The Washington herald., 1920-05-15

southern Baptists viii gather
this afternoon for one of the most
noteworthy events of the conven-
tion now being held in Washington,
the dedicatory services for the Ma
tional Baptist Memorial to Relig-
ious Liberty, at Sixteenth street
and Columbia road, for which $175,-
900 each was pledged by Northern
and Southern Baptists last year.
Music and pageant at 4 O'CLOCK
and impressive services at will
mark the Inauguration.
Rev. B. d. Gray will preside.
Speeches will be made by Secretary
of the Navy Josephus Daniels, Rev.
James B. Gambrell. president of the
Southern Baptist convention, and
Rev. w. j. McGlothlin, president of
Furman University.
Tomorrow District congregations
will have the privilege of hearing
some of tho best-known Baptist
clergymen of the South, who will
speak in local pulpits.
Temple Baptist.
Temple Baptist Church will have
DR.. J. B. GambreIl. of Dallas, Tex,
president of the Southern Baptist
Convention. for its pulpit Sunday
morning. DR.. Gambrell will preach
at IL a. m. DR.. ]. d. Hunt. of North
Carolina, will preach at the evening
service.
Petworth Baptist.
Well-known Southern Baptist
clergymen will preach at the Pet
worth Baptist Church tomorrow.
DR.. F. F. Gibson. of Louisville, KY,
will preach at IL a. m, and DR.. ].
NJ. Shelbourne. of Birmingham, Ala.
will be the evening speaker.
Metropolitan Baptist.
Metropolitan Baptist Church has
two Southern Baptist preachers Sun
day, Rev. w. w. 'Landrum, who will
preach at the morning service. and
Rev. w. w. Hamilton who will de-
liver the evening sermon.
First Baptist.
DR.. E. V. Mullins. president
Southern Baptist Theological Sem
mary, Louisville, Kentucky, will
preach at the First Baptist Church
Sunday morning at IL. and DR..
Charles A. Stokeley. pastor of First
Baptist Church, Montgomery. Ala,
at s o'clock.
Church of the Covenant.
Spring, Five Reasons for Faith"
is the theme promised by Rev.
Charles Wood for his Sunday morn
ing sermon at the Church of the
Covenant. At $3.50 DR.. George w.
Leavell will tell of his experiences
as a medical missionary in Wuchow
South China.
First ConErcgational.
First Congregational Church has
another headliner this week. DR..
Mark A. Matthews. of Seattle,
Wash. "typically aggressive, a
bounding optimist-a real West
of the largest Prot
estant church in the country. He
will preach at IL a. m, and s p. m.
Ecl<ington Presbyterian.
Rev. H. H. Brundage has another
interesting Sunday planned for the
lexington Presbyterian Church.
; Peck Memorial Presbyterian.
Sunday morning service at the
Peck Memorial Presbyterian Church
will be conducted by Rev. c. v. Ed
wards. In the evening installation
of Christian Endeavor officers will
be followed by sermon by Rev.
]. p. Trotter. 80
New York Avenue Presbyterian.
!, DR.. H. A. Proctor. of Atlanta, will
occupy the pulpit at the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church ito
morrow morning. An unusual fea-
ture of the service will be the at
tendance of the graduating class of
Fairmont Seminary in cap and
gown.
Free Methodist.
A visitor from Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rev. H. Hodge, has two Interesting
sermons for the morning and even
ing service at the Free Methodist
Church Sunday.
Petworth Methodist EpfscopaI.
Pastor Rev. g. Ellis Williams will
conduct services at the Petworth
Methodist Episcopal Church as
usual. but he has secured two good
speakers from the Southern clergy
attending the convention, DR.. T. w.
O'kelly, who breaches at IL o'clock
Sunday morning. and DR.. Powhatan
James. who will speak at s D. m.
American Univerxity Chanel.
Rev. Chas. c. Mclean d. d.. will
speak at the University. Chapel, sun
cay afternoon. at $3.50.
Foundry Methodist Epi.copaL
One Of the Southern Baptist
guests will preach at Foundry Meth
odist Episcopal Church SUNDAY
morning at II. He Is Dr. NJ. ID. Dodd,
cf Louisiana.
All Souls Unitarian.
Rev. Ulysses c. b. Pierce, pastor
Of All Souls Church. win talk on