The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-06
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST.

Rev. Earle Whitley, LIZ D.. pastor Of
1.-THE Vermont avenue Christian Church
will complete tomorrow q pastorag,
OF 1--WE years. During that period Their,
have been many accessions to the
church. and the residence adjoining tn,
church property. which was purchased
Just before DR.. Whitley came to wash.
IIngton. has been refurnished for use
as a Sunday school house. Owing &c
the large and growing Sunday school
this does not provide adequate space
however. and it is believed that fur
ther additions will be required within
short time.
The "EverymRn" Bible class, OF
which DR.. Whitley is the teacher. and
two Christian Endeavor societies. have
been organized. A campaign to raise
funds to pay OF the church mortgage
has been entirely successful. so per
cent of the amount having been paid
in, and sufficient pledges are now In
hand to liquidate the Indebtedness.
DR.. Whitley has been very active In
many branches OF civic endeavor for
the betterment Of conditions in the
District, and has frequently delivered
popular lectures for the benefit OF nu-
merous religious organizations. At the
request of the public school authorities
he has also given a series OF talks to
the high school students of the city.
He was president of the Washington
Readers Club last year. and is promi-
nent in fraternal circles.
During the next six months DR.. will
fley will give a series OF lectures at
the Y. NJ. c. A. on the Passion Play
and on European countries. He has
travelled extensively in Europe. and was
in Naples, Italy. with a party OF tour
lists when the war broke out
On Thursday evening of this week
DR.. Whitley began a series of talks on
Church Doctrine and Discipline. These
will be given each Thursday evening
at the church in conjunction with the
mid-week prayer meeting. His theme
for next Thursday evening will be
The Bible and Criticism" By special
request. the texts used by DR.. Whitley
1--WE years ago. Will constitute the sub
jects of his discourses tomorrow morn
ing and evening.
A Mission Study Class" has been
maintained by the intermediate Chris
tian Endeavor Society of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church during the
past year. and much interest in mis-
sions has been stimulated by a study
OF the immigrant problem among the
Syrians newly arrived in this country
Mrs. Agnes Danforth Howes, an Eng
lish woman who lived in Syria for
many years, and now resides in the
vicinity OF Washington. gave an inter-
esting talk before a joint meeting OF
the endeavor societies last Sunday
evening on Syria of Today and in the
Time of Christ" Mrs. Howes stated
that while the Syrians have been I'M
der Turkish government for some time
they heartily dislike the Turks. AL
though the Syrians living near the
coast have initiated the foreigners who
have come there to trade. the true
Syrians. Mrs. Howes stated. are to be
found in the interior. mostly in the
vicinity OF Mount Lebanon. The natives
in this region still retain in their vo-
cabulary many words which were in
use in the time of Christ.
She stated that the peasants are very
approachable. and that it Is easy to
understand how Christ could have
talked with the woman of Samaria at
the we'll.
Tomorrow morning at the Ninth Street
Christian Church, the pastor, Rev
George A. Miller, will preach a special
sermon to the members of that congre-
CATION. At night he will begin a series
Of sermons on the general theme.
First Century Christian nifty" with prac-
tical lessons for today. These sermons
will be in special preparation for the
study Of the Sunday School Iesson be-
ginning In January and continuing
throughout the year. The subject for
tomorrow night is World preparation
for Christianity"
Rev. Henry F. Lutz, minister Of II
Street Christian Church (southwest), will
open a series OF evanGelistic services In
that church tomorrow. He will be as
sisted by Rev. A. z. Smith. OF Vienna,
Va. who will have charge OF the music.
Rev. Mr.. Lutz was for six years Atlantic
Coast evangelist for the American Chris
tan Missionary Society with territory
from Canada to Florida. and resigned
that work to take Up the work at H
street three years ago. He has given
about ten years to evangeIistic work ex-
clusively. and has been greatly blessed In
that work: He conducted a revival at
Clarksburg. W. Va, last winter that re-
suited in over 200 additions to the church.
At the Fifteenth Street Christian
Church Rev. l.. L Bowers, the pastor,
will follow up the revival servic IS, which
closed this week, with appropriate ser
mons tomorrow, directed largely to the
new members of the church.
In the morning his topic will be Saint
hood as a Career" and in the evening
he will speak on the subject, Getting
on Sure Ground" At the latter service
the ordinance VI baptism win be admin
istered 80.