The Washington herald., 1917-02-24
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observe Lent as strictly, IL not in the
same manner. as some other denomina-
lions. which make so much Of this sea-
son.
At the evening service. at 7:5 o'clock,
the choir Will render a specially arranged
program. and DIR. Bryan will preach on
''The Way Out"
An illustrated lecture on the Holy
Land has been announced by the Luther
Lea CUES Centrals' of Washington and
Baltimore in the First Lutheran Church
of Baltimore. on Tuesday evening. March
13, 1917, by the Rev. Dewitt NJ. Benham,
Ph. D. The pictures used in this lecture
were taken by him while he was travel
ing in Palestine.
The Washington delegation will 60 to
Baltimore in a special car.
An illustrated lecture on the Passion
Play" as seen at Oberammergau, Ba-
ravia, will be given at the devotional
services Of the Luther League Central
OF the District of Columbia, in the Kel-
lar Memorial Church, Ninth and Mary
land avenue northeast, Tuesday evening,
March q, 1917, at o'clock.
The Mems Bible Class of the Eastern
Presbyterian Church, DIR. Barrows pas
tor will hold its annual banquet Mon
day evening in the church parlors.
Among the special guests will be the Rev.
Gypsy Smith, jr.. and his musical d.
rector. Mr.. Forest Cole, Mr.. H. o. Will
Jams, of New York City, and r. R Y. M.
c. A. secretary of the international COM
mittee. The following officers of the class
are the committee on arrangements: c.
Murray Deener, president; N. G. Hughes,
vice president; Arthur Perry, secretary;
]. Martin Allwine, treasurer; George H.
Winslow, class teacher and A. D. Cal
vert, boys department.
"The Man Who Introduces Himself" Is
E. Hez Swem's subject Sunday night at
Centennial Baptist Church, when sew
eral persons will be baptized Presented
to Christ is the morning subject.
DIR, James shera Montgomery will
speak at the Calvary Methodist Church
tomorrow morning at IL o'clock on "The
Idol of the People and in the evening,
at 8 o'clock on THE Food Riots and the
Cost OF Living"
The pastor of Foundry Methodist Epis-
copal Church, Rev. Walter Everett Bur
nett. will preach a special sermon to the
women's societies OF the church tomor-
row evening on the theme THE Social
lied Person as the Type OF Modern
Saint" In the morning his subject will
be Gideon: Hero"
In New York Avenue Church tomorrow
morning the sermon will be preached by
Rev. Robert Law D. D., of Knox College,
Toronto. Canada.
At the Metropolitan Baptist Church,
, Sixth and A streets northeast, Washing
ton, D. c.. John Compton Ball, pastor,
will preach tomorrow evening on Things
Unknown in Heaven"
Mr.. n. B. Otterman, president of the
Christian Endeavor Union of the District
of Columbia. will address the mems meet
ing at the Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock. Miss
Smith, soloist, will sing
The stevenson Bible Class now meets
at Bethany Church at 12:15 each Sun
day instead OF at the American Theater
|, as heretofore. The recent election of Of
ficers of the class resulted as follows:
President, Charles D. Shackleford; vice
president, Hugh Everett; secretary. Karl
P. Wood; treasurer, c. P. Boss. Rev.
Hugh T. Stevenson Is the teacher. The
class is nonsectarian.
At the Church of the Ascension, at 81
o'clock tomorrow evening, there will be
half hour song and prayer service. This
Is a departure from the usual rule in the
Episcopal churches. The first half hour
will be gospel songs and prayer, followed
by Bible stories told by Rev ]. H. Nelms,
D. D., the rector.
The following music will be rendered by
the choir of the First Congregational
Church tomorrow, William Stansf1eld
organist and director:
II g. m, organ prelude, "Cantabile"
Goret). anthem, II Waited for the Lord"
CMendelssohn), incidental solos, Mrs. B.
II. Smart and Miss Marian Larner; organ
postlude, Fantasia in CTour9.
s p. m, organ prelude, Persian Suite
(Stoughton, prelude, 'Lohengrin" CWag-
ner), anthem. Lord of Our Life" CField),
incidental solos, Mr.. Aldridge and Mr..
Humphrey: organ postlude, Andante
Fifth Symphony CBeethoven).
The choir OF the First Congregational
Church will give an old folks concert
Wednesday evening at s o'clock.
The Presbyterian Minister'S Association
of Washington City will meet at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church Mon
day evening, when paper will be read
by Rev. r. Shemeld, entitled Have the
Africans any trace OF a Sabbath"
An interdenominational Bible institute
and conference will be conducted by Rev.
James NJ. Gray, D. D.. dean of the Moody
Bible Institute, of Chicago, in the Mount
Vernon Place NJ. z. Church South, be-
ginning Sunday, March II, and closing
March 49, The sessions will be open to
the public.
At the meeting of the Washington Sec
ular League. at Pythian Temple tomor-
row afternoon, Edward H Booth, of
Union NJ E. Church, will speak on "The
Fallacy of Nonacceptance Of the Lord
Jesus Christ" An open forum discussion
Of the subject will follow.