The Washington herald., 1913-01-25
Presbyterian.

Service at the Gunton Temple Memo
Trial Presbyterian Church, Fourteenth
and r Streets Northwest. will be of
special interest 1t will be In the nature
OF union communion service in which
the members Of the Gurley Memorial
Presbyterian. Church will unite. Since
the sale Of their property on Florida
Avenue the Gurley congregation has
been worshiping with the Gunton Tenn
pie congregation. The service Sunday
morning will be the first communion the
congregations have observed together.
The sessions Of both churches will Of
ficiate. There also will be a public re-
/ ception of new members and the admin
istration of the sacrament Of baptism.
DIR. Granger. the pastor OF the Gunton
Temple Church. is also by the appoint
ment of the presbytery. moderator of the
Gurfey session. Communion announce
ments have been mailed to the families
of both congregations, and an inspiring
service is contemplated.
The preparatory service was held in
the chapel last night at o'clock, Rev.
DR.. Thomas c. Clark. pastor OF the Ia
koma Park Presbyterian Chruch. preach
ing the sermon.
The board of publication and Sabbath
school work received on January the
final subscription to the annuity gold
bond plan started some time ago. which
enables the boards to pay the last in
stallment on the witherspoon building.
thus releasing the building from any in
cumbrance whatever.
Starting fifteen years ago with a mort
gage indebtedness of $780, the earn
ings from the building and the applica-
tion OF certain unrestricted funds paid
of 10000. In order to expedite matters
the annuity scheme was inaugurated and
judiciously advertised, and so successful
has 1t been that in a comparatively short
time the board disposed of a sufficient
number of these bonds to release the en-
tire remainder OF $4,000.
| The conservative section OF Presby-
! terian public opinion Is criticizing the les
son helps provided for the Sunday
schools. Presbyterian weeklies contain
letters condemning them and charging
that they might well be issued by the
American Unitarian Association. The
specific criticism is that the central idea
of the helps is one of this world and con-
sists only of social service matter. 1t
Is asserted that no mention is made OF
sin and Of Jesus Christ as God and that
the helps are arguments In favor OF
social ethics. Conservatives are en-
phasizing the shorter catechism as the
substance Presbyterians believe.
| A pleasing surprise was given Rev.
| Henry F. Brundage. ID. D.. pastor OF
! the lexington Presbyterian Church on
his return TO the city last week after
| a brief absence visiting friends and
relatives in Pennsylvania, the congrega-
ton having installed an auxiliary not
water heating plant to heat the pastors $
study. Dr. Brundage is very much I'M
| proved in health and has renewed his
| pastoral duties with renewed vigor-
| The sacraments of baptism and the
| Lords Supper were administered Sunday
morning. six children having been bsp-
| tized and thirty-three persons received
| into membership. the congregation practi-
calIy filling the auditorium. The Sunday
school attendance last Sunday morning
was the largest in the history or the
| church, all departments being actively en-
| gagged in support of the work.
The New York Avenue Church choir.
under the leadership OF Mr.. John Porter
| Laurence, organist, will tomorrow even
ing present for its usual monthly study
| of sacred classes the great work nj
Gounod's Mass OF St. Cecilia" In the
| following numbers: ''Kyrie," Gloria.
I "Credo," "Sanctus." ''Benedictus." and
! "AEnus Del" They will use the English
words OF the mass.
| Brotherhood at the Metropolitan Church
last Monday, Charles F. Nesbit made the
| formal address OF the evening. treating
the question OF the future OF Protest
antism. The address. which lasted an
hour was unusual in its advocacy of A
stronger democracy in practice and
| made. II is stated, a profound impress
sion upon the large company of men
present.
Alexander Grammar Bell was guest
! OF honor and speaker at the January
meeting of the Mems Society of the
Church of the Covenant last Tuesday
night. Mr.. Bell told the story of the
development OF the telephone and was
listened to by an audience of three hun
! dred members of the society and their
| invited guests. Five new members were
received in the business session of the
society.
Rev. DR.. Charles Wood will preach in
the Church of the Covenant at the II
o'clock morning service. The $3.50 o'clock
afternoon musical service, followed by
the o'clock preaching service, will be
led by the double seNtet. The evening
chorus choir of 100 voices will assist in
the fourth special monthly musical serv-
dee to be given at S o'clock. DR.. Wood
will preach.