The Washington herald., 1916-07-01
With the Washington Churches
BAPTIST.


Rev. F, Paul IAnghorne, late Of the
South Broad Street Baptist Church. Phil
adelphia, begins tomorrow his duties as
the pastor of the Petworth Baptist
Church at Seventh and Randolph streets,
this city. With other members of family.
Mr.. Langhorne arrived in Washington
from Philadelphia this morning. The sub
ject of his morning sermon tomorrow will
be Our Covenant" Sunday evening 8
sermon will be on the subject "A Divine
Appeal"
Rev. Mr.. Langborne was born at New
port, KY, on May ., 1883, and studied
for the ministry at Temple and at Buck
nell Universities and graduated with
honors from the Grocer Theological Semi
nary. He has served as pastor of Bap-
tist Church at Collingdale, Pa. Ports
mouth, Ohio, and Philadelphia, and was
at one time in charge of important inter-
denominational religious work in New
York City 1t has been announced that
on Wednesday evening, July 5, formal
recognition. service will be held at the
Petworth Church, at which time Mr..
Lanshorne will be installed as the active
pastor of the church. Dean William AL
blur Wilbur will preside at this meeting
and addresses will be made by Rev. G.
Ellis Williams, representing the Metho-
dists of Petworth; Rev. ]. Alvin Camp
MacMaster and others. Special music
under the direction of Mrs. Harry NJ.
Test. with Mrs. Potter as soloist, will
also be rendered.
At the last Sunday evening service OF
this church a special program of music
was given by the choir, out of compli-
ment to DR.. Atkinson, who has served the
church as acting pastor for the past sew
eral months. With Mrs. Test at the
miami nd
linist. James L. Jones, Miss Belva Hoch
and John c. Smith sang solos.
In order to stimulate the habit of regu.
lar church attendance on the part of boys
and girls the pastor and deacons Of I'm
manuel Baptist Church have offered a
suitable token to each boy and girl who
attends church service on each Sunday
during the last six months of this year
without missing more than three times
The committee In charge Of the plan con-
sists of o. F. Hunter. Miss Gertrude L.
Ladson and L B. Grening.
Rev. Cove G. johnson, pastor of I'm
manuel will be in his pulpit for the first
three Sundays of July, and the evening
services will be held on the lawn II. the
weather Is favorable. During DR.. John
sons vacation his pulpit will be supplied
by Rev. Charles l.. Collins, d. D., pastor
of the Baptist Church In DeLand, Fla.
DR.. r. E. Chambers of Canton, China,
who for the past eighteen years has been
a missionary of the Fifth Baptist Church.
will be in Washington tomorrow and will
preach in Fifth Church at both morning
and evening services. DR.. Chambers or
ganized and is now president OF the Chi
nese Baptist Publication Society.
At the Second Baptist Church, Fourth
street and Virginia avenue southeast, to-
morrow night at p. M. there will be a
patriotic exercise in which sixty boys
and girls. each with a silk American flag.
will sing patriotic songs. This will be
followed by baptlsmal service. The pas
tor. Rev. II. L. Stewart. will preach on
THE Battle of the Aimless Arrow" the
third sermon in the series on bible Bat
ties and the European War" At II a. m.
Mr.. Stewart will discuss the topic, Two
Kings and a Fighting Parson.''
Rev. z. Hez Sven, pastor of the Cen.
tennial Baptist Church. Is to preach a
special sermon tomorrow night to the
United Order of United American Me-
Chanics, and chairs will be reserved for
them. All the services of the church
will be continued during the summer.