The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-14
SERMONS FOR TOMORROW.
The Presidents Death TO BE the
Theme in Many PUiPits.

barrow To he Expressed by the
Preachers Of Most of the LocuI
Snnctunrics-Thc services Mt the
metropolitan Methodist Church.
The assassination of tho President viii
be- the theme of the sermons To- De- preach
ed iB nearly all the Washington churches
tomorrow. From pulpus of all den0mi-
nations viii De voiced the sorrow of the
Christian world The services viii. for
IA, greater part. De- simple. joyful music
viii find no place In them. Confident in
tho belief that Air Mckinley was on the
road To- recovery many clerEymcn prepar-
cd their disc0urs,s for Sunday. i'm the
middle of the week. Yesterdays news Ted
them 10 fear the direful tdin2s Of this
morning and ia studies I'm every part of
the city the tone of sermons changed
from thankfulness for the expected re
cavery Of the President to sorrow for the
national bereavement
At the Presidents Church the Metro
palitau NJ l. Church. there viii De uO
elaborate service tomorrow. Today the
buudjng is being drapcd in mourning
cloths Above the main cutrauc, on c
Street will be hung long hauEinES. as VIII
the Mckinley pew. near the front of the
church. The altar coverings viii be Of
black and the walls behind viii De draped-
Rev. ". II. Chapman, who is acting
pastor i'm the absence Of the Rev DT.
Frank Bristol viii preach a sermon with
appropriate references to the death Of the
President. At the conclusion Of the ser
vice there will bc held an informal meet
iug OF the board Of trustees and in all
probability a date fixed for the holding of
an elaborate service after the return Of
Dr Bristol from Europe.
At nearly all the Catholic churches spe-
Cial reference will be made 10 the death
OF the President in the services
when the Rev. J. G. Butler. pastor Of
the Luther Place Memorial Church. con-
cludes his discourse tomorrow morning he
viii have preached three sermons dealing
with the assassination of Presidents.
When Abraham Lincoln was stricken by
the hand of John Wilkes Booth. Mr.. But
Ter, then pastor of St Paurs Lutheran
Church. at Eleventh and u Streets north
west preached one Of the most eloquent
sermons delivered on that subject Years
later after he had established the Luther
Place Memorial Church. he preached a
memorable sermon on the Sunday after
lingering death had come to President
Garfield at EIaerou. "QuietuCss before
God in this Calamity viii be his subject
tomorrow. while the text viii be Psalm
500 BE still and know that 1 am
God ] would Do exalted among nations.
7 would be exalted in the earth"
At the funeral service conducted in the
Capitol where las in state the remains
Of President Garfield. the sermon was
delivered by The Rev. Dr. +. D. Power.
Church, on Vermont Avenue. and Of
whose congrt CATION the martyTed Presi-
dent was a member For his subject at
the morning service tomorrow DR.. Power
has chosen the theme. The Nations Sor-
row" ..rs
a large number Of the prominent cler-
Cymen Of Washington are absent from
the city for their summer vacations. and
many OF the churches have not yet re-
opened for the fall. In the absence Of the
pastor. Rev a F. Anderson viii preach
at Calvary Baptist Church tomorrow
morning He has chosen for his subject
the death OF the President The last
words of the President, Thy viii be
done VIII form the theme Of the dis
course Of Rev. John Van Schaick. al the
Tnicersalist Church Of Our Father. to
morrow morning Mr.. Van Schaick viii
deal with tho subject as illustrative OF the
life and character OF the President
Rev. Donald Mcleod will preach at the
morning ryice OF the First Presbyterian
Church. the former pastor Of which. Dr.
Byron Sunderland, was a close friend Of
President Lincoln Our Martyrtd Presi-
dent viii be- his subject. In the evening
he viii speak on Anarchy. Its Only
Cure
Rev q. G. Pierce. of All Souls I-uitar-
ian Church. il expected 10 return 10
Washington today and viii deliver the
sermon which viii Ire heard al the morn
ing service. II will doubtless deal with
the life of the President
Rev. George y. Lucock. Of the Metro
poiitan Presbyterian Church. viii preach
on Divine DeTisi0n OF Anarchy"
Dr. J. J. Muir VIII discuss LOYALTY TO
Government" tomorrow morning ut the +
street Baptist Church The pastor Of St
Mark S Lutheran Church Rev John G.
Bowers. Will preach from the subject Re
tectious on the Life Of the President"
The Rev. Or. Alexander Mackay-Smith.
pastor OF st. johns Episcopal Church. IS
expected TO return 10 Washington tonight
and viii preach at the morning service at
st. Johns taking q theme appropriate 10
the season Of sadness. The Rev. DR.. II
T. Mckim. pastor Of Epiphany Church.
viii also speak on similar lines
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