The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-08
Circus Parade Provides
Inspiration for Dis
course by DR.. Thomas
Reisch
TOPIC PRINCES
AND SERVANTS"
W. 3. Honfsommer, Tokyo Teacher
Well Known In This City, win Tell
Of christianity's Problem In Japan
at Stevens Memorial Church

Tomorrow will be Mothers Day,
and sermon. dealing with mothers and
with motherhood will be preached
morning and evening in many local
churches.
From pulpit and choir at Christ
Lutheran church at the morning serv,
ice the utterances will be expressive of
Mothers Day sentiments. At the
evening service the pastor, the Rev. DR..
Thomas Reisch, will preach ON Princes
and Servants giving Thoughts in
spired by the circus parade. This
sermon will be directed especially to
young people.
At Park Street United Evangelical
church, the Sunday school will con-
gene at 8, in charge of Superintendent
,Koons and Stahler. The hymns at this
session will be appropriate to Mothers
Day and Mrs. Ada Merkle will give a
suitable reading. The special music
features at the evening services will be
nuite elaborate and the pastor, the Rev.
a. e. Hangen, will preach on "A
White Carnation or the Glory of Moth
erhood.D MANY invitations to "moth.
ers" have been extended and they and
MANY of their friends are expected to
attend. Last Sunday evening the audi.
ence everAowed into the Sunday school
room. The sermon by the pastor on
Sunday morning will be on the sub.
feet. ssThe PASTORS Cobaborers,
when all the officials of the church and
Its auxiliaries are to be present.
Tokyo Teacher Here
W. Z. Hoffsommer, of Tokyo. Japan,
who will occupy the pulpit. in the Ste
vens Memorial Methodist church to-
morrow night, speaking on the subject
of The Problem of Christianity in
Japan though not a native of this
city, has been intimately connected
with Christian activities in this sec
tion. p
From 1904 to 1907 he was the secre-
tary of the Steelton Young Men s
Christian Association. During that
time he was interested in the various
activities of men and boys in that bor-
ough, both religious, educational and
athletic. In 1902, while student in
Ursinus College, he went to the Con-
ference at Northfield, Mass, and there
became student volunteer, with a
strong leaning toward the field of ia
pan. In 1907 he married Miss Grace
Posey, the eldest daughter of ex-Bur-
CESS H. G. Posey, of Steelton- and they
Immediately left for the Orient.
After studying the japanese Ian
guage for two years, Mr.. Hoffsommer
became a regular teacher in the Union
Mission School, the Meiji Gakuin, the
School of Enlightened Government, in
the capital of the country. Work in
eonna,t;np with his mission hos taken
him to many of the rural section of
Japan and his educational activities in
the city of Tokyo, the greatest stu
dent centre of the world, has given
him opportunities to study some of the
most interesting phases of japanese
life
He has Just returned to the States
with his family, and will spend the
larger part of his furlough in taking
university courses in Education and
studying American Institutions of
learning.
At Pine Street Presbyterian church
the assistant pastor, the Rev. j. S.
Armentrout, will be the preacher at
both services. The theme of the morn
.ing service will be "The Message of
Christ" Luke AIS. The choir will
sing "Prepare we the way of the
Lord" and "God so loved the World. 4"
In the evening Mrs. Cox will sing as
solo 80 Paradise" (Hawley) and the
choir will sing "Abide With Me. >"
The topic for the evening sermon will
be "What God desires of U.s." Hosea
6:6.
On Wednesday evening at the mid