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Evening star., 1940-12-07
LitonyW Will Be Sung
At St. Stephens Church

The litany will be sung at II IN
tomorrow at the Church of St
Stephen and the Incarnation be-
cause of the penitential Advent sea-
son. The Rev. Paul D. Wilbur will
preach. and the anthem, sung By
the choir of men and boys, wifi be
Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord,
by Garrett. The organ prelude to
be played by Sherman j. Kreuzburg
organist and choirmaster. will be
the chorale-prelude on "Sleepers
Wake" by Bach.
Evensong will be sung by the
church school choir The Rev. Mr.
Wilbur will give the second of a
series of addresses on the meaning
of Advent. His topic will be The
Why of Advent" Holy communion
will be celebrated at 8 am. tomor-
row and on Thursday of next week
at 10 am.
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Bishop Freeman
Will Give Another
Advent Sermon
Other Services Tomorrow
To Include Communion
In Morning

Bishop James E. Freeman will de-
liver another Advent sermon at
pm. tomorrow In Washington
Cathedral.
At II am. the preacher is to be
the Rev. William M. Bradner, canon
precentor.
The choir OF men and boys will
sing at both these services.
Other services tomorrow will in
clude the holy communion at 7:30
am. and $50 am.
Holy communion is also celebrated
every weekday at 7:30 am.
Conducted tour through the Cathe-
dral and close will follow the IL
am. and pm. service. These tours
will be led by Pilgrim Aides. Per-
sons wishing to'join them should as
semble in the Cathedral Choir i'm
mediately after these services.
Bishop Freeman will dedicate two
bays of the Chapel of st. John on
Tuesday at pm. at special serv-
ice. The bays were given by Lucian
Jones in a bequest in memory of his
brother. the late Rev. Marvin Jones.
On Wednesday Bishop Freeman
will conduct general confirmation
service in the Cathedral at pm.
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DR.. Strangeway 10 Talk
AT PRESBYTERIAN Church

DR.. T. C. Strangeway of Pitts
burgh, Pa, executive secretary and
treasurer of the Board of Admins
tration of the United Presbyterian
Church, will be the speaker at
pm. tomorrow in the Wallace Me-
mortal United Presbyterian Church
DR.. C. E. Hawthorne will preach
at IL am. on Spiritual Battle
Lines"
Simultaneous with the morning
preaching service the younger group
of the Junior Missionary and Chris
tian Endeavor Society will meet.
The intermediate and Senior
Christian Endeavor Societies will
have a joint meeting at pm.
On Wednesday at pm. the Wom-
ems Missionary Society will be
hoStesses to all the adult missionary
groups of the congregation. The
speaker will be Miss Margaret Tay-
lor, who was born in India of mis-
Sionary parents, and is in training
IN John Hopkins to return there as
a missionary.
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Afonement Lutheran Holds
Choral Service Tomorrow

A Lutheran choral service will
be held at Atonement Lutheran
Church tomorrow at 4 pm. The
Rev. DR. Harvey D. Hoover of Get
tysburg College will speak on THE
, Unity of the Lutheran Church >
The Rev. DR.. Claude Dierolf of
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Phil
adelphia. will be the liturgist.
A choir cmposed of male singers
from the various Lutheran churches
will sing.
Invitations have been extended to
ministers of the Missouri, the Amer
lean. the United Lutheran, the
Swedish and Norwegian Lutheran
churches to participate, together
with the laymen of these different
synods.
A delegation of Lutheran laymen
from the various synods of Balti-
more are expected.
The service is sponsred by the
Lutheran Crusaders of America, a
recently-organized Lutheran body of
Lutheran laymen, whose aim will be
to work for the unity of the more
than 100000 Lutherans in America
The public is invited.
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is worth noting that here, as in
countless other instances, the Bible
narrative is true to geographical
facts. The text reads: "A certain
man went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho" He did indeed; that road
descends 3400 feet in the 20 miles
between the two cities. There is
no other such rapid descent on the
earths surface, except on noun
tain sides.
Some Pollyanna commentators,
seeking excuse for the priest and
Levite,' picture them as speeding
toward imperative duties in the
Temple; but the story itself por-
trays them as going down toward
Jericho.
An Incident in Russia.
1t is rather startling that Jesus,
Himself the head of the Church,
should in this familiar parable pic
ture two ecclesiastics as failures in
neighborlineSs. Throughout the ages
the church has been the best eX-
POilOliO VI SoON w III. sOOl
illness and good service to humanity
No theological orthodoxy can take
the place of helpful neighborliness.
During the war. at the time of the
e-Bolshevik revolution in Russia
was in Petrograd. In the course
of my newspaper work I kept an
appointment for an interview with
the procurator of the holy synod
the head of the Russian church
While waited in his anteroom,
along with group of priests, a
peasant came in. He was typical
moujik, his long hair and beard in
disorder, his person and clothes
dirty, and his eyes swapping and
his voice rising high. He had come
he said, to seek justice from the
church for 86 peasants in his viii
lage who had been greatly wronged
In his simple mind, the church
should be the natural friend of the
oppressed.
But the sleek ecclesiastics merely
made sport of him. They regarded
his presence as an amusing relief
to the tedium of awaiting an audi
ence. I can still Sc one well-fet
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St. Matthew'S w'sParish
Will Observe tooth
Year Tomorrow
Msgr. Buckley Will Be
Invested With Insignia
Of Prothonotory Apostolic

Ceremonies commemorating the
Tooth anniversary of the founding
of st. Matthew's Parish will be held
tomorrow. A solemn pontifical mass
will be celebrated at 11:15 o'clock.
Prior to the mass. the apostolic
delegate to the United States, the
Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicog-
mani, will invest the rector of the
cathedral, the Right Rev. Edward
l.. Buckley, with the insignia of a
prothonotary apostolic. an honor
recently conferred on him by Pope
Plus XII.
His assistants will be the Right
Rev. Eugene J. Connolly of st.
Peters Church and the Right Rev.
James A. Smyth Of the Shrine Of
the Sacred Heart.
The Most Rev. John M. McNa-
mara will celebrate the pontifical
mass due TO the illness of Arch
bishop Michael J. Curley. Two
seminarians from the Sulpician
Seminary will be the deacon and
subdeacon. The Right Rev. Edward
P. McAdams of st. Joseph's Church
will be the assistant priest. The
Rev. John j. Coady of ST. Mary's
Church, Rockville, Md, and the
Rev Edward H. Roach of Our Lady
of Mount Carmel, Thurmont, Md,
will be the assistants to Msgr.
Buckley. The Rev. Ignatius Smith
of Catholic University will preach.
Msgr. Buckley took the oath of
office of prothonotary apostle
Wednesday evening, given by Bishop
Mcnamara
Pontifical benediction will take,
place at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow eve
ming. A reception will follow at the
Hotel Mayhower, 8 to II o'clock.
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DR.. Barnes Speaks
To Presbytery Monday

DR.. George Emerson Barnes of
Philadelphia, executive director of
the Presbyterian United World
Emergency Fund, will address the
Presbytery of Washington City Mon
day morning in the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church.
He will present to the ministers
and laymen the Nation wide appeal
of the Presbyterian United World
Emergency Committee, which is
raising during the early winter a
fund of $625, 900 among the 5000
Presbyterian churches to meet what
the committee describes as "tremen-
dous and immediate" relief needs
growing out of the war.
Arrangements for his visit are
being made by the Rev. Drs. Peter
Marshall and Albert j. Mccartney
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and well-dressed priest, combing his
long beard as he talked, batting the
befuddled peasant. That scene re-
ours to me as / read the various
reasons for the fall of the Russian
church; it failed in the supreme
orthodoxy of neighborliness.
Before the Good Samaritan story
was told there appears in the record
the Shrewd lawyer who was one of
the many emissaries sent to entrap
Jesus into admissions that could be
used against Him. He was not an
honest seeker after truth, but a
quibbler with words. What Long
fellow calls
THE strift for triumph more
than TRUTH
is the mark of the essentially dis
honest man. Whenever one of us
seeks to win an argument, rather
than to find out a truth, he is in
the class of this pettifogging lawyer
whom Jesus confounded by a simple
story.
There was more meaning in the
closing admonition of the Master
to the lawyer than appears on the
surface. His go thou and do like
wise" may properly be expanded,
Quit your clever and diSingenuouS
dialectics and go practice the pri-
mary virtues There is more religion
in plain neighborly helpfulness than
in the formal recitation of creeds.
Talk less and do more"
The Jesus Hall Mark.
Jesus was singularly free from
prejudices. He entertained no class
or racial antagonisms. True, He was
hard on ecclesiastical politicians;
but they were traitors to true reli-
gion. To the scandal of good Jews,
Jesus was friendly with Samaritans.
The barb in the arrow of His re-
joinder to the lawyer was that
He made the hero of the story a
Samaritan. 1t was an unforgivable
affront that He represented Sa-
maritan as better than a priest and
Levite.
The greatest orthodoxy-and the
judgment-day tests the spirit of
service 1t may fairly be said that
the hallmark of Jesus was compass
sion. He always looked upon hu-
manity with eyes of compassion; SO
He went about doing good" We
are walking in His steps when we
are helping folks. Practical neigh
bordliness is real religion. We are
saved to serve"
Back of the black news from Lon
don, during recent months. has been
the bright news of the attainment
of new high in human neighborl-
ness and helpfulness. Every form
of service has been done. in disre-
gard of danger, by all sorts of per-
sons. In this hour of unprecedented
trial, the world is more closely ap-
proximating the Masters teaching
of the good neighbor.
This truth has moved up onto the
higher levels of craftsmanship The
United States and Canada, always
good friends, are now, in new and
larger and more practical meanings
good neighbors. This same bond OF
good neighborliness is binding all
the nations of the New World into
fresh and significant unity. BY
the same impulse, we are proving
ourselves good neighbors to China
and to all the other oppressed ma
tions which lie, like the smitten
wayfarer on the Jericho Road, VIC
TINS of greed and cruelty.
Our common dream is that, after
the war, the whole world may come
to be one neighborhood and one
brotherhood, according to the def
milton of Jesus.
The Sunday School lesson for
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St. Stephens Lutheran

Should Christians Celebrate
Christmas?" is the theme of the
Rev. George K. Bowers at IL am.
William Hartford, bass, is the soloist.
singing Ervine J. Stemsom's The
Prayer Perfect" The anthem by the
choir is a special Advent number.
Shepherd of Israel" Both Luther
League groups meet at 7 pm.
The Church Council meets Tues.
day evening at the home of Harry
Boot, at 4425 South Dakota avenue
NE.
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God Reveals Himself
Is Minister'S Theme

The Rev. Haskell r. Deal, pastor
Of Lewis Memorial Methodist
Church. will begin Sunday with
topics dealing with the Advent, and
will follow this general theme
through December. At II m the
subject will be God Reveals Him
SELF" and at 8 pm, Another
Kingdom" There will be special
music at both services by the choir
The Spencer j. Soper Mems Bible
Glass and Brotherhood will meet.
On the evening of December %
the church school will present its
annual white gift pageant, The
Coming of the Christ Child"
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st. Paul Methodist

The Rev. Charles F. Phillips will
preach at II am. on The Book"
and at 8 pm. on Let Us Pray"
The official board will meet Tues
day at pm.
The Baltimore Conference Board
of Education, DR.. Horace E. Cromer,
president, will hold a dinner meet
ing at st. Paul on Tuesday at
pm. The dinner will be served by
the Woman's Society of Christian
Service.
The Rev. Mr.. Phillips will conduct
the service Thursday at 8 pm, pre-
ceded by buffet supper from $50
to O'Clock, under the sponsorship
of the WOman's Society.
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Chevy Chase Baptist

The topic of the sermon by the
Rev. Edward o. Clark tomorrow
morning will be "Inasmuch." The
service will stress the appeal for
united European and Chinese relief.
The chorus choir will sing 20 Come
to My Heart, Lord Jesus" by Am
brose, and Mrs. Rebecca Torreson
will sing 1.-The Voice in the Wilder
ness" by Scott. At pm. H. G.
Etter will tell of the leper work
conducted by John Lake at Taikam
Island, Hong Kong.
The white gifts Christmas service
Is In preparation under the direc-
ton of Gilbert v. White. 1t will
be held December 20.
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Zion (C0IOredl !

The Rev. A. Joseph Edwards
speaks on "The Potency of Creeds."
At pm, the Senior Christian
Endeavor Society will observe home
coming day. At 8 pm. the Columbia
Lodge of Elks and the temple will
conduct their annual memorial
services.
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street NV. Christmas gifts will
be exchanged and birthdays noted.
The officers Of the class are: Mrs.
Albert Browning, president; Mrs.
Clara Townes, vice president; Miss
Hattie Jones, treasurer; Mrs. Rosa
Mason, secretary, and Mrs. Cora
Koons, teacher.
The Florence M. Brown Glass of
Calvary Baptist Church will have
charge of the service at the Re-
ceiving Home for Children tomorrow
at pm. The business meeting
will be held Tuesday at pm.
The Rainbow Glass of Mount Ver-
non Place Methodist Church will
hold Christmas party on Wednes-
day at 8 pm.
Mrs. Harry Uhl will lead the wor-
ship service tomorrow morning at
the session of Miss Thurston's Glass
Of the Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church. Miss Mabel Nelson Thurs
ton will speak on THE Good Neigh
bor."
DR.. Lucille Dooley will be the
guest speaker at the Comparative
Religion Glass of All Souls Church
tomorrow at 10 am, speaking on
Theory Of Personality Structure;
Beginnings of a Moral Self"
Edwin A. Swingle will speak to
the Mems Bible Glass of Eldbrooke
Methodist Church tomorrow on
Driven From Nazareth"
Mrs. William S. Abernethy will
teach the Burial Glass of Calvary
Baptist Church tomorrow morning.
Miss June Dawes will have charge
Of the devotional period. The en-
semble will sing "Finlandia.' by
Sibelius. The class business meet
ing will be held Wednesday at 73O
pm.
Charles c. Haig will speak to the
o. w. L. Bible Glass OF Covenant
First Presbyterian Church tomor-
row on The Christian Should Take
an Active Part in the Affairs of
the Community, State and Nation" 4"
w. o. Grapes. member of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the District
of Columbia Sunday School Asso-
citation, will be the guest teacher
at the Randall Bible Class of Po-
tomac Heights Community Church
tomorrow morning.
The Phi Gamma Kappa Glass Of
Metropolitan Baptist Church will
hold a business meeting Tuesday
evening
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Executive Secretary George E. Har.
ris will be in charge Of the business
session. The meeting will be fpl-
lowed by a social hour at which
refreshments will be served by the
adult classes of Trinity Church.
The Vaughn Class Of Calvary
Baptist Church will open its pro-
gram tomorrow morning with selec-
tions by the orchestra and a song
service. Linn C. Drake will teach
the lesson. President j. st. Clair
Hambly will preside and will be
assisted by Harry Kilgore and w
E. Harvard. The adult choir will
sing. The class will have charge OF
the service at the Central Union
Mission next Saturday evening, with
Thomas o. Jones as leader. To-
morrow evening the class will con-
duct the evening service at the Ber-
win Baptist Church. Mr.. Drake will
preach; the class orchestra will play
and the Rev. T. o. Jones and Har-
vey Cooke will participate in the
service. Automobiles will be pro-
vided for members and will leave
Calvary Baptist Church at the same
time.
The Mems Bible Glass Of Congress
Heights Methodist Church is spon-
soring an oyster supper on Tuesday
A business meeting will be held
Wednesday at pm. at the home OF
w. E Havenner, 3785 Nichols ave-
nue. Sc.
The Emmaus Bible Class of Ec-
kington Presbyterian Church viii
hold its annual ''Pollyanna party
Friday evening at the home of the
teacher, Mrs. L. Prouse, 26 V street
NV.
The Box Bible Glass of Emory
Methodist Church will hold its an.
nual bowling match today at
O'Clock at the Takoma Park recre-
ational center with the mems class
of ST. Johns Methodist Church
Baltimore. The annual mems night
will follow, beginning with Dime
at the church. The Rev. William
Hantzmon will teach the lesson to-
morrow morning.
The Philathea Glass of Petwortf
Baptist Church will hold its annua
Christmas party for the children o.
the Baptist Home on Friday at
pm. Mrs. vi Wood and Mrs. Mabe
Elicit are in charge of arrange.
ments. Miss Cora Croft speaks te
the class tomorrow on Whose
Neighbor Am -"
Justice Bolitha J. Laws will teach
the A. B. Pugh Mems Bible Class Of
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church tomorrow morning. Harry
H. McMains will lead the song serv-
ice, assisted by Ralph Kenison, pian-
ist.
The Friendship Glass of the Me-
mortal United Brethren Church will
meet Monday evening at the home
of Mrs. A. T. Thorsen, 10 Bryant
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also speak, and
greetings will be
brought by the
Rev. D. w. JUS
tice, pastor Of
Trinity Church,
and Henry G..
M orris, vic e
president of the
association. Vice
President Alden
w. HOage will
preside; William
r. Schumacher
will lead the
song servic C e;
Harold S. King
will sing. and
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Peoples (COlored) .

Sunday is Loyalty day for the
presentation of the pledges for the
support of the church. The Rev. A.
F. Elmes will speak on "Our Partner
ship With God" Representative
young people will attend the Youth
Assembly sponsored by the Twelfth
Street Y. M. c. A. on Saturday and
Sunday.
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SIlu d HlQeOuI
for robbers. The
B r i t i S h have
made it into a
modern motor
highway, W i t h
easy curves and
grades. through
t h ese barren
gray hills, so
that m o d er n
j e r u S alemites
may spend win
ter week ends
dow n in t h e
W arm Jordan
Valley.
T. ~..;- -
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Good Will (Colored)

Rev. F. w. McPeek. chaplain of
the National Training School for
Boys, will speak in the morning. The
choir from the school will sing. In
the evening DR.. James L. Pinn will
speak on Christian Fortitude."
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RehObOth (COlOred).

On Sunday morning the Rev Mr..
Johnson will preach and baptize.
Music will be furnished by the Sen
ior Choir and Hallelujah Chorus.
In the afternoon the church will
commemorate the Lords supper and
receive new members. The Revs.
Washington and Elmore will preach
and sing in the evening.
The Rev. Dr. E. c. Smith, pastor
of the Metropolitan Baptist Church,
will deliver a special sermon on
Monday night, while on Thursday
the Senior Choir will serve turkey
dinner.
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Mount Carmel (Colored) .

At II am. sermon by the Rev.
Mr.. Jernagin, on THE Importance
Of the Church on the Life of a
Christian" and at pm. on, The
Door That Faith Opened"
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Christion
Park View.

'Woman's day. will be observed in
all the services tomorrow. The sub
feet Of the Rev. j. Lloyd Black at
II am. will be "The Inspiration of
the Unseen" The evening service
will be in charge of the Missionary
Society with special music by the
choir and the message of the eve
ming presented by Miss Dale Ellis Of
Indianapolis. The official board
meets Friday at $3.50 pm.
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Second (Colored) l..

DR.. ]. L. Holloman will preach at
II am. on "The Lamp Of Hope in
the Night Of Adversely" The COM
munion service, together with the
reception to new members, will be
held at pm. In the evening the
anniversary service of the Warren
Lodge, F. A. A. NJ, will be held.
The pastor will preach.
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Third (COIOred) .

DR.. George o. Bullock will preach
at II am. on 1.-THE Abundant Life"
and at p.m. on "Conquering Faith"
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Trinity (COIOred)

At 1870 am. the Rev. j. S. Lucas
will preach on Prepare to Meet
Thy God" and at 8 pm. on Com
ing Events Cast Their Shadow Be-
fore Them"
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Fifteenth Street.

Family day will be observed Sum-
day. At II am. sermon by the Rev.
Leslie L. Bowers on ME and My
House" A token of remembrance
viii be presented to the largest FAM
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Church of Our Saviour.

Services tomorrow are: 7::30 am,
holy communion; IL am, conf1r-
nation service and sermon by
Bishop James e. Freeman; $50 pm,
Young Peoples Fellowship. On
Wednesday, pm, Mems Club
meeting.
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A Lesson for the Week
New National Policy Stems
Back Into Old Bible Story
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

Not everybody who nowadays phrase
the saying the
alas! is rarely heard in teachings
Jesus into the political philosophy of the New World.
the good nghbor"
the peerless Soteer who principles
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Notice.

The special page devoted to
Christmas music in the churches
will appear December 81. All
notices regarding programs
must be received by the Music
Editor not later than December
13 in typewriter form.
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First (COlOredl.

The Rev. T. Ewell Hopkins will
preach at II am. on vigilance for
Blessings" and at 8 pm. on "Yet
Alive?" The G. E. Society will as
semble at 6 pm.
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lily present at each Of the worship
services. Youth c. E. groups at 6:45
pm. Singing of Christmas songs
and hymns and messages On AT
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CapitoI View (Colored) .

The Rev. j. Clark Griffin will
preach on Abraham Surrenders to
God," at II am. Christian Endeavor
at 6 pm. Preaching service at
pm. The church continues its
81 300 campaign.
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Mount pix1ah (CoIored)

The Rev. Lloyd N. YoungS sub
ject at 11:30 am. is '"The Traffic
Light, a Symbol" and at $3.50 pm.
"A Good Neighbor."
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Mckinley Memorial (Colored)

DR.. v. Geriah Lamkins will preach
at II am, The Way Of the Trans
gressor Is Hard" Special program
at 3 pm, with r. L. Parker in
charge. Evangelistic services at 8
pm. The New York Worlds Fair
in pictures by the Boy Scouts on
Friday at $3.50 pm.
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Plymouth (CoIOred) .

At the morning service the Rev.
Arthur D. Gray will have for his
subject What the Well Dressed Are
Wearing" Holy communion will be
celebrated.
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Episcopal
DauEhters of the King

DauEhters Of the King.
st. Albans Chapter will have q
diocesan visitation December. II at
8 pm.
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West Washington.
Fast Washington HEIGHTS.

Family Month" as designated. by
the local National Christian Mission
Committee will be observed at II
am, with the Rev. Glenn B. Faucet
speaking on THE Enemies and
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Vermont Avenue (Colored).

At II am. DR.. G. T. Murray will
preach. The Rev. S. w. Williams
will address the Junior church at
11:20 am. At pm. the Rev. Wes-
ley Wheeler will preach.