Evening star., 1914-12-26

preach on w nat the coming OF CQrlSt
Has Meant to the World AT night
there will be a service OF sacred song.
AS usual, the last Sunday night in the
year, there is to be an evening with the
choir of fifty voices, directed by VIII
liam j. Palmer.
Tuesday night the adult Sunday school
Christmas entertainment Is to be given.
There will be Christmas tree and
presents distributed by Santa Claus
Wednesday night the primary Sunday
school entertainment will be held,
under the direction OF Mrs. J. W. Wapie.
Thursday night the usual watch night
service will be held from 10 to IL
O clock.
Rev. John MacNIurray, pastor, will de-
liver a New Year sermon at the Union
Methodist Episcopal Church, goth street
near Pennsylvania avenue northwest. on
the theme, .'Out-Look, In-Look and Up
Look tomorrow morning at IL o'clock,
and in the evening at Z 80 o'clock will
give another Sunday night talk in the
series on Jesus Christ, Schoolmaster, and
His Pupils having up for consideration
Simon Peter, the RADICAL with the SUBJ
title, 'ProgreSsivism versus Mossback-
i'm, with Some Recent Examples"
The Womens Guild of the church will
tender d New Year reception to the menu
bers and friends of the congregation next
Friday evening from until o'clock
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John +. Cline, teacher of a class in
the Northminster Presbyterian Church of
Philadelphia, started teaching Sunday
scnooi class in that city seventy years
ago. He has taught in Northminster
Church since 1869, and in point Of service
is probably the oldest Sunday school
teacher in America. Mr.. Cline first ap-
pearance in Sunday school work was in
a miss.on of the old Eleventh Presbyterian
Church He is eighty-eight years of age.
An associate in his present church, Col
fnr mol loSS
than ffty-tve years Former pupils OF
Doth are gray-haired men and women
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Rev. DR.. w. r. Wedderspoon, pastor
of Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church,
IS to preach New Year sermon to-
morrow night, his theme being Fare
well, 1914. DR.. Wedderspoon's tonic
at tomorrow mornings service is to be
The Prospect OF Humanity"
The annual watch night services are
to be held at Foundry Church New
Year eve.
The address at tomorrow's meeting
of the Washington secular League, in
Mackenzie, who is to discuss "Perma-
n.nt World Peace" The speaker Is to
touch on the causes leading up to the
present European war, the evolution
OF peace from primitive warfare and
saVasery, the crime and waste of war,
ways and means for promoting univer-
sal peace, and Americas opportunity
and duty in the existing world crisis
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Rev. DR.. Richard D. Harlow, son Of
the late Justice Harlow of the Supreme
Court, is to preach at both services at
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
tomorrow. The evening service is to
De the Christmas praise service of the
church. en- at which an elaborate program
OF special Christmas music is to be
given by the choir of the church.
The Young Peoples Society of Chris
tian Endeavor of Calvary Baptist
Church has raised $21, to be used in
helping to furnish playroom at the
new Baptist Orphanage in Brookland.
Officers of the society for the coming
year are to be installed at a meeting
to be held Monday evening. January
made on the membership campaign
that has been conducted by the So
ciety in the effort to add 100 new
members to the rolls.
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Rev. William A. Melvin is to deliver
an illustrated lecture on the life Of
Christ Thursday evening at the First
Methodist Protestant Church. The ad-
dress is to be followed by a watch
night service.
An illustrated lecture on The Babe
of Bethlehem" is to be given at 7:30
o'clock tomorrow evening by Rev.
c. H. Butler, pastor of the new Co
lumbia Heights Lutheran Church.
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Rev. DR.. Walling Clark. for twenty
years engaged in religious work in
Rome, is to preach at the IL o'clock
service tomorrow at Metropolitan
Methodist Church. His subject is an
nouuced to be "Italy's Savior" DR..
w. L. Mcdowell is to speak at the
evening service at o'clock.
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Elders, deacons and trustees of Eek
ington Presbyterian Church are to be
hosts at a reception to be held at the
church at 8 o'clock New Year eve. to
which Invitations have been sent to all
members of the congregation. Music,
literary numbers and refreshments are
to be features Of the reception, which