Evening star., 1917-03-03

protection and may hope with entire
| assurance to obtain from God any
| souls and the glory of God" The priest
arose. it is said, instantly cured. The
| requirements, it is said. for obtaining
any grace asked are confession and
communion on one of the nine days.
A plenary indulgence may be gained
on the last day. the anniversary OF St
Francis Xavier's canonization. provided
a visit be made to Jesuit church
Pope Plus confirmed all previous in
dulgences, added new ones. and en-
larged the privileges of the novena.
In St. PauPs Roman Catholic Church.
at the Lenten devotions on Tuesday
evening. at 1880 o'clock. the sermon
will be. delivered by Rev. Edwin l.;
the Sea, Baltimore. Benediction OF the
blessed sacrament will close the exer-
cises.
The services for the sodality will
take place on Wednesday. at 80 ?. M.
when Rev. William ]. Carroll will de-
liver the second sermon Of his Lenten
course. entitled. THE Motive OF Chris
tian Hope"
Tomorrow evening. at SIS o'clock.
there will be a mass meeting OF the
women Of the parish in the school hall.
in the interest Of the jubilee campaign.
More than half Of the $4,000 which
is being raised by st. Paul's parish has
been contributed. the halfway mark
having been passed at a meeting held
Sunday night by the men Of the parish.
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The novena of grace in honor of st.
Francis Xavier will commence in St.
Teresa's Church tomorrow, with devo-
tions at 1880 pm. when the novena
prayers will be recited, benediction OF
| the blessed sacrament Will be given
| and the address will be delivered by
Rev. F. Dempsey Q; T. A retrea5 os Ios
Shepherd. the Holy Name Society and
the other men of the parish will open
on next Saturday evening at 1880
o'clock with general communion at the
ing exercises in the evening. The exer-
cises of the retreat on Sunday will take
place at the $3.50 and 1880 masses, and
at pm. and 1880 pm. The novena
closes on Monday evening. the 18th
will preach the final sermon.
The woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
| was organized in March. 1859. and in
1919 will complete the first fifty years
Of its history. and it's year of jubilee
will have come. In 1914 the society de-
cided to observe f1ttingly this jubilee in
a fveyear celebration, by enrolling
| more Methodist women in the society.
by getting more money in the treasury.
l.securing more magazine subscriptions
rand sending more missionaries in the
field.
On the night of April II the halfway
point of the jubilee campaign will be
marked by holding a series of seven
ty great jubilee meetings simultane-
ously in seventy of the largest cities
! Of the United States Speakers of repu-
tation in the world Of missionary en-
deavor have been secured, telegraphic
greetings from one city to another.
straight across the continent, will be
flashed. and these jubilee demonstra-
| tions. 1t is pointed out. will be bound
by one great magnetic current for work
and enthusiasm.
Washington has been chosen one
of the cities. and the members in this
city are busily working for the cele-
| bration to be held in Metropolitan NJ. E.
Church Tuesday, April Il, at 8 pm. The,
/ following committees have been ap
pointed: General chairman. Mrs. E. L.
Harvey iosas program committee Miss
| committee, Mrs. William B. Hardy,
chairman: missionary exhibit. Mrs. w.
S. Dewhirst. chairman: auxiliary at
tendance contest. Mrs. Court Wood,
i chairman; ushers, Miss Lille Jett.
chairman.
| A missionary pageant will be con-
Quoted by Miss Williamson. Music will
be rendered by large chorus under
while the speaker Of the evening will
be Mrs. William Fraser Mcdowell. wife
of Bishop Mcdowell. Mrs. Mcdowell is
| national president of the society.
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! In the series of special Sunday night
sermons. entitled "Old Pictures in New
Frames" which Rev. Walter Everett
| Burnett commences at Foundry Meth
odist Episcopal Church tomorrow even
ing, six great personalities of Old
| Testament history will be treated.
| Tomorrow nights sermon will be on
Daniel. Hero of Conscience" Other
| themes in this series will be Moses. or
| the Secrets of Moral Leadership:
Esther. or Intelligent Womanhood in
Public Life: Joseph. or the Permanent
Principles of Success; Ruth. the Ideal
Domestic Woman" and saul, the Laws
Of Mental and Moral Hygiene"
The pastor announces that these ser
mons will treat the most vital living is
sues Of the day freshly and frankly,
and that these old characters will prove
to be so thoroughly modern in the tre-
mendous essentials of sound living that
they might have stepped in today from
off a Washington street. Each sermon
will be prefaced by a brief pulpit
editorial upon some current issue with
religious bearings. Tomorrow evening s
editorial will be entitled "Remaking
the Mans World"
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Rev. J. Milton Waldron. the pastor of
Shiloh Baptist Church has just return
| ed from Newark, N. j., where he has
been conducting a twentieth century
Bible study and prayer conference for
four days. The conference was held
under the auspices of the National
Gospel Workers Aid Society of Wash
ington. in conjunction with churches of
Newark. Many of the pastors of New
ark had special parts on the program
and a number of adult Bible classes
were organized and steps were taken
for the holding of other Bible study
and prayer conferences in other parts
Of New Jersey.
Gen. Sherwood, representative from
Ohio. Will address an Anti-War League
4 meeting at Shiloh Baptist Church at 8
O'Clock tomorrow night. The choir of
the church will render special pro-
gram Of music.
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Rev. DR.. C. c. Mclean is to continue
his Sunday evening sermons in Doug
las M. e. Church, on Christ in Art"
tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock.
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THE Romance of Isaac and Rebecca"
is to be the topic of Rev. DIR. ]. Hennine
Nelms in the Church of the Ascension
tomorrow evening when he will con-
duct his Sunday evening story telling
service. Many representatives of the
Boy Scout movement are expected to
attend the service. This series of spe-
cial Sunday evening meetings was be-
gun by DR.. Nelms last Sunday the
hrst meeting being largely attended.
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Z Bishop-elect Russell Of st. Patrick's