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CHURCH NEWS. News of the Bible Classes Activities of Interest to Local Organizatio By PAGE McK. ETCHISON, President Organized Bible Class Association. The Women's Bible Class of the the following officers: Miss Susan D. First Congregational Church elected Richards, president; Mrs. Arthur L. Smith, vice president; Miss Grace Hurd, recording secretary; Miss Emma Heald, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Flora Paige assistant treasurer. Mr: tomorrow morning. J. S. Mitchell, treasurer, and Miss s. E. C. Alvord, teacher, will speak Jimmy Bloodworth, second baseman of the Washington base ball team, joined the Vaughn Class of - Calvary Baptist Church last Sun- day. He was presented for mem- bership by Class President. J. St. Clair Hambly. Tomorrow will be Decision Day. Linn C. Drake will taach the lesson; William S. Har- way, Jack Wagoner and Carl Bo- gardus will assist in the program.| Charles 1. Haycraft will sing. | The Ella H. Walker Philathea Class of Calvary Methodist Church elected officers at its annual § business and so- cial meeting at 3 | Vacation Lodge of the Y. W. C. A, Cherrydale, Va. They are: Miss Edith Was- muth, presiden! Mrs. Elsie Bis . ler, vice presi- | dent; Miss Ha- zel Shoup, sec- retary; Miss Edna Compton, treasurer; Miss Grace Healy, at- Mr. Etchison. tendance s tary; Miss Jessie Lee | Ingram, corresponding secretary, and Judge J. W. Thompson, teacher. The Paul A. Menzel Class of Con- | cordia Evangelical and Reformed Church is co-operating in the an- nual church picnic next Saturday in Rock Creek Park | | | ‘Wood Class of Waugh Methodist Church will hold a business and social meeting to- day at 8 pm. at the home of Mrs. Gertrude M. Donovan, 1735 D street NE. Miss Wedding and Miss Tur- ner will assist Mrs. Donovan as hostesses. The Phi Gamma Kappa Class of Metropolitan Baptist Church will hold a business meeting at the home of Mr, and Mrs. P. L. Rogers on Tuesday evening. An outdoor supper will be served. A patriotic rogram will be given. Frank J alliday will speak on "Hahn_s. The class will conduct the service at the Northeast Mission on Wednesday evening. William Bai- lev will be in charge of the pro- gram and the class president, Jack | Frost, will speak. ‘ The A. B. Pugh Bible Class of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church will be taught tomorrow morning by Justice Bolitha J. Laws. Reports on the annual attendance and membership contest will be made by the chairman. Mrs, John W. Smith will speak to the adult department at 9:30 am. on “The Child in the Midst. Special music will be given by the male quartet of the church choir. Hillman Harris will be the guest teacher of the Drake Bible Class of Calvary Baptist Church tomor- row morning. Herbert Irvin will be in charge of the devotional program. Mrs. Julia Brueggman and Mrs. Martha McMillin will sing a duet. Claydon Collins will preside. William R. Schmucker. treasurer of the Organized Bible Class Asso- ciation, will be the guest teacher at the Potomac Chapel Men's Bible Class of Potomac Methodist Church. President Norman Ingalls will be in charge. The Philathea and Yaden Bible Classes of the Petworth Baptist Church will hold their annual picnic today in Rock Creek Park. The Philathea Class will hold a business meeting Monday evening. Mrs. Pearl May High will be hostess. Miss Thurston’s class of the Cov- | enant-First Presbyterian Church will hold its closing session for the season tomorrow morning. Miss| Mabe Nelson Thurston will spenk‘ on “Malachi Demands Honesty | Toward God.” The Florence M. Brown Class| ofg Calvry Baptist Church will hold a business meeting Tues-‘ day at 8 pm. The class will be‘ in charge of the services at the Receiving Home for Children to- morrow at 3 pm. | | The Box Bible Class of Emory Methodist Church will hold its 18th annual summer outing next Satur- day at Elmer Johnson's cottage, Broadwater Beach, Md. John Gard- ner, president, will be in charge of the class session tomorrow morning. The Class in Comparative Religion of all Souls’ Church will hold its closing session of the season to- morrow at 10 am. Mrs. Selina G.! Schultz will review the work of the class during the last year, and the annual meeting and election of of- ficers will be held. The class will reopen in September. Charles C. Haig will discuss “The Prophecies of Jonah and Daniel” at the session of the O. W. L. Bible Class of the Covenant-First Presby- | terian Church tomorrow morning. Carl Bock will speak to the Men's | Bible Class of Mount Rainier Chris- | tian Church tomorrow morning on *Ezekiel Teaches Personal Respon- sibility.” The annual fishing trip will be held next Saturday. | The Fidelis Class of National Baptist Memorial Church will hold the Fidelis Tacky Mystery Sister Party at the home of Ola Lyon, 311 South Edgewood, Arlington, Va. Tuesday evening. Cars will leave the ehurch at 7:30 p.m. The Men's Bible Class of Eld- brooke Methodist Church will hold its last meeting tomorrow morning until September. E. A. Swingle will give the closing message of the Old Testament course which he has given during the year. His theme tomorrow will be: “From Genesis to | Malachi.” Harold 8. King of the Executive Committee of the Organized B“"ei Class Assosiation will present a| historical motion picture program on the work of the association at a meeting of the Alpha and Brother- hood Bible Classes of St. Mark's Lutheran Church Wednesday eve- ning. The Harrison Bible Class of Con- | ern Baptist take a group picture of the class at the close of the morning ses sion tomorrow. All class riembers are urged to be present. Dr. Elmer Louis Kayser, teacher of the class, | | will speak at the class session. Dr. Brooks Will Preach At Universalist Memorial “Personal Religion in the Face of | Crisis” is the topic of Dr. Seth R. Brooks, minister of the Universal- ist National Memorial Church to- morrow at 11 am. The National Capital Choir will sing and H. Jerome Graham will be at the organ. The Young People's Christian Union will meet at the church at 6 pm. Rock Creek Park. After supper Dr. Brooks will tell Bible stories. The Women's Association will hold its annual picnic at Palisades Park on Tuesday. Automobiles will be at the church from 10 to 10:45. The Board of Management will meet in the Romaine-Van Schaick room Tuesday evening The women will sew for the Red Cross on Friday from 10 to 3 pm. and from 7 to 9:30 pm. Chup-erJ_the Redeemer Corner Stone to Be Laid The corner stone of the new | Chapel of the Redeemer will be laid | sketch this afternoon at 5 o'clock by Bishop James E. Freeman, assisted by the vicar, the Rev. M. M. Perkins, and officials of the department of mis- sions. The service tomorrow morning at Thomas G. Spence, lay reader. for an outdoor meeting in| Bishop Stamm Speaks Tomorrow at Albright Church Dedication Dr. and Mrs. Weaver To Be Guests of Honor At Banquet Tuesday Albright Church will rededicate the present building, which has been completely refurnished, and dedicate the first unit of the sanctuary in services tomorrow at 11 am. and 7:45 pm. The guest preacher and dedicator will be Bishop John S, Stamm of Harrisburg, Pa., of the eastera area of the Evengelical Church. At 11 am. he will preach the dedicatory sermon and at 7:45 pm. he will deliver the dedicatory ad- dress and lead in the dedicatory ritual. He will be assisted by the Rev. George E. Schnabel. The three choirs will present a group of an- thems, and for the evening service they will be augmented by the choir from the Beverly Hills Church, Alex- andria, Va. On Tuesday the dedication ban- quet will be held, with Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Weaver as the guests of honor. Dr. Weaver is the District Superintendent of the York district of the Central Pennsylvania Con- ference, The guest speakers will be Mrs. C. Newton Kidd of Baltimore, president of the Woman’'s Mission- ary Society Branch of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, and At- | torney Theodore McKeldin of Balti- more. Following the banquet and | speaking, the women and men will | adjourn to their respective rooms for dedicatory services. The ladies’ par- lor will be dedicated in honor of | Miss Susan Bauernfeind, a mission- ary of Tokio, Japan. Mrs. Samuel Stewart will preside at this dedication, and Mr. George Corbin will preside at the dedication of the new clubroom. Mrs. A. F. | Weaver will deliver the biographical of Miss Bauernfeind's 40 | vears of service, and Dr. Weaver | will speak at the men’s clubroom dedication. The structure, with the repairs, has cost $30.000. The architects | were A. B. Lowstutter, and asso- | 9:30 o'clock will consist of morning| ciated with him was John Savolaine. | prayer and address, conducted by | Both are members of the congre- | gation. Baptist Bethany. Children’s Day will be observed at both morning and evening serv- ices. In the evening a pageant, “Let the Little Ones Come,” will be presented in the church hall. The Stevenson Bible Class conduct the service at Central Union Mission Tuesday evening. A strawberry festival will be held on the church lawn Wednesday will from 5 to 10 o'clock. The pastor | and his wife with several members of the church will attend the South- Convention in Balti- more next week. ‘Wisconsin Avenue. Combined Children's Day and church program, 9:30 to 11:45 am. The Rev. C. R. Ferguson will close the program with an message on “The Three R's” as the subject. “The Regenerated Soul in a Large Place” will be his topic at 8 pm, ‘Temple. Children's Day will be observed with a special program at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. R. L. Gregory will speak at 8 p.m. on “Except Ye Repent.” Brookland. “Our Master and Our Teacher” will be the subject of the Rev. M. C. | Stith at 11 am. and at 8 pm. “For Best Living.” At the close of the evening service the ordinance of baptism will be observed. Baptist Home Board. Board of Lady Managers of the! Baptist Home will hold a business meeting at Calvary Baptist Church on Monday at 10:30 am. Mrs. H. B. Hoofnagle, president, will preside. Grace. Children’s Day service will be held at 10:45. There will be a dedicatory service by the pastor. In the eve- ning at 8 o'clock the assistant pas- | tor, W. L. MacMillan, will preach. Rehoboth (Colored). “Prayers That Cannot Fail” is the topic of the Rev. Mr. Johnson's morning discourse. In the after- noon there will be a reception of new members and the Lord’s supper. | At 7:30 the pastor will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the gradu- ates and students of the Washing- ton Baptist Seminary. “Equipped for the Conquest” will be his theme. On Monday there will be & quintu- plet wedding. The Rev. W. H. Skipwith, evan- gelist, will preach Wednesday night. The senior choir will serve dinner on Friday. Liberty (Colored). Dr. Hampton T. Gaskins will preach 11 am. on “Parents’ Duty to Children”; 3:30 p.m. a special ser- mon will be preached to the I. Tol- iver Club; 8 p.m. the Sabbath School will render a program. Zion (Colored). Children’s Day will be observed at 11 am. The Senior Christian Endeavor Society will hold a special service at 6 pm. The guest speaker will be Mrs. Mary Mason Jones, president Teachers’ Union, Local No. 27, and vice president of the illustrated | y Gospel Mission to Hold Evangelistic Meetings Evangelistic meetings will be held at the Gospel Mission, 810 Fifth street N.W., daily at 7:30 p.m., June 9 through June 21, Evangelist Glenn W. Wagner is a graduate of the Dallas Theological Seminary and for a year conducted a young people’s program over WISV known as the Gospel Twilight Hour. At the University of Illinois he was & member of the national champion- ship football team. His topics: June 9, “Judgment EVANGELIST GLENN W. WAGNER. —Star Staff Photo. Among the Nations”; Monday, “The Great Tribulation, Who Will See It?"; Tuesday, “Peace and Dictator- ship”; Wednesday “The First Sin in Heaven”; Thursday, “The First Sin on Earth”; Friday, “Can Man | Know That He Has Life?” and Sat- urday, “Greatest Hindrance to Re- vival.” Ted Crum, pianist, will assist in the services. The public is invited. | Fort Lincoln Church Services are held every Sunday at | 4 p.m. throughout the summer, fea- tured by the singing of Washington's | church choirs, with organ music and Deagan chimes and with brief de- votional messages by the Rev. Dale Crowley. The choir of the Brook- land Baptist Church will furnish | the music tomorrow. The public is | invited. C., SATURDAY, Calvary Methodist Congregation fo Hear Dr. Vernon N. Ridgely The Rev. O. G. Robinson, Pastor, Is Made a Doctor of Divinity At Calvary Methodist Church to- morrow, at 11 a.m,, the guest speaker will be Dr. Vernon N. Ridgely, former pastor, now minister of the Center Street Church, Cumberland, Md. Dr. Orris Robinson, pastor, will conduct the service and the Senjor Choir will sing. There will be no evening service. ‘The pastor has been in West- minster, Md., attending the sessions of the annual meeting of the Balti- more Conference. He and the Rev. Robert L. Wood and the Rev. J. Earle Cummings received at the college commencement exercises on Monday the degree of doctor of divinity. The Calvary Men's Class will con- duct the service at the Central Union Mission Monday evening. Charles Brett, Mr. Hodges and Mr, Kar will participate in the, service in charge of Henry Rhodes. Beginning next Sunday there will be two identical morning services, at 8:30 and 11 o'clock. Pageant Will Be Given At Epworth Methodist Sunday school day will be observed in Epworth Methodist Church at 11 a.m. tomorrow when a pageant en- titled “The Golden Chain,” written | by Martha Bayly and Roy E. Nolte and directed by Miss Grace Bush, will be presented. Parts will be por- | trayed by members of the Sunday | school. Dr. Clifton K. Ray is attending the annual conference at Westmin- ster, Md. He will return early next week. At 8 p.m. tomorrow, the serv- ices will be conducted by the young people’s department. The Joy and the Minot Bible Classes have arranged for a supper in the social rooms at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The postponed meeting of the Official Board will be held Wednes- day evening. JUNE 8, 1940 Dr. Montgomery Listed As Guest+Minister Dr. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House of Repre- sentatives, will be the guest min- ister at the Metropolitan Presby- terian Church tomorrow at 11 am. The young ladies’ choral groups will turnish the morning music. At 8 pm. Dr. Alton B. Altfather of Falls Church, Va. will preach. Music will be furnished by the Metropolitan Quartet. At 7:30 pm. the Christian En- deavor Society will hold a young DR.JAMES SHERA MONTGOMERY. people’'s communion service and in- | stallation of officers, with Dr. Alt- father presiding and the young peo- | vple taking the active parts. The new officers are: President, James MacFarland; vice president, Arlene | Appich; vice president of Social | Service Committee, Alice Robinson; | vice president of Program Commit- tee, Lucille Bailey; vice president | of Membership Committee, Janet Wertz; vice president of Social | Committee, Jane Chance; recording | secretary, Betty McInnes; corre- | sponding secretary, Janet Gaards- moe; treasurer, Charles Cooper; | | sergeant at arms, Jack Wise. lWestern Presbyterian Children’s Day will be observed | | tomorrow. At the morning service | Dr. Dunham will speak on “A Little | | Child.” The junior choir will sing.| CHURCH NE A Lesson for wvs the Week Dead Land’s Living Voice Carries Current Call By WILLIAM T. ELLIS. In the dead desert that was once Assyria, Babylonia and Persia the traveler finds countless ruins. were Ninevah and Babylon and Ur As T wandered over the desolations that and Niffur T seemed to hear echoes from the dead past, for these places were once peopled by living voices which have echoed down the ages. Foremost among them are the words of the Hebrew prophets, who there dwelt in bitter exile from their———— beloved homeland. Today we study one of the vivid utterances of the prophet Ezekiel, speaking from the shores Tigris River. His message was meant princi- pally for his own people, contaminated by their pagan en- vironment and confused in their religious thinking, but it is also pecul- farly a word for today. This is a stir. ring challenge to editors, preach- W. T. Ellis. ers, statesmen, teachers, parents and all who have a public responsi- bility—the watchmen upon the walls of society. Ezekiel brings all such up with a sharp turn. Theirs is a life-and-deatn responsibility. The blood of victims is upon their heads. Even in our English translation the burning eloquence of this message from Jehovah to His ancient prophet shines through: “So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore hear the word of My mouth and give them warning from Me. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand. Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way, to turn from it, and he turn not from his way, he shall die in his iniquity, but thou has delivered thy soul. “And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us. and we pine away in them; how then can we live? Say unto them, As I live, saith the Schedule of Activities i Woman's Trade Union League of | W. Williams preaching. Holy com-| ‘(l‘.e District of Columbia. Mrs Emma Tolson will preside p.m. the Rev. A. Joseph Edwards will preach. Mount Gilead (Colored). At 11 services conducted by the Rev. G. R. Page; 3:30 pm., Sunday | School cradle roll exercises; 6 pm.. | ception o new members, will be training union; 8 pm., sermon by the Rev. W. L. Turley on “God's Beckoning Sky Line.” Friendship (Colored). “Life More Abundantly” will be the subject of the Rev. B. H. Whit- |ing at 11 am. The Sunday School | will observe Children’s Day at 3:30 pm. A special sermon will be de- livered by the pastor to the Order of | Fishermen at 8 pm. Good Will (Colored). At 8| “The | Rev. T. W. Stewart will preach. | to See?” at 11 am. Children’s Day | munion will be served at 3:30 p.m.| Greatest Mystery in the World” will be the subject at 8 p.m. Second (Colored). Dr. J. L. 8. Holloman will preach | at 11 am. on “The God of Mira-| cles.” Communion service, with re-| held at 4 pm. In the evening the Capitol View (Colored). | The Rev. J. Clarke Griffin will| preach on “What Did You Come Out | program, 3:30 p.m. New Bethel (Colored). The Rev. Willilam D. Jarvis will | preach at 11 am. on “Five Ways to Happiness.” The Sunday School will have its | annual Children's Day parade at 10:30 a.m. In the morning Dr. James | L. Pinn will speak on “The Place of the Youth in the Church.” At 3:30 the Rev. Landon Morris, boy the evening Dr. Pinn will speak on “A Picture of Christian Efficiency.” Third (Colored). ences.” Rev. Herring of Alexandria, Va. will be the guest preacher at 8 pm. Sermon to the Masons, The senior choir will sing. Mount Carmel (Colored). At 11 am., sermon by the Rev. Leonard Terrell of Hackensack, N. J.; 8 pm, sermon by the Rev. W. H. Jernagin on “Some Things Moses and Samuel Could Not Do.” On | Monday at 8 pm., pre-concert of ! the New England Convention by five choirs. Mount Pisgah (Colored). The Rev. Lloyd N. Young will speak at 11:30 am. and 8:30 pm. The Rev. Edward Thomas will be ‘| the guest speaker at 3:30 pm. He is the pastor ®©f Little Zion Baptist Church, Burk, Va. Mount Bethel (Colored). Dr. K. W. Roy will preach at 11 am. on “The Day of Judgment.” He will also preach at 8 pm. Music by the senior choir. Trinity (Colored). Sunday is Children’s Day, begin- ning 10 am. Sunday school at 11:30 am. The pastor will preach on “Training Our Children Reli- giously.” All parents are invited to be the guests of their children at this service. At 4 pm. the children will render a program; 8 p.m., eve- ning worship. Florida Avenue (Colored). Children's Day and reorganization services will be observed Sunday at 11 am. Sermon by the Rev. Robert L. Rollins. At 8 p.m,, preaching by the pastor. Vermont Avenue (Colored). At 11 am. Dr. C. T. Murray will preach on “Jesus Answers the Ques- | tion Who Is the Greatest.” Serv- {ices will be held in the junior church at 11:20 am, the Rev. preacher, will deliver a sermon. In | Dr. George O. Bullock's topic at | 1 lam. is “Mountain top Experi- | | | | S.| auspices of the Deacons’ Federation. Christian Columbia Heights. Children's day will be celebrated tomorrow. The younger children's| program will be held at the Sunday school hour in Power Hall. The | topic at 11 a.m. will be “Christian- | ity and the Next Generation.” The | evening service will be in charge of | the youth groups with Maynard Eicher presiding. The church board will meet on Thursday evening. Fifteenth Street. At 11 am., sermon by the Rev. Leslie L. Bowers on “When God | Becomes Real.” At 8 p.m. the ser- |mon is “Is God Sure to Win?” On Thursday will be a session of | | the Bible - School Executive Com- mittee. Park View. “The Knock at the Door” will be the subject of the Rev. J. Lloyd Black at 11 am,, and at 8 pm,, “Thei Gospel of Lost Things.” The of- | ficial board at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. An illustrated lecture, “The March | of a Great Race” will ge a special feature of the progrém Monday | evening. Congregational People’s (Colored). As a feature of the Children’s Day observance Sunday morning the Rev. A. F. Elmes will present a story- message for the elementary depart- ments of the church school. The sermon for the day will be from the topic, “As a Little Child.” The Junior choir will sing. Lincoln (Colored). Dr. R. W. Brooks will speak on “On Knowing What to Do in a Storm.” The vested chorus choir, with Miss Cleota Collins as soloist, will render the music. Holy com- munion will be celebrated. Sons of the South, a quintet from Tuskegee, will sing two selections. The Men's Brotherhood meets at 10 am. The guest speaker, Dr. Walter G. Daniel, librarian, Howard University, will discuss “Christians on Vacation.” Men and women are invited. A union prayer service will be held with the People'’s Congregational Church Thursday evening, under the n Washington Churches Episcopal Church of the Epiphany. The services tomorrow are as fol- lows: Holy communion, 8 am.: primary graduation and closing ex- ercises at 9:30; Junior and Senior Bible Classes, 10 am.; morning prayer and special sermon by Dr. B. Phillips, 11 am.; evening prayer and sermon by the Rev. Mr. Fraser, 8 pm. On Tuesday, the Feast of St. Bar- nabas, there will be celebrations of the holy communion at 7:30 and 11 am. All Saints’. ‘The Rev. Henry Teller Cocke will have “Salvation” as his theme at 11 am. Holy communion at 7:30 am. Parents’ day will be observed in the Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. The closing meeting of the young people’s group will be held at 6 p.m. St. Agnes. There will be two masses tomor- row, 7 and 10 am,, by the Rev. A. J. Du Bois. Sunday school attendance prizes will be awarded at the 10 a.m. mass. The parish picnic, in Rock Creek Park, arter the 10 a.m. mass. Yransfiguration. Ten members of the Boys’ Club | will leave today with the Brother- hood of St. Andrew on a pilgrimage | to Jamestown and Williamsburg, Va. The services on Sunday are at 7:30, 9:30 and 11 am. The Rev. J. J. Queally will preach. Lutheran Georgetown. “The Lion and the Lamb"” will be the subject at 11 am. by the Rev. Harold E. Beatty. St. Mark's. Sunday will be Children's Day. The children will take part in the morning service in recitations and exercises. The theme of the service | is “The Child and the Church.” A. M. Cooper, superintendent of the Sunday school, will be the speaker, and there will be special music by‘ the church choir. On Wednesday, 8 pm., the Broth- | erhood will be hosts to the Alpha Bible Class. On Thursday, 8 pm,, service at the Central Union Mis- sion. St. Stephen’s Evangelical. At 8:45 and 11 a.m. the Rev, Sam H. Kornmann will have for his sub- Ject “The Parables of the Mustard and the Leaven.” A meeting of the Church Council will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. Lutheran Inner Mission. The society will hold services to- morrow in the tuberculosis wards of Gallinger Hospital. There will be a service in the Chil- dren’s Sanatorium at Glenn Dale in the afternoon, and the teachers will be from the various Lutheran churches. There will be & meeting of the board of the society June 14 at 8| pm. in the chapel of Luther Memo- rial Church. Mount Olivet (Colored). “Your Minister” is the subject of the Rev. Mr. Schiebel Sunday morn- |ing. After the service there will be | a brief confessional address by the pastor as an aid to self-examination ¥ preparation for the participation | of the holy sacrament of the altar | to be celebrated the following Sun- day. | . The following student members of | | the congregation returned home | from Immanuel Lutheran College, | Greensboro, N. C.: Ruth and Wil- | helmina Brown. Alfred Beaman, | James Edward Brown and Charles Ford. | Methodist | Aldersgate. At 11 am. the Rev. Percy Crit- tenden will preach. There will be no evening service as the pastor is | absent at conference. ‘ Congress Street. The Harrison Bible Class will meet tomorrow at 9:45 am. Maj. W. Brown, president, will preside. R. Keech will have charge of the | lesson. Dr. Elmer Louis Kayser, dean of George Washington Uni- | versity and teacher of the class, will | be the speaker. The lesson theme is “Ezekiel Teaches Personal Re- E. L. observed, with the Sunday school choir furnishing the music. At night there will be sacred moving pictures, sponsored by the Usher Board. The Rev. J. M. Harrison, Jr, is the pastor. John Wesley A. M. E. Z. Dr. Stephen Gill Spottswood will preach on “Concentrated Chris- tianity” at 11 am. At 8 pm. Morn- ing Star Lodge and Forest Temple, I. B. P. O. E. of W, will observe their anniversary sermon, under the auspices of the Women's Usher Board. Dr. Spottswood will be the speaker. Music will be furnished by the Cathedral Chotr. Galbraith A. M. E. The Rev. James L. White will preach at 11 am. on “Have the Christians Lost Their Light?” The pastor will speak at 8 pm. The Rev. Mr. Duffie of the Contee A. M. E. Zion Church will preach for Mrs. | Charllotte Washington Monday at 8 pm. The pastor will preach Sun- day at 3:30 at the Tabor Presby- terian Church, accompanied by the chorus. Metropolitan A. M. E. sponsibility.” In the absence of Dr. Kester, who will be attending the | annual Maryland Conference at Westminster, Md., John C. Lewis | of the Maryland Bible Society will be the speaker at 11 am. There| will be no evening services. A group | | picture of the Bible Class will be taken at the close of the class serv- ice and all members of the class| are expected to be present. Lincoln Road. A Children's Day program has | been arranged, when 70 little chil- | dren will present the program. At | 8 pm. the Youth Council has in- vited the young people societies of | surrounding churches to join them | |in a rally. Reports will be given of the place of youth in the new Methodist church. Mrs. Alice Haf- | fey will preside. Refreshments will | be served. Chevy Chase. Dr. John Edward Bentley of Amer- ican University will speak at 11 am. in the absence of the Rev. Edward G. Latch, who is attending | the Baltimore Annual Conference | at Westminster, Md. | The Woman's Missionary Society | will have a picnic luncheon Tues- | day at the home of Mrs. George | Em;ry Phillips on Jones Bridge road. Jones Memorial (Colored). Children’s day will be observed | tomorrow. At 11 am. Dr. Julius S. Carroll will preach on “The Kind of Education Needed for Today.” At 3:30 p.m. the church school will render its Children's day program, entitled “Dramatized Worship.” At 8 pm. a religious drama, “The Life | Railroad to Heaven,” will be pre- sented by the Christian Goal Dra- matic Co. St. Paul A. M. E. The newly appointed presiding | elder, Dr. C. C. Ferguson, will de- liver his first quarterly message at 11 am. The senior choir will sing. At 4 pm. Children’s day will be At 11 am. preaching by Rev. J. C. Beckett: 3 p.m, Children's Day exercises; 8 p.m. song festival by Gospel Choir and sermon by the Rev. A. E. Peacock. pastor of the Wareriere Temple A. M. E. Zion Church, Wilmington, N. C., will speak. The senior choir will furnish the music. At 3:30 pm. Mrs. Rosa Keene will give a special service in the interest of this church. The Faithful Jubilee Chorus of St. Paul's Community Church will ren- der a program. At 8 pm. a sermon on “I Find No Fault in This Man" by the Rev. Abraham C. Duffie. Israel C. M. E. The Rev. L. S. Brannon will con- duct “sunrise prayer service” at 6 | am. The junior church and Sun- day school will present a Children's Day program at 9:30 am. The pas- tor will speak at 8 pm. Pilgrim A. M. E. ‘The 14th anniversary and rally, which commenced last month, will close tomorrow with preaching by the Rev. C. E. Walden in the morn- | g ing. The speaker in the afternoon | service will be the Rev. Paul L. Moore of St. John's Community Church, who will be accompanied by his choir. a literary and musical program will be rendered and the reports from ceived. Allen A. M. E. At 11 am. Dr. G. Oliver Wing will speak on “A Plea for Our Boys and Our Girls.” The senior vested choir will sing. At 3:30 p.m. special program. At 8 pm,, Children's Day exercises. Lane Memorial C. M. E. At 11 am,, sermon by Bishop C. L. Russell of the Ninth Episcopal Dis- trict, Colored Methodist Episcopal Church; 8 p.m, the Golden Gate (See ACTIVITIES, Page A-15) BIBLE FAVORITES DNEZZAR SET UP A GOLDEN IMAGE ON A PLAIN IN BABYLON, A HERALD CRIED TO RULERS OF ALL THE PROVINCES , “WAE/ V74 WHO REFUSE SHALL BE CAST WTO A FIERY FURNACE.® S Pt apntiats gress Street Methodist Church will N THE SOUND OF INSTRURENTS OF MUSIC /S HEARD, ALL PEOPLE SHALL BOW DOWN WORSHIP THE GOLDEN. IM/ THOSE IDRACH , MESHACH AND HEBREW CAPTIVES, FAVORITES WOULD NOT WORS| SENT FOR THEM. FIERY FURMACE, 1A DELIVER U5, A iEY DECLARED, 307 121 # W PERISH, WE WILL WOT WORSHIP THE IMAGE,” Daniel 3 ABEDNEGO, YOUNG OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR SHIP THE IMAGE, NEBUCHADNEZZAR YOU WILL BE CAST INTO THE o 7 NLY. NE| CRIED, "[I?[fll Aor. foofi MEN CAST FURNACE ?™ "YES ™. %E FOUR MEN WALAING UWHUR! 2ZAR, AND THE THE MAN BESIDE HIM. “/ 7, JAID NEBUCHAD- TH 1S LINE THE SON OF GOO” The Fiery Furnace INTO THE 336D BF THE GOO DELIVER YOU. LET NO THE GOD OF W/ MAN SPEAN A NORD AGAIST. SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNECO!™ At the evening service | {Dr. Russell fo Direct the captains of the rally will be re- | | Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure | in the death of the wicked, but that | the wicked turn from his way and live; turn ye. turn ye from yofir evil ways, for why will ye die, O house of Israel?” “His Blood Will I Require.” - - Let us see how this awesome truth applies to us. There was once an eminent Phila- delphian, a bank president, who was honored as “a leading layman.”- He was an officer in his own church and conspicuous in denominational and civic affairs. Sunday after 8un- day he sat under the preaching of a fashionable clergyman. Yet all the while he was a thief, a robber |of his friends and depositors. Dis- covered, he committed suicide, and the crash of his big bank rocked the city. What responsibility Had that preacher in the case? Had he been a true watchman upon' the walls, s0 preaching God's word that no sinner could abide it in come placency and impenitence? Recently T happened into a church where the preacher was desperately shaken, because one of his officers had on the previous day committed suicide. But the man had been Hv- ing in open sin; and the church had not disciplined him. That minister was suffering tortures of contrition for what he felt to be his failure What of the editors who view the day’'s moral slump, and the corrup- tion and crime all about them, merely as spectators and news-pur- veyors? If society crashes, what will be the responsibility of these profese sional watchmen upon the walls? We turn to the professors in in- stitutions of learning. with their gay irresponsibility and disregard of es= sential morality. When, with amaz- ing disregard of the axiomatic tryth that what a man is speaks mope loudly thar what he says, New York City College appointed as teagher a man of shamelessly immoral con- duct and teaching. a large group of | professors supported the appoint- ment. Such irresponsibility con- cerning the ageless moral standards brings many teachers within the scope of Ezekiel's warning. Moral indifference is the blight of our time. Stern Words for Slack Times. Ours is a “tolerant” age. There has been a growing slackness in the moral sense of the public. We take as a matter of course many things that would have deeply shocked our grandparents—such as widespread gambling and drinking and un- chastity. Graft permeates public lifs in many places. Divorce has become s0 common that it is scarcely a scandal any more. Sabbath-break- ing is well-nigh universal. Business, as the depression revealed, is shot through and through with unethical and even criminal practices. The United States Congress has not gumption enough to stop the flow of war munitions to Japan, without which it could not conquer China. Sordid business has a sanctity in many eves that brings into contempt | the moral law. Now here reappears the old He- brew prophet, sternly pointing the finger of doom, not only at the wrong-doers, but also at the watche |men who permit the wrong-doing. | “His blood will I require at thy |hands.” This truth of account- | ability to God is soul-shaking. “Turn Ye! Turn Ye!” Sometimes I dream of the day | when, over the radio and through |the press, a divinely - anointed | prophet voice will call all of our reckless. wandering world back .o man’s first obligation, a sense eof | responsibility to God. T cannot | convinced that God has not ma | ready this new, universal trumpe | the radio, for some high design | His providence. He is getting |ready to hear anew the Ezekill message, “Turn ye! Turn ye! frof | your evil way or why will ye died” Even the dullest of us—save thoge sadistic souls who look upon it gs a mere spectacle, as interesting n —are having our souls torn by the war in Europe; which never would | have come to pass had statesmen and citizens possessed a high sense | of personal responsibility. Now the burden and grief of it rest upbn us all. We cannot shift or evade our diify to God and man. By voice and vote, by practice and by praver, each-of us must demonstrate that he stands asl p;rmnally responsible to the Most gh. The Sunday School Lesson for June 9 is “Ezekiel Teaches Personal | Responsibility.”—Esekiel 33:1-20, Catholic Guild Meeting Dr. William H. Russell of the department of religion of Catholic University will direct the meetirig of the Washington Catholic Evi- dence Guild, of which he is vice moderator, at Franklin Park tomer- row from 3 to 56 pm. He will discliss “Christ Living in the World Today in His Mystical Body.” Other speakers will be Joseph M. Scanlon, Ronald Murphy amd Leander Troy. The afternogn meeting in Mount Vernon Park be in charge of Hugh McKenna. Gerard Benson, Norman Werling, Flavian Wilson and Robert Preile: also will speak. I The Rev. Alonzo McDonnell will be chairman of the meeting in Franklin Park from 7:30 to 9:30 pan. Speaking with him will be the Rav. James O'Brien, Gregory Smith, John Harvey and F. W. Spaeth. Frangis Thornton will have charge of the evening meeting in Mount Vernén Park. Other speakers will be Lgo Travers, Daniel Egan, C. G. Klimo- wicz and A. J. Gaffigan. Mr. Egan will talk on “The Blessed Virgin,” Mr. Klimowicz on “Confession” and Mrs. Gaffigan on “Faith and Rej- son.” The public is invited to ques- tion the speakers. il West Washington Baptist fi Children’s Day service at 11 a Sermon by the Rev. Charles Austin at 8 pm. On Wedne: evening & delegation will go to Southern Baptist Convention Baltimore. If you are interested, the pastor. )