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Evening star., 1940-10-05
Congregational
Lincoln (COl0red)

The worldwide communion ser
vice is Sunday morning. DR.. r. w.
Brooks will speak on "Christianitys
Role in Times of Crisis" The vested
chorus choir. with Miss Cleota
Collins as soloist, will render selected
music.
DR.. Herbert Marshall, president
the local branch of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, will be the guest
speaker for the Mems Brotherhood
at 10 am. He will discuss Civil
Liberties as Requisites to Democ-
racy.'
The Young Peoples Fellowship
Group will meet at 6p.m. The pas
tor will speak on "A Foundation for
a New Order"
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Concordiu Lutheran

The church will observe holy COM
munion at HOS am. In prepara-
ton for the celebration of the Tooth
anniversary of the Evangelical Sy-
nod OF North America and of the
2l5th anniversary of the Reformed
Church in the United States and of
the 50th anniversary of the Hun
garian Reformed Church in the
United States, all of which bodies
are now merged in the Evangelical
and Reformed Church, the Rev.
Charles Enders will preach on The
Faith of the Fathers at II :05 am.
The anniversary service will be held
October 13.
On Wednesday a meeting of the
Potomac Synod of the Evangelical
and Reformed Church will be held.
About $50 delegates from the Evan
gelical and Reformed Churches In
Maryland, Virginia and West Vir.
kinia will attend.
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Holy Rosary Church
Plans Celebration

The annual celebration OF the
heavenly patroness of the parish.
the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary,
will be Observed tomorrow at HOLY
Rosary Church.
At 1880 solemn high mass will
be celebrated by the Right Rev.
Msgr. Egidio Vagnozzi, auditor of
the Apostolic delegation, who also
VIII deliver the sermon.
At $3.50 pm. the procession of the
Holy Rosary will be held through
the neigh5orhood of the church.
when IS groups of children will
carry the Is banners representing
the IS mysteries of the rosary. They
VIII be led by band and accompanied
by all members of 10 parish societies,
carrying also their banners. The
celebration will close with the
solemn benediction of the blessed
sacrament, after which a full or
chestra will entertain in the parish
hall with a program of classical
music.
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Metropolitan Meihodisfs
Will Receive Sacrament

In Metropolitan Memorial Meth
odist Church the sacrament of the
holy communion will be held at II
IN. at the observance Of World
Communion Sunday. The Rev. Will
liam A. Reese will be assisted by DR..
A. B. Potorf, professor of religion in
the American University. New men,
bers will be received.
At 9:45 am. the Sunday school
will meet.
The charter meeting of the Wom-
ems Society of Christian Service
was held last Sunday. One hundred
enrolled as charter members.
The following were elected officers:
President, Mrs. Howard Boomer;
vice president, Mrs. Gregor Mac
Pherson; recording secretary, Mrs.
Joseph Crute; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. c. P. Ryland: treasurer.
Miss Fannie Holmes; vice president
Of missionary education and service,
Mrs. Chester Thorpe; vice president
Of Christian social relations and To-
cal church, Mrs. w. B. Nairn: chair
man of student work, Mrs. Merwin;
chairman Of young women's and
girls work, Miss Ethel Vance; chair
man of children's work, Mrs. r.
Dunkley: chairman of literature and
publications, Mrs. F. c. Davis.
chairman of supplies. Mrs. Grace
Nicely: chairman of Spiritual Life
Committee Mrs w n Shaver. car
retary Of Membership Committee.
Mrs. L. I. McDougle; chairman CT
Fellowship Committee. Mrs. M. c.
Barrett; chairman of Publicity a.
Printing Committee, Mrs. w. :
Keese, and chairman Of the Cen
mittee on the Status Of Won,c
Miss Grace Edwards.
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Mable Hubbel, secretary; Clara
Dunkley, assistant secretary, and
Amy Farr, teacher.
Miss Florence I. Mcdonald, as
sistant teacher of The Rainbow Glass
of Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, will be the guest teacher of
the p w. Jeffries Glass of Francis
Asbury Methodist Church tomorrow
morning.
Mrs. William S. Abernethy, teach
er of the Burial Glass of Calvary
Baptist Church, will begin a new
series of lessons tomorrow on The
Book of the Acts" The new robes
of the choral ensemble will be dedi-
Gated, with Frances Tucker and
Elena de Sayne assisting in the
musical program. A business meet
ing will be held on Wednesday at
7:30 pm. A meeting of the cultural
course will be held Thursday eve
ming, with supper at 6 o'clock, fol-
lowed by book review of Thinking
Aloud in Wartimes," by Leslie
Weatherhead, to be given by Arthur
S. Flemming, civil service commits
sioner.
The Adult Bible Glass of Ingram
Memorial Congregational Church
will meet Monday evening, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Armhold will be
special guests. The latter will be
installed as church school super
intendent tomorrow at the rally
day service. The class will present
Bibles to graduates in the primary
department. Mrs. Robert McCul-
loch will be in charge of the social
program at the meeting Monday.
Members of the Box Bible Glass
and the adult department of Emory
Methodist Sunday school will pre-
sent an entertainment at the Home
for the Aged, Gaithersburg, Md,
Tuesday night. William Mauger
will present motion picture pro-
gram. There will be a musical pro-
gram and refreshments.
The Vaughn Glass of Calvary
Baptist Church will meet tomorrow
at $40 am A Is minute musical
program will be given by the class
orchestra under the direction of
Chester c. Hutchinson. President
J. st. Clair Hambly will preside;
George B. Bryan will read the
lesson; Carl Bogardus will lead in
prayer and the Rev. Linn c. Drake
will teach the lesson. The newly
elected class officers will be pre-
sented and new class members will
be welcomed by Mr.. Drake. The
class will have charge of the SER
vice at the Central Union Mission
on Saturday. The Rev. Thomas O..
Jones. second vice president, will
preside.
Miss Cora Croft. teacher of the
Philathea Class of Petworth Baptist
Church, will begin a new series of
lessons tomorrow morning on
'Luke's Gospel"
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whole gospel story for the growing
Christian community, and for the
generations TO come.
He was a Greek, and had all OF
his countrymen's sense of the dra-
matte and the vivid. and of what
newspaper call human inter-
est" He had the itch TO write" "
The sense of order and of accuracy
was strong within his active mind.
He was a born historian. Others
had seen more than he and had
been closer to many Of the events,
but his zeal for an orderly record
sent him upon the great task Of
research and of writing He checked
and double-checked his sources.
And all the centuries Of scholarship
since have validated his narrative.
An Emperor Attests an Author.
One incident reveals how the story
has stood up" throughout the ages.
He told in detail Of the census which
brought the holy family to Beth
lehem. Yet in all the abundant
historical records that have survived
from Roman days there was no
known mention Of this census.
Critics assailed Luke as unreliable,
For nearly 20 centuries it was Luke
against the world.
Now. low! there has been found
at Ankara. the capital of Turkey, a
half-ruined temple of Augustus,
with the Emperor's last will, or
autobiography, incised on the inside
of the wall in Latin and on the
outside of the wall in Greek, cut
there by the order Of the Roman
Senate at the death of Augustus.
And in the Emperor own words
we have mention of the hitherto
unverified census, dated by consul
ships. Now We know that Luke was
utterly right; and that 1t was in
BIC. 8 that this census was de-
creed Luke was reliable; his crit
les are confounded.
Sir William Ramsay, the noted
scholar and archaeologist, checked
all the historical, medical, geograph-
ical and pathological references and
declared that he could not find a
single error in all of Luke's writings.
Contrast Lukes geographical ac-
Evening star., 1940-10-05
Christ for World
Dr.. HOLSTERS Topic

The sacrament of the Lords SUD-
per will be observed at IL am. in
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church.
DR.. J. H. HOLSTERS subject will be
Christ for the World"
The Junior High School Group
will meet at $50 pm. the Senior
High School Group at 7:30 pm, the
Young Adult Group at 7:45 pm.
and the Collegians at 7:45 pm.
The Red Cross unit will meet
Monday and Tuesday at 10 am.
Miss Mabel Boardman will be the
luncheon guest on Tuesday at noon
and will speak.
An interdenominational training
school for church school teachers
will be held in this church on the
evenings of october IA. l6, 81, %,
% and 30.
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Dr.. Miller Will Preach
AT National City Christian

In cooperation with other churches
Of the city and Nation, National
City Christian Church will observe
Worldwide Communion Sunday
tomorrow at 1880 am. DR.. Raphael
H. Miller will preach on ITO Love
and Not Forget" DR.. Miller is
chairman Of the local committee
Of the National Christian Mission
which is sponsoring the communion
Sunday. Miss Maxwell Galloway,
soloist, will give the special musical
number, "Agnus Del" by Georges
BiZet.
The young peoples meeting is at
$50 pm.
The Mems and Women's Bible
Glasses will hold a party at the
home of Mrs. Myrtle Siggers, 1343
Harvard street NV, Monday at 8
pm.
DR.. Miller will continue his series
of lectures on Modern Meanings in
the Prophecy CT Amos" at the
church night dinner program Thurs
day.
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Dean Powell 10 Give
Evensong Sermon
AtCafhedraI
seorIe Wright to Ploy
Recital on the
Great Organ

The Very Rev Noble c. Powell,
dean of Washington Cathedral, will
preach at the peoples evensong at
Apm. tomorrow in the Cathedral.
Following the service a recital
will be played on the great organ
by Searle Wright, organist and
choirmaster, Church of the ReSur-
rection, Richmond Hill, Long Island.
He will play two Bach chorale pre-
ludes, a chorale by Franck and pre-
ludes and intermezz by Schroeder
Among other composers whose COM
positions are to be played in the
recital are BuXtehude, Bingham,
Sowerby and Messiaen.
At the service of holy communion
and sermon at II am, the preacher
Is to be the Rev. DR.. Theodore o.
Wedel, canon chancellor and direc-
tor of studies of the College of
Preachers.
Other services tomorrow will in
clude holy communion in St.
Mary's Chapel at 1850 a m. and in
the Bethlehem Chapel of the Holy
Nativity at $50 am. Communion
is celebrated every week day at the
Cathedral at 730 am.
The choir of men and boys will
sing at the II am. and pm.
services.
The Bishops Garden will be open
tomorrow from noon to pm.
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DR.. Abernethy 10
Preach al Calvary

The Rev. w. S. Abernethy, minis
ter of Calvary Baptist Church, will
preach tomorrow morning on "Our
Worldwide Fellowship"
Lost Secrets" is the topic of the
children's story sermon, the first
in the fall series. The ordinance
of the Lords Supper will be ad-
ministered at the close Of the serv-
ice
The Rev Edwin H. Tuller, assist
ant minister, will preach in the eve
ming on "Circumstantial Evidence" !"
He will be assisted by Harry Zich-
terman and Martha Alexander.
The Sunday School Executive
Committee will meet Monday eve
ming
The Drake Glass will hold its an
nual banquet and election of off,
GERS at the Taft House Tuesday
evening. William N. Peterson Is
in charge OF arrangements.
The pastor will review the epistle
to the Philippians Thursday eve
ming.
The Woman's Missionary Society
will meet Wednesday morning.
Evening star., 1940-10-05
Temple Baptist Church
To Observe FOUNDING

Temple Baptist Church tomor-
row will celebrate several anniver-
saries. Rally day will be observed
in the church school at $50 am.
The service at II am. marks the
e8th anniversary of the founding of
the church and the fifth anniversary
of the pastorate of the Rev. Ran
dolph Lynn Gregory. The COM
munion service has been designated
as the loyalty communion service.
From $3.50 to $50 pm. the pastor
will receive members of the congre-
CATION at tea in the church ban
quet hall.
Special exercises will be held by
the Bible study course at $50 pm,
and the B. Y. P. U. at 7 pm. The
church service at 8 pm. has been
designated as an Evening of Mu-
Sic" and will be featured by special
numbers by the choir.
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made, there remain such major
records as Luke's account of the
Nativity-the greatest story in all
literature. 1t has all the warmth
and intimacy of personal expert
ence. Yet Luke was not there.
Naturally, the answer is that Luke
was a physician, and in later life a
friend of Mother Mary. Only she
could have told this tale, and only
to a doctor To physician one
confides what is withheld from
others.
I like to think that Mary went
to Ephesus with John, as both the
Greek and Roman Churches teach,
and was the object Of the reverent
love of all the Christians. In the
quiet Of Johns home she had long
talks with this courteous, tactful
physician. Luke, who combined
scholarship with saintliness. Nat
urally, a woman would reminsce,
and to this sympathetic physician
Evening star., 1940-10-05
Epworth Methodist
Meetings Announced

Epworth Methodist Church will
enter the church loyalty crusade
tomorrow moring with world COM
munion service, and at II am. DR..
Clifton K. Ray will give the COM
munion meditation and service.
At 8 pm. he will again have COM
munion service and install officers
of the newly organized Woman's
Society Of Christian Service. They
are: Mrs. Lillian Whitesel, president;
Mrs. Neva Brewer, vice president;
Mrs. L. r. Tindal, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Ethyl Porter. correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. Andrea Falls,
treasurer; Mrs. Florence Nelson,
secretary of Christian social service,
and Mrs. Matte Hardison, secretary
of missionary education.
A meeting of the official board
will be held Wednesday evening.
Evening star., 1940-10-05
Rev. H. !. Anderson
To Give Sermon on
All One Body We
World Communion Day
Will Be Observed at
First Congregational

"All One Body We" will be the
subject of the Rev. Howard Stone
Anderson, at IL am. tomorrow, at
the First Congregational Church.
The choir OF so voices will sing The
Pilgrims Song" by Tschaikovsky.
There will be a contralto solo by
Dorothy Wilson Halbach. The
church will observe World Com
munion Day"
At the 5 o'clock Book and Choral
Vesper, the pastor will present the
first of a series of three book re-
views. His selection tomorrow will
be The Wrath of the Native Som
a linking of two books, Grapes of
Wrath" and Native Son.. Music
will be by the choir and by Dale
Hamilton. baritone.
The Scrooby Club will meet at 8
pm. The Tuxis Club will meet at
6:30pm. The Young Women's Club
will meet at 6 pm. All young wonl-
en- are invited.
The Thursday dinner and service
will be held at 6 pm. J. P. Wag-
goner. graduate of Duke University
and of Dukes School of Religion in
1888, will be the speaker.
Evening star., 1940-10-05
Dr.. 6. B. Pierce
To Preach Special
Series Of Sermons
October Services at
All Souls Church
Announced

During October DR.. Ulysses G. B.
Pierce, minister of All Souls Uni
tartan Church, will deliver series
of sermons on Sources of Happi-
ness in an Unhappy World" The
subject tomorrow at II am. will be
The Fine Art of Being Happy"
On Monday morning the Alliance
Red Cross Sewing Group will re-
sumo its weekly meetings. The 25-
IS Club will have a dinner meet
ing on Tuesday. The same evening
an open House" is scheduled in
the Recreation Center.
The Pierce Hall Players will pre-
sent Three Men on a Horse"
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
On Thursday, the Evening Red
Cross Sewing Group will meet. The
meeting Of the Women's Alliance
is Friday at II am.
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Memorial Church Joins
In Mission Crusade

Albright Memorial Evangelical
Church will participate in the 10y
atty Crusade of the Nation Chris
tian Mission, with holy communion
at II a m. tomorrow. There will be
special music by the choirs with
Mrs. Ruth Conner, Mr.. Paul Gott-
walls and Mr.. George Provost as the
soloistS. The Rev. George E.
Schnabel will preach. Holy COM
munion will be continued at 7:45
pm. The hour Of the open heart"
will be inaugurated. The sermon
subject will be That the World
Might Believe" Rally day is Sun
DAY in the Sunday school
The Shangrila C. E. Fellowship
will meet.
On Tuesday night the Brotherhood
will meet, On Wednesday the serv-
ice will begin at 7:45 pm. On Fri
day at 8 pm. the fellowship class
will present The Good Old Days"
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Sixth Presbyterian
To Greet New Members

Worldwide Communion Sunday
will be observed in The Sixth Pres
byterian Church tomorrow and the
reception of new members at II am.
There will be special music and
sermon, THE Way" by the Rev.
j. H. Garner.
The Christian Endeavor Forum
will meet for the first time under
the new group of officers: George
Boddiger, president; Cora Jean
Hague, vice president and program
chairman; Peggy Lowry, secretary:
Mary Helen Richardson. social
chairman, and Billy Edgerton, treas
mer. The Senior Hi Christian En-
deavor will meet at pm.
The session will meet tomorrow
at 1890 am.
Evening star., 1940-10-05

The Fidelis Glass of the Kenil-
worth Presbyterian Church elected
the following officers: Esther Dunk
ley. president: Alberta Cissel, vice
president; Sarah Dallman, treasurer;
Eta Kraft, assistant treasurer;
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st. Marks Lutheran

At II am. will be the worldwide
observance of the holy communion.
At $50 pm. the Luther League will
meet.
On Wednesday at pm. the Alpha
Bible Class and brotherhood will
meet. A feature will be moving pic
lures of the conference of the o.
B. c. held recently at Westminster.
Md. On Thursday at 8 pm. service
will be held at the Central Union
Mission.
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Grace Lutheran Marks
World Communion

At Grace Lutheran Church to-
morrow the service of Worldwide
communion will be observed. Dr..
Gerhard E. Lenski at 1O:40 am. will
have a confessional-preparatory
service for the benefit of all COM
municantS. At II am. he will preach
on The Message of the Gross to
World at War" The senior choir
will sing Sebastian Matthews COM
munion anthem: Il am the Bread of
Life"
The senior young peoples group
Will meet at pm.
A meeting of the voting members
Will be held Monday at pm.
Glasses for conhrmands will be
started under the leadership of the
pastor. Two classes weekly will be
held, on Saturdays at 8 am. for
juniors, on Sundays at 7 pm. for
juniors and for adults.
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Metropolitan Presbyterian

The church will observe World
Communion Sunday at II am, and
there will be a reception of new
members and baptism of infants.
DR.. j. L. Fendrich will speak on
Obedience"
At 7:45 pm, continuing the series
on THE Twelve Powers Of Man" he
will speak on 'Regenerating Love"
Young people who are musically
inclined and who have no church
attachment are invited to bring their
instruments and be a part of the
orchestra now being formed. Time
of rehearsal is 615 pm. on Sunday
Evening star., 1940-10-05
Eldbrooke Methodist
Activities Announced

The Pause That Refreshes" will
be the subject of the communion
address of Dr. w. M Michael at
Eldbrooke Methodist Church at II
am. In the evening the holy COM
munion will also be observed.
The church school, 10 am, will
have rally day program.
The Junior and Senior Youth
Fellowships meet at pm.
The circles of the Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service will meet
Monday at 8 pm, Dawson Circle
with Mrs. Ray Reed, Michael Circle
with Mrs. V. z. Ayre. Patience Circle
with Mrs. c. w. Shoemaker, Thomp-
son Circle with Mrs. Edwin Kline
and Williamson Circle with Mrs. J.
w. Covan. The general meeting
will be held at the church Thurs
day at pm.
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Woman's National Bible Glass will
Join the EVeryman's Glass in bus
mess and social meeting Monday
night at the home of Mrs. Edward
G. Siggers, 1343 Harvard street NV.
R. o. Compton has been elected
president of the Homebuilders' Bible
Glass of the Washington City
Church of the Brethren and Mrs
Lille Wine has been selected as
president of the Goodwill Bible
Class.
The Hummer Memorial Glass of
the EpWorth Methodist Church will
observe Homecoming Day tomorrow
morning Mrs. Clifton K. Ray will
teach the lesson.
The Phi Gamma Kappa Glass OF
the Metropolitan Baptist Church
will hold a supper meeting Tues
day at $50 pm. at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. P. L. Rogers, 1900
North Quincy street, Cherrydale,
Va.
The A. B. Pugh, Fellow Workers,
Jaynes, Estheruth and Rainbow
Glasses of Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church will hold a joint
session tomorrow morning. Paul H.
McMurray, president of the Fellow
Workers Glass, will speak on Luke
and His Gospel"
Judge C. B. Lobingier announces
the following guest speakers for the
Comparative Religion Glass of All
Souls Church: Tomorrow, Rabbi
Silverstone resumes his lectures on
the "Apocrypha,' his theme being
the first book of Maccabees. Octo-
ber 13, the Rev. DR.. Joseph B. Nc
Allister of Catholic University; Octo-
ber 20, Brahmachara Jotin nf the
Standardization Fellowship, and
October 27, DR.. Charles B Hale of
the University of Maryland.
The Harrison Bible Glass of Con-
gresS Street Methodist Church. Will
have the following speakers in Oc-
tOber: Tomorrow, DR.. Elmer Louis
Kayser, class teacher and dean of
George Washington University; Oc-
tober 13, DR.. A. L. Maiden, teacher
of Washington and Lee High School;
October 20, C. Melvin Sharpe, vice
president, Potomac Electric Power
Co.; October 81, DR.. Harry w. Draper,
supervising principal, public schools.
P. P. Bradfeld has been elected
treasurer.
Edwin A. Swingle will speak to the
mems class of Eldbrooke Methodist
Church tomorrow morning on The
Person of Christ"
The Fidelis Glass of the Kenil-
worth Presbyterian Church elected
the following officers: Esther Dunk
ley. president; Alberta Cissel, vice
president; Sarah Dallman, treasurer;
Eta Kraft, assistant treasurer;
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Park View.

"Abide With Me" will be the sub
ject of the Rev. j. Lloyd Black at
II am. when the church will OBJ
serve Worldwide Communion SUM-
day. At 8 pm, the subject will be,
I'm Remembrance of Me-" The Mis-
sionary Society will meet Monday
evening and the Official Board on
Friday evening.
At the annual meeting of the
church Thursday night the follow
ing officers were elected to the Off
cial Board: John B. Crawford,
Charles L. Jones, Samuel H. Artz,
Erwin P. Beardsley and o. L.
Beardsley,
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St. PuuI's Episcopal

THE First Draft God is the
subject the Rev Arlington A. Nc
Callum, at the church on Twenty
third street near Washington Circle,
tomorrow morning. The sermon will
be preached at the service of holy
eucharist, the choir boys and men
will sing an anthem, Incline Thine
Ears to Me-" by F. H. Himmen. Holy
communion is at 7:30 and evenSorQ
and alteration at pm.
The teachers and officers of the
church school will meet Sunday
afternoon. The Rectoa's Aid viii
meet Thursday to elect ofacers.
Evening star., 1940-10-05

the N a tt o n a |
B ure au of
Standards, will
take up his
work as teacher
of the Every
mans Glass of
the N a tion a !
City Christian
Church tomor-
row m ornin n e.
The lesson dis
cussion will be
on the Last Sup
per, in recogni-
ton of World
G o m m u n 10 n
Sun n oy Tho
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Pastor Will Speak
On Secure Livino'

The Rhode Island Avenue Meth
odist Church will observe World
Communion Sunday at II am. to-
morrow morning. New members will
be received. The choir Of Is voices
will sing Jesus Only" by Steller.
DR.. E. A. SeXsmith has for his
subject tomorrow evening, Guide
Post for Secure Living" The choir
will sing Send Out Thy Light"
Evening star., 1940-10-05

Sne WOulQ con-
hde, in greater
fullness than to
others, the won-
ders of the mi
raculous birth.
With delicacy
a n d restraint
a n d vividness,
Luke set down
the story that
was destined to
c h a n 6 e t n e
world. With a
b o o k m a n s
trained mind, he
had undertaken
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Ninth Street

Rally Day will be celebrated in
the Bible School tomorrow. World
Wide Communion Sunday will be
observed in the churcn service con-
Quoted by the Rev Clifford Jope.
Loyalty Sunday will also be OBJ
served. On THURSDAY evening the
service will be conducted by the
music committee.