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.National City Church
To Honor Members
Of 50-Year Standing
Many of 19 Remember
When They Worshiped
With President Garfield
The morning service tomorrow at
the National City Christian Church
will be in honor and recognition of
19 men and women who have been
members of the congregation con
tinuously for 50 years. Many of
these remember the little frame
church in which they worshipped
with President James A. Garfield.
All of them were leaders in the
Vermont Avenue Church under the
ministries of Dr. F. D. Power and
Dr. Earle Wilfley. They were ac
tive in the plans for the building
of the National . City Christian
Church.
The program tomorrow morning
Is made up of request numbers in
music and presentation of memorial
Bouvenirs to the 19. Dr. Raphael
H. Miller will preach on “The Pro
cession of Faith; From Generation
to Generation." The following are !
members to be specially honored.
Miss Kate Dungan. Mrs. Emma Lat
timore, Mrs. De Forest Gray, Mrs.
Ernestine Schneider, Miss Susanna
Moore, Mrs. H. P. Maxwell, Mrs. A.
E. Coming, Mrs. M. S. Emory, Mrs.
E. G. Siggers, Mrs. John Henderson,
Miss Mildred Saunders. Miss Katie
Wick, Mrs. T. K. Saunders, Mr. E.
W. Davis, Mrs. E. W. Davis, Mrs.
C. C. Galloway, Mrs. Jeanette P.
Smith, Mrs. Belle Sweet and Mrs.
J. M. Pickens.
At the Young People’s Round
table next Tuesday evening Mrs.
Raphael H. Miller will conduct an
Informal discussion on young peo
ple’s problems in which she can be
of special guidance. The meeting
will be held in the Vermont avenue
building.
On Thursday, following the
church dinner, the series of Bible
studies will be continued, with the
' topic, “The Sin of Man and His
. Redeemer.” The Rev. Ivan Dugan,
associate pastor, will teach the les
son.
Indian Mission Head
To Preach at St. John's
The Rev. James R. Helms, su
perintendent of the Good Shepherd
Mission to the Navajo Indians at
Fort Defiance, Ariz., will preach at
the 8 o’clock service tomorrow eve
ning at St. John’s Church, Six
teenth and H streets N.W.
At the 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. serv
ices the Rev. Dr. Oliver J. Hart,
rector, will preach on “The Word of
God.” The choir of men and boys
under the direction of Arthur
TT AtTTA p Arrronicf n n rtliAitmin etrtt*
will sing. At the 11 a.m. service Dr.
Hart will dedicate church fittings
In memory of Harriet Riddle Davis,
for many years a member of St.
John’s.
Celebration of the holy com
munion at 8 a.m.
Services and meetings next week
are as follows: Dally prayer serv
ice, 12:05 to 12:10 p.m. throughout
the week. Holy communion services
on Wednesday, 7:30 am.; Thursday,
noon; and Friday, 7:30 am. Men's
Club, Monday. 8:15 p.m. Junior
Auxiliary, Wednesday, 4:30 pm.
Rev. S. Carroll Coale
Announces Sermon
The Rev. S. Carroll Coale will
preach at Brightwood Park Method
ist Church tomorrow at 11 a.m. on
"The King’s Face.” The children's
•tory will be "Pay Your Way.” At
S p.m. he will speak on "The Ques
tion Living in Every Heart.” The
musical program will consist of
Christmas anthems by the choir
and Christmas hymns by the con
gregation. This is a part of the mu
sical program arranged for Decem
ber by Elsie Harvey Weaver, musical
director, which will culminate in a
choral drama, "The Birth of Christ,”
on Christmas Sunday.
The three young people’s groups
will meet at 6:45 o’clock. Miss A dele
Reese will preside over the Epworth
League, in which Miss Jessie Smith
will conduct a conservation on “The
Significance of the Recent Evange
listic Campaign.”
The Young Men’s Class will meet
on Tuesday evening, with Clarence
Harlowe presiding. The Downs Bible
. Class will meet at the home of Mrs.
Jane Brown, 737 Hamilton street
N.W., Tuesday evening. The Cole
Class Club will hold a business meet
ing and social on Wednesday eve
ning.
The Church of Christ'
• Dr. C. K. Ray's Topic
Dr. Clifton K. Ray, pastor of Ep
worth Methodist Church, will preach
on "The Church of Christ” at 11
».m., and on "What Every Methodist
Should Know” at 8 p.m.
Dr. W. L. Darby, executive secre
tary of the Washington Federation
of Churches, will be the guest
teacher of the Hummer Memorial
Class at 9:30 a.m.
There will be a combined service
of the Wesley Fellowship and the
young people’s department at 7
. p.m. The service will be a musical
under the leadership of Miss Dor
othy Goebel, with music under the
direction of Miss Irma Norwood.
Members of the young people’s
department are distributing Christ
inas bags for the children of the
Central Union Mission. The bags
are to be filled and returned in time
for the mission Christmas party just
before Christmas. Mrs. F. E. Nelson
Is anxious that all persons having
the soap wrappers and coupons
needed to provide a more liberal
Christmas gift for the Home for
Aged at Gaithersburg hand them in
to her or other representatives in
ample time to obtain added value
before Christmas.
Georgetown Lutheran
“The Magna Carta of Christen
dom” will be the subject at 11 a.m.
by the Rev. Harold E. Beatty. The
service will be in keeping with the
observance of Universal Bible Sun
day. “Great Christian Hymns” will
be the topic in the young people's
meeting at 7 p.m. Ruth Bruntsch,
leader.
“The Parables of the Kingdom"
will be the topic Thursday at 8 p.m.
The members of the Ladies’ Bible
Class will be the guests of Mrs.
Hilda McCord, 2314 North Madison
atreet, Arlington, Va., Friday, 8 p.m.,
in their annual Ohriqjnas party.
News of the Bible Classes
Activities of Interest to
Local Organizations
By PAGE McK. ETCHISON,
President Organized Bible Class Association.
A meeting in commemoration of Universal Bible Day will be held
by the Organized Bible Class Association on Monday at 8 p.m. in the
National Baptist Memorial Church. Dr. A. B. Potorf of American Uni
versity will speak on ‘‘Old Translations and New Manuscripts." Vice
President Noah R. Robinson will preside; greetings will be brought by the
Rev. A. Lincoln Smith, assistant pastor. The song service will be led by
nenry a. rviagnuson, woo win a. iso
be the soloist. Mrs. Lucille Shan
non Etchison will be the pianist.
The adult Bible classes of the
church will entertain the members
of the association at a social follow
ing the meeting.
The Everyman’s Bible Class of
Woodside Methodist Church joined
the association
and received the
c e r t i dcate of
members hip.
The officers are
E. C. Elting.
president; L. C.
Gill, vice presi
dent; P. H. Len
hart, secretary;
C. W. Hake,
treasurer; R. R.
Baum, chief
welcomer; H. R.
Smith, choris
ter; H. J. How
land, class rep
resentative on Mr- Etchl®°n
the Central Committee of the asso
ciation, and Paul M. Lehman,
teacher.
Mrs. Henry J. Smith will teach
the Philathea Class of Petworth
Baptist Church tomorrow morning.
The monthly meeting will be held
Monday evening and the children of
the Baptist Home will be enter
tained at a Christmas party, at
which each child will receive a gift.
Harold S. King will show motion
pictures and refreshments will be
served. Miss Mary Hutchinson is
in charge.
The Randall Bible Class of Po
tomac Heights Community Church
will co-operate with the organiza
tions of the community in the
Christmas relief program and the
allev services on Christmas Eve.
Dr. Robert M. Charles will speak to
the class tomrrow morning on "Re
actions to the Good News.”
The Mary-Martha Class of Mar
vin Methodist Church elected the
following officers; Mrs. Elva New
man, president; Mrs. Leona Otter
son, vice president, and Mrs. May
Coon, secretary.
Dr. Ralph B. Kennard will be
guest teacher of the Drake Bible
Class of Calvary Baptist Church to
morrow morning. W. O. Handy will
preside; C. G. Cruikshank. soloist;
Clarence White, song leader, and
Leo Berndt will read the lesson and
lead in prayer.
The Tower Class of Gunton
Temple Memorial Presbyterian
Church met last Tuesday evening at
the home of Albert Gaffney. Tribute
was paid the teacher, Andrew M.
Smith. The class recognized Mr.
Smith's approaching retirement
from service in the Treasury De
partment and addresses were deliv
ered by Dr. Bernard Braskamp, for
the church; Howard Waldo, for the
session; Andrew Ross, superintend
ent of the Sunday school, and
Myron Anderson, for the class. Pres
ident Willard S. Lines presented
Mr. Smith with a set of books as a
gift from the class.
Judge Bolitha J. Laws will address
the A. B. Pugh Bible Class of Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church to
morrow morning on “What Shall
We Do for Christ's Kingdom?”
John Brayshaw, adult department
superintendent, will speak to the
w
Joint meeting of adult classes at 9:30
a.m. on “The Lord’s Laborers.”
The Friendship Class of the
Memorial United Brethren Church
will hold its monthly meeting at
the home of Mrs. H. Fisher, 7
Adams street N.W., on Monday at
8 p.m. The class president, Mrs.
Albert Browning, will preside and
plans will be made for the Christ
mas activities.
Dr. Lucile Dooley will speak to the
Comparative Religion Class at All
Souls’ Church tomorrow morning on
“The Freudian System and Its
Bearings on Religion.”
The Brotherhood Bible Class of
Hamline Methodist Church will hold
a memorial service tomorrow morn
ing for the late Dr. John R. Lap
ham, former president of the church
brotherhood. Dr. Cloyd Heck Mar
vin. president of George Washington
University, will speak.
The Rev. Edward H. Tuller will be
the guest teacher of the Vaughn
Class of Calvary Baptist Church to
morrow morning. Linn Elmore will
be the soloist, accompanied by Dr.
Nelson M- Blake, pianist. Harvey
Cooke will have charge of the
“buddy period.” There will be a
meeting of the junior cabinet of the
class on Wednesday evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.
Cooke. Edward L. Tolson, Jr., has
been appointed chairman of the
1940 Bancjuet Committee.
The men’s Bible class of Trinity
Methodist Church will hold a busi
ness meeting and social Tuesday
at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Thomas
Fitch, 807 East Capitol street.
The Burrall Class of Calvary Bap
tist Church will be taught tomorrow
morning by Mrs. William S. Aber
nethy. The topic will be "Christmas
in me uospeis. beginning tomor
row the Choral Ensemble will be
assisted in the musical programs
during December by Miss Evelyn
Scott, violinist.
The Rev. William H. Hantzmon
will speak to the Box Bible Class
of Emory Methodist Church tomor
row morning on “Reactions to the
Good News.”
The Mizpah Class of Hamline
Methodist Church will hold a
Christmas party Wednesday evening
at the home of Miss Blanche Neff.
6407 Third street N.W. Miss Neff
will be assisted by Mrs. Alice Smith,
Mrs. Leslie Brooks, Mrs. G. W. Tro
vena, Mrs. W. O. Carruthers. Mrs.
Anna Hall, Mrs. Mamie Alley and
Miss Ollie M. Saunders.
Charles C. Haig will speak to the
O. W. L. Bible Class of the Cov
enant-First Presbyterian Church
tomorrow morning on “The Tri
umph of Christ.”
The George H. Winslow Men’s
Bible Class of the Eastern Presby
terian Church will hold its monthly
meeting in the classroom on Monday
at 7:45 p.m.
Miss Elsie Green will be the teach
er of the Florence M. Brown Class
at Calvary Baptist Church tomor
row morning. The class will have
charge of the meeting at the Re
ceiving Home for Children tomorrow
at 3 p.m. The business meeting will
be held Tuesday at 8 p.m.
'The Iron That Swims’
Theme Tomorrow
Of Dr. Steelman
Combined Choirs to Give
Christmas Program
At 8 P.M.
At the 11 a.m. service in Petworth
Methodist Church, Dr. Frank Steel
man will preach on “The Iron That
Swims.” The senior choir, directed
by Ardis Atkinson Cannon, will sing
“O Thou That Tellest Good Tid
ings," by Handel, A women’s choir
will sing “Sweet Jesu, Heaven—
King,” by Stair.
The Intermediate League will be
gin their special Christmas pro
grams with a service on “Christ
mas Here and Everywhere” at 6:30
p.m. The young people will meet in
the chapel at 7 p.m. for a candle
light vesper service. At 8 p.m. the
combined choirs of 100 voices will
present the first of the Christmas
musical programs. Dikran Kaval
jian will be the guest violinist. Num
bers by the choirs will include “On
a Morning Long Ago,” Spanish
carol; “How Far Is It to Bethle
hem?” by Shaw; “Let Carols Ring,”
a folk melody from Sweden; “The
Holly and the Ivy,” traditional:
“Jesus Bambino,” by Yon. Organ
numbers by Mrs. Cannon will be
“Noel,” by Daquin, and “On Two
Christmas Hymns,” by Guilmant.
The choirs will lead the congrega
tion in singing carols.
The round table will meet with
Mrs. Minnie Knapp, 610 Farragut
street N.W., Monday at 8 p.m. for
a Christmas party.
The Thursday service at 8 p.m.
will be in charge of Dr. Steelman.
Friday at 8:15 p.m. the junior de
partment will present a Christ
mas operetta, “The Magi's Gift.”
Albright Memorial
Victory Service
Albright Memorial Evangelical
Church will celebrate in a victory
service tomorrow morning the suc
cessful conclusion of the financial
campaign. $20,000 was raised in
cash and pledges last Sunday. The
Rev. George E. Schnabel will preach
tomorrow on "wnere do we go
From Here."
At 5 p.m. the girls’ choir will sing
and Fred Bunke will give a violin
solo. The Bible studies will be re
sumed with the congregation bring
ing Bibles and participating in the
service. The theme will be ‘‘Great
Truths of the Bible.” The fellow
ship tea will be sponsored by the
friendship class.
On Tuesday night the brotherhood
will meet with the president, George
Corbin, directing entertainment. The
guest speaker will be Representative
Lowell Mason of Illinois. He is a
member of the Dies Committee and
will speak on ‘‘It Is Happening
Here.” The men of the community
will be guests. A buffet lunch wiil
follow the address.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday
night will be in charge of the official
board.
Rev. Charles W. Findlay
To Preach at St. Thomas'
The guest preacher at St. Thomas’
Episcopal Church tomorrow at 11
a.m., in the absence of the Rev. Dr.
Howard S. Wilkinson, who will be
preaching at the Pennsylvania State
College, will be the Rev. Charles W.
Findlay, rector of St. Andrew’s
Church, Albany, N. Y.
The Rev. Mr. Findlay is a native
of England, a graduate of Harvard
University and a classmate of Dr.
Wilkinson at the Episcopal Theolo
gical School in Cambridge, Mass.
Cathedral Services
To Include Second
Of Advent Series
Bishop Freeman
And Dean Powell
Will Preach
The second of his series of Advent
sermons, “Facing Reality with
Christ,” will be preached by Bish
op James E. Freeman at the peo
ple's evensong in Washington Ca
thedral tomorrow at 4 p.m.
At 11 ajn. the Very Rev. Noble C.
Powell, dean of Washington, will
deliver the second of a series of
Advent sermons with the general
title, “Judgment.”
The choir of men and boys, un
deg the direction of Paul Calla
way, organist and choirmaster, will
render the music at 11 a.m. and 4
p.m. tomorrow. Celebration of the
holy communion in the Bethlehem
Chapel of the Holy Nativity at
7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Holy com
munion is celebrated at the Cathe
dral on weekdays at 7:30 a.m.
Pilgrimages through the Cathe
dral, led by Cathedral aides and
members of the Cathedral brother
hood, will take place at the close
of the 11 and 4 o’clock services.
The Bishop’s Garden will be open
from 12 to 2 o’clock tomorrow.
A general confirmation service
will be held in the Cathedral De
cember 12 at 4 p.m. Bishop Free
man will confirm the candidates.
Miss Gilliland to Speak
At Mission Service
Miss Laura Gilliland, who recent
ly returned from Liberia, Africa,
where for 24 years she served as
nurse in the mission station of the
United Lutheran Church of Amer
ica, will be the speaker at the thank
offering and mission service tomor
row at 11 a.m. in the Takoma Luth
eran Church; the Rev. J. Adrian
Pfeiffer, pastor. The service has
been arranged by the Women's Mis
vuvic. iutuiucio ui i/iU/ vigatii
zation will present their annual
thank-offering boxes at the altar.
A group of 14 new members will be
received.
The women will meet Wednesday
evening to sew for the patients at
Blue Plains. The annual white gift
service will be held December 17.
At its meeting this week the vestry
elected the following officers; Presi
dent. Phil Johnson; vice president,
Richard Martin; secretary, Ralph
Mahr; treasurer, J. J. Gruenbaum;
assistant treasurer, Ernest Gerner;
financial secretary, Wayne Potter;
assistant financial secretary, Ray
Thompson; visitation director, Carl
Hickman; assistant visitation di
rector, George Sprehn; attendance
secretary, August Klippstein; as
sistance attendance secretary. Har
vey Brake, sr.; representative on
Sunday School Board, Ray Thomp
son.
Waugh Methodist
The subject of the sermon tomor
row morning is "The Light of the
Centuries.” The evening subject is
“To Seek and to Save.” Special
music by th echoirs at both services.
The Rev. Clarkson R. Banes is the
pastor. On Wednesday at 8 p.m.
will be a meeting of the Church
School Board.
The Rev. Dr. A. H. McKinley, for
mer pastor, will preach December
17 at 11 a.m. That night a special
Christmas program, "The Gold of
the Wise Man.” a program of music
and story, will be rendered. White
gifts will be brought to the altar of
the church to provide Christmas
baskets for needy families.
1 r . —
A Lesson for the Week
Calling Public Men Names
Was Fashion in Lord's Day
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Eyes for life, for the commonplace life that surges about us, to what
most of us need. Jerus perceived eternal teachings In the everydayness of
life. From the children In the street, from the flowers of the field, from
the farmer amidst his crops, from the merchant in his bazaar, He drew
sermons that have outlasted the centuries.
Our lesson’s first example of this is a quotation from the petulence of
children at olav. Thev had made a*—
mock wedding, with pipes playing
and their fellows did not respond
by dancing. Then they had staged i
make - believe
funeral, but the
others did not
beat their
breasts In
mourn lng. It
seems as If noth
ing they could
do would satis
fy otners — an
early lesson
upon the futil
ity of trying to
please every
body.
Two sharply
contrasting
prophets were w. T. eiiii.
in the public eye—John, the sterr
and hairy ascetic of the desert
and Jesus, the genial town man
who ate and drank with the peopl*
and shared their festivities and
talked winsomely about God as
Father. Like the unresponsive chil
dren at play, the religious leaden
rejected both; the hermitlike Johr
because his sternness seemed U
them demon-possession; the sociabl*
Jesus, because he acted like othei
folks.
In a word, nobody can pleas*
everybody. The person who tries t<
do so Is In for unhappy hours. B*
yourself—your best self—and speali
the word of truth that is given you
Then, come blame or come praise
ho o t noare
"Men need thee, love thee, prais<
thee not;
The Master praises, what are men.’
Jesus moved In a maze of mis
understanding. They even cailec
him Beeelzebub, but He went righ
on with His work as usual. Thi
best answer to criticism is consisten
continuance in one's own appointee
way.
A Large Life With Little.
As we contemplate this humai
figure of Jesus, trudging the dust;
roads of Galilee with a rather un
kempt group of followers, pausini
for wayside halts or sleeping in thi
open—doubtless bandying jests witl
His companions and recounting thi
incidents of the day—enjoying i
good meal when one was to be ha<
and cheerfully dining on bread am
water when the days were lean
ever on the lookout for services t<
the needy, we are impressed witl
the meagerness of His equipment
Jesus had no organization, no "homi
base,” no financial support In re
serve. It was just His life and per
sonal power confronting the world.
A quaint poem portrays his pov
erty:
“They borrowed a bed to lay Hi
head
When Christ the Lord cami
down;
They borrowed the ass in the moun
tain pass
For Him to ride to town;
He borrowed the bread when thi
crowd was fed
On the grassy mountainside;
He borrowed the dish of broken fisl
With which he satisfied;
But the crown that He wore ant
the cross that He bore
Were His own—The cross was Hi
own.
“He borrowed the ship In which to
sit
To teach the multitude;
He borrowed a nest in which to rest,
He had never a home so rude;
He borrowed a room on His way
to the tomb
The Passover Lamb to eat;
They borrowed a cave for Him, a
grave;
They borrowed a winding sheet;
But the crown that He wore and
the cross that He bore
Were His own—The cross was His
own.”
Nevertheless, this lowly Nazarene
spoke with the authority of a
supreme judge. Into the midst
of our lesson is thrust Christ’s blis
tering condemnation of the cities
at the northern end of the Lake
of Galilee, amid which He had done
, His greatest works. The three cities,
, Chorazin, Bethsaida and Caper
naum, are now but heaps.
Once I had the hardihood to visit
Chorazin. Pew travelers have dared
adventure those stony miles back
into the hills where a few remains
of Chorazin lie. I would not at
' tempt it again.. But it was worth
the trip to be able to muse upon the
meager remains of a once-proud city
that had missed its opportunity; it
had Jesus in its midst and rejected
! Him. Implicit in this passage is the
, truth that God deals with cities and
countries, as well as with individ
’ uals.
Wiser Than the Wise.
There is a deep understanding of
! life which is greater than the wis
a.# ..UaaU TUIa (a
the basic truth of democracy, with
, its supreme trust in the common
[ people.
; We muse over the Master’s words
■ in our lesson, wherein He thanks the
; Father "that Thou didst hide these
1 things from the wise and under
standing, and didst reveal them unto
babes.” This saying was aimed at
the prideful scribes and Pharisees,
[ and was meant for the comfort of
r all the humble souls who saw the
. Father in the Son. Simplest saints
, are often more discerning in spirit
| ual things than the professionally
j learned. Wise men have written
. controversial books about Jesus, but
[ plain folk have understood and ac
I cepted Him as He is.
I Not until I once stood amid the
, chips and shavings of an old-fash
i ioned carpenter shop in Nazareth
i did I realize that the Carpenter’s
work had been chiefly the making
« of yokes and plows. It was a skilled
. mechanic, who had turned out many
. a comfortable yoke, who said “My
yoke is easy.” It was the Carpenter,
comrade of all who toil, who cried,
"Come unto Me, all ye that labor
and are heavy laden, and I will give
1 you rest.”
One recent writer has pointed out
! that the great mistake in all old-age
pension schemes is that they plan
to withdraw the elderly from all
labor; whereas the aged’s real need
is for useful work that will sweeten
the declining years. Significantly,
1 Jesus summons to rest in labor and
not from labor. He offers the peace
ful heart as the reward of those who
, wear the easy yoke and bear the
light burden.
The Sunday school lesson for
December 10 is "Reactions to the
Good News.”—Matthew 11 and 12.
j
Schedule of Activities in Washington Churches
Baptist
Brookland.
“Confusing the Wisdom of Men”
will be the topic of the Rev. M. C.
Stith at 11 a m. The young peo
ple’s choir, under the leadership
of Harold B. Carleton, will sing,
with Mrs. Flora Bennett at the
organ. “The Struggle for a Crown”
will be the pastor's topic at 8 p.m„
with the quartet singing.
On December 24 at 7:30 *p.m.
the church will have a Christmas
celebration, led by the pastor and
young people's choir, combining the
Christmas message in Scripture with
song.
Bethany.
“Listening to the Highest” is the
pastor's subject tomorrow morning
and in the evening “The Referee’s
Word Stands.” Several of the young
people will assist in the evening
service.
The junior church, under the
leadership of Mrs. Watt, will meet
at 11 a.m. The young people's so
cieties meet at 6:45. The officers and
departmental superintendents of the
church school will meet Monday
evening at the home of I. D. Cock
erille. The Amoma Class will meet
Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs.
Wallace Perry.
Wisconsin Avenue.
“Is the Bible Inspired?” will be
the topic at 11 a.m. of the Rev. C.
R. Ferguson. Miss Elizabeth Fox
win icau uic »■» e
pel service for the Home for the
Incurables. The pastor will speak
on "The Quick and Powerful Word
of God.” The pastor will preach
at 8 p.m. on “Justified by Faith.”
Petworth.
Hie Senior B. Y. P. U. will con
duct the evening service. The Rev.
Henry J. Smith will speak on “Un
applied Power and Aimless Energy.”
Morning service at 11. Subject, "Hie
Eternal Test of Values.”
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Takoma Park.
The Rev. William E. La Rue will
give an Advent sermon tomorrow
morning, entitled “The Word Made
Flesh.” At the evening service the
latest talking picture version of
“Ten Nights in a Barroom” will be
given under auspices of the Anti
Saloon League, O. G. Christgau, field
superintendent, presenting the pic
ture and the address.
Second.
The Rev. Aaron B. Kelly, assistant
pastor of the Clarendon (Va.) Bap
tist Church, will preach tomorrow
morning and evening. The young
people will meet at 6:45 pm. Elec
tion of church and Bible school offi
cers will he held Friday night.
On December 17 the Rev. Bela
Udvamoki, president of the Baptist
Seminary andBaptiMConventlon of
Budapest, Hungary, will preach a
both services. It will also be thi
white Christmas observance.
Vermont Avenue (Colored).
At 11 a m. the Rev. C. T. Murra;
will deliver the message. At 11:21
am. services will be held in thi
junior department, the Rev. S. W
Williams, director. Holy communioi
at 3:30 pm. The Rev. T. Ewell Hop
kins will preach at 8 pm. On Mon
day at 8:30 p.m. a musical concer
will be given by the Davis and Wisi
Singers of Philadelphia, Pa. Or
Friday at 8:30 pm. a Bible drama
will be presented.
Rehoboth (Colored).
The Rev. Mr. Johnson will de
liver the morning message, whili
the senior choir will sing. In thi
afternoon he will serve the Lord’,
supper. Music by the Hallelujal
Chorus. The evening song servici
is at 8. On December 15 the pasto
will lecture and show pictures o
the New York World’s Fair.
Mount Moriah (Colored).
Dr. J. Harvey Randolph will preacl
at 11 am. on “The Message of th
Cross.” The junior choir will sing
At the evening service the pastor wi]
speak on “The Shepherd’s Heart.”
Tenth Street (Colored).
The Rev. U. S. Brown, assistan
pastor, will preach, and at 7:30 p.nr
the sermon will be by the Rev. S. I
Barbour. Music by choir No. 2, Ad
die Kemper, directress. In the after
noon the men’s chorus will sine a
Sixth and P Streets Baptist Churci
the Rev. Brown preaching.
Friendship (Colored).
“Mercy and Truth Versus Right
eousness and Peace” will be the sub
ject of the Rev. B. H. Whiting a
11 a.m. The Rev. Hobart William
will preach at 8 p.m.
Mount Bethel (Colored).
Dr. K. W. Roy will preach at 1
am. on “The Cry of the Child c
God.” At 8 pm., sermon by the Rei
W. G. White of New York Cits
Young people’s meeting Thursda
night.
Second (Colored).
Dr. J. L. S. Holloman will preacl
at 11 am. on “Jehovah, the Patien
Teacher.” Communion service at
pm. In the evening he will preacl
on “The Mind of Christ.”
Good Will (Colored).
Dr. James L. Pinn will preach ii
the morning on “The Appeal Fror
Macedonia” and in the evening o:
“A Life Unmoved by Externalities.
Zion, Southwest (Colored).
The Rev. A. Joseph Edwards ha
for his subject at 11 am. "Incredibl
Optimism.” Music will be by th
vested choir, under the leadership c
Mrs. Jennis Green ^nith, organist
; director. In the evening the pastor
i will preach.
At 3:30 p.m. the Usher Board will
celebrate its 41st anniversary. The
guest preacher will *be the Rev.
’ Hampton T. Gaskins, pastor of the
l Liberty Baptist Church. Music by
; the choir of the Liberty church.
On Friday night the Pageant
i Committee will present “Once in
Bethlehem,” a Christmas play, Mrs.
■ Lorraine Pinchback directing.
Emmanuel (Colored).
i The Rev. F. D. Thornton will
. preach at 11:45 a m. on “The Power
of God.” At, 3 p.m. his subject will
be “My Redeemer.” Morning and
evening holy communion.
Third (Colored).
■ Dr. George O. Bullock's topic In
i the morning is “The Way of Life.”
i In the evening there will be a mu
s sical program by the senior and
' junior choirs.
C
Christian
Third.
1 The Rev. C. R. Williams will
> preach at U a m on “How Do You
. Look?” The Lord's supper will be
1 observed.
Park View.
Sunday will be observed as
t woman’s day. The subject of the
. sermon by the Rev. J. Lloyd Black
'• at 11 a.m. will be “Shining Lives."
■ At 8 p.m. the Missionary Society will
■ present a dramatization, “As Often.'
t -
i» Fifteenth Street.
At 11 am., sermon by the Rev.
Leslie L. Bowers on "Reach Me
That Book.” The junior choir will
" render special numbers. Women’s
' day will be observed at 8 p.m.,
1 with Mrs. J. H. McCallum, misskm
5 ary to Nanking, China, as guest
speaker, and Miss Wetjin as guest
soloist.
I The annual fellowship dinner for
f the congregation will be held
. Wednesday. This will be followed
.’ by election of church officers. On
Thursday at 8 pm. the Bible School
Council meets.
Congregational
1 Peoples (Colored.)
1 Sunday is loyalty day. The Rev.
1 A. F. Elmes will preach in the mom
1 ing on “To Him That Hath.” The
Pilgrim and Young Adult Fellow
ships will meet at 5:30 and 6:30 pm.
j * Plymouth (Colored).
1 The Rev. Arthur D. Gray will
i preach on "We Never Have.” Holy
communion will be celebrated.
s Lincoln (Colored).
: Dr. R. W. Brooks will speak on
s "God’s Requirements and Our Fail
f ures.” The vested chorus choir, with
- Miss Cleota jpollini as soloist and
director, will render music. Holy
communion.
The Men's Brotherhood meets at
10 am. The guest speaker, Walter
L. Savoy, principal, Garnet-Paterson
Junior High School, will discuss "A
Three-Fold Community Program.”
The Young People’s Club will meet
at 6 p.m. “Young People and a Vital
Church Program” will be discussed.
Episcopal
Trinity.
A program of chorals will be sung
at 4 pm. Sunday by the junior
choirs of Trinity Church and Grace
Church (Woodsidei, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Ruth F. Vanderlip and
Mrs. Jean Appel. At 11 a.m. the
Rev. Mr. Harp will be the preacher.
Holy communion at 8 a.m. and the
children’s service at 9:30 am.
Church of the Ascension.
At 11 a.m. the service will be
morning prayer and litany, with ser
mon by the Rev. Raymond L. Wol
ven. Celebration of the holy com
munion at 8 am.
All Saints’.
The Rev. Henry Teller Cocke will
preside at the holy communion serv
ice at 7:30 am. and at the morning
prayer service at 11 am. the speaker
will be the Rev. James R. Helms
of the Good Shepherd Missions at
Fort Defiance, Arlz.
The Young Peoples’ Fellowship will
meet at 6 pm. for supper, followed
by a business meeting and an illus
trated lecture by Edward Hopper,
associate director of the Washing
ton Studios of Animation, on “The
Motion Picture in the Making.”
Church of Our Saviour.
Holy communion at 7:30 am. At
11 a.m., confirmation service and
sermon by Bishop James E. Free
man.
On Tuesday at 8:15, in the parish
hall, the Silver Spring Singers, un
der the direction of Elizabeth Clay
ton Bacon, will present a program
of quaint Christmas carols of all
nations and living pictures of the
Nativity. Costumes from the Holy
Land over 100 years old are being
used in the pictures, arranged by
Minnie Frost Bauds of Washington,
dramatic chairman of the District
Federation of Women’s Clubs. Anne
O’Brien, harpist, and Thelma Nixon,
at the piano, will supply the musi
cal accompaniment.
St Agnes’.
The monthly corporate com
munion of young people will be
held at the 7:30 am. mass tomor
row. At the communion breakfast
following the service the speaker
will be Horace Varian, Jr., of Balti
more, who was one of the delegates
to the International Conference of
Christian Tjputh held in Holland
V*
last summer and who will tell abou
the meeting.
The rector will preach at th
sung mass at 11 am. and again a
7:30 pm.
AU Souls’ Memorial.
At 8 p.m. tomorrow the choii
assisted by the junior choir, unde
the direction of Dr. W. H. O. McGe<
will sing "The Church Year,” set t
music, in memory of Miss Prance
C. Harrison, organist and choir di
rector of the church for 25 years.
Lutheran
Inner Mission Society.
The Lutheran Inner Mission So
ciety will hold Sunday school classe
in the children’s sanatorium a
Glenn Dale tomorrow at 10 am. Mrs
Carl Ackerlind, Mrs. Frederick C
Umhau and L. G. G. Wiemer wi:
teach the classes at Gallinger Hos
pital. The service at the Home fo
the Feeble Minded at Laurel will b
conducted by Miss Frances Dysingei
The monthly meeting of the Work
ers’ Conference will be held in th
Luther Memorial Church at 8 p^i
Friday. Plans will be made fo
Christmas and the roll call. Th
group will also make ornaments fo
trimming the trees in the hospital:
St. Stephen's Evangelical.
At 11 the Rev. Sam H. Komman:
will have for his theme “Adver
Hope.” The council meeting will b
item auuounj aw u
St. Mark’s.
"The Forgotten Appointment” wi
be the theme of the second Adver
sermon at 11 am. by the Rev. .
Luther Frantz. On Wednesda
evening the Alpha Bible Class an
the Brotherhood will meet in th
church. On Thursday at 8 p.n
service at the Central Union Mis
sion. The pastor will have charg
of this service.
Atonement.
On Sunday morning the Re'
Howard E. Snyder will preach o
"The Bible,” in observance of Uni
versal Bible Sunday. The Rei
James T. Powers will preach o:
"The Book of the Ages” at the.ves
per service.
On Friday evening the Boy Scou
Troop 70 of Atonement will spon
sor a motion picture. The public 1
invited.
Mount Olivet (Colored).
Universal Bible Sunday will b
observed, with a special sermon b
the Blv. W. Schiebel on "The Trut
That Makes Men Free.” The com
m unicant class is composed of Mis
Marjorie Brown, Miss Eileen Brow
and Robert Carter.
The Sunday school is beginning
new series of Bible stories for th
Advent and Christmas season take
from thr Testament. "TO
t Birth of John the Baptist” is the
' first story in the series. .
t Methodist
Aldersgate.
Universal Bible Sunday is b»ing
■t observed and at 11 a.m. the Rev.
r P. L. Morrison will preach on “The
,t Bible—The Word of God,” and at
3 8 pm. on “The Price of Privilege.”
5 North Carolina Avenue.
Dr. Charles E. Porlines, president
of Westminster Theological Sem
inary, Westminster, Md.. will preach
at 11 am tomorrow. This service
will commemorate Universal Bible
. Sunday and the theme is “The
5 Truth That Makes Men Free.”
t The Epworth League meets at 6
i. pm. for an informal tea and for a
’ discussion period at 7. with Robert
j Timmons leading. The subject is
. “Reactions to the Good News.”
[ Lewis Memorial.
, Universal Bible Sunday will be
’ observed. The Rev. John A. Trader
* will preach at 11 am. on "The Text
for Our Times.” Short song serv
ice in the evening, led by Mrs. Joseph
Stimson. Sermon subject, “The
r Epistle Easily Understood.”
Congress Street.
The Harrison Bible Class will meet
tomorrow at 9:45 am. Charles W.
. Sherier will have charge of the les
son. Maj. E. W. Brown, first vice
president, will preside. Dr. Kiri A.
Kester, pastor, will give a short talk.
rage McKay Etchison, president, Or
. ganized Bible Class Association, will
. be the guest speaker. The lesson
, theme is "What Shall We Do About
' Christ's Kingdom.”
j The Rev. H. J. Magonigal will
preach at 11 am. and 8 pm. will be
® Harrison Bible Class night. The
' Young People’s Society meets at
' 7 pm.
Lincoln Road.
Dr. Reginald H. Stone will speak
on "We Have Seen His Star” at
'• 11 am. Reception of members.
1 Youth Council meeting at 7 pm. At
" 8 p.m„ there will be a 20-minute
'• gospel song service, under the leader
1 ship of William Stevens, after which
’ a sermon on “Messianic Prophecy
Fulfilled.” The annual Christmas
1 party of the Hiller Bible Class will
* be held Tuesday at Mrs. L. E.
5 Brashears at 2700 Fourth street NR.
/ Gorsnch.
The Rev. Richard T. Scholl will
e preach Sunday morning on “The
y Foundation of Life.” George Miles
l will preach in the evening. On
- Thursday evening the fellowship
s forum will hold a “sock social.”
i All friends are invited.
. Eidbraoke.
e "Making Christ Live” will be the
tt subject of the Advent sermon of Dr.
8 (See ACnvhlRS, Pag* A-17.)
Dr. C. C. Rasmussen
To Discuss 'In Whom
Gentiles Trust'
Luther Place Church
Pastor to Continue
Advent Series
‘In Whom Gentiles Trust" Is ttas
subject of the Rev. Dr. Carl C. Ras
mussen, pastor at Luther Place
Memorial Church tomorrow at 11
a.m. This is the second sermon in
his series of advent sermons. The
solo parts of the choir’s anthem,
“O Thou That Tellest Good Tid
ings,” will be sung by Mrs. Mitchell
Marques. The choir will sing “A
Babe Is Born.”
The thank offering service at 8
pm. will be sponsored by the Mis
sionary Societies. Miss Laura Gilli
land, many years a medical nurse
on the mission field at Liberia,
Africa, will be guest speaker. The
Junior Choir will sing for the first
time.
Miss Hazel M. Anderson’s Bible
Class will meet at the home of Mrs.
Janet Plugge, 3209 McKinley street
N.W., Monday evening.- Cars will
leave the church at 7:30.
Members of the Luther League
will be the guests of Miss Ruth
Blackburn, 2002 P street N.W., Mon
day evening.
Rehearsals for the 15th annual
presentation of "The Other Wise
Man” will be held in the church
parlors Monday and Thursday eve
nings at 7:30.
The Young People's Fellowship
Christmas party will be held at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Gould
Wickey, 7516 Sixteenth street N.W.,
Tuesday evening. Cars will leave
the church at 7:45. Edgar Bergdahl
is in charge of the games and re
freshments. All young people are
invited to bring a toy for use by
the Inner Mission Christmas Com
mittee.
The two catechetical classes will
meet at 3:30.
Barron Will Address
All Souls' Church Class
Bryton Barron of the Department
of State will address the Current
Problems Class in connection with
All Souls’ Unitarian Church School
at 10 a.m. on “Foreign Policy Infor
mation in a Democracy.’’ At the
same time Dr. Lucile Dooley will
speak before the Comparative Re
ligion Class on "The Freudian
System and Its Bearings on Relig
ion.”
Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce will
preach at 11 a.m. on "Religion
Speaks for Itself.” At 5 p.m. Lewis
Atwater, organist, will be assisted '
in a half-hour program of modem
French music by George Irving
Chandler, tenor. At 5:30 pm. Cul
ver B. Chamberlain will review Carl
Crow's “The Chinese Are Like
That.” The hostess at the tea
served from 6 to 7 o'clock is Mrs.
Howard M. Bollinger. At the mo
tion picture hour at 7:30 the fea
ture will be “Three Smart Girls
Grow Up.”
A meeting of the Board of Trus
tees is scheduled for Monday eve
ning. The 25-35 Club will meet at
the home of Miss Louise Bebb
Tuesday and the Ark at the church
Wednesday. The Business and Pro
fessional Women's Club will pay its
annual visit to Friendship House
Wednesday with dinner and a talk
by Miss Lydia Burklin, head resi
dent. Miss Katherine Koetz will
speak before a group of the same
organization Thursday evening on
"Experience of an Amateur Astron
omer.” Meetings of the Junior
Bridge Club are scheduled Friday.
Dr. Hill Will Preach
At Fifth Baptist
Dr. John B. Hill, executive secre
tary of the Sunday School Board of
Richmond, Va., will be the guest
preacher at the Fifth Baptist
Church at both services. Dr. John E.
Briggs, the pastor, continues to im
prove from an illness and plans to
attend the morning service.
At 9:30 a.m. the Rev. Francis J.
Lukens will teach the Darlington
Berea Bible Class: William M. Pier
son, Jr., the Mooney Baraca Class,
and Deacon J. R. Tune, the Phil
athea Class.
Baptist Training Union meeting
at 6:30 p.m., with a playette, “A
Light Unto Our Paths,” written and
directed by A. V. McKee, with mem
bers of the Devotional Life Commis
sion participating.
On Thursday will be the annual
day of prayer for foreign missions,
with the gathering in of the Lottie
Moon offering. This service will be
held from 6 to 9 p.m. At 8 p.m. Dr.
George W. Sadler, former missionary
to Africa and co-laborer with Dr.
George Green, but now secretary to
Europe, Africa and the Near East
for the Foreign Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention, will
be the guest speaker.
Dr. Bernard Braskamp
To Conclude Series
Dr. Bernard Braskamp, pastor of
the Gunton-Temple Memorial Pres
byterian Church, who has been
preaching a series of sermons on the
general theme, "No Black-Out
Here,” will conclude that series at
11 am. tomorrow with his special
subject, "No Black-Out of the Chris
tian Home.”
The Women's Guild, of which
Mrs. William E. Boulter is presi
dent, will meet in the parlors on
Wednesday at 11 am. The subject
will be: "The Madonna In Art.”
Leader, Mrs. Reginald Bailey.
The Board of Trustees will meet
Wednesday evening In the pastor's
office.
The Thursday evening meetir.3
for Bible study and prayer will Yo
led by Dr. Braskamp.
The members of Mrs. Steerr s
Bible Class will hold their month
meeting In the parlors Priday ev -
ning
Universal Bible Sunday
Universal Bible Sunday will Ic
observed at Rhode Island Aver, 5
Methodist Church tomorrow. Dr.
E. A. Sexsmlth has as his subject in
the morning "The Old Book for the
New Times,” and at 8 pm., "Capital
ising Our Calaihltles.” The choir
will present "Built on the Rock,” by
Christianson.
The Young People’s Christian
Endeavor Society is making a social
problem tour of this city this after
noon, and will discuss their findings
at their meeting tomorrow at 7 p m
The topic will be "Our Own City,”
and will be directed by Pearl La