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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03
PASTORS SUNDAY
. TEXTS ANNOUNCED
DR.. Porter'S Morning Theme
Is "NeW Years Wide
Swinging Doors"

DR.. Samuel Judson Porter, pastor Of
First Baptist Church, will preach to-
morrow morning on New Years Wide
Swinging Doors" and in the evening
on "Clinging to the Sunny Side"
The monthly business meeting of the
B. Y. P. U. will be held at the home of
Rochester Sims, 1908 N street, wednes-
day evening.
The Dramatic Club will meet January
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle
Strange, 214S o street. Sketches will
be given. in charge of Miss Lila Hicks
and Miss Gladys Pitt.
An explosion meeting" attended ley
the B. Y. P. u. convention workers
from the different churches of the city
was held at the church last Tuesday
evening. Rev. Homer Councillor was the
speaker
A meeting of the executive council of
the church. will be held at 8 o'clock next
Friday evening.
In appreciation Of her "a years OF
service as superintendent of the home
department of the Sunday school, q
vase was presented to Mrs. Howell D.
Young at the exercises last Sunday
morning. The presentation was made
by DR.. Porter, the pastor, and acknowl-
edgment made by Mrs. Young.
Judge George G. Butte, q member OF
the church who has been appointed
vice governor of the Philippines, will
leave washington tomorrow with his
wife and che daughter en- route to his
new post. His other daughter will re-
main to complete her school year here
before joining her parents.
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|CHURCH PLANS
| FEATURE SERVICE
Honor to Be Paid William H.
FinCkeI, Only Living
Charter Member.

Dr. Carl G. Rasmussen. pastor Of
Luther Place Memorial Church, at
Thomas Circle win preach tomorrow at
III am. on "Life's Greatest Quest and
at pm. How Shall I Know the
TRUTH. The membership recruiting
program for 1891 is in progress. A
hundred new members and large
continuation class by Easter is the goal
that has been set.
feature OF tomorrow's services will
be the celebration of the seventy ninth
ortnday anniversary OF william II.
Finckel, the sole surviving charter
member Of the congregation. He will
celebrate the event by teaching the
John @. Butler Bible Class. He was
born in Washington. His father was
Tor many years pastor OF Old Concordia
Lutheran Church at Twentieth and @
streets. An elder brother was at one
tims pastor of the church in Troy,
N. Y, In which DR.. Rasmussen, present
pastor of Luther Place, was baptized
and confirmed. Mr.. Finckel was for
more than a quarter of a century super
intendent of the Sunday school, and for
many years an active elder in the
church and president of the Church
Council. When he asked to be relieved
OF these duties two years ago he was
unanimously elected an honorary elder
for life. In everyday circles Mr.. Finckel
Is patent attorney and Is q past presi-
dent of the Patent Bar Association of
the District of Columbia.
The annual meeting of the congrega-
ton will be held in the church parlors
Monday at pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03
JANUARY SERMON
SERIES IS PLANNED
"can We Still Believe in
God?" Is Dr.. Pierce'S Topic
Tomorrow.

DR.. Ulysses @. 3. Pierce, minister of
All Souls Church, Sixteenth and Har-
ward streets, viii deliver a course Of four
sermons on Sunday mornings In jan
uary on THE Unitarian Message in a
Day of Spiritual Confusion" Tomor-
row morning the subject will be "Can
We Still Believe in God?" to be fol-
lowed on succeeding Sundays by What
is Left of the Bible?" Jesus and the
Modern Man." Immortality and Mod
ern Thought"
At $50 pm. tomorrow Mrs. Helen T.
Steinbarger of the Mount Pleasant
Branch Library will review "Cheng-
Tcheng, Son of China" an autobiog-
raphy which has just been translated
into English. The feature at the mo-
ton picture hour, which takes place in
Pierce Hall at 7:30 pm, will be With
Byrd at the South Pole
A dinner meeting of the Washington
Chapter, Unitarian Laymen's League,
will take place January at $50 O'Clock.
DR.. Hornell Hart will speak on THE
Modern Family" At the meeting of
the Women's Alliance, January 9, at IL
o'clock, the program will be in charge
of Mrs. John w. Adams, "Denomina-
tional Activities" and Mrs. Elwood
Street, Social Service" The luncheon
hostess is Mrs. Truman Able.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03
BAL TIMORE PASTOR.
PLANS AIR TALKS
Former Assistant at st. Pat
rick'S to Preach on
Catholic Hour.

Rev. James A. Smyth. pastor of ST.
Peters Church, Baltimore, will deliver
q series of two sermons on the Wash
ipgton Catholic radio hour during the
first part of January. The Washington
Catholic radio hour is broadcast every
Sunday afternoon from the Church OF
the Immaculate Conception, of which
Rev. Francis j. Hurney is pastor, at 5
o'clock, through station VOL. Father
Sn,yth is well known in Washington,
having been assistant at st. Patrick S
under DR.. Stafford and Bishop Russell
for 10 years His subjects for the WASH
ington Catholic radio hour are: jan
uary 4, reflections for the New Year.
and january IL THE Catholic Church
the Protector of the Christian Home"
The services tomorrow will include the
special first of the month Lourdes deVo-
tions which have been established by
Father Hurney These devotionS con-
sist of a solemn Lourdes procession, in
which the sanctuary boys in special blue
and white caSsocks carrying torch Ian
terms, high-School girls in white dresses
and capes, and the monks of the Atone
ment in their brown habits and sandals
take part; the blessing of the sick, a
feature which has been established by
Father Hurney for the ailing, more than
a hundred of whom attend for this
blessing. They are cared for by med
ical staff and staff of nurses in charge
Of Miss Mary McGarry.
Rev Father Paul, founder of the
Friars of the Atonement, Graymoor. N.
Y, will deliver sermons on The Church
Unity Octave" on January Is and IS.
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CHURCH LOYALTY DRIVE
WILL PRECEDE REVIVAL
Rev. Robert L. Wood to Head Cam
paign Preparatory to Three
Weeks Services.

Rev. Robert L. Wood, pastor Of the
Petworth Methodist Episcopal Church,
will preach on why Go. to Church?"
at the morning service tomorrow and
on why Join the church," at his
evening service at 8 o'clock.
Sunday school classes at the Petworth
church will be held at $3.50 am. and
the intermediate and Epworth Leagues
will hold devotional services at pm.
The of1cial board of the church will
meet at 1880 pm. Tuesday, and the
Women's Guild will hold its monthly
meeting at 1890 am. Wednesday.
Luncheon will be served the guild mem
bers at noon, and Immediately after
ward the Women's Home Missionary
Society will convene. The Women's
Foreign Missionary Society is scheduled
to meet at pm. Wednesday.
Goals for the Year" will be dis
cussed at the regular midweek prayer
service at pm. Thursday.
Under the leadership of Mr.. Wood
the Petworth church win conduct a
church loyalty campaign this month in
preparation for a three-week revival
which DR.. George w. Cooke will con-
duct next month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03
DR.. PERKINS TO TALK
ON CHANGING YEARS
Communion Will Follow Worship
Service at Universalist Ma
tional Memorial Church.

"The Changing Years" is the sermon
topic Of DR.. F. w. Perkins at the Uni
versalist National Memorial Church
tomorrow at IL am. There will be
communion service Immediately after
the service of worship. The church
school will meet at 10:15 am, except
the adult class, which follows the
church service. At pm. will be the
monthly business meeting of the Y. p.
G. u, with supper at pm. and the
devotional meeting at pm. Miss
Katherine Rupp is in charge OF this
service.
There will be carol service Tuesday
evening In the church by the chorus
choir of Emmanuel Church of Balti-
more, under the auspices of the Arts
Club of Washington. The Optimist
Club, whose regular meeting falls on
the same evening, will meet in the
Romaine-Van Setback room at pm.
for brief session.
The regular parish dinner In Perkins
Hall viii be Thursday at pm. At z
pm. the Comrades will hold their meet
ing. The meeting of the w. e. d. O.
Circle will be at 1880 pm. in the
Romaine-Van Schaick room. At 1880
pm. there will be meetings of the Boy
Scouts and Cubs on the third floor OF
the parish house. At $50 pm. the
board of trustees will hold q meeting
which was postponed from the first
Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03
EXERCISES LISTED
IN CHURCH PROGRAM
Or. Mccartney to Preach on BE
hold, an Open Doorw-0ther
Services Scheduled.

DR. Albert Joseph Mccartney. minis
ter of the Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church, will preach tomorrow morning
on Behold, an Open Door"
The League of the Covenant will meet
January Z at pm. at the home of
Mrs. Wilson Compton, 290O Cathedral
avenue. Miss Elsie McRuer, field sec
rotary of the Presbyterian Board Of Ma
tional Missions. will speak.
The Tip Top Club will be addressed
at its Sunday evening meeting by Mrs.
S. K Bawa of Lahore, India.
=. DR.. w. T. Showalter of the National
Geographic Society will address the
fellowship meeting tomorrow evening on
the subject of Making Ourselves Count
for Christ" Russell Transue viii be the
leader.
The Evening Missionary Society will
hold its meeting January at pm. in
the church chapel. Miss Esther Nc
Ruer will be the speaker.
Mrs Mccartney viii be at home on
the Mondays in January from to $3.50
at Wardman Park Hotel, Apartment
TOO-F.
The All-Comers' mems class will be
addressed tomorrow morning by Louis
B. Nichols, associate religious work d.
rector, Y. M. c. A.. on Growth"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03
LISTS SACRAMENT
OF LORDS SUPPER
Francis Asbury Methodist
Congregation to Hear
Pastor in Evening.

The sacrament of the Lords supper
will be observed tomorrow morning al
Francis Asbury Methodist Episcopal
Church South, Sixteenth near Lamont
streets. At the evening service, DR.. j. j
RiveS, the pastor, will take as his sub
ject Light for the New Year"
The Epworth League service at Z pm
will be an opportunity to have ques-
tons answered by DIR. Rives.
The monthly business and social
meeting of the Gamma Sigma Sunday
school class will be held Tuesday eve
ming at the home of Mrs. Laura Ash
ford, 1349 Kennedy street The assist
ing hostesSes will be Mrs. Ellinor Chap
man and Mrs. Annette Fletchall.
The monthly meeting of the board
OF stewards will be held at the church
Wednesday evening.
The regular meetings of the Woman'S
Missionary Society have been postponed
from Wednesday to Thursday.
Prayer meetings will be resumed
January at 8 pm. with DR.. Rives
making an address.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03
SEEK C0L0RED MAN
IN KIDNAPPING CASE
Father and Mother Of Suspect Held
in Abduction Of 0rthweinN
Youth.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, January Search con-
tinued today for Charles " Alternately,
2e-year-old colored man, who New
Year eve kidnapped Adolphus Busch
Orthwein, Is, great-grandson of Adolf
plus Busch, late multimillionaire
brewer.
AS the search for Alternately went
on, his father Pearl Abernathy, real es-
tate dealer, who named his son as the
abductor, and Mrs. Charles Alternately
were being held inc0mmunicado in the
county jail at Clayton.
Pearl Alternately, who was responsible
for the release Of the Orthwein boy,
was arrested yesterday and Mrs. Charles
Alternately was arrested last night. At
the time of Mrs. Abernathy's arrest po-
lice indicated other members of the
family would be taken into custody for
questioning.
The elder Abernathys story was that
his daughter -in-law came home New
Year day and said her husband was
acting strangely. He went to his sons
home, he said, and there found q white
boy. whom he recognized from news
paper descriptions as the Busch heir.
He said he got in touch with the boys
father, Percy j. Orthwein, and made
arrangements fer the return of the
child.
st Louis County authorities, who
have jurisdiction, since the kidnapping
occurred outside the city, today re-
manned firm in their resolve to prose-
cute the abductor. Prosecuting Attor-
ney Harry w. Castlen said he felt pros
ecution was vital to public welfare"
Sheriff Alfred ILL., who said his Office
did not receive cooperation from the
boys family prior to Adolphus' return,
stated he would confer with Orthwein
and demand full particulars of the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03
ORGANIZER OF CHURCH
TO PREACH TOMORROW
Or. George S. Duncan to Fill Pulpit
at lexington Presby-
terrain Services.

DR.. George S. Duncan will speak to-
morrow morning at the lexington Pres
byterian Church, North Capitol street
corner of Florida avenue. on the theme
THE Light of the World" DR.. Dun
can organized the lexington church
and was the first pastor. In the evening
at O'Clock the pastor, Rev. Henry B.
Wooding. will preach on the theme
THE New Year and the New Life
A special service has been arranged
by members of the Senior Christian
Endeavor Society in recognition of the
group Of new members who viii unite
with the society at this service. On
January IL the members of the society
win be the guests of the Friends
Church. On the evening of January
10 the society will furnish the pro-
gram at the Aid Society, and on sun
day evening. January Is, the members
will conduct the annual young peoples
service at the church hour.
The sacrament of the Lords supper
will be observed January IL and new
members received.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03
LUTHERAN PASTOR
TO PRESENT SERIES
DR.. Henry W. Snyder to De-
liver Sermon on Making
Life Choices.

DR.. Henry w. Snyder, pastor Of st.
Paul's Lutheran Church, has planned
a series of sermons for young people on
Life Choices for Choice Lives" These
will be- delivered on the first Sunday
evening of each month throughout the
Winter and Spring, beginning tomor-
row night at o'clock, when his theme
will be Choosing Our Parents" This
service will be held at the Chapel of
the Epiphany, u near Sixteenth street,
and will be attended In body by the
Luther League.
The congregation will hold services
tomorrow at IL o'clock at the Metro
politan Theater. when DR.. Snyder will
preach two sermons, the first to the
Junior congregation on the subject THE
Two-Headed Man." and the second to
the senior congregation on Forward
the Church"
Midwinter communion will be cele-
brated Thursday at O'Clock at the
Chapel of the Epiphany with prepare
tory service preceding 1t. Holy COM
munion will be continued on next Sum
day night at the same time and place.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet at
Epiphany Chapel Wednesday evening.
The DR.. Samuel Domer Bible Glass
will hold social and business meeting
tonight at the residence of Mrs. j.
Harry Jones, 1888 Euclid street. Mrs.
Catherine K. Ceilings is the president,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03
SERVICE TO BE LED
BY DR.. MONTGOMERY
Pastor of Metropolitan Memorial
Methodist Will Preach on
"Lure of the Unknown"

The services Of the Metropolitan Me-
mortal Methodist Church win be held
tomorrow at IL O'Clock in the chapel
of the Mount Vernon Seminary. Massa-
chusetts and Nebraska avenues. DR.
James Shera Montgomery, the minister,
viii conduct the morning service and
preach on the subject. THE Lure Of the
Unknown"
During the construction of the new
church services viii be held every Sun
day morning at the chapel.
Next Sunday marks the twentieth
anniversary of DR.. Montgomery's min
istry in the Capital City. With the
beginning Of the pastorate in Wesley
Heights he will have served three
pastorates in washington, which is
without a parallel in American Meth
odism, having served previously Calvary
Church 10 years and is now closing
the second pastorate Of Metropolitan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03
PASTORS ADDRESS
TO Be BROADCAST
Rev. James H. MierS to De.
liver Sermon of New Year
Greetings Over WJSV.

At the morning service tomorrow In
Fourth Presbyterian Church, Thirteenth
and Fairmont streets the minister, Rev.
James H. Miers. will deliver a sermon of
New Year greeting which will be broad
cast by WJSV. At the evening service he
will have sermon on the last 20 verses
of the fourth chapter of Marks gospel.
Sunday school meets at $50 am,
when an address will be given by Supt.
Thomas Durham to the senior and in
termediate departments. The Senior
Christian Endeavor Society meets for
prayer at 4:30 pm, and after tea, at Z
o'clock has q prayer and praise service.
Senior intermediate Christian Endeavor
Society, GAS pm; leader, Miss Grace
Wooden.
Blake Chapter. Westminster Guild,
will meet Monday evening at the home
of Mrs. G. B. Lane, Oakland Terrace,
1920 Sixteenth street.
The class In New Testament Greek
meets Tuesday evening, and also the
class studying the Book Of Daniel, led
by DR.. Miers.
The Woman's Missionary Society will
meet Wednesday at 1890 am. Mrs.
Sidney Andrews will give the devotional
address. Mrs. Frank S. Borden will talk
on Missions in Persia" Luncheon will
be served.
The first group of the session and on
GERS of Blake Chapter, Westminster
Guild, will meet Thursday evening.
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Bangor Cathedral, Wales.

THE first record of the cathedral at
Bangor is dated somewhere early
in the sixth century, when st. DENIAL
founded and built church on the
site of the present structure. Very little
is known about this first church but it
seems that it remained in existence for
about 400 years, for there Is definite
evidence that 1t was almost completely
burned during the invasion Of the year
1911. King Edward burned It again
in the year 1882, but it was rebuilt
by Bishop Anian a few years later.
Destructive forces came again in 1902
when Owen Glendower travelled toward
Bangor and set fire to the ancient edi-
flee which destroyed all but the mas
sive stoneWork of the cathedral. The
Civil War added a final injury, for at
this time fire visited the church again
and most of the woodwork and all OF
the ornate glass fell victims to the
fury of the soldiers.
A partial restoration was affected a
few years thereafter, but the building
remained in q rather poor state for
many years because of the unsettled
state of the country and because OF
lack of funds for complete repair ITS
appealing beauty togther with its his
torical associations, encouraged more
complete restoration in the nineteenth
century, but the ignorent authorities in
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REVIVAL WILL OPEN
TOMORROW EVENING
Rev. Robert Downing and Rev.
Allan r. Poore to Conduct
Three Weeks Meeting.

At Waugh M. z. Church revival serv-
ices conducted by Rev. Robert Downing
assisted by the pastor, Rev. Allan r.
Poore, will begin tomorrow evening and
continue for three weeks, services being
held each night except Saturday.
The Women's Guild, the Home Mis-
sionary Society and the Foreign Mis-
sionary Society will meet at the church
Wednesday for an all-day session.
The District Epworth League board
meeting will be held at McKendree
M. z. Church Wednesday.
An "On Time" contest has been
begun between the adult department of
the Sunday school and the main school
The Anna May Wood class held its
monthly business meeting last evening
at the home of Miss Laura Lindley, the
teacher, who was assisted by Miss Lulu
Mae Comstock and Mrs. Maude Cobb
The program committee, Miss Lucille
Jolley and Miss Alfredo Collins, fur
nlshed the entertainment, followed by
a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Nav
Dixon Knott, member of the class, who
was recently married.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03

charge Of the work did little to add to
its beauty and it was not until the year
1873 that the ancient church was once
again restored to an appearance in
harmony with its original appearance.
The work at this time was financed
and superintendent by Sir Gilbert Scott.
The two buttreSses of the south tram
sept are all that remain of the original
thirteenth century church, for the west
ern tower was brought to completion
only as late as the year 1882, by Bishop
Skefington; however, the stone used
in the various reconStructions Is the
same that was used for the original
building.
Unlike most churches of Britain, the
cathedral at Bangor contains but little
of interest within its walls, most of its
ancient treasures having been destroyed
long ago, but it does, contain three
tombs; that of Owain Gwynedd, who
died in 1859 after many years of alli-
ances and warfare with the advancing
Normans; his brother, Cadwalader, and
their father, Gryffytl1 ap Cynan. 1t is
of interest to note that Owain Gwynedd
accommodated from the church and
therefore denied resting place within
the cathedral, was nevertheless buried
there because of the insistent demand
Of his loyal followers, who succeeded
In overriding the decision of the
c.u-. y SItEo. it.cS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03

Men recognized that Jesus Is the Gen.
ter of history when at the opening OF
the year they wrote 1881. During the
coming six months our lessons will be
focused about the life Of the Worlds
Greatest Personality. Our studies have
been chosen from the gospel of Luke
which Renan says is the most beauti-
full book that has ever been written. II
In all probability it was PREPARED, as a
part OF Paul's defense. when the apostle
was being cried by the Roman authori-
ties. The author was the distinguished
prisoners beloved physician. He made
a thorough research into all the facts
relating to the life of the Lord Jesus.
Modern historical and archaeological
Investigations have confirmed Luke's
accuracy as a historian. He traced ac-
curately" all things to the very begin
ming. He obtained his information
from eyewitnesSes.
In an age without 9 fixed calendar
Luke relates the Masters life to the
great world movements, giving them a
definite historical connection. He fixes
the prenatal events in connection with
the births Of both John the Baptist and
Jesus in the reign Of Herod. King of
Judah. This dissolute ruler reigned
from 81 B. G. to B. c.. He was the
head OF the Idumean dynasty. Although
he was recognized as Jew (by being a
proselyte), he belonged to a pagan race
and was pagan in spirit and purpose.
He was servant and friend of the
Roman power, which controlled the des-
tiny of Paul. Luke's gospel was writ
ten to prove that Christianity was a
world faith and that Jesus was the
Savior of all m1n. 1t was necessary
for him to shcW how Christ became
what He waS-"God manifest in the
fieSh"-So he opens his gospel with a
chapter that Is essentially Jewish in all
its details.
Ancestry, Angel, Announcement.
We find ourselves in an era of proph-
ecy and hope, such as always has char
acterized the Jews In every hour Of
trial Their faith has caused them TO
look forward to the coming of the Mes
siah. Luke knew the value of o good
ancestry, so he introduces us to the
parents of John the Baptist. Zacharias
and Elizabeth were both righteous be-
fore God. Their life was marked by
faithful observance Of all Gods COM
mands. They were both of prieStly
descent. Their home life in the hill
country of Judea was an ideal one in
all respects except that they were child
less. They felt this fact keenly when
the aged priest left his home to act as
the nations representative in the tenn
pie. Only once In lifetime could that
honor come to a priest and Zacharias
had been selected to perform the sac
rificial rites upon that october day.
Four centuries of silence were broken
when the angel 1.-The Mighty of God, "
surprised the priest, standing before the