New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 28, 1927, Page 11

Missionary to China Writes Of Looting and War Horrors Mrs. Samuel J. Mills of Presbyterian Mission in Nanking Tells of Cap- ture of City by Southern Army. A graphia description of scenes of looting and horor in Nanking, China, when the southern army took the city is told {n & letter just recelved through Mrs. F. G. Platt of this city. Mrs. Platt, who former mission- ary, recelved the letter through the Presbyterian * mimion. The letter was written by Mrs. Samuel J. Mills, who was with the Presbyterian Mis- sion in Nanking with her husband and family. It was written on board ship, en route to America and is aa follows: On board 8. 8. President Madison, En route to San Francl April 9, 1927, “I have to begin away back in the winter when rumors were rife everywhere about what would hap- ven when the south came. All fall we had been hearing tales of the places in Hunan, of Wuchang, of Nanehang and Klukiang, but in spite of the discomforts of labor strikes and servant troubles most of the people belleved in the new govern- ment. One:man wrote my husband from Wuchang in the fall, ‘We have a satrlke or more every day, but in spite of it all it {s & great thing to be living under such an orderly, pro. gressive” government; and here' hoping the, south will be with you by Christmas.' “Forelgners stayed in all those cities through the southern occupa- tion and were not hurt. QOne woman in Nanchang spid she was glad she had stuck through it: that it had brought them so very much closer to thelg local Chinese. In Hang- chow a fow weeka before they came to Nanking the southerners did not disturb foreigners and the only houses looted were those where peo- ple were not living at the time. “Well, all winter we talked all thesa things over back and fourth, and there were many who wanted us all to pack up our possessions and leaye; and wae heard over and over the question, ‘Have you sent a trunk away? ‘Are you sending your linen and silver to Shanghai?' And so on, until some of ua began | to feel that thera was a danger of laying too much emphasis on our material posscssions. Some of ua wanted really to try living on our | faith and not on fear. Besides, there were all the Chinese who were depending on ua for protection—how could we run away and leave them? The day when I finally did get & | trunk down from the attic and pack it with extra bedding and linen in case we had to refugce in Shanghal; the servants came and asked, ‘Are | Yyou golng away?' and I felt really ashamed. But there seemed no real need of sending the trunk and it never went. “We could not belleve that there | would be any danger to us. We knew that in case of defeat the northern soldiers might loot the business streets of the city, but our foreign houses were all so off to one side of the city, almost in the coun- try, that we thought we wouldn't be bothered. Some women and chil- dren did go to Shanghal early, es- pectally those who lived in the cen- ter of the Chinese city. Woman Friend Shot Finally the fighting drew nearer and nearer and on the morning of Monday the 21st the servants told me that the ci tes were closed. That was in a way good news as it meant that the retreating soldiers couldn’t come in. It was a beauti. ful spring day and after my long siege of bronchitis I was glad to be | out doors all afternoon. When my husband came home aboue 5 e'clock and we were wandering around the zarden, he said, ‘Do you hear that?' | Yes, I had heard it for some min- utes, the booming of big guns It went on gll evening. and just before dinner we got word to be ready to evacuate the next morning. I had asked some friends to dinner as it was my birthday, and though only two came we had a very pleasant time together. One of the guests was Anna Moffett, who when I saw hér next had been shot twice by a soldier and was brought in on a stretcher. “That evening our smallest boy who was just over measles, had earache and I couldn’t bear to dis. turb Mm by golng back and fourth into the nursery to pack the chil- dren’s clothes, Y did get out the food which T had been keepfng in the storeroom for an emergency, We finally went to bsd but the booming ! of the cannon made our sleep very fitful. At 10 minutes of 6 Tuesday morning we recejved word to be at the university by 6:30. Such a rush as we had to dress the three chil- dren, pack bedding, rolls and suit cases and the food, but It wasn't much after 6:30 when we started on foot across the hilly to the univer- sity. There everyone was gathering, and when our frlends Mr. and Mrs. Thomson who lived right at the gathering place, heard that we had no breakfast they took us all in and fed us. One by one the carriages and automobiles were fillled with women and children and whisked | oft to the river whecre the peopla ‘were put onto American gun boats and destroyers. It took all morning to get the people off, and as we walted in the Thomson’s house we ‘wondered if it really were necessary to go—we did mo earnestly want to live on our faith in God and in the Chinese. A chance remark of onc of the nurses that to take our little Shipley down en to the river with a bad car after measles might mean mastoiditis, led us to feel that the right thing for us to do was to atay. Several other families were staying for varlous health reasons, and the Thomsons felt stay, too. VW decided to stay there with them where we could get out quickly If there were a real emer- gency, a8 our own house was a mile that they ought te | or more away. The rest of Tyes. day passed quietly, and on Wednes- day morning, our ecldest boy's sixth birthday, Mrs. Thomson invited all the children nearby to come to a little party that afternoon. After lunch my husband and I walked back to our house and packed away in locked boxes all our siiver and linen, hoping thst it soldiers did try to loot they would take enly the thinga that were out on tables and casily picked up. “As we returned we met Mr. Thomson hearing & second and more urgent order for evacuation. I hur. rled to the Thomson's and packed up the few clothes we had taken out. The rumors and reports came thick and fast;—that we couldn’t get out of the city even if we tried, no one waa being allowed to pass the gates; later that the forts out. side the south gate had given no- tice that they ecouldn’t hold out after 6 and would then surrender to the south——and so0 on. The eve: ning was quiet, but fortunately my husband decided to sleep at the Thomson's and not go back to our own house as he had Intended. Neath of Dr. ‘Williams “Through the night Mr, Thomson Wwas on patrol duty; at § he came in With the news that the southerners were in the city. What joy there was at our breakfast table—~the city had gone over to the south so peaceably, and the retreating north- ernora had not looted. Bullets be- gan to fly around oyr heuse and we were warned to stay away from win- dews and In the most protected place we could find. “We chose the upstairs hall and shut all the ddors into the rooms. Mr. Thomaon started out for the university chapel but came hurry- ing back with the ndws that Dr. Willlams had been killed and that the situation was extremely seriqus. Qur party consisted of Mr. and Mra, Thomson, their three children, aged eight, six and four and a hal; Mya, Cook, Mra. Thomason's mother, over 60; Mr, Tangaraas, a Neor- wegian who was living with the Thomsons, MY, Pickens who had been living with us and whose wife was in the hospital with their 12- day-old. son; my husband and my- solf and our three children aged six, four and & half, and three, We were sitting there in the hall pray- ing for Mra. Willlams as two of our servants came dashing upstairs to say that our house waa being loot- od and was {n flames, and that we should hurry to hide the children. Even then we could not balieve that there was any anti-foreign animus in it all; it must be disorderly sol- dists who got inte the city ahead of their officers. "“We could not hide them, but we did try to hide our engagement rings, watches, etc., and all our val- uable papers we dropped down an { unused- heat pipe—who knows when {we'll recover those? By that time the university students were hurry- ing in to tell us that the soldicrs were looting and that we should make no resistance but should give them everything they demanded. Soon thers was shouting and tramp- ing down stairs, and seven or eight of the worst ‘ruffians I have ever seen came up, armed to the teeth, and led, strangely enough, by a man in plain Chinese civilian clothes carrying & suit case, He pointed out the rooms and then let the soldlers loose. They took all the money we had purposely put in our pockets and stripped my wedding ring oft my finger, (the though of | what our people had gone through in Urumia was a great help to us that day—we wanted to respond to our emergency as worthily as they did). “One man tried to pull off Mrs. Cook's wedding ring and I shall never forget her quiot, cultivated volce aa she looked up at the man and said in English, ‘I'm sorry I can't get that ring off. Its been on my finger for over 40 vears' The man insisted on having the ring and when our hushands explained that it wouldn't come off, ‘Well. then,’ {said the man, lowering his rifile and aiming directly at Mrs. Cook. I gathered all the children quickly into the nursery te prevent their |seeing & tragedy. Mrs. Themson {threw herself in front of her mother, {and the men began to offer every- |thing they could think of te the | man, whe was more like a wolf than {a human being. We in the nursery {prayed as I had never praved be- fore, for our own men, for Mrs. Cook, for thése poor ignorant sol- diers, and over and over the volces out in the hall rose and fell. Final- |1y they got a file and Mr. Perkins filed the ring oft. It was hardly off before a sharp comnfand rung out: {a young officer rushed upstairs and the two men who had been hound- ing Mra. Cook turned and fled, “For a few moments thers was | peace; then we heard the dreaded {shouting and stamping of another band. Up they stormed. They asked what nationality we were and wouldn't believe my husband when he sald we were American. ‘No |you're not; you're Fnglis) they {shouted over and over again, stamp- |ing their feet in anger and rattling lall thelr arms. Again they went |through everything we had, and were very angry not to find any money. We explained that we had already been looted once and had no moncy left. Then they tried to pull my husband down the stairs. By that time several university stu- dents and & professor were there, arguing and pleading for us. Twice the professor pulled my husband back upstairs away from the ruf- flans. We in the nursery - could hear all the shouting and arguing and cvery moment wo expected to hear shots and to sce one or the other of our husbands fall dead. Finally our Chinese friends got the men downstairs, then came rushing back to aay they had bargained with the soldiers to give them money if they would cscort us over to the | university building. “We gathered up a few clothes (for the children and started out | through the ruffians at the gate, and surely the Lord protected us as we | walked along that open road. We ‘were taken into the Paul Twinem memorial prayer room in the base. ment and then soon the students came back and took us up to the fourth floor where & number of other foreigners were already gath- ered. There we were shoved into closets under the eaves and told to keep absolutely still. I can never say enoigh for all the little .children gathered there that day who sat ke little mice and never whimpered or crie Soldiers Like Wolf Packs “One by one others gathered and pressed into the hiding plages. Sud- denly there was a great roay below, the sound of rushing, tramping feet, and the great band of soldiers poured into the big room. ‘We might as well open the doors,* sald someone, and at once they were on us, ordering us out, elderly people who were sick, women, men, little children, all of us; and I thought of the Indian mutiny and expected that we were all to be killed then and there. We held our hands up while they went through our clothes and our pockets and another sight T'll never forget is our little three. year-old Shipley holding up his hands in the face of a ruffian sol- dler. Again the students came to our aid; again we hid in the closets; and again a great pagk of wolves Were upon us. “Finally the students were able to get hold of officers who promised to guard us and to let us stay un- molested there on the fourth floor. So the day passed, our Chinese friends brought in food, and sooni the sanitation and food committees were functioning splendidly and we had A real supper that night of Chiness food, and the children had milk. We slept on the concrete| floor, borrowing any spare beddlngi we could find, for very few people had” any except the faculty whose | students had brought it over. There must have been $0 or more of us | and through the evening a search | party led by a southern officer | brought in numerous others who | | had been hiding. Anna Moftet who | ihaa been shot in the thigh and the | leg at 8 o'clock in the morning had | !been in hiding in a bamboo grove | |all day, and had no modical atten- | |tion at all until she was brought to | the unlversity at 10 o'clock that) | night. | “The next morning our Chinese | | triends began to arrive, and I never | saw suchm an outpouring of sorrow {and of love. From the lowest serv- ants to the highest unjversity pro~ | fessors they came with tears pour- |ing down their cheeks, so ashamed |of what their own countrymen had |done to their beloved foreign fricnds. They came bringing food, money, everything they could think of that we might need. Our little coolie who had run over to warn us the day befors came in in tears asking ‘Are you all right” ‘How are the children? ‘Where is Ship- ley? and wasn't satisfied until he had seen and put his hands on cach of the children {n turn. Our other coolies brought two tins of milk for fear the children weren't having enough to eat; our devoted old amah came and refused to g0 away, but trotted around after the children all day. Our cook came in him turn, telling how he himself was sick because of it all; our table- boy brought Chinese bread and real American apples for the children. That day no one was ashamed of showing their emotion and anyone' who ever has thought the Chinese are stolid or unfeeling should have | aeen them that day. 'Trmlesmonl came up and grasped our hands and gazed deep Into our eyes; over and | over they said, ‘We never could have | imagined that this would happen'— try,' It was a bitter day for them, | for they honestly loved us, and | they couldn’t understand any more | than we the sudden attack on us, | their friends. The students from the schools and the teachers thronged in through the day to scc | those they know cspecially and to tell ys all how sorry they were, and | through it all there was the most | wonderful atmesphere of love and | trust, “Through that day, Friday, né-| gotlations had been going on be- tween our committees, the students, and the officers, and finally arrange- | ments were made through the Chi- | nese Red Swastika society for guards | to escort us to the river; we wore | put inte carriages and finally reached the American gun boats at | about 6 o'clock in the evening. The | nest day we were taken to Shang- | hai, | vhat those Chinese friends of ours of all classes did for us, first in| warning us of the danger, then in. pleading for us at the risk of their | own lives, running hither and yon, negotiating with the officers, bring- | ing us food—everything that could | be done they did, and had it not! been for all thnse people I am surei we would have been massacred. We | all feel that Dr. Williams' death | saved the lives of the rest of us, by | arousing the stndents to the danger | that threatened us. | 4 “It is my earnest hope that wher- | cver people talk of the Nanking trouble they may remember to dis- | tinguish between the southern sol»' diffrs from outside who attacked us, and the Chinese, that great body of them, who risked all they had, prop- | crty, money, and lives, for our sakes. And I have learned more | than ever before the power of love. | Wherever we are, Nanking will nl.} ways means to us, not only the home | we loved where we had so many | Chinese friends, but the place where | we learned how great love can be. Through it all the spirit of God was | with us, and we know that His | | spirit is still with those dear ones in Nanking, helping them through all the trials that they may have to face. Boys Tamper With Auto, | Gas Flows, Fire Starts | Mischicvous boys playing about an automobile truck ownea by Walter | Wisk of 49 Grove street, ‘last night, | disconnected the gasoline feed pipe | and allowed the fuel to flow out and | form a pool on the road, with the | result that a passerby tossed a cig- arette into the gutter and the gaso- line ignited. An slarm from Box 232 brought the fire department to the scene at 7:51 o'clock. The dam. age was slight, | “I wish 1 could put Into words |, GERMAN BAPTISTS " ANNUAL MEETING Rev. G. H. Scheck of This Cit 2 to Direct Devotions ‘The 30th annual meeting of the German Baptist churches in New England will take place at the church in Bridgeport from Friday, June 24, to Sunday, June 6th. The local German Baptist church will aend a large delegation to the con- ferepce, The Rev. G. H. Schneck of this city has charge of the de- REV. G. H. SCHNECK votional hours and will read a pa- per about “The relation of a local Baptist church to the Denomina- tion.” On Saturday evening a banquet will be given to the Young People societies. The Rev, R. T. Wegner of Boston wil! give an illustrated lee- ture about his rccent trip to Egypt and the Sahara Dessert. On Sunday morning Prof. Otto Koenig of the Rochester Theologi- cgl Seminary will preach. union of the Ladics' Aid socleties will mect on Sunday afternoon and Knobloch of Philadelphia. In the evening the Rev. G. Hen- cl of Newarlk, J.. will speak to the young people. The opening sermon will be preached on Friday evening by the Rev. G. Friedenberg of Meriden. Mrs. G. H. Schneck of this city is president of the Women's Union, and Edward Kiesewetter, also of New Britain, is president of the Y. P. Union. BINGHAM REPORTS ON MISSIONARIES Finds Opinions Divided on Future of Work in China BY GEORGE H. MAN. liington Burcau of t| L. Herald) Washington, D. May 8 Refugee missionaries from different parts of China tell conflicting stories, Senator Hiram Bingham of Conne ticut has discovered according to a report reaching here from Pekin where the Senator now is. NING or ‘We are so ashamed of our coun-| “Refugee missionaries from the i Bible north are all optimistic,” said Sena- tor Bingham. “They all question the necessity for the evacuation of their fields of work, and all of them | are eager to return to their stations. They say that the Chinese people are friendly no anti-foreigne “In the case of refugees from the south, of China and from the Yangste territories controlled by the Can- tonese, however, one hears a diffet ent kind of a story. out exception those that I ha talked with have declared that they are through—that they consider the situation which has developed will make it impossible for them to re- turn to their work. “I talked with many diffarent refugees who were driven from many different sections of south and central China, and they declare that the propaganda whifh accompanies {ha Cantonese advance is so en- frely up-Chinese that it is startling. “Respect for age and respect for Jearning have been important in Chinas history for uncounted cen- turies. The missionaries with whem I have talked consider it extremely slgnificant that the arrival of Can- tonese forces and Russian-trained propagandists 1s always followed by the appearance of posters urging that the zged be killed, that people of 60 or more ara parasites, and that the educated ashould also be slain because the educated are para- | sites whe live upon the lahors of | the poor and ignorant.” CORNS Quickrelisffrompainful corns, tender toes and pressure of tight shass. Py Gy S cvarsuhere The South Congregational Church EVENING WORSHIP 7:45 Motion picture — “Hell and the Way Out” The ! nd that they have noted Almost with- | First Baptist Sunday, 10:45 8. m., morning serv- ice, sermon by Rev. Willlam Ross, subject: “Memorial Day.” At 9:45 a. m., Bible school. Y. P. service omitted. Monday, 7:30 p. m., Boy Scouts. Wednesday, 2:30 p. m,, the Loving Service class will meet at the home of Mrs. Nowland, 67 Hilly crest avenu 30 p. m, religious teaching; 3:45 p. m.,, Heralds. Thura- day, 3 p. m,, religious teaching; 7:45 p. m., midweek service, Elim (Swedish Baptist Sunday, 9:45 a. m., Bible school and Men's Blble class; 1L a. m., ser- mon by Rev. Ivar C. Breithling of Schenectady, N. Y. No evening service. Thursday, 8 p. m., prayer meeting. First Congregational Sunday, 10 a, m.,, Sunday school; 11 a. m., kindergarten; 11 a. m, morning worship, preacher: Rev. Theodore A. Greene; 1 Men's Bible class, leader: ren M. Blodgett; 5 p. m., Armenian sorvice, preacher: Dr. Hadidian; 7 m., Young People's meeting, speaker: Bryce L. Long* Monday, 2 p. m, veterans' dinner in the dining room of the chapel. Wed- nesday, 0 p. m., fifth and sixth grades week-day church school; 4:15 p. m., junior cholr rehearsal. Thurs- day, 8 p. m., seventh grade week- Scout meeting; 7:30 p. m., religious parsonage, Friday, 8 p. m.,, Young People’s society play in the chapel. Seturday, 1 to 7 p. m, Men's Bible class outing. At the meeting of the Men's Bible class upon “Modern Trends in Re- ligious Education.” He has recent- ly returned from attending the an- nual eonference of the Religious Education assoclation in Chicago. The Young People's society wil lors. The chaplain will be Hugh Reid Derrick. The junior host will be Bryce L. Long, a secretary of the New Britain Y, M. C. A, who will speak upon the subjcct “The Britain Y. M. C. A, in Action.” The Young Pceple's society will day trip to the submarine base and fort at New London and Groton. The party is scheduled to leave the chapel at 6:30 a. m. and to re- turn to New Britain before dark. Mr, and Mrs, Edward D, Case will accompany the group. A Mcmorial day dinner te the Grand Army of the Republic, Sons ot Veterans, Veterans of Ioreign Wars and allied organizations will be served on Monday at 12 noon, in the dining room of the church. “Portia Perkins, Printer,” a play in three acts, will be given by the Young People’s socicty at 8 o'clock Friday evening in the chapel. The spring picnic of the Young Woman's Missionary society will be held in the Berlin Community house on Tuesday cvening, June 7. Sup- per will be served at 6:30 o'clock. Rev. A. D. Heininger will speak {in the church next Sunday on “The Latest News From China.” Tull Gospel Assembly Sunday sehool at 10 a. m. Pente- costal meeting at 11 a. m. Evan- gelistic meeting at 7:30 p. m. Trinity Methodist Woman's m., church sermon: “The At T:15 p. m., evening message, “Good Soldiers.” ! Spencery Terry, baritone. Tuesday |afternoon, Methodist group at the {hospital; 6:30 p. m., Philathea class; 17:15 p. m., Boy Scouts; 7:30 p. m,, | discussion course meeting. s; 10:45 a. m. of Taith, i school Wednesday, 2:30 p. m. ck-day religions school, third |grade. Tuesday, 7:45 p. m., prayer | meeling; George D. Hernandez, ne- gro tenor. Friday, 7:30 p. m., choir rehearsal. Sauth Congregational Sunday, 9:30 a. m., Italian-Ameri- cen department of the chureh school; 9:30 a. m., senior and young neople’s grades and over; 10:30 a. m., worship at the Hunter read brand of the Italian mission: 10:45 a. m., morning worship, sermon by | Reverend Raymond A. Reardslee of | Springfield, Vt, “The Two Sides.” | Address to jupiors: “A New Name. At 11 a. m., beginners' department |of the church school; 12:10 p. m. nain division of the church school 0 p. m, church school at the Hunter road branch of the Itallan mission; 2:30 p. m., Assyrian wor- ship, sarmon by Rev. E. E, Adams: “The Banner of Truth." At § p. m., Italian worship at South chureh, preacher: Dr. Paladino; 7:45 p. m., cvening worship. motion picture: “Hell and the Way Out." Tuesday, p. m., meeting of the Assyrian {mothers: 4 p. m., Girl Reserves of the Hunter Road branch of the Ttal- |ian mission; 7:30 p. m., Young Pco- | ple's soclety of Christian |subject: “How Missions China’* Leader: Paul Cofancesco. 7:30 p. m., meeting of the young people of the Assyrian misslon; 7:30 D. M, at the home of M. B. Sulli- man, meeting of the executive com- [ mittee of the Assyrian mission. Wed- MORNING WORSHIP 10:45 Sermon — “THE TWO an inspiring speaker An unusually informing picture day ehurch school: 4:15 p, m., Girl | educatian committec meeting in the | class Mr, Blodgett will sapeak to the | meet this evening In the church par- | be Merton Clark. The speaker will ! observe Memorial day with an all- | 7:45 p. mi, class | SIDES™ by the Reverend Raymond A. Beardslee, of Springfield, Vermont (DOORS OPEN AT 7:15) 3 nesday, 3:30 p. m., united wcek-dly1 church school; 2:30 p. m., meeting of the executive board of the Wom- an’s association and chairman of departments; 4 p. m., rehearsal of the girls’ chorus; 7 p. m., rehearsal of the orchestra. Thursday, 3 p. m., united week-day church school p. m., prayer meeting of the As- syrlan mission. Friday, ¢ p. m. Troop 1, Junior Girl Scouts; 7 p. m. Troop 1, Benior Girl Scouts. Bat- urday, 3 p. m, choir rehearsal of the Hunter road branch of the Ital- fan mission. Union A. M. E. Zion Sunday, morning worship will be held at 11 o'clock. Rev. E. T. Henry of Meriden will preach. Rally for| conference claimas will continue. :» Sunday achool will be held at 12:30 p. m. Prayer and class meeting will_ be held at 7:45 p. m. Second Advent Sunday school at 10 a. m. Sun; day morning service with sermon by the pastor at 11 o'elock, subject “Religious Beduction.” Evening serv. ices with Bible reading at 7:15 p. m. Thursday, 7:30 p. m., praise service. St. Matthe: Lutheran | One bilingual service at 10:30 la. m., with confirmation of 29 chil- dren. The 1326 class will meet at 10:15 o'clock. The pastor will meet members for announcement on Wed- nesday, 3 to 8 p. m, and Thursday, 3 to 9 p. m. Meeting of school board and committee Iriday eve- ning. Swedish Bethany Sunday school at 9;30 a. m. Morning service at 10:45 o'clock. The pastor, Rev. C. J. Fredeen, will preach on the topic, “Fear and Con- fesslon.” Music will be furnished | by a quartet, Evening sesvice at 30 o'clock. At this service Rev. 0. W. Gennander of Sweden will preach. Mr. Gennander is the of- ficial delegate representing Sweden at the Mission Covenant convention to be held in Chicago, T, next month, The church choir will fur- nish music. On Wednesday evening, June 1, a concert will be held. Prof. Thure Frederickson of Minneapolis, Minn., former organist of the Beth- ) any church and also of the First Lutheran church of this city, will | |render the program, assisted by | | Prof. George Multgren, prominent | | vocalist of Minneapolis. Stanley Memorial Sunday, 9:45 a. m.. senior and infermediate departments, church | school; 10:45 a. m., morning wor- ship. Memortal Sunday sermon by the pastor, subject:: “Lest We For- get.” At 12:05 mary, and beginners' departments, church school. Tuesday, 6:45 p. m., Girl outs, Troop 16. Wednesday 30 p. m. united week-day church school, grades three and four: 7:30 | p. m., Boy Scouts, Troop 11. Thurs- of the | p. m. meeting of the Young People’s so- | clety. Friday, 7:45 p. m., meeting | of the Men’s club. International Bible Students’ Assn.' No services tomorrow on ur«‘.ount; | of convention being held in Water- | [bury. Wednesday, 8 p. m., prayer, | praise and testimony ser ; i day, § p. m., Bible study: Text hook, l “Deliverance H I Christian Sclence Sunday service at 11 a. m., sub- jeet: “Ancient and Modern Necro- maney. Alias Mesmerism, De- nounced. Sunday school at 9:45 a. {m. Religious day school on Wed- Inesday and Thursday. Wednesday {evening meeting at § o'clock. | German Baptist Sunday, 9:30 a. m.. Sunday school; | mission Sunday, 10:30 8. m., service {in_English, sermon: “The Everlast- | ing Why.” At 7 p. m., service in German. sermon: “The Power of the | i{Holy Spirit.” Tuesday, 8 p. m., mecting of the Priscilla club at the |restdence of Mrs. W. Ficnemann, 215 Bassett street. Wednesday, 8 p. | Im., elass in religlous Instruction. | Thursday, 3 p. m.. class in religious | {instruction; & p. m., praver meeting | {in ]-Zn!“s)!: 9 p. m, meeting of the e People Morning prayer servies at 10:15 o'clock. Morning worship at 10:45 | o'cleck, subject: “Deserving Death | | But Recelving Life.” Sunday scheol | lat 12:15 p.m. Young People's {meeting at 6 p. m. Evening service |at 7 o'clock; theme: “The Praclous- |ness of Jesus”” Following the | | morning message Mr. and Mrs. Ben- | | famin Rowe and Miss Margaret An- |derson will be baptized. Emmanuel Gospel 10:15 a. m. morning r service; 10:45 a, m. “Right- | cousness as a Gift by Faith Apart From Works.” At 12:15 p. m., Sun- day school: 6 p. m. Rev. Mr. Stahl of Hartford will address the Young | People. At 7 p. m.. “Is the Roman | Catholic Church the Infallible In- {terpreter of dloly Scripture; or What Rible Would Al Smith Kiss it He | Should Be FElected President of the [ United States?" Tuesday, 7 p. m., | Trustces’ mecting; § p. m., ofticial {TWO CHURCHES PLAN {Arthur Dalke, board meeting. Wednesday, 3:30 p. m., Ladles' prayer meeting; 7:45 p. m, Sunday school board meeting. Thursday, 7:45 p. m.,, “Talks Onf Proverb: Friday, 8 p. m. choir rehearsal at the church. Reformation Lutheran Service at 10 a. m. The newly elected officers of the church coun- cll will be installed. Sunday school | at 10:15 a. m. The religlous school | will mect Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. ‘The catechetical class will meet Thursday afternoon. The Women's Missionary society will | meet Thursday afternoon. The choir will meet Friday evening St. John’s (German) Lutheran Sunday, the regulpr English serve ice at 8:30 a. m., Will be omitted; 9:30 a. m., Sunday scheol; 10:45 a. m., confirmation service. Wednes- day, 8 p. m. entertainment of the Ladles’ Ald society. Friday, 8 p. m., & meeting of the church board will be held followed by a special meet- | ing of the congregation. The monthly layman’s meeting | will be held at the town farm at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. Warren M. Blodgett will deliver the | ddress. CONFIRMATION SERVICES Lutheran Churches to Admit New Members Into Parish Rolls At Sunday Meetings The confirmation services will bhe held in the city tomorrow, one will be at the St. Matthew's German | Lutheran church, and one at St. John's German Evangelical Luth- | ran church. Following are the names of the | children to be confirmed at St. Mat- | thew's Lutheran church: Boys, Rein- hold L. Bodach, Arthur W, Bucholz, | Edward J. Deutsch, Clifford E. Erling, Harold I. Jakad, Gerhard W. Knopf, Theodore Laser, Albert O. Melzin, Edward R. Pep-| lau, Arthur L. Renn, Rudolf H. Pfeiffer, A. Willlam Radun, Ray- mand M. Schleicher, Theodore G. Schubert, William A. Surko, Her-| man T. Suess mund Vetter, John Wassermann. Girls: Lydia A. Gudat, | Helen A. Jabs, Martha M. Kindt, Alma Litke, Edna F. Conrad, Ida X Neumann, Lilllan . Rathke, Clara L. Renn, Martha Schmidt, Hdwig N. Schneider. Two young men, John Mayer and Bdward Schmidt, have been con- firmed previously. The English catechetical class to be confirmed by Rev. M. W. Gauc is as follows: Walter Helm, Helm, Alfred Mattson, Albert p. m., junior, pri- | |t 1 —— heit, Carl Boehnert, Fred Kukuck, Edward Yanke. Herman Zielke; Edith Stabert, Martha York, Dore othy Hyneck, Amelia Frefheit, Mare garet Drager, Lillian McDanfel, Lil- lian Wolf, Vivian Chismark, Marion Chismark, Martha Walters, Lydia Busch. CHRISTIANITY I AT CROSSROADS Presbyterian Conference to Hear European Report | San Francisco, May 28 (®—The Preshyterian general assembly will be told that organized Christianity in Europe stands at the parting of the ways, when the board of foreign missions has its annual day of re- view next week. “One way leads to deafeat despair, bankruptcy and ruin, while the other leads to co-operation, recon- struction, progress and victory,” it will be told “The course which will be fellow- ¢d,” in the opinlon of the Presbys n board, “will depend in large measure upon the sympathy and support which is accorded by Chris- tians of other lands. Tho outstand- ing churchmen of Europe are anx- jous to lead the church out into new paths of service and influence. The church life of Europe is fluid us it has not been for some past. We are not asked simply to restore the Protestant churches of Europe, to the position they occupied before the war. We are asked rather to help them o go forward and to make Christianity more vitally pre- sent in the life of individuals and nations than has ever been the case before. Aside from our own coun- there i8 no part of the world where a strong, aggressive, virile church is so urgently needed as it is on the continent of Europe. “And yet,” the rcpert of the board will say, “the churches in many places are still staggering from the effects of the war and the conscquent cconomic disturbances.” The report concludes “Kurope is not considered by the Preshyterian church as a foreign missionary field. We not in- terested In establishing new churches, but in aiding the native evangelical churches so that they may be able to recover from the devastating effects of the war and zo forward with an aggressive pro- gram suited to the needs of the hour."” a death bullet which produces complete unconsciousncss but no permanent ill effects. The First Church of Christ 10:00 A. M.—Sunday Church School 11:00 A. M.—Morning Worship Memorial Day Sermon by the Pastor “DRINKING BLOOD” 12:15 P. M.—Men's Bible Class Leader: MR. BLODGETT Subject :—— “RECENT TRENDS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION” 7:00 P. M.—Young People’s Meeting Speaker: MR. BRYCE L. Subject: ‘THE NEW BRITAIN Y. M. C. A. I} Friday, June 3 LONG of the Y. M. C. A. ACTION’ rd, 8:00 P. M. YOUNG PEOPLE'S PLAY “PORTIA PERK INS PRINTER” (Admission Fifty Cents) It is your privilege the church of you Sermon Subjects: 10:45 “The Dynam and duty to attend r choice tomorrow A M ite of Faith” 7:15 P. M. “Good Soldiers” SPENCER TERRY, Baritone Trinity Methodist FIRST BAPTI 10:45 MORNING SERVICE Episcopal Church ST CHURCH 9:45 BIBLE SCHOOL Sermon by Pastor Subject—BRAVE DEEDS Music:— “Souls of the Righteous’ “Even Me” ........ MEMORIAL DAY 2 v s niin dhep e e ORLAD veerasesa... Warren A MODERN HERO PEOPLE’S CHURCH OF CHRIST Morning Prayer — 10:15 A. M. Morning Worskip — 10:45 A. M. Theme—'DESERVING DEATH BUT RECEIVING LIFE’ Evening Service — T: Theme—*“THE PRECIOUSN “Unto you therefore whic 00 P. M. SS OF JESUS” h believe He is precious.” 1 Peter 2:7 STANLEY MEMORIAL CHURCH Memorial Sunday Service, *10:43 5 m. m. Sermen by the Paster “LEST WE FORGET” Thursday, 2:30 p. m. Tadies' Ald Soelety. Friday, 7:45 p. m., “The Little Church with I 7130, Young Feople’s’ Moet! Men's Clab pi he BIG Welcome™