Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-01
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES HERE AND THERE

At the First Congregational Church
Rev. James Lee Mitchell, PAD, of At
tleboro. Mass. will preach at both
services tomorrow. his subject at il
o'clock being THE Passion to Grow,
and at s o'clock, What to Keep.
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The Baraca and Phiiathea Union of
Washington and vicinity Will hold ITS
monthly mass meeting Wednesday at
Centennial Baptist Church, 9TH and Eye
streets northeast.
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The Douglas Epworth League ex-
poets to have an interesting meeting
tomorrow evening. when Ralph W. Will
hanson wiz lead the meeting.
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Tomorrow morning at $50 o'clock
Representative Walter Lewis Hehsley
of Missouri will address the Pinkham
Bible class for men at !mmanuei pap
fist Church 18th and Columbia road.
His subject will be the morning les
son of the International Quarterly. A
special invitation is extended to men to
meet with the class at this time. and
each of the zoo men of the organization
is urged to come and bring another.
"A strong Man s 'Hdlleuse Will DC
the subject of an address by Rev. A. +.
Barrows. pastor of the Eastern Presby-
terrain Church, at the O'Clock railroad
mems meeting at the Terminal Rail-
road Y. NJ. c. A. tomorrow afternoon.
Rev H. c. Early of Penn Laird. Va.
will occupy the pulpit at the Church of
North Carolina avenue southeast. to-
morrow morning. His subject will be
China"
The Sunday school interests of this
country, organized in strongest form
in the World Sunday School Associa-
ton. are focusing attention upon South
America. Following the Panama Con-
gress a company of Christian educa-
ton leaders are holding conventions in
video and Rio de Janeiro. With this
company is James H. Causey. a banker
of Denver, long a Sunday school work
err there and staunch financial sup
porter of world work. With others, he
is joining to push Christian education
in South America.
There has been prepared for work
in South America Rev. George p. How
ard. who is to be supported by United
States gifts, but to spend his time in
promoting Sunday school work in
South America in the large. so it is
announced-that is. he is to deal with
the subjects of literature both in Span
ish and Portuguese. especially the lat
tional leaders of the many Protestant
bodies at work in South America into
harmony with lessons and method. For
the present Mr.. Howard will devote
most Of his time to Brazil.
In St Patrick's Church the League of
the Good Shepherd will receive COM
munion at the o'clock mass tomor-
row. Mgr. Russell will deliver the
fourth of his Lenten sermons on Mar
riage and the Home" at 1870 o'clock
pm.
At the devotions on Wednesday at
80 pm. Rev. J. A. Smyth will deliver
the Multitude" Mat, 13o.
The evening prayer service. which is
attended by such large crowds during
Lent, consists of Meditation on Our
Lords Sufferings, Evening Prayers
by the Sanctuary Choir" and "Benedic-
ton of the Blessed Sacrament"
On the first Friday of the month the
holy hour of alteration will be observed
from 4:30 to $50 pm. Mgr. Russell
will give short instruction and bene-
diction of the blessed sacrament will
close. the devotions.
At 1880 o'clock pm. devotions in hon
or of the Sacred Heart will be held,
when Rev. NJ. p. Egan will preach.
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In ST Stephens Roman Catholic
Church the children of the parish will
receive communion tomorrow at the Z
o'clock mass. At the devotions at 1880
o'clock PM. Rev. Lewis J. O'Hern, C. S.
p, of st. Paurs College will preach the
fourth of his Lenten sermons. His sub
ject will be (Which is the True
Church,"
On Wednesday. April ). at 7:3O pm,
Rev. Thomas J. Gasson, s. j., of George
town University, will deliver the SER
mon entitled Shall We Know One An
other in Heaven"
the transfer of Rev. Francis \. Gaffney,
o. p. from st. Dominic's Church to st.
Patrick's Church at Columbus. Ohio.
Rev. Gaffney is a native of Newark, N.
j., and was ordained to the priesthood
twenty-seven years ago at st. Joseph's
Convent, Somerset, Ohio.
He came to st. Dominic's Church
Church of the Holy Rosary, Houston,
Tex. Since being stationed in Wash
ington he has been prominently iden-
titled with the work of the Holy Name
Society, and was spiritual director of
the organization in St Dominic's par
ish.
The mayor of New York has granted
permission to the American Bible So
ciety to hold it's official centennial
meeting in the board of estimates
room in New York's city hall. 1t was
in this room on May Is, one hundred
years ago, that Mayor Radclif presided
over the meeting at which the society
was launched on it's work. The New