The Washington times., 1912-11-16
SPECIAL SERVICES
FOR MISSIONS Of
AMERICA SUNDAY
Protestant Churches of the
City Will Emphasize
Need Of Work.

One NJ the busiest periods OF the year
VITA the Washington churches will be
the coming week Home Missions OF
the Protestant Churches of America"
viii be the principal theme In over 2Oo
cities including Washington. The Rev.
Samuel II. Woodrow. pastor OF the First
Congregational Churc.l OF this city, was
one Of the prime movers in getting the
Protestant churches In America to OBJ
serve Home Mission Week. In ad
diticn to emphasis. which will be given
from. many puipits tomorrow. fifteen
meetings will DE held at the Luther
Plnc. Memorial Church and at the First
Congregational Church.
TIC annual convention of the Column
hia Baptist Association will he held
Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday. and
Thursdav. This association Is the rep
,csentatirc body Of all the Baptist
churches in the city. The sessions will
r held at tho Metropolitan Baptist
Church. Sixth ana A streets northeast,
b"Elnn ng Monday night. Tuesday, We'd
r""dav. and Thursday morning after
noon and evening SESSIONS will be held
Special services and sermons will be
gwen IN most OF the Protestant and
catholic 'hui ches tomorrow morning
and evening.
Morning Sermon Topics.
Subjects announced for morning SER
mons are as follows:
The Test of Love" the Rev Fred-
sick w johnson. Grace Baptist Church,
Into the Love Of God" the Rev. T.,
II o'clock W.
Darkness and Light" the Rev John
compton ban. Metropolitan Baptist
Church, II o'clock
What Shall We no?" the Rev. Hin
ron V. Hewlett. Second Baptist Churc,I,
u o'clock.
An Incidental Mira"'o and Its Les
sons. the Rev. Dr. G. Ernest smith,
st. Thomns' Episcopal Church. ii
The Trail Of Destructive HeresIes
The Rev. nr. James Sh"ra Montgomery.
metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
Church. II o'clock.
our Country. Gods Country" the
Rev. DR.. Samuel II. Woodrow. First
CongrcGa tIonal Church, II o'clock
America. a Pruvidcntial Possession"
tho Rev. Joseph N. VI. Gray. Hamlnc
Methodist Episcopal Church, II o'clock.
"Th" War In the Balkans" the Rev.
Ilr. John Van Schaick, jr, Church OF
Our Father. II o'clock.
"Bslaam's ASS Speaking" tho Rev.
Dr. Frank Sewell. the New Church. II
o'clock
"Unclc Sans Home Missionary Prob
LEM" the Rev. J. W. Frizzell, Ingram
Memorial Church. II o'clock.
lnhdnucl SnulCH SiO~th'
Emmanuel Baptist Church will begin
tho year 1918 with til" brightest pro-
spects Since the establishment of tho
church seven years ago the membership
has grown to 3el. with an increase OF
l16 within the last twelve months. The
Bible school has grown from an enroll
ment OF 1l3 In 1907 to a present enroll
ment Of ss3. The school Is now the
~ In In ba Tuesday
night. the third annual roll call and
dinner of the church was held, with
about 800 members present. A turkey
dinner, furnished by the women OF the
church. was highly enjoyed.
report read at this meeting showed
that the church owns property valued
At sll5,O0O More than 5000 was given
during the past year for benevolent pur-
poses alone
The pastor. the Rev. Hcrmon $. PINK
ham, breaches tomorrow night at
o'clock on Jonah, the Man Who Ran
Away From a Duty"
parish. which has been in progress this
week. will end tomorrow night at I'D
O'Clock with reception or members
into the League OF Good Shepherd
Tho Rev. Joseph =. Turner, 6: \. :. X;
will preach the sermon, The papai
blessings Will he given.
The concluding services in the c"'"-
bration OF the forty-ninth anniversary
place tomorrow. when the pastor. the
Rcv. J. Milton Waldron, Will preach
special sermons. one in the morning ana
the other at night.
Salvation Army.
Col John Dean, principal of the Saliva
tIon Army Training College Of New
York, will conduct special meetings at
the army hall, $50 Pennsylvania ave-
nuc northwest tomorrow and Monday
nights at \ o'clock. Colonel Dean has
been an officer OF tn. salvation Army
Tor thirty wears. lie IL native OF
Australia.
EOsCO. e. Bruce, assistant superin-
tvndcnt for the colorei public schools
of the is,rIct Of Columbia. Will deliver
an address tomorrow evening at 9
O'Clock IN the Fifteenth street Presby-
ter.an Church unGcr the auspices Of the
,nrIstlan Endeavor Society. The Max
ina Of ii Man Is his subject. 4 musical
program will he given
Did Balaam's ass talk? 4 rational eX-
PLANTATION and timely moral Application
OF this incident recorded in Numbers.
chapter -. will be given by the Rev. DR..
Frank Sewel In his sermon tomorrow
morning at II o'clock in the New
Church. sixteenth and Corcoran streets
northwest. His subject will be, pa
laam's Ass Speaking
The special services that have been
held at the Foundry Methodist Epis-
COpal Church this week have been so
largely attended that It has been de-
.n