National Republican., 1883-11-10
MARTIN LUTHER.

How tho Four Hundredth Anniversary
OF tho Great Re6ormer VIII bo Celc-
brated.
Tho four hundredth anniversary of the
birthday of tho great relormer, Martin
Luther, which occurs to-day, will bo cello
brated tomorrow at tho Memorial Lutheran
church (Thomas circlo) in an appropriate
manner, and promises to bo an event worthy
tho honor of tho man. Tho arrangements
have oil been completed, aud the following
services will take place: In the morning, at
IL o'clock, the pastor will take for his text
"Luther and His Work." and for the evening
service, which occurs nc 1850 o'clock, union
meeting will bo had. The programme for this
service Is as follows: At tho opening of
tho service an anthem will bo sung
by the choir. AT the conclusion of
which the following words will be repeated
by the pastor, 80 como let us sing unto tho
Lord let us make joyful noise to tho Rock
of our Salvation" GLORIA Patri" will then
be sung by tho choir and the apostles creed
repeated by the congregation in concert.
This will be followed by the reading of the
forty-sixth Psalm and o prayer and hymn
Brief addresses upon tho following subjects
will thonbe delivered Luther aud Calvin"
Bow. w. A. Bartlett, ID. D.. Luther and Civil
Freedom" Hon. Judge Strong, LII. D.;
Luther and Religious Freedom" Rev. It. L.
Rankin, d. D.; "Luthcr and Professionalism"
Rev. s. IL. Greene; Luther ia the Present.
Rev. L. ID. Power Luther and Wesley"
Rev. w. l. McKenney, and Luther and the
Future" by Rov. J. G. Butler, ID. ID. These
will be intersperscd with anthems by tho
choir, and at the finish tho battle hymn
"Eine Feste Berg" will be rendered. After
hymn and the repeating Of tho Lords
prayer by the congregations, tho meeting will
be dismissed with the benediction.
Tho indications arc that tho attendance Mt
this meeting will be very large, several min
listers having signifed their intention of clos
ing their churches and inviting their congre-
cations to join them with those of the
memorial church in commemorating this
great event. The music, which will no doubt
be an interesting feature of the occasion. has
been placed under tho leadership of Mr.. John
Seiilert, and will be rendered by the choir of
the church. In further commemoration of
this event childron's jubilee meeting will be
held on the following Sunday at $3.50 o'clock,
at which time the children of all the schools
connected with this church -four in number)
will be present.
Grace English Evangelical Lutheran
church, Thirteenth and Corcoran streets, will
celebrate the occasion in three services to-
morrow. The chapel has been beautifully
decorated for the occasion. A large arch has
been erected in the chancel with Luthers
picture in the center, illuminated with gas
jets across the chancel and around the por-
trait. Over the arch stand the figures 1917,
the date of the beginning of the reformation.
On each side the figures 14S3-1ss3. The
walls between tho windows bear banners
with mottoes, such as Eisleben, Wittenburg,
&C. Tho altar is tastefully decorated with
flowers. Tho church services will be at
IL a. m. and 1880 p. m. Morning
service will have five pieces of
music, rendered by tho following
choir Miss Antonia Madden, organst; Miss
Sophia wilkins, soprano Miss Emma Wilke
alto Mr. E. G. Gill, tenor; and Messrs. l.. f.
and j. A. Stutz, bassi. Tho evening service
will have j. A. Stutz rs organist, with five
pieces of music also. Tho Sunday school will
have its jubilee ut D. M, with full printed
service. Grace congregation represents Lu.
theranism as taught by Luther and as con.
fessed in the Augsburg confession and other
confessions of tho book of Concord, and Justly
feels its Importance in this jubilee as tho rep
resentative of Gods word in its purity, the
sacraments in their integrity, and the confes
sions in their entirety.
Special services will be held at st. Paul,
Lutheran church, corner Eleventh and ii
streets northwest, under the direction of tn,
pastor, Rov. DR.. Nomer, and at other Lutheran
churches in the city