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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-26
ST. JOHNS Church
IS Is YEARS OLD
Lutherans to Hold Anniver-
sary Services Tomorrow
and Monday.

st. Johns Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Four-and- One-Half street, be-
tween G and D streets southwest, will
celebrate its seventy-fifth anniversary
by appropriate services tomorrow and
Monday.
AT 1890 o'clock tomorrow the ami
versary sermon will be preached by DR..
John Aberly, president of the Lutheran
Theological Seminary at Gettysburg,
Pa; and history Of the conversation
will be presented by Rev. L. H. Warning.
At 6 o'clock Luther League fellowship
meeting will be held and at the
o'clock evening service the address will
be given by Harry Hodges of Philadel-
pllia, executive secretary of the Luz
theran board of ministerial pensions.
A congregational social will be held
Monday evening with greetings from
Rev. John Weidley, pastor of the
Church of the Reformation; Rev. H. d.
Hayes, pastor of st. Marks Lutheran
Church; Rev. Henry Manken, jr., pres
ident Of the Lutheran Ministerial Asso-
Schmidt, president of the Eastern Con-
ference of the Maryland Synod, and
Rev. l.. H. Waring.
The first meetings of st. Johns Sum
day School an6'congregation were held
in the early part of 1855 in the old
Columbia Fire Engine House on Capt.
toll Hill. The corner stone. Of the first
church building was laid on the pres
ent site in August, 1855, by the Grand
Lodge Of Masons Of the District of Co
lumbia. The first pastor was Rev.
Peter A. B. Meister. The church build
ing has since been renovated and en-
larged several times.
The nucleus forming the original
membership of Zion Lutheran Church
at Sixth and p streets, and also that of
the Reformed Church, Thirteenth and
Monroe streets, came from st. Johns
Lutheran Church in 1867. The pastor
and people of st. Johns also assisted in
the establishment of st. Johns Luther
an Church at East Riverdale.
Rev. George H. Eveler, the present
pastor, has been serving the congrega-
ton since January, 1925. The other
members of the church council are
Henry Kuhn, Arthur G. Smith. John
j. Graf, John F. Hermann, William
r. Hermann, Julius Koblentz, Charles
Schafer, Louis Dering, John p. Taylor
and John z. Koehler.
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Sunday School
QUESTIONS

!. What question did the young man
ask Of Christ?
2. Why was this a perfectly natural
question?
8. Which of the Ten Commandments
did Christ suggest to the man?
4. Why these in particular?
5. What other commandments did He
Suggest?
8. where in the Bible is this found?
z. What really stood between this
man and his love Of higher things?
8. Did Jesus mean to condemn riches
in themselves?
9. What was the basis Of His con-
demnation?
10. what is meant by the needles
eye?
The answers to these questions will be
found below. How many can you
answer?
/. what good thing shall I do that
may have eternal nfe?"
2. The religious teachers, the rabbis.
differed greatly among themselves re-
garding this matter.
| 3. The NTH, sixth, seventh, eighth
and ninth OF the Decalogue.
4. All Of these bear upon ones treat
ment of others.
thyself."
6. Leviticus, xix.ls.
.. The mere love Of possessions.
8. No.
81 The attitude which prizes riches
| in material things above riches in no.
bility of feeling and in spiritual life.
| 10. The needles eye Is the name given
to the small gate within larger gate OF
a wall. When the larger gate Is closed
J for the night. r. camel might walk
through the smalie. ore, 81. only aftel
being unlcadeI.
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DR.. RICE TO PREACH
AT COVENANT CHURCH
Head of College in India Will Fill
Pulpit Tomorrow in Absence
of Pastor.

DR.. c. Herbert Rice, president of
Ewing Christian College, Allahabad,
India, will preach at the Church of the
Covenant, Eighteenth and N streets, to-
morrow in the absence of the pastor,
DR.. Albert Joseph Mccartney, who Is
in Pittsburgh.
The Sunday school will meet tomor-
row at GAS am. The kindergarten
will have charge of small children at
II o'clock, while their parents attend
the church service.
J. Robert Anderson will speak on
1.-THE Last Mile" at the Christian En-
deavor service at 2 pm. There will be
a social tea at $50 O'Clock.
The annual meeting of the church
and congregation viii be held Thursday
evening in place Of the midweek serv-
ice. 4 -
The last Of the mission study classes
sponsored by the Society of the Cove
nant will be held in the chapel Fri
day at IL o'clock.
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DR.. COPENHAvER LISTS
TWO SERMONS TOMORROW
will Receive Class of New Mem
bers at Morning Service-Re-.
ception Thursday Evening.

At Epworth Methodist Episcopal
Church South, Thirteenth street and
North Carolina avenue northeast, DR..
John G. Copenhaver, pastor, will preach
at the IL o'clock service tomorrow on
'How to Succeed in the Christian Life"
At this service also he will receive q.
large class into membership In the
church. The o'clock sermon win be
What Is True Religion?" es'iEt 8
Sunday school viii meet at $50 am.
The Epworth League will meet at z
pm. Clinton Lanham win be the leader
and the subject will be 1.-THE Gospel for
All" Monday evening at o'clock q
business meeting Of the Epworth League
will be held.
A reception to the new members win
be held in the social rooms Thursday
evening. to which are invited all mem
bers and friends Of the church.
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PASTORS TO HOLD
TWO-DAY RETREAT
New York and Iowa Edu.
Gators viii Be Speakers
at Sessions.

Under auspices of an interdenomina.
tional committee of ministers from
seven churches here, and sponsored BY
American University, the Second An.
nual Pastors Retreat will be held al
Hurst Hall on the American University
campus, Massachusetts and Nebraska
avenues, next Monday and Tuesday.
DR.. James Moffatt, translator Of the
Bible and professor in Union Theo-
logical Seminary. New York City, and
DR.. Edward A. Steiner of Grirlnell Col
lege, Grinnell, Ia, will be the speakers
delivering three addresses each.
Registration will open at Hurst Hall
at 2:30 Monday, with no registration
fee charged. DR.. Moffatt will start
the porgram at 3 o'clock with his hrst
address, 1.-The Blessing Of God" and
speak on 1.-THE Mood of the Protestant
Minister
There will be no Monday evening Ses-
sion. but the program VIII resume
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock, with
DR.. Moffatt scheduled TO speak on
"The Irony of Jesus" followed by a
conference round table with DR.. Moi
fatt. DR.. Steiner then will speak on
"The Problem of the Minister'S Person.
atty" followed by conference round
table. =,
Dinner in the university dining hall
Is scheduled at 6:15 with DR.. Moffatt
speaking on Some Words Of Our Re-
lirion," and DR.. Steiner on The Min
lister as a Creative Personality"
DIR. Arthur j. Jackson, assistant pro-
lessor of religion at American Univer-
sity is in charge of the arrangements
for the continuation committee Of Wash
ington ministers, consisting OF DR.. w.
S. Abernethy, pastor of Calvary Baptist
Church; Rev. Charles H. Butler, pastor
of Columbia Heights Lutheran Church;
Dr Mark Depp. Calvary Methodist Epis-
copal Church: Rev. Irving w. Ketcham.
peck Memorial Chapel Presbyterian;
Rev. Fred c. Reynolds. Wesley M. E.;
Rev. w, w. Shearer, st. Columbus
Episcopal Church. and DR.. Earl Wiley,
Vermont Avenue Christian Church.
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"THE AFTERMATH" TOPIC

.sThe Aftermath" will be the topic Of
Rev. j. E. Davis sermon tomorrow
morning at the Wilson Avenue Baptist
Church, Baltimore Boulevard and VIII
son avenue, Colmar, Md. The evening
service sermon theme will be THE
Other Nine"
The young people will meet at pm.
tomorrow. Miss Marie Jackson and her
group leading. Several activities have
been planned this Spring by the B. Y:
p. u. including lawn festival and
straw ride.
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DR.. WEAVER SELECTS
TWO SERMON TOPICS
"The Temptation of Jesus" and
absent Without Leave" Announc-
ed by Illiteracy Committee Head.

DIR. Rufus w. Weaver, secretary
treasurer of the National Advisory Com
mittee on Illiteracy, will preach at the
National Baptist Memorial tomorrow
morning on 1.-THE Temptation of Jesus"
and in the evening on the subject Of
Absent without Leave" It Is an
nounced that Pastor johnson has so far
recovered as to plan to preach May 4
at the time Of the observance Of the
Lords supper.
Following the midweek service Thurs
day evening, which Is the covenant
meeting, there viii be held the annual
meeting Of the church.
There will be the regular monthly
meeting Friday evening Of the stand
ing committee. The same evening the
Boy Scouts and the Sea Scouts will
meet.
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VISITOR WILL OCCUPY
CHEVY CHASE PULPIT

At the Chevy Chase Baptist Church
tomorrow at II o'clock DR.. Moses r.
Lowell of Washington will be the guest
preacher. In the evening service at
7:45 o'clock the pastor, Rev. Edward
o. Clark, will preach. His subject will
be 1.-THE Gospel Drama"
A dinner reception to new members
will be given Thursday. The quarterly
business session viii be held the same
evening.
The Woman's Society, on behalf OF
the other organizations of the church,
Is promoting a mother and daughter
banquet to be held May 8.
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DR.. MELTON. TO PREACH

DIR. B. H. Melton, pastor of the Ninth
Street Christian Church. Ninth and d
streets northeast will preach tomorrow
morning on 1.-THE Upward Quest" The
evening topic viii be "The Wages and
the Gift"
The board of managers of the Dis
ciples' Home will present an entertain
60 toward the home. The annual busi-
ness meeting Of the church win be held
Thursday evening.
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Religious Questions

Q. What do you think happened te
| Jesus after His crucifixion? For me He
/ no longer existed.
A. I believe that the Person who
taught In Galilee and Judea and died
on Calvary Is still what He has always
been since those events-the risen, liv-
ing Christ in real and constant fellow
ship with men. His Intervention begun
at Bethlehem is just as real for the
growing spiritual experience Of the race
now as then.
That belief may not appeal to you
for 1t is easier felt than expressed. But
may point out that it Is the distin-
gushing quality of original Christianity
and that this Is the type Of Christian
ity which has done Gods saving work
in the world. Under His guidance II
built the church, wrote the New Tesla
ment, converted savage tribes, trans
formed q decadent civilization and es-
tablished itself as the true gospel and
SUFFICIENT creed of men and nations.
Modernists go far, but the majority
Of them shrink from declaring that
Jesus has forever passed out of human
existence. They want to trust In really
spiritual empire which defeats the reign
of fieshly lust and disorder. But that
empire cannot be severed from the uni
versal consciousness of the indwelling
Christ, which Is the very life of the
Christian faith, expressed in manifold
ways OF regenerating power.
@. What is the nature of the power
received from believing in Christ?
A. The power in question is expressed
in an infinite capacity to help others.
It dispatched st. Paul to Rome, st.
Francis to the needy of many lands,
John Wesley to the forsaken multitudes,
David Livingston to Africa and Sir VIII
fred Grenfell to Labrador. It insures
and women in behalf Of the good OF
their fellow creatures.
Its resources are not confined to
philanthropic work. It has inspired
sacred literature, the noblest art, the
sublimeSt architecture, the finest Of
lyrics, religions profoundest philoso-
phies and illuminated speech. Jesus Is
the greatest capitalist in history. But
the riches He bestows are of the spirit,
not of the flesh. The hottest instru-
mentalities of sacrificial services are
freely dispensed by Him. II you doubt
these tributes, look around and con-
ceive what our modern world would be
If all that Christ's wealth of soul has
poured into It were abolished.
do not forget that devout men and
women of other religions than yours
and mine also manifest the spirit Of
the Master. wherever God is sincerely
worshiped and beneficient works are
done, the essence Of Christ's Christian
ity Is displayed as distinguished from
that of sects and creeds. Hence he said.
He that is not against me Is for me"
q saying which those who claim His
name and bear His sign should always
remember.
The legal tender Of the kingdom Of
heaven Is power over self, over sin
and over all unrighteousness; an ener-
giving and reconstructive strength in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-26
LUTHERAN PASTOR
TAKING VACATION
Or. George Drath Preaching
at st. PauI's-Services
at Theater..

Services Of st. Paul's English Luther
an Church tomorrow morning at IL
o'clock, and every Sunday morning until
further notice, will be held in the Met
ropolitan Theater. During the absence
of DR.. Henry w. Snyder, the pastor, on
a short postmaster vacation. the guest
preacher Is DR.. George Drach Of Balti-
more, literature secretary Of the Luz
theran Board of Foreign Missions and
corresponding secretary for India and
Japan. He will preach tomorrow morn
ing on MANY Shall Come" and In the
evening on 1.-THE Name of God" The
latter service will be held at Epiphany
Chapel, Sixteenth and u streets, at
o'clock. DR.. Snyder will return in time
to take charge Of the Thursday night
prayer service at Epiphany Chapel,
when he will continue his lectures on
the Augsburg Confession. taking up the
subject Of Baptism"
The two Sunday schools will meet to-
morrow at $3.50 am at st. Paul's
Church, Eleventh and H streets, and
Epiphany Chapel, respectively. The
Senior and intermediate Endsavor So
cieties will hold a joint meeting at st.
Paul's at o'clock, and will be addressed
by Mrs. Lorna Smith, Juvenile Court
worker for the District. The Luther
League will 60 in body to st. Johns
Lutheran Church to share in the cele-
bration of the seventy-fifth birthday
anniversary of that congregation.
The church council will meet at
Epiphany Chapel Wednesday at 8 pm
The Alice Stirewalt Missionary Society
Will meet Wednesday evening at Kirk
lawn, 5124 Chevy Chase parkway.
Tuesday night the Louie Dale Leeds
Glass will share in q benefit perform
ance by the National Theater Players
in Jerry"
Friday evening In the Sunday school
room OF St. Paurs Church the Grace
Players will present three playlets for
the benefit of the building fund of the
Ladies' Aid Society.
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SUBJECT IS SELECTED

Rev. Kyle Booth. pastor Of Ingram
Memorial Congregational Church, Mas
sachusetts avenue and Tenth street
northeast, will have for his subject at
the IL O'Clock service tomorrow Tn
SEPARATION and Service" At the o'clock
evening service he will preach on
"Things New and Old"
The church school viii meet at $3.50
am. and the Young Peoples Society at
z pm. The Washington Association OF
Conversational Churches will meet In
this church Tuesday for afternoon and
evening meetings.
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ALL SOULS TOPIC TOLD

At the IL O'Clock service tomorrow at
All Souls Church (Unitariau), Six
tenth and Harvard streets, the min
lister, DR.. Ulysses G. B. Pierce. will
preach on the subject: Hands and
Wings" The Lend-a-Hand Society VIII
meet Immediately after the service in
the Lend-a-Hand room.
There will be a meeting Of the Joseph
Priestley Conference May / at the First
Unitarian Church in Germantown, Pa.
DR.. Pierce will be in charge of the OPEN
ing devotional service and the confer
ence address will be given by DIR.
william Laurence Sullivan.
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PASTORS SERMON TEXTS

Sermon topics announced for wis
consin Avenue Baptist Church, Forty
second and Fessenden streets, by the
pastor, Clarence r. Ferguson, are: IL
o'clock, 1.-THE Word Of Cod" and at 8
o'clock will continue the study of Rev.
elation In the fourteenth chapter. GAS
am, Bible school; pm, meeting of
the three B. Y. p. u. Societies.
Teachers and officers will meet at
z pm. Wednesday. The midweek Bible
study and prayer service will meet at
3 pm. Wednesday.
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REVIVAL CONTINUED

Rev. Harry L. Collier. pastor of the
Full Gospel Tabernacle, North Capitol
and K streets. announces the continu-
alton Of the Easter to Pentecost" re-
vival all next week, with several con-
vention speakers on the program.
Rev. Charles D. Peters of the First
Baptist Church Of Butler, N. j., will
preach tomorrow at IL am, and
Evengelist Betty Beylor will speak at
7:30 pm.
Among the speakers next week will be
Rev. j. A. McCambridge, Evangelist
Ruth Schofield, Bertha Milligan, Ella
Finch and Mary Martin. Healing serv-
ice will be held Tuesday at 7:45 pm.
The Sunday school membership crusade
will meet at $50 am. Services are
nightly, except Saturday, at 7:45 o'clock,
and missionary meetings Tuesday, We'd
nesday. Thursday and Friday at 8 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-26
France.

ON the lofty plateau above the pretty
town, just behind the wooden
cross that crowns the summit of the
cliff, is the little chapel Of Notre Dame
de Grace, in the shadow Of grove Of
ancient elms. It was originally founded
in 1884 by Robert the Magnificent,
Duke Of Normandy, the father of VIII
liam the Conqueror. The present
structure was built in 1906 to replace
an older one which had. begun to fall
into decay.
This chapel Is favorite place Of
pilgrimage for the seafaring men Of
all the country round, and the v'e'ls
are covefc.i with their votive offerings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-26
MRS. BROCK TO SPEAK

Mrs. William e. Brock, wife of Sena-
tor Brock Of Chattanooga, Tenn, will
be the speaker tomorrow night at the
6l3 @ street northwest.
On each of the following nights an
organization of one of the churches the
mission represents viii have charge of
the service. Monday, Christian En-
deavor of the United Brethren Church
will take charge; Tuesday, Christian
Endeavor of the Metropolitan Presby-
terrain Church: Wednesday, Christian
Endeavor of the National Baptist Me-
mortal; Thursday, Potomac Bible Col
iege; Friday. Pitzer Bible Glass Of Cen
day Temple Baptist C-,ui IL.
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SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH

Rev. ]. L. S. Holloman, pastor Second
Baptist Church, Third street between
H and I streets, is In New York City
attending the National Interdenomina
tional Alliance as the special repre-
sentative of the Baptist Ministers Con-
ference Of Washington and vicinity.
He will return to his pulpit tomorrow
and preach at IL am. on what Does
the Opposition to Judge John J. Parker
Teach?" At the evening service the
Pastors Aid Club will conduct special
exercises. The Bible school will meet at
$3.50 am. and b. Y. p. u. at pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-26

historical associations. It boasts Of
having beaten the English In 1882, and
q prisoner. A far greater glory was its
devoted loyalty to the Catholic cause
in the sixteenth century, when 1t fought
the Huguenots over and over again,
against desperate odds, until 1t was
almost wholly destroyed and its FORTH
fications completely battered to pieces.
In 1862 the Protestant forces only OBJ
tanned possession of 1t by regular
siege Of the Faubourg St. Leonard.
Honfeur has a special claim upon
the interest Of American Catholics, for
it was In sense the mother city Of
Quebec. the first colony of which came
RI n is rr:t.
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PASTOR TO OBSERVE
THIRD ANNIVERSARY
"Co-Workers With God" Topic OF
Rev. Thomas e. Boorde Tomor-
row at Temple Baptist.

Rev. Thomas z. Boorde will observe
the third year Of his pastorate at
Temple Baptist Church tomorrow. He
will have for his topic at IL o'clock
"Co-Workers With God" z. v. Hodges
vice president of the District Federation
B. Y. p. u, will make O plea for the
membership to register for the Interna-
meet here next year.
The subject of the evening sermon by
DR.. Boorde is People That Know Their
God"
The Young Mems Bible Glass will give
q supper Tuesday In the social hall OF
the church. Prayer meeting Thursday
night.
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Two Sermons Announced.

Rev. Glenn b. Faucet, pastor Of the
East Washington Heights Baptist
Church, Alabama and Branch avenues
southeast, will preach tomorrow morn
ing on "Your Life and Your Money"
and in the evening on How Far VIII
Jesus COP"
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METROPOLITAN BAPTIST

At the Metropolitan Baptist Church
tomorrow morning DR.. John Compton
BAH will answer one Of the most impor-
tant questions of life, namely, what
must one believe to be Christian?"
At the evening service the ordinance
of baptism will be administered, and
How an Honest Doubter Blessed the
World" will be discussed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-26
DISCUSSED BY

every obedient believer. II you have not
obtained that power, you have not
known Christ as His true servants know
Him. Yet none can boast, for II the
moral dynamite He supplies were ap-
piled to society it would blow up one
half our so-called civilization.
| Q. What Is the actual status today
Of the Roman Catholic Church In
France?
A. Henri D'Aubigine, a distinguished
French clergyman of the Protestant
persuasion, maintains that all the
churches of his country have been
greatly strengthened by the ordeals due
to the establishment and the World
War The labors of Catholic priests and
laymen, the emphasis they place on sac
| ramental action and the theological,
scientific and literary contributions of
their scholars and thinkers have aided
their church in the cities and to lesser
degree in the rural districts.
Indeed, M. D'Aubigne claims there
Is spiritual renaissance In all the re-
ligious communions of France. He does
not predict the future Of this movement.
st. Louis. st. Theresa, st. Martin de
Tours and St. Joan, of Calvin, Coligny,
Pascal and BoSsuet Is still to be reck-
oned among the religious sources OF the
world.
If you know the outstanding cathe-
drals of Northern France, such as
Rouen, Charities and Amiens, you are
aware of the radiance, the strength,
the visioned faith of French Christian
ity in medieval times. Although secu-
larism and skepticism have made great
inroads In France, the spirit which built
religious institutions and forms. But
these splendid centers Of devotion and
service is by no means dead. Millions
of her people either reject or neglect
their recent ministries have stimulated
the zeal and also the sanity OF the
French Church, and since 1914 the ma
ton has been measurably purified by
its sufferings.
@. A recent convert to Christianity
felt that God had called him to tell his
associates Of the benefits Of his new life
and belief. This he was unable to do
because of his natural inhibitions. He
now feels he has lost his sense OF &C.
ceptance of God and that God pun
ished him In that way.
What Is your diagnosis OF his case.
A. According to the best psychology.
when good impulses are not expressed
In conduct one suffers q sense Of loss,
which may result In ones personality
question is entirely mistaken in sup
posing that God deprived him of his
consciousness Of pardon and peace. 1t
was his refusal to follow the light that
plunged him into his present darkness.
The fact that he is keenly alive to
this condition is full proof that he can
make amends and recover his lost pur-
pose, beginning where he left OF, and
bearing his witness In deeds, rather than
words, to the restoring grace of his Re-
deemer. Let him do this and his re-
ligious life will be revitalized.
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ANNOUNCES TOPICS

Rev George G. Culbertson win preach
tomorrow at both services In the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
At the morning service he win speak
on Until Stars Appear" His subject
for the o'clock evening worship win
be Creating Your World"