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CHURCH NEWS, News of the Bible Classes Activities of Interest to Local Organizations By PAGE McK. ETCHISON, President Organised Bible Class Association. ‘The Organized Bible Class Association will meet at the Ingram Memo- rial Congregational Church Wednesday at 8 pm. Mrs. Etta Zahn, vice president, will be in charge. Greetings will be brought by the Rev. Fred- erick J. Bishop, pastor of the church. Musical selections will be given by Constance Kreuger, contralto; Howard Newsom, baritone, and Victor H. Neal, organist. Francis St. Austell, munity Chest, will give an illustrated: talk on “Washington’s Beauty and What It Hides.” George E. Harris, executive secretary, will preside at the business session and William R. Schmucker will be the song leader. George M. Lamsa of Philadelphia will speak on “Biblical Customs and ldioms.” Mr. Lamsa is born, reared in the East where man- ners and customs have remained un- changed from biblical days. He is a graduate of the Virginia Theo- logical Seminary and has made a life study of the Scriptures in their original language. This is an open meeting for all adult Bible ‘class members. ‘The Fidelis Class of National Bap- tist Memorial Church will hold a “pot luck” supper Tuesday at 6:45 pm. Mrs. Sylvia Wolfrey is in charge. The class is promoting a tennis tournament which is being held today. The O. W. L. Class of Covenant- First Presbyterian Church will be taught tomorrow morning by Charles C. Haig. Subject, “Jere- miah, the Cour- ageous Prophet . of Personal Re- fon.” 1‘slvuss Mable Nelson Thurston will speak to the Miss Thurston’s Class on “Hab- bakkuk Fights Through Doubt . to Faith.” E. G. Dodge . of the Civil Service Com- mission w;‘ll speak to the Cg:nparm,ive Re- Mr. Etchison. ligion Class of All Souls’ Church tomorrow at 10 am. on “The Fu- ture of Man,” reading from an original poem, “If the Earth Grows old.” Harold S. King of the Executive Committee of the Organized Bible Class Association will give a mo- tion picture program showing the history of the association to the Steadfast Bible Class of Fountain Memorial Baptist Church on Mon- day evening. The Judson Couple Class of Na- tional Baptist Memorial Church will hold an Executive Committee meet- ing on Tuesday at 8 pm. The Phi Gamma Kappa Class of Metropolitan Baptist Church will have charge of the service at the Northeast Rescue Mission on Wed- nesday evening. The teacher, Miss Frances L. Guschewsky, will teach the lesson tomorrow morning. Dr. Charles E. Resser, president District of Columbia Sunday School Association, will speak at a joint meeting of the Ladies’ and Paul A. Menzel Bible Classes of the Con- cordia Evangelical and Reformed Church tomorrow morning. Paul E. Keen will be the guest teacher tomorrow morning at the Adult Bible Class of the Chevy Chase Baptist Church. President ‘E. P. Jepnings will be in charge. O. W. Youngblood, president of Friendship Men'’s Bible Class of the Park View Christian Church, was elected Mayor of Takoma Park, Md., at the election held last Tuesday, and J. Franklin Sidell, chairman of the Tommittee on Evangelism of the Organized Bible Class Asso- clation, was elected councilman. The Vaughn Class of Calvary Baptist Church will hold a special Mother’s Day service tomorrow at 9:20 am. The special guest will be Mrs. William P. Blake, sr., the “class mother.” Page McK. Etchi- son, religious work director, Y. M. C. A, will speak on “Our Mothers.” President J. St. Clair Hambly will preside. Dr. Nelson M. Blake and Carl Bogardus will participate in Boy Scouts fo Attend Takoma Park Services The Rev. R. Paul Schearrer will preach at 11 am. tomorrow in the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church on “To You and to Your Children,” and at 8 p.m. on “The Mothers of Men.” This will be the monthly Boy Scout night and :'Troop 33 will attend. ‘The session will meet Monday evening at the home of Elder John ‘L. Stinson, 306 Holly avenue. The Board of Trustees will meet Tues- day evening at the home of H. C. Heflner, 107 Carroll avenue. The church school staff will have # dinner Tuesday. The pastor will speak on the “Christian Idea of God.” Departmental teachers’ meetings will follow at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Wilbur La Roe, jr., president of the Washington Presbyterial So- clety, will speak at the meeting of the Women's Society on Wednesday morning. The Takterian Players will spon- sor an entertainment in the church hall on Friday evening. St. Paui’s Arranges Special Music Program director Speakers Bureau, the Com- >—— the service. There will be special music by the class orchestra under the direction of Chester Hutchin- son, and Lynn B. Elmore will sing. The members of the class are in- vited to bring their mothers and also other members of their fami- lles. C. Harvey Cooke has been named chairman on arrangements for the annual picnic to be held at the Bliss Electrical School in June. The Egbert Class of the National Baptist Memorial Church will hold its annual banquet at the church next Wednesday evening. The A. B. Pugh Bible Class of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church will meet tomorrow at 10:45 am. Justice Bolitha J. Laws will teach the lesson. Mrs. John W. Smith will speak to the adult department at 9.30 am. on “Our Church—Establishing the Kingdom Throughout the World.” There will be a duet by Mrs. Lillie Clayton Garrett and Mrs. La Vergne Sims Fairchild. The Men's Bible Class of the Takoma Park Baptist Church will entertain the children of the Bap- tist Home for Children on Friday at 7:30 pm. Several reels of scenic films and a comedy will be shown. Refreshments will be served. Arthur G. Bishop will teach the lesson tomorrow morning at the Lydia Class of the Ninth Street Christian Church. The president, Miss Bertha Jabin, will preside. Dr. Frederick K. Stamm, pastor of the Clinton Avenue Community Church of Brooklyn, N. Y., will be speaker at the 19th summer con- ference of the Organized Bible Class Association at Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md., August 31, September 1 and 2. Baptist McKinley Memorial Church. Dr. Henry D. Tilman, pastor of the Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion Church, Birmingham, Ala., who is attending the general conference of the A. M. E. Zion convention here, will be the guest preacher at 3:30 pm. Dr. 8. Geriah Lamkins will preach on the “Motherhood of God’ at 11 am. ?vangemfi: services will be held at pm. Brookland. “God’s Gift to His Children” will be the topic of the Rev. M. C. Stith at 11 am. The young people's choir will sing “The Name of Mother,” and Mrs. Nell Duree Norris will sing “Little Mother o’ Mine.” Evening service at 8 o'clock. Vermont Avenue. Dr. C. T. Murray wil' preach at 11 am. Services will be conducted in the junior department at 11:20 am. by the Rev. S. W. Williams. At 3:30 p.m. holy communion will be served. Special Mother’s Day service will be held at 8 pm. On Thursday evening, the social service department pre- sents the Gospel Chorus of the church, Fountain Memorial. “Products of Pentecost” will be the subject at 11 a.m. Mother’s Day will be observed. The evening topic will be “A Good Deed.” The Boy Scout ‘Troop No. 58 will be the guests at the evening service. East Washington Heights. “Speaking of Relations” will be the theme of the Mother’s Day sermon by the Rev. Glenn B. Faucett at 11 am. Motion pictures on “The Unwelcome Guest” will be shown at 8 p.m. Takoma Park. In observance of Mother's Day the Rev. William E La Rue will speak tomorrow morning on-“Keep- ers at Home.” In the evening he will speak on “Is Your Soul In- sured?” The young people’s chorus will sing. The annual tea of the Missionary Society will be held at the parsonage Thursday at 2. Mount Carmel (Colored). The Rev. W. H. Jernagin will preach a Mother’s Day sermon on “Mother’s Devotion.” At the evening service a representative from the A. M. E. Conference will speak. Zion, Southwest (Colored). The Rev. A. Joseph Edwards has for his subject Sunday morning “A Mother’s Cross.” Special music by the vested choir. At 4 pm. the Sunday schoo! will hold its annual vesper service in the interest of the Vacation Bible School. At 8 pm. the Men’s Club will present a liter- ary and musical program in con- nection with its bench rally. The Rev. Arthur D. Gray, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church, will be the guest preacher. New Mount Zion (Colored). The Banks Seminary Chorus of Seminary, Va., will present the gos- pel in song tomorrow at 8 pm. Second (Colored). Mother’s Day will be observed to- morrow. Dr. J. L. 8. Holloman will THE EVENING THE REV.J. HERRICK HALL. New Pastor Will Begin Work at Fifth Baptist The Rev. J. Herrick Hall, recently called from the First Baptist Church of New Orleans, La., to be assistant to Dr. John E. Briggs and minister of music, will begin his duties to- morrow at Fifth Baptist Church. He will preach the Mother’s Day sermon at 11 am. and sing at the services. Dr. Briggs will preach at 7:45 pm. on “Half Way Houses.” Dr. Briggs will teach the Darling- ton Berea Bible Class at 9:30 am., William Pierxon the Mooney Baraca Class and Deacon J. R. Tune the Philathea Class. Columbia Heights Christian Mother’s Day will be celeprated tomorrow. Attendants to the serv- ices are asked to wear a white carnation if mother has “passed on” and a red carnation if mother 1s still alive. The sermon topic will be “Stewardship of Life.” In the eve- ning the Rev. A. P. Wilson will continue his series on “Great Chap- ters of the Bible,” taking the first chapter of the Gospel of John, “The Incarnation.” § The mother-daughter banquet will be held Wednesday at 6:30 The men will serve the tables in honor of mothers and daughters. The church board will meet Thurs- day evening. Schedule of Activities Builders of Civilization.” Com- munion service and the reception to new members will be held at 4 p.m. A home talents program will be presented in the evening. Miss Laura A. Robinson will speak at 10 am., when a special Mother’s Day program will be presented by the Adult Bible Class. Florida Avenue (Colored). The Rev. Robert L. Rollins will have for his subject at 11 am. “Mother Standing by the Cross.” Music by the senior choir. Preach- ing by the pastor, 8 pm. Third (Colored). Mother’s Day will be observed to- morrow. The guest speaker at 11 am. is Mrs. S. W. Gresham. At 8 pm. Dr. George O. Bullock will preach the annual sermon to the drill team of the Grand United Or- der of Odd Fellows. The junior choir will sing. Capitol View (Colored). The Rev. J. Clarke Griffin will preach on “Hannah, the Mother of Samuel” at 11 am. The junior choir will present a playlet, “Trib- ute to Mother,” at 3:30 pm. There will be a special program under the auspices of the Men’s Club at 8 pm. Mount Bethel (Colored). Dr. K. W. Roy will preach at 11 am. on “The Encircling Love and Loyalty of Mother.” A special pro- gram at 3 pm. will feature the Government Chorus. At 8 p.m. the Rev. B. C. Robinson will be the guest speaker. First (Colored). A memorial period in honor of the late pastor, the Rev. M. N. Newsom, will be observed tomorrow. The Rev. T. Ewell Hopkins will speak on “Some Promises That Af- fect Living.” “Words and Music,” honoring mother, will be featured at 8 pm. The senior choir will sing at both services. On May 15 the Rev. A. H. 8. John- son and his congregation will be presented by the Young Women's Christian Development Guild in a special service. Mount Pisgah (Colored). Mother’'s Day will be observed. The Rev. Lloyd N. Young will preach at 11:30 a.m. and 8:30 pm. ‘The guest speaker at 3:30 pm. is the Rev. Reid from Ebenezer Bap- tist Church, Alexandria, Va. ' On ‘Wednesday night a special program by the Gospel Melody Chorus. Christian Third. The Rev. C. N. Williams will preach at 11 a.m. on “Is Christianity & Souvenir?” There will be Mother’s Day music by the choir. Park View. “The Mother of a Great Man” will be the subject of the Rev. J. Lloyd Black at 11 am. and at 8 | pm., “The Holy Spirit.” A series of studies on the life of Christ will be conducted by the pastor each week beginning on Thursday eve- ning. Fifteenth Street. Combined Mother’s Day program For the feast of the descent of | preach at 11 am. on “Mothers, the | at 10 a.m. with pageant. Message by the Holy Ghost on the Apostles at _Pentecost, St. Paul's Church, on Twenty-third street, near Washing- .ton Circle, has arranged special .music for the day, sung by the choir of men and boys. The cele- brant of the eucharist will be the Rev. George B. Kinkead, assisted by the Rev. William F. Weber, jr., of Montgomery, W. Va. The sermon will be preached by the rector, the Rev. Arlington A. McCallum, who has for his subject “The Holy Spirit—the Lord and Life Giver.” Solemn evensong and benediction ‘will be held at 8 pm. The master ©of ceremonies’ will be Wales H. Jack, and he will be assisted by W. C. Cooper as thurifer and Albert ‘Thompson as boat boy. Immaculate Conception BIBLE FAVORITES STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ., SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1940, Service Arranged By Spiritual Council At Catholic U. Student Dedication to Our Blessed Mother Will Be Read by Miss Brown The eighth annual intercollegiate celebration in honor of the blessed mother of God, our mother, under the title, “Seat of Wisdom,” will be held tmorrow in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the Catholic University campus, and will coincide with the popular observance of Mother’s day. Sponsored by the students’ spir- itual council of Catholic University, the program will be under the aus- pices of the students of Georgetown Visitation College. The services will include the student dedication to our blessed mother, which will be recited by Miss Anne Therese Brown of Georgetown Visitation College. The hymns will be sung by the Catholic University choir. Benediction of the most blessed sacrament will be celebrated by the Most Rev. Joseph M. Corrigan, Bishop of Bilta and rector of Cath- olic University. The Rev. James W. Nugent will serve as deacon, and the Rev. William E. Galvin, as subdea- con. The Rev. Willlam J. Lallou will be the master of ceremonies. The Rev. Dr. Patrick K. Skehan, instructor in Semitic languages, will preach the sermon. The general direction of the celebration is in charge of the Rev. Dr. George B. Stratemeier, chaplain of the univer- sity. % Preceding the exercises, there will be a procession on the campus, be- ginning at 3:30 pm. in which all Catholic college students of the Dis- trict of Columbia have been invited to participate. The Catholic Uni- versity Band will head the parade. ‘The schools invited to participate include Georgetown Visitation Col- lege, . Trinity College, Immaculata Junior College, Dumbarton College, Georgetown University, the Newman pm. | Clubs of George Washington and Howard Universities, the religious houses affiliated with Catholic Uni- versity and the faculty and students of the university. L4 the Rev. Leslie L. Bowers on “Our Mother.” At 8 p.m., sermon topic, “A Christian’s Heart.” This will be the last of a series on “The Identi- fication Marks of a Christian.” Congregational Ingram Memorial, In observance of Mother's Day the Rev. Frederick J. Bishop will use as his topic “Pilgrim Mothers” at 11 am. Special Mother’s Day program in the Sunday school. Plymouth (Colored). The Rev. Arthur D. Gray will have as the subject of his Mother’s Day sermon “The House a Woman Builds.” At 6 pm. the Service Club will hold a Mother’s Day service. Dr. Ambrose Caliver, senior spe- cialist in the Department of Edu- cation, will be the guest speaker., Lincoln (Colored). Mother’s Day exercises will be observed. Dr. R. W. Brooks will speak on “Mothers In a Day of Crisis.” Holy communion will be celebrated. The vested chorus choir, with Miss Cleota Collins as soloist, will render selected music. The Men's Brotherhood meets at 10:15 am. The guest speaker, Miss Dorothy I. Height, executive sec- retary of the Phyllis Wheatlev Y. W. C. A, will discuss “The Mean- ing of Mother’s Day Today.” Episcopal All Saints’, The Rev. Henry Telier Cocke will observe the feast of Pentecost, with holy communion at 11 a.m. on Sun- day and will have as his theme “Womanhood.” There will also be an early service at 7:30 o'clock with holy communion. Church of Our Saviour. Holy communion at 7:30 am. Morning r and sermon at 11 o'clock. The Rev. Alvin Lamar Wills will have as his subject “Attaining the Abundant Life” The Woman's Guild is having a silver tea at the home of Miss Jean Molster, 1237 Lawrence street NE. from 4 to 6 o'clock. Every one invited. Daughters of the King. The Rev. Willlam R. Moody of Christ Church, Baltimore, will be the guest preacher at the last stated meeting. It will be the presentation service of the Master’s fund and will be held at the Church of the Nativity on May 13 at 8 p.m. Ascension. There will be celebrations of the holy communion at 8 and 11 o'clock tomorrow. Canon Wolven will at the latter service, and those who were confirmed last Sunday will re- ceive their first holy communion. Church of the Epiphany. Holy communion at 8 a.m. Morn- ing prayer and sermon by the Rev. Mr. Fraser at 11. Evening prayer and sermon by the Rev. Dr. Yarnall at 8 pm. On Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun week there will be two cele- brations of the holy communion daily at 7:30 and 11 a.m. ‘There will also be two celebrations of the holy | | “In Our Hearts Abide.” Dr. Harris fo Preach On "At the Altar of Motherhood’ Infant Baptism to Be Part of Service at Foundry Methodist “At the Altar of Motherhood” will be the Mother’s Day title of the ser- mon by Dr. Frederick Brown Harris at 11 am. in Foundry Methodist Church. Infant baptism will be & part of the service. Evva Noel, vio- linist, and Joshua Tyler, harpist, and two guest soloists, Bernadette Crouch and Geraldine Rice, will assist in the musical program by the - At 8 p.m. Miss Rice will sing “One Sweetly Solemn Thought,” and Dr. Harris’ address will be on “Faith of Our Mothers.” % From 3 to 6 pm. Dr. and Mrs. Harris and Dr. and Mrs. Ford will Jjoin Foundry members and friends who live in nearby Virginia, at a tea at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Art Brown, 3818 N. Military road, Arlington, Va. At the Tuesday morning meeting of the women's societies of the church, Miss Ruby Sia of Foochow, China, a delegate to the General Conference, will be speaker. A meeting cf parents and teachers of the elementarv division in the Letts Building at 8 p.m. Wednesday will be addressed by the Rev. H. E. Wornom, director of religious edu- cation at the Chevy Chase Presby- terian Church. His subject will be “Developing Concepts of God.” the guest Wallace Memorial Dr. C. E. Hawthorne will preach at 11 a.m. tomorrow on “The Dyna- mite of God” and at 8 p.m. on “The 8Son of David.” ‘The parents will be honored in the annual tea by the Intermediate and Senior Christian Endeavor So- cleties at 5:15. At 6 p.m. they will present a program of special music followed by a talk by the Rev. Harry V. Porter, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. The Newlyweds Class will hold & dinner on Tuesday at 6:30. DR. HERBERT LOCKYER. Dr, Lockyer to Open Bible Conference Dr. Herbert Lockyer will open a week's Bible conference at 11 am. tomorrow at First Brethren Church, using as his subject “Palms and Willows.” At 8 p.m. his subject will be “The Greatest Text in the Bible.” He will speak each evening next week at 8 o'clock. The subjects follow: Monday, “Giving God a Chance”; Tuesday, “Is Christ’s Com- ing Soon?”; Wednesday, “Human | Imperatives”; Thursday, “Thirty Pieces of Silver”; Friday, “What to Believe.” There will be afternoon services at 2:30 o'clock from Tues- day through Friday, when he will speak on “The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit.” The public is invited. Dr. J. B. Kelly to Begin Series of Sermons Dr. John Bailey Kelly, minister of the Georgetown Presbyterian Church, will begin a series of sermons at 11 a.m.’ tomorrow on “The Christian Basis of Society.” The special topics are: Tomorrow: “The Christian Conception of the Family”; May 19, “The Christian Conception of the Church,” and May 26, “The Christian Conception of the State.” CHURCH NEWS. A Lesson for the Week The Man Who Wrote So as To Make His Readers Run By WILLIAM T. ELLIS, Shake hands, Habakkuk. You and we are caught in the same net of bewilderment. We sympathize with your problem, for it is ours also—and the most baffiing that has ever confronted humanity. Some of us mod- erns have worried ourselves into insane asylums over it; more have had aflmmmdjwtnoemwto(mcbylt. That is today’s Number One Put'dl'nply, in colloquial language, this question is, “How can & good God stand for what is going on¢- in the world today, and still His job as God Almighty?” More than 2500 years ago, Ha- bakkuk faced this all-powerful Chaldean army toward Judah, and the social and political in- Jjustices within the nation itself, were the factors that bewildered him; just as Hitler and Sta- lin and Japan, and our own in- W. T. Ellis. ternal evils, baffle thoughtful per- sons today. Where is God while the Jews and the Czechs and Poles and Finns and Ethiopians and Chi- nese go to unmerited martyrdom? Is His ear no longer open to mortal cry? Is His arm shortened that it cannot save. Will he complacently regard the evid deeds of the pros- perous wicked, and the woes of the righteous? e ‘This long-ago writer—for Habak- kuk was a writing prophet, and not & preaching prophet—was no per- fumed optimist, blind to life’s ugly realities. He did not go about sprin- kling rose water on filth. He, like every other man worthy to be called a prophet, faced realities. He saw things as they were, with God, ap- parently on the losing side, tri- umphed over by wickedness. ‘That same test of faith is our hard lot today. While a shallow-pated crew cry. heedlessly, “On with the dance!” and give themselves to the pursuit of pleasure, all sensitive, thoughtful persons find themselves freshly confronted by this ancient problem of evil for the moment vic- n Washington Churches Lutheran St. Stephen’s Evangelical. ‘The festival of Pentecost and Mother’s Day will be observed at 11 am, with the administration of the Lord’s Supper. The communion meditation will be “Greater Love.” ‘The choir will sing K. E. Roberts’ Mrs. Grace Minnick and Mrs. Emily Tennyson | will also sing the duet “Come Holy Spirit.” A meeting of the Church Coun- cil will be held Tuesday at 8 o'clock. St. Mark’s. At 11 am. a class of young people will be received into the church by the rite of confirmation. The Rev. J. Luther Frantz wijl preach on “The Gates of the Temple.” A Mother's Day service will be held at 5:30 pm. Tea will be served, followed by the special program. On Wednesday at 8 p.m. the Mis- sionary Soclety will have as their guest speaker Mrs. Harold Hubler of the Virgin Islands, who will tell of her experiences in the islands the last two years. Methodist Aldersgate. Mother’s day service at 11 am,, with sermon by the Rev. F. L. Mor- rison on “The Honor We Do Them.” Baptism of infants and reception of members. Preaching at 8 pm. Congress Street. The Harrison Bible Class will meet tomorrow at 9:45 am. Chief 8. T. Porter, first vice president, will preside. Ted R. Hill will have charge of the lesson. Dr. Hirl A. Kester, pastor, will give a short talk. Representative Sam Hobbs of Alabama will be the guest speak- er. The lesson theme is “Habakkuk Flights Through Doubt to PFaith.” Mother’s Day will be observed at 11 am. and Dr. Kester will on “An Old-Time Mother.” At 8 p.nlll. his theme will be “A Woman'’s Fall” Rhode Island Avenue. A special Mother’s Day program has been arranged for tomorrow morning. Dr, Edgar A. Sexsmith will speak on “The Influence of Mother.” ‘The choir will render special music. The service will conclude with the reception of members. Dr. Sex- smith has as his subject Sunday evening “Credentials of Christi- anity.” The service will open with an old-fashion hymn sing. Road. Dr. Heber Stone will speak at 11 am. on “The Glory of Motherhood.” The sacrament of baptism will be administered. At 8 p.m. the annual Bible story-telling contest will be held, with members of the church school competing. Refreshments served after the pro- gram. On Tuesday evening the Hiller Class will show the pictures of “The Pageant of Brides” at the nome of Mr. R. M. Speelman, 153 Rhode Island avenue N.E. The Baraca-Philathea Class will have an evening of “laughs” in the aflxurch parlors on Wednesday at pm. Metropolitan Memorial. communion on Thursday at 7:30| The Whitsunday festival will be and 11, observed with a sermon by the Rev. Isaiah 36, 37:2 Chronicles preach | terday. Willlam Andrew Keese on “The Pentecostal Church.” Students of | the American University will be guests with their mothers in the service. ‘The canvassers in the annual| visitation will report to the church | Monday at 9 pm. | Ryland. “Appreciating the Mother of | Jesus” is the theme of the Rev. Karl | G. Newell at 11 am. There will be| music appropriate to Mother’s Day. | At 8 pm. the theme will be “Salute | Priscilla.” A congregational supper and open quarterly conference will be held Thursday at 6:30. Dr. Edgar C. Beery, district superintendent, will preside. There will be election of church officers. Brookland. On_Sunday morning the Rev. J. M. Gillum will preach on “The Task of Motherhood.” Mrs. Thelma Mills Rector will sing “Mother, My Dear,” by Treharne, and the chorus choir will render the anthem “He Is Watching Over Israel,” by Men- delssohn. At the evening service the pastor will preach on “The Promise That Never Fails.” Chevy Chase. The Rev Edward Gardner Latch will have “The Meaning of Pente- | cost” as his theme at 11 am. New | members will be received. Union. | Mother’s Day will be appropri- ately observed in the church school and in the worship services. Dr. John R. Edwards will preach at 11 am. on “The Modern Mother.” ‘The choir will sing Feunod’s “Un- fold Ye Portals.” Miss Alice will sing “A Mother’s Prayer,” by Arnstein. The pastor’s subject for the evening is “A Mother of Yes- .” Mrs. Wililam B. Cafky, chorister, will sing “My Mother’s Bible,” by Tillman. Mr. and Mrs. Georgé Gardner of Hyderabad, India, will speak Thurs- day at 8 pm. and will show moving pictures of village life in South India under the title “Yessudas the Outcaste.” | Wesley. At 11 a.m. the Rev. Mr. Neff will preach on “Behold Thy Mother.” Parents of the young people are in- vited to attend a special Mother’s Day program at 6 pm. Dr. Karl Cervenka, first secretary of the Czecho-Slovak . Legation, will speak on “Czecho-Slovakia and the Euro- pean Situation.” : First. Mother’s day will be celebrated at all of the services. At 10 am. the church school services will be in charge of three mothers. At 11 am. the Rev. A. F. T. Raum will use as his subject “Our Mothers.” At 8 pm. the young people will have charge of the service in honor of their mothers. Mrs. Raum will be the guest mother to speak. Contee A, M. E. Z. A special sermon will be preached on Mother’s Day by the Rev. Abra- ham C. Duffie or a visiting minister from the General Conference. Spe- cial music by the senior choir. At :30 pm. service in the interest of the Missionary Department. The Rev. Robert L. Duncan from the Galbraith A. M. E. Zion Church will preach. The junior choir will furnish music. At 8 pm. a program in honor of mothers will be presented. The senior choir will sing. North Carolina Avenue. “Honoring Motherhood” is the theme of Dr. B. I. Barnes at 11 am. The Homebuilders Class will leave the parsonage at 2 pm. for an outing to “The Cabin.” Mem- bers of the annual canvass team will meet at the church on Wednes- day evening. A waffle supper will be served by the !;oomeb\nlderx Class on Friday at 5:30. Metropolitan A. M. E. At 11 am, sermon by a visitor from the A. M. E. Z. Church; 6:30 pm., mother’s day program by the A. C. E. League; 8 pm. mother’s day program by the Sarah All Mite Missionary Society; Andrew N. White, speaker. Israel C. M. E. The Rev. L. S. Brannon will speak on “The Characteristics of a Good | Mother” at 11 am. Special music by senior choir. At 3:30 pm. the Rev. Mr. Brannon will be the guest speaker at Miles Memorial C. M. E. Church. His choir will furnish the music. The pastor will preach at 8 pm. A. M. E. will be observed by the pastor on “The Sacredness of Mother” at 11:30 am. The pastor and congre- gation of the Fairmont Heights Pilgrim Mother’s Day with preaching King | Baptist Church will pay & return visit in the afternoon. The Sunday school will render a literary and musical program as a tribute to “Mother” and conduct & popularity contest at 8 pm. Allen A. M. E. At 11 am. Dr. G. Oliver Wing will speak on “Mother’s Love.” The senior vested choir will sing. At 3:30 p.m. a Mother's Day program. At 8 pm. the annual thanksgiving service of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America. Ser- mon by Dr. Wing. Randall Memorial (Colored). Mother’s Day tomorrow. At 11 am., sermon by the Rev. E. Curry on “Real Mothers.” Music by the choir; 3 p.m., program by the children, directed by Mrs. Frances M. Curry; 8 pm,, service in honor of mothers, directed by Robert Hamilton with music by his chorus. On Thursday at 8 pm. the first quarterly conference will be held by the Rev. E. A. Love, district superintendent. Presbyterian Western. On Sunday morning Dr. Dunham will preach a Mother’s Day sermon, “Our Priceless Heritage.” Metropolitan. Special services wili be held. In the morning Dr. J. L. Fendrich, jr., will preach to mothers on “Our Other Mothers.” At 6 p.m. the sacrament (See ACTIVITIES, Page A-15.) Isaiah’s Message to the King K¢ | torious. It takes faith and knowl- edge of Scripture to sustain one during such dark days. There are seers, like Edwin Mark- ham, who passed from us a few weeks ago, who could cry, in darkest days: “Take heart, O soul of sorrow, and be strong! There is One greater than the whole world’s wrong. "Nou;\txthnmuutmwmdw crown. No wrong so high but He will hurl it down.” The more familiar lines of James fiusull Lowell sound the sgme note: “Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne— Yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own.” To Habakkuk came the same con- viction, of the ultimate triumph of God’s holy will. He stood upon his watchtower and was bidden to write plainly the great reassurance of faith; that “though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay ” Everybody knows the saying, that “he who runs may read,” which is a clear inversion of the word given unto Habakkuk: “Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.” That is to say, the writing is to be so plain that whosoever reads it will run with its tidings. Not legibility, but motivity is the idea. The vision is not for the casual glance of the swift passerby; it is a message which sets every reader to running. Its truth is so clear that it compels action. There we have the rule for all great writing: Make it plain, clear, compelling, beyond any misunder- standing. Literature is not a mere collection of beautiful words and | phrases, that win admiration for | themselves. Great literature is that which sets the reader to running; starts great impulses and purposes. In the opening sentences of his prophecy, Habakkuk echoes the writer man’s sense of burden over that which he has seen and must impart. To be a watchman upon the walls of one’s times; to be brood- ing night and day upon life and its meanings, to catch the common sig- nificance of far-removed and seem- ingly unrelated phenomena, to find simple, strong and arresting words in which to express the message that has been given—this is the writer- prophet’s burden. A multitude of men and women are writing upon our times, even as Habakkuk wrote upon his times. How may we make our vision so plain in print that it will set men’s feet speeding with the tidings of God and righteous- ness and peace? Habakkuk got his message across at last, in the majestic strophes of daily prayer of millions—“Thy king- dom come, Thy will be done’—is steadily being answered, in ways be- yond human ken. | We cannot easily see this, and so, | like this old Hebrew prophet, we struggle with sincere questionings. A | modern poet declares: | “There’s more faith in honest doubt | Than in half your creeds.” | By our short views, judging only from the evidence of today and the | near-at-hand, the Almighty seems | to be on the losing side. Many-faced, hydra-headed evil appears to have the right of way in our time. But hold on; the evidence is not all in. It must be accumulated from a wide expanse of time and space. Factors not immediately obvious must be taken into account. God is not a local retail merchant, whose accounts can be cast up by an ac- countant in an hour. His is whole- sale business, extending over a wide area of time and place, the workings of which are not easily perceived. As the Italian proverb says, “God does not pay every Saturday, but He always pays.” His ways are not our ways, and His word bids us “wait on the Lord.” Ability to wait in con- fidence, and to trust when we cannot see, is the faith that overcomes the world. Habbakkuk saw evil vic- torious for a time, but, by faith, he also saw God working His out in the longer stretch of time that He needs for His vast designs. The Sunday school lesson for May 12 is, “Habakkuk Fights Through Doubt to Faith.”— Habakkuk. St. Thomas to Have Two Commuhions On Whitsunday at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church there will be two celebrations of the holy communion at 8 and 11 am. Dr. Howard 8. Wilkinson, the rector, will preach at 11 am. and address the young people at 7 pm. Garfleld Swift, the baritone solo- ist, will sing at the 11 o'clock service. A meeting of the vestry will be held in the rector’s office at 4:30 pm. Monday. - ‘The preacher next Sunday at 11 am. will be the Rev. Walter W. Gale, assistant to the rector. Dr. ‘Wilkinson will present Arthur Henry lhrlh.a:;u o{ th;u fln%lfllh for ording a 'ashington Cathedral that morning. Dr. Ray Returns From Conference ‘Dr.. Clifton K. Ray, pastor of Epworth Methodist Church, has re- turned from the General Conference of the Methodist Church in Atlantic City, N. J., and will preach at 11 on “The Beauty of Mothers hood.” At a special 10 a.m. service he will baptize babies. Dr. Ray will preach on “The Message of the ‘The young people’s department at 7 pam. will have a pageant, “Mothers of America.” Ishmael Burton will lecture at 7 pm. on “What Every Methodist Should Know.” . ‘The annual Mnther's Day custom of making gifts io the Raw & for the Aged at Galtuenburg, Md be obeerved in the church and X3 will BSunda: