Evening star., 1915-05-29

| AlOyS1uS CnurCn idSt winter. ne is u iif'-
tive of New York, forty-one years OF age,
and the youngest man to hold the position.
| He was also the youngest rector who pre-
sided over the destinies of st. Peters Col
| lege. Jersey City, position in which he
! won success. 1t was during the four years
he labored there that he organized st.
| Peters clubhouse, which his friends re-
gard as monument to his capacity for
| organization.
This clubhouse, which is modelled after
100000 1t also contains a theater and
has a wing where the study of domestic
sciences has been encouraged. Moving
| pictures are also source of enjoyment to
the members of the club and one Of the
! Jesuits attached to the college makes peri
odical trips to Manhattan and selects from
the films of the large concerns wholesome
and appropriate subjects.
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! At the memorial mass to be celebrated
| in memory of departed soldiers In both
arms of the service at the Portsmouth
navy yard, Norfolk, Va, Monday, the SER
mon will be delivered by Rev. Lewis j.
O'Hern Of the Paulists College, Catholic
| University.
An orchestra will play the accompanf
\ ment for a number of the original songs
of Rev. E. Hez Sven tomorrow night and
| several will be baptized in the Centennial
Baptist Church, 7th and I streets north
| east
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| The Indiana Circle of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church. held the last
meeting of the year Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs Charles Newton
Spencer, 1910 5th street
The program included a paper by Mrs.
F. A. Marsh on Russia" Mrs. Lawrence
Manley gave several musical selections.
| All the members responded with interest
| ing news relating to Indiana.
The following members were present
! Mrs. ]. D. Fall. Mrs. C. E. Ferguson, Mrs.
Carey Frye. Mrs. J. H. Heap, Mrs.
Lawrence Monley. Mrs. F. A. Marsh. Mrs
Jefferson Middleton, Mrs. John Payne.
Miss Ardell Payne, Mrs. Frances Rams
dell. Mrs. J. H. Shinn. Mrs. Willis speare.
Mrs. G n Spencer, Miss N. S. Spencer.
and Miss Elizabeth Wilson.
| Rev. John Britain Clark, pastor Of the
First Presbyterian Church, will preach
the second OF a series OF five sermons on
| Christ" tomorrow evening at o'clock.
His Greatest Deed" will be the subject.
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! Judge ]. W. Thompson OF the bureau
of mines and regarded as Bible student
of note has agreed to conduct the Sunday
school lesson study for June 6-"Nathan
Rebukes David''-at the Fourth Pres
byterian Church tomorrow evening.
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| Pastors Day." which has become an
annual occasion at Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church South, was observed
| Sunday morning. The principal feature
Of the observance Of Pastors day is that
| the members Of the Sunday school are re-
quested to remain for the church service
The galleries of the church were filled
with the younger people. and the chill
dren Of the Sunday school. even the
primary department. being well represent
ed The pastor. Rev. Edward K. Hardin,
| preached an appropriate sermon. his sub
ject being The Church and Her Chill
dren." He stated that he did not see
why 1t had become to some extent "out
of fashion" for children to attend church
| The series Of sermons on the general
| subject Of THE Ten Commandments and
Present-day Life at the Sunday night
services of Mount Vernon Place Church
will be interrupted tomorrow night be-
cause Of the absence Of the pastor. Rev
| Edward K Hardin. The series will be
resumed Sunday evening. June s.
Rev. Carl D. Harris, editor Of the Bal
timore Southern Methodist, will deliver
the sermon tomorrow morning, and at the
| evening service Rev J. L. Kibler will
by his acceptance of an invitation to de-
| liver the commencement sermon at Ran
| dolph- Macon Academy at Front Royal,
Va.
The Saturday night choir rehearsaIs at
| Mount Vernon Place Church have been
enthusiastically received by members of
| the proposed chorus choir The kindness
| of the leader, Mrs. T. A. Hulfish. in Civ
| ing her assistance and training, it Is de-
clared. is appreciated by the entire con-
gregation
At Union Methodist Episcopal Church,
goth street near Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, Memorial day will be OBJ
served tomorrow. In the morning at
IL o'clock Rev. John MacMurray. the
| pastor, will give a sermon talk on THE
| Stars and Stripes Forever" and tell
something of what 1t cost to get them.
what it has cost to keep them and what
It will cos tus to keep them intact"
| Mrs Charles Fairfax will be the SOLO
| list.
| In the evening another Memorial day
address in the form of Twentieth
Century Pulpit's Message to Mrs. Grun-
| dy Concerning the Race Problem in
the District Of Columbia" will be de-
livered by the pastor;
ems Guild has planned for an evening
of music. in which will participate a
number Of the leading musicians OF the
city.
Owing to the absence of the pastor.
| REV. dul n. 3hcIZcl VI SoAiSoi uio
gelical Lutheran Church. who is at
tending the conference of the Atlantic
district of the Evangelical Synod at
Albany. N. Y. Rev. Francis w. Lukins
will preach there tomorrow morning
| at II ocolck. The services will be in
English.
Among the matters brought before
the conference Pastor Menzel Is attend
ing have been the preparations for tho
| celebration of the seventy fifth ami
| versary of the organization Of the
| Evangelical Synod to be held through
out the country next October.
The present body was first organized
at Gravois, Mo. October Is, 1910, by six
pastors OF the church. From this small
| commencement 1t has grown to its
present Importance, comprising 1880
congregations with 1914 pastors. and is
conducting extensive missions In the
central provinces OF India, where 1t
maintains. besides it's churches and
schools, institutions and homes for the
iepers under the care Of q staff Of
American and German doctors and
| nurses.
These missions. although somewhat
hampered by the present war, 1t is said,
are being conducted the same as before,
and much good is being done to alle-
yiate the condition of the natives. Pas
tor Menzel is president of the foreign
mission board Of the synod.
Tho annual election Of officers and
chairmen Of st. Stephens Young Peo-
lple's Society was held during the week.
Mr.. Paul r. Daley. president. presided.
Reports from all the officers were