Evening star., 1943-04-23

Organized Bible Glass Association
7 am.-Je1erson Memorial, Tida
Basin, sunrise service, under
auspices Of Federation of Chris.
tian Youth, Washington Fedora.
tion Of Churches.
7Am.-George Washington Nation.
al Memorial, Alexandria, auspices
AlexandriA Ministerial Associat ton
7::3o a.m.-Ariington National Gem.
etery Amphitheater, sunrise serv.
lee, sponsored by the Crane
Encampment of Knights Templa,
Of the United States,
3 AMOUNTED States Capitol steps
first annual Easter program
sponsored by the Capitol Fellow
ship Forum.
Plans at Jefferson Memorial.
The program for the newest oi
these sunrise services at the Jeffer-
son Memorial was disclosed today
following announcement recently OF
the details for others.
Under auspices Of the Federation
Of Christian Youth, of the Washing
ton Federation of Churches, the
service Will be opened with music by
. group Of trumpeters from Fort
Belvoir. Presiding will be Hugo
Eskildson, chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee of the youth feder-
alton. The address will be delivered
by the Rev. Leslie Bowers, jr.. min
lister of the Third Christian Church.
The Virginia statute on religious
freedom, of which Thomas Jefferson
was the author, will be read. Prayer
ana benediction will be by the Rev
George H. Yount, assistant minister
Of Covenant First Presbyterian
Church.
Program on Capitol Steps.
Another first annual" Easter pro-
gram will be that on the Capitol
Building steps, sponsored by the
Capitol Fellowship Forums. Rep
There will be music by the
side. There will be music by the
United States Navy Band; invoca-
ton by Capt. John E. Carruthers
Of the Army Chaplain Corps, an
nouncement of the purpose of the
meeting by George H. Kendall. pres
ident Of the forums; music by the
Telephone Glee Club, directed by
Robert Davidson; recitation of "a
Toast to the Flag" by John Jay
DAILY; recitation of The American's
Creed" led by John Page, eldest
son OF the author, the late William
Tyler Page; cornet solo, The Lost
Chord" by Oscar Short, and bene-
dietion by Glenn E. Wagner, presi-
dent Of the Washington Bible Insti-
Fute. Principal address will be de-
iivered by Capt. Robert D. Work
man. chief Of Navy chaplains. The
owl announced it will broadcast the
service over its short-wave radio
facilities to United States Forces
throughout the world.
Principal address at the Arlington
Anphitheater will be delivered BY
the Rev. DR.. Fred Pierce Corson
president Of Dickinson College, Car.
isle, Pa. Speaker at the Fort Lin.
coin service will be DR.. Oscar r
Blackwelder. pastor of the Luther
Church Of the Reformation. who /!
president Of the Washington Fedora.
ton of Churches.
Prayers for Peace Urged.
As Good Friday was, ushered In, al
men and women here were urges
by the Rev. Seth R.. Brooks, chair,
man Of the Committee on Religious
Life In the Nations Capital, t,
pray for just and lasting peac,
and to use the churches and spiritua
forces In this city"
he committee Is interdomina
tional. representing all faiths. Chair
man Brooks Is pastor OF the Uni
versalist National Memorial Church
The Rev. Mr.. Brooks statement a
chairman follows:
again amid world strife, grief an,
bloodshed, the religious peoples o
the world are moving to the mos
holy and saczed hours of the year
Judaism and Christianity have wit
messed cruelty, barbarism and wick
edness for many centuries, but moth
ing more goddess than what is occur
ring in our world today.
Regular Wosship Recommended
Religious men are not silent, no
viii they be. They call for righteous
ness, justice. brotherhood and good
ness. They will not yield in thei
stand for the ideals and the ethic
Of the Ten Commandments and tn,
oeimon on the Mount.
'erhe Committee on Religious Lii,
Ia the Nations Capital urges al
men and women in this city to wor
ship regularly, to pray for . just an,
lasting peace. and to use tn
churches and spiritual forces 1,
this city.
only by a renewal of our faitl
IN God and in the sacredness OF hu
man life viii this world again be lie,
Aom darkness into light. Every re
ngtous leader In this city would urg
every individual to identity himsel
noWwith some religious group Of hi
en- shooaing."