Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-05
Pulpit and Peu1

served with special exercises Tuesday
evening at o'clock. A special program
| OF music and speakers has been pro-
vided. The organization, which num-
| bers l15 men. has met continuously
, from October to May since its Begin
ming in 1883. Cards of invitation are
! being sent to all the members, and it is
| expected that this will be rally for
all. especially the older members of the
meeting.
| Members of the Mems Club of Mount
| Vernon Place Methodist Church. at it's
regular meeting next Tuesday evening,
| Will be requested to court the lime
light and be prepared to talk about
| themselves. Each member will be re-
| quested to tell, in not less than three
| seconds nor more than three minutes.
the place of his birth. the date of his
| coming to Washington, If not a native :;
| the kind of business he is engaged in,
and any other facts about his life, past.
| present and future. that may be in
| teresting to the members of the club.
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| The first of series of lectures on
| the Book of Revelation was delivered at
| Mount Vernon Place Church Tuesday
| afternoon by Howard A. Banks, Secre-
tary to the Secretary of the Navy. Flu
ture talks by Mr.. Banks will be given
| on the first and fourth Tuesdays each
month. at ESQ pm. The public is cor
daily invited.
| On the theory that attendance at the
midweek prayer meeting service is a
good barometer of interest in the
church. record OF the number pres
ent at these services is being kept, and
| also record of the attendance of mem
| bers of the official board of the church.
| Rev Edward X. Hardin, pastor. is pre-
| senting at these services a series of
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the talk for Thursday evening dealing
with the prosecutions by Herod.
The third of series of sermons deal
| ing with Gods Interest in Sinners"
by the pastor. Tomorrow's discourse
will be on The Lost Son At the
evening service DIR. Hardin will preach
on The Elder Brother and the Re-
turning Prodigal."
An oyster supper and sale of fancy
articles will be held in the cha pei of
the Sixth Presbyterian Church. 9th and
&c streets southwest, Wednesday from
| ) until pm.
To create real church out of chill
dren instead of merely training them
up for the church To have them know
that they are not the church of the
future" but part of the church of to-
day. That they may feel their respon-
/ sibility in church attendance and
church work now. To accomplish
these ends. Rev. 7. +. Davis, pastor of
Westminster Presbyterian Church. an
| nounces that he will start new move
ment in church work by Junior
church, which holds it's first service
tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock. AT
this service the children will act as
ushers and choir. and will give the OBJ
ject lessons for the evening, illustrat-
ing the Building of the Walls of Jeru-
salem" and The Walls of Spa rita"
The pastor will give a short talk on
You're a Brick
The tenth anniversary of Emmanuel
Baptist Church is to be celebrated
versary committee consists of the fol-
lowing: p. S. Foster. J. y. Rhodes, r.
l.. Isley, Robert T. Moffett. George W.
Pope. Charles Werner. James Sharp.
| Bowen. Mrs. c. J. Gates, Mrs. o. f.
Howe. Mrs. J. w. Babson, Mrs. NJ. B.
Egbert, Miss Emma Turner and Miss
Emma Mould. A great deal of enthu-
siasm in preparation for the coming
great event in the history of Emmanuel
| is already in evidence.
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| Smith d. Fry. the author of Makers of
America and Thirty Years in Con-
gress.' will address the services at the
Gospel Mission tomorrow at pm.
will be given by the Gospel Mission
quartet and chorus and z. H. Warner,
president of the mission, will preside.
At the II o'clock service iii Gurley
Memorial Presbyterian Church the pas
tor tor. II Rex ,So Ee Fern Braskanp, will
on the general topic Know ThyseIf."
taking as his special subject 81 Ought
the Gonsciousness Of Duty, and Re
service in the series of sermons on
Some contemporaneous Questions the
spe Gals, subject vii, be "A Question Of
Rulers Know That This Is the Christ"
The male chorus will assist in the
evening service.
The Y. w. c. A. at 429 r street north
west is also celebrating its jubilee
during the present month At the omen
ing vesper services, tomorrow at 4 D. m .
the subject will be Our Heritage'
Mrs. Bette &. Francis, former presi-
dent OF the organization, will deliver
historical address and a number of
special hymns will be sung.
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The Baltimore Gospel Trio. three
| singers from the Monumental CITY who
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song for many years, will be a feature
I of the services at the Central Union
| Mission tomorrow afternoon and even
| ing. 1t is composed of Thomas r. Glib
son, Charles Fl. Smith and Louis II
! Allen. The trios members are not
strangers in Washington, for they
| have sung at the Central Union Mis-
sion before. but each succeeding ap-
| pearance adds to their attractiveness
! The afternoon meeting will begin at
O'Clock, while the evening service, at
| 1880, will be an open song prayer and
| testimony service, in which all are in
vited to participate regardless of creed
| or affiliation. The mcknight meetings
I at the mission have for some time past
outgrown the small chapel on the
ground floor and made necessary the
use of the auditorium on the second
| floor.
| Tuesday evening the members of the
, Petworth Baptist Church entertained
| the congregation Of the other churches
in Petworth. Rev. F. " Atkinson, the
pastor. welcomed the visitors and Rev
Mr.. Williams of the Methodist Church
responded. o. J. Randall, also of the
Methodist Church. led the singing. with
| Mrs Harry Test of the Baptist Church
at the piano Following a brief and
informal service. the guests of the
/ evening were served with refreshments.
Mrs. Mills. Mrs Test. Miss Embry and
| other members Of the Baptist Church
directing this feature of the program
Attendance records of the Sunday
| school show an actual increase of so
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