The New York herald., 1921-09-17
TOPICS TOMORROW
IN CITY'S CHURCHES
Moral From the Arbuckle Case
VIII Be Drawn by DR..
John II. Straton.
SOCIAL SERVICE SUCCESS
The Manhattan Congregation
al Society VIII Continue Its
Summer Venture.

Pointing moral from the Arbuckla
case. DR.. John Roach Straton, pastor Sf
the Calvary Baptist Church. Fifty
seventh street, between. sixth and Sew
enlh avenues, will make the recent san
Francisco tragedy and film scandal the
theme of special sermon tomorrow
night. DIR. Straton has announced his
subject as "The Arbpckle Case and the
New Birth"
The pastor plans to show the funda-
mental shortcomings of the moving pic
ture world OF to-uay and to emphasize
the need tor real religion to overcome
the dangers that are menacing the very
foundations OF our moral ideais and our
modern society at every point
Dr. Stratons morning subject will ba
Helps TO the Greatest Thing in the
World"
With the return OF the organst ana
choirmaster, c. Versel Chamberlain,
from Canada, the Calvary choir mas
resumed Its rehearsals. A semi-chorus
win sing in the morning and fun
chorus will provide the music Tor the
evening.
So many favorable comments ssve
been made upon the success or the
summer venture OF Manhattan Congre-
gational Church, Broadway at Seventy
sixth street, that the members are PLAN
ming to maintain the standard and put
this staid old church to the front once
more. The social service addenda,
which began by printing in the church
bulletin the wants OF parishioners all
the way from employment to apart
ments wanted and for rent, has become
so extensive that III. L. Shepherd Is
assisting DIR. Emett In handling 1t. Last
Sunday six employment and six apart
ment advertisements were noted In the
church bulletin.
These things have caused DR.. Emett
TO prepare a sermon in which the future
OF the churoh is TO be considered
Under the topic Waking Hearts and
Working Hands" he will suggest pos
sihilities for real religious and soc!s.
service for the church. In which al
members and attendants are to be In
vited to participate. w. NJ. Van Norder
VIII be the reader: Dorothy Donaldson,
violinist the Manhattan Church quartns
VIII sing. and the vested chorus choir
will march in professional and reces-
s.onal under the leadership OF Prof. L.
G.. Carroll. The Wednesday evening de-
votional hour next week will have a
special feature not yet divulged. The
Bib.e school is TO be revived on larger
scale than for years.
At the Second Presbyterian church
Ninety-sixth street and Central Park
West, DR.. Robert Watson. the pastor
VIII preach tomorrow morning az i
o'clock on "The Servitude of Christ. !
At the g. p. M. services his subject vii
be Success Unqualified. Guaranteed
At the Collegiate Church, West End
avenue and Seventy-seventh street. the
Rev Norman A. McMurray will preach
at the II a. W. service tomorrow
The Rev DR.. Harold Pattison, pastor
Of the Washington Heights Baptist
Church. 145th street and Convent ave
nue.. viii preach tomorrow morning OF
"An Eagles Flight" DR.. Pattiso,
preached thla sermon several year
ago. ard there have been requests tina
he repeat Y
The preacher in the Cathedral of St
John the Divine tomorrow at II a. NJ
and p. NJ. will be the Very Rev