Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-23

destruction. The recent lectures of
| Pastor Russell on the European war
| and it's place in Bible prophecy have
aroused interest because of the fact
| that he has for several decades. eX-
| pressed the conviction that Il time Of
| intense trouble upon the world would
| he due in the autumn of 1914. The
| pastor sees in this present struggle
the prelude to the battle of Arranged
dom he declares. and believes the
esta blishment of Christ's kingdom will
! quickly follow.
The twenty-fifth organ recital OF the
| Bethlehem Chapel of the Holy Divinity,
Washington Cathedral, is TO be held
tomorrow afternoon at O'Clock.
Charles A. r. Williamson. organist and
! choirmaster of St. Johns Church.
Georgetown will give an interesting
program. The twentysixth recital will
be given February IA by J. Willis
Conant.
Sunday morning Rev John +. Briggs
| will preach on Moses. the Leader. Leg
| islator and Lawgiver.' in Fifth Baptist
Church, which will be third in the
| series on Famous Men of the Old
Testament" At 3 O'Clock in the after
! noon. in connection with the coIumu-
nifty meetings of the southwest. Rev b!.
| Earle Whitley. pastor of Vermont Ave
nuc Christian Church. will preach to
| women on the subject, Americas I'm
! crowned Queen" AT 7:45 pm. DR..
| George Green, medical missionary.
who for many years has been support
| cd by the Fifth Baptist Sunday school
! will deliver sermon address on
Medical Missions in Darkest Africa.
| which will be illustrated by stcrcopti-
| con views. The last of the community
| meetings of the southwest viii be held
| at the Fifth Baptist Church Monday
| night.
| The Wednesday evening meeting of
the National New Thought Center at
the Washington Loan and Trust build
ing was conducted by Or. George RICK :
er and Miss Emma Cray. The subject
of the evening was The Christ Con
| sciousness-How to Attain It" Miss
Gray developed the thought of the
growth in mans consciousness from
that Of the child. conscious only of his
environment and needs, to that of the
man conscious of his own being and
mind and desires. entail and spiritual.
| with the final daWninS of what IS
called the cosu1ic consciousness.
| The meeting next Wednesda" even
ing is to be devoted to Il discussion of
| the true nature of love and its mani
festations and power.
| y + :: j.
1.-THE Ethics of Pure Food" is to form
| the subject of an address by Miss Ruth
l
jligious Union of All Souls Church. 18th
and l. streets northwest, sunday nigi-.
at ! O'Clock.
Rev. II. l.. White, evangelist, and
Rev. F. H. Shaul, singer. now conduc.-
/ ing revival services at the Ninth Street
Christian Church. are to hold Il spe-
cial service at the Central Union Mis-
sion tonight, to which the public is
invited.
|
| TO help pay the expenses of restor-
ing the pulpit in the Broad Creek
| Church, which is said to be the oldest
| in this jurisdiction. Il lecture is to be
given under the auspices of the D. y.
| X. state historic committee in Wood
ward & Lothrop's auditorium Wednes-
day, February 8. at 4 pm. This lee
ture-recital is to be given 10y Rev
John r. Huddle on "Eilcy and His
Rhymes
From Scotland to India is = long
journey. but Rev. Dr. W. L. Wedder-
spoon, pastor Of Foundry NJ. +. church.
W II shorten the distance Tuesday
folk lectures. 1.-THE DAYS o. Aud Syne"
at Foundry Church The lecture will
, be for the benefit of the department
| Of world evangelism of the Foundry
OF supporting two native workers I'M
der DR.. Benton Bailey. secretary Of
the Epworth League in India
! ::
! Rev. Harlan p. Carson of Huron. $.
| D., stated clerk of the synod of his
| state, has recently issued the annual
| minutes Of that synod for the thirty
| first time. He is now moderator as
well as general clerk, and has been
, the recipient of many congratulations
! on his long and faithful services i'll
frontier church work. Or. Carson now
hes n W
+, there were only small towns in 1885,
and in prosperous towns where he 1T
| that time slept in the haymows of
I lonely farms.
Washington friends of Rev. Thomas
j. Frederick, pastor OF st. Martin s
! Roman Catholic Church, Baltimore,
| have learned with pleasure of his re-
| cent elevation to the rank of monSis-
nor. The services at which he was the
| recipient of the honor were attended
| by high churchmen of Baltimore and
Of this city. and we're conducted by
his eminence. Cardinal Gibbons.
! Reading the Bible every day for
! eighty wears is the very unusual rec
| ord of Mrs. Cornelia Cannon of Mason
( City, Iowa, who celebrated her ninety
third birthday January 10
| x =
| GLOW Not to Grow is the title of
the sermon to be delivered tomorrow
| by Rev. John E. Briggs, pastor of the
Fifth Baptist Church. 9TH and i, streets
southwest 1t is the third of his series
on the general topic The CROWN g
| Christian" At the evening service the
pastor will continue his general theme
Of Famous Men of the Old Testament,
taking up for consideration Moses
Leader, Legislator. Law giver." There
will be special music at each Of the
! services with inspiring congregation
al singing led by large chorus choir
directed by W. j. Palmer.
s. !;
! At the evening services tomorrow at
Metropolitan Memorial NJ. T.. Church,
John Marshall place northwest, the