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

be observed by appropriate services
and sermon by Rev. Mr.. Stewar on "A
Lion That Would Not Fight a Man."
At the II o'clock service the pastor
will have as his topic "A Diamond in
the Rough" and at 7:45 will begin a
series of five special sermons on the
general topic. April Fools-in the
Bible and in Washington"
The special subjects, with dates. are
as follows. Tomorrow. Five Foolish
Bridesmaids; April 8, "a Handsome
Fool"; April Is. "A Painted FooI"; April
%, "A Hoodwinked Fool" and April 20,
rell will sing THE Palms and the or
dfnance of baptism will be administer
ed at the service.
The headquarters of the Washington
District Epworth League has been
moved to room 81 in the Glover build
ing. 1419 F street northwest The new
headquarters, it is announced, will be
open Tor business next week.
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About 100 Washington Epworth Leaguers
attended the annual rally of the Bal
tlmore Conference Epworth League at
Walbrook M. Z. Church in Baltimore
did rally and a fine time in spite of the
bad weather. The addresses were ~
DR.. Charles E. Guthrie of Buffalo and
senator Jones of Washington, and the
large audience showed it's keen appre-
citation of their efforts. Robert D.. Bur-
bank of Washington was elected pres
ident of the Baltimore Conference Ep-
worth League.
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Tomorrow evening in New York Ave-
u Church DR.. Radcliffe will preach
upon The Old-Fashioned Meeting
House in continuance of his series
upon 1.-The Old FASHIONS" The choir
will sing a number Of selections from
Father Kemp and other collectors of
the old songs. the hymns of the con-
gregation with the tunes will be from
the old sources and DR.. Radcliffe will
give some historical pictures from the
old meeting house sermons and church
life.
Palm Sunday will be observed at the
Metropolitan Memorial NJ. E. Church
with appropriate rmo and music.
DR.. Harry D. Mitchell, the pastor. will
preach both morning and evening. The
topic for the morning will be Praise"
and 1T night he will discuss the ques-
ton, How Can Any One Be Content
While Living Under Present-day Con-
ditions?" The music will be under the
direction of Prof. Dickinson, who has
recently been appointed organist and
In the development of the recently
fnangurated community work. in the
Metropolitan NJ. e. Church. John Mar
shall place and c street, two lectures
were given during the past week. We'd
nesday night F. c. Roberts. former
a lecture on THE Isle of Enchantment."
Friday night Rev. Arthur w. Payne
of London, England. lectured on Egypt
and the Holy Land" DR.. Payne is en-
gagged in service among the Jews and
is a member of Spurgeon's Tabernacle
in I nndnn Ttpa 1arflrn WAS tod
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Special services for Palm Sunday at
Trinity church,, 3I and C streets. will
be: Holy communion at 1880 am; holy
communion with sermon at IL am,
with a procession of palms. At this
service a handsome SILK flag presented
to the church by a member of the con-
~gregation will be blesased and placed
in the church permanently to take the
place of the flag which has been kept
in the church during the present crisis.
There will be an organ recital by Oscar
Franklin Comstock at 1890 pm. and
evening prayer and sermon at 3 O'Clock.
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The Presbyterian Ministers Associa-
ton of Washington will meet at New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church at
1890 am, Monday. when a paper will
be read by Rev. ]. D.. Buhrer, D. D.,
on Sin or Atonement."
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At the H Street Christian Church the
pastor, Rev. P. A. Cave, will preach a
special sermon tomorrow morning on
Financing the Kingdom of Cod" In
the afternoon fifteen committees going
two and two will visit every family in
the church in an effort to enlist every
member in the definite support of the
gospel locally and on mission fields.
This every-member canvass promises
great success for the future work of
the church.
Special revival services will be held
in this church every night next week.
beginning tomorrow night, and will
be conducted by the pastor, assisted by
home forces.
Gurley Memorial Presbyterian Church
will hold a special Palm Sunday service
tomorrow at II o'clock. Entering the
Holy City" will be the subject of the
sermon by, Rev. Bernard Braskamp, the
pastor. The musical service of vocal
and violin solos by Mrs. Gawler. Mr..
B~raithwaite and Mr.. Waller will in
clude The Palms" by Faure; 20
on G String" by Bach.
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Rev. H. J. Brown of the West Okla-
homa Southern NJ. E.. Conference will
preach for DR.. Prettyman at the Mount
Pleasant Southern Methodist Church
tomorrow night.
Rev. Mr.. Brown is one of the pioneer
preachers of the old Indian Territory and
was a delegate to the ecclesiastical con-
ference in London in 1901.
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DR.. John Britain Clark, at the First
Presbyterian Church, John Marshall
place, will tomorrow night. preach the
last sermon in his series of Six Signal
Victories The subject will be, 'The
Victory Over the World-Christ" The
music will be appropriate to Palm Sun
day.
On Good Friday, at s pm, the chorus
choir and Miss Leckie, assisted by
Charles Myers and Roger J.. Whiteford.
will sing The Seven Last Words of
Christ From the Cross" The music will
be from the settings of Haydn and Du-
Bots. DR.. Clark will give a short ad-
dress on THE Cruciixion."
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