Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-30
ITS DIAMOND JUBILEE
Anniversary Of Congress
Street M. P. Church.
OPENING SERVICES
SERMONS YESTERDAY BY REV.
DIR. JOHN D. KINzER.
Exercises to Be Held Each Evening
This Week-Program This
Evening.
OPENING SERVICES

The diamond jubilee of the Congress
Street Methodist Protestant Church in
Georgetown will be celebrated this week.
the services having opened yesterday with
the delivery of a sermon by Rev. DR.. John
d. kinzer pastor of the church; love
feast in the afternoon and a sermon in the
evening, also by Rev. DR.. John D. Kinzer.
Tonight there will be reunion of Methodist
pastors, at which brief addresses will be
delivered.
Tuesday will be the seventy-fifth ami
versary of the founding of the church.
and Rev. DR.. John M Holmes of the Mount
Lebanon Church, Baltimore. will p. eside at
the services Rev. Frank 7. Little of Bait1-
more presiding at the W ednesddy evening
services ON Thursday evening the sermon
Will he delivered by hev. Thomas o. Grouse
OF Baltimore and ON FRIDAY evening by
Rev. +. L. Tags, eUi.or o. The Me ,ht DIST
Protestant ne series viii come To
close Sunday next with d sermon by DR..
inner.
The church was decorated with palms,
flowers and trailing eedtr Tor The serV-
ices yesterday. LaIee bouquets OF pink.
White ana yellow cniy sdntnemums Wee
arranged alonS the 1ront OF the chancel
below the pulpit. re Word welcome
Was inscLioed N ial sc giit letters deIoss
the pipes oI lie o. gaI, winch Is behind Inc
altar. be4oIe the LeeInnl.4g OF me MOI n
ing sermon tie p4S.o.. ID. h-.nzel, called
attention TO these oeeo.d,iOi.s which. lie
Salu, nod peen ~. nis.-eu by Members OF Inc
cons. esauUn aha pa. i'll place aiier much
woIk and Care as u testimonial OF the de-
voIion OF the people to tie Odd church and
It's traditions.
Church as a Factor.
In MS sermon Dr. I>IpAer SAID, in part:
NO man can estimate the power of the
church as factor in his daily lie. There
are some VINO turn contemporary away,
saying they do not care 20 ne preached to.
and that they know what is right without
being told. but, tor all this the Bible is the
most important factor in the world today,
50 lar as the accomplishment OF GOOD IS
concerned, and every thoughtful man knows
TINS. lie VINO builds church builds Tor
all eternity.
Not that l think the church of itself is
the mems of SiIvation- L never preach
church in that light. salvation is matter
OF personal faith and longing Tor good The
church, in merely calling you member and
finding you in your pew every Sunday, does
not save you. 1t IS the place where we meet
to find encoura cement and mutual strength.
the place where we FURNISH our spiritual
armor. Contrast the lives of Moody and
Ingersoll. MIR. Moody lived his life as a
Christian, drawing his inspiration from the
church of God That is the point, the church
was his inspiration, the help to his own
faith and Steadfast belief. lngerSol. with
all MS brightness, QepeuuSu OH
alone; he had no source OF strength TO
which he could turn. What was the result?
Moody has a great work accomplished as
his reward and Ingersoll leaves nothing by
which his memory can be revered among
his fellows. That is always the case: the
church means strength.
This church has been and is a great
power. 1t has turned out ministers to preach
the gospel in larger fields than this Think
of what you owe the church. If nothing
else appeals to you, remember the ties OF
association that bind you to her. And above
all else, never forget that the church in
sures the reunion above of the loved ones.
Too often we find that a couple Is divided.
one being an ardent bell in Jesus Christ,
the other worldly. Those who go to church
and gather there the encouragement and
strength they need so much are happy now
and hereafter. We all cannot help thinking
of the awful tragedy that has occurred
among our citizens so recently, murder and
suicide. That is the way of the world
pleasure and the qualification of desires at
any cost 1t is not the way of the church.
Integrity First Requisite.
Now. what is the thoroughly furnished
man? There are many who are perfectly
fitted for the world and not for the home
and family. The thoroughly furnished per-
son is the one who can become the perfect
husband or wife parent or child. In such
a life the first requisite IS integrity. the
purpose to do what is honest and right.
Then too. we must be benevolent and I'M
selfish. cherishing that Christian virtue of
courtesy. Above all We must have to
our credit good works.
This last is the final test of character
for we shall be judged by our acts and not
by our words. | pray so often that the
young of this church may take up the good
works of their fathers because that is the
most important of all good works"
Following is the rest of this program for
the week, in detail:
Monday. 80 p.m.-Reunion of Methodist
Protestant churches In the city. and brief
addresses by the several pastors.
Tuesday. 80 p. m.-Sermon by Rev John
NJ. Holmes of Baltimore.
Wednesday, $50 pm.-Sermon by Rev.
F. T. Little d. D., president of Maryland
annual conference.
Thursday. $50 p.m.-Sermon by Rev T. o.
Grouse of Baltimore.
Friday, 7:3O p.m.-Sermon by Rev. F. T.
Tagg, d. D., editor of the Methodist Prot
estant.
Sunday, IL am.-Decision service and
communion; 1880 pm. sermon by the pas
tor.