Evening star., 1942-04-04
Easter Sunrise
Services Open
AT 7 O'Clock
Rites at Masonic
Memorial, Arlington
And Fort Lincoln

will be told in word and song to-
morrow. Men at war, men at peace
with the world, will join number
less throngs in remembrance of the
Saviour's triumph over death and
His assurance of life everlasting.
outdoor services will be held in
Arlington National Cemetery, Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, on Bladensburg
road, and at the Masonic Memorial
In Alexandria.
Three Easter Sunday sunrise serv-
Ices near Washington will feature
outdoor ceremonies, while fourth
will be held indoors.
To Increase Bus Service.
To accommodate District residents
planning to be present at one or the
other services. the Capital Transit
Co. will expand its normal Sunday
morning facilities by placing addi-
tional buses on the route to Fort
Lincoln, and providing additional
car service from Friendship Heights
to RoSslyn, Va. Bus service will be
operated by another company from
Rosslyn to Arlington Cemetery.
The extra bus service to Fort Lin
coin will begin operating at 4:39 am.
Sunday, while flve-minute streetcar
service from Seventeenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. to Rosslyn
will start at 5:45 am.
The sunrise service in the amphi-
theater of Arlington National Gene
terry will open at 7 am. with reveille
being sounded by Fort Myer buglers.
A procession of white-plumed
knights Templar of the United
States will form at tbs am. and
move to the amphitheater, led by
the United States Marine Band
The religious service begins at
7:30 am. with the sermon to be
preached by the Right Rev. DR..
James w. Maxon, Bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee and
himself knight of this Masonic
order.
w llaces 20 Attend.
Vice President and Mrs. Henry
Wallace will head the company of
distinguished guests, including Cabi-
net members, diplomats, members
of Congress and high Government
and religious officials This annual
service, now conducted by the Grand
Encampment, or national organiza-
ton of the Knights Templar, was
originated by the Grand Com
manderies of Virginia and the Dis
trict and conducted by them until
last year.
In nearby Maryland, at historic
Fort Lincoln Cemetery, the sunrise
service sponsored by the Organized
Bible Glass Association for the first
time will begin at 7 o'clock. The
sermon will be preached by the Rev.
Peter Marshall. pastor of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church
His topic is Ghost or God?"
No special services are scheduled
In Catholic churches and institu-
tions, which have been observing
Holy Week since Wednesday.
The usual masses will be said at
Catholic University at Z, 8, 9, 10 and
IL am. and also at the Franciscan
Monastery.
Cathedral Service Thronged.
More than $500 attended the
three-hour Good Friday service yes
terday in Washington Cathedral.
The Very Rev. ze Barney Phillips,
Cathedral dean, emphasized that
''the first significance of the cross is
forgiveness.
ITO win this war by defeating the
enemy Is one thing; to win this war
by vanquishing hatred Is another"
he said
Dean Phillips deplored lack of
understanding of young people by
their elders. He urged parents who
must see their sons and daughters
leave home to think of their leave
taking not as tragic but as means
of establishing a new kingdom of
this world"
Masonic Memorial Service.
The fourth annual community
wide Easter sunrise service will be
held tomorrow on the steps OF the
Masonic Temple Hill in Alexandria.
The George Washington High
School Band will lead the process
sion at am. from the front of the
Post Office Building at 212 South
Washington street, arriving at the
temple hill about 7:30 am. A large
cross has been erected on the hill.
The Rev. D. M. Yale, pastor of the
Free Methodist Church, will pro-
nounce the invocation; the Rev.
j. P. Gulley, Del Ray Baptist pastor.
and the Rev. Fred v. Poag of the
Second Presbyterian Church will
read the Scripture. After a prayer
by the Rev. Ernest F. Campbell
of the First Baptist Church and
devotional message by the Rev. A.
p Williams, District superintendent
of the Methodist Conference, the
Rev. E. B. Joyner of the Del Ray
Methodist Church will pronounce
the benediction.
The Bethesda Council of Churches
will sponsor sunrise services at
Bethesda Chevy Chase Recreation
Center at $50 am. tomorrow morn
ing. The Rev Raymond A. Vogeley,
pastor of Christ Lutheran Church,
will preach.