Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-03

eneu 10 an nOur. from 10 to $50 at
tend these weekly classes.
Each week a phase of history in its
relations to the Roman Catholic
Church Is taken up and Father John
period. Once a month the class takes
up the study of book of the Bible
in place of the history course.
Ten minutes each day are devoted
TO a discussion OF current events and
problems under the head of Town
Topics. Any member can bring up
the subject and the whole class joins
in the discussion.
The subjects of the series of lectures
are of interest: Sunday, February s.,
Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, the Con-
dordats and Febronianism"; Sunday,
February 15, Effects of French Rev.
clution in Belgium and Holland. the
Catholic Party and Catholic Social Ac-
ton; Sunday, February %, The Kul-
turkampf, Bismarck; Sunday, March
1, Moses the Lawgiver; the Plaques
of Egypt, and the Journey Through
the Mountains of Sinai: Sunday,
March 10, THE Russian Church and
Catharine H.; Sunday, March 22.
Italy and the Carbonari': Sunday
~ y,
April s., The Conquest of Canaan;
Judges; Sunday, April 19, "A Last
Word on the Church in the Austrian
Empire; Sunday, April 90, Russia
and the Balkans; Sunday, May 8,
Kings; David; Sunday, May 10, The
Anglican Church and the Restitution
of the Hierarchy'; Sunday. May II,
Plus IX, September 21st"; Sunday,
May "a, Plus TX; the Vatican Coun-
Gil and After; Sunday, May 81, THE
Church in England; The Repeal of
the Penal Laws; Sunday, June /,
Kings; Solomon; Sunday, June g.,
England, the oxford Movement
Notes and Comments.
Three New C. E. Societies.-Three
new Christian Endeavor Societies were
received into the Harrisburg C. E.
Union at the first of the big Booster"
rallies held in the Trinity Lutheran
Church, Lemoyne, last night. More
new societies are United Brethren,
New Cumberland, H. B. Prowell, presi-
dent; Church of God, New Cumber-
land, John d. SeitZ, president; Church
of God, Camp Hill d. w. Appler,
vice-president of the C. r. Union, pre-
sided. and the Rev. Z. D. Keen con-
Quoted the devotional service. A boos-
ter chorus under j. Frank Palmer
sang a number of songs, among the
features being a Down With Booze"
chant, which made a hit The speak
ere were the Rev. NJ. S. Sharp, of the
Lutheran Church, who talked on the
christian EndeaVor Soldier: NJ. A.
Hoff, of New Cumberland, who spoke
on christian Endeavor-The Train
ing School of the Church; the Rev
G. B. Renshaw. pastor of Wormleys-
burg United Brethren Church, who
urged "A Saloonless Nation in 1920"
Preliminary to the big c. E. rally to be
held in Bethlehem Lutheran Church
on Thursday night, two district ral-
lies Will be held in Trinity Lutheran
Church and Fourth Reformed Church
tonight. The Rev. E. e. Snyder will
talk at Trinity and o. p. Beckley will
talk at the Fourth Reformed meeting
Bible Study.-Opportunt to study
the Bible under the White teaching
method. will be given by the Rev. An
drew Fraser, returned missionary
to China, who will open class in the
Kelker street markethouse, Fourth
and Kelker streets, this evening. The
class is open to the public and will
last ten days.
Bishop Confirms Class.-At his an
nual Visit to st. Marks Church, Lew
istown, on Sunday, Bishop James
Henry Darlington confirmed a class of
fifteen. In his sermon on the divinity
of Christ, Bishop Darlington refuted
statements in the Inside of the Cup
where the miraculous birth of Jesus
is questioned.
Mems Class Holds Banquet - The
Mems Bible Glass of the Fourth Re-
formed Church, Market and sixteenth
streets, last evening celebrated the
fifth anniversary of its founding with
a banquet served in honor of the teach
er, w. NJ. Robinson. Ninety men sat
down to the big feed which was served
BY, members of one of the Wimen's
Bible classes of the church. During
the evening addresses were made by
James r. Shepley, student in the the
illogical seminary of Franklin and Mar
shall College, Lancaster: the Rev.
Harry, Nelson Bassler, pastor of the
Second Reformed Church; Paul A. Kun
KEEL; and the Rev. Homer s. May, pas
tor OF the Fourth Street Church. The
class presented Mr.. Robinson, the
teacher, with a silk umbrella. The
Rev Mr.. MaX made the speech of pre-
sentation. The class was organized
with fifteen members five years ago. at
the present time it has an enrolment
of 110