Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-31
PULPIT AND PEW.


Greene and librarian. Miss Ruth
Dawson. .,s
meeting Of the church WIZ nom;nn e Year
will be elected and reports from an
officers and committees VIII De reau
II is expected that a ompIete repoi
from the every memner oams 81 This
March "a will be presented at 'his
meeting.
The palms will be blessed beIore inc
high mass in st. Stephen The
cbiIdren of the parish will receive holy
communion at the Z O'CLOCK mass "a.
the Lenten devotions tomorrow az ..2u
pm. Rev. NJ. Mathis; I. . - WI
] preach of THE Philosophy or the
Cross" Wednesday evening teneorae at
1870 o'clock.
ON Holy Thursday holy communion
will be given at 7 am; high mass n
procession to the repository at o a-"'
and tenebrae at 1880 pm:
Good Friday mass of the presanctl-
fed and alteration of the cross Will be
held at S am; way of the cross 3 pm.
and way and alteration OF the cross t:So
pm.
Palms will be blessed at IL o'clock
in ST. Matthew'S Church tomorrow, n
the procession will be medla
! followed by solemn high mass me
tenebrae will take place on Weanes-
| day. Thursday and Friday at 4:45 pm.
on Holy Thursday communion VIII
be given at $50. IT'S, SIS and also at
the 10 o'clock mass On Good rriday
! the mass of the presanctifed will take
| place at 10 O'Clock and be followed by
the way of the cross. Holy saturday
| the office will begin at S O'Clock.
In Immaculate Conception Church
Rev. Lewis j. O'Hern, C. S, p, of the
G. parl hnl nlyBor
sity, will give the closing lecture to-
morrow night at 1880 o'clock of the
Lenten course. Benediction Will close
the service.
At ST. Johns Lutheran Church a
! large class of candidates will be con-
| frmed tomorrow at II o'clock They
will kneel before the altar, the vest
ments of which, it Is declared. will add
to the solemn spleudor-our nations
| dearest AID most hallowed emblem.
cold Glorys-and amidst an elaborate
| DISPLAY of palms and potted plants
| they will solemnly and sincerely renew
| their baptismal covenant with God n
| allegiance to our vexed and sorely
| tried sweet and of liberty"
The pastor. Rev. Paul D. Leddtn Will
! preach from the text, Deuteronomy,
80. 31-"For their rock is not as our
rock, even our enemies themselves
being judges"
The musical program will be under
| the direction of w. S. Kelley. organist.
assisted by Misses Louise and Mary
| Bieber who will sing in honor of the
occasion. it being the confirmation of
their nieces, Carlotta and Consuella
Bieber.
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At st. Marks Lutheran Church.. Sth
and b streets southwest, Rev. w. A.
| Wade pastor, the Palm Sunday serv-
| ices will be of much interest tomorrow
morning. A class of young people Will
be confirmed and other persons will
unite with the church. The choir will
sing "Sehd Out Thy Light" tGounod).
and the tenor soloist. Frank A. Goebel,
will sing THE Palms (Faure). At
the evening service the pastor will
preach a Palm Sunday sermon, and
the choir will sing THE Palms" Oscar
Noack taking the solo part. Miss
Nellie Sheckells is the ~organist.
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The Northeast branch of the ". c.
T. U. held its regular meeting at s
pm. Wednesday at 522 6th street
northwest. Representative Porter H.
Dale was unable to attend. A very in
teresting talk was given by A. E, Shoe
maker. by way of explanation of the
"bone-dry" bill. AS this meeting was
a celebration of the passage of the
Sheppard bill. all business was sus-
pended except to receive new members.
| as follows: Mrs. Allen Moon. Mrs. J. A.
Ford, Mrs. Irving s.. Woodruff. Mrs.
Francis E. Marsh and E. H. Corson.
honorary member. Mrs. w. H. Moore.
! who has been i'll for some time. was
| able to be present. G. G.. Seibold gave
an interesting talk on trade unions. ex-
planning how they care for their dls-
abled and aged people. After a short
musical program refreshments were
| served.
Is
Should the Bible Be Blue Penciled"
| will be the subject of a special sermon
Street Christian Church tomorrow
night. This sermon will be in reply
to a statement recently made in this
city.
The Endeavorers of the First Baptist
Church, 18th and o streets northwest,
conducted the meeting at the Central
Union Mission Tuesday evening, with j.
S. Bennett. the superintendent, in
charge. William A. Dayton. jr, gave a
short address, taking as his subject
Jesus Came to Seek n Save the
Lost"
The Christian Endeavor choir render
! ed a very appropriate song. Walking
and Talking With Jesus" Mr.. Roberts
/ taking the solo part: later in the meet
ing he sang Il Need Thee Every Hour"
| Testimonies were given.
Rev. J. Franklin Bryan. pastor of North
! Carolina Avenue Methodist Protestant
| Church.. has arranged special holy week
services at his church, beginning tomor-
row. Or sunday he will preach special
Palm Sunday sermons at II am. and 7:45
pm, and the choir will render special
music. Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings at 7:45 O'Clock he will
preach short sermons and hold services
for one hour, and on Good Friday the
! church choir, assisted by singers from
the choir of First Methodist Protestant
Church.. will rende Stainer's "Crucifx-
Ion Mrs. Marguerite Allen Ross is the
organist and directress.
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Foundry NJ. E. Church League will
have for the speaker at the devotional
| service tomorrow evening at 6:45
o'clock William Knowles Cooper. gen.
eral secretary of the Washington
Young Mems Christian Association,
whose subject will be Are We Pooling
Ourselves"
The special musical numbers will in
clude selections by the large chorus
choir under the leadership Of j. H.
Galleher and the Tau Male Quartet of
the Western Presbyterian Sunday
school. Solos will be rendered by Mrs.
Clarence Z. Lewis and Mrs. Anna Brett
Sunny. The public is invited.
Members of all the Lutheran churches
of Washington attended Keller Me-
mortal Lutheran Church Tuesday even
ing to hear an illustrated lecture on
"Oberammergau and the Passion Play"
by Rev. de Witt NJ. Benham of Balti-
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