The Washington herald., 1913-05-24
METHODIST.

| Rev. Joseph NJ. NJ. Gray. pastor of
Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church,
Ninth and P Streets Northwest, will
occupy the pulpit tomorrow for the last
! time before his departure for Kansas
City, Mo. where he will take I'd his
duties as pastor OF the Grand Avenue
Church. The subject of the sermon at
the morning service will be The Con-
summatins Christ" Mr.. Gray will
preach in the evening on "A New Years
Day." 1t is expected that there will be
large congregations at both services to
hear the farewell sermons. A farewell
reception will be rendered Mr. and Mrs.
Gray by the official board at the church
on Monday evening, commencing at S
o'clock.
The pulpit supply committee is still in
search of successor to Mr.. Gray. Sew
eral pastors are under consideration, but
no decision has yet been reached, the
members OF the committee finding their
task difficult one. Mr. Gray will enter
| upon his new pastorate about June l.
Isaac Greyearth, a full-blooded Sioux
Indian, who is a delegate to the World
Student Christian Federation, which Is
to meet at Lake Mohonk. n. Y. in June,
Will lead the prayer meeting next Thurs
day night
He was born in a tepee, and his story
| OF wild life, his conversion to Chris
| tianity, and his preparation for work
| among his own people will be a story of
| great interest He expects to enter the
training school OF the Y. NJ. C. A. at
Springfield. Mass, in order to further
prepare himself for his iifes work.
Brother layman when you set out to
measure your pastors usefulness, take
all the elements into consideration, says
lions Herald. of Boston. Ask the
questions: What sort Of manhood has
he? How does he stand as a citizen?
Is he Bible student? Does he care for
the sick and the poor? Is he public
spirited? Has he the courage of his
convictions? Has he a message for the
heart and for thinking people7 What
Kind Of a wife has he? 10 the home lie
IN the parsonage exemplary? Il he a
genuinely devout man? Can he be de-
pended on in crisis? Is his general
ministry blessingr' Ask such ques-
tons as these. and strike the average
before you determine on a change.
DR.. Henry p. Hamill, of the Baltimore
Conference NJ. E. Church South. will
preach at Calvary Methodist Church, In
Street. between Thirtieth and Thirty
hrst Streets Northwest. next Sunday,
May 3. at II a. m DR.. Hamill has oc-
cupied some of the most important pull
pits in Maryland and the Virginias: has
served also as presiding elder, and was
three times elected a member of the
general conference. He Ia a strong and
convincing preacher. His father was the
late Judge Patrick Hamill. a distin-
suished lawyer Of West Virginia, who
was elected after the war the first Demo-
cratic Representative from the Sixth
Maryland district.
DR.. Montgomery will speak at the
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
Church Sunday morning at II o'clock on
the subject THE Father and His Boy"
In the evening patriotic services are to
be held. The Department of the Po-
tomac, G. A. R., and all afiliating or
ganizations are to be present as guests.
The subject OF DIR. Montgomery's sermon
will be Lessons from an Old World
Memorial" Free seats to the public.
Rev. B. S. Haywood. d. D., will oc-
cupy the pulpit of Foundry Methodist
Episcopal Church on Sunday morning.
On Sunday evening the quartet and
chorus choirs will render the following
programme:
Chorus. ''Sanctus" (Gounod); anthem,
"Tarry with Me. o My Savior (BaId-
win); soprano solo. 20 Lord. Be Merci-
fur BARTLETT: duet. THE Crucifx"
(Faure). by Messrs. Bowie and Moore;
onertory. violin solo. Norwegian Mel
ody' (svendsen); chorus. Gloria mo
zart).
At the morning service the quartet will
render the anthems. Festival Te Deum'
(Buclp and 20 saxisg Of he Wefif' |
(Goss).