The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
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Sunday at the Church of the Covenant
DR.. Wood, the pastor, will preach. The
musical prelude at $3.50 o'clock will be
r led by the double quartet, and the pro-
gramme will include: Anthem, Consider
and Hear Me" CPfueger); contralto, 20
Thou Afflicted (St. Peter (Benedict),
Miss Whitaker: anthem, Slowly by God S
Hand Unfurled" (HOtzebauerl; anthem,
Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord Gar
reO. The Motet Choir. with Mr.. Otto T
Simon as director, and Mr.. Harvey Muir
ray at the organ will lead the 7:30 mu-
steal service. The programme will in
clude, among other numbers, the Motet
'Misericordas DOmini." by Durante.
"GIimpses of the Holy Land will be
the subject of an illustrated lecture to
be given Sunday evening at o'clock at
the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian
Church Ccolored), under the auspices of
the Christian Endeavor Society of the
church, by Neval H. Thomas. a mem
Der of the faculty of NJ Street High
School
William r. Spilman. superintendent of
carrier service in the Post-off1ce Depart
ment was invited as an elder in the
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church to ad-
dress the Monday morning session of
Presbyterian ministers this week Mr..
Spilman. while disclaiming any intention
to present any radical changes in the
present policy of the denomination, made
good use of the opportunity to urge upon
the clergy the value of certain practices
in church management, which he feels
calculated to meet the modern demand.
So Briefly he said there should be clearly
defined assignment Of duty to each elder
in the session, that the committee Serv-
ice should be we'll planned, and not per-
functOry, and that opportunity should
be given to every elder in the church to
know every member of the church in the
course of the year. Mutual good to
clergy and layman alike would come
from such emphasis, he said especially
in the reality OF committee service. The
minister needs freedom from burdensome
detail; the layman needs things to do
that are suited to his talent and taste,
that his own enthusiasm may be kept
alive. Altogether. the talk was regarded
by the ''progressives" as a timely and
pertinent word from a man of ten years
experience in the eldership, and with
plenty Of contact with administrative
service TO render his comment entirely
practical, rather than academic.
Mr.. Charles r Nesbit will deliver the
lecture at the evening service at the
First Presbyterian Church Sunday, the
SUBJECT Delng Inc CnuTCn and modern
life" Mr.. Nesbit is a member of the
national committee on the Men and Reli-
ion Forward Movement, and is especially
interested in the social service feature
OF the movement. DR.. MacLeod's morn
ing theme will be The tragedy of fear
An entertaining and instructive series
Of illustrated sermons has been planned
by the Rev. c. l.. Neibel. Of the Eastern
Presbyterian Church, for the next two
Sunday evening services. Tomorrow
evening the topic will be The prepara-
tion Of the world for Christ" On Sun
day, December "A. the subject will be
THE birth of Christ" At each service
the subject will be illustrated by beautiful
Btereopticon views, and illustrated songs
will be made special feature. The Sun
day evening services begin at 7:45 o'clock
Henry George, jr.. the famous advo-
cate Of the single tax, will speak before
the members and invited guests of the
\ Mems Club OF the Church of the Cove
nant, in the social rooms of the church
; "Wednesday evening. He will take as
his subject the social mission Of the
church.
DR.. Mary P. Eddy, the first woman
ever granted a physicians certificate by
the Sultan of Turkey, will return within