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is aimed to secure.
! in the evening. at 1880 o'clock, Stern's
| Vespers will be sung by the male choir
| of the church.
The devotion of the forty hours will
close Tuesday morning with high
mass at o'clock.
DR.. James Shera Montgomery of
Metropolitan Methodist Church will
lecture tomorrow ecening at o'clock
on IT Poet as an Interpreter of
Life" giving number Of selections
from the master poets.
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At the Metropolitan Baptist Church.
9Th and streets northeast, Pastor
John Compton Ball will continue his
series of sermons on the Book of Reve-
lation. taking up chapters to IL under
the theme. How the Sounding of the
Seven Trumpets Reveals Gods Striv-
lngs to Save Men"
The evening topic will be '"rhe Cham
pion Heavyweight and His Conqueror."
At 10 o'clock am. Representative Court
ney W.. Hamlin Of Missouri will in
struct the mems Bible class. and Rep
resentative E. S. Gambler of Mississippi
will teach the Gilbert class for women.
The annual banquet of the mems Bible
class will be held Monday evening. Ex-
Gov. J. w: Folk and Representative
Gambler will be the speakers.
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Rev. John z. Briggs. pastor Firth
Baptist Church. will preach tomorrow
evening on THE Conversion of a Busi-
ness Man at His Place of Business, at
the Hour of Business which Is the
, first in a series of Sunday evening ser
mons on Bible Conversions"
Other subjects in the series will be:
"a Wayside Conversion "A Blind
Mans Conversion" "A Midnight Con-
version" "a Woman's Conversion" "a
P.arisee's Conversion" and An Out
casts Conversion"
Dr. ia B. Gerould of Cleveland,
Ohio, is to occupy the pulpit of the H
Street Christian Church southeast to-
morrow morning. Mrs. Gerould has
recently returned from a tour during
which she visited every important mis-
sion in asia. She is devoting her en-
tire time to a missionary propaganda.
At tomorrow evenings service at the
church, of which Rev. H. r. Lutz is
pastor. the quartet of the boys choir
Building Men" is to be the topic OF
an address in Westminster Presby-
terian Church tomorrow evening by
James ]. Jeffreys, former railroad man,
who Is doing much evangelistic work.
He travelled more than $4,000 miles In
1910-11-12. speaking in more than 500
schools and colleges. Mr.. Jeffreys
speaks in Westminster Church on in
vitation of the pastor. Rev. T. f.
Davis.
At an adjourned business meeting of
the First Baptist Church Thursday
evening encouraging reports were re-
ceived from the recently appointed
committee. of fifty, its object being
greater activities in all departments of
the church work. The prospects of the
coming year, it is said, are very bright
under the leadership of it's minister.
Rev. w. w. McMaster. who is entering
on his sixth ministerial year.
Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock Mr..
Paul Poponoe. editor of the Journal of
Heredity, will talk to Delta class at
First Congregational Church on the
subject of eugenics.
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Recent advices from the front
chronicle the presentation by Ger
man Catholic newspaper. the kolnische
VolksZeitung, of a gift to Cardinal Won
the front, consisting of a splendidly
equipped motor chapel for use witt the
army. The presentation was made with
great ceremony, and the car has al
ready gone to the western front.
| The chapel car is very compact, like
n small van in shape. with seats In
| front for the priest and driver. The
| back let's dcwn to form an altar frontal
and step, with a canopy to cover the
priest when officiating. Within the re-
! cess is the retable. with crucif1x.
candlesticks. etc. and there is also a
receptacle for the vestments. The car
is furnished with everything necessary
| for the services of the church for all
occasions, and has already enabled
priests to celebrate mass for the troops
on the battlefield just behind the firing
/ line.
| Many non-Catholics as well as Cath
oiics will be interested. it is pointed
out, in the worlds congress on mar
to be held in San Francisco next July
during the Pam. ma a-Pacif1c exposition.
The signatures of the late Archbishop
Riordan and Bishop Conaty appear on
| a letter recently issued by the inter-
national committee on marriage and
divorce which calls upon the public to
| interest itself in the work of the COM
/ ing congress. The letter bears not only
the signatures of the preIates men
| toned, but likewise those of a score
of prominent Protestant clergymen
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| At the Young Women's Christian AS
| sociation there will be held Wednes-
| day evenings at o'clock, March 3. 10.
| II and "a a mission study class.
| 1t will be led by Miss Mariette Little,
who has been prepared for MISSION
| study teaching at the Northfield Bible
| Institute. The topic which the class
| will study is THE Child In Our Midst" :"
| All women who have not attended the
| morning classes in the churches are
cordially invited to attend.
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| Two of the largest classes in the
adult department Of Hamline Methodist
| Episcopal Sunday school held a Joint
reunion In the Sunday school parlors
Monday evening. The organizations
represented were the W. H. Proctor
class for men. taught by Rev. e. L.
Parks, and the Mizpah Circle, class
for young women, taught by Miss Ida
NJ. Hodgkin.
| The rooms were decorated for the
occasion, and in honor of the day
| washington's birthday emblems were
leverywhere in appearance. from the
ubiquitous hatchet and miniatur,
cherry tree to the American flag.
| A musical program was participated
+, in by Miss Edith b. Athey. Mr.. Elijah
Kinsella, Miss Nellie Monks and Miss
| Helen Reimer.
Mr.. A. A. Northup gave several selec-
| tions from James Whitcomb Rileys
] works. At the conclusion of the pro
!, gram the entire company joined in
| guessing" party, bringing out the life
and characteristics of President Wash
ington. The women's prize in this con
| test was won by Mrs. Samuel Miller
| and that for men by Mr.. Walter c.
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