The Washington herald., 1913-04-26
BAPTIST.

81 am sick of the continual assaults
upon the church, said Rev. DR.. ]. ].
Muir In his sermon to those assembled
at the semi-annual meeting of the Co
lumbia Baptist Association at Brook
land Church on Wednesday evening.
Apologizing for the possible imputation
of slang in the remark, Rev. DIR. Muir
further pointed out the fact that no
great humanitarian movement Of any adj
vance in civilization had been disasso-
ciated from the church. His sermon
was eloquent and in parts dramatic, and
as whole. evidenced vigorous think
ing.
Spiritual Surgery" is the unique topic
selected by Pastor Hugh T. Stevenson.
of Bethany Church. for his sermon to-
morrow morning. In the evening there
will be special service for the order
Of Odd Fellows. who are expected to
attend IN considerable numbers.
Rev. E. Hez Sven will preach to his
congregation at Centennial Church to-
morrow evening on the subject, How
Was Vexed In Virginia" The morning
theme, which, like most, of Pastor
Swem's morning topics is intended prin-
cipally for Christians. viii be christian
Conduct
Last Sunday was the first anniversary
of the union of the Capital and Centen-
NAL Church under the present pastor,
and at the evening service the pastor
pointed out a notable increase i'm men,
bership, both IN the church and in the
Sunday school. 1t also was shown that
considerable amount Of money had
been raised to pay of the encumbrances
on the present meeting house at Eighth
and / Streets Northeast. and on the va
att f1k laalr
Streets AS the congregation at Gen.
tennial has for long time taxed the
capacity Of the meeting house to the
limit, the problem of erecting new edi-
flee on the vacant lot is a pressing one
and is actively engaging the attention of
the members of the church.
At the Columbia Church tomorrow even
ing there will be an illustrated stereop-
ticon lecture my Holy Land. Pastor
r. errickler will Seliver the lecture
This.is the first of a stsries of illustrated
talks that have been Nplanned for the
Sunday evening meetings The church
will soon announce a special series Of
evangelistic services under the direction
OF pastor from one of the other Bap-
fist churches in the city.
Prophet and ASS" will be the fourth
in the series of Sunday evening SER
mons begun by DR.. Muir at Temple
Church some weeks ago.
The special meetings under the personal
leadership Of Pastor B. D. Cav at West
Washington Church have continued for
a week with good attendance and evident
results. Already about thirty new men,
bers have been added to the church, and
it is expected that in the coming week
more will be added. The meetings will
continue for at least one more week. On
be baptisms
"Environment-where Do You Liver"
is the special subject upon which Pastor
Hermon s. Pinkham will preach tomor-
row evening at the Emmanuel Church.
This is the second subject in a series of
sermons on "The Making of Manhood"
begun by Pastor Pinkham last Sunday
night. The three subjects to follow on
successive Sunday evenings are: "Asso-
Are Your F'riends?'; '.Hab-
its-Whence Their Power?' and ''Oppor-
Do They Mean?" A song
service. led by Mr. Percy S. Foster, pre-
cedes each meeting on Sunday evenings.
Members of the Baptist Association
heard with enthusiasm on Wednesday
evening at the semi-annual meeting the
announcement by Prof. w. A. Wilbur.
chairman of the missionary committee,
that the Southern Baptist convention had
offered to donate $3.50 to the purpose of
the new church at Petworth. He also
announced that in the near future lot
would be purchased at Chevy Chase for
a new church there. The funds already
available for the latter project consist
of money derived from the sale Of the
former church building at Chevy Chase,
and of 81. 900 donated by a member Of the