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Evening star., 1939-04-15
First Baptist Church
Plans for Music

The First Baptist Church has de-
cided to invite Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
wood Hall, this years graduates of
the Westminster Choir School at
Princeton. N. j., to serve the church
as ministers of music. Under their
direction the Westminster plan of
church music will be put into effect,
whereby members of the congrega-
ton are given individual training
and organized into choirs 1t is the
belief of the church that this plan
when put into operation will have
far-reaching results both from a
musical as we'll as a spiritual stand
point. DR.. E. H. Pruden, pastor,
visited Princeton recently and con-
ferred with DR.. John Finley Will
hanson, head of the Choir School,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hall.
DR. Pruden will preach Sunday
morning on "A Visible Reminder
of Gods Promise" At the evening
service DR.. Charles E. Resser of the
Smithsonian Institution will speak
on The Religion of a Scientist"
The young peoples groups at
6:45 pm.
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Colored M. <. Churches
To Hold Conference

The annual conference of the
Colored M. E. Churches of the Dis
trict will convene on Tuesday at
the Miles c. M. E. Church and con-
tinue through Sunday night. Bishop
C. L. Russell, who will preside, will
announce at the closing session the
assignments of pastors.
Miss l.. E. Pollen, program chair
man, has arranged a reception for
Bishop Russell on Wednesday night.
Addresses will be made by DR.. B. F..
Mays of Howard University, DR..
Garnet Wilkinson, assistant super
intendent of schools; Maj. Campbell
johnson, secretary of the 18th Street
Y. NJ. c. A.; Mrs. Julia West Ham
ilton, secretary of the Phyllis
Wheatley Y. w. C. A.; DR.. Robert
Williams, pastor of the Asbury C.
M. E. Church: the Rev. L. T. Jer-
nagin, pastor of Mount Carmel Bap-
tist Church; the Rev. c. L. Beckett,
pastor of Mount Zion A.. M. E.
Church, and DR.. l.. T. Medford, Sec
retary of the Board of Missions.
Bishop Hamlet of Kansas City,
Kans., will conduct communion on
"Wednesday morning.
The Home Missionary Society will
hold an all-day session on Friday.
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Easter Drama
To Be Repeated

The Rev. R. Paul Schearrer will
preach at II I'm. tomorrow in the
Takoma Park Presbyterian. Church
on The Mirage and the Pool" At
pm. the Easter drama, Simon
the Cyrenian," will be repeated.
Virginia Roe, Patricia Robertson,
Mary Fussell and Guy H. Goodman,
Jr.. will be in charge of the young
peoples group meetings tomorrow
evening. The Senior High C. E. So
ciety will be the guests of the young
people of the Gunton Temple Pres
byterian Church. The Rev. Mr..
Schearrer will be the guest speaker
at the Young Peoples C. E. service.
Mrs. c. c. Hung will be the guest
speaker Monday evening at the
meeting of the Mother Gordon Bible
Glass. DR.. F.. L. Wellman will give
an illustrated lecture on "A Plant
Explorers Trip Through Asia
Minor" before the Brotherhood Club
On Tuesday evening
The Junior High c. E. Society will
have party Saturday night.
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Foundry N. f. Church
Announces Services

At the II am. services tomorrow
in Foundry M. E. Church DR.. Fred
erick Brown Harris will preach on
"On Finding a Birds Nest" He
will also administer the rite of bap-
tism to small children.
Miss Mabel Hall, a missionary
from China, is scheduled to speak
at 8 pm. with reference to the
refugee conditions in that land
where she has worked for 18 years
as teacher and evangelist.
DR.. Wesley M. Gewehr of Ameri-
can University will continue his lee
lures on Our Changing Times, !"
under the auspices of the Woman's
Guild, on Thursday at IL am. A
dinner, sponsored by the Spencerian
Glass of the church school. $50 to
7:30 pm, will precede the prayer
and praise service.
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|Dr. &C. Rasmussen
To Begin Series Of
Penticost Sermons
What Is the Church,
Will Be Topic of
Talk Tomorrow

DR.. Carl c. Rasmussen. pastor at
Luther Place Memorial Church, to-
morrow at II am. will launch q
series Of Pentecost sermons. The
subject tomorrow morning will be
What Is the Church?" Subsequent
sermons: April %, What Are the
Marks of the True Church?"; April
30, What Makes the True Minis
try?";; May 7, What Are the Powers
of the Laity of the Church?";; May
IA, What May One Expect From
the Church,; May 81, worship
Sacrifice or Sacramento; May %,
DO You Believe in the Holy Spirit?"
The World Service Society will
hear Mrs. Gould N. Wickey Tuesday
evening. Following the 6 O'Clock
fellowship supper, Miss Mabel Max
we'll will preside at the business
meeting.
The Young Peoples Fellowship
variety Night" program is Tuesday
evening. In Old Missouri" melo-
drama, will be presented. Admis-
sion free. Refreshments and feI-
lowship will follow.
The officers and teachers Of the
Sunday School will meet for a $50
fellowship dinner Thursday. Capt.
F. w. Konemann, in charge Of reser-
vations. The study in the Old
Testament will be presented by DR..
Rasmussen. The board of directors
will meet at 8 pm.
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St. Johns Episcopal
Plans Communion

"Christ Intercedes for Us" is the
subject of DR.. Oliver j. Hart's SER
mon at st. Johns Episcopal Church
tomorrow at $50 and II am. At
both services the full choir of men
and boys, under the direction of
Arthur Howes, organist and choir
master, will sing.
There will be celebration of the
holy communion at and $50 am.
The st. Johns Chapter Of the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew will hold
It's monthly corporate cummunion
at the o'clock celebration.
Evening prayer will be said at 8
pm. with sermon by the Rev. Will
liam Curtis White, whose subject
will be proofs of Immortality"
Services and meetings for the
week are as follows: Wednesday,
7:30, holy communion; Thursday,
noon, holy communion; Friday,
1890 am, Woman's Auxiliary, fol-
lowed by corporate communion and
spring presentation of the united
thank offering at IL o'clock.
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Special Easter Music
To Be Repeated by
Cathedral Choir
Men and Boys to Sing
At II and a O'Clock
Services

The festival Easter music will be
repeated tomorrow by the choir of
men and boys at IL o'clock and the
peoples evensong at 4 o'clock in
Washington Cathedral At the II
o'clock service the sermon will be
delivered by Canon Edward S. Dun
lap, and Canon William M. Brad
ner, precentor OF the Cathedral,
will preach at evensong.
Robert G. Barrow, organist and
choirmaster, about 5 o'clock will
play another in his series of brief
recitals, He will give an explana-
tory talk.
Holy communion will be celebrated
IN the Bethlehem Chapel of the Holy
Nativity at 730 am. and $50 am.
The Bishops Garden will be open
from noon to 2 pm. tomorrow.
Bishop James E. Freeman and the
dean and chapter of the Cathedral
have issued invitations for serv-
Ice to be held in the Cathedral April
II at pm. in memory of the Very
Rev. George Carl Fitch Bratenahl,
who died February %. This service
Is open to the public.
Delegates to the 48th Continental
Congress of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. which con-
venes on Monday. will attend the
peoples evensong. The Pilgrim Aides
and the Cathedral Brotherhood will
be on hand tomorrow for the pill
grimage which is to follow the II
am. service.
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Dr.. Marshall to Talk :
On Some Things ! Know

DR.. Peter Marshall, minister Ct
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, will have for his topic Sum
day at II am, Some Things =
Know" and at pm, Forgotten
Men" -
A fellowship tea will be held in
the parish hall at s pm. The Lin
coin Fellowship Forum will meet at
6:45 pm. in the lecture room for the
discussion Of "A Christian Philos-
ophy of Life"
The final dinner of the season
and father and son night of the
Mems Club will be held Tuesday
at $50 o'clock in the parish hall.
Representative Charles Aubrey
Eaton Of New Jersey will speak on
"World Affairs"
Thursday at 8 pm. DR.. Marshall
will conduct the service.
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Ambassador Morgenthau, who prom
iSed to make good any checks
she should draw. That lone woman
became the representative of II
allied and neutral nations; feeding
the hungry by the thousands, max
ing life tolerable for the British
prisoners, mothering the orphans,
supervising the care OF the sick,
and burying the dead. The magni-
tude and variety of her work stag
gers the imagination. She wrote
out on her typewriter checks for
more than million dollars, all OF
which were honored. Then, after
the war, instead of returning home
to receive the acclaim of the world
she carried on, caring for thousands
of orphans, and died victim of her
labOrS.
A Place of Great Names.
Many famous names are associ-
ated with Iconium, one of the Oldest
cities in the world, but none shine
so bright as those of the Apostle
Paul and Miss Cushman, two of a
kind. Their labors make this now
prosperous all-Turkish city a shrine
for the worlds Christians.
On Pauls first missionary journey
with Barnabas, he had preached
successfully at Antioch in Pisidia-
which is not to be confused with
Antioch in Syria. Many believed
but the Jews stirred up a mob and
cast the missionaries out. Curl
ously, and significantly, the narra-
tive of this incident reads, And the
disciples were filled with joy, and
with the Holy Ghost" No defeatism
there. AS Paul later wrote, they
"gloried sin tribulation." Of stern
stuff were the pioneers of Chris
tianity. Have we, their successors
grown soft?
So on to 1conium went the heroic
pair. They were making a deel
dent in paganism, and they knew it.
What if Antioch cast them out?
There was Iconium to evangelize
The fortunes of the worker mattered
little, so long as the work was car
ried on. Beyond Iconium lay Lystra
and Derbe, and countless other CEN
tiers. Long time they labored in
Iconium, speaking with dauntless
boldness. But the crafty forces again
stirred up the rabble, and the two
men were stoned out of the city.
A Study in Propaganda.
Ours is propaganda era-What
Paul would have done with the
printing press and the radio!-and
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DR.. Mickey to Preach
At Lutheran Church

The Incarnation Lutheran Cor :
gregation will observe tomorrow at
II am, the interests of Christian
higher education in connection with
the calendar of special days Of the
United Lutheran Church in America
The Rev. DR.. Gould Wickey, execu-
tive secretary of the United Lutheran
Board of Education, will preach.
On April 80 the Women's Guild
will observe the 2lst anniversary Of
its organization. Mrs. Charles Will
liams will preside and the members
Of the three guild circles will attend
under the direction of Mrs. E. A.
Clarkson, Mrs. Carl Westermeyer
and Mrs. John Myers. A collation.
will follow the business session.
The Church Council is making
preparation for a special patriotic
service on April 30, in connection
with the sesqui-centennial celebrq-
ton of the Inauguration of Georf
Washington.
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'HurdIing Hondicops,'
Rev. S. 6. CouIe's Topic

"Hurdling Handicaps' will be ti1a
topic OF the Rev. S. Carroll Coale
tomorrow morning at Brightwood
Park M. E. Church. Easter music
will be repeated. The minister will
speak to the children on Back
door Recommendations" At 8 pm
disappointing Streams" will be the
subject for the sermon.
The Epworth League has planned
a special program, with fellowship
tea at $50 and a devotional service
at 6:45 pm. The members of the
senior young peoples classes will be
special guests. Mrs. Gladys Shade
will preside and Merle E. Shade win
speak. =
The Womens Home and Foreign
Missionary Societies will hold join,
session Monday evening. The Mems
Wesley Bible Glass will hold BUST
ness meeting Tuesday evening. On
Thursday evening the Young Wou1-
ems Fidelis Glass will have a social
meeting. Miss Mae E. HardinS.
president. will have charge of tha
business session.
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ALBRIGHT Memorial

The choirs will repeat some Of
the Easter music tomorrow at II
am. The Rev. George E. Selma
bel will preach on "An Easter Ser
mon Most Preachers Would Like to
Preach" At 7:45 pm. Maj. Erro Of
the Volunteers of America will be
heard with a group Of the Con-
verts Club of the Volunteers. Spe-
cial music. There will be q recep-
ton of members at the morning
service.
On Monday night the official
board will meet at 7:30 in special
session and at $50 the Building
Committee will meet.
The monthly workers conference
will be held Wednesday at 8 pm.
The monthly dinner will not be
held. On Thursday night the senior
young peoples group win have Q
buSinsss meeting. ....s
Evening star., 1939-04-15

it is Of interest to study the Pauline
propaganda in Asia Minor and
Europe. They were only two lone
men, with a story to tell. Tfrelessly
they told it, using every means of
approach to the people. AS good
Jews, they availed themselves of
synagogue privileges. But they also
spoke on the streets, and to individ-
uals. AS they became known, their
very presence was an advertisement
of their message. There is power in
the personality that is regarded
first of all as Christian.
Naturally, foes and counter prop
aganda developed. The two men did
not mind; this very opposition in
creased public interest in the great
story they told. They themselves
were roughly handled; but Gods
man is less concerned in his per-
sonal welfare than for Gods cause.
Even by the missionaries sufferings
the Gospel was circulated In leo
mum they remainded a long time,
despite persecution. Wherever they
went, whatever they did, only
heightened public interest in the
Christ whom they proclaimed.
When they went to Lystra-today
a miserable, malarial village, its
mud huts using classical marble
sarcophagi for drinking troughs-
Paul and Barnabas were at first ac-
claimed as gods, and then mobbed
and left for dead How petty seem
the criticisms which often make
modern Christians cease from their
labQrs when we consider the expert
ences of these first Christian propa-
gandists. Nothing could halt the
work to which they had given their
lives. Imagine a Paul loose in our
town! How the Sunday schools
would grow, and church attendance
increase, and catty gossip cease, and
peace and good will would trans
form the whole social atmosphere.
Well, why is not all this possible
to modern Paul-perhaps a young
person seeking career? We
have the same message as Paul.
with almost none of the handicaps.
HOnOrs Declined.
Some of us are puffed up when a
new recognition or honor comes to
us. Not so these doughty pioneers
in propagandizing great cause.
At Lystra they were hailed as REIN
carnations Of the old gods, Jupiter
and Mercury, and the priests and
people tried to garland them with
flowers, and sacifice oxen before
them.
Thereupon we see the steady calm
of Paul and Barnabas, with which
they had met all attempt to lynch
them, break down. They grew eX-
cited, and rent their garments, and
moved vigorously among the peo-
pie, protesting and disclaiming. They
were shocked at the attempt to pay
them honors which belonged only
to their Christ When they had
quieted the mob that sought to defy
them, they at once began to preach
their message.
Hurrahs are easily turned into
hoots. 1t was not long before the
tickle Lystrians, melted by the Jews,
turned against the strangers and
stoned them, dragging the body of
Paul out of the city and leaving it
for dead. But he was not dead.
and soon he was on the road
again, returning to the cities that
had mobbed him. and organizing
churches. Peerless Paul! Match
less missionary!
Evening star., 1939-04-15
DR.. Miller Will Preach
Post-Easter Sermon

Companions of the Burnt
Heart" will be the subject of =
Raphael Harwood Miller's DOS :
Easter sermon, tomorrow morning r
the National City Christian Church
And the Chapel Choir, under tt
leadership of Mrs. Henriette Baggc
Plum, will join the National Git
Choir in giving a special number
In Joseph's Lovely Garden"
At 7:45 pm. the Choral Art Societ
OF Boston University will present !.
religious concert, under the directios
Of DR.. H. Augustine Smith. Tk-
Olympian Male Quartet of Bostoy
and a violinist will also appear O,
the program. The public is invited
Admission free.
On Thursday evening at thu
church fellowship meeting. in tht
Vermont evenue building, the Rev
Ivan Dugan, associate pastor, viii
talk on THE Forty Days of Post.
Resurrection Life of Jesus"
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Dr.. John Kelly to Talk
On After Easter, Whut?'

DR.. John Bailey Kelly, pastor
of the Georgetown Presbyterian
Church, will preach tomorrow morn
ing on after Easter-What?' The
young people will meet in the eve
ming.
Members of Potomac Masonic
Lodge will observe the 150th ami
versary of the lodge at night. DR..
Ze Barney Phillips, chaplain of the
Senate, will speak.
Election OF church officers was
held Wednesday night: Elders,
Henry Rock and Fred Knoblock;
deacons, j. Clyde Smith and Lynn
Hanch; trustees, Kenneth Hoover,
w. Vincent McDougal and Charles
r. Fadely.
Evening star., 1939-04-15
Atonement Lutheran

The subject of the Rev. H. E. Sny-
der tomorrow morning is Christian
Teaching of What Happens After
Death In the evening the elev-
enth annual roll call of all classes
that have been confirmed in this
church will be made.
The forty-ninth annual meeting
of the Missionary Society Eastern
Conference of the Maryland Synod
will meet April 19 in ST. Mark S
Lutheran Church, Baltimore. 1t is
expected a large delegation from
Atonement will attend.
The Gettysburg alumni dinner
will be held in the Church of the
Reformation April l8 at $50 pm.
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archaeological railway project.
They built the largest hotel in mid
Turkey there, now gone to seed.
In the city are fine remains of Sara
cenic art. and the great headquarters
of the now abolished dervishes. The
mountains, with names recalling
Paul, are superb.
One of the most romantic stories
of the World War was staged at
Iconium, where there was a fine
American hospital, stated by DR..
Evening star., 1939-04-15
Fifth Baptist

Sunday will known as Green
Day" when the Sunday school will
honor DR.. George Green, medical
missionary to Nigeria, West Africa,
for the past 80 years. A special
program will be held at 1890 am.
with a missionary pageant under
the direction of the superintendent,
Howard Ingram. The children will
meet at $50 am. and then adjourn
for the special program. 1t is hoped
that gifts brought into the church
this Sunday will cover the salary
Of DR.. Green.
DR.. John E. Briggs will preach at
7:45 pm. on, And the Books Were
opened" The ordinance of Baptism
will be administered.
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DOdd and DR..
Post and Miss
Cushman. They
were ordered out
by the Turks at
the beginning of
the W ar, but
Miss Cushman
refused to 60.
Konia was a CEN
ter for prisoners
of war and for
refugees, and the
need was appal-
ling.
Miss CuShman
had secret COM
vo,1picofio,, Srrith
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Church of Our Saviour,

Holy communion at 7:3O am. At
II am. morning prayer and sermon
by the Rev. Alvin Lamar Wills.
Subject, "A Statesmanlike Pro-
gram" On Thursday a luncheon
will be served in the parish house
by the Woman's Guild.
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St. Paul M. E, South,

The Rev. Charles F. Phillips will
preach tomorrow at II am. on
Some Things to Think About" "
and at 8 pm. on "The Mind of
Christ" The young peoples de-
partment will meet at 7:15 pm.
The Washington Young Peoples
Union will meet Friday. at 8 pm.
at st. Paul.
Evening star., 1939-04-15

VIII pe tne OfganlSt and William
II. Schumacher the song leader.
H. Lee Smith, director of the
Sunday school campaign of the
Memorial United Brethren Church,
reports that the senior department
showed an increase last Sunday over
last year, with the Fultz-C Crescent
Mems Bible Glass leading the way.
"Plan-Begin-Keep Going Finish is
the campaign slogan.
The Fidelis Class of National
Baptist Memorial will hold its in
stallation banquet on Tuesday at
$50 pm. Edith Mcguire is presi-
dent and Jewell Smith teacher.
The Box Bible Glass of Emory
M. E. Church South will be taught
Sunday morning by the Rev. Will
liam H. Hantzmon. Howard M.
Stackhouse, president, will preside.
The F. I. Greene Bible Glass of
West Washington Baptist Church
elected the following officers: Mrs.
Sarah T. Craig. president; Mrs. F..
L. Ormsbee, vice president; Mrs.
Evelyn B. Torreyson, recording sec
retary; Mrs. Ralph Stair, CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. Carl P.
Conrad, treasurer Miss Emma w.
Peoples Bible Glass of West Wash
lngton Church also elected officers:
Lawrence H. Burrows, president;
Bruce Ritchie, vice president: Ade-
line Hospital, secretary; Roland
Pickett. treasurer. Clyde Hospital is
teacher.
The mems Bible class of Mount
Rainier Christian Church will hold
the 26th anniversary service tomor-
row morning. This will be home
coming" day and Carl Book, the
teacher, will speak. The class will
attend the morning church service
to hear special sermon by the Rev
F, L. Miller. The annual banquet
will be held in the social hall on
Tuesday at $50 pm. Representa-
tive Jed Johnson of Oklahoma will
speak on What the World Needs
Most" The musical program will
include solos by Mrs. Roy T. Fowkes,
choir director of the church: Ralph
Lanning, cellist, member of the
United States Marine Band; Merlin
RAIDER, violinist, and Oris RAIDER,
pianist. H. Lee Smith will lead the
singing. Oscar T. Neal, president.
will be POSTMASTER. Remarks will
be made by Carl Book, teacher, and
the Rev. Mr.. Miller, pastor.
c. I. Kephart, Interstate Com
merce Commission, will discuss
Some Philosophical Aspects of Re
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Zion. Southwest (Colored.O

On Sunday the Junior Christian
Endeavor Society observes it's 45th
anniversary with two services. At II
am, the Rev. Joseph Edwards will
offer special prayers for the babies
and children Of the congregation and
preach on "The Greatness of the
Child Spirit" The anniversary will
close at 8 pm. with a musical and
literary program.
On Thursday at pm, the Reap
ers Club will conduct a special serv-
ice, having for the guest speaker the
Rev. Benjamin H. Whiting, pastor of
the Friendship Baptist Church.
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Ryland.

The Rev. S. E. Rose, pastor of NC
Kendree M. E. Church, will be
guest preacher at the II am. service.
The pastor, the Rev. Karl G. Newell,
will conduct evening prayer at
o'clock, at 1904 Branch avenue Sc.
on "The Effective Christian"
A chicken dinner will be served on
Thursday at 1904 Branch avenue
Sc. by the Ladies' Guild,
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COncord-Cabin John.

"Constancy" will be the subject Of
the Rev. Frank Edwards Stuch. At
Concord, Sunday school at 2:15
pm; church service at 3 pm. At
Cabin John, Sunday school at 10
am; church service at 8 pm.
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TRANSIT fpuratiOn.

Services on Sunday will be at 7:30
and II am. The confirmation class
Is to be held at 7:3O pm. The Rev.
j. j. Queally, rector, will offlciate
and preach.
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Waugh.

DR.. Chesteen Smith will preach at
II am. on "A Postmaster Apostle"
and at pm. "A PoSt-Easter Mira
Gle"
The intermediate League at 6 pm.
will be led by Wade Foster. An In
dian tea will be part of the service.
Epworth League at 6:45. On Thurs
day evening DR.. Smith will speak on
The Benefits of Church Fellow
Ship
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Pilgrim A. M F.

Sunday will be observed as annual
mems day, with preaching by the
Rev. Charles E. Waldren, special
sermon to men in the morning; in
the afternoon literary and musi-
cal program will be rendered with
Prof. H. A. Haynes, principal of
Browne Junior High School as guest
speaker. The Allen Christian En-
deavor will meet at $50 pm.
Preaching in the evening by visit
ing clergyman.
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Episcopal
st. Andrews.

Holy communion is at 9 an; serv-
ice and sermon, II am, the Rev.
Alfred j. Wilder, preacher; chill
dren's church service, $50 am. On
Monday, pm, the Service League
will hold an important meeting. The
vestry will meet Monday at 8 pm.
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West Washington.

The Rev. Charles B. Austin will
preach at II am. on "A Unique Re-
vival," and again at 8 pm.
The church is conducting a To-day
invitation crusade to contact 1000
people for revival April 27 to May 4.
Senior B. Y. P. U. will conduct the
service Thursday at 7:30 o'clock.
Topic: Help Others by Evangelism
in the Home"
All the organizations in the church
will help to make Fellowship Night
April q, to give the guest minister,
the Rev. j. T. Edwards of Culpeper,
Va, a royal welcome.