The Washington herald., 1913-02-08
Methodist.

To mark the fifty years since the sign
ing by President Lincoln Of the emanci-
patton proclamation. the Freedmen's Aid
Society OF the Methodist church is rails
ing 100000 from colored Methodists and
their immediate friends. and $4,000 from
Methodists at large. a total OF half a
million dollars for a jubilee fund. The
plan is that each colored Methodist give
81 and organization is progressing on
that basis. Sunday. February ., is to
be Emancipation Day. and the cam
paign will start vigorously at that time
and be concluded by the end OF 1913
Celebrations are planned for Indepen-
dencr Day next July. and the final celc-
bratiOn is to take place on January 1.
1914 with announcements Of victory in
getting the SooCoo.
The Freedmen's Aid Society. founded
by MethodIsts of the North. was one Of
the very earliest agencies for extending
help from white people to negroes, and
II Is one OF the largest. Its work is edu-
cationaI. chiefly the training of leaders
in the negro race to go out and in turn
train other ColOTed leaders. II has more
than twenty schools and colleges, prepdr-
ing ministers. teachers, physicians. and
following out the new efficiency ideas,
Industrial training OF farmers, mechan-
iCs, and sanitary engineers. In forty
six years more than 2n0,ooo Young men
and women have gone out from this so
cicty's schools to lives of usefulness and
Christian service.
The society points out in its jubilee ap-
peal some wonderful statistics OF the
progress Of the negro race in the hity
years More than six in ten can read
the Bible as compared with seven in ten
emancipted Russian serfs yet in Hitter
acy. Forty thousand churches have
been built at A cost OF $1,000. coo. The
value of homes and farms, owned by
colorcd people runs into the hundreds
Of millions So great has been the prog
rcss that Methodist Bishops are throw
ing themselves into this celebration in
the effort to assist item further. Bishop
W. p. Thirkield was a former secretary
of the society. and the president of the
society is Bishop W. F. Anderson.
Special services will be held every
Tuesday and Thursday evening during
the Lenten season at Hamline Methodist
Episcopal Church, Ninth and Streets
Northwest under the direction or the
pastCr. Rev Joseph NJ. NJ. Gray, cnm-
nencing Tuesday night at o'clock This
is the first time in the history OF the
church that services of this special ma
ture have been planned.
mons will deal with Our Supreme EX-
periences." and those of the Thursday
night discourses will bear upon Christ S
Supreme Experiences" The schedule Of
services is as follows: February ii.
| sin" February H. His Temptation;
February IS, Guilt" February 20 His
Joy:" February %, "renitence:" Feoru-
ary q, His Steadfastness:" March 4,
| '.Forgiveness;" March 6. His TranshS-
| uration;'' March IL, Peace" and March
Is, His Prepai alton" There will be 4
tshort sermon by the pastor at each oil
| these services.
During Passion Week there will be a
meeting every evening except Saturday.
Elaborate plans are being made for the
service on Good Friday night. The Ham,
| line quartet, assisted by a large chorus,
will present 1.-THE CrucifiXion.'
Rev. w. L. Mcdowell, d. D.. District
superintendent, will preach at Hamline
| tomorrow morning. In the evening the
| pastor will speak +on '"The Christless.
| The fourth quarterly conference will be
held at the church on Monday evening al
| 3 O'Clock, Rev. DR. Mcdowell presiding
| The Hamline Brotherhood also will meet
Mt the church Monday evening. Repre-
sentative Frank Plumley, of Vermont
will deliver an address on his recent TRIP
to Europe. Refreshments will be served
| Dr.. James Shera Montgomery viii
speak at the Metropolitan Memoria
Methodist Church Sunday morning on thu
subject: The Changeless Christ" and ir
the evening he will give the sixth sermon
| on the subject, '1f Had My Life TO Live
Over" The special subject for the even
\ ing will be The Graves OF Buried Op
portunities." Free seats to the public.