The Washington herald., 1916-02-05
BAPTIST.

delivered by Rev. B. d. Cav tomorrow
morning at West Washington Baptist
Church.
Rev. John Compton Ball. pastor of
Metropolitan Baptist Church. began on
last Sunday morning series of sermons
having as their general topic, The
Prayer for Christians Only" He will
give the second sermon In the series to-
morrow when his theme will be "our
Fathers Kingdom and the Citizens
Thereof" The Christian Endeavor socie-
ties will participate In the evening serv-
| Ice and the pastor will speak on the
topic, The Great Game Every Man,
Woman and Child Must Play"
The announcement in washington this
week OF the sudden death OF A. l. Ruby,
the gospel singer, caused profound re-
gret. Mr.. Ruby was one of the most
prominent participants in the Baptist
| evangelistic campaign which was con-
Quoted in the Washington churches of
that denomination during last October
He sang and led the music at all serv-
ices at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Six
| teenth street and Columbia Road. and
made many friends by reason OF his
sweet voice and lovable personality
Following a brief address by DR.. At
kinson, the acting pastor, with a well
services will be held at the Petworth
Baptist Church tomorrow morning. In
the evening the acting pastor will preach
| on the subject, THE End OF the World"
The Petworth Baptist Sunday school
| attendance last Sunday showed an in
crease of more than fifty per cent over
| that OF a month ago, and OF nearly 100
per cent over the figure for three months
ago.
Recently elected officers OF the Mems
Class OF the Sunday school are as fol-
lows: Hon. Walter L. Hensley. teacher;
George r. Shields, assistant teacher;
| H. w. Ludwig, president; Mr.. Vernon.
vice president; ]. F. Mills, treasurer and
James Maddox. secretary. Carl Doehrer
and Arthur Ogden are the new chairmen
| of the entertainment and membership
committees. respectively. The class now
has over forty members and the attend
ance last Sunday was thirty-eight.
! On Tuesday evening the members OF
the Petworth Baptist Church entertained
the congregations of the Methodist and
United Presbyterian churches in get
acquainted" meeting. DR.. Atkinson well
coined the visitors. and Rev. G. Ellis
Williams, OF the Methodist Church. re-
| sponded in a most pleasing way. Re
freshments, provided by the church trus-
| tees, were served by the ladies OF the
church. Mrs. Mills. Mrs. Test. Miss EN-
bry and others directing this part Of
the program.
The Stevenson Bible Class celebrated
Its first anniversary last Sunday by at
tending Bethany Baptist Church in a
body after the regular class hour. where
Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson. teacher of the
class and pastor OF Bethany Church,
preached a special sermon.
The class, organized one year ago with
thirteen members, has a present men,
bership OF seventy-fve, and an average
attendance Of about forty: II Is nom
sectarian In character, and has proven
Its usefulness to such an extent that
the officers and members feel encourag ged
in their years efforts. In addition to a
systematic study of the Bible each Sun
day morning. the members meet frequent
ly for social purposes. when musical and
literary selections are rendered by mem
bers and friends. 1t is aimed to bring
the class to the attention of all men in
the Bloomingdale and lexington sections
who are not church members In the hope
that the membership can be largely in
creased within the next few months.
The class meets each Sunday morning
at 10 o'clock in the American Theater,
First street and Rhode Island avenue
northwest. and dismisses at 10:45 to en-
able those so inclined to attend any
church they wish.
The class is primarily for those who
are not active church members although
church member may be admitted to
membership upon bringing one other
member who has no church affiliation
A special sermon to men and women
who think will be preached tomorrow
night by Rev. E. Hez Swem, pastor of
the Centennial Baptist Church. The Lord
! Supper will be observed at the morning
service
Rev DR.. J. Milton Waldron will baptze
a number of persons at the close of the
morning service tomorrow at Shiloh Bap-
tist Church and receive a score or more
members into the church at the COM
munion service in the afternoon. At
night the pastor will preach a special
sermon on The Way of Salvation Illus
trated in the Healing Of Naaman."
Rev John z. Briggs will preach on
THE Cross of Christ at Fifth Baptist
Church tomorrow morning and will ad-
minister the Lords Supper after receiv-
ing recent converts At night he will ad-
minister the ordinance of baptism and
preach on THE Iron Did Swim" The
bi-rnonthly meeting OF the Mems League
will be held on Wednesday night.