The Washington times., 1916-05-06
CAPITAL CHURCHES
JOIN IN Presenting
BIG Bible SCENES
Great Pageant In Convention
Hall In Celebration Of Found
Ing Of American Society.

Representatives Of practically all the
churches and most OF the Sunday
schools participated today In three per-
formances Of the pageant representing
the big moments in the history OF the
and printing OF the Bible.
The events are being produced In Con-
vention Hall In celebration OF the CEN
tenial anniversary OF the founding OF
the American Bible Society.
A series Of fifteen scenes, each Pre-
scented by different Sunday school
will be given at each per-
The first began at IL o'clock
this morning; the second at o'clock
this evening.
A program of especially arranged
orchestral and vocal music will be pre-
scented during the pageant.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Is head Of the
advisory committee In charge OF the
pageant and will attend one Of the per-
formances. Her associates include
many of the best known men and
have been active in their work for the
success OF the affair.
The Rev. DR.. George A. Miller. pastor
OF the Ninth street Christian Church Is
the active chairman of the general
committee of arrangements and associ-
ated with him are Gen. John w. Foster.
DR.. Merrill T.. Gates, J. Wilder Romlin-
son. Mrs. Randolph Keith Forrest, II.
Mrs. W. S. Moore and Mrs. Nina Z.
Allender.
All Churches Contribute.
Practically all Of the churches are
contributing tc the celebration OF the
Bible Society centennial. in addition to
their participation in the pageant. as
two SPECIAL meetings will be held tomor-
row. and special services will be held
in many OF the churches themselves.
|, President Wilson will be the principal
speaker at meeting tomorrow after
noon at $3.50 O'Clock at Continental Me-
mortal Hall. Members of the Cabinet.
of the Diplomatic Corps, OF the House
and Senate. and the pastors of all Wash
ington churches have been invited to at
tend this meeting
On the east front OF the Capitol build
ing tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O o'clock
big open-air service will be held.
Vice President Marshall will preside. The
speakers. in addition to the Vice Presi-
dent. will be Speaker Champ Clark and
Senator Wesley l.. Jones Of Washing
ton.
ton of Prof. Cello and a combined choir
| from all the churches under the direc-
ton OF Percy S. Foster. will provide the
music for the occasion.
conferred the attention of most of the
scholars of the Sunday schools of the
District. More than 500 of them have
been engaged In the rehearsals. each
church being assigned a different scene
and each denomination being repre-
sented.
The First Scene.
The first scene represents THE Sep
tuagint" from the Greek word for sew
| enty. which tells the story OF the journey
OF the sevepty-two Hebrew rabbis to
4 Alexandra, Egypt. for the first trans.
/ iatiorf OF the Old Testament. The MEM
bers Of Calvary Baptist Church and 9TH
er Baptist churches will present this
scene.
translating the Bible into Latin. Ed
mund A.. Stevens. of st. stephens T.
Z. Church, will impersonate st. Jerome.
The third scene has TO do with
ton. enacted by the pastor and mem-
bers OF Mt. Vernon NJ. e. Church.
The slavonic translation by Methodius
scene, presented by the members OF
the Church of the Covenant and tho
New York Avenue Presbyterian church.
Ths story the Of so% ef sss sad prhs
cd Bible, will be told In the sixth scene
by the pastor and members OF Con-
cordia German Lutheran Church:
The members Of the En- Ene Msinb mS,ne sn4
Keller Memorial choirs. will tell the
story of Martin Luther and his trans
lation of the Bible as the seventh
I F' The martyrdom OF Tyndele win be
toid in the eighth scene to be present.
ed by the members of st. Marks T. -
Church; and the beginning or the ,, Sri y.
told in the story of Mary Jones. the
little Welsh girl, by. the Rev. d; H.
; Martin and the members OF the Dunn
barton Avenue M. K. Church as the
ninth scene.
American Bible Society.
Tho formation of the American Bible
Society will be the feature OF the tenth
scene presented by the members of the
Ninth Street Christian Church. Thu
, eleventh scene will show John Eliot
teaching the Indians, presented BY tht
Church of United Brethren. The Bible
in Brazil will be the subject OF tn,
twelfth scene which the members o.
Epiphany Episcopal Church present.
,The story of Hiram Bingham In I'M
South Sea Islands will he told In TN
thirteenth scene by the members OF IN
= Congregational churches ana the en-
nesc Temple of Heaven will be the SCI Sc,
ting for the fourteenth scene when IN
I members Of Foundry Methodist J1pls
d copal Church will enact.
e The fifteenth scene Will be divided
i into two sections with King James an
6 his translators. enacted by. the mem
bers of All Souls Church m the mrs
4 scene and the present and future Of n
i Bible presented by the members OF 81
i Margaret's and other churches.
Il The rehenrsals that have been hel
i, for the present have enabled the actor
!. In the various scenes to time thei
. presentation of the sections If Hihl
= history assigned to them without tire
| some waits Tho music will he nrCNidc
y nv Myer Davis Orchestra and the MOI
- dica Club.
Morgan sherwood has had charge G
e the mechanical work of staging tn
q DC gcant Mrs w s. Moore has bee
IS in charge Of the costumes: Mrs. Rar
dolph Keith Forrest. in general charg
y of the arrar Rerncnts and Mrs. Mar
$. Moore Forrest hns directed aad pre-