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Back From Texas,
Bishop Freeman
Plans Sermon
To Preach Tomorrow
At 4 P.M. Evensong
Service
Bishop James E. Freeman will
preach at the people's evensong in
Washington Cathedral tomorrow,
the next Sunday before Advent, at
4 o'clock. He returns today from
Houston, Tex., where he spoke at
the annual convention of the Ameri
can Bankers’ Association.
At the 11 o'clock service of morn
ing prayer the preacher will be
Canon Edward Slater Dunlap. Holy I
communion will be celebrated in the
Bethlehem Chapel of the Holy Na
tivity at 7:30 a m. and 9:30 a m.
The Cathedral choir of men and
boys, under the direction of Robert
G. Barrow, organist and choirmas
ter. will sing at the 11 am. and 4
p.m. services. There will be group
pilgrimages after both of these serv
ices.
^ Evensong services are being held
at 4 o'clock instead of 4:30 until
lurther notice.
There will be a festival service of
morning prayer at 11 o'clock on
Thanksgiving Day, with sermon by
Bishop Freeman. Special festival
music will be sung by the Cathedral
choir.
The Cathedral is open, with pil
grim aides available, from 9 a.m. to
6 pm. on week days and the bishop's
garden is open to the public during
the same hours—also from noon to
5 p.m. on Sundays.
Offering Will Help
Liquidate Debt
The Thanksgiving Day service for
Rhode Island Avenue M. P. Church
will be tomorrow at 11 o'clock. The
thanksgiving offering will be an
appreciation gift which will be ap
plied to the liquidation of the de
nomination's debt before entering
Methodist Union. The pastor's sub
ject will be "Why Does God Bless
Us?” He will speak at night on
“How May Others Know One Is
Christian?” Revival services every
Sunday night and a two weeks’ re
vival service every night.
The pastor will lead a discussion
on "Sacredness of Marriage" at the
men’s Bible class at 9:30 a m.
On Thursday night the pastor will
continue his series of meditations on
“The Power, Preparation and Pro
gram for Personal Workers.” The
topic will be "The Disciples Winning
Individuals.”
On Thursday morning the congre
gation will join the congregations
of Bloomingdale in a thanksgiving
service at Bethany Baptist Church,
with Dr. S. B. Daugherty as the
•peaker.
On Tuesday night the Builidng
Guild will meet at the home of Mrs.
Reinmuth, 318 Rhode Island avenue
N.E. The meeting will be directed
by Mrs. C. M. Franklin, president.
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Busy Week Planned
At St. Thomas'
Two organizations of St. Thomas
Church parish will hold corporate
communions at 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning, the Woman's Auxiliary
and the St. Thomas Chapter of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew. The
latter will have a communion break
fast after the service.
From 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the parish
house, the Young People's Society
will have a silver tea. to which all
parishioners and friends are invited.
On account of Thanksgiving Dav,
the Woman's Auxiliary sewing meet- !
ing will be held Monday at 10 in
stead of Wednesday. This organi
zation announces a silver tea for
December 5.
On Tuesday evening there will be
a final meeting of the parish can
vassers with reports of what they
have accomplished.
Thanksgiving Day services are:
Holy communion, 8 am.: morning
prayer and sermon, 11 a m. Dona
tions of fruit and vegetables may j
be brought to the parish house be
fore noon on Wednesday. These
will be placed in the chancel and
later distributed where needed.
The Altar Guild will meet. Novem- !
her 25 at 10 o'clock in the rector's
office.
Native of India
Is Church Speaker
At Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church tomorrow morning the Rev.1
J. Hillman Hollister will preach on
"I Thank Thee.”
W. K. Alexander, a native of In
dia. will speak to the Hearthstones
on "What Does a Hindu Young
Person Lose and Gain When He
Becomes a Christian" at 6:45 p.m.
H. K. Bosley, sociology teacher at j
Wilson High School, will complete
“A Yankee Slant on Europe" at the
meeting of the Alpha Omega Group
at 7:30 p.m at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. Alden Loomis, 3143 Oliver i
street N.W. At 7:30 p.m. the Fire
side Group, under the leadership of j
Dr. Hollister, will meet at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. William Ashby i
Jump. 3247 Patterson street N W *
and the Collegians at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Johnson, 4116
Fessenden street N.W.
Rev. C. N. Williams
To Discuss Loyalty
"A Vital Expression of Loyalty"
Is the topic of the Rev. C. N. wil
liams tomorrow at 11 a m. at the
Third Christian Church. The Lord’s
•upper will be observed. A loyalty I
program will be presented In the !
Bible school at 9:45 am.
The Lydia Class met Tuesday at
the home of Mrs. Bessie Cladfelter. j
Mrs. Pauline Roberts was given!
charge of the Thanksgiving baskets
which will be delivered Thursday.
Members are requested to bring
their gifts tomorrow morning.
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First Baptist Church
Dr. Edward Hughes Pruden will
preach at the First Baptist Church
tomorrow morning on “The Primary i
Passion of a Saintly Life." and in
the evening on ‘‘A Standard by;
Which to Test Your Religion." |
Union Thanksgiving Day services j
will be held in the church at 10:30
Thursday with the Rev. M. C. Stith, j
pastor of the Brookland Church,
preaching. No Thursday evening
service will be held.
The Ann Jackson Class will hold
a business and social meeting at
church Monday evening. I
A Lesson for the Week
Lax Moral Standards More
Than Private Concern
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
One day in Persia that wise American, Dr. William A. Shedd, had
taken me to interview several Persian dignataries. One of them was a
venerable sheikh, with long flowing gowns and beard. We had been dis
cussing social institutions, including polygamy, and when we were alone
Dr. Shedd quoted the old man as saying, "This cursed system of frequent
marriage and divorce has created such a tangled system that a man may,
without knowing it, marry his own daughter."
Old Persia, like all Moslem countries, permitted divorce by the mere
say-so of the husband. It is of deep significance that most of these
lands, in their process of rapid Westernization since the World War,
abolished polygamy and easy dl-v
vorce. They have awakened to a |
realization that their old practices j
were rotting the nations at the core, 1
making slaves of the women and
weaklings and sensualists of the
men. The history of many a nation
is an illustration of the Bible truth
that "to be carnally minded is
death.” Rome's fall was due to moral
rottenness. No people can live for
the gratification of physical appe
tites and hope to escape doom.
No more alarming evidence of the
slump of modern civilization has
been produced than the decline of
standards with respect to personal
c h a s 11 ty. The
professors with
their question
naires have
shown that an
appalling pro
portion of stu
dents have con
fessed to pre
marital sexual
e x p e r i e nee—
largely the fault
of the colleges’
own ’'liberal'' so
cial discussions.
Myriads of
young persons
no longer regard
H\ T. Ellis.
it as an offense against God and
society to violate the implications
of the seventh commandment. The
New Testament corollary, "Keep
thyself pure." is equally unheeded.
This moral laxity is the undergird
ing of the hideous evils of divorce,
which has become a normal part of
our Western life.
Chaste men and chaste women
are the essential fabric of a healthy,
happy society. Despite all the pre
vailing offending, the statute books
of God and of the State write down
unchaste conduet as immorality, as
a sin and as a crime. However much
persons may wink at "fast" living,
the organized verdict of society is
against it, clearly and unmistake
ably. The offender is a lawbreaker,
before God and before human
tribunals.
As the Fast Sees It.
So highly does the ancient East
regard pre-marital chastity that the
penalty is death for both man and
woman. A few years ago, when in i
Palestine. I learned of an instance
where both a guilty Arab man and
woman were slain by the girl's
brother, in obedience to the imme
morial law. Then the whole neigh
borhood conspired to give the Brit
ish authorities a different version
of the murders; for the people ap
proved of the act of punishment.
In Arabia the law of death for
adultery is openly applied. Yet in
our •'civilized” western world socie
ty is honey-combed with such of
fenses. It is high time that young
people, especially, should do some
serious thinking upon this theme.
The darkest day in a person's life
is that whereon he or she parts with
virtue. For one thing the door I
against a pure and happy married
life has been slammed shut.
' All the restraints and rewards
of religion sould be operative to
maintain the standard of purity in
human conduct laid down by Scrip
ture. Jesus, Paul and the Revelator
are explicit in pronouncing eternal
doom upon those who commit the
sins of the flesh. |
'Christian Colonies'
Takoma Park Theme
The Rev. R. Paul Schearrer will!
preach at 11 a m. tomorrow in the
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church 1
on "Concerning These Christian
Colonies.” At 8 p.m. a new type of
service will be introduced of a more
liturgical nature and with a strong
musical emphasis. He will speak on
"Obedience, a Means to an End.”
A new venture will be started to
morrow in the nature of a church for
children of primary age. It will be
simultaneous with the morning
worship and children of the first
three grades of the public school
are invited.
Frances Shepard. Jean Butz.
Nancy Lee Croney, Carol Pierce and
Harold Boesch will lead several
young people's group meetings to
morrow evening.
The Mother Gordon Bible Class
will meet Monday evening at the
home of Mrs. E. Jack Coulson, 105
Carroll avenue. Mrs. Albert T. Mig
hell will conduct the devotions and
the pastor will be the guest speaker.
A community Thanksgiving Day
service will be held in Trinity Epis
copal Church. The Rev. Mr. Schear
rer will preach.
Wallace Memorial
To Hold Ingathering
The annual ingathering of the
thank offering will be held in the
Wallace Memorial United Presby- i
terian Church tomorrow at 8 p.m.
It is sponsored by the Woman's
Missionary Society, the Bethella
Shaw Guild and the Flo White
Circle. Mrs. C. S. Trimble, presi
dent of the W. M. S.. will preside.
A pageant. "The Way of the Cross,”
will be presented by 16 young people.
Dr. C E. Hawthorne will preach
at 11 a.m. on "All Things Are
Ready.” New members will be re
ceived.
The Bible School Board meeting
is postponed to November 30.
The members will unite with the
Petworth M. E. and the Petworth
Baptist Churches in a Thanksgiving
service in the Baptist Church on
Thursday at 10:30 o'clock, with Dr.
Frank Steelman, pastor of the Pet
worth M. E. Church, preaching.
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Will Present Pageant
The Women's Missionary Society
will present a pageant, "Cloud ol
Witnesses." tomorrow at 11 a m. in
the Fifth Baptist Church, under the
direction of Mrs. William Degges. It
is presented in celebration of the
golden jubilee anniversary of tne
Women's Missionary Union, auxil
iary to the Southern Baptist Con- |
vent ion.
At 7:45 pm Dr. John E. Briggs
will speak on "Why Be Thankful?”
The Baptist Training Union will
meet at 6:30 pm.
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It Is characteristic of Jesus that
He lifted all truth up to spiritual
levels. He declared that evil desires
were equal to evil acts. His pro
gram is for a spiritual life that
reigns sovereign over bodily desires.
A life is not pure at all unless it
is pure in its central core.
In the light of this high truth,
what shall we say about the books
and magazines and plays and mo
tion pictures which are designed to
titillate the baser passions? There
are publishing houses which deal
exclusively in pornographic works.
Even the best of the magazines
at times open their columns to the
inflow of sewer filth. Decency has
a hard, and not wholly successful
fight, to keep sex in its nastier
aspects off the stage and screen.
There are those, disciples of
Freud, who make sex the master
motive of all life. To them, man
is not a free spirit, born to pursue
nobel ends worthy of sons of God,
but a mere bundle of physical ob- i
sessions. . From the ranks of such I
we can hope for no great idealists, i
no noble public servants, no creators
of happy homes where pure love
reigns.
Children Who Suffer.
The head of a famous school for
boys told me that his greatest prob
lem is the sons of divorced parents,
of whom every private boarding
school has a disproportionate num
ber. Thus the separated fathers and
mothers get rid of the care of their
unhappy children. For these boys
have no anchorage, no home ideals
or standards, no authority to which I
to appeal.
Such parents will surely have to
answer some day to the Judge who
was Jesus, devoted lover of little
children. His terrible words about
the fate of those who offend the
children still hold true. These vic
tims of the sins of fathers and
mothers are to rise up in Judgment
against their parents.
Gods wants people to be happy.
His laws, even the sternest of the
Commandments, are designed to
promote the highest human welfare. !
He has so constituted life that
obedience to Him brings happiness.
Disobedience insures misery. When
I was a boy in a printing office, one
of the compositors was a manifest
victim of a sin disease He had be
come a Christian, but the scars of
his old life made him a sufferer for
all to see. and a morose, unsocial,
unhappy creature. I contrast him
with a noble and brilliant Y. M. C.
A. man who I got to know in Rus
sia during the war. He terminated
a conversation upon Russian im
morality by saying simply, ‘ There's
something fine about being decent.” :
That's it: "There s something j
fine about being decent.” Millions !
of men and women, who have kept
the Seventh Commandment and
Christ's interpretation of it. find
life strong and sweet and satisfac
tory. Like Galahad, they can say.
"My strength is as the strength of
ten
Because my heart is pure.”
The Sunday school lesson for No
vember 20 is “The Seventh Com
mandment: The Sacredness of the
Home.”—Exodus xx.14; Matthew
v.27-30; Mark x.2-16; Ephesians
v.22-33.
Shure Anniversary
Will Be Celebrated
Dr. John W. Rustin, pastor of
Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church
South, will preach tomorrow morn
ing on “Are the Evil Successful?”
There will be choral music at this
service. An evening of music will
be given by the chorus of 70 voices at
8 p.m., the program being in cele
bration of the 17th anniversary of
the service of Deane Shure as min
ister of music in this church. The
program will consist of works com
posed by him which have been
dedicated to the choir. It will in
clude the well-known "Palestine
Suite.” which was given first per
formance in Jerusalem by Mr.
Shure in 1934; anthems and organ,
voice and piano solos. Miss Edith |
F. Gottwals will be organist, with
Mr. Shure conducting.
The Young People's and Younger
Adult Department meet at 7 p.m.
Mrs. Lillie Clayton Garrett will
address the adult department wor
ship service tomorrow at 9:30 on
"The Spiritual Presence of God,” il
lustrating her address with the sing
ing of Mendelssohn's hymn, “Conso
lation,” words by Harriet Beecher
Stowe.
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Petworth M. E.
Plans Announced
At the 11 a.m. service in Petworth
M. E. Church Dr. Frank Steelman
will preach on "The Things We Pos
sess.’’
At 6 p.m. the intermediates from
Hamline Church will meet for tea
and remain for a Thanksgiving
dramatization at 6:30 p.m. The
Senior Epworth League will meet at
7 p.m. for a Thanksgiving service,
in charge of Anna Mary Deaven
port.
The 8 p.m. service will major in
congregational singing of great
hymns. Dr. Steelman will preach
on “Color Blindness.’’
On Wednesday evening Uldine Ut
ley, evangelist, will conduct a
preaching service.
The churches of Petworth will
unite in a Thanksgiving service in
the Baptist Church at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday. Dr. Steelman will preach
on "God's Best Gifts.”
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Zion Lutheran
The service tomorrow at Zion
Lutheran Church will be dedicated
to the Sunday School. All of the
teachers and officers will be in
stalled. The Rev. Edward G. Goetz
will preach on "Christ, the Truth.”
A children's sermon, "The Word of
God,” also will be included.
The Thanksgiving Day service will
be held at 10 a.m.
The annual every member visita
tion will be made the week of No
vember 37.
'Our Brother-the Jew'
To Be Theme for
First Congregational
'The Old Homestead' Will
Feature Service on
Sunday Evening
The Rev. Howard Stone Ander
son speaks tomorrow at 11 o'clock
at First Congregational Church on
‘‘Our Brother—the Jew!" This is
prompted by the current persecu
tions of the Jewish people, as well
as by the history of United States
Congregationalists. who are direct
descendants of the exiled Pilgrim
Fathers who erossed the sea.
The picture service at 7:45 o'clock
tomorrow evening features ‘‘The Old
Homestead"—a Thanksgiving story.
Gospel singing from the screen and
Thanksgiving music by the choir
and soloists will be other items.
The Tuxis Club meets at 6:30 p.m.
The Young Women's Club meets
Tuesday at 6 o'clock for dinner. The
program will be presented by a dance
group.
This church joins with other
downtown churches in union
Thanksgiving services Thursday at
11 o'clock in Mount Vernon Place
Church with Dr. William S. Aber
nethy of Calvary Baptist Church the
preacher.
A tea for the business and pro
fessional women of the church will
be given Saturday from 3 to 5
o'clock in the church by the
Women's Society.
'Perils of Old Age'
Ch'isl Lutheran Topic
The Rev. J. Frederic Wenchel,
pastor of Christ Lutheran Church,
will speak tomorrow morning on
“The Perils of Old Age.” On Thurs
day morning a Thanksgiving Day
service will be held. "Can We Still
Be Thankful for a Democratic Gov
ernment?” will be the subject of
the sermon.
Immediately after the service to
morrow the Christ Church Eagles
will go to Camp Wilson for a hike.
Last Sunday they elected Paul Buck,
president; Albert Selby, vice presi
dent; Charles Ward, secretary; Jean
Darnall, treasurer; June Sorrel, so
cial chairman.
The Walther League will meet at
6 p.m. There will also be a discus- i
sion on “Peace.” This society also
will have charge of the sale of
Christmas seals for the Tuberculosis
Sanitarium at Wheatridge. Colo.
The Concordia Club met at the
home of Charles Potter Tuesday.
Officers are: Clifford Raw, presi
dent; Dr. Theodore Arends. vice
president; Mrs. Roy Beltz, secretary:
Charles Potter, treasurer. The next
meeting will be held in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Raw.
The Mens Club of Christ and
Trinity Churches will have their
annual oyster roast at the Capital
Yacht Club December 5.
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Sunday School Union
To Hold Conference
The Baptist Sunday School Union
of the District of Columbia and
vicinity will hold their second an
nual inter-denominational confer
ence of Sunday school workers No
vember 25. 26 and 27 at Third (Col
ored' Baptist Church, to study mod
ern Sunday school methods, to out
line a standard course of training
for officers, to study practical meth
ods of teaching and study Sunday
school problems of the youth.
A special feature will be the clos
ing session Sunday afternoon, with
a Tranksgiving praise service by the
schools of the union, assisted by the
Third Baptist Sunday Sehooi or
chestra.
James R. Moss of Shiloh Baptist j
Church is dean of the conference.
Other members of the committee
are Elphonzo M. Freeman, chair
man; Miss Viola Willis and Mrs.
Eliza Brook, registration secretaries; j
A. S. Rogers, treasurer, and the Rev.
Charles S. Pryor, music. George L.
Hardmon is the president.
Lutheran Meeting
The Executive Committee of the
Lutheran Brotherhood of the Mary
land Synod will meet tomorrow at
2:30 p.m. in Grace Lutheran Church,
Baltimore, Md. Washingtonians to
attend include Martin A. McGrory,
president; Austin M. Cooper, secre- !
tary, and W. O. Hiltabidle, past
president. Plans will be made to
form a city Lutheran brotherhood
in Baltimore.
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Washington Retreat
Meeting Tomorrow
Miss Ruth Fowler is team captain
for the women of the Church of tne
Assumption in the Washington Re
treat League, who will join the mem
bers of the Ancient Order of Hiber
nians Auxiliary in a retreat tomor
row fit the Washington Retreat
MISS RUTH FOWLER.
House. The lieutenants to Miss
Fowler are Miss Mary Kennedy,
Miss Ada Kennedy, Miss Margaret
Wahler and Miss Edith Helskell.
Mrs. J. A. Daly, district secretary
of the A. O. H. Auxiliary, appointed
the district presidents to contact
members of the organization. They
are Mrs. Thomas Mason, Mrs. Rose
Martin, Mrs. James George, Miss
Lillian Fay, Miss Catherine Larkin,
Miss Mary W. Collins and Miss
Theresa Collins.
The Rev. Thomas B. Dade, assist
ant pastor of St. Patrick’s Church,
will ba the retreat master.
Publicizing of Faith
Confession Will Be
Argued Tomorrow
0. E. S. Chapter to Hear
Dr. Blackwelder's
Sermon
“Is It Well to Publicize Personal
Surrender to Christ?” is the theme
of Dr. Oscar F. Blackwelder at the
Lutheran Church of the Reforma
tion tomorrow at 8 pm. Special
music. Members of Cathedral Chap
ter, Order of the Eastern Star, will
be guests at this service. Mrs. Helen
Musselman is the matron. At the
8:30 matin service the Rev. Ralph
William Loew, assistant pastor, will
speak on “The Meaning of Christian
Security.”
Dr. Blackwelder will preach at 11
am. on "The Basis of Christian
Confession.”
On Tuesday evening the young
people's department will hold a class
meeting in the parish hall. Dr.
Raymond J. Seeger, superintendent
and teacher, will give an illustrated
talk on "The Heavenly Bodies.”
The annual Thanksgiving service
in co-operation with St. Mark's and
St. John's will be celebrated at this
church. Dr. William A. Wade, ex
ecutive secretary of the Board of
Deaconess Work and former pastor
of St. Mark's, will be the preacher.
The Saturday church school meets
at 10:30 o'clock, offering the follow
ing courses: Bible study, handwork,
drama, catechism, church history
and music. I
'The Unexpected God'
Is Pastor's Sermon
At the 11 o'clock service at All
Souls’ Unitarian Church, Dr. Ulys
ses G. B. Pierce will preach on ’’The
Unexpected God.”
The speakers before the adult
classes in the church school will be
James R. Arnold of Southeastern
University and Dr. Carl C. Taylor
of tjie Department of Agriculture.
Lewis C. Atwater, organist, will lie
assisted by Kathryn Sale English,
contralto, in a program of Bach
music at 5 o'clock. At 5:30 will be
an illustrated talk on "Park Service
Areas in Florida.” by Daniel Beard
of the National Parks Service. Sup
per is to be served from 6 to 7
o'clock.
At the meeting for young people
at 6:30 Dr. Karl Deutsch, a Sudeten
Social Democrat and graduate of the
German University of Prague, re
cently a delegate to the Youth Con
gress, will speak on "The Sudeten
Germans in Czechoslovakia.” The
feature at the motion picture hour
at 7:30 will be "Mother Carey s
Chickens." j
All Souls’ Church will participate
in the union Thanksgiving service
at Mount- Pleasant Congregational
on Thursday at 11 o’clock. On Fri
day evening L'Allegro Club will have
its annual Thanksgiving dance. The
foreign language cinema will pre
sent "Winterstuerme.” with English
subtitles on Saturday evening. No
vember 26. The picture this eve
ning is the German Volksfllm
"Maria die Magd."
Baptist Memorial
Church Services
Dr. Gove Griffith Johnson will
preach at the National Baptist
Memorial Church tomorrow at 11
a.m. on “The Sacrifice of Thanks
giving."
The Rev. A. Lincoln Smith will ,
preach at 8 p.m. on "The Strength
of Joy in the Lord" He will be as
sisted by Deacon O. F. Hunter.
The five training unions and the
story hour meet at 6:*5.
The church prayer meeting on
Thanksgiving at 8 p.m. will have
for its subject, "Reasons for Thanks
giving.”
The Mizpah Class for Women will
have a special meeting at the church
on Tuesday at 7:45 p.m.
Retired Bishop to Lead
Mission Services
The Right Rev. Irving Peake
Johnson. D. D.. recently retired
Bishop of Colorado and editor of
the Witness, will conduct a mission
at the Church of St. Stephen and
the Incarnation, at Sixteenth and
Newton streets N.W., from Novem
ber 27 to December 4. inclusive.
The services will be held nightly
at 8 o'clock, with the excefJtion of
Saturday night, when there will be
an informal meeting and discussion
for the men in the parish house.
Holy communion will be cele
brated daily at 7:30 a.m. There will
also be two services for children on
Tuesday and Thursday at 4 p.m.
and a corporate communion for
women on Thursday at ll a.m., fol
lowed by an address by the bishop.
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Mount Bethel Church
In 63d Anniversary
The 63d anniversary of Mount
Bethel colored Baptist Church and
the 13th anniversary of the pastor.
Dr. K. W. Roy. began Tuesday and
will continue through November 30.
His subject tomorrow at 11 o'clock
is “The Lamb of God.” He will also
preach at 8 p.m.
The preachers at the other services
during the schedule are: November
21, the Rev. C. T. Murray, Vermont
Avenue Baptist Church; November
22, the Rev. Robert Anderson, Mount
Pleasant Baptist Church; November
23, the Rev. W. H. Jernagin. Mount
Carmel Baptist Church; November
24, 11 a.m., the pastor; November 25,
the Rev. Mr. Turley, Mount Gilead
Baptist Church; November 28, the
Rev. E. C. Smith, Metropolitan Bap
tist Church; November 29, the Rev.
J. R. Jones. First Baptist Church,
Fairmount Heights, Md.; November
30, the Rev. J. D. Catlett. First Bap
tist Church, Rosslyn, Va.
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Service Will Honor
World War Dead
A special service in memory of
the boys of the parish who lost their
lives in the World War will be held
in old Christ Episcopal Church,
Washington parish, tomorrow at
11 a.m.
The rector, the Rev. Edward
Gabler. will preach a special sermon
based on the memorial theme, while
the choir, under the direction of
Vladimir Vasa, will present music
appropriate to the occasion.
All Washingtonians whose sons
served in the World War are par
ticularly invited.
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News of the Bible Classes
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Activities of Interest to
j Local Organizations
By PAGE McK. ETC HI SON,
President Organised Bible Class Association,
Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia will be honored at a reception at Mt. Vernon Place
M. E. Bhurch South on Monday night. The reception is being given by
the A. B. Pugh Bible Class of which he is the teacher. Greetings will be
brought by Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper, Attorney General
Homer Cummings, Godfrey L,. Hunter, president of the District of Co
lumbia Bar Association; Justice James L. Proctor, Paul B. Cromelin,
James P. Schick, president of the Y. M. C. A.; the Rev. Dr. John W.
Rustin, pastor of Mt. Vernon Place Church; Arthur E. Martin, chairman
Board of Stewards; Judge Eugene Black, United States Board of Tax
Appeals; Dr. Clifton P. Clark, sev
eral superintendent of the church
school; H. M. Brundage, Jr., presi
dent the Lions,
Club; Page McK.
Etchlson, presi
dent Organized
Bible Class As
sociation; Mai.
Ernest W.
Brown, superin
tendent of po
lice, and Gratz
E. Dunkum for
the 1927 Master
Masons Club.
Justice Laws'
family will be
especially hon
ored and dele
gates from the
Mr. Etrhisun.
adult Bible classes of the city are
being given reserved seats. Philip
T. Harpine is chairman of the Com
mittee on Arrangements and Daniel
A. Dollarhlde is president of the A.
B. Pugh Class.
The Phi Gamma Kappa Class of
Metropolitan Baptist Church held
its annual banquet last night. Greet
ings were brought by the Rev. John
Compton Ball, pastor, and E. B.
Shaver, general superintendent of
the Sunday school. The address
was given by the Rev. Robert Sav
age. assistant pastor. Wayne Mor
rill has resigned as president of the
class as he is to be transferred bv
the General Accounting Office to
Lincoln, Nebr.
Prof. Charles H. Omo of Central
High School will be installed as
teacher of the Brotherhood Bible
Class of Hamline M. E. Church to
morrow morning. He was formerly
teacher of a large men's class at
Uniontown, Pa., where he was su
perintendent, of schools. Frank
Smith, president of the class, an
nounces that Dr. J. C. McDowell,
author of various books and bulle
tins on agriculture, will speak at tne
monthly meeting next Tuesday at
8 p.m. His theme will be the first
Thanksgiving and stories of New
England in Colonial days.
A reunion of members and for
mer members was held by the Men s
Class of the First Reformed Church
last Sunday myning. A "forward
movement" was launched In the in
terest of all the activities of the
class. Ernest Moore is president.
The Marv-Martha Class of Mar
vin M. E. Church South elected the
following officers: Mrs. May Coon,
president; Mrs. Edythe Feaster, vice
president; Mrs. Alice Hubbard, sec
retary; Mrs. Elva Newman, treas
urer. and Mrs. Olive Jacobs, social
service secretary.
Frank Stutz to Speak
At Grace Lutheran
A service preparatory for Thanks
giving will -be the feature of the
Sunday school at Grace Lutheran
Church tomorrow at 9:45 a.m. An
address will be given by the super
intendent. Frank Stutz, on "Getting
Ready for Thanksgiving.” Mem
bers will bring food supplies which
will be distributed among charitable
institutions.
At 11 am. the Rev. Dr. Gerhard E.
Lenski will preach on the "Twen
tieth Century Judgment Day." Spe
cial musical program.
At 6:30 pm. the pastor will ad
dress confirmands, young people and
adults, preparing for church mem
bership on “God's Law and Our
Lives.”
The Thanksgiving service will be
held Thursday at 11 am. There
will be a flag processional in which
the flags of the nations will be used.
The President s proclamation will be
read by T. O. Kraabel of the Vet
erans’ Rehabilitation Committee of
the American Legion. The pastor
will preach on "When God Looks
at America.” A special offering for
benevolent and charitable purposes
will be raised.
'Facing God' Is Topic
AtTakoma Lutheran
“Facing God" will be the topic of
the Rev. J. Adrian Pfeiffer at the
Takoma Lutheran Church tomorrow
morning.
Thanksgiving services will be held
from 10:30 to 11:30 on Thursday.
Members of the church will bring
gifts of food and clothing tomorrow,
which will be distributed before
Tranksgiving Day by the Lutheran
Inner Mission Society, Miss Frances
Dysinger, director.
Beginning December 27. the pastor,
who teaches the Adult Bible Class,
will begin a series on the life of
Christ, to which a general invitation
is extended.
Men of St. John's
To Hear Address
James L. Houghtiling. commis
sioner of immigration and naturali
zation, will address the men of St.
John's Episcopal Church Monday
evening at a meeting at the home of
Alanson B. Houghton. Mr. Hough
teling will be Introduced by H.
Lawrence Choate.
On Sunday morning Dr. Oliver J.
Hart will preach at both the 9:30
and 11 o'clock services on "Active
and Reflective.” There will be a
celebration of the holy communion
at 8 a.m. and at 9:30 a.m.: morning
prayer and sermon by Dr. Hart at 11
a.m. and evening prayer and sermon
by the Rev. Acton at 8 pm.
On Thanksgiving Day there will
be a celebration of the holy com
munion at 8 a.m. and morning
prayer and sermon by Dr. Hart at
11 a.m.
Divine Science.
The Rev. O. L. Patch will deliver
a lesson-sermon on "Cosmic Con
ciousness and Our Individual Prob
lem” tomorrow at 11 am. in the
Grafton Hotel. Thursday at 8 pm.
the Thanksgiving service will be
held.
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The Box Bible Claw of Emory M.
E. Church South la holding a "Men’s
NUe” this evening. A bowling match
takes place at Takoma Alleys at 3
o'clock and a buffet supper at the
church at 6:30 p.m.
The Drake Class of Calvary Bap
tist Church elected the following
officers: Harry Zlchterman, presi
dent; Leo Berndt, vice president;
Kenneth Gleason, corresponding
secretary; Harold'Montgomery, re
cording secretary; Howard Ammer
man, chaplain; Chalmer Pritchard,
treasurer, and C. D. Hudson, teacher.
The Hummer Memorial Class of
Epworth M. E. Church South will
hold its annual banquet at the Con
tinental Hotel next Tuesday at <1:30
o'clock. The Rev. Dr. John W.
Rustin. pastor of Mount Vernon
Place Church, will deliver the ad
dress. Greetings will be brought by
the pastor, the Rev. C. K. Ray, and
the writer. Mrs. Leslie McKinnon
will preside. Howard M. Stack
house. vice president Organized Bi
ble Class Association, will give the
invocation, and William R.
Schmucker will lead the singing.
Mrs. Hazel B. Kern is chairman of
the Banquet Committee.
Members of the Friendly Class of
Sherwood Presbyterian Church will
be guests of honor tomorrow eve
ning at the preaching service, fol
lowing which a social will be held
for all members of the congrega
tion. Members of the class will
serve refreshments.
Ellon Brown, superintendent of
the adult department of Mount
Rainier Christian Sunday School,
announces a 23 per cent increase in
attendant in the adult Bible classes
over the first 10 months of 1937.
The Membership Committee of the
Vaughn Class of Calvary Baptist
Church has set a goal of 600 mem
bers for the class by February 1.
when the class celebrates its 50th
anniversary. George H. Landes is
chairman of the Membership Com
mittee.
The World's Sunday School Asso
ciation announces during these dis
turbed times in China the National
Committee for Christian Religious
Education, under the leadership of
the executive secretary, D!\ Chester
S. Miao. has inaugurated an emer
gency campaign of relief work.
While much is done for the physi
cal comfort of the people, great em
phasis is being given to religion in
the refugee camps. Suitable teach
ing materials have been prepared
for adults, young people and chil
dren.
'The Present Crisis'
Is Pastor's Theme
“The Present Crisis" will be Dr
Peter Marshall's sermon theme at 11
o'clock tomorrow at the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Designed as "Thanksgiving Sun
day" in the, current "Church Ap
preciation Crusade." which was
launched last week at the church,
all members have been urged to be
present at one of the services to
morrow. At 8 p.m. Dr. Marshall
will preach on "Ere Winter Comes.”
During the past week over 100
women have visited all members
of the church who were absent from
last Sunday's "Membership Services."
Mrs. William J. Donald was chair
man of the committee in charge of
the visitation, assisted by Mrs.
Verne C. Bonesteel, Mrs. Albert
Evans. Mrs. James Gulick, Miss
Christine Herrman, Mrs. Peter i
Marshall, Mrs. H. C. McCarty, Mrs. j
Louise Arnold Menefee, Miss Anna
Norris, Mrs. Charles A. Stott, Mrs.
William P. Wattles and Mrs. D. E.
Winstead.
A "family” Thanksgiving Day serv
ice will be featured at 11 o'clock
Thursday when all pew sittings will
be suspended at the church for the
day.
Girls' Friendly Society
To Be Entertained
Miss Helen Lyon will entertain
the Girls’ Friendly Society of St.
Paul's Church, Rock Creek parish,
with illustrated colored pictures
Monday evening in the parish house.
All the members of the parish are
invited.
The Young People’s Fellowship
will meet tomorrow at 6:30 instead
of 7 o'clock. On Friday, November
25, they are to be the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. John Russell Rowell, 3910
Ninth street N.E.
On Thanksgiving Day at 10:30
a.m. will be special music and cele
bration of the holy communion.
Sermon by the Rev. E. J. Bohanan.
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Rev. Ivan H. Dugan
To Occupy Pulpit
The Rev. Ivan H. Dugan, associate
minister and director of religious
education of the National City
Christian Church, will be the
speaker tomorrow morning and eve
ning in the absence of the minister,
Dr. Raphael H. Miller. At the morn
ing service he will preach on a
Thanksgiving theme, "Outgrowing
a Sense of God.” and in the evening
on “The Fear of Overdoing.”
The usual Thursday church night
dinner and fellowship meeting will
be omitted next week because of
Thanksgiving.
Plan Union Services
Union Thanksgiving services
among Fifteenth Street Presbyterian, i
Lincoln Congregational. People’s
Congregational, Plymouth Congre
gational, and Tabor Presbyterian
Churches will be held Thanksgiving
Day at Tabor Presbyterian Church
at 11 am. The speaker will be the
Rev. R. W. Brooks, pastor of Lincoln
Congregational Church.
Thanksgiving Sermon
To Be Preached at
Calvary Baptist
'Life's Broken Things'
To Be Theme in
The Evening
Rev. W. S. Abemethy, pastor of
Calvary Baptist Church, will preach
tomorrow morning on "Thanksgiv
ing and Contentment’’ and in the
evening on "Life's Broken Things.”
He will be assisted at the latter
service by Harriet Young and Leo
Berndt.
The Rev. Frank E. Johnston, Jr.,
will conduct the Junior Church
service tomorrow morning assisted
by L. C. Greene and the Junior
Choir.
Mrs. Jessie Burrall Eubank will
teach the Vaughn Class tomorrow
morning.
The Burrall Class will celebrate its
21st birthday at an anniversary tea
from 5 to 7 p.m. Mrs. Jessie Burrall
Eubank, founder, will be the guest
of honor. Former members of the
class are invited.
Prayer service will be omitted
next week because of the union
Thanksgiving service at the Mount
Vernon Place M. E. Church in the
morning
The Mary Carr Evening Circle
will meet on Monday evening with
Mrs. Frances J. Nickels as guest
speaker. She will tell of her recent
experiences in the Orient. Miss
Rosamond Stickney will be in charge
of the program and Miss Lulu May
Evans a short business session.
The junior department officers
and teachers will meet on Tuesday
evening at the home of Mrs. John
P. Graves, 1315 Park road N.W.
Sixth Presbyterian
Services Announced
‘Prayer, and the Average Man”
will be the subject of the sermon
tomorrow of the Rev. J. H Garner
at the Sixth Presbyterian Church.
Miss Wilcox's class will give a
Thanksgiving program for the clos
ing exercises of the Sunday school.
Miss Wilcox will lead the Collega
Age Young People's Group and Rob
ert Ferrenz will be the leader of the
Senior Hi Young People—both
groups meeting at. 7 p.m.
There will be a meeting of the
session on Monday evening
There will be a Thanksgiving
morning service from 10 to 11
o'clock.
The women's organization will
serve a public dinner on December
1 from 5:30 to 7:30.
The Young Married Couples
Group will hold a party December
5. at 8 p .m . in the social rooms.
Call Mrs. C. W. Miller. Columbia
5071. by December 1, if possible, if
you plan to attend.
Francis Asbury M. E.
Pastor Plans 2 Sermons
The pastor of Francis Asbunr
M. E. Church South. Dr. Robin
Gould, will preach tomorrow morn
ing on "A Rendezvous With Life."
and at 8 p.m. on "The Long Road.”
At 6:45 p.m. the young people and
the intermediates meet. At 7 p.m.
the Wesley Fellowship meets. On
Monday at 8 p.m. a meeting of
the Board of Christian Education
will be held at the church.
On Thursday at 11 a m. members
will unite with other Protestant
churches at Mount Pleasant Con
gregational Church. At 8 p.m.
Thursday the prayer service will be
held. Dr. Gould will speak on "We
Thank Thee, Lord."
Calvary Minister
To Continue Series
The Rev. Orris Gravenor Robin
son. minister of the Calvary M. E.
Church, will preach tomorrow
morning a sermon, one in a series
on "Divine Imperatives." At, 8 p.m.
the Senior and Young People s
Choirs will present "Hymn of
Praise," by Mendelssohn. Louis A.
Potter will direct. Miss Sally West
will be the pianist.
Raymond Swan will be in charge
of the Young People's League at 7
p.m. On Thursday at 11 a m. a
Thanksgiving service will be held.
Mrs. Bruce Anderson will be
hostess to the Calvary Couples Class
at her home on Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Dingle and Mrs. Pohle will be
assisting hostesses.
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Mortgage-Burning
The Brookland M. E. Church will
celebrate its 16th anniversary to
morrow morning by burning a $9,000
mortgage on its church property,
which the congregation has recently
paid off, leaving the church free
from indebtedness.
The Rev. J. M. Gillum will con
duct the evening service of thanks
giving and praise as a result of this
financial achievement.
Luther League News
Atonement — Miss Doris Hinsch
will speak on "Making Good in Co
operation.” Devotions will be con
ducted by Jack Huddel and Miss
Edith Filimen.
Georgetown—Miss Helen Beatty
will be the leader. Topic, ‘ Making
Good in Co-operation.” Business
meeting will be held next Tuesday
night.
Luther Place — In the Young
People's League the discussion will
be ‘ Sunday Recreation.” Mr. George
Keister will speak to the Senior
League on "Making Good in Co
operation.” “Stewardship of Treas
ures” is the subject of Miss Vivian
Wickey at the Intermediate League.
St. Mark's—Miss Isabel! Bauser
man will speak on "Making Good
in Co-operation.”
Reformation—Bert Gelston will
speak to the Adult League on "More
Do£ma, Please.” In the Young
People's League, Miss Estelle Hys
song will speak on "Forgiveness ”
The topic "Albert Schweitzer” will
be given in the Senior League by
Miss Evelyn Detless and Louis
Dellwig.
Incarnation—Miss Gertrude Kluge
will lead the discussion in the Senior
League on "Making Good in Co
operation.” In the Intermediate
League, Gareld Schweitzer speaks
on “Stewardship of Treasures."
St. Stephen's—Jean Donaldson will
lead the meeting. Topic, “Making
Good in Co-operation.”
Zion—In the Senior League Miss
Emma Holzer will talk on "Making
Good in Co-operation.” Harold
Entler will lead the discussion in
the Intermediate League on “Stew
ardship of Treasures.”
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