Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-26

served at the close of the evening 5erv-
| ice. The large chorus will sing tomorrow
night and each evening during the week
except Saturday, at 7:45 o'clock.
make the prayer. All women are cor
daily invited to attend this meeting.
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An entertainment entitled THE King
and His testers" was given wednesday
evening to crowded house by q num-
Der Of young boys of the Second Bap-
the performance were 8. Percy Oliver.
Wesley Peckham and Henry Boddis.
| Representative Joseph B. Thompson
| of the fifth Oklahoma district will ad-
dress the Epworth League service at
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church
| tomorrow evening at Z o'clock. Mr..
temperance question Of his own selec-
| ton. The public is invited to the meet
| ing.
| At the evening church service, at s
o'clock. the pastor. DR.. Edward X. Har-
din. will deliver a special sermon to
the members of the Improved Order of
| Red Men. who, with their families and
friends, will attend in a body. The sub
| ject of the sermon will be "Christ's Sc
| cret Society,"" and it is understood that
close analogy between the fraternal
| spirit Of the organization in question
and that of Christian brotherhood as
| established by Christ will be drawn. DR..
Hardin recently preached q sermon on
| a similar occasion before the members
of Odd Fellows organizations of the
city.
| On Tuesday evening. March z. the
question of a substantially increased
national defense will be debated by a
picked team from the members Of the
Epworth League of Mount Vernon Place
| Church. The affirmative speakers will
| be Charles E. Ruffner and J. B. Eggles-
ton. while the negative will be upheld
| by G. P. Asbury and Talma L. Smith.
An "on-time'. card system is under
stood to be effecting substantial i'm
| provement in punctuality among the
members of the Sunday school at Mount
Vernon Place Church. Those who are
| given special credit. and considerable in
| terest has been created among the sew
eral classes in establishing good records
| in this respect.
Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon Of Texas. on
| Sunday, March IL. will preach at Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church. Bishop
Mouzon visited Washington and preached
at this church on July of last year.
| Rev. E. Hez Sven, pastor Of the
Centennial Baptist Church, has re-
turned from Collingswood, n. j., where
he conducted evangelistic services for
Of Prof. Watkin Davis of Philadelphia,
| who directed the choir and eongrega-
| tional singing.
he composed. both words and music.
| were constantly sung.
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Nine. Mountford of Jerusalem Is to
| deliver a free lecture on THE Oriental
Traditional Life of the Patriarch
Jacob" at the Brighton. 2123 California
| avenue northwest, tomorrow evening
attend.
A mass meeting in the interest of
prohibition for the District Of Columbia
| will be held in Douglas NJ. e. Church
tomorrow evening at 1880 o'clock, when
| tive Cooper of Ohio. Rev. E. G. Winwid-
die and Attorney Albert e. Shoemaker.
Tomorrow evening at 1880 o'clock the
officers and teachers of the Fourth
Presbyterian Sunday school. elected at
| the annual meeting. Wednesday even
| ing, will be installed.
Dr. Kelly will administer the charge
to the officers and Howard A. Banks
| to the teachers. A program has been
prepared for the occasion and the Sun
| day school will unite with the church
| in the service.
The officers of tho Sunday school for
the ensuing year are: Superintendent.
Clarence NJ. Ex1ey; first assistant,
James A. MacElwee: second assistant.
| Homer Edison; superintendent cradle
roll, Mrs. Harper: superintendent be-
ginners' department Miss Dorothy
MacElwee; superintendent primary de-
partment, Mrs. Harry Blake: superin-
tendent Junior department. Miss
Eleanor White; treasurer, Harry Blake;
$rAo r. Urn
tary, Myron Rullman: assistant secre-
tary, Oscar Hershey; second assistant
secretary. Wilbur Jeffreys: superin-
tendent home department, Mrs. George
ford; main school. Miss Marjorie Mac
Elwee, and Miss Fife Drexilius, assist
ant, Reports from all departments of
the school show a marked advance dur
| ing the past months and the finances to
be in excellent condition.
Horace Holley of New York city, a
writer on religious and philosophical
| subjects, will deliver two addresses on
| the Bahai movement tomorrow. At 3
| o'clock the subject will be The New
World" the place Of meeting being the
John Van Schaick, jr.. will introduce
, the speaker.
At 5 o'clock in Pythian Temple, 1912
| 9Th street northwest rear ha1D. the
Bahia teachings will be presented in a
general way and for discussion. The
| public will be welcomed at both meet
| ings.
| At Union NJ. f. Church tomorrow
| morning at II o'clock the preacher
| will be Rev. John r. Esajas of Gorsuch
NJ e. Church, who will preach in ex-
change with the pastor, Rev. John
| MacMurray.
|
At Grace Reformed Church the pas
| tor, Rev. Henry H. Ranck. will preach
in the morning a special sermon on
| ''Evangelism." as this subject is viewed
: in the Reformed Church.
| In the evening he begins a course
| Of sermons on THE Lords Prayer" to
| be continued on successive Sunday
| evenings to Easter. Before the Sun
! day evening service, at 7:15 o'clock,
Pastor Ranck has a class Of catechu-
mems whom he is instructing in the
fundamentals of the Christian life and
preparing for church membership.
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| special attraction in the New York
Avenue Church tomorrow evening will
be the singing of a very old German
"Watchman's Song.
| The general subject will be "Old-
Fashioned Hymns" in the course of
DR.. Radcliffe's Sunday evening lee
| lures upon Historic REVEALS" It
| will be a praise service and will pre-
sent the contrast between the older
revival hymns and those of today, both
| in the melody and sentiment. The
| 'Watchmans Song is a translation of