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The Bismarck tribune., 1929-03-26
WATER, CE7ORREyT
RELEASED ABOVE As
JAM AT HUFF Holds
Goroes at Sanish, lndepend::cs
and Mannhaven Washed
= Out in Order
ARMY PLANE REcoHHolTERs
Citizens Of Bismarck and Man.
dan AnxiousIy Await
Bombing Planes
ARMY PLANE RECoHHolTERs

a huge wave OF water ana lee
VIII reach Bismarck In the Mis.
souri, river about s p. m. today. IL
was reported shortly after noon
today BY 0. w. Robert, federal
meteorologist.
The river was full Of Ice, having
risen four feet In five hours a
noon at Sance:, 80 miles north
Of here, Roberts said. Washhurn
reported > state Of 81 feet. . -
OF az feet since yesterday, and
SO feet since this morning. Price
reports = 4.foot rise. The river
Ii full Of Ice Ut Harmon.
River stage It Bismarck q noon
was 1875 feet. he said, or Is feet
below flood stage.
Two Of three planes from Sci.
fridge field, Mich, coming here
to bomb the ice jam 1t HUFF, ar-
rived 1t Minneapolis shortly after
noon, and expected 10 continue
after rcfueling. The planes were
p'loted By Captain C. H. Reynol6s
and Lieut.. C. v. Abbott. "A third
plane was expected later.
Returning from his trip 70 FL
bowoods BY plane. Colonel w. A.
Lafonte, commandant ct Fort
Lincoln. said the river was fun OF
floating leo from Price, 10 miles
north Of Bismarck, to = point 80
miles above Washburn, the ice
floe being approximately 50 miles
long. From the end OF the foe q
EIbowoods the river was clear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18

started by few of aspiration and inspiration the face
ridcule contempt but maintained matter of
ordinary with higher ideals than the
Numerous fraenal and benevolent societies. sometimes
controlled by who not at all religious are
doing ecien the kind of work which was once confined
exceptionally atruc nature The church not
designed to do all the good work of the world but merely to
not sympathy with and higher ideas the better
The greatest captains of and industry have those who
could get others to do most of what they wanted done
It religious matters that the church has been
the leader laughed at the church for centuries
boarded wasted the time those devoted
to its service copying studying the writings of the
the Romans Instead Of cultvang the ancient hon
cradle profession of fighting these deuded Illuminated
manuscripts painted walls and composed music But finally
from the monasc cell butterfly from its cySas spreading
supported by all the Everybody whether fond reading
the usefulness printing libraries
The idea of nernationasm Of the brotherhood
of all religious innovation. which
striving to put into effect Most of
several of the sciences had their religion though both
arts and sciences apt to forget their ancestry.
The church must not object to rivals
in getting credit for what has
conouerng new fields and SO prove its reason for existence
before for the church follower there vacancy
church with Imagination, with ideals will place
The moral world not finite; there lands
continents to discover The world will listen church
which has only platitudes to teach truths
accepts however little they pracced world
the approves what the doing is sign
that the world has caught with is time
for the church to take step in advance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
SECOND SERMON
ON "TYPES0F LIFE
Liberal Life" Will Be Sub
ject of Talk by DR..
Smith.

1.-THE Liberal Life" will be the sub
ject of the sermon, the second of
a series on Types of Life" to be
given by DR.. Chesteen Smith, pastor
of Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church
Sixteenth and Allison streets, tomor-
row evening at O'Clock. The subject
of the morning sermon will be I'm
dermining the Foundations"
The entertainment committee of the
mems Bible class. composed of Oscar
w. Riley. chairman: G.. H. Fletcher, r.
G. King, E. r. Rochester and j. W.
Stewart, is planning to give is Monday
evening at 8 O'Clock. an illustrated
travelogue, THE Lure of the Great
Northwest" by Frank Branch Riley of
Portland. Greg. The public is invited.
The Sunday school conference, in
the interest of religious education, will
be served supper Wednesday at $3.50
o'clock The group composing this
conference is made up of six churches:
Burtonsville, Brightwood, Calvary, Pet
worth, Woodside and Hanline. Persons
interested in young peoples work are
invited to be preset. The midweek
service will be held in the chapel
Thursday evening. continuing the study
in the history Of Methodism. The sub
ject for next week will be THE Elk
pansion Of the Church"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
OFFER ) COURSES
|. IN RELIGIOUS WORK
Washington Federation of
Churches Will Launch
Program May a..

The Standard Training School for
vacation school workers to be held
under the auspices Of the Washington
Federation Of Churches beginning May
81 in the Church Of the Covenant, Will
offer five courses of specialized train
ing in, religious education.
Two courses to be given each evening
Of the term, from to o'clock are ::
The Administration Of the Vacation
Church School," by Rev. E. o. Clark,
director of this work for the Federation
of Churches. The textbook used will
be THE Vacation Church School. by
Armentrout: the second course Will De,
Worship and Music in the vacation
Church School," by DR.. J. r. Dumeid,
secretary of the washington City Pres
bvtery. Departmental courses to be
given from 1880 to geo o'clock are
materials and Methods In Beginners
Work. in Primary Work and IN Junior
Work" ,x;..
Gertrude Whenever. Mrs. RosSel EDWARD
Mitchell and Mrs. E. Whiteford Murray.
Standard textbooks will be used IN these
courses. A.. 81
lowing evenings. May 81. %. 20 ana
lime 4. 5. Opportunity Is offered
hv the school to those desiring TO nj
Themselves for supervisors or teachers
-, vacation church schools this Sum.
,,,er sunday school workers In general
viii And the courses given OF mucn
,,eiue in furnishing training In religious
ed,cation to all teachers and workers.
DR. Knute e. Carlson is dean OF the
school.
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B. Y. p. u. News

The monthly meeting of the Columbia
Federation will be held at Second Bap-
list Church Tuesday evening with Ana
costa, Second and Fountain Memorial
By p. us acting as hosts. A ballot
will be cast for the officers beginning
July /.
The intermediate Federation met last
evening.
Miss Gladys Cockrille. director of the
Junior Federation. announced that the
juniors will meet tomorrow at Gen.
tennial Church, Seventh and I streets
northeast, at 3 o'clock.
New officers were elected last Sunday
night at Fountain Memorial B. Y. p. u.
Wilson Reed was reelected president.
James Stewart and Delta Group will
lead the program tomorrow night at
Bethany, No. /.
West Washington Union will present
a program at Highlands B. Y. P. u.
Sunday night.
Mrs. Dorothy Surface will have
charge of the program tomorrow eve
ming at First B. Y. P. U. Miss Lila
Hicks will conduct the quiz
Plans are being made for the carnival
and garden party which will be given
by the federation. June 5, at East
Washington Heights Church. Benefits
are to go to the convention fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
LEAGUE OF SERVICE
TO MEET AT DINNER
Mrs. Kang HUI Kiang Will Be
Speaker Monday Evening at
141O Columbia Road.

At the Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church, 1410 Columbia road.
Monday evening. a dinner-meeting of
the League of Service will be held at
o'clock The guest speaker will be
Mrs. Kang HUI Kiang, formerly in
charge of free schools in Picking, and
now in this country to pursue a spe-
cial course of study in Columbia Uni
versity, preparatory to returning to her
native China to organize free schools
on a more extended basis.
The houSekeepers' committee, OF
which Mrs. c. Frank Apler is chairman.
will serve church supper Friday at
6 o'clock. A business meeting Of the
church will follow the supper.
At a parents meeting last Sunday
morning it was voted to consider the
feasibility of an organization of parents
Of children in the church school to
bring about closer contact between
parents and teachers, and committee
composed of H. c. Phillips. DR.. George
r. Mansfield. Miss Jessie La Sale and
Mrs. B. A. Chandler was appointed to
make study of the subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
TOPICS ANNOUNCED
BY DR.. J. n. PIERCE
Member of Church Back
From Africa to Be
Presented.

At the First Congregational Church
Tenth and G streets, the minister, DR.
Jason Noble Pierce, will preach tomor-
row morning. At II o'clock he will
present to the congregation one of the
members of the church who has Just
returned from Africa-Miss Mary Hurl-
but of the Means School for Girls,
Dondi, Angola, Portuguese West Africa.
The morning theme is THE More
Abundant Life: and Miss Hurlbut will
take the part of More Abundant Life
for Others" following which DR.. Pierce
will speak on More Abundant Life for
Ourselves"
At the evening service at o'clock
Or. Pierce will speak on What Is
Your Purpose?" which will be illus
trated by the motion picture. Craig S
Wife"
The last Thursday night supper of
he season will be at o'clock, fol-
lowed by the prayer meeting at 6;45
o'clock. At 7:45 o'clock in the church
auditorium DR.. Pierce will speak on
What Makes Men Different?" which
vill be illustrated by the motion pic
;ure. THE Enemy"
There will be an entertainment in
he auditorium of the church Friday
when the Martin Johnson AFRICAN eX-
petition picture, "Simba," will be
shown at and pm. The public is
invited
The Sunday school meets at 9:45
am. The Christian Endeavor Societies
meet at $50 pm. The leader for the
Senior Christian Endeavor Society will
re Mrs D. L. LuXford, and the topic
Tor discussion, why Is Jesus the
Worlds Greatest LEADER" Miss Neva
Lindgren of the Congregational Church
Extension Board will speak to the
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
ieavor about the work of the Congre-
-ational Church among the mountain
eers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
PASTOR TO PREACH
ON UNKNOWN SPIRIT
Sermon at Takoma Park Presby'
terrain Church Will Deal
With Whitsunday.

"The Unknown Spirit" will be the
subject Of the morning sermon OF rev
r. paul Schearrer, pastor OF the Tako-
ma Park Presbyterian Church. Inc
sermon will be appropriate 70 'iie W.
servance Of Whitsunday.
At 8 o'clock, DR.. Schearrer will preach
a special sermon for men on the theme
"Glorifying the Average Man"
Robert M. Lyon. immediate past
president of the Senior c. z: society
will lead the meeting at $50 cloGk,
THE subject is, why Is Jesus the
worlds Greatest LEADER" Members
Of the lexington society will be guests.
A social period will follow the devotional
meeting.
All departments Of the church school
will assemble at $50 o'clock. and the
adult Bible classes at GAS o'clock.
The study Of the epistle Of James
will be concluded at the midweek serV-
ice, Thursday. at 7:30 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
GOSPEL MISSION
|S23 YEARS OLD
Organization Will Observe
Anniversary in BrookIand
Methodist Church.

The Gospel Mission. 214-18 John
Marshall place, will observe Its twenty
third birthday anniversary tomorrow.
Supt. Harvey V. Prentice announces
the Brookland Methodist Episcopal
Church, 1850 Lawrence street northeast,
has invited the mission organization to
worship with its at its IL o'clock morn
ing service. where special program will
be provided by the mission workers and
reports of officers given.
The Rhode Island Avenue Methodist
Protestant Church. First street and
Rhode Island avenue. has turned its
Sunday night 8 o'clock service over to
the mission for presentation of the
missions work. Testimonies of redeemed
men and women will also be accom-
panied by officers reports at this
service.
At 2:30 o'clock the anniversary will
be celebrated In the chapel of the Cos
pei Mission, 216 John Marshall place.
Board members families will serve
tea and hold open house May % from
to 6 o'clock at 1913 c street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
PROF. THIELE ACCEPTS
CHINA MISSION CALL
Washington Man Spent Seven Years
Doing Missionary Work in
Shanghai.

Prof E. r. Thiele. who is in charge
of the missions department of Washing
ton College, Takoma Park. has accepted
a call from the foreign mission board
of Seventh-Day Adventists to go to
Picking, China, as director of the North
China mission. This will be the second
time that Prof Thiele has gone to
China as missionary, and he will be
accompanied by his wife and son.
During his first stay in China, where
he spent seven years, he was associate
editor of the Chinese Sigma of the
Times. with headquarters at Shanghai.
They will leave the Takoma Park in
stitution May ~. few days after COM
mencement exercises. for Michigan,
where they will spend about two
months with their parents before sail
ing from San Francisco July 81. He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thiele of Ber-
rien Springs and Battle Creek. Mich,
while Mrs. Thiele is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Stone of Holly,
Mich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18

mean, of course, that minority, that very
small minority. which, led by religious zeal,
foolishness-for the first few hundred years.
That any person should devote his life to
the care of the sick and the permanently
disabled: that buildings should be erected
where the blind, the deaf and the insane
are housed and well treated; that defense
less women and children should be given
a protecting refuge; that the criminal
should find sanctuary; all these appeared
very strange and vain proceedings when
state provides for them on an elaborate and
expensive scale as part of it's ordinary
duties ,Asylums and hospitals, reforma-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
SENATOR TO SPEAK.
Tom Connally to Address Harrison
Bible Glass.

Senator Tom Connally of Texas will
address the Harrison Bible class Of the
Congress Street Methodist Protestant
Church, 1888 Thirty-f1rst street, to-
morrow morning at GAS o'clock. His
subject will be Jeremiah Calls to
Obedience"
Prof. Elmer L. Kayser. secretary OF
the George Washington University. will
have charge of the lesson and give a
short talk on 1t. All men are welcome
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
FIFTH SERMON IN SERIES.
Cleveland Park. Congregational
Subject Made Public.

The fifth sermon of the series "Bridg-
ing the Gaps" will be given tomorrow at
IL am. at the Cleveland Park Congre-
gational Church. The title of the SER
mon will be why Do the Righteous
Suffer-"
The SUNDAY school picnic will be held
at Pierce Mill June 7. program has
been planned by the religious education
committee.
The trustees of the church are hold
ing benefits for the church May % and
az at the National Theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
Thank Offering Due Monday.

A service for the Presentation Of the
Masters Fund" which is a Whitsunday
thank offering of the Daughters of
the King, will be held at st. Columbia's
Church. Murdoch Mill road, Monday at
o'clock Rev. F. Bland Tucker. rector
of st. Johns Church, Georgetown, will
preach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
Ministers to Hear Address.

THE Life With a Margin" is the
subject of the address that will be de-
livered by DR.. Frederick Brown Harris
before the Presbyterian Ministers Asso-
citation Of Washington and vicinity next
Monday at IL am. In the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
DR.. KENNEDY TO PREACH.
Member of Virginia Seminary Fac
ulty at Church of the Epiphany.

The special preacher at the Church
of the Epiphany tomorrow morning will
be DR.. Paca Kennedy of the faculty of
Virginia Theological Seminary. Rev.
Earle G. Lier. vicar of Epiphany Chapel,
will deliver the sermon at the evening
service at 8 o'clock.
There will be celebration of the
holy communion at am. and at $50
the church school will assemble. The
weekly meeting of the Young Peoples
Society will be held at o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
TWO TOPICS ANNOUNCED.

DIR. Montgomery to Preach Morn
ing and Evening Tomorrow.
At the Metropolitan Memorial Meth
odist Church, DR.. James Shera Mont
gomery will conduct services tomorrow
morning and evening. The subject OF
the morning sermon will be THE Guild
ing Motive for Self Enrichment" In
the evening. at 9 o'clock, he Will speak
on the subject, 1.-THE Tragic Fate OF a
Compromise"
Midweek service of prayer. praise and
Bible study will be conducted Thursday
evening, at o'clock, in the vestry of
the church. DR.. Montgomery will have
charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
The Church as a Promoter
BY EDWIN E. SLOSSON,
tor, Science Service, Washington, D. c.

TIME complaint is often made that the work of the church
being taken from by the State and kindred organizations
statement has Justification the complaint has
the functions of the church is to discover
develop startling extensions of old ethical
principles to apply them and to teach them to the world as
whole.
is in the business world the church is in
the ethical world 1t has been and should always be the pioneer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
Senator Golf to Speak.

Senator Guy D. Golf of West Vir-
ginia will speak on God and the Con-
stitution" at Trinity Methodist Epis-
copal Church, Pennsylvania avenue and
Fifth street southeast, tomorrow night
ar O'c1ork
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
TWO CHURCH SERMONS.
DR.. Wiley to Speak on "Pente

"Pentecost" will be the subject of DR..
Earl wilfey's sermon tomorrow morn
ing, and in the evening he will speak
on Power From Purpose" at Vermont
Avenue Christian Church.
At the o'clock meeting OF lie
Rendezvous" group of college-age
young people, Dean George N. Henning
Of the graduate school and head OF
the romance language department Of
George washington University, will
speak on the play "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac." All young people are cordially
invited to this group. which meets In
annex of the church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
Daughters of King to Attend.

There will be visitation of the
Daughters of the King at the Church
of the Nativity, Massachusetts avenue
and Fourteenth street southeast, We'd
nesdaY at 3 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
REVIVAL TO BE HELD.
Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church
Plans Service,

Rev. Thomas E. Boorde will condect
special revival services at Wisconsin
Avenue Baptist Church. Forty-second
and Fessenden streets, each week night,
May 20 to 81.
The pastor Rev. Clarence r. Fergu-
son, will preach tomorrow morning at
ii o'clock on the theme. "A Living
Church" During the o'clock evening
service on True Soul Value"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
SENATOR SH0RTRIDGE
WILL OCCUPY PULPIT

AuureSS VIII DC NNaue ut IIteeHC I
Street Christian Church To-
morrow Evening.
Senator Samuel M. Shortridge OF
California will deliver the address at
Fifteenth Street Christian Church to-
morrow evening at o'clock. The
special offering at Bible school service
will be contributed to the building fund
Two Christian Endeavor Societies
meet at 6:45 o'clock. The senior En-
deaverers will have full charge Of the
service May 26.
The morning service tomorrow at IL
o'clock and communion will be observed
The pastor. Rev Harry M. Wilson, will
preach on Exalted"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
MAY PROCESSION SET.
st. Mary's Church Program L
Announced.

The May procession will be held at
st. Mary's Church tomorrow at 4
o'clock. Rev. Claude Vogel of the Capu-
chin College, Brookland, will preach the
sermon. The service will conclude with
solemn benediction.
The novena devotions to st. Anthony
will be held Tuesday at am. and 1880
pm.
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Rthlr Mall
prrahutrrtan
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN

'SOUTHEHN ASSEMBLY,
Intersection Of Fifteenth and Sixteenth and
Irving SITS NV
Rev JAMES Fl. TAYLOR. d. D.. Pastor.
$3.50 a.m.-Sunday School
100 a.m.-Sermon by DR.. Taylor.
500 p.m.-Westmirster League.
sis p.m.-Social Hour
ZOO p.m.-C. z. Society.
800 pm.-Sermon by Dr. Taylor
s:0opm. Thursday-Prayer Service
Take 18th st. car or Mount Pleasant" car
or 18th st. bus to Irving 81
Evening star., 1929-11-27

number Of out-of- town guests, who will
be here for the national convention Of
the WomanS Party December S-9.
Among those who win entertain parties
of friends at the dinner are Mrs. Valen-
tine Winters OF Dayton, Ohio; Mrs.
Florence Bayard HilleS OF Delaware, Mrs.
Donald r. Hooker Of Baltimore, Mrs.
Jay White of New York, Miss Jessie
Dell, Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, Mrs.
Appleton Clark, Mrs Harvey Wiley, Miss
Sara Grogan, Miss Laura Berrien, MRS.
Paul E. Lineharger, Miss Aline Solo
mons, Miss Mabel Van Dyke, Mrs
Wymond Bradbury and DR.. Mary
O'Malley Of Washington.
Mrs Merlin Hull, wife of Representa-!
tive Hull Of Wisconsin: Mrs. william l..
Lewis, Mrs. George w. Ashworth and
Miss Anna L. Gayley will be guests OF
Mrs; j. Harry Cunningham at the
celebrity breakfast of the National
League of American Pen Women Satur-
day at the Willard Hotel. Mrs. Cum
ningham is a past president of the Ma
tional League and is sponsor for the
past presidents table. Others who
have held this ONCE and who will be
at this table are Mrs. william Atherton
Du Puy, who will have with her as her
guest Mrs. Joseph Dixon, wife Of the
Assistant Secretary of the Interior;
Mrs. Edith Bingham Kern, whose guest
will be Miss Anna Pearl Cooper Of the
faculty of George Washington Univer-
sity, and Mrs. Virginia King Frye.
Among others who have taken tables
are Mrs Herbert j. Drane, wife of Rep
resentative Drane of Florida; Mrs.
James w. Orme and Mrs. Edgar B.
Kay.
Mrs. Elizabeth c. Fred entertained at
a reception and musicale Monday eve
ming at her home, on Clifton street, in
honor Of former Gov. Nellie Tayloe
Ross of wyoming. Invited 10 meet
Mrs. Ross were women and men prom
inent in Democratic circles, among
them being Judge and Mrs. Finis ].
Garrett, Senator Willard e. Tydings,
Representative Henry B. Steagall, DR..
and Mrs. william Austin Of Philadel-
Evening star., 1929-11-27

Five thousand dollars was raised for
the Sussex Eye Hospital at the recent
concert given by Dame Nellie Melba in
London.