The Washington herald., 1915-10-09
CONGREGATIONAL.

Rev. Robert ". Coe, assistant pastor
Of the First Congregational Church, will
preach tomorrow morning upon the topic,
'The Joy Of Service" and at the evening
service upon THE Gnat and the Camel.
Last Sunday was observed as rally day
by the church and Sunday school. and
MIR. Goes sermon was stirring call to
service for the coming year. The full
winter schedule of services and work Is
now in force.
The music arranged by DR.. william
Stansfield, organist and choir director of
the First CongreS ational Church, for the
services tomorrow include at the m0rn-
ing service the organ prelude. allegfetto
c'Hymn of Praise'), by Mendelssohn;
anthem. ,"SinG Alleluia Forth" by Buck:
anthem. Lord of Our Life" by Field;
offertory. contralto solo and quartet. las
Christ Upon the Cross by Bullard: or
gan postlude. Allegro Moderate. Fourth
Concerto by Handel. and at the evening
service. organ prelude. Evening Song"
by Bairstow; anthem. 20 Thou Whose
Power,'\ by Rossini: offertory. THE
Radiant Morn" by Woodward. A short
organ recital will be given each Sunday
evening at the close of the regular serv-
Ice, beginning tomorrow, when the pro-
gram will be as follows: Concert piece in
fiat. by Parker: Serenade. by Mosz-
kowski; "Win O. the Wisp" and Song of
Sorrow" by Balch-Nevin. and march.
..Tannha user" by Wagner.
At Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church the pastor. Rev. c. A. Vincent.
will give tomorrow evening at o'clock
lecture on the subject, Luther. the
Man that Saved Religion from Oficial-
ISM" Dr.. Vincent's lecture topics for
the following Sunday evenings are: Octo-
ber Il. Wesley, the Man that Saved
Religion from Irrelision:' October 81.
Robinson, the Man that Saved Religion
from State Control November ..
Carey, the Man that Saved Religion
from Provincialism.'
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the First Congregational Church held
its opening meeting for the season
on Tuesday afternoon, the president,
Mrs. J. T. Bodfish. presiding. The
service was largely one in memory
of several members who have died
during the past year. 1t was decided
to organize a mission band among the
young people of the church, and Mrs.
]. S. Beach was placed in charge of
this work At the close of the meet
ing tea was served.
II The First Congregational Church
is arranging to celebrate from Novem-
ber IL to IA the fiftieth anniversary
of it's organization. The history of
the church will be read at the first
meeting by Mr.. Walter L. Gift, who
was church clerk for a great many
years One of the services will be of
a musical character. At this service
DR.. Newman, who was pastor of the
church for twenty-one years and who
now is president of Howard University.
will read a paper on DR.. John w.
Bischoff. who was for over thirty-hve
years the organist of the church.
Friday evening will be given over TO
a social occasion at which there will
be greetings from the ministers or
other Congregational churches of the
city and from the ministers of neigh
boring churches. An afternoon will be
devoted to meetings OF the women
societies of the church.
On Sunday morning the Sunday
school will have a special anniversary
service DR.. Jay T. Stocking will
preach at the morning service. There
will be communion service in the
afternoon, which will he conducted by
Dr.. Newman. The evening will be
devoted to a service for the young
people, and it is expected that DR..
Samuel H. Woodrow, former pas
tor. will speak.
An anniversary pamphlet will be
printed. which will contain Mr.. Gifts
paper on the history of the church
and a list of all members of the church
from its organization.