Evening star., 1923-08-08
GREAT MEMORIAL
SERVICE FRIDAY
Churches of All Faiths to
Conduct Rites Here During
Funeral Period.

A great open-air civic service and
memorial for the late President Hard
ing will be held at Peace Cross in
National Cathedral Close. Massachu-
setts and Wisconsin avenues. Friday
afternoon at 4:30, simultaneous with
burial services at Marion. Ohio.
The Rev. James f. Freeman. d. D.,
bishop-elect of Washington. will de-
liver the memorial address, and
hymns will be sung by great vested
volunteer choir. from the Episcopal
churches Of the city, accompanied by
the United States Army Band. ordered
for the occasion by the Secretary Of
War.
The public is invited and informed
that the Cathedral Close may he
reached by either of two routes. via
the Georgetown car line. changing a
Wisconsin avenue. or out the Con-
necticut avenue car line. with trans
fer TO bus at Cathedral avenue.
The clergy and choirs will assemble
in Bethlehem Chapel at pm.
Rites in Churches.
Memorial services also are TO be held
in most of the churches of the National
Capital Friday. With the proclamation
of President Coolidge suggesting that
Friday be set aside for such services.
Rev. DR.. w. l.. Darby. executive secre-
taTy of the Federation of Churches,
has issued a request that all churches
Iof the city hold memorial services.
Rev. DR.. Edward Mack Of Union
Theological Seminary, Richmond. Va. is
TO have charge of the services at II
Il M at the Central Presbyterian Church.
The four Christian Science churches
OF Washington will hold services at II
o'clock The order of services will be
identical with those held in Christian
Science churches all over the United
States, and which will follow that use
AT the memorial services for President
Mckinley in 1901. Announcement is
made that the reading rooms Will be
closed today and Friday, except that
the Third Church reading room will
be open two hours Friday. as or Sun
days and holidays.
Singers to Participate.
At First Congre egational Church at
"a pm. the Meistersine"rs wlii partici-
pate in the services Rev. Franklin l.
Winter. assistant minister, will have
charge of the services. Capt. E w.
Scott, chief chaplain of the Navy, is TO
read the Scriptures.
Appropriate exercises are to be
held at the Ohev Shulom Synagogue
at pm. After the regular Sabbath
services. Rabbi ]. T. Loeb will deliver
an address in eu!ogy of the departed
President.
DR.. Merfeld is to conduct special
services in the evening at Washing
ton Hebrew Congregational Temple.
4 community memorial service Is
to be held in the Takoma Park Sew
enth-Day Adventists Church at II
m. with members of the Adventist
/ Presbyterian, Baptist and Episco-
Z. La Rue, pastor of the Baptist
! Church, is to read the proclamation
Of President Coolidge. The Scripture
! lesson will be read by Rev. c. M
/. Young, rector of Trinity Episcopal
Church.
Prayer is to he offered by Prof
| c. S. Longacre. associate pastor OF
| the Adventist Church. An address
president Harding, the Man" vii
tor of Trinity Episcopal Church
! president Harding. the Statesman
! by Rev. r. C. Clark. pastor of the
: Presbyterian Church; president Hard
! ing, the Christian by Rev. DIR
Church. Tho benedicticn will he
! pronounced by Rev. w. f. La Rue
| There will also be singing of hymns
i Church of Christ QEpiscopaD. the old
est church in the Washington diocese
| and said to have been attended by
| Presidents Jefferson and Adams. will
! hold special memorial services ct II
o'clock. Rev. +. d. Kizer will speak
on Harding as a Fraternal Man
Masonic bodies of the southeast hav.
been invited.
| Union memorial services of mum.
/ Der of the Methodist Episcopa
churches Of the city will be held ir
Metropolitan Memorial Church. Johr
/ Marshall place. at II o'clock. ir
| charge of Rev. DR.. John r. Edwards
| district superintendent of Washing
/ ton, assisted by Rev. DR.. Richaro
/ Hegarty of New York city. Pet
/ worth and Hamline churches will
participate. other congregation
not holding services are invited TIL,
memorial chimes will be played pre-
iceding the service.