Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-08
RELIGIOUS BREVITIES

Laurence Housman, the English poet
and dramGtist. will speak at tine Broad
Street Theatre Sunday morning at IL
o'clock on CONSCIOUS and Unconscious
Immortality" In the evening he will
speak at O'Clock at the Ethical Society
House, Spruce and Juniper streets. on "The
Instinct Of Possession and the VIII to
Live"
Tho Rev. William j. Johnson, d. D., will
address the Presbyterian ministers in
Westminster Hall. Monday morning at
II o'clock. on Abraham Lincoln. the
Christian"
Philadelphia women wishing TO act as
mothers to 'motherlcss lads" in the
United States Navy are requested to
communicate with Mrs, Emma Ellis, Of
indianapolis, Ind. who originated the idea
Of sending letters to sailors who get mo
letters from home" She has the sanction
Of Secretary Daniels, of the Navy, In the
work
series of evangellstic services will
open tomorrow evening at the Friendly
Church 18th and Jefferson streets, when
the pastor. the Rev. Daniel T. Weigle will
preach on Safety First" special musi'
cal program will be rendered by Frederick
Hahn, volInist and his quartet. DR..
w, Greenway, of the CASTOR Presbyterian
Church; DR.. II. ID. Weigle OF Harrisburg,
and DR.. A. Pohlman. OF Temple Lutheran
Church will assist in the services dur
ing the week. Special musical features
by Il. Nevin West and George B, c.
Thomas Many new members will be taken
into the church Palm Sunday.
The Rev, a. Pohlman. pastor of the
Temple Lutheran Church. 5l43 Race
street announces his sermons for tomor-
row as What Is the Old Covenant Worth
Today" for the morning, and Two Kinds
of Blood" for the evening
At the Bethany Presbyterian Church,
22d and Bainbridge streets, there will be
regular services tomorrow, with the Rev.
George F. PentecOst, d. D.. the pastor in
the pulpit.
The 40th anniversary of the Society for
Ethical Culture will be held in New York,
May IA 10 22, under the auspices of the
American Ethical Union. The society was
established May is, 1876, under the direc'
tion of DIR, Felix Adler.
Miss Cora n. Coates in charge of the
elementary promotion plans for the Penn.
sylvania State Sabbath School Associa-
tion, reports excellent conditions in Phila'
delphia.
Solomon Solis-COhen, prominent Jewish
poet and essaylst will deliver a timely
lecture on Judaism as Regeneration" em-
phasizing the Jewish contribution TO cur
rent history, at the Young Mems Hebrew
Association Hall. tomorrow night, at s15
o'clock. Horace Stern viii preside.
The Gideon meetings in Philadelphia
take place at 1921 Arch street, in the Cen
trail Y. NJ. c. A, north parlor, each Satur-
day afternoon, at 80 o'clock. Hundreds
of Gideon meetings are held each week
end throughout the nation for travelling
men.
The 18th red letter service OF the Phila-
delphia branch OF the National Bible Insti-
tute will be held In the assembly hall OF
the Reformed Church Building 18th and
Race streets, Friday evening at 8 o'clock,
The Rev. Joseph G, snyder of the Oliyet
Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, will speak
on the subject. What Has the Study
DIR. A T. Barnett will preach at lO:sO
ism In the Trenches and at 7:45 on rs
in the pulpit OF the Reformed Episcopal
Church OF our Redeemer,
Rossinis "Stabat Mater" will be sung
at 1880 o'clock tomorrow night at Grace
Methodist Church. northwest corner OF
Broad and Master streets. by the REIN