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Calvary Methodist
Will Begin Program
On South America
Basis for Friendship
With Latin Peoples
To Be Examined
With Dr. A. Curtis Wilgus, de
partment of history at George
Washington University, as first
speaker. Calvary Methodist Church,
begins a new Sunday evening pro
gram tomorrow night.
The purpose is to lay a founda
tion for friendship with our South
American neighbors through a bet
ter understanding of these great
peoples, and to create high Chris
tian attitudes toward them.
The topics and speakers for the
first series of the forum on Sunday
evenings are as follows: October
1, “Latin America Before the Euro
pean Invasion,” Dr. A. Curtis Wil
gus: October 8, “The European Col
onization and Its Influence,” Dr.
Wilgus: October 15, "Latin Amer
ica Today,” Dr. Raul d'Eca, direc
tor of the Inter-American Book Ex
change; October 22, “Attitudes of
Latin Americans Toward the United
States,” Dr. Esther J. Crooks, pro
fessor of Spanish, Goucher College;
, October 29, “How We Can Be Bet
ter Neighbors to Latin America,”
Mrs. Concha Romero James, chief,
Division of Cultural Relations, Pan
American Union.
The Rev. Orris Gravenor Robin
ion will Dreach tomorrow at 8:an
and 11 a.m. Holy communion will
be observed at both services, with
the senior choir singing.
The young people’s department
Will have a tea from 6:30 to 7 o'clock,
With a worship service following.
'The Desire of Jesus'
Is Pastor's Theme
In Epworth Methodist Church to
morrow at 11 a m. the Rev. Clifton
K. Ray will preach on “The De
sire of Jesus.” The sacrament of
the Lord's supper will be observed.
He will preach at 8 p.m. on “A
Woman's Faith.”
The Wesley Fellowship and the
young people's department will meet
at 7 p.m. These organizations have
organized bowling teams.
^ A meeting and social of the Hum
mer Memorial Class will be held
Tuesday evening. The Joy Class will
meet in the home of Mrs. R. M.
Allen, 1152 Morse street N.E.
Dr. Ray will leave Monday for
Roanoke. Va . to atend the sessions
of the M. E. Church South. He
will go later to Baltimore to at
tend the first session of the Balti
„ more Conference of the Methodist
Church.
St. Thomas' Church
Begins Fall Activities
Activities are beginning in St.
Thomas’ Episcopal Church and at
8:30 tomorrow morning the first ses
sion of the church school will be
held. Also, at 9:30. there will be
a meeting of the acolytes, now a
part of the Guild of St. Vincent.
The celebrant at 8 am. and
preacher at 11 will be the Rev. Wal
ter F. Tuhey. The Rev. Mr. Tuhey
Is a native of Cleveland, a graduate
Of Kenyon College and Bexley Hall.
At the latter institution he was
given the degree of bachelor of
divinity cum laude, and he began
his ministry in a group of missions
in the diocese of Ohio. From there
he went to Boston and later to
Philadelphia.
The first meeting of the Rector's
Aid Society will be held on Thurs
” day at 11:30 a.m., with Mrs. Finley
H. Calvert in charge.
On Saturday at 8 pm. there will
be held in the parish hall a motion
picture in natural color of the
church work in New Mexico. There
will be no admission charge, only
a free-will offering.
The first meeting for the autumn
of the vestry is to be held in the
rectory on Monday evening. October
9. The rector, the Rev. Dr. H. S.
v Wilkinson, will broadcast the noon
day Religious Hour on October 11.
Dr. Miller to Give
Rally Day Sermon
At the Church of the Brethren to
morrow at 11 a.m. Dr. J. Quinter
Miller will give the rally day ser
mon. His subject will be “Dare the
Church Make Christian Education
Her Major Emphasis?” He is gen
eral secretary of the Connecticut
Council of Churches and Religious
„ Education and also executive secre
tary, field department, of the Fed
eral Council of Churches of Christ
In America. At 8 p.m. he will speak
on “Faith of Our Fathers.”
The B. Y. P. D. will meet at 8
o’clock. The subject for discussion
will be “Things That Make One
Worth Knowing.” On Thursday eve
ning the pastor will lead the discus
sion on “Technioues of a Personal
Christian Experience.” The Official
Board will meet at the close of the
service.
The Women’s Council will have a
^luncheon meeting at the church
Thursday at 12:30. Miss Viola
Saunders, deaconess of the Wilson
Memorial Church, will speak on
^Service and Loyalty.”
JJrightwood ParkM. E.
~Plans Rally Day
The church school of the Bri^it
wood Park Methodist Church will
observe rally day tomorrow. Holy
communion will be celebrated at 11
am. The Rev. S. Carroll Coale will
speak on “Pews Filled With Wor
shipers.” “Beautiful Words” will be
the topic of the story for the chil
dren.
The Junior League meets at 6:30
p.m., the Intermediate League and
the Epworth League at 6:45 p.m.
The evening sermon will feature an
j old-fashioned song service. The
minister will preach on “Broken
Pieces.”
On Tuesday evening the Official
Board will meet. There will be a
Joint meeting of the Ladies’ and
Swartzell Guilds on Wednesday eve
ning.
First Brethren.
The Rev. Homer A. Kent will
preach a rally day sermon at 11 a.m.
on “What Time Is It?” The sermon
will be illustrated from the black
board. At 8 pm. he will preach on
••Behold, a Greater Than Solomon
Is Here.” The midweek service will
be led by the pastor on Wednesday
\ at 8 pm., and will be a preparatory
service for the observance of holy
communion the following Sunday
evening.
News of the Bible Classes
Activities of Interest to
Local Organizations
By PAGE McK. ETCHISON,
President Organised Bible Class Association.
The Vaughn Class of Calvary Baptist Church will hold an installa
tion service of officers at the church on Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. They are:
J. St. Clair Hambly, president; Edward L. Tolson, Jr., assistant; George
H. Landes, first vice president; Ademar Weingartner, assistant; Thomas
O. Jones, second vice president; Norman Gill, assistant; Crawford J.
Smith, secretary; Warren W. Langston, assistant; Edward L. Tolson, sr,
treasurer; P. Owen Walkinshaw, as- 4————
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iain; Orenzo R. Rice, editor, the
Handclasp; Dr. Nelson M. Blake,
assistant; Earl B. Fuller, chorister;
Robert J. Griffith, assistant; Fred
erick L. Kohler, pianist; Chester C.
Hutchinson, orchestra director;
Franklin J. Caulk, orchestra li
brarian; Richard H. Talbott, class
librarian; Ralph Holtzman, as
sistant. Linn C. Drake is teacher
of this class, which is the oldest or
ganized adult Bible class in the
world. A social with refreshments
will follow the installation cere
mony.
The J. O. Y. Class of Epworth
Methodist Church will hold a busi
ness meeting
and social at the
home of Mrs.
Naomi Allen,
1152 Morse
street N.E., on
Wednesday eve
ning. Officers
will be installed,
as follows: Mrs.
Flora Kitchen,
president; Mrs.
Anna Wineriter,
Mrs. Virg i n i a
Teague, Mrs. Es
tella Homes,
Mrs. Mabel Mc
C O 11 i m, vice Mr. Etehlion.
presidents: Mrs. Naomi Allen, treas
surer; Mrs. Ruby Barham, record
ing secretary; Mrs. Lo' ' Grinder,
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Elsie
Mulit, editor; Mrs. Florence Nelson,
chairman, home department; Mrs.
Myrtle Revercomb, chairman, Ways
and Means Committee. The final
"outdoor” supper of the year will
be held today at Fort Dupont.
The following have been appoint
ed on a committee to arrange for
the annual service of the Organ
ized Bible Class Association at the
grave of the Unknown Soldier on
November 5 at 3 p.m.: Elton H.
Brown, sr.. chairman: Arthur Rohr
man. O. F. Hunter, D. W. Gibson,
B. A. Bower, Mrs. Claire Colsten,
Miss Lotta P. Brooks and Miss Mary
Mose.
J. Homer Decker has been elected
teacher of the Zwingli Bible Class
of Grace Reformed Church to suc
ceed Dr. J. Franklin Meyer, who
has taught the class for 25 years.
Page McK. Etchison, president of
the Organized Bible Class Associa
tion. will be the guest teacher to
morrow morning.
The Hummer Memorial Class of
Epworth Methodist Church will ob
serve home-coming day tomorrow.
All members are urged to bring a
friend. Mrs. C. K. Ray will teach
the lesson.
The Clyde Kelly Bible Class of
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
has elected Dr. Howard A. Dawson
as teacher. After the lesson has
been presented by the teacher there
will be an open forum period. Hicks
Baldwin is class president. The
class bowling league has started
with 10 teams, which bowl every
Friday night under the direction of
John Biggs as manager.
A rally day service will be held at
Hamline Methodist Church tomor
row morning. The Rev. Dr. Harry
W. Burgan will speak. The newly
elected general superintendent of
the Sunday school, Lester L. Fan
sher, will preside. The Harriet T.
Lipp Class is observing tomorrow as
home-coming day and all members
and former members are urged to
meet in the chapel at 9:45 a.m.
Alden W. Hoage, president, Men’s
Bible Class, Eldbrooke Methodist
Church, announces Edwin A. Swin
gle, lawyer and teacher, has been se
cured as teacher. He will begin a
series of addresses on the entire
Bible on October 8.
The Comparative Religion Class
of All Souls’ Church will have the
following speakers in October: To
morrow Rabbi Silverstone speaks on
“Haggai”; October 8, Winslow H.
Herschel, National Bureau of Stand
ards, "Moses and Monotheism,”
by Freud; October 15, Prof. Will
Hutchins, American University,
speaks on “The Philosophy of Art
as Related to Religion”; October
22, Prof. Christopher B. Garnett,
jr., George Washington University,
will discuss "Philosophy Today”; Oc
tober 29, Dr. A. B. Potorf, profes
sor of religion, American University,
speaks on "The Book of Judges.”
The O. H. Ingram Bible Class of
Ingram Memorial Congregational
Church will join in the rally day
service tomorrow at the church
school, and, following its custom of
many years, will present Bibles to
each child graduating from the pri
mary department. The business and
social meeting will be held Monday
night, with Dr. Hubert N. Roberts,
organizer of the class, as honor
guest. Mrs. Etta Zahn will give a
report on the Organized Bible Class
Association conference recently held
at Western Maryland College. Miss
Lena Lake and Mrs. Gladys McCul
loch are in charge of the entertain
ment.
The Every Man's Bible Class of
Petworth Methodist Church will
present Dr. George F. Zook, presi
dent of the American Council of
Education, as speaker before the
adult Bible classes tomorrow morn
ing, when rally day will be observed.
Mrs. William S. Abernethy, teacher
of the Burrall Class of Calvary Bap
tist Church, will begin a series of
lessons tomorrow morning on "Chris
tian Stewardship,” which will ex
tend through November 19.
The Men’s Bible Class of Mount
Rainier Christian Church is holding
its fall roundup and outing at Six
teenth and Kennedy streets this
afternoon. Rally day will be ob
served in the class tomorrow morn
ing. and the teacher, Carl Bock, will
begin a new series of lessons based
on studies in the Gospel of Matthew.
The A. B. Pugh Class of Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church will
meet tomorrow at 11 a.m. due to the
fact that two identical preaching
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The Congressional Committee will
be in charge of the class and Rep
resentative George Mahon will speak.
The Egbert Class of the National
Baptist Memorial Church will hold
a meeting at the home of Mrs.
Gladys Virga, 4408 Leland street,
Chevy Chase, Md„ Monday at 8
p.m.
The Box Bible Class of Emory
Methodist Church elected the fol
lowing officers: Howard M. Stack
house. president; Richard S. Clark,
John R. Gardner, Marshall R. Baker,
vice presidents; James M. Kissock,
recording secretary; Milton E.
Lowry, corresponding secretary; Ar
thur F. Rohrman, assistant; Howard
V. Russell, treasurer; Archer R.
Overby assistant. The Rev. Dr. For
rest J. Prettyman will teach the
lesson tomorrow morning.
The L. F. O. Class of Brookland
Methodist Church will hold a busi
ness meeting Wednesday at the
church at 8 p.m. to celebrate the
19th anniversary of the class. Group
No. 3 has charge of the program
and refreshments.
The O. W. L. Bible Class of the
Covenant-First Presbyterian Church
will meet tomorrow morning.
Charles C. Haig, teacher, will give
a series of addresses based on the
“Revelation of St. John,” the theme
being, “The Things Which Must
Shortly Come to Pass.” The sub
ject for tomorrow is “The Char
acter of Revelation and Authorship.”
This class is for young men and
young women. Miss Marguerite Pope
is president; Don Basler. vice presi
dent; Miss Catherine Cochran, cor
responding secretary; William
Brown, recording secretary, and Miss
Helen Hildebrand, treasurer.
Sunday School Lessons
The Sunday school lessons for the
next six months are taken from the
gospel of St. Mathew. The Wash
ington City Bible Society has these
gospels at their office in the Church
Federation Building, 1749 N street
N.W., for Sunday school scholars.
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PROPOSED NEW CHURCH—The corner stone of the McKendree
Methodist Church will be laid by Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes to
morrow at 3:30 p.m. at South Dakota avenue and Twenty
fourth street N.E.
Bishop Hughes to Lay
McKendree Methodist
Church Cornerstone
Ministers From Other
Churches to Assist
In Exercises
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes will
lay the cornerstone of the new Mc
Kendree Methodist Church at South
Dakota avenue and Twenty-fourth
street N.E. tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.
The minister, the Rev. Samuel E.
Rose, will be assisted in the service
iy Dr. G. Ellis Williams, district
superintendent of the Washington
district; Dr. John W. Rustin, minis
:er at Mount Vernon Place Metho
dist Church; Dr. Raymond W.
White, minister at the Rhode Island
\venue Methodist Church, and Dr.
H. H. Rowland, former minister of
:he old Langdon Church.
The church, as designed by Wen
per & Fink, architects, of Philadel
phia. Pa . W’ill be of modprn Fnedish
3othic design and built of stone laid
n random ashlar. The enterprise
consists of the sanctuary', chapel,
'ellowship hall, departmental rooms
'or the Sunday school, remodeling
the parsonage, adding four new
'ooms to it and veneering it in front
with stone to harmonize with the
English Gothic church.
The total cost of the project, in
cluding oak furnishings, the antique
stained glass windows, the parson
ige, the Gothic lighting fixtures and
the lots, will approximate an in
vestment of $127,000.
The Rev. Mr. Rose went to the
Did McKendree church, then located
on Massachusetts avenue between
Ninth and Tenth streets N.W., in
June of 1934. In 1937 plans were
launched to relocate the church,
rhe Langdon Church, together with
the leadership of their minister, Dr.
H. H. Rowland, accepted the invita
tion of the McKendree congregation
ind merged in June, 1938. Services
ire being held in the Masonic Hall,
where they will continue until the
new church is ready to be occupied,
rheir former properties have been
sold.
The communion meditation to
morrow morning is “The Wonted
Place." The Young People's League
will meet at 7 p.m.
Dr. Klein to Give
Two Lectures Here
The Rev. Dr. Walter C. Klein
of the Divinity School, Philadel
phia, will give two lectures at the
meeting of the Episcopal Church
School Institute at, the Church of
the Epiphany on October 11.
The first session will begin at 5
p.m. There will be a supper at
5:30 for "accredited delegates and
the evening session will convene at
7:30 p.m.
Dr. Klein will speak at the after
noon session on “The Old Testa
ment: the Record of a Vocation,”
and at the evening session on “The
Spiritual Values of the Old Testa
ment.”
While the convention is designed
primarily for officers and teachers
of church schools, both sessions
will be open to the public.
First Congregational
Opens Lecture Series
In Celebrating Jubilee
Church Co-operates
Tomorrow in National
Loyalty Day Movement
Lloyd C. Douglas, author of ‘‘Mag
nificent Obsession" and other nov
els, lectures October 3, 4, 5 and
6 at 8 p.m. in the First Congrega
tional Church as the first of a series
of events planned to celebrate the
diamond jubilee year of the church.
Harvey W. Goddard is general
chairman of the 75th Anniversary
Committee and will Introduce Mr.
Douglas on Tuesday night. Indi
vidual subjects for the series, which
has the general theme ‘‘Adventures
and Defenses," are: Tuesday, “The
Strange Release of Galatea”;
Wednesday, “The Bloodless Inva
sion of Jericho"; Thursday, “The
Haunted House of Obededom,” and
Friday, “The Defensible Apathy of
Gallio.”
The church co-operates tomorrow
with the national loyalty day move
ment, indorsed by President Roose
velt, planned to encourage church
attendance. The A Cappela Choir
sings at both services. At 11 a.m.
the Rev. Howard Stone Anderson
will preach on “Your Goal Is the
Sea" and the Sunday school staff
and faculty will be consecrated.
Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North
Dakota speaks at 8 p.m. on "Keep
the Embargo—Keep Out of War!”
A speaker representing the views of
the present neutrality bill will fol
low on the night of October 8.
The Friendly Forum will meet
Monday. Dinner is at 6 o'clock.
Harry Stuckey will show motion
pictures of the Philippine Islands.
The Young Women's Club will
meet Tuesday at 6 o'clock with din
ner. Guest speaker will be Garland
Suggs, master diver of the United
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“Deep Sea Diving and Submarine
Salvage."
There will be no church dinner on
Thursday on account of the Lloyd
Douglas lecture series.
Takoma Church to Take
Part in Sacrament
The Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church will participate in the world
wide observance of the sacrament
of the Lord's supper, suggested by
the general assembly for all Pres
byterian churches around the world
at the 11 o'clock service tomorrow.
The Rev. R. Paul Schearrer will
speak on "The Bond.” New mem
bers will be received. At 8 p.m. he
will preach on "The Soul's Arabia.”
The chorus choir will assist at both
services.
Dr. Roy J. Burroughs will teach
the Bliss Bible Class, succeeding
E. W. Bond, who has taught the
class for seven years. The class con
sists of students of the Bliss Elec
trical School. F. B. Linton will ad
dress the Brotherhood class.
The session will meet Monday
evening. The groups of the woman's
society will meet in the homes of
members Wednesday. The Seventy
Niners will hold their third annual
banquet Wednesday at Wesley Hall.
A Lesson For the Week
Cradle and Grave Conspire
To Create a Better World
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
The trail of "the way out” for the world, which the statesmen and
economists of our day have missed, we shall today begin to follow in
the first of a series of six months, Sunday school lessons.
Strange, isn’t it? that with a myriad brains working overtime upon
the greatest of problems, the most obvious and practical method of all
should have been overlooked. A thousand new organizations have been
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aimed at saving the fcountry and
civilization. None of them has
made any real dent upon condi
tions.
All the* while,
quite disregard
ed by publicists,
there is in ac
tive operation
the largest and
most pervasive
organization of
our time—more
numerous and
potent than Ma
sonry or any
other fraternal
society; or than
any polit leal
party; or than
any single re
ligious denomination; or than the
combined service clubs or women s
clubs; or than the labor unions and
employes’ associations—which is
definitely committed to the grand
objective that we all seek; and
which is successfully functioning.
If half the effort and money that
have been devoted to futile new or
ganizations were spent upon it. the
membership and influence of this
movement would be doubled.
Of course, I allude to the Sun
day school, which, in its Protestant
branches alone, has 30 million mem
bers in the United States and
Canada. Every city, town, village
and crossroads settlement possesses
the Sunday school, whose two mil
lion volunteer teachers are the
largest group of social service work
ers in existence. Their work is not
done amidst the scrap-heaps of
the broken and defeated, but with
plastic impressionable youth. They
wield the mightiest forces of all as
they impart the Bible's teachings
about God, goodness and brotherly
love.
Why are not all men and women
who are concerned about the world's
welfare, giving heed to this most
potent agency for character-mak
ing. which affects life at its very
roots? To bring childhood and
youth Into reverent relations with
the Saviour, who alone furnishes
an adequate motive and power for
the transforming of society, is the
greatest and most urgent work in
the world.
For six months, beginning today,;
the Sunday schools will be studying j
the life of Jesus. The effect will,
be beyond any mortal s reckoning. |
Only in small communities does j
the news get into the paper when a j
baby is born. Yet it is the biggest
news of all, spelling possibility. In
family circles the event is highly re
garded ; and gifts are showered upon
mother and child. Every sensitive
mother dreams glorious dreams of
the future of her babe—just such a
cuddly, helpless little thing as Mary
once hugged to her bosom.
This Babe of Bethlehem, born
amidst humblest circumstances, in
the stable of a public inn, personi
fied a new destiny for the human
race. Angels announced Him; shep
herds adored Him; Wise Men
brought Him gifts from afar; reli
gious devotees. Simon and Anna,
worshiped Him—but King Herod
hated Him. Thus the world’s best
inherited an animosity that finally
liaucu nuu tu a uwo,
Horrifying as is the thought, there
are always elements in the old order
which hate the new. They fear
change, or a possible usurpation of
their privileges. They would slaugh
ter the innocents in order that their
own guilt may survive and prevail.
The Herods are not all dead, though
they are all doomed. In today’s
cradles are the babes who one day
will overthrow the Herods.
The Slaughter of the Innocents.
When the sumptuous caravan of j
the Magi from Persia reached j
Jerusalem and began to inquire for
a new-born King, Herod's spies
quickly bore to him the news. Ever
fearful, that murderous monarch,
whose jealousy had led him to slay
his wife, his sons and many of the
nation’s leaders, cunningly contrived
to learn the whereabouts of the new
King. Although he dwelt in splen
dor and wielded an autocrat’s power,
Herod was hag-ridden by the dread
of a usurper who would secure his
throne. Wealth and power do not
bring contentment; there was more
happiness in the simple home in
Bethlehem to which the baby Jesus
had been taken than there was in
Herod’s palace.
Cunning and crafty, the old fox
had simulated an interest in the
Magi’s quest, pretending that he,
too, wanted to honor the new-born
King. But the Wise Men were
warned in a dream, and left for the
East without revisiting Jerusalem.
Like all great scholars, they were on
the side of the angels. His agents
quickly brought Herod the news of
the Bethlehem visit, and, in venge
ful rage, to assure the death of this
possible interloper, he ordered all
boys of Bethlehem under 2 years of
age to be slain.
History and art have magnified
that tragedy as “The Slaughter of
the Innocents"; but really there
were only a dozen or so children
killed, since Bethlehem was but a
village. More monstrous have been
the slaughters of the innocent in
Spain and in China and Ethiopia.
Barcelona’s massacre from the air,
in which “civilized’’ Italy, Spain and
Germany participated, puts Herod
A**vv> uic uaaa ui tx petty triminai, a
small-time murderer. And now the
new world war is out to set a fresh
record for slaughter.
The Universal Child.
In the Babe Jesus we see every
other child; in every other child we
see Jesus. He is the Universal
Child. He was not a Nordic (Hitler
hates Him, even as did Herod),
but an olive-skinned, black-haired
Syrian. The Orient claims Him; yet
He belongs to all the world; and
the artists are not really amiss who
picture Him as a golden-haired,
fair-skinned blond. He must al
ways be portrayed in terms of our
own experience and understanding.
The gifts of the Magi made it
possible for Carpenter Joseph to
heed the angelic warning and flee
to Egypt with his family. The fre
quent intervention of angels in the
Nativity story reminds us that still
these guardians safeguard little
children.
Little is found in literature about
the desert journey down through
hot and flinty Sinai to Egypt. I
have made it, and I know the or
deal it must have been for the
three. After that burning waste,
the lush green of the Nile Valley
must have been a welcome sight to
Joseph and Mary.
To this day Egypt is a land of
refuge for exiles. It is noteworthy
that, although the Old Testament is
full of maledictions upon Egypt.
Jesus never spoke a harsh word
about the land that had sheltered
Him in infancy.
The Blessing of Death.
Herod died, execrated by every
body; Jesus lived, to bless the
world beyond imaginations wildest
dreams. Every mature person, as
he watches the passing of malign
personalities from the scene, has
considered the beneficence of death.
The grave is as essential to progress
as the cradle. What a world this
would be if the grim reaper did
not Dlv his sevthe!
Herod had dared to defy God and
the eternal principles of righteous
ness. Myriads of tyrants have tried
to do the same, with equal futility.
Some centuries ago Japan expelled
the Chrisian missionaries and tried
to extirpate the Christian religion.
Signs were put up in public places
threatening death to the Christians'
God Himself should hg enter Japan.
Today in that unhappy pagan land,
there are myriads of Christians, all
opposing in their hearts the bloody
war progam. and praying for the
day when they may be in unity
with their fellow disciples in China.
In the universal and deserved repro
bation of Japan, we should have a
thought for the Christians, who are
in faith abiding their time, and the
triumph of a Christian peace.
For the Child is conquering.
Every day sees an increase in the
number of those who accept Jesus
as Lord of their lives. And in their
increase lies society's one sure hope.
The Sunday School lesson for
October 1 is ‘‘The Infancy of
Jesus.” — Matthew, Chapters 1
and 2.
Schedule of Activities in Washington Churches
Baptist
East Washington Heights.
Church loyalty month will begin
at 11 a.m. with a roll call and com
munion service. Motion pictures will
be taken at both the rally day serv
ice in the Sunday school at 9:45 and
the morning worship and preaching
service. Women’s night will be at 8
o'clock, when the women will have
entire charge of the service, with
Mrs. E. Bertram King, guest speaker,
using ‘‘Loyalty” as her subject.
Grace.
The church will hold its annual
homecoming service tomorrow. The
service will be held in the newly
decorated auditorium. The pastor
will preach at both services. Com
munion will be observed at morning
services.
Chillum.
Dr. R. W. Weaver, executive sec
retary of the District of Columbia
Baptist Convention, will preach at
11 a.m. On October 8 the Sunday
school will observe annual rally day.
In the afternoon, members of the
school and of the B. Y. P. TJ. will
have charge of the meeting at Iva
kota, Va.
Evangelist and Mrs. H. Evan Mc
Kinley are coming soon, with piano
accordion, cow bells, musical saw,
trombone, etc. The special meetings
begin October 15 and will continue
through the month, each night at
7:30.
Petworth.
Universal communion service to
morrow morning. The pastor will
speak on “Audience wiyi God.”
October will be observed as rally
month. Special service each Sun
day morning and evening. The serv
ices on Thursday night will be de
voted to quiet meditation. The senior
B. Y. P. U„ John Way, president, will
hold a rally tea at 6 p.m. Sunday.
Evening service at 8. Topic, “Unbe
trayed Confidence.”
The Yaden Bible Class will meet
Wednesday to make plans for the
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winter work and arrangements for
the annual banquet with the Phila
thea Class.
Wisconsin Avenue.
The Rev. Ferguson will preach at
11 a.m. on "The Tempter of Man.”
The Lord's supper will be observed.
He will preach on "Man Outside the
Kingdom” at 8 p.m.
Bethany.
Communion will be observed to
morrow morning. The pastor will
speak on "The Challenge of Loy
alty.” Several new members will be
received.
The men’s Bible class will be
taught by Horace L. Stevenson. The
subject is “The World Into Which
Jesus Came.” The junior church,
under the leadership of Mrs. Watt,
will meet at 11 a.m. The young peo
ple's societies will meet at 6:45.
Takoma Park.
The Rev. William E. La Rue will
speak at the morning service tomor
row on “Beware of Slipping.” This
will be followed by communion and
reception of new members. At the
evening service the monthly song
fest will be held.
The young people have elected the
following: Miss Eleanor Acher,
president; William Stevens, vice
president; Miss Christine Taylor,
secretary, and Robert Sutton, treas
urer. The Ladies’ Aid Society will
meet Wednesday, serving luncheon
at 1 p.m. Mrs. Homer H. Haire,
president, and Mrs. J. E. Eldrldge,
secretary.
Second (Colored).
Home-coming day tomorrow. Dr.
J. L. S. Holloman will preach at 11
a.m. on "Ary' Introduction to the
Book of the Revelations.” The Rev.
Arthur D. Gray, pastor, Plymouth
Congregational Church, will preach
in the evening.
Friendship (Colored).
The 64th anniversary of the
church and the 13th anniversary of
the Rev. B. H. Whiting is being ob
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served. “Christ’s Message to, the
Church” will be the subject of the
pastor at 11 a.m. The Rev. S. Moss,
pastor of the Southern Baptist
Church, will preach at 3:30 p.m. The
Rev. G. E. Stevenson, pastor of the
Providence Baptist Church, will
speak at 8 p.m.
Good Will (Colored).
Dr. James L. Pinn will speak in
the morning on “Pentecostal Pow
er.” There will be baptism. In the
evening his subject will be “Glory
ing in the Cross.” Communion will
be served.
Florida Avenue (Colored).
At 11 a.m. the topic of the Rev.
Robert L. Rollins will be “The
Necessity of Having Militant Spirit
in the Christian Church.” Music
by the senior choir. At 8 pm. he
will again preach and the music
will be rendered by the senior choir.
Vermont Avenue (Colored).
At 11 a.m. Dr. C. T. Murray will
preach on “Abiding in Christ.” At
11:20 am. services will be held in
the junior department, the Rev. S.
W. Williams, director. At 8 pm. the
message will be delivered by the
Rev. Randolph Jackson.
Third (Colored).
Dr. Goerge O. Bullock will preach
in the morning on “An Urgent Ap
peal to Pill God’s House” and in the
evening on “The Value of a Com
bined Effort.”
Capital View (Colored).
The Rev. J. Clarke Griffin will
preach at 11 am. on “Christianity
a Living Religion.” Communion of
the Lord's supper at 3:30 p.m. Chris
tian Endeavor at 6 pm. Preaching
services at 8 pm.
Mount Bethel (Colored).
Dr. K. W. Roy will preach at 11
a.m. on “The Man Who Could Not
Come Down." At 3 pm, holy com
munion. At 8 pm, sermon. Young
People's meeting Thursday night.
Christian
Third.
The Rev. C. N. Williams’ topic at
11 a.m. is “This Mind.” The Lord's
supper will be observed. There will
be a business meeting and social
for church members at 8 pm.
Park View.
Rally day will be observed in the
Bible school at 9:45 a.m. “Taking
the Hazard” will be the subject of
the sermon by the Rev. J. Lloyd
Black at 11 a.m. and in connection
with the observance of the Lord’s
supper in the evening service the
subject will be “This Do.” The an
nual congregational meeting will be
held Thursday evening.
Fifteenth Street.
At 11 a.m. sermon by Rev. Leslie
L. Bowers on "Seeing a Sermon.”
Youth groups meet at 6:45 p.m. At
B p.m. a pageant, “The Challenge
of the Cross,” will be presented, un
der the direction of Mrs. Reba Hunt.
On Thursday at 11 a.m., Mrs. E.
M. Reese will speak at the meeting
Df the Women’s Council. At 8 pm.
Thursday the church officers will
meet.
Congregational
Lincoln (Colored).
Dr. R. W. Brooks will speak on
“The Authority of Jesus for Our
Current Life.” The vested choir
will render selected music.
The Men’s Brotherhood will meet
at 10 am. George W. Goodman,
executive secretary of the Wash
ington Urban League, will speak.
The Young People’s Club will meet
at 6 pm. E. E. Chappelle, jr„ who
recently returned from the Students’
Christian Conference in Amsterdam,
will discuss "Observations at Am
sterdam.” •
Plymouth (Colored).
The Rev. Arthur D. Gray will
preach on “Concerning Empty
Lives” at 11 am. The Helping Cir
cle will meet at 6 pm. today. Hie
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annual meeting of the church will
be held Wednesday at 8 pm.
Episcopal
Nativity and Resurrection.
Service East Washington will be
changed to the regular schedule
upon the return of the Rev. Enoch
Thompson tomorrow, who will cele
brate holy communion at 7:30 and
11 a.m. at the Nativity Church and
preach at the later service on the
“Eucharistic Gospel.” The two
church schools will be opened at
9:15 am., with the senior depart
ment at 10:15. H. E. Gibbons will
give the instruction at 10 am. at
the Nativity school service and Rob
ert G. Pohlmann at the Resurrec
tion Chapel at 9:15.
Chapel of the Redeemer.
The Rev. Reginald F. Hall will
celebrate holy communion and
preach tomorrow at 9:30 am. The
winter session of the Sunday school
will resume at 10:50 am.
AU Saints.
Rev. Henry Teller Cocke will have
“Peace” as the theme at 11 am.
Holy communion at 7:30 am. The
Sunday school will meet at 9:30
o’clock and the men's Bible class
at 9:45, with A. B. Niess in charge.
Transfiguration.
Holy communion will be celebrated
at both 7:30 and 11 am. The Rev.
J. J. Queally will officiate and
preach.
A meeting of all organizations to
welcome newcomers will take place
in the parish hall Wednesday at 8
pm.
Grace, Georgetown.
Bishop James E. Freeman tomor
row at 11 am. will administer con
firmation to a class of 15 to be pre
sented by the Rev. M. M. Perkins,
rector. The Bishop will preach the
sermon.
Chureh of the Ascension.
Canon Raymond L. Wolven, who
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has been appointed minister in
charge, will conduct morning prayer
and preach at 11 a.m. Holy com
munion at 8 a.m. The Sunday school
opens its sessions at 9:30 am.
St. Agnes.
The regular schedule of services
will be resumed tomorrow, with
masses at 7 and 11 am. and Sunday
School at 9:30 a.m. The evening
services of solemn evensong and
benediction of the blessed sacra
ment will also be resumed at 8 pm.
The Rev. Albert J. Dubois will
preach at 11 am. and 8 p.m., begin
ning a series of sermons on "The
Real Jesus” in the morning and
preaching on the Twenty-third
Psalm in the evening. The first fall
meeting of the Young People’s Club,
under the direction of Homer Wes
ton. president, will be held in the
parish hall at 6 pm. on Sunday.
St. Mary's (Colored).
Homecoming day tomorrow. The
Rev. A. Hamilton of Miller's Tavern,
Va., will preach the sermon. Holy
communion at 7:30 and 11 am.
Lutheran
St. Matthew’s.
Holy communion will be celebrated
at 11 am. The Rev. Theodore P.
Fricke will preach on “Our Lord’s
Table Talks.” At 3 pm. he will as
sist in the installation service of
the newly elected pastor of Christ
Lutheran Church, Bethesda, Md.,
the Rev. Raymond Vogeley.
Tenth anniversary projects, which
include a complete renovation of
the church building will receive con
sideration at the meeting of the
Church Council Monday evening.
Trinity.
The Rev. H. M. Hennig’s topic
tomorrow will be "How Much Do
You Lack?” Holy communion will
be celebrated in the English service,
with preparatory service at 10:45
am. The Sunday school will observe
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Bishop Will Preach
Evensong Sermon |
At Cathedral
Dr. Wedel Will Speak
At Communion Service
In Morning
Bishop James E. Freeman will b?
the preacher at the people’s even
song service in Washington Cathe
dral tomorrow at 4 p.m. He re
turned Wednesday from Chicago,
where he made an address at the
opening service for the national con
vention ot the American Legion.
On Friday, the feast of St. Mi
chael and All Angels, Bishop Free
man celebrated the 16th anniversary
of his consecration in the Church
of the Epiphany in 1923. He wa*
the preacher at the annual service
in that church at 10:30 a m. There
was also a special service at Wash
ington Cathedral yesterday after
noon, when the bishop delivered the
sermon.
The Rev. Dr. Theodore O. Wedel,
canon chancellor and director of
studies at the College of Preachers,
will be the preacher at the service
bration of the holy communion in
St. Mary’s Chapel at 7:30 am. and
9:30 am.
The music at the 11 a m. and 4
p.m. services will be furnished by
the Cathedral Choir of men and
boys under the direction of Paul
Callaway, organist and choirmaster.
Pilgrimages will follow these serv
ices, led by pilgrifn aides. The
bishop's garden will be open tomor
row from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
Diocese of Washington will hold Us
annual thank offering service in the
great choir of Washington Cathe
dral Tuesday at 11 am. Bishop
Freeman will be the celebrant and
will deliver the address.
Celebratioris of the holy commun
ion are held daily in the Bethlehem
Chapel of the Cathedral at 7:30 a.flb
'Christian in Crisis'
Dr. McCartney's Topic ■
Dr. Albert J. McCartney will
preach at the Covenant-First Churtfh
tomorrow morning on “The Chris
tian in the Crisis.”
The newly organized chorus choir
will appear for the first time at the
11 o'clock service under the direction
of Theodore C. Schaefer, organist
and director. Their anthems will be
“Lead Me, Lord.” by Wesley, and
Holst's "Turn Back, 6 Man.”
Arch J. McQuillen, field secretary
of Pennsylvania for the Christian
Endeavor Society, will address the
Covenant Fellowship at 7 p.m. There
j will be a supper and social from 6 to
i 7 o'clock. Members of other Chris.
j tian Endeavor societies throughout
uiwuuu.
The Covenant Evening Missionary
Society will meet Monday at 8 p m.
at the home of Mrs Rachel Deibert,
3900 Connecticut avenue N.W.
Eldbrooke Church
Communion Services
Holy communion will be observed
at Eldbrooke Methodist Church to
morrow morning. Dr. Walter M.
Michael will deliver a communion
meditation on "Maintaining Our
Spiritual Attitudes.” At the evening
service his sermon subject is “The
Great Commission.”
The Junior High Epworth League
and the Senior League will meet at
7 p.m.
Rally day will be observed in the
church school. The entire school
will meet in the sanctuary at 10 ajn.
for a consecration service.
The circles of the Ladies’ Guild
will meet on Monday evening.
The successor conference of the
Methodist Church will convene in
First Methodist Church in Balti
more next Thursday at 9 a.m. The
minister will be accompanied by C.
Wendel Shoemaker, who will be the
lay delegate from this charge. v
The Ladies’ Guild will meet in the
social hall Thursday at 10:45 a.m.
and will have a covered dish lunch
eon following the business meeting.
Temple Baptist Church
To Mark Anniversary
Temple Baptist Church begins its
98th year of service tomorrow and
will celebrate the occasion with spe*
»‘vvo. me x\cv. rwinaoipn
L. Gregory will preach at 11 a m.
on “People Courageous,” followed
by holy communion. W. P. Horner,
superintendent of the church school,
is planning rally day in the school.
The 8 p.m. service will be a dedica
tory service for the recently redec
orated church sanctuary and church
school assembly room. A reception
for members and friends will be held
after the evening service.
Meeting of the Board of Deacons
on Monday. Prayer meeting and
special called meeting of the church
on Thursday evening and “happy
hour” on Friday evening. ,
The Devotional Life Commission
will have charge of the Senior B. Y,
P. U. meeting tomorrow at 7 pm.
Winter Schedule *
Of Masses Resumed
The Church of the Immaculate
Conception will resume its winter
schedule tomorrow. The Sunday
masses will be at 2, 7, 8:15, 9, 10:15,
11,11:35, and the high mass at 12:15.
This mass will be celebrated by thi
Rev. Joseph E. Gedra. The sermon
will be given by the Rev. John K.
Cartwright. The music will be ren
dered by the boy choristers of the
Immaculate Conception School, un
der the direction of C. A. Benson,'
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presiding at the organ. Haydn's "U>
Mass” will be rendered, with the'
solos by Mr. Wood, Mr. Hall, Mr.
King and Master Hughes.
The Washington Catholic Radio
Hour and Lourdes services will be
resumed October 8 at 7:30 p.m. over:
Station WOL.
The 12:15 noon mass on weekdays
will begin on Monday.
Holy Rosary Catholic
The feast of the queen of the
most holy rosary, patroness the
parish, will be duly observed tomor
row at 10:30 o'clock. There will be
a solemn high mass, with a sermon
by the Rev. August Pinci. At 4
o’clock, in the vicinity of the church/
there will be the annual colorful
procession of the holy rosary, with'
15 banners, representing the 15 mls
teries of the rosary. Religious ex-*
ercises will close with the solemn
benediction of the blessed aaera-t
ment.
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