Evening star., 1918-01-26
CHURCHES COMPLY
WITH FUEL ORDER
Two Thirds of Houses of Wor-
ship in District Will
Close.
SERVICES FOR TOMORROW

SERVICES FOR TOMORROW
The churches of the District of CO.
lumbja have made arrangements to
comply with the order of the fuel ad-
ministration that two-thirds OF the
houses of worship be closed to save
coal.
Committees of the several denomina-
tfons have made arrangements for GER
tain churches to hold services tomor-
s row, while the other churches which
will be closed tomorrow will hold serv-
fees either next Sunday or the third
Sunday Of the closing period.
The churches which will hold serv-
Ices tomorrow are:
Baptist.
Calvary. Centennial. Kendall. Second.
Randle Highlands. Temple and West
Washington churches, East Washing
ton Heights Church. The Italian Bap-
fists will meet in the residences OF their
: pastors. Brookiand will meet in the
Baptist Home for the morning services.
The evening services are to be omitted.
Bethany Baptist and Rhode Island NJ.
p. Church will hold union services, al
fGTnAIlnR
The Sunday school and Christian En-
deavor societies and the regular preach
ing service will be held in the Rhode
Island Avenue II. p. Church tomorrow.
Memorial Chapel services will be held
In Lutheran parsonage opposite the
chapel.
Emmanuel Baptist will join in union
services with the churches of Mount
Pleasant. First Baptist will hold union
service with Temple Baptist and Pet
n Dat tfIy ~ - n
Methodist tomorrow and with the
United Presbyterian. Fifth Baptist will
Join the Kendall Baptist.
Baptist Pastors Protest.
At the meeting of Baptist pastors yes
tsrday afternoon resolutions were
adopted as follows:
That for patriotic reasons we obey
the order, but at the same time we
most emphatically protest against It
n unfair, unnecessary and an unwar-
rAnted Abridgement of religious liberty
% long as the theaters and moving pic
ture places are permitted to keep open
for six days every week, Sundays in
Guided, we see no fairness IN an order
that closes two-thirds of the churches
entirely for three weeks. Most OF the
churches have been conserving coal IN
that their buildings have been heated
entirely only one day in seven.
.sIn view of the disastrous effect the
order viii have on the Sunday schools
Of the District we request that, II pos
sible, the order be modined TO compel
an the churches to suspend all but their
sunday services during the present coal
afrinEency. Such an. order will save
n much coal and not operate to the
same degree of hurtfulness to the
Ohurches."
Catholic.
St. Patrick's. St. Matthew'S, st. Alloy
6tua St Dominic'a. st. AIMS. Ten1ey-
.stawn: St Paufs. st. Peters, St. Cyp-
RAMS Holy Trinity and st. Anthony's.
Congregational.
First. Ingram Memorial and Mount
Christian Science.
First Church.
Disciples Of Christ Protest.
At meeting of the ministers of the
Christian churches Of the city yester-
DAY afternoon at the Sunday Taber-
nacle. resolutions protesting against
ed The resolutions set forth:
That we observe on Sunday, January
n. the order Of the fuel administrator
Of the District of Columbia regarding
the closing of two-thirds of our
churches.
injustice and manifest discrimination
against the churches Of Washington
involved In this order. which closes the
churches on all seven days Of the week,
Including Sunday. the one day In the
week when the great number of gov
srnment employees and Sunday school
pupils may have opportunity for reli-
instruction.
permits the theaters, picture shows.
vaudeville houses. concert and amuse-
ment halls to keep open six days out of
seven. including Sunday"
The churches to remain open are YER
mont Avenue Christian and Ninth
Street Christian.
washington Hebrew Congregation.
Episcopal.
Advent, Emmanuel. Anacostia; Epiph-
any. st. Johns Georgetown; st. AL
hans, st. Marks, st. Johns, Lafayette
square: st. Luke's. st. Margaret's. St.
@ Panr.: st; stsPhens, q. a. Themss.. '
Rock Creek; Good Shepherd. st. Mary's
Chapel. Services Of the Church Of the
Ascension will be held at 1125 10th
street The caursn Church Of the Nativity will
and the Church OF the Resurrection
in the afternoon. Neither of the
churches will be heated.
Methodist Protestant.
First. Rev c. Morgan Compiler, pas
tor, with the sermon by Rev. j. Frank
Lin Bryan at II o'clock. and the even
tng sermon by the pastor. North Caro-
lima Avenue N. p. Church congregation
will worship with First Church. Rhode
Island Avenue M. p. Church will be
open and Rev !. Humphreys will
preach at both services.
Methodist Episcopal South.
Emery and st. Paurs churches.
Presbyterian.
Metropolitan, Gurley Memorial, Eek
ington. Eastern, New York Avenue.
Kenilworth and Church of the Cove
nant.
United Brethren.
United Brethern Memorial Church.
Unitarian.