The Washington herald., 1921-03-21
HARDlNCS ATTEND
SUNDAY SERVICES
ATFRST BAPTIST
Hear Dr.. Upper on ''The
Six Golden Links"
Bazaars Flayed.

service at the First Baptist Church.
Sixteenth and c streets northwest.
and listened to. the sermon preached
by the Rev. Henry Allen Tupper.
pastor.
The Executive party. which in
eluded Brig. Gen. C. E. Sawyer, the
Presidents personal physician. and
Mrs, Sawyer, of Marion. Ohio, oc-
cupied the two pews in the body of
lthe auditorium reserved for the
President and Mrs. Harding when
ever they should elect to worship
at the First Baptist.
The pews were reserved by unani-
nous vote of the church at the
celebration of the one hundred and
nineteenth anniversary of the or
ganization last week.
Both the entry and departure of
the presidential party was marked
BY the absence of congestion or
dent and Mrs. Harding.
Just before the end of the services
word was passed by the ushers for
the congregation to remain in their
pews until the presidential party
had left the aisle, so that the Presi-
dent and those with him were able
to leave the building Immediately
following the benediction-
DIR. TUPPER BREACHES ON
THE SIX GOLDEN LINKS,
DR.. Tupper preached his regular
Sunday sermon. taking for his
theme The Six Golden Links"
based on the text First Timothy.
3:1s: without controversy. great
Is the mystery of godliness: God
was manifest in the flesh. certified
by the spirit. seen of angels.
preached unto the Gentiles, believed
on in the world. received up into
glory"
DIR. Tupper divided his sermon
simply into the following six
rthemes, celebrating upon them as
he went along: G) The mystery of
divine manifestation, God was
manifest in the flesh: (2) The mys-
terry Of the spirits certihcation.
Certified by the spirit" CD The
mystery of angelic attestation.
'-Seen by angels" (D The mys-
terry of universal proclamation.
Preached unto the Gentiles:" go
The mystery of Human appropria-
tion, Believed on in the world
(e) The mystery of the Savior's
glorifcation. Received up into
glory"
The President is apparently keep
ing to. his policy announced before
his Inauguration that he would
probably not accept an Invitation to
attend any Baptist Church regu-
larry. Yesterday was the Hardinss'
second attendance at a Washington
house of worship since March 4.
the President and Mrs. Harding
having gone last Sunday morning
to the Calvary Baptist Church.
The First Baptist Church Is the
Oldest Baptist organization in the
District of Columbia Organized in
1902. when Washington had a pop
ulation of approximately 1000, the
church had as its first preacher the
Rev. william Parkinson. then
Chaplain to Congress The church
was organized in the old Treasury
Building. moving later to Tenth ano
G streets northwest. on the site
now occupied = by Ford's Theater
Among those who worshipped in
the historic walls of the old struc-
ture were Henry Clay. Daniel Web
ster, John c. Calhoun and other
illustrious Americans
The present pastor. DR.. Tupper, Is
one of the foremost Baptist clergy
men OF the country and Is well
known as author. lecturer and Bib
lical scholar. DR.. Tupper has re-
Gently returned from Europe, where
as editor-in-chief of a Forthcoming
edition of the Bible he spent sew
sral months in Biblical research In
London. Paris and Rome.
REV. BRYAN FLAWS
CHURCH BAZAARS.
Promiscuous holding of so-called
"bazaars" and money-rnakiue
shows" involving games of chance
in houses of worship were scored
heavily yesterday by the Rev. j
Franklin Bryan, preaching in North
Carolina Avenue Methodist Protes-
kant Church.
'T sometimes wonder what Jesu,
thinks when He looks into the
church of God, today. and sees what
- going on in the name of religion
buying and selling in the house oi
Cod" said DR.. Bryan.
''Using all sorts of questionable
methods to make money to support
our Fathers House. games OF
chance in the house of God. today
with many of the Questionable shows
to make money. Is nothing short OF
desecration of the house of pray
err"
Referring to the cleansing of the
temple by Jesus, DR.. Bryan said:
when He reached the temple He
found men desecrating the sacred
place. They were buying and selling
in the very house of God.
To-day Jesus would also enter
into the political, social. and eco-
nomical affairs of the world. Not
that the church should as such &c
into politics. or seek to be leaders
socially. or to control the economical
affairs of the world. but that men
who are leaders in these respects
should always know the mind OF
Christ concerning world affairs.
Il urge. then. that men consider
the teachings cf Jesus in reference
to all the problems OF life, and the
world. as well AS the individual. will
profit thereby"