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Evening star., 1942-05-30
The Eternal Quest Topic
Of Rev. G. F. Phillips

The Rev Charles F. Phillips, pas
tor of McKendree Methodist Church,
will preach at II am. on "Perils Of
Neutrality" and at pm. on The
Eternal Quest" New members will
be received at the morning service.
At the evening service the minister
will install the newly-elected officers
of the Youth Fellowship Group;
President, Robert Peterson; vice
president, John Ballard; secretary,
Maude Ballard; treasurer, Charlenr
Fox; first commissioner. Mary Gaz-
ley; second commissioner, Jeanette
Poole; third commissioner, Nancy
Ayres; fourth commissioner, Char
lotte Sanders; chorister, Joanne
Poole, and councillor, Mrs. Stanley
Bell.
The Ofdcial board will meet Mon
day at 8:15 pm.
The Jonquil Circle will hold
luncheon on Wednesday from noon
to 1:3o pm. at the home of Mrs.
Charles Sener.
The Philathea class will hold a
business meeting and social at the
home of Mrs. Verde Newman on
Wednesday at pm. Mrs Maggie
Phelps will be the co-hostess.
The minister and P. R. Ayres will
attend the sessions of the Balti-
more annual conference at West
minister, Md, starting on June 3
and continuing through June 8.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Graduation Rites
Planned Tomorrow
At Columbia College
DR.. james H. Miers
Will Be Speaker
At Commencement

The 18th annual commencement
of the Columbia College of Chris
tian Education will be held at the
college, 1708 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, at 4 pm. tomorrow. The Rev.
James H. Miers, pastor of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church, will give the
address. The college choristers will
sing. The Rev. Leary P. Poythress
and Mrs. Aaron B. Kelley will each
contribute solo.
DR.. Elsie Wade Stone, president
Of the college. will present certif-
Gates and diplomas to students. A
reception will follow the program.
A banquet will be held at the
Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton. at $50 pm. Wednesday. David
c. Butcher, businessman and evan
gelist, will speak
The Rev George NJ. Cummings,
who has taught New Testament
Greek at the college for 16 years,
will be honored by election to the
Hall of Fame of the college.
The newly-elected officers of the
Student Assembly will be installed
by the president. They are Miss
Bess Murray. president; Marshall w.
Parsons. vice president: Miss Kath-
ryn Sigmund, secretary; Miss Ruth
Young, treasurer; Miss Levena Den
Decker, reporter, and Miss Lodema
Diffenderfer, sergeant at arms.
There will be a program OF music.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Lawyers Munreso Group
Plans Closed Retreat

Preparations are being made by
committee Of the Lawyers Man
resa Group of Washington, Of which
George H. O'Connor is president,
to make a closed retreat at Man
resa-on-the-Severn from the eve
ming Of June II to morning Of
June IS.
This group is made up Of men,
bers OF the bench and the bar of
the Supreme Court of the United
States and Of the District of Co.
lumbia, who take time out from
their duties and business for a few
days Of reflection on the spiritual
and religious obligations owing to
their Creator. The exercises of the
retreat are conducted by the Jesuit
fathers and open to all men re-
gardleSs of creed.
The retreat house on the banks
OF the Severn River is opposite the
United States Naval Academy and
was built especially for the purpose
and accommodates 10 men, and the
week end spent there offers restful
repose amid pleasant surroundings
The Solicitor General of the United
States, Justice Stephens, Justice
Mcclure and other officials have
indicated their intention to be pres
ent and to participate in the ex-
ercises.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Waugh Methodist
Sermons Announced

At Waugh Methodist Church TO-
morrow the Rev. Samuel E. Rose
will preach at II am. on Memorial
Tributes" Special music by the
combined vested choirs. Miss
Heusted meets with the Junior Mis-
sionary Group. at 10:45 am. In
formal service at 8 pm. Sermon
by the Rev. Mr.. Rose on the Sword
Bearer"
The Fellowship Club meets Mon
day at $50 pm. for light supper
in the parish hall and later joins
the District young people on their
annual moonlight cruise.
The Red Cross Sewing Unit sews
on Wednesday at 10 am.
Midweek service will be held on
Wednesday at 8 pm. instead Of
Thursday evening.
Officers elected last Sunday for
the Young Peoples League are the
following: President, Draper SUIT
c!iffe; vice president, Dorothy Dup
tula; secretary, Mary Ellen Shep-
herd; treasurer, Malcolm Rose;
commissioners, worship, Mickie Nc
Guire; world friendship, Lois Savoy;
community service, Nancy Winter;
recreation, Mildred Jefferson; pi-
anist, Louis Monteny; chorister
Archie Griest, jr.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
TheosophicoI Society

Washington Lodge met at 1916 H
street NV. on Wednesday, and
elected James w. MCGUIRE to sue
ceed himself as president for his
10th term; John j. Hamilton, vice
president; Mrs. Myra c. Mobley,
recording secretary; Lewis E. Col
Inns, treasurer, for his 31st term;
Mrs. Harriet B. Mercer, correspond
ing secretary and assistant treas
urer; Mrs. Georgianna F. Latimer,
librarian; Mrs. Latimer, Mrs. Caro-
line M. Gillett and Mrs. Jessie w.
Wright, trustees.
Swami Premananda. minister OF
the Standardization Fellowship, will
be the guest speaker at 8 pm. to-
morrow. Subject, "The First Vision
of God" At $50 pm, James W.
Mcclure will address the Christian
Mystic Glass on THE Powerhouse OF
the Universe"
On Wednesday, 8 pm, business
meeting. Thursday, 8 pm, Prag-
matte Glass, conducted by Mrs. Lii
liam F. Boatman. Friday, 8 pm,
Mrs. Harriet B. Mercer will instruct
the Meditation Class. Next Satur-
day, from 4:3O to $50 pm, summer
outing at the home OF MIR. and Mrs
E. Matthews Dawson.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Dr.. Charles Lowry, k.,
To Preach al Morning
Cathedral Service
Bishop Freeman Will
Orduin Four as Deucons
In Episcopal Church

The Rev. DR.. Charles w. Lowry,
jr., of Virginia Theological Seminary,
Alexandria, will preach and four
young Washington men will be Or
dained as deacons in the Episcopal
Church at the IL o'clock service in
Washington Cathedral tomorrow.
The canon missioner of the Cathe-
dral, the Rev. Charles w. F. Smith,
will preach at the 4 o'clock evensong
service.
The four postulants who will be
ordained by the Right Rev. James E.
Freeman, Bishop Of Washington,
are: Richard H. Wilmer, Walter F..
Hendricks, George William Beale
and Raymond A. Davis. Two canons
of the Cathedral, the Rev. w.
Curtis Draper and Canon Smith,
will assist in the ordination cere-
monies.
The National Cathedral School
for Girls will hold its annual flag
day exercises on tine hillside of
Beauvoir, the Cathedral elementary
school within the Cathedral grounds,
at $50 pm. Bishop Freeman will
deliver the annual baccalaureate
sermon before the graduating class
of George Washington University
at 8 pm.
Weekday services will be held
daily at 7:30 am, noon and pm.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Prayer in Wartime
DR.. Scheurrer's Topic

The Rev. r. Paul Schearrer will
preach tomorrow at IL am. in the
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
on Prayer in Wartime"
The Seventy miners, the young
married couples club, will have a
family outing at picnic ground No.
II in Rock Greek Park on Tuesday
at $50 pm.
The Calvin, Drummond, Duff,
Knox, Livingstone, Mackenzie. Mathe-
son, Whitman and Witherspoon
groups of the Woman's Society will
meet at the homes of members on
wednesday at 1890 pm. The Nc
Farland Group for business and pro-
fessional women will have a supper
meeting at the church at 6:45 pm.
Miss Elizabeth Redelstein will speak
on The Chan Kai-sheks as Knew
Them"
The Red Cross will meet Thurs
day at 8 am.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
The Rev. Daniel W. Justice
Will Talk on Gods Kinqdom

THE Kingdom of God" will be
the subject of the Rev. Daniel w.
Justice at II am tomorrow at Trim
ity Methodist Church. The service
at 8 pm. will feature a number Of
requested familiar hymns. The pas
tor will present the living message
from the prophet Amos, Amos, the
Man and His Message"
From 7:30 to $50 pm. Tuesday
and Thursday, the Red Cross first
aid course will be conducted. The
Red Cross Sewing Unit will meet at
10 am. Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Butler Bible Glass will meet
at pm. Wednesday.
At a recent meeting the Trinity
Fellowship elected the following off,
GERS: Mrs. Maude Spillers, president;
Wesley D. Shaffer, vice president;
Miss Louise Schildknecht, secretary;
Roy Spillers, treasurer; James Cooke
commissioner of worship: Mrs. Mary
Cox, commissioner of world friend
ship; Leslie E. Cox, commissioner of
recreation, and Miss Dorothy Wilson,
commissioner of community service.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Rev. Edward 6. Latch
Lists Sermon Subject

The Rev Edward G. batch, min
lister of the Metropolitan Memorial
Methodist Church, will have for his
topic tomorrow morning, Toward
a Greater Faith"
The Executive Committee Of the
Woman's Society Of Christian Serv-
ice will meet tomorrow at the home
of Mrs. Hiram K. Green.
The adjourned Fourth Quarterly
Conference will meet Monday eve
ming
A meeting of the Susanna Wesley
Class will be held Tuesday at pm.
at the home of Mrs. Karl Dortz-
bach.
Circle will meet at the home Of
Mrs. Joseph Booth at l pm.
Wednesday. Circle will meet at
/ pm. Friday at the home of Mrs.
Karl Dortzbach. Circle 4 will meet
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. George
Meuth.
The church is preparing an ac-
curate list of the names and ad-
dresses of the men from the
church who are in the armed forces
of our country. Relatives and friends
are requested to give these names
to L. I. McDougle or the minister.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
DR.. Busehmeyer's Topic
For America 10 Remember

The Rev DR.. Fred Sherman Busch
meyer will preach at the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church at
II am. tomorrow on For America
to Remember"
At S pm. the church, in co-opera-
ton with friends among the serv-
icemen stationed in and around
Washington, will present q special
vesper hour for men in service and
civilian defense workers. A group of
the mems chorus of the 176th In
fantry. which took part in the folk
festival, will sing and other service
men will assist in the vesper. A
social with refreshments will fol-
low. All servicemen and their
friends are invited.
On Wednesday the last meeting
Of the Women's Guild will be the
annual June breakfast at 1890
o'clock. The speaker will be Mrs.
Donald Blaisdell of Washington,
formerly of Turkey, who will talk on
Turkish Women. Yesterday and
Today"
The League of Service will hold its
picnic at the Palisades Fieldhouse
on Friday. Supper will be served at
$50 pm. All business and profess
sional women of the parish are in
vited.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
The Rev. J. H. Smith 10 Talk
On 'VaIueIess Possessions

"Valueless Possessions" is the sub
ject of the Rev. Henry j. Smith at
II am, at the North Washington
Baptist Church on Sunday and in
the evening, "Harbors of Posi-
bility"
A devotional service will be held
Thursday night at the Highlands
Church. The Rev. N. w. Simmonds
will speak.
The Finance Board will meet
Tuesday night and the Board
of Deacons and Deaconesses on
Wednesday night. The Red Cross
unit will meet Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Law.
The Women's Organization will
hold a covered dish luncheon at the
Jessup Blair Park June 10.
At the Highlands Church the sub
ject Of the morning sermon will
be Influence of Example" and in
the evening, Business" The Rev.
Mr.. Simmonds will preach at both
services.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Confirmation Service
AT Augustana Lutheran

Confirmation will be held at the
morning service of the Augustana
Lutheran Church tomorrow. DR..
A. o. Helm will officiate and will
preach the sermon. Bibles and
certificates will be presented to the
children. New members will be re-
ceived.
A young peoples Bible class, spon-
sored by the Luther League, will
be organized at GAS am The class
will meet every Sunday before the
morning worship service Hugo
Eskildson will be the class leader.
The Ladies Aid will meet Thurs
day at 8 pm. A film, entitled
Something for Every One to Do, -
will feature the program.
The annual outing Of the congre-
CATION will be held next Saturday
afternoon and evening at Fort KEN
BILE Park, at the end of Cathedral
avenue, Just beyond FoXhall road.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Concordia Lutheran
To Mark Anniversary

Concordia Lutheran Evangelical
Church will celebrate the 45th ami
versary of the organization Of its
Mission Society tomorrow at II am.
The Rev. Charles Enders will preach
on Christian Witnesses"
The society was organized by the
Rev. Paul A. Menzel on May 81,
1897. Four of the charter members
still are active members OF the So
ciety-Mrs. P. A. Mcneil, Mrs. Lucy
Hartford, Mrs. A. M. Schroeder and
Mrs. william Bruder.
It's present officers are: Miss Elise
Kettler, former missionary to India,
president; Mrs. H. H. Meiners. ST.,
vice president; Mrs. Charles Roh-
land, secretary; Mrs. William Bru-
der, financial secretary, and Mrs.
A. r. Gould, treasurer.
At 6 o'clock the Sunday evening
gathering will begin with a buffet
supper. At 7 o'clock the Rev. A. F.
Harkins will speak on Blessed Are
They That Are Prosecuted for
Righteousness Sake" This will be
followed by a period of fellowship
games. Strangers and servicemen
are invited.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Guest Preachers
Slated al Church
Of the Epiphany
Member Of Parish
Who Will Be Ordained
Tomorrow Will Speak

There will be special preachers to-
morrow morning and evening at the
Church of the Epiphany.
The Rev. DR.. Robert o. Kevin,
professor at the Virginia Theolog-
ical Seminary, will preach at Il am.
He Is q graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania, from which he re-
ceived his A. B., M. A. and Phi. D.
degrees. He also Is a graduate of
the Philadelphia Divinity School.
He served on the faculty Of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and the
divinity school. DR.. Kevin spent 10
years as rector of Grace Church, st.
Louis, Mo. A year ago he was called
to the chair of Old Testament and
pastoral theology at the seminary
near Alexandria. He is the author
of a number Of books on religious
subjects.
The preacher at the pm. service
will be Richard Hooker Wilmer, jr.,
a member of the Epiphany parish.
This will be his first sermon as a
clergyman, since he will be ordained
at the Cathedral Sunday morning.
Mr.. Wilmer is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard H. Wilmer and the
great-grandson Of the Right Rev.
Richard Hooker Wilmer, Bishop of
Louisiana and the only bishop con-
secrated in the South during the
Civil War. He recently graduated
with the highest honors at the Cen
eral Theological Seminary in New
York.
The evening service will be in
charge Of the rector, DR.. Charles
Sheerin, who in the morning will
preach the commencement sermon
for the Episcopal High School, Alex
andria, Va.
Evening star., 1942-05-30

render, wherein soul IN travail
confronts and accepts the will of
God. Christening and conservation
and courage all merge in the Gar
den.
Whether the present tribuation
Of earth is a Gethsemane depends
upon what befalls suffering man
kind. If peoples eyes are opened
to the spiritual significance Of this
war, and the part it is to play IN
a wide, long Providence; and II
they learn to say, with Jesus, Not
my will, but Thine, be DONE" then
the world will emerge with a new
realization Of God, and a new sense
Of His regnant will, and a new, deep
peace greater than any that the
conference Of statesmen can for
mulate.
Purged and purified, prepared and
purposeful, mankind may go for
ward after Gethsemane to the
greater sacrifices of Calvary and re-
demption. For beyond the garden
and the little hill and its three
crosses lay the vast realm of a new
life of peace and victory. The anal
ogy holds in the present situation
We cannot cheaply purchase a re-
deemed world. 1t behooved Christ
to suffer, in order to bring salvation.
Evening star., 1942-05-30

tomorrow morning on "Some Un-
familiar Facts About the Sayings
of Jesus"
The Box Bible Glass of Emory
Methodist Church will hold its an.
nual business meeting Tuesday eve.
ming. Officers will be elected.
The Young Mems Bible Glass oi
National Baptist Memorial Church
will have Page NICK. Etchison al
guest teacher tomorrow morning
President Austin Doxey will preside
Mckinley w. Kreigh will be the
guest teacher tomorrow morning al
the session of the Mems Glass OF
Eldbrooke Methodist Church.
The George H. Winslow Mems
Bible Glass of Eastern Presbyterian
Church will conduct the service al
the Northeast Mission on Monday
evening.
The Shaver Bible Glass of Metro
politan Baptist Church will meet
at 7:45 pm. Tuesday.
The A. B. Pugh Bible Glass OF
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church will meet Monday evening
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Dr.. Ball Will Take
Greatest Memorial
As His Sermon Topic
Metropolitan Baptist
Church to Hold Special
Communion Service

At the Metropolitan Baptist
Church a special Memorial conf
munion service will be held tomor-
row. DR.. John Compton Ball will
speak on Gods Greatest Memorial. -
The choir will sing. A group Of new
members will be received.
In the evening the assistant
pastor, the Rev. John M. Ballbach,
will speak on Keep Looking Up
Gospel Melody Hour viii follow the
service.
Instead of the regular monthly day
meeting of the Missionary Society a
joint meeting of all the missionary
circles will be held at pm. Wednes-
day. Women who have recently
moved into the city are invited.
All Sun Beams meet Monday at
$3.50 pm.
A vacation Bible school for chill
dren will be held July through IT,
The assistant pastor and church
staff will be in charge.
At 7:45 pm. Thursday the service
will be led by Dr. Ball.
Metropolitan young people will
give their weekly broadcast over
Station WINK at 6:45 pm. today.
Evening star., 1942-05-30

not get into the newspapers, tell
the same story of the concern for
religion on the part Of the think
ing folk everywhere. There is
under way amidst the nations to-
day a powerful current, exceeding
anything ever known before, of spir-
itual solicitude and solidarity. What
does 1t mean that the orphaned
missions" of Axis and subject ma
tions are being supported today not
only by Americans and British but
also by French and Swiss and Scan
dinavian Christians? Real Chris
tian unity Is moving forward apace:
we all see that the new world order
must be essentially Christian. in a
oneness that transcends the old sec
tartan divisions.
In the Army itself more is being
done for the soldiers spiritual mo-
rale than in any previous war. This
truth applies generally to all the
nations Not only are the bodies of
the military being cared for better
but their souls are served by chap
lains, by literature and by volun-
teer Christian workers.
The Regnant viii.
Thus the spirit of the Christ who
agonized in Gethsemane and suf-
fered on Calvary is permeating His
church. Even superficial thought
upon the subject makes clear that an
acceptance of Gods will is the one
way out of all sorrows and problems.
For there is will that comprehends
the vast movements of history and
also the concerns Of the individual
That will is wholly beneflcent. Its
processes may be inscrutable, but all
its ends are love. The Sovereign
Lord of the universe is also our
Father.
Just now the world. confronted by
wars horrors, by social and indus
trial and economic and interna-
tional problems, needs to pray as
never before, Thy will be done
All of our questions are answered
If we but accept the will that was
Christ's comfort in the Garden
What matter If Judas traitorous
passionate kiss had to be endured;
and the bitter injustice of the trials
before the Jewish court and before
PLATE; and the desertion of friends;
and the mockery of the callous SOL
| diers; and finally Calvary ITSELF
Jesus had found peace in the reg
/ will ~ .C%I a c1ihroittoI oy1S
accepted; and so went serenely on II
the triumph that is the worlds
salvation.
OF all possible war aims. this /!
the greatest-to do the will Of God
Only the morally blind fail to SEE
that the real significance of the
present world struggle is spiritual
The clearest and most explicit com.
mandments of God have been fout.
ed by the pagan powers which op-
pose us. They have foolishly under
taken to extirpate Christianity
They scoff at Jesus and His teach.
ings. Their conduct has supported
their creed.
Now 1t behooveS the Christian
nations to enter into the deeps oi
the issue involved, and to make
their battle cry that Of the Cru
sades-"It is the will of God.
One by one-for we do not enter
Gethsemane in the mass; it is 9
lonely experience-we are to yielc
our wills to the Fathers will; anc
to do those things which He ha.
made plain as His way. This i.
the message of the garden.
The Sunday school lesson for
May 81 is, Friday, the Day
of Suffering: Gethsemane and
Trials. xiv.32-34, 44-46;
xv.1-5.
Evening star., 1942-05-30

trees cast their deep, dark shadows.
Suffering is essential to the ma
turity of the human soul. "Au sun
shine makes a desert" We learn
the true lessons of existence when
within the bitter darkness OF grief,
disappointment and pain. once
seated by our freside, friend who
had lived a rich, full life, told us
her tragic story, concluding with a
beautiful look upon her face, by
saving, in effect, "Yet in all, my
Saviour has been more real and
sustaining and precious to me than
He could ever have been had not
found Him in this Gethsemane."
Yes, all personal sorrows that are
sanctifed by resignation set up a
new fellowship with the Comrade
who suffered anguish in the garden.
Those spirits know Him best who
have gone all the way with Him
into Gethsemane.
As 1t Is Working Out.
There are many signs on every
hand that this war has set all sorts
of people to pondering its spiritual
significance. A general awareness
prevails that there is a supreme
providence at work, doing things
with our world. The churches feel
this mood. I was in Hollywood on
Palm Sunday and the church I at
tended took in 221 new members at
that service, making more than 600
for the year. Another Los Angeles
church that I had visited for the
midweek service added more than
200 new members on Palm Sunday
On Easter many churches con-
Quoted double services to accommo-
date the host of worshippers. People
are thinking deeply today. and all
such thoughts lead back to God.
Messages from abroad, which do
Evening star., 1942-05-30
St. Marks to Observe
Holy Trinity Festival

The st. Marks Incarnation Lu-
theran congregation will observe the
festival of the holy trinity at $3.50
am. and II am. tomorrow with the
celebration Of the holy communion.
The Rev. Henry Manken will read
the services and the Rev. Musser
White, assistant, will offer the COM
munion meditations.
The Church Council and trustees
will convene at pm. Monday.
A get-together of the men is
scheduled at pm. June 8. The
congregation will join in the cele-
bration of founders day of the Ma
tionaI Lutheran Home of the Aged
at 2 pm. June 3. when the new
Lederer Memorial Parsonage for the
superintendent will be dedicated.
The Red Cross Auxiliary sews each
Wednesday from 10:30 am. to 3 pm.
in the parish hall.
Evening star., 1942-05-30
Atonement Lutheran

The summer schedule will 90 into
effect next Sunday. There will be
services at $50 and IL am. No
evening service.
The Rev. H. E. Snyder will give a
short report Of the meeting Of
synod at Gettysburg during the
week. Martin A. McGrory will re-
port as the lay delegate at II am.
service.
The evening service will end the
vesper services until further notice.
Founders day at the National Lu-
theran Home for the Aged June 8.
A Red Cross canteen class will
start in the parish hall on June l.
People in the neighborhood inter-
ested are invited.
Evening star., 1942-05-30

problems due to gasoline rationing
The L. F. o. Glass of Brookland
Methodist Church has on display an
award of recognition signed by Mime.
Chang Kai-shek, which was pre-
sented to the class because of funds
raised for overseas China relief.
The Barbara Murray Glass OF
married couples of Calvary Baptist
Church will hold an outing this
afternoon at Reservation No. Is,
near Sixteenth and Kennedy streets
NV.
The Mems Bible Glass of Calvary
Methodist Church elected as Of
ficers Clarence E. Werback, presi-
dent; w. Elwood Baker, first vice
president; Olin B. Thorp, second
vice president; Willard Ryan. secre-
tary, and w. j. Hodges, treasurer.
Edwin Dice is teacher.
Charles C. Haig will speak to
the O. w. L. Glass of Covenant
First Presbyterian Church tomorrow
morning on the Ninth Command
ment: Our Tongues and How to
Use Them"
Representative George H. Mahon
of Texas will be the guest speaker