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Evening star., 1938-12-17
Choir al ST. Johns
To Offer Bach Work

At st. Johns Church tomorrow
the full choir of men and boys, un-
der the direction of Arthur Howes,
organist and choirmaster, will sing
"Sleepers Wake" by Bach. There
will be morning prayer and sermon
by the rector, DR.. Oliver j. Hart, at
$50 and II o'clock.
Evening prayer will be said at
pm, with sermon by the Rev. Will
liam Curtis White on "Whosoever
Will-the Problem of Human Free
dom" This is the fourth in a series
of sermons by Mr.. White from the
Revelation of st. John.
Holy communion at 8 am. At
this service the St. Johns branch
of the Brotherhood of st. Andrew
will hold their monthly corporate
communion.
Bishop James E. Freeman will ad-
dress the men of the church on Mon
day evening at meeting at the
Army and Navy Club.
The annual Christmas dinner of
the Business and Professional Wom-
ans Group will be held at the Y. W.
c. A. on Monday. A program, sing
ing OF Christmas carols and distri-
button of individual gifts for the
children OF st. Johns Orphanage will
follow.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Fotherhood of God
Is Sermon Topic

The Fatherhood of Cod will be
the subject of the Rev. DR.. Clifton
K. Ray, pastor of Epworth M. E.
Church South, tomorrow at II am.
and at pm. THE Battle of the
Gods"
The poung peoples department
and the young adults department
will meet at pm.
The Womans Missionary Society
will meet Monday evening. The
prayer meeting will be in charge
of the young peoples department
Thursday evening. A special Christ
mas service will be held.
On Sunday morning the Christmas
bags being filled for distribution by
the Central Union Mission will be
collected.
Mr.. Hummer is receiving dona-
tions for the annual Christmas pres
ent for the Rev. DR.. j. T. Meyers,
pastor under the ministry of this
church serving in Okayama, Japan.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Third Of Sermon Series
AT National Baptist

DR.. Cove Griffith Johnson, pastor
of the National Baptist Memorial
Church, will preach the third Of
the pre-Christmas messages tomor-
row at IL m. on The One Who
Came-His Love"
The Rev. A. Lincoln Smith will
preach at pm. on With Christ
or With the Mass"
The annual white gift service will
be held in the Bible school at $40.
Services will be led by the pastors
There will be presentation OF gifts.
The young people will hold their
annual candlelight supper and serv-
ice at pm. DR.. Rufus w. Weaver
will be the speaker.
The annual Christmas festival will
be held Wednesday at 7:30. Miss
Lucy Loke Mature will have charge
of the program, in which Miss Mabel
Cook of the Y. w. C. A. will take
an important part
The primary and beginner depart
ments will hold their annual Christ
mas party on Friday from 7:30 to
$50.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Tukomu Lutheran
Plans Gift Service

Final Prepare tions" will be the
title of the sermon of the Rev. J..
Adrian Pfeiffer, pastor of the Ia
koma Lutheran Church, tomorrow
at II o'clock
A white gift service, under the
direction of Mrs. Harvey Brake, sr.,
will be presented at 7 pm All of
the children of the Sunday school
will take part. In the cast are
Thelma Rundvold, Howard Gable,
Helen Rundvold, Frank Knoble,
Robert Rivello and Philip Clore.
Gifts will be received that evening
for the Christmas ingathering OF
the Lutheran Inner Mission So
ciety for distribution to the various
institutions served by that agency.
On Tuesday evening an around
the world carol party" will be held
in the church rooms. under the di-
rection of committee composed of
Mrs. r. Helbach, Mrs. George
Sphrehn, Mrs. Clayton E. Baus and
Mrs. Pfeiffer. Representatives of
six nations, dressed in national cos
tune, will sing carols in their ma
tive tongues. Refreshments will be
served.
A candlelight service is planned
for II pm. on Christmas eve. The
final communion service for the year
will be held on Christmas Day at II
an.
Evening star., 1938-12-17

Browning reads, 20 heart of mine,
art thou great enough for love?"
That is the question for all of us
today. Are we really great enough
wise enough, self subordinating
enough, far-seeing enough, stout
hearted enough-for the way Of
love? Have we the essential char
acter that will enable us to put
away pettiness, meanness. self-in-
terest, and to walk in everyday con-
stancy the shining highway of love?
Dare we cultivate the glorious spirit
of Jesus which loved the unlovely
and the hate-filled; the foe as well
as the friend?"
That is not easy; indeed. it is
the supreme test of life. To be
governed supremely by the love
motive, no matter what the provo
cation to hate, is to solve all Of
life's vexatious problems. To bring
into being the practice of the Jesus
law of love means the changing of
billion and half of minds and
habits. Did you ever try seriously
to change a mans mind-or wom-
ans? 1t took me seven years to
change milady's mind, so that she
would marry me.
Thus I would make concrete the
vastness of the task that Jesus un-
dertook when He summoned man.
kind to live only by the sublime law
of love-love for God, which is a
task engaging all of ones powers.
and love for the unlovable neigh
bors who fill this world. If 1 knew
some easier way, some shorter cut,
to make over our world, and to solve
the days critical problems, be sure
1 would cry it from the world
housetops. But as I see it. there
is no other way out than Christ's
way of a comprehensive, transform
ing all-animating love.
He Practiced 1t.
Here is a program for society that
is better than Communism. better
than Socialism, better than Fascism,
better than democracy, better than
king rule. 1t will right all wrongs,
old and new. 1t will abolish class
lines. 1t will put peace and happi-
ness and security into every breast
1t will bring in the long dreamed
of good time coming 1t will es-
tablish the Kingdom of God on
earth.
AS Mount Everest is higher than
Pixies Peak, so the Masters sum-
mary of the law in terms of love
rises above the topmost reach of
Mount Sinai.
The Sunday school lesson for De-
cember Is Is "Christ's New Com
mandment." Matthew, v.43-48, XIII
34-40; Luke, x.24-37; John, xiv.34,
35; xv.12-l5; Galations, v.l3, IA.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Church Of Epiphany
Lists Special Rite

At the Church of the Epiphany
tomorrow there will be a special
corporate communion at 8 o'clock
for the Daughters of the King and
Girls Friendly Society.
At $50 am, in the church school
Miss Margaret Hester, a missionary
In Japan, who is on furlough, will
speak.
At II am. DR.. z. B. Phillips will
continue his series on The Oppor-
tunities of Life in Our Present Day
Civilization" His special theme is
Some Divine Aspects of Expec-
fancy"
The Young Peoples Fellowship
will meet at $50, and at pm. the
Rev. Mr.. Frazer will preach.
On Thursday at o'clock the choir,
under the direction of Mr. Adolf Tor
ovsky, will sing the Christmas can
tata, The Christ Child" At this
annual candlelight service the
church is lighted entirely by several
hundred candles and the cantata
will be preceded by the playing of
Christmas carols on the chimes and
Christmas music on the organ.
Evening star., 1938-12-17

Promptly the peasant replied,
Then I ask you to put out one of
my eyes If thereby his neighbor
might be wholly blinded. That is
the spirit of some of the war-plan-
ming nations today.
Surveying the social and politi-
cal scene around the World-near
at hand, as we'll as far abroad
any sensible observer is bound to
conclude that only some new and
greater force than has yet been op-
erative can save the day. Society
is tottering on the edge of an abyss
over which the old bridges have
broken down.
Whence may help be expected?
Force, and yet more force, is not
the answer. Governments are in
grave danger of collapsing under
their own weight of ornaments.
Sophistication will not do it; the
political and literary and economic
realms are topheavy with smart
ness. The pledged word of govern
ments means less than nothing with
many nations today: broken treaties
are as popular as the high hair-do
with women. International law has
collapsed before our eyes.
We are driven back to the audac-
ity of the trail-breaking Christ. He
propounded a workable way out, a
new law that comprehends all other
law. For He dared to declare a
new commandment, a summary of
the 10 laws delivered on Mount
Sinai, and a fresh vitaliZing of
them. In 20 brief words Jesus, the
new Lawgiver, uttered the truth
that embodies all other truth and
all other laws: Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind. And . thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself.' He added,
"On these two commandments the
whole law hangeth, and all the
prophets
cart Thou Great Enough?"
A passionate line from Mrs.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Georgetown Lutheran

"Pre- Christmas Power" will be the
subject Sunday, II am, by the Rev.
Harold E. Beatty. j. Frank Butts and
Mrs. Hilda McCord will address the
Adult Bible Glasses at $50 am.
on THE New Commandment
The young people of Faith Luther
an Church, Arlington, Va. will meet
with the young people of this church
at pm. Christmas in Song and
Story" will be the topic at pm.
Miss Dorothy Snead will direct the
program. Miss Margaretta Eckloff
soloist.
Boy Scout Troop No. 56, Herbert
Q. Tucker, scoutmaster, will give a
Christmas party Wednesday, 8 pm.
Gods Great Love" will be the
subject Thursday, 8 pm, conducted
by the pastor.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Zion Church to Beqin
Christmas Services

The worship festivities of Christ
mas will begin at Zion Lutheran
Church tomorrow at GAS am, when
the Sunday school will hold its an
nual white gift service. Gifts and
foodstuffs will be gathered and given
to the Lutheran Inner Mission So
ciety for distribution. At II am.
the Rev. Edward G.. Goetz will
preach on when He Comes" At 8
pm. a candlelight Christmas carol
service will be held under the di-
rection of Mrs. w. S. Griest, choir
director and organist.
The Young Women's Missionary
Society will meet Monday at pm.
at the home of Mrs. William Major,
SIP Connecticut avenue NV. Mrs.
Charles E. Gardner will be the as
sisting hostess.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
$50 in Pageant Cast
At ALBRIGHT Church

The Christmas festival will begin
at Albright Memorial Church to-
morrow at pm, with the Sunday
school presenting Christmas
pageant, "The Prince of Peace"
Participating will be the choirs and
$50 children and adults. This will
be a white gifts pageant. In the cast
will be Elbert Allen, Elmer Hampton,
Miss Dorothy Rupert and F. Nc
MILAN.
At the Sunday school and morning
service Bible Sunday will be OBJ
served, with the members of the va
rious Bible classes attending the
church service in a body. The Rev.
George E. Schnabel will preach the
fourth sermon in the series on
These Fundamentals" Through
the Bible to God" There will be a
Bible exhibit throughout the day.
On Wednesday night the prayer
meeting will be held. The topic will
be ITO God Through Prayer
Evening star., 1938-12-17
B|essedness of Givinq
Dr.. Bruskump's Topic

DR.. Bernard Braskamp, pastor of
the Gunton- Temple Memorial Pres
byterian Church, will have as his
subject at II am. The Blessed
ness of Giving"
There will be a candlelight serv-
ice, "The Light of Man." at 4:30
pm, in which a large group from
the church school will take part,
assisted by an augmented choir.
The distribution of the white
gifts" and offering for the needy
will be conducted by Mrs. Steere's
Bible study class and the Junior
deacons.
The prayer meeting on Thursday
at pm. will be led by the pastor.
The young peoples choir and chill
dren from the neighborhood will
lead in the singing of Christmas
carols.
Evening star., 1938-12-17

night: Edward c. Steagall, president;
c. Kirby Jenkins, first vice presi-
dent; William E. Ivie, second vice
president; Hubert G. Keefer, secre-
tary, and C. Eward Warner, treas
urer. Emmanuel B. Shaver is the
teacher. The 18th annual banquet
will be held January "a.
The ladies' Bible class of Potomac
Chapel M E. Church South elected
the following officers last Thursday
night: Mrs. A. E. Cottingham, presi-
dent; Mrs. William T. Lynch, vice
president; Miss Myrtle Perry, secre-
tary; Mrs. Max Winner, treasurer;
Mrs. Frances Collins, pianist, and
Mrs. K. D. Swecker, teacher. Mrs.
B. B. Vaden was appointed chair
man of the Publicity Committee and
Mrs. Joseph Burroughs of the Recre-
alton Committee The class voted
to join the Organized Bible Glass
Association.
F. Clifton Zimmerman, former
member of the Vaughn Glass of CAL
vary Baptist Church, is now super
intendent of the adult department
of the First Baptist Sunday school
of Alexandria, Va.
The Hummer Memorial Bible
Glass OF Epworth NJ E. Church
South will have Howard M. Stack
house, vice president of the Organ
lied Bible Glass Association, as
guest teacher tomorrow morning.
The Florence M. Brown Glass of
Calvary Baptist Church will have
charge of the Christmas Eve services
in Snow alley.
Mrs. Nina Ruffner will speak on
The Brotherhood of Man" before
the adult department of Mount Ver-
non Place M. E. Church South to-
morrow morning, and will sing In
Christ There Is No East or West"
and Where Cross the Crowded
Ways of Life The A. B. Pugh
Glass will have charge of the meet
ing at the Central Union Mission
at pm. Tuesday. c. G. Johnson,
chairman of the Evangelistic Com
mittee, will be the speaker.
Dr. Eugene C. Rice, general chair
man of the 50th anniversary ban
quet of the Vaughn Glass. Calvary
Baptist Church, has appointed the
following committee chairmen
Charles H. Cooke, toasts: DR.. A.
Owen Penney, entertainment; w. w.
Everett, reception; William L. Ford,
dinner; Edward L. Tolson. reserva-
tions; John A. Patterson. sr.. print
ing; Arthur Copeland, decorations;
Hugh w. Smith, press.
The Rev. William H. Hantzmon
will teach the Box Glass of Emory
M. E. Church South tomorrow
morning. Richard S. Clark, first vice
president, will preside.
The Cleaners Glass of the Column
bia Heights Christian Church held
its monthly business meeting at the
home of Mrs. o. S. Fisher last
Wednesday night.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
St. Matthews Lutheran
Series Will End

The Rev. Theodore P. Fricke will
conclude his series of Advent SER
mons tomorrow morning at St. Mat
thew's Lutheran Church. Subject
THE Herald in the Wilderness"
THE Coming of the Great Light"
candlelight pageant, will be pre-
sented by the Sunday school at
7:30 pm. Friday.
"The Holy Night" will be the sub
ject of the sermon at the Christmas
eve candlelight service at II pm.
The special music will include carol
singing, vocal and instrumental
solos and anthems by the Junior and
senior choirs.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Christmas Pageant
At Grace Lutheran

A series of living pictures, depict
ing the Christmas story from the
vision of Zacharias in the temple
to the arrival of the three Wise
Men at the manger, will be pre-
sented under the direction of the
Rev. Meade Bolton MacBryde and
the Rev. E. H. Stevens in the parish
hall of Grace Episcopal Church to-
morrow at pm.
During the seven colorful tab
leaux, an invisible choir will sing
appropriate music. The cast of
characters includes Miss Catherine
Hart, Harry Carter, Thomas Rogers
Drake, E. H. Stevens, Jimmie Rhine
hart, Miss Betty Hall, Wayne
Holmes. Leon Norris, Francis Reed,
John Dulin. Paul Ridon and Ray
McCordle. The music will be un-
der the direction of Mrs. William
H. Mattoon, church organist.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Trinity Episcopal

The Christmas candlelight carol
service will be given tomorrow at
8 pm, under the direction of Ruth
F. Vanderlip, A. A. G. O.. organist
and choirmaster. An organ concert
will precede the service. At II am.
the Rev. Reno S. Harp, jr., will
preach on Loyalty to a Person
and the choir will sing '"The Night
Is Far Spent" by Deane. Holy
communion at 8 am. The Young
Peoples Society will have It's Christ
mas party at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Church to Celebrate
White Gifts Day

White gifts day will be celebrated
at all services at the Columbia
Heights Christian Church, closing
with a dedication service In the
evening. Gifts will include cloth
ing, toys and groceries. The morn
ing topic will be Thou Bethlehem"
the Rev. A. P. Wilson preaching,
and the choir, under the direction
of Mrs. William Collins, will sing.
Solo by James Waldo.
At the evening service q play,
'The Good Shepherd" will be pre-
sented by Donald Creech, Earl
Spiker and Cecil Harp. Incidental
music will be sung by the choir.
The Sunday school orchestra, under
the direction of Katharine Fowler,
will play.
The Brewers alley service will
be held Thursday at 5 pm, under
the leadership of Mrs. E. H. Ehlis.
Mrs. G. T. Creech will lead the
prayer meeting on Thursday at 7:45,
Her topic will be "The Christmas
Story" Il.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
St. PuuI's Church
To Give PAGEANT

At st. Pauls Church, on Twenty
third street near Washington Circle
tomorrow evening the Ancient
Christmas Mystery" will be por-
trayed. There are no speaking parts.
Each scene is introduced by leader
and while the action of the scene
takes place an unseen choir sings the
Appropriate music. The play reaches
its climax in the transfer of the
Christmas manger to the Christian
altar. At the churchs altar it is
always Christmas Day. This is ac-
companied by the lighting of candles
and the procession of acolytes and
taperers.
The choirmaster, Samuel A. Leech,
is rehearsing his choir for the
music for the midnight service.
Tickets are not issued.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Bible School to Present
Christmas PAGEANT

From Generation to Generation
an Advent Sermon" will be given
by DR.. Raphael Harwood Miller
Sunday morning at National City
Christian Church.
At 7:45 pm. the choir and Bible
school will present the Christmas
pageant, Everywhere, Everywhere
Christmas Tonight" under the di-
rection of Prof. H. Augustine Smith,
director of church and community
music at Boston University and
chairman of music in religious edu-
cation of the National Federation of
Music Clubs. The pageant will in
clude Christmas scenes. The pub
lie is invited.
Evening star., 1938-12-17

ISOLATION, announces that, while a
limited number of the reports were
published, copies may be borrowed
from the library of the association
at 1876 G street NV.
The Haywood Glass of Foundry
M. E. Church held an auction sale"
last Wednesday afternoon of articles
donated by class members, for the
benefit of the Let's Educational
Building of the church. Mrs. Harry
L. Underwood was the auctioneer.
The class officers are: Mrs. Charles
w. Hyde, president; Mrs. Floyd S.
Wheeler, vice president; Mrs. j. w.
England, recording secretary; Mrs.
D. c. Richardson, corresponding sec
retary; Miss Grace Warner. treas
urer; Mrs. Clarence E. Fleming
teacher: Mrs. Henry c. Barden and
Mrs. Thomas B. Jarvis. assistant
teachers The class motto is Loving
and Serving"
The O. H. Ingram Bible Glass of
Ingram Congregational Church
elected the following officers last
Monday night: Mrs. Emil G. Kaiser,
president; Harold r. Miller, vice
president; Miss Lena L. Lake, secre-
tary; Miss Helen Voorhees,, assistant;
Warren w. Steiner, treasurer; Henry
T. Richards, teacher, and Mrs. Frank
Braden, assistant. The class will
entertain the Christmas carolers on
their return to the church on Christ
mas eve.
The Louise Shelton Bible Glass of
Trinity NJ E. Church will hold a
Christmas party in connection with
the business meeting next Tuesday
evening. Each member is asked to
bring specified article of food, and
the capsule sisters" will exchange
Christmas gifts.
The mems Bible class of Mount
Rainier Christian Church elected the
following officers last Tuesday night
Oscar Neal, president; Clarence o.
Cornelius, vice president; Merrill w.
brennan, secretary; A. L. Foster,
treasurer, and Carl Book, teacher.
The Shaver Bible Glass of the
Metropolitan Baptist Church elected
the following officers last Tuesday
Evening star., 1938-12-17
incarnation Lutheran

The congregational, Bible school
and auxiliary societies will observe
tomorrow at pm. a white gifts
festival service. Gifts, wrapped in
white, will be laid upon the altar
for the charitable institutions of
the city and the benevolences of
the church. A pageant, Peace on
Earth,' will be presented by the
young people At II am. the Rev.
Henry Manken, jr., will present the
Advent sermon and the choir will
offer the music. Christmas Day
mathis will be held at $50 am.
The Church Council has set jan
uary 16 as the date for the annual
congregational business meeting for
the election Of officers.
Evening star., 1938-12-17

the addresses OF
DIR. Albert w.
B e av en-, DR..
George s. Dun
can, the minutes
of the annual
meeting and a
complete report
of the forum on
adult Bible class
work, including
methods, organ
lZatlOn ana pro-
motion. Chester
S. S h e p p a r d ,
chairman of the
Library c o m =
mittee of the as
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Dr.. F. ). Busthmeyer
To Be New Pastor Of
Nj. Pleasant Church
Native Of California
Now Occupies Pulpit
In New Hampshire

The Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tonal Church has called the Rev.
DR.. Fred Sherman Buschmeyer of
Manchester, N. H.. to be its minister,
succeeding DR.. Russell J. Clinchy,
who has gone to Hartford, Conn
DR.. Buschmeyer was born in Santa
Barbara, Calf, and was educated
In the public schools of Los An
geles. He was graduated from the
University of Southern California
In 1922 He then entered Boston
University to take a course in re-
hgious education. Deciding to take
the full theological course, he earned
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Presbyterian Church
To Honor Boy Scouts

The Boy Scouts of the District will
be the guests of Metropolitan Pres
byterian Church tomorrow night.
The entire ground floor of the
church is reserved for the Scouts
and their officers. The balcony is
open to the public. The church
doors will be open at $50 pm. No
seats reserved. There will be spe-
cial vocal and instrumental music
DR.. j. L. Fendrich, jr, pastor, will
speak on THE Seventh Dwarf"
The morning sermon by the pas
tor is "Debunking a Magnificent
Obsession."
On Thursday the Metropolitan
Players, under the direction of j. E
Veitch. will present Dickens Christ.
mas Carol" Open to the public.
Evening star., 1938-12-17

a grim S I OF y
that illustrates
t he prevailing
hateful mood.
In a dream
one night a Bull
garian peasant
was visited by
an angel, who
promised him
any boon that
he might choose,
provided t h a t
his neightbor,
with whom he
was at feu d,
should receive a
double portion
of the same gift.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
DR.. Buttriek, New Head
Of Churches Council,
Often a Speaker Here
New York City Postor,
Born in England. Is
Also on Author

DR.. George A. Buttrick, minister of
the Madison Avenue Presbyterian
Church, New York City, who was
elected president of the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ in
America. at the thirteenth anniver-
sary session, held recently in Buff
falo, N. Y, has been active for
number of years in religious circles
In this country. He has appeared
in Washington several times and
addressed meetings of the WASH
ington Federation of Churches.
He was born at Seaman Harbour.
Northumberland, England, March
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Chevy Chase Boptist

What of the Homer" Is the
theme of the Rev. Edward o. Clark
at IL am. tomorrow.
A dramalogue sermon, "The Lit
tlest Orphan"-a Christmas story
by Margaret Sangster, will be given
by the pastor at pm.
A white gifts service will be held
on Thursday at pm. A Christ
mas drama will be presented by a
cast from the B. Y. p. U. of the
First Baptist Church. Gifts of food,
toys and money for needy families
will b received.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Atonement Lutheran

The Sunday school will hold a
white gift service at 10 am. in the
parish hall. The children will bring
their gifts for others at Christmas.
Pastor Snyder will preach on Pre-
pare Ye the Way of the Lord" at
the morning service, and in the eve
ming on THE Benediction of
Simeon"
The Christmas midnight service
will be held next Saturday, begin
ming with the musical program at
II pm.