Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-08
MEMORIAL MEET
AT GRACE CHURCH
J. Horace Mcfarland and DR.
Bagnell to Pay Tribute
to Col. Roosevelt

| Grace Methodist Episcopal
Church, State street near Third, will
be the scene of a most impressive
Roosevelt Memorial service, this
Sunday evening at 7.s0 o'clock. DR..
Bagnell, pastor of the church, and
| ]. Horace Mcfarland, a man prom
inent in the affairs of the city and
Nation, will be the speakers. The
Grace church chorus choir, under
the leadership of Prof. John w.
Phillips, will sing some especially
appropriate selections.
DIR. Bagnell's ability as a public
speaker, assures the audience of an
unusual address on this special oc-
casion, and J. Horace Mcfarland is
especially well qualified to speak
on Theodore Roosevelt, as he is
now, and was during the Roosevelt
Administration, President of the
American Civic Association, in
which work he had the hearty CO.
operation and backing of Theodore
Roosevelt, at that time. President of
the United States. MFR. McFarland's S
public spirit, and his personal ac-
quaintance with Theodore Roose
'NiT ~ oihioCo q Itlh loil VI iSN's
sound facts and personal expert
ences in regard to Americas great
eX-president
In the morning, at 1890 o'clock,
the Grace Church pastor will preach
sermon on THE New Program of
Professionalism" This morning SER
vice will be of particular import
ance to all the members of Grace
church and congregation, as it will
be preparatory to the big Every
Member canvass, which takes place
on Monday, February 10.
The Official Board, assisted by the
active Laymen of the church, will
make a complete Every member
canvass of the church membership
on Monday, February 10. These
men will go out in pairs and call
on every member of the church, re-
porting at o'clock in the social
room of the church to Charles H.
Kinter, President of the Board of
Stewards, the results of their can
vass. The Social Union of Grace
church. of which Mrs. F. E. Downes
is President will serve q dinner to
the workers, and at the close of
the dinner, the Mems Bible Glass
will put on a lively debate. Capt.
George +. Lumb, captain of one
team, and Arthur d. Bacon, cap
tain of the other. At the close of
the debate the summary of the can
Vass will be reported to the men,
bers, so that they will know the re-
suits they have achieved. The sup
per is for the workers only, but the
debate, which takes place in the
lecture room of the church at s
o'clock, is for not only the work.
ers. but also for the members of
the church and congregation, and
their friends.
There will be something doing
every night at Grace church this
week, as usual, and of special i'm
portance is the big Country Fair
Social" that the Grace Alliance, a
new organization in Grace Church,
Is putting on for the young people
of the church and their friends, and
especially for the men in uniform
from Middletown and Marsh Run,
or any that may be visiting in the
city on Thursday evening, February
13, at 8 o'clock.
There will be two meetings held
for the ladies of Grace Church this
week. The one will be held at Gle
home of Mrs. George Preston Mains,
319 North Front street, on We'd
nesday afternoon at o'clock; and
the other at the home of Mrs. J.
Harvey Patton, 1916 North Front
street, on Friday afternoon, at $50
O'Clock. The first half hour of
these meetings will be full of socia-
bility and song, and the last half
hour will be taken up by a prac-
tical and helpful address by DR..
Robert Bagnell.