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Evening star., 1938-10-22
DR.. W. c. fairfield
is GUEST MINISTER
Will Occupy Pulpit at Mount
Pleasant Congregational
Church Tomorrow.

DR.. Wynn c. Fairfield will be the
guest minister at the Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church tomorrow at
II am. His subject will be "The Chris
tan Witness in the Far East" DR..
Fairfield for 18 years has been its mis-
sionary representative in China.
The young peoples forum at Thirty
fourth and Lowell streets NV. will
have as its speaker Herbert K. Bosley
OF Wilson High School, He is contin-
uing his discussion on 'The Challenge
OF Christianity to Youth Today" The
fellowship will be held at $50. A
Halloween party will be held October
70 at the Cleveland Park Church from
$3.50 to IL.
The 20-40 Club will continue its
open forum on the use of Federal
measures to support agricultural
prices, following supper at $50.
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GOLDEN JUBILEE ENDS
AT CHURCH TOMORROW
Congregation of Takoma Park
Presbyterian to Hear Review
of Celebration.

The golden jubilee celebration in the
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
closes tomorrow. The Rev. r. Paul
Schearrer will preach at II am. on
"The. Church of Tomorrow" and at
8 pm. on What the Golden Jubilee
Celebration Has Taught Me-" Homer
A. A. Smith, general chairman of the
Anniversary Committee, will review
the results of the celebration in the
morning.
Mary Ellen Petree, Mary Evelyn
Pailthorp and Miss Betty Smalley will
be in charge of the young peoples
group meetings tomorrow evening.
The annual dinner of the Brother
hood Club will be held at the church
Tuesday. E. L. Green will preside.
The guest speaker will be Lewis r.
Barrett, co-ordinator and executive
secretary of the District of Columbia
Recreation Committee.
The teachers of the junior depart
ment will meet Tuesday evening at
the church and the teachers of the
beginners department will meet
Thursday evening at the home of Mrs.
L. L. Ashburn, 101 Elm avenue.
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BIBLE LECTURE SERIES
WILL OPEN WEDNESDAY
7. M. c. A. School Of Religion
Sponsors Eight Talks by DR..
George s. Duncan.

The first lecture in an eight-week
course on "The Origin, Growth and
Interpretation of the Bible" under
auspices of the Y. M. c. A. School
of Religion, will be delivered at 7:15
pm. Wednesday by DR.. George S.
Duncan in the Central "Y" Building,
1885 G street NV.
DR.. Duncan, who will conduct the
course on succeeding Wednesdays, is
dean of the Y. M. G. A. School Of
Religion and professor in the Grad
uate School Of American University.
He is well known as lecturer, author
and archeologist.
The course will be open to both
men and women and students at
Southeastern University may take 1t as
an elective course In the university's
School Of Liberal ArtS.
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REVIVAL IS PLANNED
FOR WINTER SEASON
Rev. r. w. White Is to Preach
on Managing Trouble at Rhode
Island Avenue M. P.

Managing Trouble" will be the sub
ject of the Rev. Raymond W. White,
pastor Of Rhode Island Avenue M. p.
Church, Sunday morning. This will
be the second of series of sermons
on this subject The subject for
Sunday night will be Safety Sc
crets"
He will teach the Mems Bible Glass
at $50 and discuss Values in q
Day of Worship"
Prayer service will be Thursday
night. Further plans will be made
for the Personal Workers League.
The Evangelistic Committee will make
a report of the work done during
the week. The pastors meditation
will be Equipment for Personal
Work" The Evangelistic Committee
and the Personal Workers League
are planning for a two-week revival
after the Christmas holidays.
A meeting for members between
18 and rs will be held on Saturday
at 7 pm.
The laymen's meeting will be Octo-
ber 80 at 8 pm. The speakers will
be H. l.. Strang, jr.; r. L. Pile and
o. E. Turner. Subjects will be THE
Christian and His Church." THE
Christian and His Home" and THE
Christian and His Daily Work." J. P.
Dodge will preside.
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ENGLISH PRELATE
WILL SPEAK HERE
Very Rev. W. R. Mathews,
Dean of st. Paui's, to
Talk at Cathedral.

The Very Rev. Walter Robert Mat
thews, dean of st. Paul's Cathedral in
London and one of the best-known
theologians in England. will deliver
the sermon at the service of morning
prayer in Washington Cathedral to-
morrow at II o'clock. The preacher at
the peoples evensong service at 4:30
o'clock will be the Very Rev. Noble
c. Powell, dean of the Cathedral and
warden of the College of Preachers.
Bishop James E. Freeman, continu-
ing his annual visitation to the par
ishes Of Southern Maryland, will off,
ciate at three confirmation services
tomorrow as follows: Epiphany Parish,
in Clinton, at $50 am. and in Forest
vile at II am. and Trinity Parish, at
Upper Marlboro. at pm.
Prior to succeeding Dean Inge when
he retired from St. Paul's several
years ago. DR.. Matthews was dean of
Exeter. He has just arrived in the
United States to fulfill the appoint
ment as William Belden Noble lee
turer at Harvard University in 1889.
He will also lecture at Yale University
and the Union Theological Seminary
In New York City.
While in Washington the dean of
st. Paul's and Mrs. Matthews will be
the guests of Canon and Mrs. Anson
Phelps Stokes at 240S Massachusetts,
avenue NV.
The Mayflower Society, of which
Frank B. Steele is president, will pre-
sent, through Douglas Scott McCrack-
en-, student at st. Adams School, the
official flag of that organization during
the evensong service. 1t will be in
cluded among the banners of patriotic
and historic societies which now hang
from the triforium gallery in the North
Transept.
Celebrations of the holy commun-
ion will be in the Bethlehem Chapel
at 7:30 am. and $50 am. Pilgrimages
will be held Immediately following the
II am. and 4:30 pm. services.
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INCARNATION LUTHERAN
is CONFERENCE HOST
The Rev. Ed. G. Goetz to Preach
Sermon at Session Opening
Monday Morning.

The Incarnation Lutheran congre-
CATION will hold its regular Lords
day morning worship and sermon at
II am.
The annual session of the Eastern
Conference of the Evangelical Luz
theran Synod Of Maryland will open
in the chapel at 10:30 am. on Mon
day. The president, the Rev. Ed.
G. Goetz, will preach the conference
sermon and will be assisted by the
Rev. S. ]. Miller of Baltimore in the
administration of the holy communion.
Under the supervision of Mrs. William
j. Fisher and the Incarnation Women's
Guild the conference dinner will be
served at noon. The subject Of evan
gelism will be discussed in the after
noon session, beginning at pm, in
connection with the goth anniversary
objective of the United Lutheran
Board of American Missions.
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their immortal spirits, and no quick
eninp tn their intellectual Hfo

their immortal spirits, and no quick
ening to their intellectual life.
This laxity in Sabbath observance
is of a piece with the general letting
down of the bars of our civilized
usages, which is the greatest peril to
our national life. We are rapidly
becoming, in the United States and
Canada, people without standards.
Those ideals and practices which our
forefathers set up in this new world
we are relinquishing without a pro-
test-and then wondering why such
alien ideals as Communism and
Fascism are making easy inroads
upon us.
A secularized civilization is alien
to the genius of our people. We are
incorrigible idealists. We want the
best things of life, which are funda-
mentally spiritual. for ourselves and
our children. Our dream has ever
been of "a nation whose God is the
Lord" Nevertheless, we are letting
slip the Sabbath and the church and
the moral law which alone can safe
guard the sort of democracy We believe
ourselves to be.
Recently was in Kingston, Ontario,
on Sunday, that fine old Canadian
city which wears an atmosphere of
England. and still adheres to historic
Christian usages. All business is closed
on Sunday, and there is an air of
housekeeping and church-going that
affects the spirit of even the casual
visitor.
A city may be saved by its Sabbath
keeping. Ocean City, N. j., is a de-
lightful and prosperous summer resort,
outstandingly American and high
grade in its character, and free from
alien influence. When I sought an ex-
planation of this phenomenon I was
told that it is all because Ocean City
has withstood the open Sunday"
Aliens, and the rowdy element, will
not frequent place where the Sab
bath is strictly observed.
Wide-open Sundays mean seven
days a week work for many persons.
They break down the barrier which
sets off the Sabbath for mans higher
uses. The sense of sacredness which
the Sabbath implies disappears from
civilization. Man loses this recurring
reminder of the claims of God upon
his nature.
Sunday should be worship day, a
church day, home day. a day for
serious reading. day to be marked by
best clothes and best meals, and by
happy reunions of families and friends.
1t need not be somber or austere.
Whatever ministers to the best well
fare of our nature is proper on the
Sabbath day.
Most urgent of all-and this has
a profound social significance-Sun-
day should be sacredly and regularly
observed by attendance upon Sunday
school and church services. The de-
cline in church-going is coincident
with the decline in religious interest
and in observance of the moral laws
which are inextricably bound up with
religion.
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the time OF Moses, the BabylOnianS had
established similar laws.
In China, missionary once told
me that the feast days and holidays
of old China averaged up to about one
day in seven. Even in goddess Russia,
which has sought to eXtirpate all traces
Of religion. provision is made for a
weekly rest day. Man cannot toll con-
tinuously without rest or change. So
it was beneficent act of the Creator
when He established the Sabbath.
This, as the other commandments,
reveals the Father-care of God.
This rest day is also a reminder
day. 1t links man, the worker, to
God, the worker BY it, thought is
carried far back into the processes
of creation, and high up into the
presence of the Infinite. Man is not
man at his best unless he is in rela-
tionship with the Divine. He was
made for higher ends than labor
and play and idleness. In remember
ing the Sabbath day to keep it holy
AiO 40 uloO 4CAlClilUClulS d OGulltllUl
Sovereign and loving God.
For the Sabbath is never kept
wholly unless it is kept holy. 1t is rot
like other days, for it comes freIshted
with spiritual meanings, of the crca-
ton and Creator, and of the resurrec-
ton and the risen Christ, who is also
Lord of the Sabbath. If this one day
in seven loses its religious character
it departs from its primary purp.se.
Much twadddle is current about the
use of the Sabbath for sport and
diversion. Golfers, unconscious of
their own hypocrisy or absurdity, as
sert that they can worship God better
on a golf course than in a church.
Motorists, off to breathe the fumes
and dust of the cars in the parade
that precedes them. speak Liously of
the Sabbath beauties of fresh air and
nature. Myriads, dawdling at home
over the comics of the Sunday papers,
talk about their need for rcss-unable
to see the difference between resting
and loaflng. To millions Of such
misguided persons the Sabbath brings
no touch of spiritual refreshment to
Evening star., 1938-10-22
RITES IN CHARGE
OF GYPSY SMITH
Evangelist Will Conduct
Congregational Church
Services.

Evangelist Gypsy Smith breaches to-
morrow at II am. and 7:30 pm. in
the First Congregational Church. He
will conduct evangelistic services from
October % to November 6, under the
sponsorship Of an interdenominational
committee Of laymen and ministers.
His preaching tomorrow Is at the In.
vitation Of the Rev. Howard Stone An.
dersoR, minister of the church. It is
at the evening hour the evangelistic
meetings proper begin. Meetings will
be held at noon, except October "a.
and nights of both weeks, Monday
through Friday. Mass meetings will
be held October 80 and November 6
at 3 o'clock and 1880 o'clock.
The Tuxis Club meets in the east
parlor Sunday at $50.
The Young Women's Club meets for
dinner Tuesday at o'clock. Harriet
Parker, president, has charge of the
program.
The church dinner on Thursday is
at O'Clock.
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down the lOurCn
CO m m a n dment
was manifestly
for the highest
p e RS ona al and
social welfare of
man.
Primarily, the
Sabbath was in
stituted as a rest
day. The need
for it was written
into the physical
structure of man
long ere it was
inscribed on the
tables of stone.
Centuries before
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The Fidelis Class and the Young
Mems Glass Of the National Baptist
Memorial Church will hold q Joint
meeting tomorrow morning.
The following officers were elected
and installed by the Hummer Memorial
Glass Of Epworth M. E. Church South:
Mrs. Pauline Clem, president; Mrs.
Hazel B. Kern, first vice president:
Mrs. Frieda Thomson, second vice
president; Mrs. Edith M. Prendable,
secretary; Miss Edith M. Davis and
Mrs. Laura Lord, assistant secretaries;
Mrs. Ethyl Porter, recording secretary;
Mrs. Bessie Peverill, treasurer; Mrs.
Cecile Clark, pianist, and Mrs. Anita
Barbour, assistant.
The Fidelis Class Of Kemlworth
Presbyterian Church held its 10th an
nual banquet last night, with Miss
Mabel Nelson Thurston as the speaker.
The new officers installed were: Miss
Edith Ryan, president; Miss Esther
Dunkley, vice president; Mrs. Elizabeth
Dunkley, treasurer, and Miss Margaret
Newman, secretary.
The Louise Shelton Bible Glass of
Trinity M. E. Church will hold it's
monthly meeting Tuesday night in the
social rooms. This will be followed
by social. Mrs. Charles w. Taylor
is president.
Mrs. Eda Nader has been elected
president Of the Cleaners Glass of
Columbia Heights Christian Church.
The Phi Gamma Kappa Glass of
Metropolitan Baptist Church will hold
its business meeting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. P. l.. Rogers at Cherry
dale, Va.
The Box Bible Glass of Emory
M. E. Church South announces it's
corps Of teachers for the class year
as follows: S. P. Beery, DR.. William
Moseley Brown, Rev. William H.
Hantzmon and DR.. Forrest j. Pretty
man. DR.. Hantzmon will speak to the
class tomorrow morning.
The Mems Bible Glass of Mount
Rainier Christian Church will hold a
business and fellowship meeting Tues
day evening.
H. c. McClintock, president Of the
National Federation of Mems Bible
Glasses, has called a meeting of the
Advisory Committee for next Saturday
at 2:30 pm. in the Hotel Pennsylvania,
New York City, to plan for the annual
convention of the Federation. George
E. Harris and the writer will be the
local representatives.
Miss Virginia Quick, president of the
Florence M. Brown Glass, Calvary
Baptist Church, has appointed the
following group leaders to work under
the supervision of Vice President Mrs.
Mable Caulk: Mrs. Ethel Dalphin, Mrs.
Marion Greene. Miss 10 Trey, Mrs.
Bertha Cooke and Mrs. Belle Barnes.
Evening star., 1938-10-22
THIRD CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Woman's Day Will Be Observed
Tomorrow Morning.

Women's day will be observed to-
morrow at the Third Christian Church.
The Rev. c. N. Williams will preach
in the morning on Jesus and Women" Z"
The Lords supper will be observed.
The Lydia Sunday School Glass held
its annual meeting Tuesday when Off
GERS were elected as follows: Mrs.
Eunice Mitchell, president, Mrs. Flor
ence Carpenter, first vice president;
Mrs. Pauline Roberts, second vice pres
ident; Mrs. Irene Mccarthy, treasurer;
Mrs. Alice Mcdonald, secretary; Mrs
Mary Walls, iris secretary; Mrs. Dolly
Davis, birthday secretary; Mrs. Vera
Wood and Mrs. Bessie Cladfelter, Sick
Committee; Miss Thelma Berry, abb
sentee secretary: Miss Annie Oden, So
cial secretary.
Evening star., 1938-10-22
ROCK CREEK PARISH
Young Peoples Fellowship Will
Hold Radio Quiz Program,

The Young Peoples Fellowship OF
Rock Creek Parish will have a radio
program modelled after one Of the quiz
radio programs tomorrow at pm.
Parents and children have been in
vited to attend and to send in ques-
tions which will be used if the answers
are submitted.
Plans are being made for the love
and loyalty service and the visitation
of the committees to the families
homes prior to the special service.
The G.. F. S. recently elected the fol-
lowing officers: Miss Addie Jones, Sec
retary; Miss Annie Miller, treasurer,
and Miss Rosine Miller sergeant at
arms. New members were admitted:
Miss June OMeara, Miss Marion
Moore, Miss Phyllis Markham, Miss
Virginia Gaunion, Miss Julia Riddle,
Miss Tram Brown, Miss Amelia White,
Miss Elizabeth Miller, Mrs. Virginia
Shoemaker and Mrs. Charlotte Millsr,
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A Lesson for the Week
One National Institution
To BE Saved for Best Use.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

Of unlisted sights Jerusalem
Sabbath
their long
sctest egal At sundown
there Jewish shops shout
for the Sabbath
customer, zonsts As
whole regionis opposition
center In
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TRINITY EPISCOPAL
The Way to Real Religion Is
Theme of Service.

At the IL O'Clock service in Trinity
Episcopal Church, the Rev. Reno S.
Harp, 5r., will preach on THE Way
70 real religion" Holy communion
Is At am. At the Church School
service at $50 am. the monthly
presentation service of the Birthday.
Inank Offerings will be held. The
young people have a social and meet
Ing at $50 pm.
Inc recently elected Church School
student Council will meet Friday at
$40 pm. In the parish hall.
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OF tne organized
Bible Glass Asso-
C l a ation, t an
nounces the fol-
lowing c as S e S
have joined the
association dur
ing the past
week: Women's
Bible Glass OF st.
Paul's M. E.
Church South,
Eleanor Nordeen
a n d w ON e ms
Bible Glasses Of
Mount Rainier
Christian Church,
Rainbow Class of
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BOYS FROM CUB PACK
WILL ATTEND SERVICE

Rev. Edward o. Clark to Talk
on In the Court of Heaven
at Chevy Chase Baptist.
The boys of Cub Pack No. 81 will
attend the II am. service tomorrow
with their cubmaster, L. j. Outlaw. at
the Chevy Chase Baptist Church. The
Rev. Edward o. Clark will speak on
In the Court of Heaven" in the series
OF sermons on Themes From Reveia-
tion."
A dialogue sermon will be given at
8 pm. by the pastor with Charles v.
INLAY participating. rs Christianity
Practical?" is the subject Of their
dialogue.
Opening the Book Of Doom" Is the
subject in the series on Themes From
Revelation" Of the pastor Thursday
at 7:45 pm.
A meeting of the board Of deacons
will be held Thursday at 8:45 pm.
Evening star., 1938-10-22
COMMUNION SERVICE
Girls Friendly Society Will Take
Part in Rite.

The Girls Friendly Society of the
Church of the Epiphany will have a
corporate communion service tomor-
row at 8 am.
There will be morning prayer and
sermon by the Rev. Mr.. Fraser at II
o'clock.
The Young Peoples Fellowship will
meet tn the Willard room at $50 pm.
Tomorrow evening the officers Of
the Young Peoples Fellowship will be
Installed at the evening service. The
Rev. Mr.. Fraser will preach the third
sermon in the series on "The Creeds." !"
The theme tomorrow night will be,
II Believe In the Holy Ghost"
Evening star., 1938-10-22

colonies, Sabbath usage varies accord
ing to the sentiments Of the colonists.
American travellers are reminded of
the fanatical structures of the Puri-
tans in their Sabbath-keeping. It
was the spirit which prevailed among
the Pharisees in the days of Jesus,
and forced Him into the role of a
Sabbath breaker. For He came pro-
claiming that The Sabbath was made
for man, and not man for the Sab
bath" The design of God in laying
Evening star., 1938-10-22
DR.. EDGAR C. BERRY
TO PREACH TOMORROW
Former Pastor to Occupy Pulpit
at Francis Asbury M. E.
Church in Morning.

AT Francis Asbury M. E. Church
South, tomorrow at the II o'clock
service. a former pastor and present
presiding elder of the Washington dis
trict, DR.. Edgar G. Beery, will preach.
DR.. Chesteen Smith, former pastor of
Hamline and Metropolitan M. E..
Churches, will preach at pm. on
"The Reign of Law"
At 6:45 Sunday the young people,
Intermediates and young adult depart
ments will meet. The program for the
young adult department will be led by
the chairman of missions, Miss Sadie
Hutchison.
On Tuesday from to. 7:30 the
Gamma Sigma Class will serve a
home-baked ham dinner. On Thurs
day prayer service will be held at 8
o'clock.
Evening star., 1938-10-22
COMMUNION SERVICE
Acolytes and Lay Readers Of D. C.
Diocese Meet Nov. S.

The annual communion service for
the acolytes and lay readers Of the
Washington Diocese will be held No.
vember at 7:30 am. at st. Johns
Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and H
streets NV, upon invitation of tho
rector, the Rev. DR.. Oliver Hart.
The director of the Washington
Guild, the Rev. Enoch M. Thompson,
will be celebrant. served by Acolyte
Daniel Hid, secretary Of the guild.
Breakfast will be available after the
service at a nearby cafeteria. All
clergy, acolytes and lay readers are
invited.
Evening star., 1938-10-22
new HYMNAL USED
st. Matthew'S Lutheran Church
to Introduce Book.

The new American Lutheran hymnal
containing the order Of the common
service will be introduced at st. Mat
theW's Lutheran Church tomorrow
morning. The Rev. Theodore p
Fricke will preach on Divine Wor-
ship"
"The European Situation" will be
the subject Of an address by DR.. r. g.
Steinmeyer, University Of MARYLAND
professor, tomorrow evening when he
will address the st, Matthew's Brother
hood.
Evening star., 1938-10-22
News of the Bible Classes
Activities of Interest to
Local ORGANIZATIONS.
BY PAGE NICK. ETCHIsON,
PreSident OrSaniZed Rih1e C1aSa AssociAtio


DR. Albert W. president
OF Rochester N " will meeting Of
Glass and the Womans Christian
church
Bible class leaders,
at Western Maryland septembr charge
Of
Berry Souder
OF the Bureau Of Standards continue as
DR.. president District Sunday School
Evening star., 1938-10-22

Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church
South and the Mizpah Glass Of Ham,
line NJ E. Church.
Howard M. Stackhouse has been ap-
pointed chairman of the committee
on the special service to be held at
the grave of the Unknown Soldier on
November at 3 pm, under the
auspices Of the Organized Bible Glass
Association. Mr.. Stackhouse is vice
president Of the association and presi-
dent of the Box Bible Class of Emory
M. E. Church South.
The Goodwill Bible Glass for
Women Of the Eastern Presbyterian
Church will give complimentary
dinner for the men Of the George H.
Winslow Bible Glass at the church
next Wednesday at $50 pm. The
program will be modelled after the
Westminster Conference, with William
r. Schmucker, conference song leader,
leading the singing and Mrs. E. c.
Smith the soloist Mrs. j. E. Huddle-
ston is president of the class.
The Fidelis Class of Brightwood Park
M. E. Church held its annual banquet
last Tuesday. The annual report
shows that the class has made a gain
Of 300 per cent in membership since
it was organized in 1880. Seventeen
members are superintendents or
teachers in the Sunday school, while
one is serving as deaconess in a large
Detroit church. Miss Jessie Smith
has taught the class since it was
founded. Faithful in All Things" is
the class motto. A barn party will be
held at Sligo Greek Park on next Fri
day evening.
Evening star., 1938-10-22
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. James H. Miers' Sermon
- D.

1EeV. James II. M1erS Sermon
to Be Broadcast.
At Fourth Presbyterian Church to-
morrow at II am. the Rev. James H.
Miers will preach on Salvation Is by
Faith" The sermon will be broadcast
over Station VOL from 1880 to IL.
At 7 pm. the subject is, Jacob Has
Sundry Sad Experiences" and at
pm, Face to Face With Resurrection
and Life"
On Monday at 7:45 Citizens of the
Kingdom in the Old Testament" On
Thursday at z pm, "Intercessory
Prayer Clinic" At 8 pm. with Paul
In Corinth,"
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Association, extends a special and
urgent invitation to all Bible class
members to attend the annual con-
vention Of the association on Monday
at Hamline M. e. Church at 7:45 pm.
DR.. Ralph w. Sockman, minister Of
Christ M. E. Church and Of the Radio
Pulpit" will deliver the annual address.
Evening star., 1938-10-22
TOPIC ANNOUNCED
"Guarding Citadel of Thought" Is
DR.. Rasmussen's Theme.

DR.. Carl c. Rasmussen, pastor at
Luther Place Memorial Church, will
preach tomorrow morning on Guard
ing the Citadel of Thought"
The Mothers Club Tuesday evening
at 7:45 will have a social evening in
the church parlors Mrs. Robert G.
Blocher will lead the devotions pre-
ceding the business meeting.