Evening star., 1916-09-30

| REV. J. FRANKLIN BRYAN.
church. The rooms were decorated with
cut flowers and goldenrod
A musical entertainment was given by
the young people of the church and visit
ing friends. Oscar B. Mayo delivered an
address of welcome to the pastor and his
family. in the name Of the church, and F:
| NJ. Etchison. religious work director OF
the Y. NJ. c. A.. welcomed DR.. Bryan in
behalf of the association. Rev. G. Morgan
Compiler welcomed the pastor and fam
| lily in the name of the Methodist Protes-
tant churches of Washington Rev; Bryan
replied to the addresses, expressing his
| appreciation of the welcome given him
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| In Immaculate Conception Church
| Rev. George Harrington will take up
a collection at all the masses tomorrow
for the erection of the new church at
| Gaithersburg, Nd
! The forty hours devotion will open
tomorrow with a solemn high mass at
! II o'clock. when Rev. NJ. J. Riordan
will be celebrant: Rev. George J. Bry-
ant, deacon, and Rev. Richard B. Nc
| Carthy subdeacon. Following the mass
| blessed sacrament in which the chill
| dren OF the Sunday school will take
part A special musical program will
be furnished during the mass. under
!
ard.
| Sunday. Monday and Tuesday at
| 7:30 pm. there will be devotions, con-
s!sting of a sermon and benedfction or
| closing the last evening. Masses Mon
day and Tuesday at $50, I and $50 am.
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The evening services will be resumed
tomorrow at the Luther Place Memorial
Church. Rev. Henry Anstadt. pastor,
! with program of praise. The quar-
tet will be assisted by Miss Ruth
cellist. Congregational singing of ia
vorite hymns will be feature, and the
pastors subject for the evening will be
| The Great Doxology."
| During the fall and winter 1t is pro-
posed to give at least one Sunday even
ing each month to the study of some
Hymns That Have Helped
All Souls Unitarian Church will re-
sumo It's own services tomorrow morn
ing at II o'clock, the minister, Rev.
Ulysses G. B. Pierce. preaching At
this service Charles Trowbridge Tit
mann will sing Gloria" by Buzzi-
Peccia. and Pfueger's How Long Wilt
Thou Forget Me" Lewis c. Atwater,
the organist. will play the folloWing
numbers: Moroccan Symphonique. by
iGuilmant. Duet by Rheinberger," and
"On the Coast" by Dudley Buck.
The Liberal Religious Union OF All
Souls Church will be addressed tomor
row evening at o'clock by George a.
Warren, who will speak on John Bur-
roughs' Gospel of Nature.
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| Rev. w. ]. McGlothlin. professor OF
| church history in the Southern Zap
tist Theological Seminary at Louisville,
| Ky, will preach at Fifth Baptist
| Church tomorrow night
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The feast of ST. Francis of Assist
| will be celebrated throughout the
I Christian world on Wednesday. and at
the Franciscan monastery the members
! of the community have made prepara-
! tions to surround the Datronal feast OF
| their founder with much solemnity.
| In keeping with time-honored ira
| dition which is that a Dominican will
. celebrate mass on the feast day in 4
Franciscan church wherever possible
! the solemn high mass VIII be offered
| at 10 am. by one of the clergy from
! the Dominican House of Studies at the
/, Catholic University. He will be assist
| ed by deacon. subdeacon. two acolytes
/ cross bearer and censerbearer-an Do
,ninicans. The sermon will be preached
by Bishop Shahan, rector OF the Cath-
/ olic University.
F.! Rt Rev. Owen 3. Corrigan, auxiliary
bishop of Baltimore, will assist at the
mass. occupying throne near the
I central MANY tittbSiith
! the colleges and the churches in the
city will be present. The music Will
be rendered by the Franciscan choir
The entire church. with its affairs. Will
be elaborately decorated with plants
and cut flowers from the monastery
| gardens and conservatory.
/ Vespers and benediction of the bles-
/ sed sacrament will take place at
pm. after which there will be a pro-
cession to the Alverna Chapel, in the
woods OF the monastery grounds. Here
the prayers will be recited and the
hymns sung. and the public taking
part in the procession vii! be admit
ted to the grounds for the occasion.
l Upon the return to the church the
ceremony of the Transitus, or death
of st. Francis. will be held. when the
clergy and students OF the monastery
will assemble in the chapel of ST
Francis before the statue modelled
from Murillo's masterpiece. represent
ing him by the cross. After the reci-
tation of the prayers md the singing
of the psalm "Noce Mea.' the public
will be permitted to vcnerate the relic
Of St. Francis.