Evening journal., 1917-05-05
RED CROSS mass
Meeting At Grace
Eric Allen Will Explain
Work at Sunday Even
ing Meeting
GOV. TOWNSEND
ON COMMITTEE

At the solicitation of Governor John
G. Townsend. Jr., and the Delaware
committee of the Red Cross, Grace NJ.
h. Church has yielded its evening SER
vice tomorrow in order that big Red
Cross mass meeting may be held in
the church Eric Allen, of Washing.
ton, ID. c., one of the finest orators in
this country, who is devOting practic-
ally his entire time to forwarding the
work of the Red Cross, will make the
chief address of the evening. Aside
from the patriotic impulses that
should result in Grace Church being
filled to capacity tomorrow night to
assist in this service, Mr.. Aliens tai
ent should prove an additional incen-
tive to WilmingtOniens. The other
speaker of the evening will be Rev
Herbert +. Randolph, ID. d., pastor OF
Grace Church, who will speak on the
topic, THE Work OF the Red Cross
The purpose Of the meeting is to
arouse the enthusiasm of the citizens
of Wilmington. in the work of the Red
Cross. Il is hoped that from this meet
ing new members will be enrolled I'M
III the quota established for Delaware
-1O.000-are enrolled. The meeting
and the subsequent labors of the
movement are under the direction of
a campaign committee, composed Of:
Governor John G. Townsend, Jr, Maj
Edmund Mitchell, Mrs. Henry B.
Thompson, Mrs. Elizabeth Draper. Col.
George A. Elliott, Sylvester d. Town
send. Henry p. Scott.
Following the mass meeting, ar
rRngements will be worked out for a
canvass OF the industrial establish
ments OF this city and State. Every
manufacturing plant will be combed
by workers to enroll members in the
Red Cross, and in this work the COM
mittees will have the support OF the
National Red Cross committee inso
far as aiding in the instructions.
On Wednesday evening of next
week a meeting will be held in the
council chamber in the Public Build
ing, to which invitations have been
extended to every civic organization
in the city. The cooperation Of ali OF
these bodies is solicited in the work
OF obtaining members for the Red
Cross
At the service in the church tomor
row night. a special musical program
Of patriotic music will be presented
The church will be appropriately dec
Grated. an immense Red Cross EN-
blem being displayed across the ros
trum at the rear of the pulpit.
An invitation is extended to every
citizen of the city, irrespective o.
creed TO attend Sunday evenings
meeting The musical program vii
be as follows:
Organ recital by Norris C. Morgan
at 7.15 o'clock; Theme and Variations
America" Rinck; Marche Militaire
GounOd; Paraprase. The Soldier
Dream" Morgan; Prayer, Guilmant
Professional, Ancient of Days; An
them, 20 Send Out Thy Light" Gou
nod; Anthem, "All Nations Stand
Mozart; Offertory, RecessiOnal. De
Koven; Recessional, Russian Hymn
Organ Postlude, Marche Slav, Tscha
At the morning service DR.. Ran
dolph will preach on "The FELLOWSHIP
OF Believers
The morning program follows: Orga
prelude. OhertOire in Il Flat Major
Wely; professional, o Worship tn
King Grant; anthem, Praise the Mann
of the Lord. Marks; Offertory, Wha
Are These? Stainer; occasional, Still
Still With Thee, Stowe: organ post
Jude, March Romaine, Clarke.
The Sunday school will meet at
O'Clock. The EpwOrth League ser
vice will be held in the chapel at GA
o'clock
On Monday evening the official boar
will meet in the church house o
Wednesday evening DR.. Randolph wi
have for his subject the first Of tn
ten most popular chapters in tn
. Bible. as decided upon at the meetin
this week. The studies are expecte
TO prove both profitable and enter
fainfnU