Old New Objectives.” Bible school, 9:30 am; B. Y. P. U, 6 pm. Missionaries to Speak. Rev. and Mrs. Stover Kulp, returned missionaries from Africa, will speak at the church of the Brethren tomorrow. | The morning service will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Kulp. The evening service will be conducted by Mrs. Kulp. She will describe the habits and customs of the natives. Lincoln Congregational. | At the services Sunday morning, Rev. | R. W. Brooks will speak on “The Call of | the New Year” The Young People's C. E. Society will present at 6:45 pm. a | special New Year program. Epiphany Chapel. The new number is room 808. | The Washington office of the Fed!rll‘ The vicar, Rev. Francis Yarnall, will | preach tomorrow morning on “The Ac- | ceptable Year of the Lord,” and in the | evening on “The Coming of the King- | dom.” Memorial Service. A memorial service for Mrs. H. E. Sheriff will be held at Grace Baptist Church at 2 o'clock Monday in con- nection with the quarterly meeting of the Women's Baptist Missionary Union. First Brethren. Rev. Homer A. Kent will preach at 11 o'clock tomorrow on “The Book of Ruth—the Sweetest Love Story of the Old Testament.” At 7:45 p.m. his sub- ject will be “The Rainbow in the Cloud.” This will be an evangelistic sermon, following which there will be observed the rite of Christian baptism. Sunday school will meet at 9:30 a.m. Young People's Christian Endeavor meets at 6:45 p.m. Temple Baptist. ‘The sermon subjects of Rev. Thomas E. Boorde tomorrow will be “In the Be- ginning” for the morning and “Former Days Werc Better” for the evening service. The ordinances of baptism and communion will be administered at the morning service. B. Y. P. U. meets at 7 o'clock. An ordination council, Tep- resenting the churches of the Columbia Baptist Association of Churches, is called to mest in this church January 5 at 2 o'clock. The pastor will give a denominational broadcast over Station WJSV, 9:30 to 10 o'clock, Sunday night. 'PASTOR TO DISCUSS ‘THE PROMISED LAND’ Dr. Rasmussen Will Deliver Morn- ing Sermon at Luther Place Church. At the service in Luther Place Me- morial Church tomorrow morning Dr. Carl C. Rasmussen, the pastor, will use as his sermon topic “The Promised Land Ahead.” At 8 o'clock he will begin a series of evening sermons, tak- ing as his theme tomorrow night, “What Makes a New Year Happy?” Following themes during the month will be: “What Makes a Bible Happy?” “What Makes a Church Happy?” “What Makes a Home Happy” “What Makes a Heart Happy?” Miss Thelma Gunderson will be the leader of the Senior Christian En- deavor Society tomorrow evening and Henry Tiencken, jr., will lead the In- termediates, both societies meeting at 6:45 o'clock. The annual congregational meeting will be held Monday evening, when members of the Church Council will be elected and the various niza- tions will report of acce ents during the past year. The Ladies’ Aid Society will hold a luncheon and meeting in the church parlors Wednesday, with Mrs. G. R. Eberly presiding. WILL GIVE COMMUNION Rev. Harold E. Beatty to Preach on “The Name of Jesus.” “The Name of Jesus” will be the sub- ject tomorrow at 11 am. in George- town Lutheran Church by Rev. Harold E. Beatty, pastor. Holy communion will be administered. The Junior and Senior Christian Endeavor Socleties will render New Year programs at 7 p.m. “The Cup of Blessing” will be the subject at the 8 p.m. service. A business meeting of the Sunday school will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. with J. Frank Butts in charge, and a congregational meeting Thurs- day at 7:30 p.m. The Ladies’ Aid So- ciety will meet Friday at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. C. A. Manning. SOCIETY WILL INSTALL Concordia Lutheran Group - Seat Officers Tomorrow. In the evening service tomorrow at Concordia Lutheran Evangelical Church, Twentieth and G streets, officers of the Ladies’ Aid Society will be installed by the pastor, Rev. Charles Enders. The officers are Mrs. A. H. Volkmann, pres- ident; Mrs. Fred Schneider, vice presi- dent; Mrs. Charles Rohland, recording secretary; Mrs. Richard Sebastian, financial secretary:. Mrs. George H. Becker, treasurer. Dr. Paul A. Menzel will be the speaker on this occasion. Holy communion will be observed in connection with both of the morning services, the German at 10 am. and the English'at 11:15 am. The r will preach on “Frults ef & NEW YEAR SERVICES AT GRACE LUTHERAN “I Will Pay My Vows Unto the Lord” to Be Subject of Pastor’s Sermon. The thought of the new year and of its possibilities will be in evidence in Sunday's services at Grace Lutheran Church. Holy communion will be cele- brated in connection with the 11 am. service and the pastor, Rev. Gerhard E. Lenski, will preach on “I Will Pay My Vows Unto the Lord.” At 8 p.m. his subject is “The New Spirit the New Year Needs.” Officers of the Sunday school will assume their duties Sunday morning in connection with the opening of the school at 9:45 o'clock. Dr. Raymond Seeger has been elected general su- perintendent; Edwin Dybvig, assistant superintendent; Miss Etta Preinkert, secretary; Mrs. John Wathen, assistant secrel ; Bernard Werner, treasurer; Willlam Baker, financial secretary. ‘The Young People’s Society will hold a business and social meeting Tuesday at 8 pm. The newly elected president, Harry Crow, will be in the chair and announce plans for the activity of the soclety during the coming months. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the church will meet January 6 at 8 p.m. MISSIONARY TO SPEAK Rev. Henry Cochrane to Address Baptist Women. Rev. Henry Cochrane, retired mis- slonary from Burma, will address the Woman's Baptist Missionary Associa- ton of the District at its kL rterly session, at Grace Baptist Church, Ninth street and South Carolina avenue, south- east, Monday at 10:30 o'clock. Dr. George Green, missionary from Ogbomoso, Africa, now home on furlough, will give an address at 12 o'clock. Dr. Green will 4150 speak at the National Baptist Me- morial Church Wednesdzay. LUTHER LEAGUE Incarnation’s League will meet to- morrow night. Pred Eberz will lead the discussion ef the topic “Learning From the Experiences of Others.” Zion’s Intermediates will be led by Luther Schmidt tomorrow night in & discussion of the topic “Pioneering With Christ.” The seniors will discuss the topic “What Jesus Teaches About Truthfulness” at the same hour. Miss Mary Leonberger is the leader. St. Paul's League held a progressive dinner Thursday. “What Jesus Teaches About Truthfuiness” will be the topic of its regular meeting tomorrow eve- An Epiphany Church service will be held by Rev. H. D. Hayes at St. Mark's League service January 6 at 8 p.m. Luther Place’s League will discuss the topic “What Jesus Teaches About Truthfulness” at its consecration meet- ing tomorrow evening. The league will hold a silver M-n“"‘y 9, between 4 and 6 pm., church parlors, Bridges” and at 8 pm. on “Creating IPATH OF PRAYER IS SERMON TOPIG. “Tired of Being a Fool” to Be Evening Subject at First | Congregational. At the First Congregational Church, Tenth and G streets, the minister, Dr. Allen A, Stockdale, will speak tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock on “The Pathway of Prayer,” and at the evening service at 8 o'clock he will speak on “Tired of Being a Fool.” The church-aight supper will be held Thursday at 6 p.m. The midweek meet- ing will follow at 6:45 o'clock. Dr. Stockdale will lead the meeting, and hi: subject will be “The Perversity of Hu- man Nature. Why Do We Like to Do the Things That Are Forbidden?" Sunday school meets at 9:45 am. The Senlor Society of Christian En- deavor will meet at 6 p.m. for tea in the Sunday school room. The regular meet- ing will follow at 6:30 p.m. Robert H. Kempton will lead, and the subject will be “What Jesus Teaches About Truth- fulness.” The Young People’s Soclety of Chris- tian Endeavor will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the east parlor. A question box will be | conducted by Dr. Stockdale. The high school group will meet at 6:45 p.m. in the west parlor. The worship chairman will be Melba Richards. Betty Benson | will lead the meeting, and the subject will be “How Shall We Spend Our Sun- days?” The Young Women's Club will hold a \ dinner meeting Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. | Dr. Stockdale will give a New Year ad- dress. The bowling league will mest Thurs- ‘day at 8 o'clock. CHURCH TO OBSERVE WEEK OF PRAYER Group of Ministers to Take Part in Services at Wisconsin Avenue Baptist. ‘The Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church, Forty-second and Fessenden streets, will observe the week of prayer in the | following manner: January 3 at 11 jo'clock, “Prayer—What Is It?" by the | pastor, Rev. Clarence Ray Ferguson: 8 p.m, “Prayer for Missions,” by Rev. Lee H. Downing, field director of the African Inland Mission. During the week nights, Monday at 8 p.m., “Prayer for Labors,” by Dr. C. E. Hawthorne, pastor of the Wallace Memorial United Presbyterian Church; Tuesday at 8 {pm. “Prayers Answered Around the World,” by Dr. M. E. Miller, who has just returned from a tour of the mission flelds around the world: Wednesday at 8 p.m., “Praying Savior,” by I H. Lin ton, a lawyer; Thursday at 8 p.m., “Prayer Times and Places,” by young people led by Mrs. Howard Clemons: Priday at 8 p.m., “Prayers of Apostles™ by Dr. H. W. O. Millington, executin secretary of the Columbia Associatios of Baptist Churches; January 10 av x« am., “Praying in the Spirit.,” by Dr. B. P. Robertson, pastor of the Baptist Church of Hyattsville, Md., and at 8 p.m., “Prayer for Lost Souls,” by Clar- ence Ray Ferguson. Bible school is at 9:30 o'clock and the B. Y. P. U. Socleties at 7 p.m. R < ‘CHANGELESS GHRIST’ IS DR. DEPP'S TOPIC | Calvary Methodist Congregation to Hear Pastor in Two Ser- mons Tomorrow. “The Changeless Christ” will be the theme of the sermon tomorrow morning at the Calvary Methodist Church, on Columbia road The minister, A Mark Depp, will preach, and also at the evening service, when his subject will be “The Path to Poise.” The Young People's meeting will be at 7 o'clock in the Philathea Class room. Miss Mary Lesta Wakeman will be in charge. The devotional meeting will be held Thursday evening in the Guild Hall. The minister will be in charge. The woman’s all day meeting will be held Tuesday, beginning at 10:30 o'clock. ‘CHRIST OUR.GOD‘ IS TOPIC Rev. Ignatius Smith to Deliver Sermon on Catholic Air Hour. Very Rev. Ignatius Smith, Domini- can preacher, will deliver the first of his serfes of five sermons on the Wash- ington Catholic Radio Hour tomorrow on “Christ Our God.” It is broadcast from the Church of the Immaculate Conception through Station WOL every Sunday at 5 o'clock. Rev. Francis J. Hurney will preside at the service, which will include spe- cial Lourdes devotions and the solemn procession of the blessing of the sick at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in the church. SACRAMENT PLANNED Rev. William Pierpont to Preach at McKendree Methodist. McKendree Methodist hmm‘ Church will start the services of new year by observing the sacrament of the Lord’s supper at the morning service. The pastor, Rev. Willlam Pler- font, will speak on “Making Success n the New Year Sure.” In the eve- ning he will take for his topic “Christ's Plrophecy Concerning the Great Tem- ple.” WEEK OF PRAYER Southeast Churches New Year January 4 to 8, 1932 8 P.M. (R sommuatty ad o/ s attend prayer services to be heid by this group of churches. arolina Ave. Meth. Prot. ity Methodist E ":l ethodist Protestant. Church_of Brethren. litan Presbyterian. CentraY. . . . Sunday, 4:00 P.M. MOVING PICTURES “The March of Christianity” Everybody Invited )