The Washington herald., 1914-12-26
BAPTIST.

Special Christmas music win be given
at all services tomorrow Of Fifth Baptist
Church. The choir Of fifty viii sing at
the morning and evening services OF the
church. In accordance with long-stand-
ing custom OF this church the evening
service VIII take the form Of an EVEN
ing Of Sacred Song" The pastor. Rev.
John z. Briggs. viii preach his annual
Christmas sermon In the morning.
The usual Christmas usnday school
entertainments Of this church win occur
on Tuesday and wednesday OF next week,
that for the adult department being given
on Tuesday, December e. while the other
departments OF the school Will meet on
the following evening.
The church win observe the close Of
the year on Thursday evening between
10 and Il O'Clock. After q program Of
music there will follow consideration,
led by the pastor. OF retrospect circum-
srect and prospect"
Baptist churches and Sunday schools
are taking a large interest In the pro-
posed orphanage, which, II IL hoped, may
be in operation by February l. Some
thing more than = 800 was subscribed
within a very short time after the need
OF the institution was presented at the
meeting In November OF the Columbia
Baptist Association. This fund has been
steadily growing since that time. Through
the generosity OF John B. Lord, OF the
Brookland Baptist Church, a large dwell
ing and grounds have been presented TO
the association for use as an orphanage.
The furnishing or upkeep Of the twenty
i've rooms Of the home IL being pledged
by the various churches and Sunday
schools, and IL Is believed that the execu-
tive committee Of the association can an
nounce soon that the equipment is COM
plete and can set the date for the OPEN
ing OF the institution.
Calvary Baptist Young Peoples So
cIety of Christian Endeavo- announces
, that its relief committee has secured
$2l to be used to furnish q playroom
in the new Baptist orphanage at
Brookland.
This society will install on Monday,
January 4, it's new officers for the year
1915, led by Judson L. Kline, president.
On the occasion OF the recent celebra-
tion Of the quarter-century anniversary
OF the organization of the society their
pastor, DR.. Greene, challenged them to
secure 100 new members within the
first three months Of the coming year,
and the new lookout committee, led by
Miss Mary Glascock, chairman, and
William Lee Rine, vice chairman, is
laying plans TO succeed, II possible, in
this undertaking. Members Of the com
mittse will appear before the organized
classes OF the Sunday school to pre-
sent the Importance of the endeavor
work, and the committee expects to
secure the effective cooperation OF all
the members of the society in the effort
to increase the membership.
Tomorrow morning at Emmanuel
Baptist Church the special program OF
Christmas music which was rendered
last Sunday will be repeated. In the
evening "old year night" will be OBJ
served. Percy S. Foster will conduct
a service of song, and the pastor, Rev
DIR, Cove G. johnson, will preach on
'aThe GracIousness of Jesus Christ"
on Thursday evening watch night
services will be held, beginning at
o'clock Devotional meetings will be
held between s and 9 o'clock and from
IL to IL o'clock led by DR.. Johnson.
while from $3.50 to 1880 o'clock there
will be a social gathering.
Beginning January Z weekly class
for the study of the Bible will be con-
Quoted by DR.. johnson from to 7:I5
o'clock on Thursday evenings. Sunday
school teachers and others OF Imman-
ueI and the adjoining churches have
enrolled to the number Of about forty,
and have adopted q textbook by Will
lam Evans, D. D.. "on the Study Of
the Bible"
The Story OF a Virginia Lover" is the
subject OF tomorrow's sermon Of Rev. z.
Hez Sven. pastor OF Centennial Baptist