Evening star., 1923-09-30

in Hebrew, but the rest Of his serv-
ice was almost entirely in English.
This is because the Washington
Hebrew Congregation belongs to the
reformed, not orthodox, branch of
Judaism, he explained.
| The rabbi concluded his Saturday
morning service with brief rites in
memory of members of the congre-
CATION who recently have passed
away. Close survivors rose and stood
while the rabbi led the congregation
in prayer.
Few men attended the Saturday
morning service. A salesman, carry
Ing his display case to a pew, served
as reminder that hundreds Of He
| brews cannot leave Saturday bust
mess. For their benefit the Washing
ton Hebrew Congregation has service
Friday night, and ii is well attended.
| Twelve hundred persons attend the
Above Sholom Synagogue. 500 go to
| the Washington Hebrew Congrega-
tion Temple and the 100 other Jew
| ish worshipers in the District are
distributed among the seven congre-
1 cations: Adath Israel, Ezras Israel.
4 ASTdcip hSSAcE 4SEdSi, 1di-
mud Torah Southeast, Talmud Torah
Southwest and Hebrew Home.
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| Vx1HERE 4th street and E street
1 w northwest meet is a steepled
church serving German Lutherans.
| Five hundred souls belong to this
congregation" said the Rev. Henoch
Schroeder, pastor, himself son of
German parents.
1--WE sing the Apostles Greed in
Teutonic and German is used
throughout the service and sermon
every first and third Sunday morn
ing and other Sunday evenings.
Other services are in English.
Many of my flock were born in
iGermany, but the German tongue has
other app~als besides belonging to
the old co-sntry.' 1t is the language
which Msetin Luther spoke. 1t is
the language in which German
Lutherans received their early re-
}ligious training. It conveys to these
people religious lessons better than
lean English. I have been preaching
both languages for twenty-seven
years, and still prefer to hear the
lGerman i'm church.
What hymn is favorite in the
German service?"
Elm Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott."
One recognized Martin Luthers a
Mighty Fortress Is Our God"
$50 strong has been the desire to
hear German hymns and sermons that
neither the world war nor secession
of factions desiring aIl-English serv-
ices could weaken It," Rev. Schroeder
said Young as we'll as old folk
attend the German services. Recent
ly ono of our boys went to theological
seminary to prepare to preach in
German in the United States"
| Foreign language students from
Washington's colleges and high
schools attend Rev. Schroeder's serv-
ices for practice in understanding
herman
Every Sunday morning the Rev.
Richard Schmidt, pastor of Zion
Evangelical Lutheran Church, 9Th and
streets northwest. breaches in Ger
man. His congregation of 400 is aug
mented by members and attaches of
the German embassy.
German is used In two other local
Lutheran churches: Concordia Evan
gelical, Goth and G streets northwest,
and st. Johns Evangelical, 500 Az
street southwest.
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iEoR twenty years Norwegians and
l. Danes, who compose ST. Olaf's
Scandinavian Lutheran congregation.
have met in the auditorium of Christ
Lutheran Church, New Jersey avenue
northwest, between NJ and N streets.
The Rev. J. C. Roseland of Phila-
delphia breaches to them every Sun
day evening. One week his discourse
is in Norwegian, the next in English.
The congregation originally was
composed entirely OF natives of Nor
way and Denmark, but in the last
five years young men and women.
coming here from immigrant families
in western states, have joined and
increased the membership to 125,
the group, stated.
The Italian Baptist Chiesa del Re
dentore (Church of the Redeemer) at
present is located in the Scottish
Rite Cathedral, 3rd and E streets
northwest. but next month plans to
move into it's own home, now under
construction at New York avenue
northwest and Kirby street.
Over 130 worshipers come to Sun
day school and church services which
the Rev. M. c. Marseglia, a native of
italy. conducts. Some members of
the congregation were bsptized in
Italy. but most of them were con-
verted in Washington.
MY congregation would not be
helped spiritually. by sermon
preached In any language other than
Italian. They. would not appreciate
it. Hymns are sung in Italian, too"
Rev. Marseglia said.
I $50 anxious has the congregation
been to acquire a home which it could
decorate in keeping with Italian Gus.
tom that it raised $35,000 for site
and building, without aid from the
rest of the denomination
The North Capitol. Methodist Epis-
copal Church, North Capitol and K
streets, sponsors an Italian mission.
Deaconess Jessie Newland each Sun
.day morning reads to about a score
+ of Italian children the Sunday school
lesson, first in Italian, then in Eng
lish.
Two Swedish congregations in
! washington have passed their third
birthday.
| Forty persons, mostly women, COM
pose st. Erick's Swedish Lutheran
Mission, which meets in the Lutheran