The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-10
SPECIAL SERVICES
WILL BE HELD IN MANY OF sAvAN-
NAH's CHURCHES TODAY.
LUTHER'S 418TH BIRTHDAY.
TO BE OBSERVED IN LUTHERAN
CHURCH OF ASCENSION AND ST.
PAUL'S.

Service of Forty Hours Devottons to
Be Begun In 81. Patrick's Church.
First Service of the Y. NJ. c. A.
0week of Prayer" Salvation
Army TO begin Series of Services.
Bishop c. IA. Nelson TO BE at ST.
Johns Church-Visitors i'm Presby-
) terrain PuIpits.
The services in many OF the churches
to-day will be of more than ordinary
interest. The 41Sth anniversary of the
birth of Martin Luther, will be cele-
brated in the Lutheran Church of the
Ascension and in st. Paurs Lutheran
Church. In the former the service
will be attended by the German Vol
unteers in uniform. There will be
special music by the choir, which will
sing, among other selections. the fav-
orite hymn of Luther. "A Mighty
Stronghold Is Our God"
According to the latest statistics
the Lutheran Church now has a men,
bership of over 100000, and where
ever there is a congregation of the
faith Luther's natal day will receive
recognition. To-day, in different parts
of the world. eulogies upon the great
founder of the denomination will be
delivered in nineteen different Ian
guages.
Another interesting service will be
the forty hours devotions" in St. Pat
ricks Church by Bishop B. j. Kelley,
assisted by the clergy of the Cathedral
Parish, st. Patrick's Parish and a Wis
iting clergyman from Brunswick. This
service will be continued through
Tuesday and end Tuesday night.
To-day also begins the Y. M. c. A.
week of prayer" which will be OBJ
served as such by the associations of
the world. The local association has
prepared a special and interesting pro-
gramme. the first number of which will
be a meeting this afternoon at which
Rev. DIR. j. Y. Fair will deliver a spe-
cial address and at which the music
will be furnished by the choir boys of
ST. Johns Church.
The Salvation Army, too, will to-day
begin a series of special meetings that
will be continued for the coming three
months. number of prominent work
ers in the army will be in Savannah
to take part in the work.
The Rt. Rev. c. K. Nelson. Bishop Of
the diocese of Georgia, is expected to
arrive in Savannah to-day, and to be
present at the morning service in St.
Johns Church.
Methodist.
At Wesley Monumental Church, Rev
Ed F. Cook, pastor. the services will
be held at II o'clock a m. and at p.
m. At the morning service Rev. George
TT Verfa Of n~fR
preach The Sunday school will meet at
D. m. The Home Mission Society will
meet on Tuesday at p. m. and the
Parsonage Aid Society at 5. The Ep-
worth League devotional meeting will
be held on the same day at SIS p. m.
Prayer meeting will be held Wednes-
day at Sis p. m; Junior Epworth
League on Friday at D. m, and class
meeting every Sunday morning at 10
o'clock.
There will be preaching at Trinity
Church at II o'clock and at p. m. by
the pastor, Rev. Bascom Anthony. A
cordial invitation is extended to all
strangers and visitors. The Sunday
school will meet at p. M, with
special class for strangers. The Ep-
worth League will meet on Tuesday at
80 D. m. and prayer meeting Thurs
day at 8 p. m.
The services at Grace Methodist
Church will be conducted at IL a. m.
and at D. m. The pastor, Rev. Os-
good F. Cook, will preach both morn
ing and evening. The Junior League
will meet at 3:15 o. M, and the Sun
day-schooI at 4. The Epworth League
will meet Tuesday at SIS p. m, and the
prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p. m.
Al Epworth Methodist Church there
will be preaching at IL o'clock a. m.
and at SIS p. m. by the pastor, Rev:
j. A. Smith. The Sunday-school VIII
meet at o'clock. The Junior Ep-
worth League will meet tomorrow aft
ernoon at 4 o'clock, and the Senior
League Tuesday at Sis p. m. The
Church Improvement Society Will meet
on Wednesday at Sis p. m, ana pray
er service Thursday at the same hour.
Episcopal.
At Christ Church, Rev. Robb White,
rector, Rev. NJ. Campbell Stryker in
charge, will be held a service and SER
mon at IL o'clock a. m; evening SER
vice at 5, and Sunday-school at p. m
At st. Johns Church, Rev. Charles
H. Strong, rector, there will be morn
ing service and sermon at IL O'CLOCK
Sunday-school at p. m; evening
prayer and sermon, THE Renaissance
of Theology" at p. m. Also service
Wednesday at p. m. cottage meet
ing will be held at Mrs. Parks, NO II
Fortieth street. east, Friday evening
At st. Pauls Church, Rev. J. l.
Scully. rector, the services will be as
follows: Early celebration at 1880 a
m: morning prayer at IL a. m; sun
day-school at 4:30 p. m; evening
prayer at p. m.
Baptist.
At the First Baptist Church Pastor
John d. Jordan will conduct public
worship at II o'clock a. m. and at
=. m. The night sermon will be on Dc
the Impenitent Suffer AnnihilauonF
The young people will meet at noon
and the Sunday-school at 4 p. m
At the Duffy Street Baptist Church
there will be the usual services at l.
O'Clock a. m. and at p. m. The pastor
Rev. Robert Van Deventer will have
for his subject at the morning service
"Closet Prayer" and at night Resist
ing the Devil" The evening service viii
be preceded by the usual twenty min
ute prayer meeting, conducted by tn
b. Y. p. u, which is public. The B. Y
p. u. devotional meeting will be helC
al 10 a. m. topic: "Our National Bond
age" The Junior Union will meet at
at