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Evening star., 1939-09-30
First Congregational
Opens Lecture Series
In Celebrating Jubilee
Church Co-operotes
Tomorrow in National
Loyalty Day Movement

Lloyd c. Douglas, author of Mag
niflcent Obsession" and other nov
els, lectures October 3, 4, and
6 at 8 pm. in the First Congrega-
tional Church as the first of series
of events planned to celebrate the
diamond jubilee year of the church
Harvey w. Goddard Is general
chairman of the 18th Anniversary
Committee and will introduce Mr..
Douglas on Tuesday night. Indi-
vidual subjects for the series, which
has the general theme Adventures
and Defenses," are: Tuesday, THE
Strange Release of Galatea";;
Wednesday, The Bloodless Inva-
sion of Jericho; Thursday, The
Haunted House of Obededom," and
Friday, THE Defensible Apathy OF
Gallo"
The church co-operates tomorrow
with the national loyalty day move
ment, Endorsed by President Roose-
welt, planned to encourage church
attendance. The A Cappela Choir
sings at both services. At II am.
0AiC 2SCNs LAW OK VI OtOllC SOlt
will preach on Your Goal Is the
Sea" and the Sunday school staff
and faculty will be consecrated.
Senator Lynn j. Frazier of North
Dakota speaks at pm. on Keep
the Embargo-keep Out of War;"
A speaker representing the views Of
the present neutrality bill will fol-
low on the night of October 8.
The Friendly Forum will meet
Monday Dinner is at 6 o'clock.
Harry Stuckey will show motion
pictures of the Philippine Islands.
The Young Women's Club will
meet Tuesday at o'clock with din
ner. Guest speaker will be Garland
Suggs, master diver of the United
States Navy Department. His topic,
Deep Sea Diving and Submarine
Salvage"
There will be no church dinner on
Thursday on account of the Lloyd
Douglas lecture series.
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The Desire Of Jesus
Is Pastors Theme

In Epworth Methodist Church to-
morrow at II am. the Rev. Clifton
K. Ray will preach on "The De-
sire of Jesus" The sacrament of
the Lords supper will be observed.
He will preach at 8 pm. on "A
Womans Faith"
The Wesley Fellowship and the
young peoples department will meet
at Z pm. These organizations have
organized bowling teams.
A meeting and social of the Hum
mer Memorial Glass will be held
Tuesday evening. The Joy Glass will
meet in the home of Mrs. R. M.
Allen, 1852 Morse street NE.
DR.. Ray will leave Monday for
Roanoke, Va, to attend the sessions
Of the M. E. Church South. He
will go later to Baltimore to at
tend the first session of the Balti-
more Conference of the Methodist
Church.
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Temple Baptist Church
To Mark Anniversary

Temple Baptist Church begins its
98th year of service tomorrow and
will celebrate the occasion with spe4
cial services. The Rev. Randolph
l.. Gregory will preach at IL a.m.
on People Courageous" followed
by holy communion. w. P. Horner,
superintendent of the church school,
is planning rally day in the school
The Bpm. service will be a dedica.
tory service for the recently redec-
Grated church sanctuary and church
school assembly room. A reception
for members and friends will be held
after the evening service.
Meeting of the Board Of Deacoris
on Monday. Prayer meeting and
special called meeting of the church
on Thursday evening and "happY
hour" on Friday evening. u
The Devotional Life Commission
will have charge of the Senior B. Y.
P. U. meeting tomorrow at pm. ),
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Bishop Hughes 10 Lay
McKendree Methodist
Church Cornerstone
Ministers From Other
Churches to Assist
In Exercises

Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes will
lay the cornerstone of the new Nc
Kendree Methodist Church at South
Dakota avenue and Twenty-fourth
street NE. tomorrow at $3.50 pm.
The minister, the Rev. Samuel E.
Rose, will be assisted in the service
by DR.. G. Ellis Williams, district
superintendent of the Washington
district: DR.. John w. Rustin, minis
ter at Mount Vernon Place Metho-
dist Church; DR.. Raymond w.
White, minister at the Rhode Island
Avenue Methodist Church, and DR..
H. H. Rowland, former minister OF
the old Langdon Church.
The church, as designed by Wen
ner & Fink, architects, of Philadel-
phia, Pa, will be of modern English
Gothic design and built of stone laid
in random ashlar The enterprise
consists of the sanctuary, chapel,
fellowship hall, departmental rooms
for the Sunday school, remodeling
the parsonage, adding four new
rooms to it and veneering it in front
with stone to harmonic with the
English Gothic church.
The total cost of the project, in
cluding oak furnishings, the antique
stained glass windows, the parson-
age, the Gothic lighting fixtures and
the lots, will approximate an in
vestment of $127 900.
The Rev. Mr.. Rose went to the
old McKendree church, then located
on Massachusetts avenue between
Ninth and Tenth streets NV, in
June of 1884. In 1897 plans were
launched to relocate the church
The Langdon Church, together with
the leadership Of their minister, DR.
H. H. Rowland, accepted the invita-
ton of the McKendree congregation
and merged in June, 1888. Services
are being held in the Masonic Hall.
where they will continue until the
new church is ready to be occupied
Their former properties have been
sold.
The communion meditation to-
morrow morning is The Wonted
Place" The Young Peoples League
will meet at pm.
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Brightwood Park M. E.
Plans Ro!!y Day

The church school of the Bright-
wood Park Methodist Church will
observe rally day tomorrow. Holy
communion will be celebrated at II
am. The Rev. S. Carroll Coale will
speak on "Pews Filled With Wor-
shippers" Beautiful Words" will be
the topic of the story for the chill
dren.
The Junior League meets at $50
pm, the intermediate League and
the Epworth League at GAS pm
The evening sermon will feature an
old-fashioned song service. The
minister will preach on Broken
Pieces"
On Tuesday evening the Official
Board will meet. There will be a
Joint meeting of the Ladies and
Swartzell Guilds on Wednesday eve
ming.
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Bishop Will Preach
Evensong Sermon
|At Cathedral
Dr.. WedeI Will Speak
At Communion Service
In Mornina

Bishop James E. Freeman will be
the preacher at the peoples even-
song service In Washington Cathe.
dral tomorrow at pm. He re.
turned Wednesday from Chicago,
where he made an address at the
opening service for the national con.
vention OF the American Legion. -
On Friday, the feast of st. Mi
chael and All Angels, Bishop Free
man celebrated the 18th anniversary
of his conservation in the Church
of the Epiphany in 1923. He was
the preacher at the annual service
in that church at 1890 am. There
was also special service at Wash.
ington Cathedral yesterday after.
noon, when the bishop delivered the
sermon.
The Rev. DR.. Theodore o. Wedei,
canon chancellor and director Of
studies at the College of Preachers,
will be the preacher at the service
of holy communion at II am. Cele-
bration of the holy communion IN
st. Mary's Chapel at 7:30 am. and
S.3O q m.
The music at the II am. and 4
pm. services will be furnished BY
the Cathedral Choir of men and
boys under the direction of PAU
Galloway, organist and choirmaster.
Pilgrimages will follow these serv-
ices, led by pilgrim aides. TIE
bishops garden will be open tomor2
row from II noon to 2 pm. =
The Womans Auxiliary Of the
Diocese of Washington will hold Its
annual thank offering service in the
great choir of Washington Cathe-
dral Tuesday at II am. Bishop
Freeman will be the celebrant and
will deliver the address.
Celebrations of the holy commun-
ion are held daily in the Bethlehem
Chapel of the Cathedral at 1880 an
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(See ACTIVITIES, Page AID
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Tokomu Church to Take
Port in Sacrament

The Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church will participate in the world
wide observance of the sacrament
of the Lords supper, suggested by
the general assembly for all Pres
byterian churches around the world
at the II o'clock service tomorrow.
The Rev. r. Paul Schearrer will
speak on "The Bond" New mem
bers will be received At 8 pm. he
will preach on THE Souls Arabia. 4"
The chorus choir will assist at both
services.
DR.. Roy j. Burroughs will teach
the Bliss Bible Glass, succeeding
E. w. Bond, who has taught the
class for seven years. The class con-
sists of students of the Bliss Elec-
trical School. F. B. Linton will ad-
dress the Brotherhood class.
The session will meet Monday
evening. The groups of the woman's
society will meet in the homes of
members Wednesday. The Seventy
Miners will hold their third annual
banquet Wednesday at Wesley Hall.
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Dr.. Klein to Give
Two Lectures Here

The Rev. DR.. Walter c. Klein
of the Divinity School, Philadel-
phia, will give two lectures at the
meeting of the Episcopal Church
School Institute at the Church of
the Epiphany on October IL.
The first session will begin at 5
pm. There will be supper at
$50 for accredited delegates and
the evening session will convene at
7:30 pm.
DR.. Klein will speak at the after
noon session on THE Old Testa-
ment: the Record of a Vocation" !"
and at the evening session on THE
Spiritual Values of the Old Testa-
ment."
While the convention is designed
primarily for officers and teachers
of church schools, both sessions
will be open to the public.
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SASooAASA OWCAA w 04nA4lolld N, DO
sistant; Rev. William P. Blake, chap
lain; Orenzo r. Rice, editor, the
Handclasp; DR.. Nelson M. Blake,
assistant; Earl B. Fuller, chorister;
Robert j. Griffith, assistant; Fred
erick L. Kohler, pianist; Chester G.
Hutchinson, orchestra director;
Franklin J. Caulk, orchestra IL
brarian; Richard H. Talbot, class
librarian; Ralph Hoffman, as
sistant. Linn c. Drake is teacher
of this class, which is the oldest Or
ganized adult Bible class in the
world. A social with refreshments
will follow the installation cere-
mony.
The j. o. Y. Glass of Epworth
Methodist Church will hold a busi-
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presidents: Mrs. Naomi Allen, treas
surer; Mrs. Ruby Barham, record
ing secretary; Mrs Lo' ' Grinder,
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Elsie
Multi, editor; Mrs. Florence Nelson,
chairman, home department; Mrs.
Myrtle Revercomb, chairman, Ways
and Means Committee. The final
outdoor" supper of the year will
be held today at Fort Dupont.
The following have been appoint
ed on committee to arrange for
the annual service of the Organ
lied Bible Glass Association at the
grave of the Unknown Soldier on
November S at 3 pm: Elton H.
Brown. ST., chairman; Arthur Rohr-
man. o. F. Hunter, D. w. Gibson,
B. A. Bower, Mrs Claire Colsten,
Miss Lotta P. Brooks and Miss Mary
Nose.
j. Homer Decker has been elected
teacher of the Zwingli Bible Glass
of Grace Reformed Church to sue
ceed DR.. j. Franklin Meyer, who
has taught the class for Is years.
Page NICK. Etchison, president of
the Organized Bible Glass Associa-
ton, will be the guest teacher to-
morrow morning.
The Hummer Memorial Glass of
EpWorth Methodist Church will OBJ
serve homecoming day tomorrow.
All members are urged to bring a
friend. Mrs. c. K. Ray will teach
the lesson.
The Clyde Kelly Bible Glass of
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
has elected Dr. Howard A. Dawson
as teacher. After the lesson has
been presented by the teacher there
will be an open forum period. Hicks
Baldwin is class president. The
class bowling league has started
with 10 teams, which bowl every
Friday night under the direction of
John Biggs as manager.
A rally day service will be held at
Hamline Methodist Church tomor-
row morning. The Rev. DR.. Harry
w. Burgan will speak. The newly
elected general superintendent of
the Sunday school, Lester L. Fan
sher, will preside. The Harriet T.
Lipp Glass is observing tomorrow as
homecoming day and all members
and former members are urged to
meet in the chapel at GAS am.
Alden w. Hoage, president, Mems
Bible Glass, Eldbrooke Methodist
Church, announces Edwin A. Swim
gle, lawyer and teacher, has been Sc
cured as teacher. He will begin a
series of addresses on the entire
Bible on october 8.
The Comparative Religion Glass
of All Souls Church will have the
following speakers in October: To-
morrow Rabbi Silverstone speaks on
"Haggai";; october 8, Winslow H.
Herschel National Bureau of Stand
ards, Moses and Monotheism, +"
by Freud; October Is, Prof. Will
Hutchins, American University
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served. "Christ's Message to, the
Church" will be the subject of the
pastor at II am. The Rev. S. Moss,
pastor of the Southern Baptist
Church, will preach at $3.50 pm. The
Rev. G.. E. Stevenson, pastor of the
Providence Baptist Church, will
speak at 8 pm.
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Holy Rosary Catholic

The feast of the queen Of the
most holy rosary, patroness the,
parish, will be duly observed tomor-
row at 10:30 o'clock. There will be.
q solemn high mass, with q sermon
by the Rev. August Pinci. At I
o'clock, in the vicinity Of the church,
there will be the annual colorful
procession Of the holy rosary, with,
IS banners, representing the Is mis-
teries Of the rosary. Religious ex.
ercises will close with the solemn.
benediction Of the blessed saera-:
ment.
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ness m e e t j n 6
and social at the
home of Mrs.
Naomi ALL e n,
1852 M o r S e
street NE, on
Wednesday eve
ming. Officers
will be installed,
as follows: Mrs.
Flora Kitchen,
president; Mrs.
Anna Wineriter,
Mrs. Virg i n l a
league, Mrs. Es-
tella H o m e S,
Mrs. Mabel Nc
CNllim vica
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Park View,

Rally day will be observed in the
Bible school at 9:45 am. Taking
the Hazard" will be the subject of
the sermon by the Rev. j. Lloyd
Black at II am. and in connection
with the observance of the Lords
supper in the evening service the
subject will be ''This Do" The an
nual congregational meeting will be
held Thursday evening.
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Congregational
Lincoln (COl0red) } .

AI1CVI1I VVOIVICVTe
DR.. r. w. Brooks will speak on
"The Authority of Jesus for Our
Current Life" The vested choir
will render selected music.
The Mems Brotherhood will meet
at 10 am. George w. Goodman,
executive secretary of the WASH
ington Urban League, will speak.
The Young Peoples Club will meet
at 6 pm. E. E. Chappelle, jr.. who
recently returned from the Students
Christian Conference in Amsterdam,
will discuss observations at Am
sterdam."
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Fifteenth Street.

At II am. sermon by Rev. Leslie
L. Bowers on Seeing a Sermon" "
Youth groups meet at 6:45 pm. At
8 pm. a pageant, "The Challenge
of the Cross" will be presented, un-
der the direction of Mrs. Reba Hunt.
On Thursday at II am, Mrs. E.
M. Reese will speak at the meeting
of the Women's Council. At 8 pm.
Thursday the church officers will
meet.
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Vermont Avenue tColored). /.

At II am. DR.. c. r. Murray will
preach on Abiding in Christ" At
11:20 am. services will be held in
the Junior department, the Rev. 8.
w. Williams, director. At pm. the
message will be delivered by the
Rev. Randolph Jackson.
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First Brethren.

The Rev. Homer A. Kent will
preach a rally day sermon at II am
on What Time Is It?" The sermon
will be Illustrated from the black
board. At 8 pm. he will preach on
behold, q Greater Than Solomon
Is Here" The midweek service will
be led by the pastor on Wednesday
at 8 pm, and will be preparatory
service for the observance OF holy
communion. the following Sunday
evening.
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ally oAAA6AS
ligious denomination: or than the
combined service clubs or women's
clubs; or than the labor unions and
employees associations-which Is
definitely committed to the grand
objective that we all seek; and
which Is successfully functioning.
If half the effort and money that
have been devoted to futile new Or
ganizations were spent upon it. the
membership and influence of this
movement would be doubled.
OF course, I allude to the Sun
day school, which. in its Protestant
branches alone, has 30 million men,
bers in the United States and
Canada Every city, town. village
and crossroads settlement possesses
the Sunday school, whose two mil
lion volunteer teachers are the
largest group Of social service work.
ers in existence. Their work is not
done amidst the scrap-heaps OF
the broken and defeated, but with
plastic impressionable youth. They
WELD the mightiest forces Of all as
they impart the Bibles teachings
about God, goodness and brotherly
love.
Why are not all men and women
who are concerned about the world &
welfare, giving heed to this most
potent agency for character-mak-
ing. which affects life at its very
roots? To bring childhood and
youth into reverent relations with
the Saviour, who alone furnishes
an adequate motive and power for
the Transforming of society. is the
greatest and most urgent work in
the world.
For six months, beginning today
the Sunday schools will be studying
the life of Jesus. The effect will
be beyond any mortals reckoning
Only in small communities does
the news get into the paper when q
baby is born. Yet it is the biggest
news of all, spelling possibility. In
family circles the event is highly re-
garded; and gifts are showered upon
mother and child. Every sensitive
mother dreams glorious dreams OF
the future of her babe-just such
cuddly. helpless little thing as Mary
once Rugged to her bosom.
This Babe of Bethlehem. born
amidst humblest circumstances, in
the stable of a public inn, persona
fed a new destiny for the human
race. Angels announced Him; shep-
herds adored Him; Wise Men
brought Him gifts from afar; reli-
gious devotees, Simon and Anna
worshiped Him-but King Herod
hated Him. Thus the worlds best
inherited an animosity that finally
nailed Him to cross.
Horrifying as is the thought. there
are always elements in the old order
which hate the new. They fear
change, or a possible usurpation OF
their privileges. They would slaugh-
ter the innocents in order that their
own guilt may survive and prevail
The Herods are not all dead, though
they are all doomed. In today's
cradles are the babes who one day
will overthrow the Herods.
The Slaughter Of the Innocents.
When the sumptuous caravan OF
the Magi from Persia reached
Jerusalem and began to inquire fol
a newborn King, Herod's spies
quickly bore to him the news. Ever
fearful, that murderous monarch
whose jealousy had led him to slay
his wife, his sons and many of the
nations leaders, cunningly contrived
to learn the whereabouts Of the new
King. Although he dwelt in splen-
dor and welded an autocrat's power
Herod was hag-ridden by the dread
of usurper who would secure his
throne. Wealth and power do not
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Florida Avenue (ColoredN

At II am. the topic Of the Rev.
Robert L. Rollins will be "The
Necessity of Having Militant Spirit
In the Christian Church" Music
by the senior choir. At pm. he
will again preach and the music
will be rendered by the senior choir.
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ChiIluun.

DR.. r. w. Weaver, executive Sec
retary of the District of Columbia
Baptist Convention. will preach at
IL am. On october 8 the Sunday
school will observe annual rally day.
In the afternoon, members of the
school and Of the B. Y. P. U. will
have charge of the meeting at Iva
kota, Va.
Evangelist and Mrs. H. Evan Nc
Kinley are coming soon, with piano
accordion, cow bells, musical saw
trombone, etc. The special meetings
begin october Is and will continue
through the month, each night at
7::30.
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Sunday School Lessons

The Sunday school lessons for the
next six months are taken from the
gospel of st. Mathew. The WASH
lngton City Bible Society has these
gospels at their Office in the Church
Federation Building, 1749 N street
NV, for Sunday school scholars.
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Capital View (Colored) j..

The Rev. J. Clarke Griffin will
preach at IL am. on 'Christianity
a Living Religion" Communion of
the Lords supper at $3.50 pm. Chris
tan Endeavor at 6 pm. Preaching
services at 8 pm.
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Third (Colored).

DR.. George o. Bullock will preach
in the morning on "An Urgent Ap-
peal to Fill Gods House" and In the
evening on 'The Value Of a Com
bined Effort"
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Second (C0l0redl.

Homecoming day tomorrow. DR..
j. L. S. Holloman will preach at IL
am. on "An Introduction to the
Book Of the Revelations. The Rev.
Arthur D. Gray, pastor, Plymouth
Congregational Church, will preach
In the evening.
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Good Will (Colored) .

DR.. James L. Pinn will speak in
the morning on "Pentecostal Pow
err" There will be baptism. In the
evening his subject will be Glory
ing in the Cross" Communion will
be served.
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PetWorth.

Universal communion service to-
morrow morning. The pastor will
speak on Audience with God"
October will be observed as rally
month. Special service each Sum
day morning and evening. The serv-
ices on Thursday night will be de-
voted to quiet meditation. The senior
B. Up. u, John Way, president, will
hold rally tea at 6 pm. Sunday.
Evening service at 8. Topic. 'Unbe-
trayed Confidence"
The Yaden Bibles Class will meet
Wednesday to make plans for the
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TfansnRurati0n,

Holy communion will be celebrated
at both 7::30 and II am. The Rev.
]. ]. Queally will ot1ciate and
preach.
A meeting of all organizations to
welcome newcomers will take place
In the parish hall Wednesday at 8
pm.
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t4olAOs
All the while,
quite disregard
ed by pubhcists,
there Is in ac-
tive operation
the largest and
most pervasive
organization Of
our time-more
numerous and
potent than Ma
SOnry or any
other fraternal
society; or than
any polit l c a !
party; or than
zs-~IA On
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Plymouth (COlored) !.

The Rev. Arthur D. Gray will
preach on Concerning Empty
Lives" ut II an. The Helping Cir
Gle VIII meet at 6 pm. today. The
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Grace, GEORGETOWN.

Bishop James E. Freeman tomor-
row at II am. will administer con-
flrmation to q class Of IS to be pre-
sented by the Rev. M. M. Perkins
rector. The Bishop will preach the
sermon.
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All Saints.

Rev. Henry Teller Cooke will have
Peace" as the theme at II am.
Holy communion at 7:30 am. The
Sunday school will meet at $50
o'clock and the mems Bible class
at 9:45, with A. B. Mess in charge.
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has been appointed minister in
charge, will conduct morning prayer
and preach at II am. Holy COM
munion at 8 am. The Sunday school
opens its sessions at $50 am.
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Mount Bethel lColoredl

DR.. K. w. Roy will preach at II
am. on 'The Man Who Could Not
Come Down." At 8 pm, holy COM
munion. At 3 pm, sermon. Young
Peoples meeting ThuYsday night.
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Christian
Third.

The Rev. c. N. Williams topic at
II am. is This Mind" The Lords
supper will be observed. There will
be business meeting and social
for church members at 8 pm.
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ALesson For the Week
Cradle and Grove Conspire
To Creote q Better World
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

trail Of the OUT for world which the Statesmen
economists Of have missed shall today begin follow
the first of series Of six months Sunday school lessons
Strange isn't it? that with myriad working overtime
the problems
should overlooked
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News of the Bible Glasses
Activities of Interest to
Loeol Organizations
BY PAGE NICK. ETCHISON,
President Organixed Bible Glass Associate

The Vaughn Glass Calvary Baptist Church will hold nsta
ton service of officers the
ST. Clair Hambly PRESIDENT Edward assistant
Landes first vice PRESIDENT Ademar Wngare assistant
Jones' second vice president; Norman Gill;
Smith, secretary Warren assistant
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Trinity.

The Rev. H. M. Hennig's topic
tomorrow will be How Much Do
You Lack?" Holy communion will
be celebrated in the English service,
with preparatory service at 10:45
am. The Sunday school will observe
(see ACTIVITIES, Page A-lS)
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Episcopal
Nativity and Resurrection.

Service East Washington will be
changed to the regular schedule
upon the return of the Rev. Enoch
Thompson tomorrow, who will cele-
brate holy communion at 7:30 and
II am. at the Nativity Church and
preach at the later service on the
"Eucharistic Gospel" The two
church schools will be opened at
OILS am, with the senior depart
ment at 1915. H. E. Gibbons will
give the instruction at 10 am. at
the Nativity school service and Rob-
ert G. Pohlmann at the Resurrec-
ton Chapel at 9:15.