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Incarnation Lutheran Con
gregation Will Hear Dr.
Wade Tomorrow.
The Incarnation Lutheran Church
will observe tomorrow at 11 a.m. the
20th anniversary of its beginning. The
congregation came into being, as a
project of the Washington Lutheran
Alliance of the former General Synod
congregations of the city. Dr. Wil
liam A. Wade, then pastor of St.
Mark's Lutheran Church of this city,
became the first president of the alli
ance, and conducted the first service of
the new mission on December 9, 1917,
in a private home on the southwest
corner of Fourteenth and Ingraham
•treets N.W.
Dr. Wade, now the executive secre
tary of the Deaconess Board of the
United Lutheran Church, will preach
the anniversary sermon tomorrow.
The Rev. Henry Manken, jr., who was
called to be the first pastor of the new
mission congregation and is still serv
ing in that capacity, will read the
service. The council and trustees, who
have issued special invitations to the
anniversary services, are C. S. Becker,
C. K. Bittenbender, E. S. Clarkson.
.1 H. Fahrenbach. W. J. Fisher, G. W.
Freas. H. L. Golladay, E. H. Griffith,
.T F Ehlman. J. L. Hartranft. F. Hest*.
H B Knee, J. W. Martin, Dr. G. B.
Ostermayer, Dr. R. V. Pitt and L. P 1
Waring. j
The Church Council and trustees j
meet Monday, and the pastor's cate- j
, chetical class on Friday after school.
A cafeteria dinner will be served in
the parish hall by the Women's Guild
December 9. from 5 to 7 p.m. On De
cember 10 the official board of the
Washington Lutheran Inner Mission
Society will meet in the parish hall I
and feature a special program marking i
the 10th anniversary of its organi
sation.
COMMUNION RITES
WILL BE OBSERVED
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
Will Hold Service
Tomorrow.
The sacrament of the Lord's sup
per will be celebrated at the 11 o'clock
service tomorrow in the Takoma Park
Presbyterian Church. The Rev. R.
Paul Schearrer will preach on "The
Cradle and the Cross.” At 8 pm. he
will preach in answer to the ques
, tlon' "What Is Religion—the Irre
ducible Minimum?” Men are especial
ly invited to this service.
E. C. Rowley will address the Broth
erhood Bible Class at 9:45 o’clock on
Christianity Safe in America?”
Mary Jane Green, Florence Porter
Patricia Lasswell, Betty Wood and
Dorothy Shepherd will be in charge
of the young people's group meetings
at 7 o'clock. Hugh G. E. Pauli will
be the guest speaker at the young
people's meeting.
Miss Olwen Evans will conduct the
Teacher's Training Class Monday eve
ning. The subject will be, “How I
to Study the Bible.” The session will
meet the same evening at the home
of Elder Homer A. A. Smith, 300 Ta
koma avenue. A Christmas party will
be given by the Seventy-niners Tues
day evening.
A mother-daughter banquet will be
held Friday under the auspices of
Troop 36, Girl Scouts.
MINISTER FROM TOKIO
WILL BE HEARD HERE
Dr. Arthur J. Stirewalt of Tokio,
Japan, will be the guest minister at
11 a m. Sunday In Georgetown Lu
theran Church.
The Life Service Department of the
Luther League of the District of
Columbia will meet in this church '
tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. Miss Emma .
► Hill will have charge of the program.
"Peace Movements" will be dis- ;
cussed by the young people at 7 p.m. ‘
John Albert will preside. The Cate- .
Chetieal Class meets at 7 p.m.
The Washington Lutheran Training J
School meets Monday, 7:45 p.m.
“The Church Universal” will be the j
subject of the prayer service at 8 p.m.
Thursday, to be conducted by the '
pastor, the Rev. H. E. Beatty.
This church will send representa
tives to the special meeting of the
Eastern Conference of the Maryland :
Synod Tuesday in St. Mark's Church,
Baltimore, Md.
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THEME ANNOUNCED
Rev. W. K. Lyons to T%lk on “The J
Question of Ages.”
Holy communion will be observed 1
tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock in the
Mount Tabor M. P. Church. The Rev.
William Kenneth Lyons will speak on :
“The Question of the Ages.” The ■
regular "thank offering” program, i
under the auspices of the Missionary
Auxiliary will be given at 8 p.m. Mrs.
Elizabeth Whiteford Murray, hospital
worker of the Washington Federation
of Churches, will be the guest speaker.
At the Thursday night prayer serv
ice the minister will continue his
aeries of lectures on the "Historical
Evidences of the Truth of the Scrip- '
ture Record.”
The Young People’s Society will ,
meet at 7 o'clock.
A lunchceon will be served in the
church basement Thursday from 12
to 1:30.
SPECIAL PREACHER
Dr. Luther Hess Waring to Preach
at Atonement Church.
The special preacher tomorrow
morning at the Church of the Atone
ment is Dr. Luther Hess Waring. The
pastor, the Rev. H. E. Snyder, will
preach In Christ Lutheran Church,
Bethesda, Md. The subject of the
sermon by Pastor Snyder in the eve
ning is “The Place of the Bible in
the First Three Centuries.” ,
The every-member visitation of the
parish will be the week of December
13. Martin A. McGrory will direct
the survey.
A class for instruction in modem
church work will begin in January.
The Light Brigade will hold a spe
cial service in the parish hall Decem
, '--'at 7 o’clock.
men’s Bible class atid Ruth
cClass s(iil meet at the home -of
lay jjecfember 10.
confirmation class will meet
Wednesday at t p.m. in the parish
hall.
A a
Anniversary
DR. W. A. WADE.
OF 60 WILL SING
“God of Truth” Subject of
Sermon at First
Congregational.
"The God of Truth’’ is the subject
-hosen by the Rev. Howard Stone An
ierson tomorrow at 11 o'clock in the
"irst Congregational Church. Music
Kill be furnished by the vested a
.'appella choir of 60 voices, directed
ry Ruby Smith Stahl.
The Howard University Glee Club,
iirected by Prof. Roy W. Tibbs, will
urnish the feature of the evening
:ervice at 8 o'clock. Julius Carroll,
ilso of Howard University, will be
suest organist, and Robert Nolan is
-he piano accompanist of the glee club.
The young people's societies meet
it 6:30 o'clock. The Rev. Walter G.
3orchers. jr„ will give an illustrated
alk on Brazil to the Tuxis group.
The I. C. Y. C. meets Tuesday at
■ 0 a m. with Mrs. Elias C. Alvord,
1928 Huntington street N.W.
The Young Women's Club meets at
-he church Tuesday at 6 p.m. for din
ter and program.
Guest speaker at the dinner and
srayer service on Thursday at 6 o'clock
Kill be Dr. Edward Hughes Pruden,
ninister of the First Baptist Church.
Dr. Pruden not only will speak but
tlso will sing, accompanied bv Mrs.
Pruden.
GUEST WILL SPEAK
AT STUDENT SERVICE
William H. King Will Address
Week of Prayer at Howard
University.
The All University Religious Serv
ices, Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel,
Howard University, will have as guest
speaker for the week of prayer, De
:ember 5, 7. 8 and 9. William Her
bert King, national secretary of the
student division of the Y. M. C. A.
During the week he will conduct serv
ices in the chapel as follows: Sun
fay. 11 am.; Tuesday, 11 am.;
Wednesday, noon: Thursday, 11 a.m.
* series of discussion groups will be
ied by Mr. King, the time and place
to be announced at the Sunday morn
ing services.
At 4:30 o'clock tomorrow, in An
drew Rankin Memorial Chapel, spon
sored by the Vesper Unit of the Stu
dent Fellowship, James Weldon John
son will give a reading of his poetry.
Mr. Johnson has served in diplomatic
rircles and as secretary of the Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People and has also
lontributed much to American litera
ture. He is Spence professor of crea
te literature at Fisk University,
'Jashville, Tenn., and lecturer in crea
te writing at New York University,
tow- York. The men’s glee club, with
’rof. Roy W. Tibbs at the organ, will
urnish music.
On Monday evening the Howard
’layers will present ’’The Dust of the
toad.”
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1EV. E. G. GOETZ’S TOPIC
rO BE ‘AGAINST MANKIND’
At Zion Lutheran Church the Rev.
ildward G. Goetz will continue his
Advent and Christmas sermon theme,
Christ’s Coming," and will speak on
he second subject in the series,
Against Mankind.”
The Intermediate and Senior Luther
-.eagues will attend the District Luther
league meeting at Georgetown Lu
heran Church at 4:30 p.m.
The Church Council will meet Mon
lay evening in the parsonage.
A meeting of the Sunday school
eachers and officers will be held Wed
lesday evening at the home of Miss
5mma Hild, 1234 Rhode Island ave
lue N.E.
FRIENDS PLAN SESSIONS
Peace Testimony Topic of Meet
ing1 Here Tomorrow.
“Today’s Challenge to the Peace
restimony of the Society of Friends”
s the subject for discussion at the
mnual conference of Quakers from
Virginia and Maryland, meeting at
he Friends Meeting House, 2111 Fior
da avenue N.W., at 3 o’clock tomor
row. Ray Wilson, associate secre
;arv, American Friends Service Com
mittee, Philadelphia, and Warren Muf
in of the National Council for the
Prevention of War will be the prin
:ipal speakers at the afternoon ses
sion.
In the evening, Clarence E. Pickri*!
;xecut.ive secretary of the Amc^an
Friends Service Committee, will give
in address on “The Life of the Spirit
.n a World of Force.” He will make
■he opening address in the Friends’
Forum series for 1937-8. The pub
ic is welcome. ‘
MEN’S CLUB DINNER
The Men’s Club of the Church of
3t. Stephen and the Incarnation will
hold a dinner in the parish house.
Sixteenth and Newton streets N.W.,
next Thursday at 6 o’clock. The guest
speaker will be Dr. Albert E. Russell,
United States Public Health Service.
Dr. Ruaseil is how engaged on tl«
Surgeon General’s project for the con
trol of venereal diseases.
All men of the parish and their
Friends will be welcome. Tickets may
be obtained at the door.
H
Series of Advent Sermons
at Cathedral Will Be
Continued.
Bishop James ET. Freeman will con
tinue his series of Advent sermons on
‘Times for Remeasuring” at the choral
evensong service In the newly opened
Crossing and North Transept of Wash
ington Cathedral tomorrow at 4 o'clock.
He visited Chicago this week to speak
at a meeting arranged by the Women’s
Committee of the National Cathedral
Association In Illinois of which Mrs.
Frank P. Hixon is chairman.
The sermon at the celebration of the
holy communion will be delivered by
the dean, the Very Rev. Noble C. Pow
ell. Muxle for both of these services
will be rendered by the Cathedral
Choir of men and boys under the
direction of Rollert Burrow, who will
be at the new console of the great or
gan. which is now being Installed In
the Cathedral. One unit of the new
organ and the two portions of the or
gan formerly used in Ihe Cheat Choir
have been connected with the console
now placed in Its permanent position'
in the second bay from the Crossing,
Holy communion will be observed at
7:30 am. in the Bethlehem Chapel.
Group pilgrimages will be held imme
diately after the H a.m. and 4 pm.
services.
Bishop Freeman announces the Lt
Norman Prince Memorial in St. John's
Chapel of the Cathedral will be dedi
cated at a special service next Mon
day, at, 11 a m. Brief tributes to the
memory of the young Boston aviator,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H.
Prince, who founded the Lafayette Es
cadrille in France during the World
War. will be delivered by Gen. John
J. Pershing, commander in chief of
the American Expeditionary Forces,
and member of the Cathedral Chapter;
Maj. Gen. Adelbert de Chambrun, rep
resenting the French Army and Min
ister of War, and Bishop FYeeman.
Each speaker will place a wreath of
bay leaves on the monument at the
conclusion of his remarks.
Special music will be rendered by |
the Cathedral choir, and Invitations
have been extended by the chapter of
the Cathedral to the heads of local
missions of the allied nations, mem
bers of the President's cabinet and
other Government officials, ranking
officers of the United States Army,
Navy and Marine Corps, and personal
friends of Lt. Prince. His body was j
brought home from Fiance last spring, |
and placed recently in the sarcophagus !
in the south wall of the chapel, sur
mounted by a sculptured figure sym
bolizing the supreme sacrifice made by
youth for an ideal. The monument
was sculptured by Paul Landowski of
Paris.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Prince
made a generous gift to the Cathedral
several years ago by which the altar,
reredos and first two bays of St. John's
Chapel are set aside in memory of
their son. This portion of the Cathe
dral has been designated by the
Bishop, dean and chapter as the Army
and Navy Chapel.
The public is invited to attend.
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LORD’S SUPPER
TO BE OBSERVED
No Sermon Tomorrow Evening at!
Petworth Methodist Epis
copal Church.
The sacrament of the Lord's sup
per will be observed tomorrow eve
ning at Petworth M. E. Church, with
the Rev. R. L. Wood in charge. There
will be no sermon.
At 11 a m. Deets Pickett of the
Board of Temperance of the M. E.
Church will be the guest speaker.
His address will be a part of the
postponed observance of World Tem
perance Sunday. The young people
of the Sunday school and Epworth
League will join in the recognition of
this anniversary.
The Epworth Leagues will meet at
7 o'clock, with George Lindle lead
ing the intermediate group, and speak
ing on “How Alcohol Afreets Life.”
In the senior Epworth League Mary
Jane Keely will give an address on ,
“What Are We Doing for Our Com
munity?”
The official board will met Tues
day evenihg with the minister presid
ing. Following the board meeting
the quarterly conference, with Dr. G.
Ellis Williams in the chair, will be
held.
The midweek service will be con
ducted Thursday evening by the min
ister. This is the second in the
series “Preparing for Christ." The
subject for this evening will be “What
Christmas Means to Me."
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SECOND OF ADVENT
SERIES AT ST. PAUL’S
The second in the series of Advent
sermons on the attributes of God will
be delivered at St. Paul's Lutheran
Church tomorrow morning by Dr.
Henry W. Snyder, who will use as his
theme "Christ; the Justice of God.”
At the evening service the sermon
topic will be “Finding Happiness.”
On Monday evening the Sunday
School Association will hold its an
nual meeting. Officers wiH be elected.
Dr. Snyder will speak at the Wed
nesday evening prayer service, which
will be followed by the meeting of the
Church Council. The Women’s Mis
sionary Society will conduct a spe
cial Christmas program.
"A Pageant of Brides” will be pre
sented Thursday evening and at the
same time a handkerchief bazaar will
be held.
COMMUNION SERVICE
At Central, Presbyterian Church to
morrow morning Dr. James H. Taylor
will preach on "The Lord’s Supper,"
after which the communion will be
celebrated. At night he will speak on
"A Gracious Invitation.”
The Westminster League, under the
supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Braden, will meet at 5 o’clock. After
this meeting there will be a fireside
hour for young people. Miss Mary
Colt and Mrs. Margaret Carr will be
in charge.
Y. It. C. A. Newt.
Page McK. Etchison, religious work
director of the Y. M. C. A., will speak
to the A. B. Pugh Bible Class of the
Mount Vernon Place M, E.: Churyh
South a't 8:45 a,m. tomorrow. f i
Mr. Etchisoh will also giveantf
lustrated lecture at the Church of tie
Nazarene tomorrow at 6:30 o'clock, i
His subject will be *'A Trip Through i
Palestine."
&
A Lesson for the Week
... A '
Despite All, Quiet Hearts
Promised by the Master.
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS. ' ) '
WORTH a trip to Denmark is the sight of Thorwaldeen’s great group
of sculptures in Copenhagen, “Christ and the Twelve Apostle*;’
The Twelve are far overtopped in artistic excellence by the figure
of Christ. A replica of this famous statue stands impressively in
the rotunda of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
This is the most satisfactory portrayal of Christ in marble that I> have
ever seen. The pose is one of strength and benignity. The compassionate
Master is portrayed as saying, "Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest”—the Scripture that is the core of
today's lesson.
Small wonder that the great white figure is a benediction of peace and
w Ait i/iic Auiieruig one*
who pass through the great hospital
For the word* Incised below the statue
represent the goal of all human heart!
—the harried mother in the home
with her brood about her; the dis
tracted business man in his office; the
statesman burdened with large cares;
the toiler wearied with the load o<
labor, the poor and the bereaved; in
short, the whole mass of mankind seek!
rest. Old Saint Augustine's familial
words come to mind: "Thou hast made
us for Thyself, and our hearts will
never be at rest until they rest in
Thee.” A poet, Frederick Langhide,
once wrote;
"Oh, some seek bread—no more—
life's mere subsistence.
And some seek wealth and ease
—the common quest;
And some seek fame, that hovers
in the distance;
But all are seeking rest.”
One By One.
We have been seeking the futility of
attempts to remake the world by
wholesale measures. Probably there
never before were produced in a single
g e n e r a 11 on so
many grandoise
schemes for re
shaping society.
All ignore the
perfectly obvious
truth that the
unit of change
must be the indi
vidual. It is only
one by one that
mankind can be
transformed; and
modern reformers
are too impatient
for such a pro
cess.
But Jesus was
never led astray into these fields of
mechanised, large-scale changes. With
Rome's power and methods ever be
fore His eyes. He never spoke a word
of emulation concerning them. He
saw mankind as separate lives, each a
child of the Heavenly Father. The
needs of the race did not present
themselves to His as a mass affair,
but only as the conrern of each hu
man being. His way was the way of
the changed heart for every one.
Always we shall arrive only at failure
if we try to improve upon this Divine
plan. Reformers in a hurry hope to
bring Utopia, if not the Kingdom of
Heaven, overnight. They remind me
of a Chinese patient whom I once saw
in a mission hospital, as I made rounds
with the physician. He was a man
bloated with dropsy, and to my lay
eyes, doomed to die. But he challenged
the doctor, with vigorous complaint
and impatience, because, although
he had come to the hospital two days
before (after years of the growth of
his disease) he was not yet cured. He
wanted quick results, like the modern
reformers.
In a Nazareth Carpenter Shop.
We shall not forget that Jesus was
trained as what mechanics call “a
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practical man.” His long year* ip the
Nazareth carpenter shop made Him an
individualist. Out of the experience
gained there. He spoke His deathless
messages. His words, "My yoke is
easy,” went back to His life as a car
penter.
Once, in Nazareth, I sought out a
primative carpenter shop, having no
Interest in the traditional shop of Jo
seph, a tourist site of more than doubt
ful authenticity. I found what I
looked for—a windowless room, the
floor covered with shavings and the
place cluttered up with timbers and
yokes and plows. The workman sat
on the floor and held the timbers on
which he worked between his feet. His
bow-string augur and home-made adze
and antique saw were the very same
sort of tools that Jesus handled. And,
like Nazareth’s best-known Carpen
ter. his task was the making of yokes
and plows. Jesus had made many a
well-balanced and smooth yoke before
He said, "My yoke is easy.”
Point is added to theMaster’s mes
sage of rest by the fact that, before
ever He cried, "Come unto Me, all ye
that labor and are heavy laden,” He
Himself had labored with the toilers
and been heavy laden by life. The
shoulders that later bore the cross had
often been bent beneath the heavy
loads of a working man. and the hands
that were nailed to the outstretched
beams were not the soft hands of an
easy-living scholar, but bore the cal
louses of manual labor. It was Christ
the toiler, as well as Christ the
teacher, who offered the priceless boon
of rest to a weary world. Modern ma
chinery has lifted many loads from
human backs since Christ’s day, but
the cunning old world has not yet dis
covered any material method of lift
ing loads from human hearts.
A Person, Not a Philosophy.
There seems to have been a slump
in the vogue of "Don’t Worry” socie
ties, which throve mightily a genera
tion ago. Their program was too thin
to last. Peace Is not to be found in a
philosophy, but in a person, The es
sence of the great offer of Jesus, of
rest to troubled hearts, is the personal
character of His promise: "Come unto
Me.” Just as the highest happiness of
the average person is found in a great
human love, so the satisfaction of the
spirit's deepest desires Is to be at
tained only in Christ Himself. Having
Him, no other lack matters.
As we have turned from reading the
other pages of this newspaper, with
their heart-sickening records of crime
and suffering and international strife,
it is a bit difficult to accept the con
clusion of our lesson that peace and
rest are the normal privilege of man.
God never intended that hearts should
i be mastered by fear and fret and flt
i fulness. The good life is the real life.
’ and designed to be standard among all
men "His service is perfect freedom.”
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The Sunday school lesson for De
cember 5: "Christian Rest." Matt.
I 11:28-30: Heb. Chapter 4.
Dr. Gove Griffith Johnson
Will Begin Series
of Themes.
Dr. Gove Griffith Johnson, pastor
of the National Baptist Memorial
Church, begins tomorrow morning a
series of pre-Christmas themes, the
Irst of which is "The Law of Christ,”
>r how Christianity is "the fulfilling
>f the law.” The ordinance of the
Lord’s supper will be observed with
;he reception" of new members.
The Rev. A. Lincoln Smith preaches
it 8 p.m. on “Four Kinds of Lost
People.” The Brass Quartet will par
-icipate in the service, beginning at
1:40, with some special numbers. The
roung men’s quartet will render a
.election.
A special hour for the teachers and
-he officers of the Bible school will
>e given by the Rev. Mr. Smith Thurs
lay, at 7 p.m., in connection with
lis leadership training course. The
lubject for discussion will be “The
reacher and His Bible.”
The Church Board of Christian Ed
ication meets Thursday at 7 p.m.
Prayer service on Thursday will
lave for its theme, “The Christian
Life and Its Culture.”
SERIES IS NEAR CLOSE
AT ALBRIGHT CHURCH
The next two Sundays will be the
climax Sundays of the first phase of
‘The Farther With Christ Mission” at
Albright Memorial Evangelical Church,
rhe series of sermons the Rev. George
E. Schnabel has been preaching closes
;omorrow. The subject of the morn
ing sermon will be “A Shaken World’s
Challenge to the Church” and at
1:45 p.m. “The Church's Answer to
the World’s Challenge.” At these
two services the "Farther With Christ
Life Commitment Programs” will be
listributed to the congregation.
The young people’s groups will meet
st 7-p.m. and then participate in the
evening service. Following the eve
ning service, the fireside group will
meet at the parsonage.
On Tuesday night the Brother
hood will meet, with Dr. Sam Stewart
presiding. The guest speaker will be
3eorge Finch of the Carnegie Peace
foundation. On Thursday night the
Ouild will meet in joint session of all
circles for election of officers. The
prayer meeting on Wednesday night
will be led by Emmette Jester.
DINNER MEETING
Dr. Sockman Will Address Con
gregational Club.
The Congregational Club will hold
y dinner meeting at First Congrega
lonal Church Monday at 6:30 p.m.
[Jr. Ralph W. Sockman of New York
3ity, prominent clergyman and an
luthor and lecturer of distinction,
rill be the guest speaker.
“Fences or Bridges for
World Christianity” to Be
Topic Tomorrow.
Dr. Raphael Harwood Miller, pas
tor of the National City Christian
Church, will preach tomorrow on
‘ Fences or Bridges for World Chris
tianity.”
In the evening Mrs. Ida B. Wise
Smith, national president of the Wom
en's Christian Temperance Union,
will be the guest speaker. Her topic
will be "Streamlined Power."
At the Le Rendezvous meeting of
the young people, at 6 p.m., Miss
Elsie Stone of the ifcolumbia Bible
College will give an illustrated lec
ture on Palestine. The picture are
recent and show conditions as they
are today. The Alpha C. E. Society
will join them In their meeting.
LORD’S SUPPER IS TOPIC
OF REV. JAMES H. MIERS
At Fourth Presbyterian Church to
morrow at 11 o'clock the Rev. James
H. Miers will preach on "Sacrament
of the Lord's Supper.” It will be
observed exactly 109 years after the
first communion, which was held on
the first, Sunday of December, 1828,
Dr. Rev. Joshua Danforth being the
organizing minister of the church.
There will be an appropriate sermon,
which will be broadcast over Station
WOL from H:30 to 12. At 7 p.m.,
there will be "Predestination and the
Christian Believer.” Does God show
partiality if the teaching is true? At
8, the topic is "Incredulity and As
surance.”
On Monday at 7:45 p.m. there will
be a lecture, "Enduring to the End."
On Thursday at 8 o'clock there will
be a service entitled, "Woman's Mis
sionary Society Jilight.”
At 9:30 am. the minister continues
to give a short series of studies in
Kelly Hall on Iasiah, chapter S3.
KORNMANN TOPIC
St. Stephen’s Evangelical Luther
an Church Services.
At St. Stephen's Evangelical Luther
an Church tomorrow at 11 a.m. the
Rev. Sam H. Kommann will have as
his subject "The Comfort of the ;
Scriptures.”
The Luther League will meet at
7 p m. in the church. This will be a
combined church and young people’s
service. William Zellers will speak on
"World Peace.”
A meeting of the Sunday School
Association will be held Tuesday at
7:30 p.m. ’ . h
The Ushers’ Association will meet
at the home of Robert Irey, 3800
Twentieth street N.E., Tuesday eve
ning.
Returns rtf ’the every-member can
vass will be given at the evening
service December 12.
Chat at All Souls’ at 5:30
Dr. Pierce Preaches
in Morning.
"New Frontiers of the Mind," the
new book by Prof. J. B. Rhine of DuLo
University, will be reviewed by I»r.
Paul Kaufman at the book chat at
All Souls’ Unitarian Church tomorrow
at 5:30 o’clock. This follows a half
hour program of Karg-Elert music by
Lewis Atwater, organist.
At the 11 o’clock service Dr. Ulysses
G. B. Pierce will preach on "Habit:
Friend or Enemy?" Miss Jeanette
Rankin will speak before the adult
class in current problems at 10 o’clock
on “America and World Peace." At
the same time Rabbi Harry Silverstone
of Tifereth Israel Congregation will
continue a course before the Com
parative Religions Class on "The
Prophets of Israel." Supper is served
at 6 o’clock.
At the Fireside Circle for Young
People there will be a round-table
discussion of “The Far-Eastern Prob
lem." The feature at the motion pic
ture hour in Pierce Hall at 7:30 will
be the English-made picture, "As
You Like It.”
Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard will
continue her series of talks Monday
evening on current events. Pierce
Hall Players present "The Boomerang"
on December 8 and 9. On Thurs
day at 6:30 the Unitarian Laymen’s
league will have a dinner meeting,
with M. L. Wilson, assistant to the
Secretary of Agriculture, speaking on
"Some Agricultural Problems.”
At the meeting of the Women’s Al
liance on Friday morning, December
10, Col. William O. Tufts of Goodwill
Industries will speak on the work of
that organization. The French film,
“The Late Matthias Pascal.” based on
Pirandellos satire, will be the feature
at the foreign language cinema in
Pierce Hall Saturday evening. This
evening the German picture, "Anna
und Elisabeth,’’ will b#shown.
“VOLUNTEER DAY”
WILL BE OBSERVED
Pastor of Ninth Street Christian
to Begin Seventh Year
of Service.
"Volunteer day" will be observed at
the Ninth Street Christian Church
tomorrow morning tor financial sup
port of the church. The Rev. Clifford
H. Jope will use as the theme of his
morning sermon, "She Hath Done
What She Could.” This will be the
beginning of the seventh year of the
minister's service with the Ninth
Street Church.
The Junior Church will meet in the
church house at the same hour, under
the direction of Mrs. Margaret Small.
A nursery is maintained during the
worship service for small children
whose parents desire to attend the
service.
At 7:45 p.m. the pastor will preach
the sixth in a series of sermons on the
Ten Commandments. "The First
Comandment With Promise."
The Adult Choir and Orchestra,
under the leadership of Joseph O.
Harrison, will present a concert Mon
day evening.
The prayer meeting topic Thursday
will be "In Prophecy" and will be a
part of a series on the life of Christ.
The Rev. William George Oram, as
sistant minister, will be the special
speaker.
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Un. rnANK STEELMAN
ANNOUNCES SERMONS
Dr. Frank Steelman, pastor of Cal
vary M. E. Church, will preach to
morrow on “Our Potential Selves”
and at 8 p.m. on “The Triumph of the
Good.” The Men's Bible Class will
participate, with Edward M. Webster
presiding: William B. Wells, song
leader; John W. Fisher, scripture
reading; Dr. Charles B. Campbell,
prayer. The senior choir, under the
direction of Louis A. Potter, will sing
at both services.
Finley Cheston will preside at the
young People's League service at 7
p.m. Masterpieces of art, particularly
on the early life of Christ, will be
presented with interpretations. Prayer
service will be held Thursday evening,
with the minister in charge.
CONTINUES SERIES
The pastor of Francis Asbury M. E.
Church South, the Rev. Albert p.
Shirkey, will preach tomorrow at 11
Vclock on "The Church Triumphant."
it is a continuation of the series of
sermons on "Christ's Message to His
Church,” which is based on the book
>f Revelation. At 8 p.m. the subject
will be "Why Do We Have to Suffer?”
The young people meet at 6.45 p.m.
On Monday the Board of Stewards
will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at 8
p.m. prayer service will be in charge
)f the Rev. Mr. Shirkey.
“DOUBTS OR DOGMAS?”
At the New York Avenue Presby
terian Church tomorrow morning the
Rev. Peter Marshall will speak on
Doubts or Dogmas?” and at 8 p.m. on
‘Why Study the Bible?”
Prayer service will be observed
rhursday evening. Mr. Marshall will
continue his discussion of some of
the fundamental doctrines of life and
religion: "What Is God?” "How May
We Know Him?” "What Is Man?”
VISITOR TO SPEAK
Henry D. Moyle, chairman of the
locial security program of the Church
>f Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
Bommoniy called the Mormon Church,
is visiting in Washington and will
■peak in the Washington Chapel, Six
teenth street and Columbia road N.W.,
tomorrow at 7 p.m. Mr. Moyle will
ipeak on the progress being made by
the Social Security Committee of the
:hurch.
Special musical numbers will be
jresented by t£e Washington Branch
3holr, under the direction of D. Ster
ing Wheelwright. The public is in
cited.
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“Home-Coming”
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THE RIGHT REV. PHILIP
H. RHINELANDER.
DR. 1W. RUSTIN
SELEQTSTHEMES
Mount Vernon Place Pastor
Will Preach in Morning
and Evening.
Dr. John W. Rustin, pastor of
Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church
South, will preach on “Prepare Ye
the Way" tomorrow morning and in
the evening on “Pay Day." The young
people of the church will participate
and be special guests. A duet will
be sung by Robert Rosbach, tenor,
and Prudence Jackson, soprano; the
young people's choir will sing the
evening anthem.
Represen tative W. D. McParlane of
Texas will sing at the adult division
service. “The Discovery of the Bible”
is the subject to be presented by Mrs.
E. L. Brien. Mrs. Ashlan P. Harlan
will speak on “What Is Worship and
How to Worship" at the evening serv
ice of the younger adult department
at 7 p.m.
The Jaynes Class will serve a turkey
dinner Tuesday at the rhurch from
5 to 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting will
be held Thursday evening, Dr. Rus
tin, leader.
The Washington City Auxiliary Mis
sion to Lepers will hold its semi-an
nual ingathering of the leper funds
Friday at the church from 10:30 to
3 o'clock. Mrs. E. K. Higdon, mis
sionary in the Philippine Islands, will
speak at 11 a m. Luncheon will be
served. Dr. W. J. K. Clothier, med
ical missionary at Sakbayeme, West
Africa, will speak at 2 p.m.
GRACE LUTHERAN
OBSERVES ADVENT
Annual Election of Officers Will
Be Held Monday in Church
Hall.
The advent season as one devoted
to preparation for the ••coming” of
Christ and of Christmas is being kept
in Sunday's services at Grace Luther
an Church. At the 11 a m. service
Dr. Gerhard E. Lenski will preach on
"God's Answer to Man's Prayer for
Security.” The choir will sing.
The Junior Luther League will meet
at 6 p.m. Marvin Hartung will speak
on "What Are Proper Amusements?”
Miss Betty Bricker will be hostess.
Supper will be served at 7 p.m.
On Monday at 8 p.m. the annual
election of officers will be held in
the church hall. Dr. W. E Schuette,
president of the Eastern District of
the American Lutheran Church, will
give an address and conduct his an
nual "visitation."
The Fidelity Club will meet in the
church hall Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Mrs. Caspar Berger will entertain.
“LIFE-GIVING CHRIST”
TO BE SERMON TOPIC
‘‘The Life-Giving Christ” will be
the subject of Dr. Frederic W. Per
kins’ sermon at the 11 a m. service
in the Universalist National Memorial
Church tomorrow. It will be the
first in a group of three Advent ser
mons preparatory to Christmas on
the general theme, "Who Came When
Jesus Was Born?”
Other sermons will be: December
12, "The World-Transforming Christ";
December 19, "The Christ Who Is
to Be.”
At 4; 30 p.m., the second of the
musical "at homes” arranged by Jes
sie Masters, director of music, will
be held in the Romaine-Van Schaick
room. The special guest artist will
be Anne Farquhan, cellist. Vocal
numbers will be given by Jessie Mas
ters, contralto: Luella 8tockett, mezzo
soprano, and Eugene Dahl, tenor. Tea
will be served by members of the
choir.
The Optimist Club will meet Tues
day at 8:15 p.m. Dr. Perkins will
give a program of readings from
favorite authors. The Church School
Association will meet Thursday at
6 p.m.
SERVICE LISTED
Dr. Hjelm Will Preach at Augua
tana Lutheran Church.
Xt the service of the Augustana
Lutheran Congregation tomorrow at
11 o’clock at 2400 Sixteenth street
N.W.. Dr.‘Arthur O. Hjelm will preach
on "Watchfulness or Slothfulness in
Our Attitude Toward God?”
A group of workers will visit all
the confirmed members of the con
gregation tomorrow afternoon to dis
tribute membership envelopes for 1938
and of receiving from the members
their pledges of support
The Board of Administration will
meet Tuesday evening.
The Junior Luther League will meet
Friday evening.
COMMUNION RITES
Holy communion will be observed
in Eldbrooke M. E. Church at 11 a.m.
tomorrow with reception of new mem
bers. The Rev. Walter M. Michael
will deliver a communion meditation
on “The Bread of Life." The Rev.
S. Carroll Coale of Brightwood Park
M. E. Church will preach at the eve
ning service.
The midweek devotional service
and monthly meeting of the Official
Board will be held at 8 p.m. Wednes
day.
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Bishop Rhinelander Will
Pronounce Absolution and
Blessing at Service.
The Right Rev. Philip M. Rhine
lander, retired Bishop of Pennsylvania,
and warden emeritus of the College
of Preachers at Washington Cathe
dral, will pronounce the absolution
and the blessing at a “home-coming”
service tomorrow at 11 am. at St.
Mark's Episcopal Church. He was or
dained to the priesthood in this church
40 years ago this month. All mem
bers and former members of the
church are invited to attend this
service.
at. manes was the first pro-Oathe
dral of the Dioceses of Washington,
under Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee
from 1896 to 1902. The parish was
started as a mission by the Rev.
Mark Olds in 1867, gained Independ
ence two years later under the rec
torship of the Rev. A. P. Steele.
Many prominent clergymen have
been connected with St. Mark's, in
cluding Bishop Rhinelander, Dr. Wil
liam L. De Vries, the Rev. Caleb R.
Stetson, afterward rector of Trinity
Church, New York City; the Rev. C.
H. Hayes, professor at General The
ology Church, Annapolis, Md.; the
Rev. G. Preeland Peter, the Rev. E.
M. Thompson and many others. The
Very Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl. until
recently dean of Washington Cathe
dral, was ordained in St. Mark’s, as
were the Revs. C. C. C. Mapp and M.
P. Minnick.
Many lay people prominent In the
life of the District have been mem
[ bers of St. Mark's congregation, in
cluding C. N. Wilson, Gen. W. H.
Browne, Davis Baker, E. Hamilton]
Dr. J. S. Beale, R. W. Walker. B.
H. Morse and G. W. Harrington, who
aided in the organization of the
parish in 1868, and H. N. Chapman,
S. D. Charles. R. K. Elliot, Maj C
T. Gardiner, W. T. Kent and T. M.
Smith, members of the first vestry.
Prominent throughout many year
was Walter Henry Marlow, a well
known Washington busines-s man,
| whose son, Morris E. Marlow, Is at
| present a vestryman. John Chew was
| active in the parish for many years,
as was John C. Torbert, who was
| senior warden, and Thomas Shipiey
Moore, who was junior warden. Nota
ble was the service of William B.
Trott, organist, whose long life of
93 years was only recently ended.
The present members of the vestry
! are Maj. Joseph H. Wheat, senior
| warden; David W. Gall, junior war
j dpn: Henry P. Blair. Morris E. Mar
j low, S. W. Frazier, Charles Hutchin
1 son, John N. Robertson, Hull T. Esta
brook, David E. McCoy and E. Tay
lor Papson.
The service tomorrow will be the
holy communion. The celebrant will
be the Rev. William R Moody, presen
rector. He will also preach the ser
' mon.
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ACTIVITIES LISTED
at metropolita;:
“Christmas Predictions" Will r
Subject of Dr. John
Compton Ball.
At the Metropolitan Baptist Churr'i
tomorrow morning Dr. John Comptr .
Ball will have for his theme “Christ -
! mas Predictions.” The ordinance of
j the Lord's supper will be observed
and new members welcomed.
“The Greatest Question of All Ages"
will be the subject of the evening ser
mon. and this text in words will bo
! in song by the Junior
j Harmonizers, who are Virginia Brown,
; Doris Hall. Elsie Mae Harper, War
rene Welch, Laura Martin. Wanda
De Vault. Hilda Glover, Winfred
Craven and Jeanne Abel.
The B A U. will hold religious
services at the Home for Ladies. 1455
Wisconsin avenue N.W., at 3 o'clock.
William Bolls will be in charge
Mrs. Albert Brown. 127 Fourth
street, will be the hostess at a meet
ing of the primary department Mon
day evening.
The Philathea Bible Class, with
! Mrs- Charles Hall presiding, will hold
j a business meeting^ Tuesday evening.
! Officers will be elected. The Fidelis
Bible Class, Mrs. Eunice Harper, v
president, will meet Tuesday evening.
On Wednesday the Ladies’ Aid So
ciety will serve a public turkey lunch
eon at noon.
The Teacher Training Class meets
Thursday at 7 p.m. Mrs. William
j Hasker is the teacher. Prayer service
Thursday at 8 o'clock, led by the
senior B. Y. P. U,
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COMMUNION MEDITATION
IN GEORGETOWN CHURCH
The Rev. Robert M. Skinner will
give a brief communion meditation
at the 11 o'clock service in George
town Presbyterian Church tomorrow
when the sacrament of the Lord's
supper will be observed
The newly organized junior choir
will meet for rehearsal at 4:30. The
meeting of the junior young people's
group will follow at 5:30 p.m. The
intermediates and seniors meet at
6:45 p.m., the intermediates on tlic
balcony and the seniors in the chapel
The Men's Club will observe ladies’
night at a dinner meeting in Cissel
Chapel Monday at 6:30 p.m. Enter
tainment will be provided by the
Misses Lena Parks and Katherine
Bentley, members of the Wigs and
Queues Dramatic Club of the First
Baptist Church.
The women will meet on Tuesday
at 11:30 with a Christmas program.
Luncheon will follow.
Tl^e midweek service will be held
in Cissel Chapel Thursday evening.
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; THE PILGRIMS CHURCH
The subject of the 11 a m. sermon
tomorrow at the Church of the Pil
grims will be "The Christian Ode to
the Praise of His Glory,” Dr. An
drew Reid Bird, pastor, announced.
[At 7:45 p.m. he will begin a series of
sermons on the general theme. “Jays
of Christmas in the Light of God's
Word.” The topic of the first sermon
is "The First Picture of Christmas.”
The 7:45 p.m. prayer meeting
Thursday will be conducted by the
Gospel Mission. The meeting will be
for prayer and a demonstration of
“The Power to -Save Today of Him
Who Was Born in Bethlehem.”
The Young People's Society will
have a vesper meeting tomorrow at
J:l& p.m. The fellowship group will
meet at 0 pm. and the Christian
Pioneers at 0:30 p.m.