Evening star., 1915-06-05
Pulpit and Pem

Plans will be formulated during the
! summer for an attractive series OF
fall.
Dr. j. Scott Johnson Of Oklahoma
/ City will preach at St. Paul Methodist
| Episcopal Church South. I'd and :
| streets northwest, at II o'clock tomor-
| row morning.
F, DR.. Johnson was a delegate to the
! general assembly of the Southern Pres.
| byterian Church which met IN Ne"poI'
News. Va. and recently cioseu i's sSs !
sions While in the east he Will spennu ~
a two-month vacation among frienos
and relatives. Two of his brothers
| Messrs Dunbar H. Johnson anu hs
| ingstone s. Johnson. with tneil ia
lies, are residents Of the Nationa! Sapl
tai and members So OF r,inistrr Se aui Dr. John
! son was chief of one OF the oi''s'o''' VI
the patent office.
| Ciround-breaking services TOT tne nv
Petworth Methodist Episcopal Churcn: a.
the corner of Grant circle an anu i,e,s
Hampshire avenue northwest. will be held
| early in June -, a..
ARRANGEMENTS are being made os .he
pastor. Rev. G. Ellis Williams. tor a n,e. aa,,
ber of President Wilson's cabinet 10 spea n
| on the occasion. when speclal ser VIZ 20
will be held on Sunday afternoon IN
June from a temporary stand on 'he SIG
Of the new church. , . ,
The Sunday school OF this cnuIcn - -,
leadership of Rev. o. ]. Randall. super,
intendent The graded lessons are usen
| in the various departments, each vi " ny = =
has a separate organization qua re- y,
string instruments furnishes music ne
school has an enrolment of about oog W u,
all departments including cradle ron vi
over fifty babies under three years OF ase' ce
and the average attendance IS anou, 4'o
X !:
! At the meeting Of the board OF contro'
Of washington District Epworth League.
held at Lincoln Road Methodist Eplsco
pal Church Wednesday evening the cor',
m,ttee in charge of the institute to De neio
at Mountain Lake Park, nd. July 20 10
August J reported plans comp'e'eu.
Rev w. l.. Mcdowell district superin-
tendent of the Methodist church IN TINS
city will be the dean Of the faculty ana
instructor of classes in spiritual WORK
+, Rev G. Leroy White. pastor OF Anacostla
| NJ f Church will be in charge OF instruc-
! tion in the study Of world evangelism.
Rev J. r. Esaias. pastor Of Gorsuch NJ:
f, Church, will be instructor of the social
service classes while Rev. F. NJ MCCOY.
pastor of Waugh NJ +. Church, will IN
struct classes in recreation and culture
All of these clergymen are recognized
as experts in the courses they are to m
struct and this vocational institute Will
afford the Young people of the church an
opportunity never before presented to be
come efficient workers along the several
T, lines Of Christian activities as outlined.
| Arrangements have been made to leave
| Washington via the Baltimore and ONO
railway. Monday morning. July IS, re-
turning Monday. August /.
The institute is not to be confined to
members of the Epworth League. but
| every Young persons society is invited to
| send delegates.
The young people Of Baltimore and
| Frederick districts and OF the West Nir-
| ginia and adjacent conferences also
cordially invited. Arrangements are made
to care for delegates who will reach
| Mountain Lake Park by automobile or
| from other points than Washington and
Baltimore. w. Ralph Williamson. chair
Jump. secretary. S2s North Carolina ave-
nue. southeast. are in charge Of the ef-
fort of answering inquiries concerning the
| institute.
| The Misses Berge, singing evangel-
lists of Ocean Grove, y. J.. who recently
assisted at revival meetings at Grace
| and Fifth Baptist churches. will be in
Washington again tomorrow to assist
at meetings which are to begin at
Anacostia NJ. f. Church at II o'clock.
Rev G. Leroy White, pastor of the
church. will be In charge of tho meet
! ings. and expects large attendances. as
at both Fifth and Grace churches SINH
lar attendance were the rule.
| At meeting of the missionary So
ciety of ingram Memorial Church. to
he held Tuesday evening. Miss Mabel
Boardman is to speak on the work of
the Red Cross in the European war.
as well as in other national and inter-
national emergencies.
Other speakers at the mNAffnH are
to be Mrs. Ellis Logan. who is to speak
on THE Child in Our Midst" and Mrs
F. Seveny. who is to tell Of the south
ern highlanders. program OF special
| music has been arranged for the meet
/ ing
! Among his other plans Of work for
the coming year. as director Of re-
search Of the American University. DR..
| Frank w. Collier Is to carry on two
seminars in the history of philosophy
| One Of these will be of special in
! terest to students of cotemporary
| opinion. This seminar is to be no less
! than an examination of the cotempo-
rary systems of thought, which have
been the foundation Of twentieth CEN
| tury life. and which, 1t is declared, are
| now most potently molding the moral
and spiritual attitude of the world.
Beginning with Spencer and scien-
| tif1c agnosticism, DR.. Collier will ex-
| anime modern pessimism, Nietzsche
| and the school of revolt, modern
! spiritualistic cults and presented
vedantism. pragmatism and radical
! emptricism. Fucker. Bergson and the
basis explanation of the material
ism which so increasingly. he declares
| is becoming a dominant characteristic
| in modern life.
+! AS it is the province of philosophy to
! interpret human experience. and thus
| become the guide Of life, the seminar
| will be of practical significance, and
! because Of the popular interest in
| these subjects It will be open to all.
The Ninth Street Christian Bible
| School. which is one of the largest in
| the city. will have its chiidren's day
| exercises tomorrow at 10 o'clock
| The church will be beautifully dec
| GRATED and an excellent program will
| be rendered by the children and young
i, people.
| The last of the special series of
musical services will be given by the
| choir at ingram Memorial Congrega-
tional Church. under the direction Of
Mr.. William H. StarneI, tomorrow
night at o'clock
| Monday evening Mr.. Paul Popenoe
| will give an illustrated lecture at the
! regular meeting of the brotherhood
| on the subject. 'Harnessing the Force
| Of Heredity."
! Children's day will be observed at the
morning service of New York Avenue
Church tomorrow.