The Washington times., 1920-03-06

pei Mission TO study the social and
religious problems Of the city for
week. according TO announcement
made at the mission today. by Her
bert w. Kline. superintendent.
Mr.. Kline has plans well formulated
for a city-wide religious campaign 10
be held here this summer. Most OF
the meetings. Il Is said. will be held
IN tents. Those desiring to engage In
the campaign are requested 10 send
In their names TO Mr.. Kline at 2lt
( John Marshall place, as he Ia de-
| sirious of getting In touch with sing
ers, musicians. and personal workers.
The Epworth League ot Calvary NJ.
II. Church will have charge OF the
services this evening, while on to-
morrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock a
rally OF the mission converts Will be
held with Mrs. ii. E. Monroe and
| of the occasion.
The Rev. DR.. George NJ. Diffenderfer.
pastor of Luther Place Memorial
Church. will deliver an address at the
4 Central Y. n. c. A. tomorrow after
| noon at 4 o'clock, on Faith Center.
| Mckinley w. Kreigh will supply the
pulpit at the First Methodist Protes-
tant Church tomorrow, and Clark
Main will speak at the evening serv-
ice.
Rev. J. Milton waldron. pastor of
| Shiloh Baptist Church. is arranging
| for a revival meeting to begin at the
church on March 10 and continue for
two weeks. Rev. w. II. Colston Will
be the preacher and Isaac c. Reddie.
song evangelist, will assist.
| Robert w. Burbank will speak at
! the First Christian Church tomorrow
morning at IL o'clock. The service
will be held in the Perpetual building.
Eleventh and e streets.
/ Anton Lang. twice the ChrIstus OF
the Passion Play of Ober-Ammergau,
did not perish in the great war as
German cannon fodder" according
to advices which have just reached
this country. Lang, whose health Is
delicate, IT is declared. was not even
called to the colors. and will thusly
again be able to assume his role when
the play may be resumed.
| Although 1920 Is the year for the
| Passion Play, on the schedule which
has been kept UP for centuries. II Will
not be presented this summer. accord
ing to advices from the little Bavarian
village OF Ober-Ammergau.
Lang says the villagers have
| scarcely enough for their own fami-
! lies to eat" says a writer in The
| Continent (Chicago) "and they could
not possibly care for visitors. even II
the railroad service of Bavaria were
sufficient to carry tourists TO the
place.
"The year 1920 will therefore 30 by
without any observance of Ober-Am-
lmergau's ancient vow, which has been
kept in the last year of every decade
for 700 years. except for interruption
during the thirty years war, in the
sixteenth century"
Advices from ODER Ammergau
however, indicate that the play may
be resumed in 1921 and so avoid drop
ping out entirely the number belong
, ing to the present decade to the an
cient succession.
Conditions in the Near East will
be discussed at the rirst Baptist
church tomorrow by two speakers
At the morning service Capt. c. X
Morse will take as his topic The
War and Its Aftermath" and in the
evening Comdr. John Brockenshirc
Y. s. N. will be the speaker OF the oc-
casion.
DR.. Grenfell. medical missionary OF
Labrador, will be the speaker at the
evening service in the Church OF the
Christian Science