Evening star., 1916-05-06
Pulpit and Pem

at home. The gift was left at his home
with messages of affection and con-
graduation to the venerable Junior
| pastor of the church, as he is affection
| ately called.
The Gospel Mission will inaugurate
| it's open-air work for the season TO.
] be held at 9th and X streets northwest
Az street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest from Z to $50 pm.
| During the summer open-alr services
| will be conducted in different sections
| of the city by mission evangellsts ana
| workers. Supt Kline is appealing for
| volunteers to help in singing and
| musicians to aid in making the musical
part attractive.
Some prominent evangelists have
| promised to aid during the season. In
| June Rev. J. n. Parks. evangelist of
| the Pittsburgh Synod of the Lutheran
! Church, will assist in the work
| This Sunday it is expected to have
| the police squadron from Baltimore
who composed the detail at the Billy
Sunday meetings assist in the open
| air services. as well as the Sunday
night services at the Mission Hall, 214
John Marshall place.
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The home branch of the woman's
Missionary Society of the Metropolitan
| Presbyterian Church held the last
meeting of the year Wednesday.
Mrs. Lowe had charge of the devo-
| tional exercises. assisted by Mrs.
Anderson. who sang Scotch ballad
The regular routine business was
followed by a short talk on Cuba by
Mrs. Brooks.
Mrs Stevens gave "reminiscences of
h fire ant rlf
and of her present work at the Y. W.
c. A
At Douglas Memorial Methodist Epis-
copal Church tomorrow Rev. DR.. Scud-
der, missionary to India. breaches at
IL am. and Rev. DR.. Hykes, superin-
tendent of the American Bible Society
of China, breaches at 7:3O pm.
The public is cordially invited to the
services.
The members of the Christadelphian
Chapel, corner Georgia and New Hamp-
shire avenues, are making special
preparations for the series of sermons
to be given there by the evangelist, A.
H. Zilmer, of Waterloo Iowa.
Mr.. Zilmer conducted two series of
meetings here last year. when he was
most successful. The course will begin
tomorrow at II am. Mr. Zilmer will
also speak in the evening at o'clock
through Thursday.
The public is cordially invited to
these meetings.
The Phi Mu Sigma National Fraternity
chapters in the Bloomingdale section
of this city held community chapter
social in the Sunday school room
of the Rhode Island Methodist Protes-
tant Church on Wednesday night. Five
chapters were present, Epsilon and
Sigma, St Paul NJ. E. Church South;
the Advent; Protestant Episcopal and
Delta Alpha. Rhode Island Avenue
Methodist Protestant. A X. Winner.
teacher of Delta Alpha chapter. pre-
sided, and welcomed the guests in a
few we'll chosen words. He introduced
the supreme master of the fraternity,
DR.. Clifton P. Clark. who talked on
Fraternity Ideals"
The new pastor Of the Rhode Island
Avenue Church. Rev. Mr.. Humphreys,
was introduced. and made an address.
Presidents Baker. Cramer, Numbers,
Plant and Jones of the above named
chapters were also introduced and
made short addresses. Musical num-
bers were contributed by Messrs. Mon
roe. Corning and Ashford. Refresh
ments were served. The community
chapter meetings are new feature of
the fraternity work. and go far to-
ward fostering the INSTRUMENTATION
al spirit
On Monday night in St Paul NJ E
Church South there will be held
joint banquet by Sigma, Chi. Pi and
Phi chapters. to celebrate the first ami
versary of their joint installation in
the fraternity
On May IL, at the Church of the Ad-
vent. there will be a debate between
Pi Chapter, located at that church. and
Zeta chapter. located at the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church. subject: Re
solved, That the government clerk
should cd
GRAFTON of Labor"
Active plans are being made for the
second biennial convention of the fra
ternity. which will be held in this city,
May 80 to June 4.
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The Bethlehem Chapel of the Wash
ington Cathedral of SITS. Peter and
Paul will be the scene of two notable
services tomorrow.
AT IL o'clock the Tooth anniversary
of the founding of the American Bible
Society will be observed
There will be special music by the
full cathedral choir appropriate to the
event, and the special delegate of the
British and Foreign Bible Society. Rev.
Arthur Taylor, will be the preacher.
In the afternoon at o'clock. at the
request Of the Colonial Danes of Amer
lea. who are holding their annual con-
gress in this city. a special patriotic
service will be held in the Bethlehem
music by the full cathedral choir. The
preacher will be Canon De Vries of the
cathedral staff.
The public is invited to both Of these
services. The Bethlehem Chapel is To-
Gated in the northeast section Of the
Cathedral Close. One attending should
take the Georgetown and Somerset cars
and get off a t St Alban's gate. The
site of the chapel and the cathedral is
marked by a great steel derrick sur
mounted by the national ensign.
An interesting ceremony will take
place at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic
Church Wednesday evening, when the
unveiling of the new statue of St
Joseph that is to be placed in the south
grounds of the church will be held
This statue is the gift of the chill
dren of the parish. the idea starting
among the members of the Junior Holy
Name Society and spreading among
all the children of the parish The
amount of money was soon collected,
though no one was allowed to give
over cents for his or her donation to
the object. Nearly every parishioner
gave an Offering
The ceremony of unveiling will take
place Immediately after the mass,
where all of the students of Trinity
and st. Joseph's schools viii attend
and receive holy communion An ap-
propriate program for the occasion is
being arranged by Rev. F. B. Corbett.
s. j., and Rev. Edward Magrath, S. j.,
who originated the idea of raising the
money among the children