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Newspaper

Harrisburg Telegraph

Location

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1917

Page

8

Conscription Day to be Discussed by Ministers Tomorrow

Religious notices from Harrisburg churches outline tomorrow sermons and programs. Market Square Church will host Rev. William P. Schell and Dr. George with morning and evening services, plus a bac calaureate by Edward Hawes for Harrisburg Academy. Miss Anna Murray leads a Christian Endeavor meeting. Conversations on the second coming feature sermons by Dr Hawes and Mrs John Y Boyd speaks on The Scarlet Thread. A question box will allow audience questions next week amid children’s day planned for the second Sunday in June with baptism in the main auditorium.

William P. Schell Market Square Judas Maccabeus John Y. Boyd Hawes Presbyterian Market Square George Edward Hawes D. D George Snavely Rentz Board of Foreign Missions Harrisburg Academy Thomas Reisch Christian Endeavor Paxton Harry B. King

Forster and Cowden Lumber Ad Promotes Quality

Unsightly cracks in walls and ceilings stem from unseasoned lumber bought for a lower price. The ad promises good, honest lumber and urges buyers to consider quality over price on the next purchase. Forster and Cowden Streets.

Methodist and Presbyterian Churches Sunday Schedules

A long list of church services across Harrisburg area for Sunday with times and sermon titles. Notes include Methodist churches with sermons on war and duty, morning and evening services, Sunday school times, and special hymn singing. Presbyterian Market Square with staff preachers and a baccalaureate sermon. St Patrick Cathedral Holy Communion class for 32 children tomorrow, plus a U S Assembly hour change for Fourth Street Church of Good.

St. Patrick's Cathedral D. J. Carey

Rev W J Lockhart to Preach First Sermon

The Rev W J Lockhart will preach his first sermons as pastor of the First Baptist Church at Second and Pine streets tomorrow. He arrives from Huntingdon Baptist Church in Baltimore where he was pastor for five years, having started his ministry in Harrisburg at Tabernacle Baptist Church thirteen years ago. He succeeds Rev W S Booth, who resigned for Colingsworth New Jersey. Sermon topics are Morning The Church a Spiritual House and Evening How God Won Out with Pharaoh.

W. J. Lockhart First Baptist Church Second and Pine Streets Huntingdon Baptist Church Baltimore Harrisburg Tabernacle Baptist Church W. S. Booth Baptist Church Collingsworth N. J

Lutheran Churches Publicize Sunday Services

A Harrisburg page lists church services across many congregations. Lutherans Bethlehem Bethlehem and Redeemer Christ Trinity Augsburg St Matthew's Salem Oberlin Messiah Zion Calvary Holy Communion Trinity Camp Hill Shiloh Riverside present sermon topics for 10.30 and 7.30 services with Sunday school times, including Eternal Life and Its Implications and The Proper Attitude of Mind in This Present National Crisis. BAPTIST First Market Street and other churches include sermons on The Church a Spiritual House and Called to Be Saints, with Sunday schools noted. Community religious groups also note gospel meetings and public notices.

Bethlehem J. Bradley Markward D. D L. C. Manges Redeemer Myron E. Shafer Christ St. Matthew’s E. E. Snyder Salem Oberlin Daniel E. Rupley Henry W.A. Hanson Zion A. Winfield Herman Calvary Edward H. Paar John Henry Miller Trinity and Missions Trinity Camp Hill E D. Weigle Shiloh Riverside E. E.snyder

Military sermons dominate schedule at local churches

Several services Sunday will feature military themes tied to conscription and national crisis. Rev W N Yates of Fourth Street Church of GodPreacher on Slackers at evening service. Rev Clayton Smucker outlines Before Military Conscription in morning sermon at Stevens Memorial Methodist. Reisch of Christ Lutheran to speak on The Proper Attitude of Mind in the Present National Crisis. Pyles of Fifth Street Methodist to discuss Why the Present War in evening. A Men’s Bible Class at 9:20 addressed by A H White of American Civil Reform Union on The Nation's Peril. 10:45 sermon The Relation of the Holy Spirit to the Son. 7:20 memorial for deceased in pastorate. Quartet and solo selections planned. A. Stahler elected superintendent to fill vacancy. Bartley named assistant superintendent.

Methodist Stevens Memorial Clayton Albert Smucker Epworth J. D. W. Deaver Dauphin W. H. Zwelzig Christ St. Paul's William Moses M. E. Swartz Harris Zion R. L. Briscoe Summerdale R. H. Colburn Bressler Camp Curtin Williams Fifth Street Edwin A. Pyles Coxestown John G. Davis Wesley Union W. A. Ray Camp Hill Joseph E. Brenneman Moses Robert Bagnell Jesus King Saul Church OF God Penbrook Jay C. Forncrook J. ©. Cormos Pleasant View George W. Harper Fourth Street William N. Yates Christian and Missionary Alliance W. H. Worrall Bethesda John Fulton Bunkel Mission Hall Salvation Army Army Hall North Third Street Major Richards Pittsburgh Eva Larson Neilson Campbell Philadelphia Associated Bible Students Harrisburg Messiah Lutheran Church H. W. A. Hanson Moorhead Pitting Mill Hanson Braga Ludebuehl Gavotte Scharwenka Salome Verdi Rossini Saint-Saens Miss Heidher Messrs. Behney and Hartman Beethoven Lord Watson Dubois W. N. Yates Fourth Street Church E. A. Pyles Fifth Street Methodist Church A. H. White American Civil Reform Union Nellie Liddick H. C. Landis R. E. Fagan Ralph Hoover Mabel O'Neil W. 8 Harris C. H. Koons J. A. Stahler State Street

Church Music Concerts Across Five Streets

A detailed list of morning and evening organ works, anthems, quartets, and solos at Grace M. E., Pine Street, Ridge Avenue M. E., and related churches. Names of composers include Dubois, Bach, Tschaikowsky, Gounod, Mendelssohn, and Guilmant among others, with pieces such as The Lord Is My Shepherd and Lamb of God.

Fifth Street M. E Westbrook Smart Dubois Lemaigre West Bach America Stetson Grace M. E. Mornin Nason Dudley Buck Berceuse Jocelyn Godard Rossi Chauvet Tschaikowsky Strang Pine Street Presbyterian Gailman Otto Malling Fletcher Purcell J. Mansfield Lucina Jewell Faulkes Holy City Gaul Guilmant Ridge Avenue Ambrose Traumerei Schumann Silas Mendelssohn Lord Largo Handel

Morning and Evening Musical Program Highlights

A church concert listing includes pieces by Greig Storer and Gibson for morning service with offerings and a Springtime Sketch postlude. Evening features Ed Batiste selections, a procession entree, a God Is Love anthem, O Ye That Love the Lord, and Tschaikowsky postludes performed by a quartet and choir.

Greig Storer Mr. Gibson C. H. Begbe A. A. W. Marchant Ed Batiste F. Flaxington Harker Coleridge- Taylor Qhorsars Tschaikowsky Fiat Batiste

Lutheran Merger Deliberations Set for June Meeting

Leaders of three national Lutheran divisions plan decisive merger action at Zion Church on June 15 after two days of talks without a deal. A tentative constitution for merging the General Synod General Council and United Synod of the South will be prepared for summer meetings. About twenty ministers attended with organizational questions dominating, local pastor Rev S W Herman among participants. Special sermons and services listed for the week at area churches and Olivet. Mrs J Hal Smith of Dayton Ohio will speak at Derry Street U B Church tomorrow with both morning and evening services.

Lutheran Church Zion Lutheran Church General Synod General Council United Synod of the South S. W. Herman Zion Church Atendance

Road Deep With Mud Sells Cadillac Eight

Colorado farmer H Lorenz, already owning a Cadillac Eight, jokes about installment delivery via parcel post after a mud-stuck haul of forty pushels of wheat. Cadillac dealer E E Nelson bets a test run and signs an agreement to deliver if the car can reach Lorenz farm. Lorenz fulfills his side at the agreed site. The next day Nelson takes nine people to the Lorenz place to complete the deal.

H. Lorenz Mr. Lorenz Colorado Greenley Colo E. E. Nelson Nelson Pinkham Lorenz Farm Lorenz

Cautionary Battery Maintenance Advice From The Standard Supply Co

The Standard Auto Supplies Co of Harrisburg urges careful handling of battery water. Do not over or under water, use distilled water, and keep electrolyte one half inch above plate tops. Sales pamphlet “Bottle In Bond” and “Black Mystery Box Explained” offered free by U S&S Light & Heat Corp. E M Householder, longtime Republican city committee member, dies at 317 Boast Street. committee honors his service and character.

Standard Auto Supplies Co Market St Harrisburg Uss Battery Standard Supplies Co U. S&s. Light & Heat Corporation Niagara Falls N. Y Republican City Committee E. M. Householder Boast Street Housholder

Russian minister Konovaloff resigns over policy clash

A dispatch from Petrograd reports A. I. Konovaloff minister of commerce and trade has resigned due to a total divergence with M. Skobeleff minister of labor on economic and financial measures required in the present crisis.

Associated Press London Reuter Petrograd A. I. Konovaloff Commerce and Trade M. Skobeleff

Jersey City Man Arrested For Treasonable Literature

Charles Kroemberg aged 42 was arrested in Jersey City New Jersey on the charge of distributing treasonable literature and held for federal authorities awaiting further action.

Jersey City N. J Chas. Kroemberg

Before Military Draft What What Through Thrilling Rally

Stevens Memorial Church on Thirteenth and Vernon streets hosts a rally tomorrow at 7 30 PM for all men of conscription age. Dr Clayton Smucker will preach on Before Military Conscription What and address those registering next Tuesday. A 15 minute patriotic song service starts the evening, led by a male chorus.

Clayton Albert Smucker Stevens Memorial Church Thirteenth and Vernon Streets

March Death Toll in Pennsylvania Driven by Pneumonia

State Health summary shows 12 234 total deaths in March with pneumonia at 2 313, tuberculosis 1 015, and Bright’s disease 937. Births reached 20 132. Other notable causes include typhoid 63, diphtheria 174, measles 114, influenza 283, cancer 538, accidents 105, railway injuries 109, and 4 564 deaths from all other diseases.

Pennsylvania State Department of Health Bright

Picnic at Hershey Park Draws Visitors to Free Facilities

Hershey Park in Pennsylvania offers a free day with all conveniences provided at no charge. The floral gardens of central Pennsylvania and attractions including a free zoo, swimming pool, and shooting arcade are highlighted. A new bath house with individual lockers is described, with further information and dates available from Manager Hershey Park in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Hershey Park Pennsylvania Hershey

Also Mentioned on This Page

W. P. Schell United Evangelical Harris Street George F. Schaum Episcopal Floyd Appleton St. Andrew’s James F. Bullitt Reading Harrise Hummels Swatara Palmyra Annville Cleona Lebano Avon Prescott Wee Reading Terminal United Ice & Coal Co Westminster E. E. Curtis Frank P. Mackenzie Capital Street B. M. Ward Bethany John M. Warden Our Lord Division Street Harold H. Baldwin Pine Street Lewis Seymour Mudge Covenant Harvey Klaer St. Paul Illustrated MASS U. S. Assembly Fourth Street Church of Good Hudson West Point And Newburgh Jersey Chy Strius United Brethren State E. A. B. Bossler The Edom Sixth Street Joseph Daugherty the Unseen Lemoyne P. R. Koontz Otterbein S. Edwin Rupp N. L. Linebaugh Derry Street J. A. Luter J. Hal Smith M. D H. C. Stauffer Rev DR. Oxley S. Sixteenth St School of Commerce Troup Building Bell Cumberland Kaufman Bldg Bellphone Harrisburg Business College A. Reliable School Harrisburg, Va Baptist First a_ Spiritual House Pharoh Market Street W. H. Dallman American Civic Reform Union Jericho Messiah Lutheran Philip R. McDevitt Catholic Church Catholic Girls’ High School Martin G. Brumbaugh Grace Methodist Church Park Street Wilson Ada Culp Bowman Woodward F. Harker Adalgo A. Volkmar Barney Briggs Mr. Sproul Fantasia A. Potter Andantino Johnson Gabriel Cushman Claussman Manner Israel Bethlehem Lutheran Homer Skyles St. Andrew's W. R. Hartzell Harry Nelson Bassler Olivet A. L. Taxis Charles Clifford Douglas Henry Clark Colman Desaussure William Darlington Adam Rees Chester Gildea William Sapp Steve Washington Minor Timple Jacob W. Berkheimer Surety of the Peace Simon S. Urich Dr. Smucker ST. Stephen’s Front Street Pine Rollin Alger Sawyer Pine Street Presbyterian Church Third and L. S. Mudge Olivet Presbyterian Church Fourteenth
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