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VISITOR TO PREACH
in LOCAL Church
Or. Newton, Returned Mis-
sionary, to Occupy Mount
Vernon Place Pulpit.

DR.. J. G. c. Newton, who spent SIS
years as missionary in Japan, viii
preach at the Mount Vernon Place
Church tomorrow morning. His sub.
ject will be "The Church's Double
Task"
In the junior congregation meeting
at IL o'clock in the Sunday School
auditorium Bruce Gannaway will speak
on Your Reasonable Service" Mr..
Gannaway is member of Mount Yer
non Place Church. He is about to re-
ceive a degree from the Gambler School
of Theology, Emory University, Georgia,
and viii soon enter the itinerant min
istry.
Daniel c. Roper, chairman of the
board of stewards, who was a delegate
of the Baltimore annual conference to
the General Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South, held re-
Gently In Dallas, Tex, will speak at the
evening service on THE Dallas Gen.
eral Conference"
The Epworth League business meet
ing will be held at the church Tuesday
evening.
The Woman's Missionary Society will
meet Wednesday evening, as will the
board of stewards. Immediately after
the meeting of the board the presiding
elder of the washington district, DR.. j.
H. BalthiS, will conduct the third quar-
terly conference for the church.
The pastor will speak at the prayer
meeting service Thursday evening.
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TN a picturesque and highly culti-
waited valley little way from the
city Of Kuttenberg, in RCzesho-
4 slovakia, a vast pile of venerable
buildings tells of the former
splendor and power OF the great mon
aStery of Sedlec, or SedletZ, which was
founded in the year 1142.
Among them is the noble Gothic
church of st. Mary's built in 280-1320,
the largest in this part of Czeshoslo-
vakia. Since the abolition of the re-
ligious foundation in 1873, the conven-
tual buildings have been used for COM
mercial purposes, with the exception of
the chapel which stands to the north
ward in the monastery graveyard. This
garden of peace" acquired great fame
in the thirteenth century on account of
the fact that the abbot, Heinrich II,
during the reign of King Premyslas
Ottokar II, covered 1t with earth from
Calvary.
It was in the year 1918 that the
mortuary chapel was erected, and dedi-
Gated to All the Saints of God. It was
originally in the Romanesque style, but
was approximated by subsequent alter
ations to the Gothic type. When the
HussiteS burned the abbey in 142l it
was very much injured and its restor-
atoms in 1860 and 1861 were made in
the Renaissance spirit 1t was closed
between 1888 and 1910, but in the lat
ter year was reopened for divine wor-
ship by the pastor Of the village, j. F.
Devoty. The last renovation of this
chapel was made In 1870 at the cost Of
Prince Carl Won Schwarzenberg.
The facade is crowned by two littl
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Religious Questions
Dr.. S. Parkes Cadna,s.

Q. You have referred to "the irredu-
chile minimum of faith" AS an intel
lectual process, faith Is the acceptance
OF something as true without evidence.
Has not reason right to determine
what is true or not true? Ought not
the churches to abolish all doctrines
which are not conformable to reason?
A. Religion can never be simple
matter of precise logic. and reason is
not coterminous with human need nor
with human capacity. Men and wom-
en- are capable of entering into every
desirable experience of religion on GER
tain conditions. But those conditions
cover far more than the purely intel
lectual. Therefore, any man who re-
fuses to act beyond the limits Of logical
certitude necessarily limits the range
OF his personality.
We are meant to be believers" as
well as "knowers." All may ask ques-
tons which none can answer. Further,
We secure a firmer structure OF char
acter and ACHIEVEMENT when we make
assumptions than when we conf1ne our
selves to demonstrable facts. Hence
Anselm's axiom, "credo ut intelligam."
Moreover, faith and belief are not
synonymous. Faith involves trust and
self-commitment. You can believe and
still not have faith in the Biblical sense.
Faith Is action according to ones be-
lief, basing everything one has or Is on
the results of that action, and these
results are the criteria by which beliefs
are validated. No man can demon
strate God But we can point to men
and women who are what they are
because they believe in God ana sur
render themselves to all that belief
involves.
So If the churches followed your adj
vice they would cease to have any
specific mission. Their function is to
keep alive in men the consciousness
that beyond the horizon there Is stiil
more sea. Every priest and preacher
has to provide a local habitation and
a name for the invisible, and make
this so real to his hearers that they
shall believe in the invisible Them
selves and act upon their belief.
@. I have recently become a Chris
tian and find myself at loss to pray
IN public when called upon to do so.
Would you kindly suggest book OF
prayers?
A. am not at all sure that you
should be called upon to pray IN public
at so early stage in your CHRISTIAN
experience. Prayer which is real, sim
pie and effective wells up in the soul
like the crystal waters of mountain
spring Prayer made to order is prone
to be mechanical, formal and spiritually
barren. If others in your group nave
fell into the habit of making the long,
weartsome prayers which Jesus con-
demned, I advise you not to be innu-
enced by their example.
I appreciate your desire 10 enrich all
devotional exercises. Study for mstruc-
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TOPIC ANNOUNCED
BY CHURCH PASTOR
Rev. M. R. Lowell to Preach
on Exploiting the Spir-
ituaI Universe"

Exploiting the Spiritual Universe"
is the theme Of Rev. Moses r. Lowell of
the Mount Pleasant Conversational
Church, I4i0 Columbia road, tomorrow
at IL am. Holy communion will be
celebrated at this service.
The Young Peoples Forum meets at
$50 pm. in special preparation for the
Conference Of Congregational Young
People of Washington and vicinity
whAch is scheduled for June 6, and 8
at Camp Kahlert. The annual busi-
ness meeting and election of officers
May rs resulted in the following cabi-
net being chosen: President, Jack
Perry: vice president, Amelia Brooks;
secretary, Sarah Thornley,; treasurer,
Ruth Kizer; program chairman, Eliza
beth Noteworthy; social chairman,
William Duvel; fellowship chairman,
Peggy Trey; refreshment chairman,
Carol Smith; music chairman, Elwood
Backenstoss.
The discussion group cabinet will
meet Tuesday evening to discuss the
possibilities for the attendance of some
of this group of college and young
business people at Summer confer
ence of their choice. VARIOUS confer
ence programs will be available for
study, and definite plans will be made
that evening.
The Woman's Guild will hold picnic
meeting Wednesday at the home of
Mrs. l.. NJ Cleveland, Kensington, Md.
Automobiles will leave the church at IL
o'clock to convey all those who plan to
attend.
Preparing the Boy and Girl for Mar
riage," the last in the series of social
hygiene lectures by Mrs. Fereva B.
Croxton, will be given June 4 at 8 pm.
for the mothers round table. Girls of
10 years. land older are invited to attend.
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Girls Friendly Society

Epiphany Branch had a social meet
ing. There were several musical selec-
tons rendered by the Glee Club, after
which Miss Mary Hartley led in COM
munity singing. Refreshments were
served. There will be q picnic supper
next Monday evening at the residence
of Mrs. Grace Berry, 5518 Chevy Chase
parkway. This will be the closing
meeting Of the season.
The Senior Club met May % at the
National Center, 1888 New Hampshire
avenue. Mrs. Alexander Steuart gave
an account of her trip to Europe.
Plans were made for supper party at
Holiday House June II.
Christ Church Navy Yard Southeast
Branch will give an American Beauty
rose ball Tuesday from 9 to IL pm. in
the parish hall.
st. Lukes candidates had their an
nual service and party May II. Rev.
Mr.. Brown gave talk. The children
made flower picture under the direc-
ton OF Mrs. Fultap Lewis.
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CHURCH WILL CONTINUE
REVIVAL OF PENTEcoST

The Revival Of Pentecost," com.
memorating the nineteen llundredth
year of the Christian Church, at the
Full Gospel Tabernacle, North Capitol
and K streets, will continue all next
week. under the direction of Rev. A,
H. Argue and daughter zelma Of
Canada.
Miss Argue will address the young
ladies' Bible class of the Sunday school
at 9:45 am. She will also preach at
IL on Joseph"
Rev. Argue will speak at a popular
evangelistic service at $50 on rus
sia's Attitude Against God and What
1t Means" when he will discuss the
significance of the anti-religious move.
ment in that country. A divine healing
service viii be held Tuesday at 7:45
pm.
Some of his subjects for the week ara
"Sodom and the Modern World" do
All Speak With Tongues?'', "The Close
OF the Gentle Age at Hand-What
Next?" Jesus the Great Physician"
Where Are the Dead?", Jerusalem
and the Jew" els There a Second
Chance?', "The Mark of the Beast"
and. "Armageddon."
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DISCUSSED BY

, ton selected passages from the Scrip
lures, especially the psalms and the
gospels and st. Paul's unrivaled peti.
tions in his epistles.
Memorize the best collects Of the
Book of Common Prayer" as published
by the Protestant Episcopal Church
Read "The Temple" by DR.. Orchard
published by j. NJ. Dent & Co., and a
compilation entitled "Great Souls al
Prayer, edited by Mrs. Tiletson and
published by Allenson, Ltd. They
render you wise guidance in this vital
function OF the souls alteration.
Q. A man who was faithful church
worker IN his early years comes by
varied reading to disbelieve the chief
Christian doctrines and also the Bibles
accuracy with respect to historical
miracles and scientific matters. He still
Fundamentally believes IL, Christ,s
teaching with respect to right living
and he tries to live as a Christian Is
supposed to live. When he goes to his
church should he repeat the creed,
which he does not entirely accept?
A. Two issues are in your questions,
and whatever one may say about them
is likely to be misunderstood. The first
is the real function of the church and
function and the creed of the church.
Primarily the church exists to propa-
gate a divine message, the purpose of
which is to make bad people good and
good people better. No apologize Is
so effective as the transformed life of
a believing man or woman. None can
ind fault with the sacrificial soul who
has made love the law of his life and
service its constant objective. Jesus
came that men might have that life and
have 1t more abundantly.
What then is the relation between
this life and a creed? It is certain
that every life involves some kind of
creed, for men must believe definite
truths If they. are to live in q given
way. But a creed must be distin-
guished as to its elements. There are
clauses in every historic creed of
Christendom which necessarily pre-
suppose the Christian life and the
Christian character, and there are
other clauses, such as those you have
in mind, which have no direct bearing
upon Christian discipleship. Hence
affect Christian life may be regarded
as of secondary Importance.
You ask what man is to do in this
dilemma, especially about the creed of
his own church Let him repeat 1t with
the congregation. Reciting a creed In
unison is not necessarily confession Of
individual faith. It Is rather q litur-
gical and cooperate act belonging to
social worship. A creed lis q historic
symbol, and its significance Is not in
this clause or that, but In its total
statement as the embodiment of q
general faith held BY the people Of God.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-31
DR.. C0PENHAvER
RETURNS TO CITY
Pastor of Epworth M. E. Church
South Attended Conference
Held in Dallas.

DR.. John G. Copenhaver, pastor of
Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church
South, Thirteenth street and North
Carolina avenue northeast, has re-
turned from Dallas, Tex, where he at
tended the quadrennial sessions of the
general conference of the Southern
Methodist Church, and will conduct
services at IL o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. "Nourished by Christ will be the
subject of the address after which the
sacrament of the Lords Supper will be
observed. His subject for the 8 O'Clock
service will be "Parades and Horns
Versus Stone Walls" This will be the
first of a series of Sunday evening SER
mons based on Old Testament incidents
which have a modern application. The
subject of the series will be -Four
Queer Battles" and will continue for
four Sunday evenings.
Mrs. Ida Fowler Moore will be the
leader Of the Epworth League services
at 1880 pm. The Hummer Memorial
Glass will hold business meeting Tues
day evening. The business meeting of
the official board of the church will be
held Wednesday evening. The business
meeting and election of officers of the
Epworth League chapter of the church
will be held Tuesday evening.
The pastor will conduct the weekly
prayer meeting Thursday evening and
speak on the parable Of Jesus, "The
Two Sons"
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SPIRIT OF HOLINESS
IS PASTORS TOPIC
Dr.. G. G. Johnson viii Speak
at National Baptist Memo
rial Tomorrow.

At National Baptist Memorial tomor-
row morning DR.. @. G.. johnson has
chosen for his topic 1.-THE Spirit of
Holiness" after which the ordinance of
the Lords Supper will be observed. DR..
w. J. McGlothlin, president of the
Southern Baptist Convention, will
preach in the evening on Just a
Name" During the afternoon the
young people will go to the Home for
incurables to help with the service
there.
The annual banquet of the Young
Peoples Society will be held at the
church Tuesday at $50 o'clock pm.
Maj Gen. William G. Everson will be
the speaker. There will also be the
installation Of the officers of the senior
and the intermediate societies.
The Woman's Society will hold its
June meeting at the church Wednesday
at IL am. Reports from the Atlantic
District convention will be given by
MRS. F. j. Lukens and Mrs. David
thompson in the morning session. The
Sunbeams, with Mrs. Joseph Virga in
charge, will give program in the aft
ernpon session. At 8 pm. Miss Haney
Will give an illustrated talk on Our
National Parks" under the auspices of
the Egbert Glass. Miss Haney is re-
puted to be very interesting speaker
and her pictures are said to be unusual-
ly beautiful.
The officers Of the church will meet
Thursday at 7:45 pm. those desiring
to unite with the church The midweek
service will be held Thursday at 8
o'clock. the topic being 1.-THE Sanctifica-
ton of the Spirit"
The standing committee will meet at
the church Friday at 8 pm. The Bow
Scouts and the Sea Scouts will meet al
the church at 7:30.
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CONVENTION CHIEF
WILL SPEAK HERE
DR.. W. ]. McGlothlin Will Address
Baptist Church Tomorrow
Morning.

Returning from the Northern Baptist
Convention at Cleveland, Ohio, DR.. w.
j. McGlothlin, president of the South
ern Baptist Convention, will preach at
the First Baptist Church tomorrow
morning at IL o'clock. He is also presi-
dent of Furman University, at Greenville,
s. G. This Is the first time the people
of Washington have had opportunity to
hear DR.. McGlothlin since his election
to the presidency of the Southern Con-
vention. He will also address the Bap-
fist Ministers Conference Monday at
IL am. at Calvary Baptist Church.
Evangelist Joe Jefferies of Dallas,
Tex, who has just returned from Pales-
tine and Europe, will preach at 8 pm.
The Emily York Circle of the Wom-
ems Society will meet at the church
parlors Wednesday at $3.50 pm.
The deaconS will meet Monday at
o'clock at the home of Charles B Nc
Innis, 1549 Forty-fourth street.
The B. Y. P. U. will meet at GAS
pm, with a social at 6:15, to which
young. people. visiting in the city are
invited
Prayer meeting will be conducted by
the pastor, DR.. Samuel Judson Porter,
Thursday evening.
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DR.. NEAL ANDERSON.
TO DEDICATE ORGAN
New Edifice at 22d and P
Streets Scene of Imposing
Ceremonies Tomorrow.

The week of dedication of the new
Church of the Pilgrims, on the park
way at Twenty-second and P streets,
will be concluded with two services to-
morrow, at which DR.. Neal L. Anderson
of the Independent Presbyterian
Church, Savannah, Ca, will be the
preacher.
At IL am. the first communion serv-
ice in the edifice dedicated last Sunday
morning by the retiring moderator Of
the Presbyterian Church in the United
States will be observed. At T:45 pm.
the Sarah E. Morrison organ, presented
to the church by Mrs. Cameron Morri-
son of North Carolina, will be dedicated.
DR.. Anderson, who is at the same time
one of the toenost divines and must
clans of the Southern Presbyterian
Church, will make the deoicatory adj
dress on the Worship of Praise"
William E. zench, organist of the
First Presbyterian Church of Boston.
Mass. will open" the new organ with a
special program of great composers as
follows: Grand ctoeur dialogue
(GigouO, canon (Schumann), largo
lHandeD, Carilloh-Sortie (Mulet). ooh.
the Lifting Springtime" (Stebbins) /:
Revere" (Dickinson), fantasia and
fugue in @ Minor (Bach), Londonderry
Air" (traditional), m editation"
tSturges), Ave Marie Stella" (Dupre)
andantino (Chauvet), march, "Pomp
and Circumstance" (Elgar).
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TWO SERMONS LISTED

Rev. c. B. Austin, pastor of the west
Washington Baptist Church, will speak
tomorrow at IL am. on "Life's Biggest
Question" and at 8 pm. on young
People and Their Traps, or the Devil
in a Full Dress Suit"
The new midweek service will be
new feature for June. The pastor will
conduct an interesting service Thursday
evening at 7:45 O'Clock.
Forum questions: what Constitutes
Good Church Member?" what Is
the Chief Business of the church,"
Can the Church Afford to Close the
MidWeek Service?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-31
ST. PAULS LUTHERAN
CHURCH SERVICES
Spiritual Ascension" Theme of
Morning Sermon by DR..
Snyder, Pastor.

At st. Paul's Lutheran Church the
Ascension Of our Lord will be observed
at the IL o'clock service tomorrow, held
Henry w. Snyder the pastor, will
preach on "Our Spiritual Ascension
At the yesper service at o'clock at
Epiphany Chapel DR.. Snyder'S subject
will be Fear or Faith"
Mrs. Lois Hoover Bulls win be the
leader at the Luther League meeting at
Epiphany Chapel at z o'clock.
Both the Senior and intermediate
Christian Endeavor Societies will meet
at st. Paul's, at o'clock.
|, The Aid Society viii meet at Epiph-
any Chapel. wednesday at 8 o'clock.
DR.. Snyder has just returned from
the meeting of the Maryland Synod at
Hagerstown. While there he delivered
an address to the brotherhood on the
subject 1.-THE Universal Prophethood of
Believers"
Continuing his lectures on "The
Augsburg Confession" his topic next
Thursday evening at Epiphany Chapel
will be on the subject Repentance"
At a reception to be given to the
congregation and friends next Satur-
day afternoon at Kirklawn, st. Pauls
parsonage, by Mrs. Snyder, and to the
girls of the Alice Stirewalt Missionary
Society, the guest Of honor will be Mrs.
Camille Osias, wife of the Philippine
commissioner to the United States.
Other guests wil be Miss Anderson,
general secretary of the Y. w. G. A.,
and Miss Helen Hudson, chairman of
the committee on world friendship.
Mrs. Snyder will be assisted by Miss
Eleanore McRae and Mrs. Harry T..
Domer, Miss Margaret Fox, Mrs. A. Y.
Leech, jr., and Mrs. Kenneth McRae
will preside at the tea table throughout
the afternoon.
Childrens day will be observed at
both the Sunday school session and at
IL o'clock. Beginning at $3.50, an at
tractive program will be given by men,
bers of both Epiphany and st. Pauls
schools, and at the IL o'clock service
DR.. Snyder has prepared special talk
for the children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-31
ASCENSION Is SUBJECT
OF REV. F. F. H0LSOPPLE

At the Washington City Church of
the Brethren DR.. F. F. Holsopple will
speak tomorrow morning on 'fThe AS
cension OF Our Lord" At the evening
service he will continue series on the
Holy Spirit. The evening subject will
be the Work of the Holy Spirit"
Thsre viii be continuation of the
question box"
Children's day service will be held
June 3. A program will be rendered
under the direction of the superin-
tendsnt OF the primary department,
Mrs. e. II. Kline. A playlet. "Chrisf
in the Temple" written by the pastor,
Will be presented by six characters.
After the children's day program
there viii be formal ground breaking
service for the new church school build
ing which Is to be erected this Summer.
:, Tuesday evening Rev. Virgil Finnell
discussed the effects of the use of to-
bacco.
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B. Y. P. U. News

The monthly board meeting of the
senior federation will meet Tuesday
evening at Central Union Mission
Building. --
The intermediate board will meet
Friday night ct the Central Union
Mission.
Last Sunday night at the church
service the B. Y. P. US of Bethany
had charge with the following people
participating: Daniel Bowen. presiding
ofncer: Phillip England Invocation:
Miss Louise Newkirk, Scripture; Miss
virginia Everett, offered prayer: offer
tory prayer was delivered by William
Wolfrey. The new officers for the
coming year were installed. Miss Maree
Pates VIII lead the devotional meeting
tomorrow night at Bethany No. 1.
MISS Margaret Carder, assisted by
the Devotional Life Commission, will
present the program tomorrow eve
n!ng at Bethany Union No. 2. A car
nfval and lawn fete will be given Fri
cay evening. The proceeds will go
toward the 1881 convention fund.
Miss Mary Pulliam and the Deyo-
tlonal Life Commission will have charge
OF the program tomorrow night at
Chevy Chase.
East Washington Heights will have
the program presented tomorrow night
Wy UuvOl Eoulltl ana group NO. ].
Fifth B. Y. p. U. win conduct the
services at the Baptist Home for Aged
Ladies tomorrow at o'clock.
First will hold their monthly bust
ness meeting Wednesday evening.
The devotional meeting tomorrow
evening at Fountain Memorial will be
conducted by Bruce Kritzer and group
No. l. Their regular business meeting
will be held Wednesday night.
Kendall will have a program pre-
sented by Mr.. Alicata and group No.
tomorrow evening.
The B. Y. p. U. of National Baptist
Memorial will conduct the services at
the Home for Incurables tomorrow at
2:30 o'clock. Their annual banquet
viii be held Tuesday. The monthly
business meeting is scheduled to be held
Wednesday evening.
The monthly business meeting and
social Of Petworth B. Y. p. u. will be
Friday evening.
The Devotional Life Commission OF
Temple, Fred Braugh, director, viii pre-
sent the program tomorrow night.
Louis Lucas was elected president Of
West Wsshiu gton B. Y. P. y. A lawn
i-t- -. :. 7cn Friday evening.
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PASTOR TO BE ABSENT

Rev Godfrey Chobot, pastor Of the
Sixth Presbyterian Church, is in at
te,-dance at the meeting of the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
at Cincinnati. Ohio, as a commissioner
from the Washington City Presbytery.
His pulpit tomorrow morning will be
occupied by Rev. Albert Evans.
The Christian Endeavor Society will
meet for tea at 6:15 pm, followed by
its regular service.
A meeting Of the Woman's Presby-
terial Society of Washington City for
missions will be held in the church Fri
day at 1890 am. The synodical presi-
dent and missionaries of the national
and foreign boards viii address the
meetinS