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Evening journal., 1915-01-02
WEST CHOIR TO
REPEAT CANTATA
Gospel Service at Night
Also TO be Addressed
by DR.. Smiley
NEW YEAR THEME
AT MORNING WORSHIP

In West Presbyterian Church,
Eishth and Washington streets, to-
morrow. services will mark the open
ing of the New Year AT the 1880
o'clock service. DR. Smiley viii have
message for the times on the sub
ieci. "a Word of Warning at the Be
ginning The church choir will sing
The anthems. Make a joyful Noise"
ny SINNERS. and Jesus Still Lead
on by shelley The organ numbers
win be-. "Onertoire In E.' by Ba-
tsic, and March Solennelle," by
Keltcrer
The Bible School will meet at 2
o'clock with interesting exercises in
an departments. Miss Julia Beau
champ win sing in the Mems Glass.
Dr Smiley viii teach the lesson and
conduct the open forum Miss Stop
pard viii teach the Women's Class
The Christian Endeavor meeting Is
held at $50 O'clock "Who is on the
Lords Side" will be the topic. Miss
Catherine McRae and Miss J. NJ.
Iarison. the leaders.
At the peoples popular gospel SER
vice at 7.30 o'clock. the cantata,
"Iichi of Life" by Ashford. so sue
cessfully sung two weeks ago. Will be
repeated in it's entirety. and Dr.
Smiley will deliver a practical ad
dress on "An Old Law in a Modern
Dress" The organ numbers at the
service viii be- Chorus OF Angels.
by Clark. and "Triumphal March," by
Guirand.
Evening journal., 1915-01-02

declared. Jedekiah was the last of
David's line Who should reign until
Messiahs Kingdom would be estab-
lished. The end of Gentle Times,
then, marks. the beginning of Mes
siah's Kingdom Everywhere we 500
manifestations that He is taking over
the affairs of the world. and that
lsraCls final dclivcrance is at hand.
Spiritual Israel must FIRST be de-
livcred by the glorious change Of
tho First Resurrection Thus the
Spiritual Empire will first be estab-
lished. Following that great event
and the incidental Time of Trouble
win come the exaltation of repre-
sentatives of Natural Israel TO be tho
earthly eNpononts of the Heavenly
Kingdom These will be the Ancient
Worthless of the Hchrews-Abraham
Isaac, Jacob and IN the Prophets.
Others of the Hebrew people. de-
livored from Gentle domination. viii
nevertheless get their blessing
through their acceptance of the King
dom arrangements This includes
the thought that their eyes of under
standing will open to recognize the
Great King
Thus it is written that they that
pierced Him shall look upon Him. and
mourn because OF realization that
they crucifed the Prince of Life.
Nevertheless they will have great
blessing, i'm proportion as they have
sought consciontious,y to serve God
and the principles of His righteous
ness The Lord viii pour upon them
the spirit of prayer and supplication.
tIeChariah f2,i01 This Divine 1iess-
ing, coming upon Israel first. means
also the blessing Of al the families Of
the earth through the Prime eof life.
All who realize HE fulfllment of the
GENTLE Times should ,Ook for and co.
operate with the further steps of the
Divine Plan. One of these is Israels
repossession Of Palestine. the inheri-
tance of Abraham and his family. The
time is ripe. Ii remains for Jews. who
by Gods favor have the wealth now.
TO use il in furtherance Of Israols
hope. But failure on mans part to
use opportunities will not interfere
with the Divine Plan. Through some
instrumentality Palestine will shortly
pass into Jewish possession.
Note the fact that promptly at the
close OF the Jewish year. in Septem
Der, Russia published her decree. Civ
ing the Jews full religious liberty and
privileges as citizens. Germany
quickly followed. Great Britain also
honored the Jews Legally.Nherefore
the jew today-since the c,ose of Cen
tile Times is accorded the same lib
critics as others. He is no longer
"trodden down of the Gentiles Luke
21:24.
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
Judges >. i.I9 Jan. 2.

HNNHtt - istJ-JdN. D
Natural lsraers Enemies Spiritual
Israel's Enemies Natural Israers
Judges, or Deliierers Spiritual
lsrael's Rcformors and Helpers
israefs Last Deliyerance Now Due.
Gentle Times Have Ended pales-
tine VIII Soon Be Possessed BIZ
Abraham and His Natural Seed,
Under the Supervision Of Messiah
and His Spiritual Bride. the Church
~ WIFI heal their hacksliding. ! will
love them freely" Hosea li.i.
Today's study tells OF the death of
Joshua lsracl's leader after the
death of Moses. Under Divine diroc-
tion he divided Palestine amongst the
ten trihos of Israel The Israeltics
were eniOincd by the Lord through an
angel io take possession OF the land
speedily, driving out their enemies and
destroying their idols and affairs, thus
conquorlng the entire country for
themselves and ridding themselves
and their children Of temptation But
instead, they made leagues with the
various peoples inhahitine the land
and brought themselves into friend
ly relationship This disobedicnce to
Divine command proved to be a seri-
oua snare.
In studying the history Of Israel
we are 10 remember that the Apostle
tells us those things wore allegori-
cal q Corinthians 1O.11l They
we're real occurrences: but their
chief purpose, from Gods standpoint.
was 10 Illustrate certain great truths
for Spiritual Israel the Gospel
Church. Thus tine Christians en-
trance upon this new life of conso-
Grafton to God corresponds to cross
ing Jordan dying to old interests and
entering into the now Inheritance
under the leadership of Jesus, our
Joshua.
That we learn that the New Croa-
ture is TO conquer the perverted ap-
petitcs of his own flesh. which cor
respond TO the idolatrous peoples Of
Canaan. 70 is tho New Creatures
duty TO drive out these earthly hopes
ambitions. weaknesses. porversions,
etc. If the work Of cvtcrminating
were carried on thoroughly. the re-
suit would he q riponod character.
strong in the Lord. full OF faith, obed-
ience. JOY. peace and blessing.
Joshua's Wise Exhortation.
The Book of Joshua closes with the
account of his death, and the Book of
Judges begins with incidents covering
the same period. When Joshua realized
that hc was about to hc gathered TO his
fathers-to sleep with his fathers in
death he called the lsroclitcs, and re.
minded them of the lords mercies and
manifest iavors toward them Then ne
warned them respecting the necessity
for being separate from the people OF
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
NEW YEAR THOUGHTS
IN DR.. reeds SERMON
Evening Service at Grace to
be Followed by Revival
Meetings
BAPTISM AT THE
MORNING WORSHIP

In Grace NJ E Church tomorrow
morning Dr. George e. Reed viii .o-
liver brief sermon appropriate TO
the sacramento celebrations which
are to follow. namely. the sacraments
of Holy Baptism and the Lords Sup
per. these to be followed by reception
of members.
At the morning service the following
special musical numbers will be sung
Organ. Communion i'm g." by
Deschayes. and "Omertaire I'm b Flat"
by willy; quintet. "Hc was Despised. %
Hosmer. and tenor solo. Like as a
Father" Davis. by Mr. Balmond, mus
ical director
In the evening at 7.30 o'clock there
Will be the usual praise service parti-
cipated in by the church choir, the
Quartette and congregation. after
which Dr. Reed will preach a brief
sermon appropriate to the New Year,
on the subject. "a New Year and a
New Life" the sermon to be followed
by a revival service. At the evening
service following special musical
numbers. will be given organ. Tam
hauser March, Wagner and post
lude,' Abernethy; by the quintet. "Thc
Recessional" (kipllngl. deKovcn;
chorus choir. Break Forth Into JOY
Simper.
AT 2 o'clock the Sunday School Will
holds its session.
At $50 o'clock the Epworth League
will meet in the lecture room.
AT 4 o'clock DR. Reed will speak at
the union revival meeting for men in
st. Pauls Church.
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
REVIVAL At KINGswOOD.

AT Kingswood NJ e. Church, -Four
teenth and Claymont streets, the Rev
l.. NJ. Broadway, pastor. services to-
morrow will be as follows: 1880
o'clock, sermon by the pastor on tho
subject. "A Square Dealt" o'clock,
Sunday School. with George W. Todd.
superintendent, in charge; go
o'clock, Epworth League; 730 o'clock,
revival sermon and service.
The revival will continue each night
during the week
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
MESTMINSTER SERVICES.

Usual preaching services will be
held tomorrow at 1890 and 4 o'clock
IN Westminster Presbyterian church,
Pcnnsylvania avenue and Rodney
street The Rev. Charles l.. Candoe
viii preach morning and afternoon.
The musical program for the day
follows: Morning organ. offertoire in
B iiat Read. anthem. "Magnifcat."
Tours; onertory 20 Morning Land"
Phelps, Mrs Isabel Chapman and J.
Frank Ayros; organ postlude. Faul-
kcs. Afternoon Organ. "Hymn Ce-
osti, Friml anthem, 20 Come let
slnc' Moundcr; offcrtory, Blessed
aie They" Wolcott; organ postlude,
Dubois.
The chimes VIII be played before
and after both services. The kinder
carton viii be conducted at the time
ol the morning service AT noon tho
graded Sunday school will meet in
the chapel and the adult Bible class
for men and women in the gallery
of the church. Tho Junior Christian
Endeavor viii meet in the chapel at
BIS o'clock. at z o'clock the Y. r..
S. G y. yill assemble in the chapel
for n half hours study of Presby-
icrian history.
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
MADELEY SCHOOL
has new Officers

Aladelcy A. =. Church. corner + and
Claymont streets will hold their New
Year services tomorrow beginning with
class service at $50 o'clorN. under the
direction of John Ford. At l03O O'Clock
The Rcv. e. II. Collins, pastor of the
Church will deliver the morning ser
mon taking for his subject. "Thc Kings
Business Requires Haste At 2l5
o'clock ihc Sunday school viii hold their
first service of the new year under the
leadership of Robert O.. Conner the new
ly elected superintendent.
The BaUca Class will meet at $50
o'clock in the church auditorium at
which the president, John T. Magoe, will
conduct a "ruund table, all the mem
bcrs being asked to take part
At 645 o'clock the Epworth League
meeting will be held and at 7.3O o'clock
the peoples popular praise service will
begin. The music at the evening ser
vice viii be under thc direction OF Prot.
John r. Alugee The subject for the
evening sermon by the pastor will De.
This Year Thou Shall Die"
The Christmas entertainment was
given by the Sunday school ON Tuesday
evening when cantata entitled ~
Topsy Turvy Christmas was given aud
Nariout officers of the church were pre-
sented with gifts. George Green, for
mcr superintendent of the Sunday school
was presented with a handsome Eible
by the officers and teachers of the sun
day school and the Rev T.. H. Collins
and John a. Alagee were each given
travelling bug by the members Of the
mems class.
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
DIR. HOFFECKER AT
SILVERBROOK.

In Silverbrook NJ. E. Church. Ian
caster and Woodlawn avenue. the
Rev. j. Howard Gray will preach to-
morrow morning on the subject, "The
Unchanging Christ" followed by
communion.
The DreXel Biddle Bible class viii
meet in the afternoon and the ox-
pectation is to have an address by
b. l.. Canning. chief director Of the
DreXel Biddle Glasses of Delaware
from Camden, N. J.
The Senior League at 6.45 o'clock
will be in charge Of Mrs. Hopkins.
The choir will repeat the Christmas
music at the morning service. Dr..
r. l.. Hohecker will preach at night
Glass No. will meet on Monday
evening and class No . on Tuesday
evening. Bible reading will be con-
Quoted on Wednesday evening from
the subject: The word JOY as found
in the Psalms"
The boy scouts will meet on satur-
day evening.
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
'CABE MEN Will
March TO Revival

Holy communion viii be observed
at McCabe tomorrow, the service be
ginning at 1890 o'clock. At the SER
vice number of persons will be ad-
mittcd To church fellowship, both by
letter and on probation.
The evening service will begin at
seven o'clock. under The direction OF
the Epworth League, followed by a
sermon by the pastor at 745 o'clock.
The Baraca class will meet at
nine o'clock. and the Sunday school
az - o'clock All the men of the
church and others. are requested 10
meet at the church at three o'clock
TO proceed in a body TO st. Paul's
church for the mems mass meeting.
The procession will leave McCabe at
3.l5 o'clock
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
week OF prayer
At Central Church
PreSbyterianS in Special
Worship Every Night
Next Week
NEW YEAR THOUGHT
AS PASTORS SERMON

Regular services will be held to-
morrow IN Central Presbyterian
Church. King street. below Eighth.
at 1890 o'clock. the Rev. J. II. Craw-
ford will preach an appropriate SER
mon on "A New Years Motto" The
Sunday school will meet at 70 o'clock.
all departments. The y. p. S. C. e.
will meet at Gas o'clock
The evening service will begin at
745 O'Clock. This will be a gospel
service with good singing by choir
and congregation and "a sermon by
the minister on "The Mercy of Obli-
WON"
The church will observe the week
of prayer beginning on Tuesday
evening. January to Friday evening,
inclusive. at 7.45 o'clock.
Tho Communion of the Lords Sup
per will be observed on Sunday,
January 10. at the morning service.
The musical program for tomor-
row follows 1890 o'clock. organ
prelude, "Chans sans paroles. ." Tschal-
kowsky anthem, Gloria in Excel
sis" Buck; offcrtory, Daughter Of
Zion Rejoice" Trowbridge; postlude,
St Anne's.
7.45 o'clock, organ prelude. March
hiiiitairc,' Gounod, anthem. But
the Lord is Mindful of His Own"
Mendelssohn: offertory, 20 for
Closer Walk with God" Foster: or
gan postlude, Allegro Con Moto"
SalOme.
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
Old TIME SONGS TO
Be HEARD At FIRST
Pastor StoneSifer Has Special
Messages for Sunday
Services
SPECIAL MUSIC
BY THE CHOIR

The Sacrament Of the Lords Sup
per will be celebrated at the First
Presbyterian Church, Market above
Ninth. tomorrow morning at 1890
o'clock New members will also be
baptized and received into the fell
loWship of the church. The Rev. J..
Ross Stonesifer. will have for his
communion meditation a subject an
propriate to the New Year. The
chor will sing How Firm a Foun-
dalton, (Williams) and r. D. Eaton.
tenor, will song 1T Was for Ne"
Sunday school Will meet al .
o'clock The lessons for the new
quarters will be introduced in all tho
departments and every scholar ought
10 be present The pastor will meet
the Barnabas men in the church aud
itorium
Christian Endeavor will meet at z
o'clock. This will be a conservation
service in charge Of the deaconess
for the church. Miss NJ. Mae Byerly
on the subject "Who is On the Lords
Side?"
At 745 o'clock the pastor viii con-
duct the usual service of song and
evangelism. Tho hour opens with
congregational singing the old fav-
orltes being used. The choir will
slug Saviour Breathe an Evening
Blessing (Nevin) and Mrs. James
McMullin and r. d. Eaton will sing
"Sweetor as the Years Roll By" Mr..
stonesifer will give briei New
Years message on Looking Back
ward"
The organ numbers arc as follows:
Morning. sir. "He Shall Feed His
Flock NandeD. chorus. Nov.
Therefore. o God We Thank Thee, "
CMaunder). Evening: III With All
Your Hearts" Mendelssohn); chorus,
Thanks BE to Cod" CMendelssohn.
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
hodists Will Begin Month Revival Effort in Churches Tomorrow

the land -Gentles-ot otherwise the ten
dency might he toward idolatry. He
urged upon all full settlement of the
mind, the will. ON the Lords side and
against all the heather religions. lt
was then that he took his stand and
announced "Choose We this dav whom
ye will serve. As for me and my house
we will serve the Lord" The others
joined with him m the same resolve.
Our lesson tells us that an the days
of Joshua and Of the Judges who out
lived him, things went we'll with the
lsraclites. These leaders had in mind
the Lords wonderful dealings and real
lied the Importance of being on the
Lords side. If they would have His
blessing. The idolatres came in subse-
qucntly.
The true God has always prohibited
idols, while the false gods have usually
been represented by them. According Ia
human reasoning. idols would appear to
be- excellent for Keeping religion before
the mind but ii was not Gods way.
Moreover. in connection with the heath
en- worship were various licentious prac-
ticcs, which to some extent would draw
from curiosity and appeal to the weak
ncsses of the flesh The true God ON
the contrary. had instituted in Israel q
worship pure in itself, in every way
condemning sin. pointing ont the ncces-
sity for its cancellation and the need for
drawing near 20 God in His appointed
way In a word. the true religion APP
pcnlod 10 the highest and nohlost senti
ments, while the false religions of the
Canoanitos appealed 10 the haser pas
sions, combining form OF godiness
with qualification of the flesh, dancing
and various saiurnala.
Verse n and It's connections seem
TO indicate that our lesson covers a
period of centuries of Israel's exneri-
cnces. under many Judges. When
Israel ropented the Lord raised MP
Judges. or. as we say. deliverers. Yet
even their repeated experience with ad-
vcrsity did not deeply enough impress
the great lesson When their Judge
would bring them back from their
adversties. they would have rest dur
ing the Judges lifetime. only to fall
away after his death Nevertheless.
the Lords Covenant was with them
as a people The centuries since have
shown the pegsistency of the Lords
mercy
Gods Favor Returning TO Israel.
AS We have previously pointed out.
the Bible indicates very clearly that
lsrael's last great lesson Of oppres-
sion under the Gontiles closed in 1914.
That period, twenty-five hundred and
twenty years long began when the
crown was taken from King Zedc-
kiah. b. c. sos ezekiel 21:25-27.l
Since then, Israel has not been an in
dependent nation. AS the Lord de-
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
Mass Meeting at ST. PauI's
TO Open Methodist Revival

At o'clock tomorrow afternoon a
mass meeting for men only will be
held in ST. Pau's NJ E. Church which
will be conducted by the Rev. DR..
George Edward Reed pastor of Grace
NJ. r. Church This meeting will
mark the beginning OF the revival
services to be conducted by all the
Methodist churches i'm the city for
the next two weeks. and one of the
features of this meeting will be spe-
cial music by a choir which will be
composed of singers from all the
Methodist churches here under the
direction of Professor George T..
King.
Other services will be at the usual
hours. with class meeting at $50
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
BAPTISM At BETHANY;
TO RECEIVE members

Services at Bethany Baptist Church
tomorrow will be conducted by the Rev.
J. T.. Hunsberger. The subject OF the
morning sermon will be "Ihe True Test
of Religious Life" Communion SER
vice will follow the regular service.
New Members will receive the hand of
Christian fellowship in the morning. The
evening service will begin at 745 o'clock
and the theme of the sermon will be
What the World Owes to Christ" The
Ordinance of the New Testament bap-
tism will be administered at the open
ing of the evening worship. The Bible
school will convene at , o'clock
s. The b. Y. p. L. will meet at Z o'clock
The pastor will lead the meeting.
The Rev Henry Schilke will conduct
the Polish service at I o'clock Polish
speaking folks are invited to the meet
ina
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
COMMUNION sERvT,

Services in Harrison Street N. T..
Church tomorrow viii begin with class
meeting in charge of George B. Crossan.
at o.l5 o'clock. st the 1890 O'clock
service there will be reception Of mem
bers and communion. The Sunday
school will meet at O'Clock The pas
tors class meets az some hour.
All the men of the church are re-
quested TO meet at 800 o'clock to 20 in
body to 81. paups NJ. T.. Church for
the Methodist mems mass meeting.
Tho Epworth League win meet at
Gao o'clock. At 7.3O o'clock Or. Alder.
son win preach and conduct evangclis.
tic services.
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
srRyIrEs Ar zInN LLrnERAN

The Rev s. Won Bosse will preach
al both services tomorrow IN Zion
Lutheran Church Sunday schools
are held at 9.30 and 2.l5 o'clock The
German as woll as the English school
Will celebrate mems day and has is
sued invitations TO the fathers and
brothers of an scholars TO be pres
ont. Catechetical classes will be re-
sumcd on Tuesday.
Tho Mems Lutheran Society of
Delaware will meet on Tuesday even
ing. Thro will he election of OH
GERS and refreshments.
on Wednesday the church council
will meet, and on Thursday the Bible
class and choir will assemble. Ger
man school will he held as usual on
Saturday morning from $50 to Il
O'Clock.
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
EVANGELISTIC Services
IN BRANDYWIRE Church

The month of January will be
given to evangelistic work in Bran
dywine NJ d. Church. There will be
special services every night except
Saturday nights during the month.
Ministers from both the Wilmington
and Philadelphia conferences are ex-
pected to assist in the meetings.
Tomorrow evening the Rev. J. o.
Randall is expected TO preach.
The music will be under the direc-
tion of the church choir for half the
time and in charge of the Epworth
League choir the remainder of the
time.
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
rnNrERT Ar GILRERr.

ln Gilbert Presbyterian Church
tomorrow morning the Rev. J. b.
Isaacs will discuss as the theme Of
his New Years message, "The light
for the journey" Miss c. Mae
Brooks viii direct The Alpha Male
Choral Society in the singing Of
"send out thy light and thy truth" "
Other musical numbers at this SER
vice win be Light Of those droary
ways" Barnard; Great God we
Sing Gardner.
The Sunday school Will meet for
the study of the graded lesson at
23Q o'clock The pastor will speak
on "Consecrated Resolutions at the
S o'clock evening service.
The Howard University Glee Club
Of Washington will give a Christmas
entertainment in the church on
Thursday evening, for the benefit Of
charity
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
new Year PRAISE
SERVICE At EASTLAKE

The opening Of the new year win be-
observed tomorrow i'm tine service, at
the Eastlake Presbyterian Church, cor
uer OF Twenty-seventh and Market
streets. The Rev Henry Cunningham
will preach at 1890 O'Clock ON "A Text
for 1913"
The Sunday school and pastors class
for men aud women win meet at 2
O'Clock. At the Christian Endeayor
meeting at o'clock the topic viii hc.
"Nho Is ON the Lords Side2" 4 ncN
year praise service win be held al IS
o'clock. The singing of some helpful
hymns viii open the meeting. The pas
tor viii speak ON "Now Year Uapp
ness" The choir and soloists will sing
anthems and solos at both church SER
vices. The music at the evening ser.
vice is a special feature.
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
SUNDAY Ar HANOYFR.

In Hanover Presbyterian Church
tomorrow morning the Rev. r. l..
Jackson will preach on the subject:
"A Call TO Prayer" The Sunday
school will convene at 11.45 o'clock
and the Drexel Biddle Bible class az
2.3O o'clock. under the leadership ui
John Miller A special New Years
service will be held beginning at
seven o'clock with a song service and
address, on the subject My Christ
for my Fellow Men" TO be followed
by a conservation service.
Evening journal., 1915-01-02

o'clock in the morning led by the
Rev. W. G. Strickland, preaching on
the subject Soldiers of Jesus the
sermon TO be followed by the cele-
bration Of Holy Communion Mrs.
Julia Baynard Clark will sing There
is a Green Hill Far Away" by
Gounod.
Sunday school. all departments.
will be held at 2 o'clock Young Peo-
pies service at $50 o'clock followed
by the regular evening service at 7.30
o'clock at which the pastor will
preach on "The Wages of Sin" Mrs.
Clark will sing Lord. Whom My
Heart Holds Dear Forever" and an
evangelistic service will follow the
sermon.
Evening journal., 1915-01-02
trail HITTERS TO
WORSHIP At union

The great event in the services to-
morrow at Union NJ. e. church, win
be the visit of a delegation of the
Trail Hitters" from Coatesvillc. . a.,
nndor The leadership of the Chief Of
Police A S. Jackson. Tris Iclega-
tion will take prominent part IN
all the services of tho day. beginning
with the class meeting at 9.30 o'clock.
All the meetings of the day will be
Eyangelistic.