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Evening star., 1926-04-17
ELDBROOKE METHODIST CHURCH
CEREMONIES TO BE APRIL "a
Rev. DIR. ]. Phelps Hand
TO Preside at Corner
Stone Laying.
Masonic Lodge to Conduct
Exercises, Aided by
Clergymen.

The corner stone of the new Ed
brooke Methodist Episcopal Church,
River and Murdoch Mil roads, will be
laid at o'clock April "a. Rev. DR.. ].
Phelps Hand. superintendent of Wash
ington district. will preside. Rev. DR..
Charles Pate is the pastor
Rev. DR.. Oswald Il. Falls, pastor of
the Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church,
will offer the invocation and the Scrip
lures will be read by Rev. DR.. ". w.
Shearer. rector of st. Columba's s Epis.
copal Church. DIR. Hand and Rev DR..
+. G. Reynolds viii make addresses.
The corner stone will be laid with
exercises conducted by the Grand
Lodge of Masons of the District of
Columbia. The Masonic quartet will
assist. The officers and members of
w. r. Singleton Lodge viii be present
at the ceremony. The copper box to be
placed in the corner stone will contain
a list of names of special contributors,
a roster of the official board. the Sun
daysschool and the various church So
cieties, together with the names of the
building committee, the architect and
the contractor; a copy of the discipline
of the church and a copy of the
printed minutes of the Baltimore CON
ference. The officers of the Grand
A1ouSe VIII place III lHe poA d copy VI
the proceedings of the Grand Lodge,
the Masonic code of the District of
Columbia and copy Of the Masonic
register of a late edition. J. Claude
KEEPER grand secretary. will announce
the contents of the box. The benedic-
ton will be pronounced by Rev. DIR.
A. w. MoWbray, pastor of Chevy
Chase Methodist Episcopal Church.
The new church will be of brick and
stucco of Spanish mission type, with
a red tile roof. The auditorium will
seat 400 on the main floor and $50 in
the balcony IN the rear of the room.
Evening star., 1926-04-17

Thou contest TO me with a sword,
and with a spear, and with a Shield;
but ] come to thee in the name of
the Lord of hosts, the God of the
armies of Israel, whom thou hast de-
fed. This day will the Lord deliver
thee into mine hand; and l will smite
thee, and take thine head from thee;
and I will give the carcasses of the
host Of the Philistines this day unto
the fowls Of the air, and TO the wild
beasts of the earth; that all the earth
may know that there is a God in
Israel"
So the psalmiSt prayed that God
would pour out His righteous wrath
upon the heathen because they had
defiled the Temple of God, over
thrown Jerusalem. killed the servants
of God, thrown their bodies without
burial to the vultures and "shed their
blood like water round about Jerusa-
lem" Talk about the imprecatory
psalms! Was there not cause for
them?
And. on. today that we might have
such jealousy for God and such love
of righteousness that we would no
longer stand "halting between two
opinions" but enlist under His ban
ner! We have all but lost the sense
of sin through out loss of the vision
Of great and holy God which the
shallow evolutionary philosophy of to-
day has brought about.
Moral values have been weakened
down to the vanishing point. There
was a time in modern history when
black was black and white was white,
but the easygoing optimism of the
times has changed all this. We have
reached a condition of almost COM
plete compromise in the field of ethics.
We no longer have black or white,
but only dull. washed-out battleship
gray, There was a time when stealing
was stealing. but now it Is only
'financiering." There was time
when the loss of virtue led to tears
and broken hearts and disgrace, but
today indulgent mothers and spoiled
society leaders refer to it merely as
youthful indiscretion"'
We need to heed the mighty voice
Of Isaiah, who pronounced his woes
upon such shame: "Woe unto them
that call evil good, and good evil; that
put darkness for light. and light for
darkness; that put bitter for sweet,
and sweet for bitter" isaiah. v20.)
We need to come back in this beloved
land of ours to that deep sense of sin
which flows from the vision of holy
God, high and lifted up. We need
now to humble ourselves under the
mighty hand of Him who at last is
to sit upon a great white throne" as
judge of the assembled universe-One
from whose face heaven and earth"
we are told, will flee away.
Evening star., 1926-04-17

prayer of a man who believed in a
petty God. a God who plays favorites.
and is not big enough to be the God
of all the earth.
1t was the prayer of a man who
had a perfectly simple and naive the
ory of the human race. He had all
mankind neatly divided into two
camps. His race were Gods elect;
all others were heather.
The world is not as simple as that
There are many kinds of people and
many religions. There is Moham-
mechanism and Confucianism. Buddh-
ism Judaism and Christianity. Each
have their devoted adherents; each
their body of doctrine; each their
hunger for truth; each their share of
spiritual discernment. No one Of
them has all truth, all honesty, all
devotion.
The Christian church has proceeded
upon the theory that 1.-The heathen"
have nothing to teach the world and
that only Christianity has any good
thing to give.
This attitude has expressed itself In
our hymns. We have sung about
"Greenland's ice mountains. India's
coral strand" This hymn has some
thing to say about Ceylon, where
every prospect pleases, and only
man is vile" and the heathen in his
blindness bows down to wood and
stone"
The heather" resent it. They
have right to resent 1t. No one
has a right to draw a line about their
borders and to cry, "Unclean, un-
clean" to all who are outside.
No nation and no religion has a
corner on light and truth. There is
no nation reached by the light of the
sun which has not had its STRINGS
of conscious, is eagerness of spiritual
search. There is no religion which has
not something to offer to the souls of
men,
1 believe that Christianity stands
in an unique and Incompatible posi-
tion among the religions of the
world. l am convinced that its gift
of spiritual understanding overshad-
ows the contribution of all others.
But the uniqueness Of the person sof
Jesus does not depend for its attesta-
ton upon the deriding of all others.
Christianity must eliminate the
word heather" from its vocabulary,
unless, perhaps, we choose to retain
it for home consumption.
There can never be too much light
in the world. Let us keep the win
dows open, that whatever Is good in
all religions everywhere may come in
to bless us.
iCoD-Yi0ht 1905
Evening star., 1926-04-17
PARADE TO MARK
. LENTEN OFFERING.
Children to March From Ell.
lipSe to Epiphany Church
Tomorrow Afternoon.

4 spectacular feature of the preSen-
tation of the children's Lenten offer
ing in the Episcopal churches of the
city and neighborhood will be the pa
rade of Sunday school children tomor-
row afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock from the
Ellin!e TO Epiphany Church, on G
street, where the presentation serF-
ice will be held.
For the first time in the history of
the church in Washington the details
of raising the children's Lenten offer
ing We're placed in the hands Of the
newly created field department OF the
executive council of the diocese. of
which Rev. DR.. George +. Dudley is
chairman. The field department de-
Cided that ii would encourage a large
offering if the schools assembled at
some central point shortly after
Easter TO present at one time their re-
spectiVe offerings.
Sunday schools will form in three
groups, as follows: Those from out
side the District of Columbia on the
north side of the Ellipse; sunday
schools from east of Sixteenth street
on the east side Of the EllipSe: Sunday
schools from west of Sixteenth street
on the west side of the EllipSe. Each
school will carry an American flag and
their school banners and crosses. The
parade will start at 3 o'clock and march
by way of east Executive place to
Pennsylvania avenue east to Fifteenth
street. south TO G. street and east to
Epiphany Church. Maj. Gen. John y.
Lejeune. Commandant of the United
states Marine Corps, and vestryman
of Epiphany parish, is the chief mar
Shal of the parade. DR.. l.. W. Glaze
brook will act as an aide to Gen.
Lejeune
The children's Lenten offering is an
institution of many years standing in
the Episcopal Church. Each year dur
ing Lent mite boxes are issued all
over the country: indeed. all over the
world wherever the American EpisCo-
pal Church has extended its missions.
Cases are on record of extraordinary
deeds of sacrifice by children iii
Alaska. China, Liberia and elsewhere.
The total of the Lenten offering has
been steadily increasing during the
years of its existence. In 1920 the
quarter million mark was reached, and
II is hoped that this year the total
will he at least $685. 900. This money
IS used directly for the support of
missionary workers. at home and
abroad. and is an important addition
to the income of the national church.
In the Diocese Of Washington, for
several years, the Sunday school of
st. Columba's Church has contributed
a per capita of about $40. This is an
extraordinary record. and the usual
per capita in the diocese is about ST.
Much interest will be displayed when
the results for 1926 are announced.
Evening star., 1926-04-17
MEMS CLUB ELECTS.

Harry G. Mockbee was elected
president of the Mems Club of the
Presbyterian Church,
which has been recently organized.
Other officers are John G.. Wine
man, vice president; George Olsen,
secretary, and Charles Strickler,
treasurer. Program and entertain
ment committee. w. W. Delano, chair
man; DIR. George Baker, Charles Fl.
Graham, NJ. G. Harris, Walter Lea
man and Robert Milans. Membership
committee, Herbert Willis, chairman;
NJ. J. Combs. DIR. Ralph W. S. Bon
nette, T. w. George, Charles H. Hunt
er and Mr.. Van Ess. Refreshment
committee, Charles Strickler, chair
man. Bylaws committee. DR.. r. W.
S. Bonnette, chairman. The club is
arranging monthly meetings and soon
expects to have a membership Of $50.
Evening star., 1926-04-17

The choir loft in the rear of the pull
pit will accommodate 80 persons.
The Sunday school building will
face on Murdoch Mill road and will
be Al feet wide by 104 feet long and
three stories high. The beginners de-
partment and the primary department
will have separate rooms In the base
ment. The mems Bible class will meet
in the large social hall under the
main auditorium. The second or main
floor of the Sunday school building
will be occupied by the senior depart
ment. There will be various class
rooms for advanced classes. On the
third floor will be rooms for the junior
and intermediate departments of the
school with separate clasSrooms.
There will also be a room for the
women's Bible class and also a nurs-
cry room.
The social hall in the front basement
will be used for entertainments and
social events. dinners. athletic games,
basket ball, etc. There will be a stage
IL by 25 feet, with dressing rooms.
The building committee is composed
of Rev. DIR. Pate, l.. l.. Derrick, John
Is. Hany and G. Wendell Shoemaker
Howard w. Cutler is the architect and
c. II. Brooks the builder.
Evening star., 1926-04-17
PAN-PRESBYTER|AN
FUND TO Be RAISED
0biectives of $4,000 Drive
viii Be Explained From
PuIpits Tomorrow.

The Presbyterian churches ci
Washington will launch tomorrow
their Pan-Presbyterian week. III
which all of the 81 churches with
their 10000 members will participate
for an intensive campaign to raise
$4,000 for the extension of Presby-
terian Church work throughout the
District.
The campaign is under the auspices
of Presbytery's committee on ma
tIonal missions and church extension.
Of which Rev. DR.. Charles Wood Is
chairman and Rev DIR. Freeley
Rohrer secretary. 1t is to be directed
by Rev. George q. Dewey OF the
Presbyterian board of missions. who
has been directing the pre-Eastel'
loyalty campaign in Washington 1ol
the past two months.
The various objectives of the furd
will be presented in all pulplts 10
morrow, but the solicitation VIII no'
begin until the following week. Nls-
iting speakers will occupy number
of Presbyterian pulpits tomorrow
Rev DR.. Henry Seymour Brown.
heading Presbyterian activities ~
Chicago, will speak in Takoma Park
Church in the morning; Rev. Alex
ander Mitchell of Philadelphia will
occupy JIle MttlopO4lIeAlh PNiPAN -
morning; Rev. DIR. A. r McGarrah
of New York City will speak at tn"
Covenant Church; Rev. William J..
Shriver, New York City, at Eastern
Rev. DIR. Platte T. Amstutz, of De
troit will speak at Westminstei
Church.
Rev. George G.. Dewey. director OF
the campaign. will conduct finance
campaigns in the Northn1insteI
Church and in the Tabor Church.
speaking in Northminster mornins
and night and for Tabor Church IL
the afternoon. DR.. John r. Duffleld.
executive secretary of the Presbytery.
will conduct a financial campaign for
q new Sunday school building in the
Kenilworth Church. Rev. J. S.
Wolfe of Detroit will speak at Guntoll
Temple Church in the morning.
Monday night the campaign organ
zation of captains and visitors will
meet at dinner in the New York Ave
nue. Church to be addressed by Rev.
J: s. Wolfe of Detroit and Rev.
George G.. Dewey, director of the
campaign. and receive instructions
and assignments.
luncheon reports will be made from
all of the churches as to progress Of
the campaign.
Each Presbyterian Church is unit
with a captain and an organization Of
visitors. The campaign will close
Monday night. April 26. with a dinner
in the New York Avenue Church a
which final reports will be received.
Evening star., 1926-04-17
I'LL PASTOR RECEIVERS.

Rev. John Compton Ball, pastor Of
the Metropolitan Baptist Church, who
has been Ill at Clifton Springs, N. Y,
has so far recovered that he expects
to fill his pulpit May 2.
Tomorrow morning his pulpit will be
Nlled in the morning by DIR. j. F..
Love, secretary of the home mission
airy board of the Southern Baptist
Convention. In the evening DR..
George A. Huntley, medical missionary
from China, where he spent 35 years
of his life, will be the speaker.
Evening star., 1926-04-17
HEALING SERVICE MONDAY

ChGistian healing services will be
held at Trinity Church, Third and G
streets. Monday at II am. and s pm
At this church, in the Spring Of
1920, James Moore Hickson, from
England, held the first healing serv-
ice in this city. Since then many have
taken place. The Society of the Naza-
rene, under the direction of Rev. John
Rigg, for two years has conducted
monthly healing services in the Epis-
copal churches of this diocese. Since
the founder of the Society of the NaZ-
arene. Rev. Henry +. Wilson, held his
healing mission for n week at St
Marks Church in 1921, the member
ship has increased from less than 20
70 several hundred. The first guild of
this society was organized before Mr..
I5ickson came to America to hold his
mission. The present pastor of Trim
ity Church. Rev. William Curtis
White. has been member and work
er in the Society of the Nazarene for
some time
Evening star., 1926-04-17
The Tragedy of Life.

The whole lesson is tragedy of the
human soul in three acts-temptation
sin and death. Shakespeare, in MAC
beth" brings out vividly the pictures
of a tragedy that came home to the
writer several years ago, when l gazed
upon the Danish scene. where the plot
was laid. Each of the witches. who
We're symbols Of supernatural tempta-
tions, greeted him when he returned,
flushed with victory. 1t was the third
one that slipped into his mind the
suggestion that was the seed of rank
murder and atrocious villainies. 1t
was the base suggestion that Satan
pressed home upon Ewes unprepared
soul, covering up with a lie the mo-
tives, which would have prevented
her from disobeying God. She had
found the Creators ways to be
Evening star., 1926-04-17
DR.. PHILLIPS RETURNS.

The rector of Epiphany Church,
Rev. DR.. Il. b. Phillips, has re-
turned to Washington. and will
preach at the II and o'clock serv-
ices tomorrow. The service at II
oclock will be broadcast.
There will be a celebra tion of the
holy communion at s o'clock. The
church schools assemble at $50 and
; o'clock. At 4 o'clock the annual
Spring service for all the Sunday
school children of the diocese of
Washington will be held in Epiphany
Church.
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0PEN-AlR SERVICE.

The Golden Rule Circle of the Help
e1s From the Hills will hold an open
air service at Great Falls tomorrow
1t will be a memorial service in har-
mony with the thought, "Be Kind to
Animals" A wreath and a painting
by Count Rubini will be deposited on
the waters of the Potomac in mem
ory of the dog who saved two lives.
Following these exercises the com.
pany will trace the first trailing ar.
butuS and other wild flowers.
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission
Washington. y. C.---Sealed proposals viii be
received at this office until IL am, Aprl!
Navy Building, for Furnishing and Deliver
ing the Granite for the Arlington Memorial
Bridge across the Potomac River. at Wash
ingtoD. u. c. Further Information upon
application. mh"2. % "a % .ap17 ~
u s. ENGINEER OFFICE. 1868 NAVY DE
partment Building Washington. D. c.
Sealed proposals will be received here until
II m. May IA. 1895, and then opened. ioi
the construction of the pipe line from the
old filtered water reservoir for the waite
supply project for the District of Columbia
Further information application.
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Third Baptist Church.

Rev. DR.. George o. Bullock's topic
at the Third Baptist Church, at Fifth
and Q streets, tomorrow at II am. is.
God in the Beginning" Bible school
at $40 am: holy communion at pm.
The Y. p. C. E. Society will discuss
at 6 PM, How Do People Either
Build or Undermine the Sabbath?";
leader, Miss Fannie Jackson. DR..
Bullock will preach a special sermon
to the S. o. Of Helpers at s pm.
Prayer meeting Tuesday, to 10 pm.
Young peoples prayer meeting Thurs
day, 8 to 8 pm.
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MISSIONARY TO PREACH.

Rev. DIR. John w. Lowe. a mission
ary from China, will preach tomor-
row morning at the Fifth Baptist
Church.
At the evening service the pastor,
Rev. Dr. John l.. Briggs. will have
for his subject. THE Modern Woman:
Is She Good, Bad or Indifferent" DIR.
Briggs also viii discuss Our Dry
Law in Wet Hands and THE I'M
preston Of Our Women This Week
on Capitol Hill-Good or Bad?"
Evening star., 1926-04-17

and challenge OF
the giant Goliath
he asked in pain
a n d amazement,
"Who is this un-
circumcised Philis-
tine, ( h a t h e
should defy the
armies of the liv-
ing God?" Il Sam,
xvii.26.) And when
Goliath laughed at
him and scorned
him because of his
youth and the fact
t h a [ h g came
against him with
nothing but his
shepherds sling.
David replied and
cnih "a him.
Evening star., 1926-04-17
Full GOSPEL Assembly.

The subject of Rev. II. l.. Collier
at the Full Gospel Assembly. $50
Pennsylvania avenue, tomorrow after
noon will be, Gods Threefold Voice"
and "The Coming Translation" at
night. The children's church will be
conducted by Miss Aileen Kernaan
at pm. Healing service will be
held Tuesday evening. The young
peoples meeting tonight will be pre-
ceded by an open-air service at 7:S0
O'Clock.
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Second Baptist Church.

At Second Baptist Church, Third
street between II and streets, to-
morrow the pastor, Rev. j. L. S.
Holoman, will preach at IL am. on
Tried by Fire" At 8 pm. he will
speak on Modern Paganism.' At
$50 pm. he will preach at the Mount
Nebo Baptist Church, Kalorama road
near Seventeenth atreeta
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heather" He is
sincere and self
righteous in his
demand that God
destroy them.
/ ( w a S I h C
prayer Of a man
who held a low
and contemptuous
kind of religion
a religion which
the best of the
world is seeking
to escape.
1t was a COM
Portable religion
for those who held
it. 1t was pleas
ant to think that
they owned God.
+ w "a & fha
Evening star., 1926-04-17
SERVICES ARRANGED.
Weeks Program at Mount Pleasant
Church Announced.

Rev. John B. Ferguson of Frank
lin, Ind, will conduct the services at
the Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church tomorrow.
Rev. Chester B. Emerson Of De-
troit will have charge of the serv-
ices April 25. He also will address the
Congregational Club at this church
Tuesday evening, April 27. The
church night service, April %, will be
under the auspices of the Mems Club
of the church, and Rev. d. Butler
Pratt, will speak.
Evening star., 1926-04-17

Rev. DR.. Morris L. Swartz. editor
of the Washington Christian Advo-
cate, will preach tomorrow morning
at Foundry NJ. r. Church on The
Realization of God" At the evening
service Rev. DIR. w. L. Darby. eXecu-
tive secretary of the Washington
Federation of Churches. will preach
Oh Radio and Religion"
A week day school of religion Is
held Friday afternoons at the church
at 3:45 o'clock under the direction
Of Rev. John c. MILAN, director of
religious education, to which chill
dren in the community from 6 to IL
years of age are invited.
Evening star., 1926-04-17
Film of Clark Exploits.

The story of the exploits of George
Rogers Clark who won for this coun.
try the vast territory from which the
five States of Ohio. Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin and Michigan We're formed
will be shown in motion pictures at
the regular motion picture hour in
Pierce Hall, All Souls Church, Six
teenth and Harvard streets. tomorrow
at 7:30 pm. This is one of the Yale
Chronicle of America,
Evening star., 1926-04-17
Lecture on Reincarnation.

"Reincarnation Explained" will be
the subject of a free lecture at 8
o'clock tomorrow night at the United
Lodge of Theosophists, 700 Hill
Building. Seventeenth and / streets.
The study class will meet Wednes-
day at pm. The reading room is
open daily except Thursday and Sun
day from 10t1A 10 $3.50.
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Masons to Attend Church.

The George G. Whiting and Poto-
mac Lodges of Masons have accepted
the invitation of Rev. Irving Wash
ington Ketchum to attend service at
Peck Memorial Chapel tomorrow at
7:45 pm. to listen to a special sermon
for this occasion. Seats will be re-
served,
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CAL VARY NJ. E. SPEAKERS.

Rev. DR.. John Reid Shannon will
preach at the Calvary Methodist
Episcopal Church tomorrow morning.
IL the evening at s o'clock SER
mon on Gospels Fundaments" viii
be preached by Rev. DIR. Joseph
Dawson. DIR. James Shera Mont
gomery, the pastor. is attending the
session of the Baltimore conference
at Frederick, Md.
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VISITOR WILL PREACH.

Rev. DIR. Ernest Trice Thompson,
professor of church history in Union
Theological Seminary of Richmond
Va, will preach tomorrow at the
Central Presbyterian Church. both
morning and night
The pastor. DR.. James II. Taylor,
will preach at the United States
Naval Academy tomorrow. morning
and night, and will be the guest of
Chaplain Sydney X. Evans.
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Sermons Are Announced.

At Mckinley Memorial Baptist
Church. Fourth and l. streets. Rev.
DIR. S. Geriah Lamlin, the pastor. Will
preach tomorrow at II am. Rev. DR..
A. s. Martin of Georgia will preach
at $3.50 pm. Communion at 4:30 pm.
Preaching at pm. Sunday schooi
$50 am. 3 Y. p. u, $50 pm.
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Lecture on Mysticism.

DR.. Rufus y. Jones. president %
Haverford College (Pa). will lecture
on Mysticism" at the Virginia Theo-
logical Seminary, near Alexandria.
Va. next Tuesday and Wednesday at
7:3O pm. and Thursday at 9 am
Clergymen and others of Washington
o., innN.ifaC
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MISSIONARY TO PREACH.
Dr.. j. r. Saunders to Occupy Pulpit
at Temple Baptist Church.

DIR. J. r. Saunders. missionary to
China. will speak tomorrow evening
at the Temple Baptist Church, Tenth
and y streets.
At the IL o'clock service Rev. T. O.
Jones will have for his topic "Life's
Supreme Treasure" The Women'S
Missionary Society will meet Tuesday
A. 2 pm. in the ladies' parlora
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Will Lecture on Sabbath. "

Mrs. Annie C. Bill, leader Of the
Christian Science Parent Church Of
the New Generation, will speak on
the subject of the scientific, as well
as religious, import of the Sabbath,
tomorrow at the Hotel Mayf1ower at
IL o'clock.
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DR. G. O. Bullock to Preach.

Rev. DIR. G.. o. Bullock, pastor of
the Third Baptist Church. will preach
a. special sermon at the Vermont Ave
nue. Baptist Church Monday night at
s o'clock on '"The Eternal Now"