Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-08

world that I cannot give you. because
it is a law of God that the skin or 1he
animal that kills your son is to be kept
as a sacred heirloom forever. | was
sorry not to get the skin-but l was
very glad, indeed, to get the wofd
which stood for the law OF Cod
assisted by friends and faculty mem
bers. contributed the maSnlhcent sum
of S21S,652 for missions. the nunoer
of students contributing was $1,000
A very impressive service was heid
in the chapel of the United States
Military Academy at West Point sun
day morning, April 8, 1916, when the
| fortv-sixth annual presentation OF
Bibles to the members of the gradual
ing class was made by the American
Tract Society. The entire cadet corps.
numbering nearly 500 men, was present
| in full uniform.
! Several Bible classes are being con-
Quoted in Marking by missionaries OF
+; the Christian Church. The enrolment
/ at the Drum Tower numbers 155, at
the South Gate (men), seventy-four,
| and women at the South Gate fifty
eight.
In the schools of the Welsh Pres
bytertans in the Khasia hills. ASA m,
religious instruction gets itself i'm
parted in all the classes. Thus in the
grammar exercises the word taken
for conjunction is sin Il sin, you
sin, we all sin. Sin no more: Some
years ago there was an earthquake
in these hills and the people thought
Christ was coming. The believers
hroughF out their musical instru-
| ments and sang hymns iof praise.
The heather, on the other hand, were
in the bazaars, fearful of Christ and
lrtn in
| order to be unconscious when He
should appear.
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Rev r T. Colt, Southern Pres
terrain missionary at Soonchun,
! Chosen. writes of his work among Che
which American children may help
cards for distribution to the little
folks beyond the sea. He says:
Chosen children have little in
their lives to beautify them and few
of them have even one tiny picture
IN their homes. Hence we have used
frhousa uds of Bible cards up to now
and can still use them. AS go from
church to church I can use to ad-
vantage thousands of cards such as
you throw away"
The Christian Literature Society of
j
nese translation of Dr. Fosdick's
| THE Manhood of the Master" in six
months. 1t has also sold 500 copies
OF Sabatier's Life of st. Francis of
Assist" and $50 copies of Prof kashi-
waits History of Christianity"
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Mr.. Edwards Of the American
Board Mission among the Marathis in
India, announces the conversion of a
prominent guru, or Hindu religious
leader, who has charge of eighty four
villages and who Will therefore. exert
a powerful iraiuence for the evan
geliZing of these villages
The sermon tomorrow morning at II
o'clock at Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church viii be delivered by Rev.
j. w. Ferner Of Aurora Neb who ia
visiting his son. Roy Y Ferner. A
physicist of the bureau of standards.
living in Chevy Chase. Claude Robe
son. who is in charge of the music has
arranged the following program for
the service: Organ prelude, Ava Ma
ria. by Schubert; offertory, soprano
and bass duet. "Rise. Crowned With
Light tBrackett). Mrs. A. l.. HANCOCK
and James s. Hicils; postlude. Bridal
Song" by Goldmark.
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The last meeting for the summer of
the adult Bible class of Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Sunday school will
be held tomorrow morning at % o'clock.
The topic win be Peace and the King
dom" and the leader win be Rev. Dr.
Edwin NJ. Bliss.
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The senior, intermediate and junior
departments of the Mount Pleasant
Congregational Sunday school have
combined for the summer months, the
sessions beginning at 10 O'Clock. The
International lessons are being used
and the teaching is from the platform.
The leader tomorrow will be NJ. w
Baldwin; July Is, W. ID. Pierce; July
%. Irving a. NewcoInb; July 30, G.. W.
Ashley. Mrs. w. r. Buchanan. w. ].
Bowman and W. =. Hartman, assistant
superintendent of the school. will have
general supervision of the services.
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The congregations of Bethany and
Columbia Baptist churches have de-
time 1t is expected they will be wor-
Shipping together in the chapel of
Bethany Church. at Rhode Island avenue
and ID street northwest.
This final action was assured at a
recent meeting of the Columbia congre-
cation when the union with Bethany was
decided upon.
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Bishop NJ C. Harris of the Methodist
Episcopal Church Is to preach in the
evening"
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Rev. L, G. Abrahamson of Rock
Island, H., editor of the Augustana. the
official organ of the Swedish American
Lutherans. and regarded as one of the
leading spirits in LutheranlSm In this
country, will deliver a sermon in the
Swedish language tomorrow afternoon,
at O'Clock, in the Church of the
Epiphany. 10th and U streets northwest.
All Scandinavians are cordially invited
to attend.
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Henry Morgenthau and the lay
mems missionary movement are CO.
operating with the Armenian and Sy-
rian relief committee In the campaign
to raise five millions of dollars for the
suffering Christians Of the near east.
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d. O. Cunningham missionary of
the Church Of the Disciples. located In