The Washington times., 1919-04-21
EASTER SERMONS
AID VICTORY LOAN

Buy Victory bonds and give them
TO the church." the Rev. F. H. Devine
told his congregation at Emmanuel
Baptist Church last night His topic
was, What Would We Do II Jesus
Should Come to Washington ," He
said there is not a home in this city
That would not be thrown open to
b Him.
He would not accept your hospital
ATTY nor your gifts, nor your money"
nc said, HE would come to save
souls"
An Easter Offering amounting to
1928 in cash and Liberty bonds, was
received at the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church for the proposed
new church building The Rev. Dr.
earl Whitley delivered the sermon.
Bishop William F. Oldham, of South
America, made a call to Methodists
throughout the country at the Metro
politan NJ. z. Church yesterday for a
million volunteers to sign cards
pledging themselves to give one
tenth of their incomes to the cen
tenary movement in the aid of home
and foreign missionary work. The
bishop said the church had decided
TO raise $s0,0OO,OOO in this manner
and that there is a great need of
missionaries everywhere.
Classifying Judas Iscariot as 'the
worlds greatest tragedian," DR..
Clovis G. Chappell at Mount Vernon
Place NJ. z. Church declared that
Judas was the equal Of any Of the
other disciples at one time, but that
his love OF money got the better of
him and dragged him down in the
greatest OF human tragedies, the be-
trayal Of Christ.
Says sWashiBEton Is Religious.
Washington is more religious to-
day than it was before the war" said
William Knowles Cooper, of the Y. NJ.
c. A, at a meeting Of the Epworth
League at the Foundry NJ E. Church.
Washington is a religious city" said
the speaker. "Its people attend the
church services more than the people
Of the average city; il is growing
better; it Is becoming a better place
- live in"
othie Sackett, known in the pugil-
iistic world as young Kid Mccoy"
tOld of his fight for Christ at the
Gospel Mission last night. He recon-
l4nended that all Christians give one
tenth Of their incomes to religious
Rabbi Abram Simon spoke before a
t1srge congregation at the Eighth
Street Temple on "Easter and Pass
over yesterday morning. He dwelt
Hpon the fact that the Christian Eas-
ter and the Jewish Passover occur the
Same time; that both have the idea
pf spring awakening expressed in
their ceremonials. DR.. Simon said
Passover might be called the first
- T,.H nf fha TaruG'
successful nght against their Oppres-
Eors in the first historical revolution
sof q people, throwing on their chains
and becoming freemen-
S1O,SsS Free VIII Offering.
Easter was a sure-enough "joyful
Sunday" at the Epiphany Lutheran
Church yesterday. free viii Offering
30 clear the church Of its indebtedness
Of SIO,526.19 being reported by the
Rev. Charles F. Steck.
The church was organized I'm 1909, |
and in 1910 q lot was purchased at
Sixteenth street and New Hampshire |
avenue. At the time OF the calling
Of the pastor the congregation had |
not a dollar OF surplus funds. 1t has, |
however, been able to meet every de- |
Enand upon fits treasury and now |
has a property valued at S35,0OO free |
Lu0 bCAACNCS /
II can be supported without the aid of
Tnoney-making schemes, and the |
pastor said yesterday, in referring to |
the money offering, there is not an |
oyster or a plate of ice cream in it"
Had the apple been drab or gray" |
said the Rev. Howard L Stewart, Of |
the Second Baptist Church, in his ser |
mon on Ewes Wardrobe" last night, |
sthe first woman might have been |
a BILE to resist the DEVILS blandish- |
naents, but the beauty and color Of the |
fruit were too much for her and she |
fell"
The devil, said the preacher, Sc |
Iected Eve as his victim because he |
knew a woman would not be afraid |
OF the devil himself. il he came to !
her talking clothes"
DR.. Stewart said he did not think |
dress reform movement was neces- 1
Eary and that the clothes worn by the |
modern woman are beautiful and SEN /
sibIe.
aSThe women Of today are sensible"
he said, "and II one particular style |
is unbecoming to them, they select |
another. In the old days they were |
to a certain fixed mode of |
6 ressing whether 1t suited them or /