Evening star., 1915-02-20

Rev. James Shera Montgomery will de-
liver a lecture-sermon on Washington
the First American" tomorrow evening
at 8 O'Clock, in Metropolitan Memorial
Church, John Marshall place and street
northwest. Those who desire good seats
should come early, it is announced, for
the capacity of the church was filled,
almost to the seat, last Sunday evening.
At 6:45 pm. Rev Clifton P. Clark will
conduct the Epworth League services in
the vestry of the church, with the sub
ject. ''The Benediction of a Spiritual
Home" The young men Of the organiza-
tion will sing and DR.. Clark will give a
solo. Friends and strangers are cordially
invited to both services
A course Of Lenten sermons will be Civ
en- by Rev Lewis ]. O'Hern. Of the Paul
ist Fathers. in the Church of the Ma
Bischofr, pastor, starting tomorrow even
ing
These sermons will be preached every
sunday night, and on Good Friday night
Sunday. February II. But One Thing
is Necessary" Sunday. February %.
Who Can Understand sins?'' Sunday.
March Z. Give An Account of Thy
These Shall Go Into Everlasting Punish.
lnent." Sunday, March p. TN All
Things Show Thyself an Example"
Sunday. March %. For Wine Hath De,
stroyed Very Many" Good Friday, April
;. Let Him Be Crucified.''
Every Friday night at o'clock there
viii be stations o. the cross and benedic-
tion Of the blessed sacrament,
Owing to the growth Of the parish,
Father Bischoff announces the beginning
Of low mass at O'Clock every Sunday.
commencing tomorrow, in addition to the
regular masses at and 1880 o'clock,
Rev. j. Wilbur Balderston, pastor of
the Georgetown Methodist Protestant
Church. will preach a special sermon
tomorrow morning on washington:
Patriot and Christian" At the evening
service he will speak on The Man
Who Played the Fool" concluding his
series on Noted Men of the Bible"
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Organization of young mems club
Georgetown, was accomplished Tues
day night at the home of Joseph A
Oliver. 3o3s Dent place, and the fol-
lowing officers elected:
President, Nelson Oliver; vice presi-
dent, Eugene Blackford; secretary, AL
bert o. Stearns; treasurer, Praett
white; advisory board, Rev. James H.
Blake. John A. Stringer and Fred W.
Duvall
Selection of a name and preparation
of constitution. bylaws and ritual
were referred to an advisory board for
investigation and report at meeting
TO be called by the president
Announcement of highly appreciated
gifts to the congregation of the Con-
gress Heights NJ. E. Church fea-
tured a surprise social held Tues
day evening in the Sunday school room
of the church. on Nichols avenue. A
letter was read by the pastor. Rev.
Merritt Earl, from Arthur E. Randle.
In which he inclosed a deed to lot 10
In block 2 of Congress Heights. This
church property. and it's control by the
church means much to the congrega-
ton Mr.. Randle In his letter trans
mitting the deed stated that he owed
and wanted to repay it in this way.
lust recently Mr.. Randle had an offer
for the lot. and it was proposed to
erect building thereon which would
that portion of the church. For years
The congregation has desired to secure
this lot. but was never able to purchase
IT. The deed also carried with it a
certificate of title. which Mr.. Randle
also donated to the church.
second surprise was large sign
board to be placed in front of the
church. giving it's name. various serv-
This was also something that the
church had needed for a long time.
Both of these donations were accepted
by Mr.. GUIDE as chairman of the board
of trustees in an appropriate speech.
Preceding the announcement of the
donations an entertainment was given
as follows: Pantomime" by seven
little girls. and another by Misses Lola
Fettman. Gladys Graves and Jane
Pidgeon; recitations. Margaret Gren-
ming. Virginia Arner. Pauline Pidgeon,
Esma Maybee, Bettee Sargent, Eliza
beth McDermott and Merriam Arner:
song. Louise Hyatt. and Lullaby" by
several of the pupils. At the close of
the evening 'pass-it-along" social
was enjoyed. Each member present
had brought package. A circle was
formed and the packages were passed
along. This was continued until all
had secured something that they de-
sired. but did not bring with them.
Rt Rev. Frederick A Courtney, late
lord bishop of Nova Scotia. Is to preach
at the IL O'Clock and O'Clock services
tomorrow in St Thomas Episcopal
Church. 18th and Church streets north
west
At the First Congregational church this
evening Rev DIR. Stocking will give the
fourth lecture of his series on 1.-The Lands
az War" the special subject on this occa-
sion being 1.-The Land of Luther and
thought of the lecturer DIR. Stansfeld has
arranged that all~ the music at the serv-
i've this evening will be by German COM
posers-
Speaker Champ Clark is announced to
speak tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock in
the auditorium Of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church. following the close Of
Sunday School The lecture, which is to
be on George Washington, Is to be given
nunder auspices of the Everyrnan Bible
class.
Rev. Joseph NJ. Woods of Woodstock.
Nd, preached last Sunday at the sew
enty-sfxth anniversary of the conse-
Grafton of the home of St Joseph's
Catholic Church. Philadelphia This
parish is the oldest of the Catholic
faith in the United States, and later in
the month is to observe the 1929 an
niversary of its establishment. Father
Woods Is the custodian of the original
records 1t stands as a memorial to
the religious tolerance of William
Penn. who. though a Quaker, granted
the original twelve communicants the
land for the erection of the first chapel
In st. Patrick's Church during Lent an
afternoon service Of half an hour is held
every day, beginning at 445 O'Clock
II consists of a meditation on the COS
pei story OF the passion. evening PRAYER
and benediction of the blessed sacra