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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1921
Page
2
Palm Sunday and Holy Week services sweep across churches with sermons, musical programs, and processions. Catholic and Protestant congregations schedule three hour services on Good Friday and special Easter week events, sermons by pastors such as Handalph, Bryan, and Covell, and choir renditions at multiple venues.
Revival meetings at Ninth Street Christian church led by B H Linville will continue tomorrow and through the week. A 9 36 Sunday school session is planned with new members being received. Evening services feature a song service by Frank A Carpenter and an orchestra led by Prof. Joseph A Harrison. The sermons focus on The Church His Body and The Way Upon Which All Are Agreed. Services run nightly except Saturday at 745 p m.
Palm Sunday services at First Congregational Church feature two unusual elements. Barytone H Leroy Lewis will perform Blessed Is He That Cometh, a piece written for him by Mabel C. Linton. The Palms will be sung by the entire choir and congregation. Prof Hugh Black, noted writer and Scottish preacher, will speak twice daily during Holy Week at 4.45 and 8 pm from Monday to Good Friday. Washington federation cooperates in these events.
Lenten revival meetings at Vermont Avenue Christian Church go on through next week with daily services except Saturday. Rev Dr Earle Wilfley preaches and Prof F M Charlton sings at each service. Topics slated include The King That Cometh in the morning and Who is This in the evening. Monday is Whole Church Night and Tuesday is George Washington University Night. A communion service is planned Thursday and Good Friday is observed on Con secration Night.
Membership drive runs through March and April inviting all city men to join and share in its benefits. The class has met since before the war with Sunday services described as devotional and inspiring. Dr Harry Gaze will speak tomorrow at 4 30 PM at 1214 West Street Northwest on The Joys of Living.
The Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Missionary union met at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church on Tuesday with 242 attendees from 29 local churches. Susie's Kitchen band played, led by Mrs. J. Schutt, as Rev. Dr. Wallace Gadgiffe and Rev. John Halley Kelly spoke. Receipts and contributions totaled 4126.04 dollars. Officers reelected included James C. Gripp as president and Mrs. F. E. Eddington, Mrs. Willard Robbing, C. D. Gorman, Miss Mary Robertson, M. C. Strahorn, Miss Ference R. Steinbrenner, Miss Josephine M. Wright, and Miss Elaie E. Allwine. Miss Rachel Benfer was named honorary vice president.
Oliver Hoyem executive secretary of the Washington bureau of Prison Labor advocates Christianity’s strength from laymen. He spoke at a midday Lenten service at Keith's theater on a young man’s religion founded by Jesus Christ. Four more meetings with leading ministers are planned next week.
Bishop Harding holds a record class at Nativity chapel Wednesday with 67 persons confirmed, including 23 men and boys. The Rev Enoch M. Thompson presented a large class last year as well, and the chapel again draws a crowded, capacity attendance with many men attending multiple services.
The presbyterial annual meetings will be held at the Metropolitan Presbyterian church at Fourth and B streets southeast at 10:30 oclock next Wednesday morning. Speakers include Mr. Charles II. Boys, general secretary of the woman's board of foreign missions. Miss Marie Preston, fight secretary of the woman's board of home missions.
At 11 a m a confirmation service with addresses by Bishop Harding and Dr Freeman followed by an 87 m performance of Gounod's Gallia with a sermon by the speaker listed.
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