Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1935, Page 11

METHODTS PLAN CONFERENCEHERE Foundry Church to Be Host to Baltimore Parley This Week. Retiring The 151st session of the Baltl-| more Annual Conference will convene fn Poundry Methodist Episcopal | Church, of which Dr. Frederick Brown Harris is the minister. next Tuesday. There will be about 300 ministers in | attendance at the sessions, June 4 to 10, and an equal number of lay-| men for the sessions on Priday and Saturday. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes | of the Washington area will preside and will deliver a devotional ad- dress at noon each day. He will also preach on conference Sunday morn- ing. June 9. v The conference will open 'mr'sdavi‘ DR. CHESTEEN SMITH, evening with a memorial service for| Pastor of Metropolitan Memorial the ministers of the conference and| M. E. Church, who will retire from wives of ministers who have died. The | the ministry tomorrow, when he i will be made by Dr.| Will preach a sermon on “Rewards E::‘:?: ahnddress ! mece sy | for Service in the Church of God.” Senator-elect Rush D. Holt of West A large company of members and Virginia- will make the address at| friends gathered at the church the luncheon meeting of the Commis- | Tuesday evening to express ap- xion on Social Service, in the church| Dreciation of the work of Dr. and dining hall, Wednesday. At the an-| Mrs. Smith. niversary of the Woman's Foreign| Dr. W.S. Abernethy and Chan- Missionary Society, presided over by| cellor J. M. M. Gray were pastors Mrs. Joseph M. M. Gray as president,| in Kansas City at the same time Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Harold G.| that Dr. Smith served as pastor Moulton, president of the Bmoking5| there. Institution, will speak on “Isolation| The baccalaureate service of or Co-operation.” The ministers will| American University will be held at be addressed at 4 o'clock by Dr. Ed-| the church tomorrow at 4 o'clock. win Lewis, professor of theology, | Chancellor Gray will preach the Drew University. His subject is “The | Ssermon. o | “BECAUSE OF HIN” | IS SERMON THEME Asbury Pilgrimage. Hamline M. E. Church Society to| In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the laying of the corner | Hold All-Day Meeting Thursday. stone of Cokesbury College by Bishop Asbufy on Wednesday, the conference | will make a pilgrimage to the Asbury Statue at Sixteenth and Mount Pleas- ant streets, at 5:15. Then the minis- ters and the wives of ministers will be served a buffet supper at the American University, as the guests of Chancellor and Mrs. J. M. M. Gray and the faculty. | “Because of Him"” will be the ser- The public meeting at the church | mon subject of Rev. H. W. Burgan, Wednesday at 8 pm. will be under | minister at Hamline M. E. Church, the auspices of the Conference Com- | tomorrow morning. He will preach mission on Social Service. Senator | ggain in the evening. Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota will| "On account of the 151st session of speak. the Baltimore Annual Conference, | The meeting Thursday at 2:30 will| which is being held at Foundry be under the auspices of the Woman's | Church next week, the ladies’ all-day | Home Missionary Society, Mrs. Joy | meeting will be held Thursday in- | Elmer Morgan presiding. The address | stead of Wednesday. There will be | will be made by Miss Ruth Esther|pno Thursday night meeting. Wheaton, editor of the paper Woman's| The Eighth Annual Youth Council | Home Missions, which is published in | of Baltimore Annual Conference will | Cincinnati. A tea and reception will be held in this church Friday and | be tendered Miss Wheaton in the| saturday. John C. Millian, Baltimore Letts Educational Building at 4 pm. | Conference director of religious edu- The conference lecture Thursday | cation, has charge of the program, evening will be by Dr. Merton S. Rice, | with Miss Brown Culp chairman of pastor of the Metropolitan M. E. the local Committee on Arranges Church, Detroit, Mich. | ments. session of the ministers and laymen CHURmXWSES TO LAUD CHILDREN Friday at 9 am. During the united | sessions, which will be held in the | Universalists to Pay Tribute to Youngsters During Morn- afternoon Friday and Saturday, dele- gates will be elected to the General Conference of the church, to be held in the Summer of 1936. The united session Friday evening will be de- voted to the presentation of the work of the various boards of the church, | as follows: ‘The Board of Foreign Missions, by Rev. Albert E. Day of Baltimore; the | Board of Home Missions, by Rev. | T, el Francis R. Bayley of Baltimore: the | Children's Sunday will be observed | Board of Education, by Rev. John C. | tomorrow at the services of the Uni- | Millian, conference director of reli- ’ versalist National Memorial Church at glous education: the Board of Pen- |11 o'clock. The church school will be sions and Relief, by Rev. Edward L. |present in & body. Dr. Prederic W. | Watson of Baltimore; the Board of | Perkins will give s short address en- Hospitals and Homes, by Mrs. Joy | titled “Children AllL” A feature of Elmer Morgan of Washington: the | the service will be a dramatization Board of Temperance, by Deets Pick- | entitled “Let Your Light So Shine.” ett of Washington. The address of The characters will be Spirit of the the evening will be delivered by Bish- | Church, Mrs. William H. McGlauflin; op William Fraser McDowell. Spirit of the Church School, Mrs. G. 0 E. Saunders; Spirit of Vacation Days, Young People’s Council. Alfred Ault; Representatives of the The eighth annual young people’s | School, Helen Louise Saunders, Brad- eouncil will meet in Hamline Church | ford Houser, Janet Staebner, Martin Priday evening and will continue in | Learn, Margaret Chapman, Maurine mession during Saturday. 'The anni- | Goding. After the church service versary service will be held in Foun- | there will be an exhibit. in Perkins | dry Church at 8 p.m.-Saturday, when Hall of the work of the school. Dr. Carl C. Rasmussen, pastor of the| The members of the Ladies’ Aid Luther Place Memorial Church, will| Association are planning to meet at make the address. | the parish house on Tuesday at 1 The annual meeting of the Confer- | g'clock for an inspection trip through ence Brotherhood will be held in the | the Washington Flour Mills, The First Baptist Church, beginning at | Mission Circle holds its annual pienic | ing Service. | Capitol streets. | Jones will follow the program and | CATHEDRAL LTS GRADUATIONITES Bishop Freeman to Give Baccalaureate Address Tomorrow Afternoon. Graduation exercises for the two Cathedral schools will be features of the religious services on Mount St. Alban today and tomorrow. Dr. Oliver J. Hart, rector of St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, delivered the address al the commencement exercises of St. Albans, the National Cathedral School for Boys, held in the great choir of the Cathedral at 10 a.m. today. Rev. Albert H. Lucas, canon and headmaster, presented the candidates for diplomas, which were conferred by Bishop James E. Free- man. Bishop PFreeman will deliver the address at the thirty-fifth annual baccalaureate service for the National Cathedral School in the great choir at 4 o'clock tomorrow. He will also speak at the baccalaureate service for George Washington University in the great choir tomorrow evening. Canon Raymond L. Wolven, chap- plain to the Bishop of Washington, will deliver the sermon at the cele- bration of the holy communion in the great choir at 11 am. tomorrow. There will be the usual celebration of the holy communion in the Beth- lehem Chapel at 7:30 am. Dr. Ze Barney T. Phillips, rector of Epiphany Church and chaplain of the United States Senate, will de- liver the address at the commence- ment exercises of the National Ca- thedral Schocl at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Under the “Union of States” plan | the Governor, public officials and peo- ple of New Hampshire will be re- membered in the Cathedral at even- song service on June 9. Representa- | tives in Congress and members of the | New Hampshire State Society of the District of Columbia will be repre- sented in the congregation. | American Legion “National Church | Sunday” will be observed throughout the United States on June 16, with the national service taking place in the Cathedral amphitheater on Mount St. Alban under the sponsorship of Rev. Park W. Huntington of Wilming- ton, Del, national chaplain, and other national officers of that organi- zation. Bishop Freeman and Chap- Jain Huntington will deliver the ad- | dresses, CHURCH TO OBSERVE | 125TH ANNIVERSARY | Second Baptist to Hold Service in New Building at 17th and East Capitol. The Second Baptist Church, Dr. | H. M. B. Jones, pastor, will observe the 125th anniversary of its organie | zation Monday evening in the new building at Seventeenth and East | All the former pastors of the church who are living are expected to attend and have a part in the program. These include Rev. E. Hez Swem of this city, Rev. Hinson V. Howlett of ‘West Chester, Pa., and Rev. Ellis C. Primm of Trenton, N. J. Their fam- ilies have been invited to accompany them. Mrs. Emily C. Stewart will | be present to receive the honors of the church in memory of the late Rev. Howard I. Stewart, a former pastor. An address will be made by a representative of the Columbia As- | sociation of Baptist Churches of the District. | A concert of sacred music, under | direction of Prof. Louis A. Potter, organist and choir director at the time of its 100th anniversary, will be a special feature of the program. The regular choir will be augmented by members of the choir of former years. | The soloists will be Mrs. Ruby Potter, Miss Marie Koontz, Clarence H. Sor rell, Fred Gross and H. A. Hutson. The accompanists will be Mrs. C. H. Sorrell and W. N. Janson, organist of the church. Mr. Hutson is director of the regular choir. A reception to the pastor and Mrs. will conclude with refreshments. 9:45 am. Saturday. Addresses will | be made by Dr. Joseph M. M. Gray, “The Practical Necessity of Brother- | hood”; Rev. John K. Cartwright of | the Catholic Church of the Immacu- Iate Conception on “The Unknown God,” and Louis Ottenberg, on “Man’s Inhumanity to Man.” The devotions | &t noon will be conducted by Dr.| Harris of Foundry Church. { The consecration and ordination service will be conducted Sunday at 3 o'clock by Bishop Hughes. Bishop Charles Wesley Burns of the Boston area will speak at the Sunday night service, The conference will close June 10 with the reading of the appointments of the ministers for the next confer- ence year, COMMUNION PLANNED Eldbrooke Church’s Pastor Will Give Meditation. Holy communion will be observed In _Eldbrooke M. E. Church tomorrow st 11 am., with the pastor, Rev. Wal- ter, M. Michael, giving a communion meditation on “Things That Exalt.” At. the evening worship service he will preach on “As a Man Thinks.” The Young People’s Society will meet at 7 pm. The primary depart- meht of the church school will repeat the Tom Thumb wedding Priday eve- ning under the direction of Mrs, Wil- liam R. Burgess, I’ - Church Federation I ‘The Committee on Evangelism will Join' with the Ministerial Union in plans for a “retreat” all of one day in Iate September. This theme and kin- dred subjects will be discussed. In additidn to several local men, the pro- gram will include some prominent clergymen from another city, to be | chosen by a joint committee. The Commission on Evangelism of the Federal Council is co-operating in this profect. This meeting will take the place of the regular gathering of the union in the early Fall. The Committee on Religious Educa- tion met Wednesday to plan its work. Several subcommittees will be ap- pointed by the chairman, Rev. J. Ray- mond Mills, One of them will be on vacation schools, and persons inter- ested’ in that subject are invited to ©o! te with the office of the The Finance Committee is making plans to raise about $1,000 before De- cember 1. That amount is still neces- sary’In order that the budget may be at Hains Point Thursday at 12:30 o'clock. A short business meeting will | follow ‘the luncheon. A garden party will be given Satur- day at the home of Dr. and Mrs, F. ‘W. Ballou, 3117 Forty-fifth street. The parish dinner will be served in the garden from 5 to 7 o'clock. l Christian Endeavor | ‘The union will meet at the George- town Presbyterian Church Monday night. The Nominating Committee will make the following report for union officers of the coming year: For president, Frances Sangster; vice president, Hillman Harris; recording secretary, Mabel Donaldson; treas- urer, Carl Watson; corresponding sec- retary, Richard Drifmyer; intermedi- ate superintendent, Mrs. L. C. Greene; junior superintendent, Anna Wid- myer. Election will follow after other nominations have been made. Fol- lowing this business, Mr. Klauder, former president of the Pennsylvania State Union and the Philadelphia City Union, will speak about the plans and program of the Philadelphia con- vention. A short skit will be offered by the Georgetown Endeavorers, and the Ninth Street Christian Trumpeteers will offer several selections. The District has reached about 70 per cent of its quota of registrations for the thirty-fifth international con- vention to be held in Philadelphia July 2 to 7. Calvary Tuesday Eve- ning C. E. is a pennant society with 21 registrations. Rhode Island Ave- nue senior is an honor society with 15 registrations. There is still two offers that haven’t been won yet. They are $5 to the soclety registering their entire membership second, Calvary Tuesday already winning the $10 award. A $10 award to the inter- mediate society t registering per cent of its membership. Send all | registrations to Hillman Harris, care of Christian Endeavor Headquarters, 500 Insurance Bullding. At the last junior rally before Sum- mer the following awards were made: Banner society, Rhode Island Avenue shield society, Albright Memo- winner of the sharpshooters’ contest, Betly Thomas of United Brethren. Tomorrow morning Francis Sang- ster, president, will speak on Phil- adelphia Christian Endeavor Conven- tion as part of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Christian Endeavor’s radio program. The intermediate union will have a union meeting June 14. Mildred Brown, missionary superintendent of the I. C. E, will preside. During the reached and the necessary expenses @f the year met. evening the report of the winner of \pe missionary contest will be heard. West W 100 | charge of Margaret Thompson, who EVENSONG S.ERV|CE FOR FORMER RECTOR' St. John's Episcopal Choir to Re- call Dr. Johnston in Special Numbers. The evening service at 8t. John's Episcopal Church will be a choral evensong in memory of Dr. Robert Johnston, rector of St. John's, 1922- 1933, presented by the choir of men and boys under the direction of T. Guy Lucas, organist and choirmaster. The service will begin at 7:45 p.m. The program is as follows: Proces- sional hymn, “Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones”; Psalm xxili; “Mag- nificat, in E Flat” (Cobb); “Nunc Dimittis, in E Flat” (Cobb); prayer hymn, “Fairest Lord Jesus”; hymn, “Once to Every Man and Nation"”; offertory anthem, “The Righteous Perisheth” ~ (Handel, 1530); solemn ‘Te Deum (Lucas); recessional hymn, “He Who Would Valiant Be.” At the morning prayer service at 11 o'clock Rev. James F. Madison will preach on “The Great Expecta- tion.” There will be a celebration of the holy communion at 8 a.m. B. Y. P. U. News ‘The executive board meeting will be held at Central Union Mission ‘Tuesday at 8 p.m. Nellie Finke is in charge of the lawn fete to be held June 15 at East Wash- ington Heights for the benefit of the federation. Announcements from some of the unions regarding their programs for tomorrow evening are: Bethany will have a devotional life program in will also be the presiding officer for the evening. Centennial will have a Langyher. East Washington Heights will have & stewardship program, with Charlotte Jenkins presiding. Arthur Miller and his Fellowship Commission will present the program at Grace. The cabinet, with Stanley Crosthwaite presiding, will have charge of the pro- gram at Hyattsville. Kendall will have its Devotional Life Commission in gram presented by Louise Pledger. Temple will have a devotional life program in charge of Mildred Rollins. The Service Commission, Ted Hodges leading, will present the program at ashington. ~ [ Christian Science “Ancient and Modern Necromancy, Alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, De- nounced” is the subject of the lesson- sermon in all the Churches of Christ, Scientist, tomorrow. The golden text is from Psalms xcil.7: “When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourisk; it is that they shall be destroyed for- ever.” Among the citations which comprise the lesson-sermon is the following from the Bible: “And I heard a loud.| voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the king- dom of our God, and the power of His Christ; for the accuser of our breth- ren is cast down, which accused them befort our God day and night.” (Rev- elation, xii.10). The lesson-sermon also includes the following passage from the Christian Science Text Book, “Science and Health, With Key to the Scriptures,” by Mary Baker Eddy: “From Genesls to the Apocalypse, sin, sickness and death, envy, hatred and revenge—all evil—are typified by a serpent or animal subtlety. Jesus sald. quoting a line from the psalms, “They DR. RASMUSSEN NEARS SERIES END “New Revival” Is Theme of Pre-Pentecost Sermon Tomorrow. “The New Revival” is the theme of tomorrow morning. It is the next to the last sermon in the series by the pastor, Dr. Carl C. Rasmussen. Mrs. Corne Long Kinsella, director-organist, will render selections and the choir will sing. ‘The Sunday morning prayer group meets at 9:30 o'clock in the front of the church. A joint debate will be given in the church parlors Thursday evening, un- der the auspices of the Lutheran hated me without a cause'” (page | Brotherhood. The subject will be: 564). | “Resolved, the Hitler government is to the best advantage of the German people.” A debating team composed of Boy Scouts from Troop 14 of the Luther Place Church will meet a team composed of members of the Ciusaders’ Bible Class. Circle 1 of the Ladies’ Ald Society will hold its annual lawn fete and strawberry festival on the front lawn of the church June 7. Homemade cakes and candy will be on sale. The get-acquainted dinner will be held Thursdsy st 6:15 at Sholl’s Cafe, 1032 Connecticu avenue. e Rt PASTOR TO GIVE REVIEW —_— Rev. H. E.’ Snyder to Observe 10th Anniversary of Pastorate. Rev. H. E. Snyder, pastor of the Atonement Lutheran Church, will cele- brate the tenth anniversary of his pastorate Sunday morning by giving a short review of the past 10 years. At vespers he will speak on “The Work and Power of the Holy Spirit.” Pentecost Sunday, June 9, the sac- rament of the holy communion will be administered at the ‘morning and eve- ning service. ‘The Lutheran Ministerial Associa- tion will hold its annual picnic in Rock Creek Park Monday, from 2 to 7pm. Dr. J. E .knlmn Hollister as guest The Florence M. SBrown Class and the Burrell Class will hold business meetings Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, respectively. SPECIAL MU.SIC SLATED AT MT. VERNON PLACE Dr. W. Angie Smith Will Preach on “Writing in the Dark” at Morning Service. PASTOR'S SERMON DEALS WITHN.R A |“Being Good When We Don’t Have to Be” Is Topic at Baptist Church, MDr X vz Angi!fllsmllh. pastor of | Moun! ‘ernon ce M. E. Church Rev. W. B. Abernethy. minister of South, for the Sunday morning serv- Calvary Baptist Church, will preach fce has as his topic, “Writing in the | tomorrow morning on “The Sacred | D!;;kd At ":gh heh“hldl P‘::;*I;.flfl = “Hindrances urcl em e Committal,” & communion medita- p”Deane Shure, director of music, will tion. At the evening service he will conduct the vested choir of 60 voices speak on “Being Good When We |at both services. There will be spe- Don’t Have to Be,” & few N. R. A. post | cia] offertory music. mortem reflections. The governing body of the church Rev. Philip G. Murray will conduct will hold a meeting at the church the junior church service at 11 o'clock. | Wednesday evening. This will be pre- The B. Y P. U. will hold a tea at 5| ceded by a meeting of the Finance o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when a | Committee. | photograph will be taZer of the group. | The prayer meeting will be con- The Lucia Greene Circle will hold | ducted Thursday evening, when Dr. its annual banquet at the Broadmoor | Smith will continue his discourses | apartment Friday at 7 o'clock, with'upon several important Psalms. from the ends of the earth Jehovah’s witnesses are assembled here! Outstanding among the activities of the assembly is the address of its president J dgefi Rutherford on the subject of universal interest GOVERNMENT June 2 SUNDAY 3 o'cloc From the Washington Auditorium this thrilling message will be simultaneously flashed by WOL and the most unique and extensive combination of wire and wireless communication facilities and public-address appliances . . . to waiting millions at auditoriums, homes, parks . . . in every State on this continent, in South and Central America, in the British Isles, in France, Belgium, Nether- lands; Switzerland, Germany, Finland, and other European states, in Iceland, Africa and Australia, in Palestine, India, Java and the Far East, the isles of the sea and to the ends of the eart