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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-23
Petworth Baptist
Call Accepted by
Rev. J.P. Rodgers
Pustor Of Birmingham
Church Will Assume
Duties December

The Rev. James P. Rodgers, pastor
Of the Norwood Baptist Church Of
Birmingham, Ala, has accepted a
call to the pastorate of the Petworth
Baptist Church and will assume his
duties December /.
The new minister had the Birrn-
ingham pastorate for 10 months
during which the church received
more than 200 members and doubled ,
its financial receipts. .
He is native of Florida, gradu-
ate of John B. Stetson University
and the Southern Theological Semi
nary. Previous to his Birmingham
pastorate he was for seven years =
pastor of the Northwood Baptist
Church of West Palm Beach, Fla.-
He also was field secretary for two
years, previous to entering the min.
istry.
The Rev. Mr.. Rodgers married.
Miss Sue Roberts of Georgia. Shen
is an accomplished musician and in
terested in young peoples work.
They have two children, James, jr.s,,,
Z, and Nell Celia, S. -r1
The Rev. o. j. Randall will speak
at both services tomorrow. The
subject of his morning sermon is E
The Ministry of Memory and in.
the evening THE Alchemy of thss
Word of God" y, "a
The Ladies Aid Society have arr
ranged for the annual bazaar and
dinner on December 3. -
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New Pastor to Preach
At Lewis Memorial

In an exchange appointment, an
nounced by Bishop Adna w. Leon
ard, local Methodist resident
prelate, the Rev. Haskell r. Deal
former pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church, Salisbury, Md, becomes
pastor of Lewis Memorial Method
ist Church beginning tomorrow.
The Rev. Mr.. Deal, . native Of
North Carolina, formerly served
churches in Baltimore, Harrison
burg and Roanoke, Va, and was
assistant pastor of Mount Vernon
Methodist Church for a period Of
four years during the pastorates OF
DR.. w. A. Lambeth and DR.. w. A
Shelton. Recently he has been
doing post graduate work at Union
Theological Seminary, New York
He will preach at the II O'Clock
worship hour and the o'clock eve-
ming service.
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St. Thomas Fellowship
Officers 10 Be Installed

New officers of the Young Peoples
Fellowship of st. Thomas Episcopal
Church will be installed at the II
am. service tomorrow by the Rev.
DR.. Howard S. Wilkinson, rector. He
will also preach the sermon. The
special musical feature will be a
choral, "Ah, Holy Jesus" by Cruger,
and the offertory anthem Evening
and Morning" by H. S. Oakeley.
The Young Peoples Fellowship
meets at $50 pm. with supper, fol-
lowed by a business meeting and
program.
On Wednesday, from to 6, the
Woman's Auxiliary will hold a ba-
zaar and tea, to which the public is
invited. %. ,1..-
During Advent a Sunday evening
service will be held at pm, in
charge of the assistant to the rector,
the Rev. Walter w. Gale. There will
be volunteer choir and all who
will offer their services are asked to
communicate with Mr.. Gale. The
public is invited.
The Red Cross sewing meeting
will be held Tuesday at 10 am.
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Pastor Of Foundry Methodist Church.

More than q year ago the move
ment was started to erect in WASH
ington a national memorial in the
form of a pulpit to honor Bishop
William Fraser Mcdowell. When
he passed away about three years
ago. the Washington Star declared
that he belonged to the Nation, and
especially to its Capital, for ever
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, then the
resident bishop of this area, warmly
commended the project for the me-
mortal. All the bishops of the
United Methodist Church were soon
behind the movement.
Contributions began coming in
from the clergy and the laity of the
entire country until finally every
State in the Union was represented
in the gifts from almost a thousand
persons. This makes the pulpit now
to be dedicated in Foundry Church,
which was the home church of the
McDowells, a truly national me-
mortal.
1t is one Of the most beautifully
carved pulpits in the country and
has a stately canopy. In the CEN
trail panel stands striking carved
likeness of Bishop Mcdowell dressed
in his pulpit gown and with the
red hood Of the doctor of divinity
In the right-hand panel is a statue
of Bishop Francis Asbury, the
pioneer Methodist bishop whose
equestrian statue on Sixteenth
street Is one of the outstanding
works of art In the Capital. On
the left is Bishop Phillips Brooks
in his Episcopal robes. This great
Boston preacher had a tremendous
influence upon Bishop Mcdowell in
his youth.
Other Denominations Contribute.
Not only have Methodists con-
tributed to this memorial, but
preachers and laymen of practically
all the Protestant denominations as
well as Catholics and Jews. Throngs
of worshipers have admired this
inspiring production of the art OF
designers and carvers since it was
erected three weeks ago.
1t is eminently appropriate thai
the pulpit should be dedicated to
its holy function by one who was
one of Bishop McDowell's closest
friends and his colleague on the
Board of Bishops. Bishop Hughes
1t will be dedicated at the IL O'Clock
service tomorrow and the sermon
will be delivered by Bishop Hughes
Prayer will be offered by DR.. JOS
eph M. M. Gray, until recently
chancellor of the American Univer-
sity. The unification lectern, which
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F. Scott Mcbride 10 Talk
AT Wallace PRESBYTERIAN

DR.. F. Scott Mcbride, PennsyI !,
vania State superintendent of tt j
A11ti-Saloon League, will speak att
II am. tomorrow in the WAL
lace Memorial United Presbyterian
Church.
The pastor. DR.. c. z. Hawthorne,
will preach at pm. on "a Cues
ton and Gods Answer" -
Immediately following the morn
ing service the young peoples choir.
will hold their rehearsal so that,
the young folks may join in their
monthly hymn sing Immediately af-
ter the evening service, in the l.
H. Robinson home, 721 Dale drive,
Silver Spring, Md. -
Tuesday evening the Kings Mes
sengers and the DR.. Kyle Bible
classes will meet jointly at 7:45 fcre
a social featuring a motion picture,
The Middleton Family at the Ne,
York Fair" At 8:45 they WI.
conduct their separate business Scs-s
sions and close with refreshments
served by the men. =
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goth Anniversary
OF Gorsuch Church
Is Being Celebrated
A Former Minister
Will Speak Each
Evening This Week

Gorsuch Methodist Church will
celebrate its Goth anniversary for
one week beginning tomorrow. 1t
started as a missionary effort of the
then 5-year-old Ryland Methodist
Church in 1850. BY 1855 the first
church building was erected.
Recently a new floor was put in
the sanctuary and the building was
painted outside and redecorated in
side New electric fixtures also were
Installed in the auditorium.
In 1925 the congregation rebuild
the building beside the church that
has served as parsonage. A parish
hall occupies the whole first floor
An apartment for the minister's
family occupies the second floor.
During this celebration week a
former minister will speak each
evening at 8 o'clock. The Rev. Dr.
E. c. Berry, District superintendent
of Washington East District will
preach tomorrow evening. The Rex.
Norman Scribner of Gaithersburg
will speak Monday. DR.. A. S.
Mowbray of Washington, Tuesday.
Church night will be observed We'd
nesday. The Rev. John r. Esaias
of Baltimore will speak Thurs
day. On Friday, the Rev. Edwin A.
Ross of Kensington, Md. speaks. On
December at o'clock the Rev. DR..
G. Ellis Williams, district superin-
tendent of Washington West Dis
trict will speak
The Rev. Richard T. Schon, minis
ter, will speak on both Sunday
mornings, November "a and Deem
Der l, the latter being Joash Chest
day.
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preside; Assistant President Edward
Tolson, jr., will lead the devotional
period and Harvey Cooke will greet
the visitors. Edgar c. Robinson will
give a program on the orgatron-
the new electric organ, which the
Executive Committee has recon-
mended be purchased as memorial
to the late James w. Bell, who was
a member of the class for many
years.
The A. B. Pugh Glass of Mount ver-
non Place Methodist Church will be
taught tomorrow morning by JUS
tice Bohtha j. Laws.
William H. Hantzmon will teach
the Box Bible Glass of Emory
Methodist Church tomorrow morn
ing. President John r. Gardner will
preside.
George E. Harris, executive secre-
tary: Harold S. King and Alden w.
Hoage. vice president, of the Organ
lied Bible Glass Association, will
attend a meeting of the Laymen's
Association of the Methodist Church
at Frederick, Md, this afternoon.
The theme to be considered will be
Stewardship of Fellowship" with
special emphasis on the work of the
adult Bible classes.
Miss Mabel Nelson Thurston will
teach the Miss Thurston's Glass of
Covenant-First Presbyterian Church
tomorrow morning. Miss Sarah Wat
son will be the leader.
The Young Mems Bible Glass of
National Baptist Memorial Church
will conduct the service at the
Northeast Mission on Tuesday eve
ming.
DR.. j. s. Noffsinger will teach the
Mems Friendship Class of the WASH
ington City Church of the Brethren
tomorrow morning. The annual
father and son banquet was held last
Tuesday with DR.. Howard Oxley as
speaker.
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Bethel Baptist Church
To Mark Anniversary

The 65th anniversary of the Mount
Bethel Colored Baptist Church and
the 18th anniversary of the Rev
DR.. K. w. Roy is being observed
with program which will con-
tinue through December 2.
DR.. Roy Will preach tomorrow at
IL am. on Joshua Stays the Sun
and Moon" The Rev. William H
Jernagin, pastor of the Mount
Carmel Baptist Church, will preach
at $3.50 pm, while at $50 pm. the
Rev. ]. P. Nichols, secretary Of the
Baptist Ministers Conference, will
be the special preacher.
Special services will be held each
night next week at $3.50 o'clock,
except Saturday.
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of needless hearing has impressed
all teachers of the race. Attention
must come before intention. Purpose
precedes power. knowledge is es-
sential to action. Not without rea-
son are the great prophets and poets
and seers pictured, like Joan of Arc,
as listening to voices. What we
hear determines What we shall be
and do. Mind your ears" is pro-
found injunction. especially appli-
cable in a world so filled with
clamor and din that the quiet voices
of wisdom are often drowned out.
Four Types of Hearing.
In His simple, natural story, ap-
pealing to His hearers knowledge
and memory, Jesus told of the sower
who scattered his seed upon four
kinds of soil. The results were
parallel to the hearing of the truth
by everybody
First came the seed fallen upon
the hard, beaten wayside, or paths.
1t was trodden under foot by way
farers and pecked up by the birds
utterly wasted grain. 1t represented
the listeners who were needless and
subject to the devils allurements.
eyes; Jesus believed in the reality
of Satan) We have in our own
days a great plenty of these spir-
itually insensitive folk, who take no
thought of religion and plod through
the days engrossed by material
things. They are really our problem
people, most prone to go wrong and
do wrong, and easiest victims OF all
temptations. They simply do not
hear.
Next Gin this parable of types of
listeners, Jesus cited the seed that
fell on the rock-"the rock" the I'M
DERIVING and outcropping limestone
formation of the Holy Land. There
it quickly grew and quickly withered
away, because it had no basic soil
or moisture. What picture of shall
low minds! Even among those who
listened to the Nazarene, speaking
as never man spake, were many who
went away unaffected. Their Gu
riosity was gratified, and that was
all. 1t is depressing to contemplate
this type of poor, inconsequential
thinking as it exists in our own
| tragic times They are rootless
brains, who listen to the DAYS great
voices with no real attention or pur-
pose, and regard even the war from
a spectator standpoint, as if it were
something for their entertainment.
God save us from shallow-minded-
ness.
Choked-Out Crop.
Farming is one endless war be-
tween weeds and crops. Doubt less
hearers heads nodded assent as Je-
sus pictured the seed which fell
amongst thorns and weeds, and was
choked to death. The discerning
amongst them perceived, what the
speaker later explained to His dis
ciples, that nfes best things are
often crowded out by the second
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Methodist Church tomorrow morn
ing and will speak on THE Parable
of the Soils" Alden w. Hoage, class
president and vice president of the
Organized Bible Class Association,
will preside.
The Burial Glass of Calvary Bap-
fist Church will be taught by Mrs.
William s. Abernethy tomorrow
morning. Mrs. Walter I. Lewis will
lead the devotional period and the
ensemble, directed by Florence How
ard, will sing Onward Ye Peoples"
by Jan Sibelius.
Charles c. Haig will speak to the
Presbyterian Church tomorrow on
Growing to Become More Devout
Christians"
The Philathea Glass of Petworth
Baptist Church will be taught to-
morrow morning by Miss Cora
Croft. who will speak on Hearing
and Doing"
Carl Book will teach the Mems
Bible Glass of Mount Rainier Chris
tan Church tomorrow. Topic: "Atti-
tudes Toward the Gospel Message"
The business meeting and election
of officers will be held Tuesday
evening.
W Malta paryoo od;toria1 coy
sultant. Encyclopedia Americana,
will speak to the Comparative Reli-
gion Glass of All Souls Church to-
morrow at 10 am. on Obstacles to
Biblical Interpretation"
The Judson Couple Glass of Ma
tional Baptist Memorial Church will
hold business meeting Tuesday at
8 pm. The meeting will be pre-
coded by dinner at the Kenesaw
! at 7 pm, to which all members. are
invited. ~
Adult Bible class members are
especially invited to attend the
opening session Of the 3lst con-
vention of the Anti-Saloon League
at Calvary Baptist Church tomor-
row at 2:45 pm. Bishop Ralph S.
Cushman of st. Paul, Mimi,
president Of the league, and George
w. Crabbe, general secretary, will
deliver addresses. Sessions will also
he held on Monday at 2:45 pm. and
7:45 pm. and Tuesday at the same
hours. The motion picture THE
Struggle" will be shown Monday
and Tuesday evenings at 6:15
o'clock.
The Rev. w. r. Hartzell super
intendent, Homewood Orphans
Home, Hagerstown, Md, will be
guest teacher at the Zwingli Mems
Bible Glass of Grace Evangelical
and Reformed Church tomorrow
morning. President Charles E. Lohr
will preside.
The Vaughn Glass of Calvary Bap-
fist Church will be under the direc-
ton of Junior Vaughn Classmen to-
morrow morning. Norman Gill will
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was given in honor of Bishop Hughes
by his friends in the three former
branches Of the now United Meth
odist Church, also will be dedicated
and, in addition, the altar lights
above the pulpit and lectern, which
are memorials to Clotilda Lyon Nc
Dowell and Isabel Gilbert Hughes,
wives of Bishop Mcdowell and
Bishop Hughes. The music will be
by the Foundry Choir. William O.
Tufts. jr., will play the new Moller
organ.
Interdenominatio Night.
INSTRUMENTATION night will be
observed at o'clock. The preacher
will be DR.. Harry N. Holmes of New
York, and clergymen of several de-
nominations will participate, name
ly, DR.. Howard Stone Anderson. DR.
Albert j. Mccartney, DR.. Edward
Hughes Pruden, DIR. Raphael H
Miller, Dr. Seth r. Brooks and DR.
Calvin Wingert. The A Cappella
Choir of the First Congregational
Church will sing and the new choir
stalls will be dedicated.
On Thursday night THE Pageant
of Foundry" depicting in living pic
lures the history of the church from
its beginning. in 1914, to the present
time, will be presented in the Foun-
dry Dramatic Hall under the direc-
ton of Miss Rhoda Watkins. Out
standing characters in the church's
early life and activities will be rep
resented in the pageant, including
Bishop Asbury, Henry Foxall, who
gave the first church in gratitude
for the preservation of his George
town foundry, making cannon for
the American forces, and therefore
a target for the British in August,
1914, when they had set fire to the
Capitol; Dolly Madison. Thomas
Jefferson, Robert Morris, Bishop
Matthew Simpson and President
Lincoln, who became a life men,
ber of the Missionary Society of the
Methodist Church on paying 500
following sermon delivered in old
Foundry Church. at Fourteenth and
G streets NV, by his friend, Bishop
Simpson. President Rutherford B
Hayes and Mrs. Hayes also will be
included. Austin Gattis will be the
narrator, and Mrs Maude O'Connor
will give the prologue.
The pageant has been brought
down to date, including the unifica-
ton of the three branches of Meth
odism in 1889, in which Bishop
Hughes, who took a leading part
in that action, will appear.
The choir and small group from
the Mckinley High School Orches-
ira will furnish the music.
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Evongelistic Service
Series to Conclude

Misses Amy Lee Stockton and RitaA
Gould, evangelists, will conclude
their services of the last two weeks
in the Rhode Island Avenue Metho-
dist Church tomorrow with services
at II am. and 7:45 pm. Miss Gould
will sing with vibraharp accom- I
painment. Miss Stockton will preach !.
on Forward to Victory" at II am.
and THE Next Breath Taking Event
in Gods Program" in the evening.
Miss Gould's solos at the two services
are 'He Knows the Way" and Gods :
Tomorrow" The church choir will
sing "Kamennoi- Ostrow" in the
morning service. Soloist will be !,
Genellen Flynn.
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Communion Service
Is Listed at St. Johns

DR.. c. Leslie Glenn, rector of So
Johns Church, Lafayette Square,
will preach tomorrow at $50 and:
IL am. and also at pm. The full
choir of men and boys will sing Be
hold the Days Come" by H. Alex
ander Matthews. This anthem will
also be sung at the evening service
by the mixed choir. y.
At 8 am. with the holy COM
munion and at pm. service In
French, DR.. Liotard.
The Sunday Supper Club meets
in the church house at pm. with
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox as speaker.
The calendar for the week ISIS
Monday, 7:30 pm, Brotherhood of
st. Andrew; 8 pm, Business and
Professional Woman's Group; 8:15
pm, Mems Club. Tuesday, 3 pm,
st. Johns Guild; 4:3O pm, Junior
Auxiliary. Wednesday, 7:30 am,
holy communion. Thursday, noon,
holy communion. Friday, 7:30 am,
holy communion; 7:30 pm, Young
Peoples Fellowship. Saturday (St.
Andrew, 7:30 am, and noon, holy
communion.
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Brookiond Baptist

At II O'Clock tomorrow DR.. David
M. Gardner, pastor of the First Bap-
fist Church, st. Petersburg, Fla,
will be the guest speaker The Train
ing Union meets at o'clock. A spe-
cial program of music will be rem
dered at pm. and the new organ
will be dedicated. The Young Peo-
pies Choir will sing special numbers.
Mrs. Fay Swenson will sing and
organ music will be rendered by
Fred Brown and Mrs. Flora Ben
nett, organist.
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St. Marks Episcopal

Homecoming Sunday will be OBJ
served tomorrow at the II O'Clock
service. The Rev. Robert j. Plumb
will speak on The Past, Present
and Future of the Parish" I'M
nediately after the service the con-
gregation will adjourn to the parish
hall in order to sign the register
and for period of fellowship.
W. Edward Frazier is general
chairman of bazaar to be held
December 4th and 5th.
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Services Announced
At Trinity Methodist

At Trinity Methodist Church the
Rev. Daniel w. Justice will preach
at II am. on 1.-The Prayer and the
Power That Makes us Men," The
choir will sing, Praise the Name OF
the Lord" by Norden. At 8 pm.
he will speak on Keep Secure
Within" The girls choir Will sing
an old Dutch number, Prayer
Thanksgiving"
The Epworth League meets at
$3.50 pm.
A meeting of the Church School
Board will be held Monday at
8 pm.
On Wednesday and Thursday the
annual bazaar from $3.50 to 8 pm.
and the turkey dinner from 3 TO
Z pm. will be given.
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Union Methodist Church

At the II o'clock service tomor.
row Titus A. Frazee of Los An
geles, Calf, superintendent of the
southern district of the Anti-Saloon
League of that State, will give an
address. Dr. John r. Edwards, the
pastor. will preach at pm. on "A
Healthy Religion" The anthem,
20 Sing Unto the Lord" by Binder
will be sung by the choir, with Miss
Virginia Kyle and Charles P. Miller,
jr, as soloists. Miss Alice King will
sing OHara's Thanks" for the
morning offertory. The evening Of
fertory will be sung by Miss Aileeri
Shif1et.
The Epworth League will assem-
BILE at $3.50 for the fellowship hour
and tea, followed by devotional
service at Z.
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tAl1o w WilkNAA ltS oOCo INV SdAS W
listen.
In the familiar story of the sower,
Jesus stressed the same lesson. 1t
was a message for the multitude,
spoken to crowd SC great that the
Teacher had to withdraw into a
boat, that He might address the
huge company on the upper shore
of the Lake of Galilee, who had
come from all the many cities and
villages of the region. For Galilee
in our Lords time, be it remem-
bered, was a territory of dense popu-
lation, besides being the thorough
fare to Damascus and the East.
So this was mol parable for a
chosen few, but a word to the
masses. 1t was drawn from the
common life, known to every nearer;
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htns
DR.. John E. Briggs will preach
Sunday morning on "Transfigured
Moments" The Rev. j. Herrick
Hall, junior minister, will speak
Sunday evening on Gods Return
on Mans Investment" The Rev.
Ray Japhet will teach the Darling
ton Berea Bible Glass. Moving pic
lures will be shown at the Baptist
Training Union at $40 pm. The
ordinance of baptism will be ad-
ministered at the evening service.
Mckinley Memorial (Colored).
DR.. S. Geriah Lamkins will preach
at II am. on "The Gospel Is the
Power of God Unto Salvation to
Every One That Believith." Evan
gelistic services at 8 pm.
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sence until the first of the year and
guest teachers are being presented
to the class during his absence.
The Emmaus Bible Class of Eek
ington Presbyterian Church Joined
the Organized Bible Glass Associa-
ton and has been presented with
the certificate of membership. Mrs.
Lulu S. Prouse Is teacher; Mrs.
Theresa Whitaker, vice president,
and Mrs. w. E. Shriver, delegates to
the association.
The Woman's Bible Glass of
Metropolitan Baptist Church will
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Capitol View (Col0red

The Rev. j. Clarke Griffin will
preach on Building the Church" at
II am. Christian Endeavor is at
pm. At pm. the male chorus
from the Randall M. E. Church will
render a program. On Monday
night the choir and congregation
will 60 to the Mount Ararat Baptist
Church, Dupont Heights, Md.
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Evangelical and
Reformed
Grace.


The Rev. Calvin Henry Wingert
will preach tomorrow at II am. on
Life Is What We Make It." The
choir will sing. The Rev. w. r..
Hartzel, superintendent of the
Homewood Old Folks Home, Ha-
gerstown, Md, will address the
church school at $40 am. and assist
the pastor at the morning service.
The Young Peoples Society Of
Christian Endeavor at $50 pm. will
visit Rabbi Gerstenfeld's Jewish
temple. The intermediate Society
will meet in the parish house at
$50 pm. The Kingdom Roll Call
Committee will meet Monday eve
ming.
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fifteenth Street.

At II O'Clock, sermon by the Rev.
Leslie L. Bowers on voices and The
Voice" The Youth Christian En-
deavor groups at 6:45 pm. Sermon
at pm. on Three Ways of Liv-
ing" On Thursday at pm. service
and at 8 pm. meeting of all the
departmental superintendent and
teachers of the Bible school.