The Washington times., 1921-02-26
IREV. PIERCE TAKES
|D.C. PULPIT MONDAY
Elaborate Program for lnstalla!
tlon Of New Minister Of First
Congregations IChurch.

C0ngregatl0na lCnurCn.
The Rev. Jason Noble Pierce is TO
be Installed as minister OF the First
streets north west. Monday. February
rs. As the day 10 also the fifteenth
anniversary OF his ordination, the
double event will be celebrated by
unusual exercises.
An ecclesiastical council OF churches
and invited individuals will meet at
$3.50 y. m. In open session for the
examination OF steps taken by the
church In calling Mr.. Pierce to the
pastorate, and TO hear his address on
his experience In the ministry
At b:30 p. m. an installation dinner
wiz be served. DIR. Wallace Rad
cliffe will give the invocation. With
DR.. J. Stanley Durkee as toastmaster.
the following speeches will be made:
What the Churches in Washington
Are Doing" Dr., Luoius G. Clark, rec
retary of the Washington Federation
Of Churches; The Church 40 q Pro
moter," DR.. Edwin Emery Slosson.
managing editor OF The Independent:
The Christian In Politics." Senator
william 8. Kenyon: "Did The war
Help or Hinder Faithr' Col. John T..
Axton. chief chaplain. u. 3. A.; How
iou A<ooH ~ toSs Ar N VI onA SSthoHf
president of the Washington School
Board.
All tickets for the dinner have been
subscribed, but the gallery of the
chapel will be open to the public.
At 7:45 p. m. in the church audi
torium the public exercises celebrat-
ing the fifteenth anniversary and In
stallation will take place. Addresses
will be given by DR.. Albert #. Pierce
of Boston. on THE Supremacy of
Christ" by DR.. Nehemiah Boynton
of Brooklyn. on The Glorious Oppor-
tunity of the Church," by DIR. Charles
8 Mills of Montclair. on THE Chal-
lenge Of the Christian Ministry" and
by Bishop William Fraser Mcdowell
of Washington. on "One Church at
Work In One World" DR.. Stephen
M. Newman. who was minister of the
First Congregational Church for
twenty-ons years, will offer the prayer
of installation.
Mr.. Pierce's pastorates have been
In New Haven. Brooklyn. Oberlin.
and Boston. During the war he
served overseas as senior chaplain Of
the Second Division.
United States Civil Service Com
missioner George r Wales will teach
LILO iCoSoh ~ NhC HOoSAu8 Va eho U1V"
Bible Class of Calvary M. E. Sunday
School At $3.50 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing.
Chaplain Francis N. Mccoy, u. S.
A., will preach on ''The Souls Thirst"
at the morning service in the Iowa
Avenue NJ ID. Church. Fourteenth and
Emerson streets northwest In the
evening q two-reel motion picture. OF
Egyptian Towns" and "Joseph in
Egypt" will be shown. The Rev. Louis
p. Chastain will preach on 'srhe Provi-
denco Of God"
The Rev. DR.. Herbert F. Randolph
will preach at Foundry M. e. Church
at the morning service on christian
Chivalry." and in the evening q serv-
ice will be held in the interest Of the
young people and their friends The
subject OF the sermon will be, "Our
Invisible Guest"
The Rev. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe will
preach tomorrow evening on '"The Un-
answerable Question" in the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
The topic tomorrow evening will be
a continuation of the series for in
quirers along evangelistic lines. The
y. ooClcty, Will -cIcCtCu
president in charge. will debate the
inning grafton problem.
Prohibition Commissioner John F.
Kramer will address the Cleveland
Park Community Service at 8 p. m.
tomorrow at the Congregational
Church.
Prof. c. Alphonso Smith, Ph.D., l.. l..
D.. head Of the department OF English
Of the U. s. Naval Academy, Anna
polls. will deliver an address before
the Presbyterian Ministers Associa-
ton next Monday morning at II
o'clock in the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church on the subject,
b srennyson- Browning: A Spiritual Con-
trast."
Human Rights: Their Relation 70
Legislation" is the title of an address
to be made by David Eccles at the
meeting OF the Washington Secular
League at Perpetual Building Hall,
1101 f street northwest tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Miss Ella f. Pohle, noted Christian
writer and lecturer, and who was
chief assistant to DR.. c. l. Scofeld in
the preparation Of the Scofeld Refer
ence Bible, has come to Washington
from the Nyack Bible Conference and
is staying at the home of the Wash
ington School OF Bible Study and
Evangelism, 1924 II street northwes...
where she will address the studencs
and be added to the staff Of lecturers
and teachers of the school.
The Rev. David Ransom 'Covell
will preach on THE Kingdom of
Heaven" at Trinity Civic and Com
munity Church, Third and c streets
northwest, at IL o'clock tomorrow
morning. At the evening services
at o'clock an augmented choir
will sing The Crucifxion."
enlargement" will be the sub
iect of the Rev. Earl Wilfleys SER
mon at the Vermont Avenue Chris
tian Church tomorrow morning. In
the evening he will preach on THE
Trail in the Wilderness"
Mrs. Josephus Daniels. wife Of the
Secretary of the Navy, will address