SATURDAY EVENING, EATOUBBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 0. 1018.

DR. BAGNELL TO HOLD SPECIAL SERVICES IN GRACE METHODIST CHURCH NEXT WEEKMASS MEETING

AT MARKET SQ"DRY" MINISTERS

WILL PREACHNEW SERIES

AT GRACE M.E.IS THE CHURCH

OBSOLETE?Dr. Weir Will Discuss This

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Topic at Y. M. C. A.Mass Meeting

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The question, "Is the Church Be-

coming an Obsolete Institution?"will be the subject of an address be-fote the men's mass meeting in jFahnestoek Hall at 3.30 o'clock to- imorrow afternoon. Dr. Weir, who !will address the meeting, is general jsecretary of the Presbyterian Coin- ,mittee on Men's Work For the United >States. Ho is a very prominent!men s worker, and his timely, elo-quent addresses have a universal ap-peal.

Dr. Weir is very capable of dis-cussing the subject, "Is the Churchan Obsolete Institution?" He hashad years of association with re-ligious leaders and the nation's bestthinkers. He will discuss this ques-tion because it is one frequentlyasked in these stirring war times,

Muklc by (iloe ?lubSpecial music will be given by

the A. M. L. S. Ladies' Glee Club, asinging aggregation which is ratedas one of the best in the city. Themeeting wJU be held under the aus-pices of the Central Y. M. C. A.

The Sunday afternoon men's massmeetings have been very well at-tended. Robert B. Reeves, generalsecretary of the association, is re-sponsible for the quality of thespeakers and musical ensembles pre-sented, because his good Judgmenthas been used in the selection. Anumber of speakers are being bookedfor the Sunday meetings to follow,which promise to be instructive and 1entertaining. There is no charge foradmission# to the mass meetings.

MISCELLANEOUSAssociated Bible Students?One of

the local elders will preach, 3.15,"The Good Shepherd"; 1,4 5, "TheNew Creation."

]TOCELEBRATEANNIVERSARY

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; Harris Street U. E. Congrega-; ]tion WillRemember Dedi- i

cation of New Building

IThe seventh anniversary of the

dedication o£ the new church will be (observed by the- Harris Street Unit-ed Evangelical congregation to-

j morrow. Duvins* the pastorate of the <I Rev. A. B. Say lor a substantial and <

j attractive brownstone church was <| erected at the corner of Harris and i 1| Susquehanna streets, c osting *49,000.! <i Through the-efforts of the Rev. Mr. <| Sayloif and the Rev. G. F. Schaum,the present pastor, the indebtedness ]has been reduced materially. Cash icontributions will be received on 1Sunday toward the further reduction Iof the debt. The congregation hashad a steady growth and is In a heal-thy condition. i

The Rev. A. A. Winter, superin-tendent of the Evangelical Home,will be the anniversary preacher. Hewill preach at the morning and |evening services and will address the!Sunday school at 2. Dr. Winter wasformerly president of Dallas College,of the United Evangelical Church,Dallas, Ore. The Rev. Dan A. Poling,associate to President Clark of theChristian Endeavor movement, is agraduate of this college.

The new-organized choir underthe direction of Will Bailey, willsing at both services. The Ladies'Quartet will sing at the afternoonand evening services. Mrs. Gus M.Steinmetz will sing a solo In connec-tion with the afternoon program.

UNITED EVANGELICALPark Street ?The Rev. A. IS.

Hangen. 10.45. "The God-SealedChurch"; 7.30, "The Choice ofFaith;" 9.30, Sunday school.

Harris Street ?The Rev. George iF. Schaum. 10.30., anniversary ser-Iman. Rev. A. A. Winter, of >uewis-burg, Pa.; 2.00, Sunday school; 7.00,1sermon. Rev. A. A. Winter.

Men From City and Vicinity to

Be Addressed by Dr.Chapman

Men Connected With Dry

Federation of Penna. toPreach Tomorrow

Dr. Bagnell WillHave Chargeof Services in Drive

For the Kingdom

Tonight at 7.30 o'clock a mass

meeting of men and boys of the

Preabyterian churches of Harris-burg: and vicinty, will be held in theMarket Square Church. The musicwill be under the direction of Henry

Kelker, Jr.. with Prof. Frank Mc-

Carrell at the organ. The \u25ba.inking

will be led by men from the severalchoirs of the city. Two great ad-dresses will be made. One will be

by Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, the

moderator of the general assembly;

the other by Dr. William P. Weir,general secretary of the committeeon men's work of the PresbyterianChurch. Two great men, with greataddresses, should be met by greataudience. And they will.

Then, the general public will liavoan opportunity to hear Dr. WeirSunday night. He will speak againfrom the pulpit of Market SquareChurch. This meeting can be at-tended by women and girls, as wellas men and boys. By the time thismeeting arrives Dr. Weir will havemade such a place in the publicesteem as to insure an audience.

On Sunday Dr. Weir will aveachat 10.00 at the Immanuel °resby-terian Church at 7.30 at the Mar-ket Square Presbyterian Church,

, and at 3.30 will address the Y. M.t'. A.

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I: I:\ . ROYAL HARRIS

The Rev. Royal Harris, secretaryof the Dry Federation of Pennsylva-nia, and liis assistant, the Rev. J. 13.

Miller, who are in the city preparing

for the convention of the Dry Fed-eration which is to be held in Che3t-ut street auditorium, Thursday ne<t,will occupy pulpits to-morrow asfollows: At 10.30 Dr. Harris willpreach at the Stevens MemorialMethodist Church; at 2 o'clock he

will address the Augsburg Luther-an Sunday school upon the occasionof the unfurling of a service Hag,and at 7.30 ho will preach at theWestminster Presbyterian Church.

The Rev. Mr. Miller will preach atthe morning service at tho <\u25a0 irstPresbyterian Church, Steelton at 2o'clock he will uddress the mtn ofthe Bible class ut the CovenantPresbyterian Church and at 7.30 hewill preach at the Olivet Presbyter-ian Church.

Camp HillMethQdist-Presbyterian

Joint ServicesPreaching, Morning at 11.00

Evening at 7.30SUNDAY SCHOOL

at 9.45 A. M.Come and bring the whole

family.You will find a warm welcome.

"The Church With The Chimes''

What LutheransAre Doing

IN America the Lutherans have 29 Theo-logical Seminaries, 41 Colleges and 69Academies and Colleges for Girls.

They have 64 Orphan Homes, 44 Homes for theAged, 9 Deaconess Mother Houses, 19 Hospitals,and 68 other inner-mission institutions.

As one of the more prominent Lutheran Churchesin America, Zion Church has been largely respon-sible for the success of these worthy institutions.

A member of Zrion Church may truly be conscious ofgreat things being done for the Master.

Zion Lutheran Churchfourth Street, Uelotv Market

REV. S. W. HERMAN, Pastor.

Bethlehem Lutheran ChurchGreen and Cumberland Streets

REV. J. BRADLEY MARKWARD, D. D., MinisterTHE CHVHCH THAT IS CONSGIIVING COAL, YET HOLDS ALL HERREGULAR SERVICES

The Pastor Preaches at 10.30 on* "THREE NECESSARY FORCES IN LIFE"

AT 7.80 ON

'Abraham Lincoln,the Great Democrat'AN UP-TO-THE-MINUTE SERMON

IMPRESSIONS OF LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG SPEECH by Hon.Theodore B. Klein

Music at the Evening ServiceMR. GIBSON and quartet will sing as a solo and chorus,

"KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING"MRS. BUMBAUGH will Sing "DEAR LAD

O' MINE," By Gena.?Branscombe.SUNDAY SCHOOL AT 1.45 P. M.

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FAMOUS ROYAL WELSH SINGING PARTY

Stevens Memorial MethodistEpiscopal Church

Thirteenth and Vernon Streets

Three Great Sacred Musical AttractionsTomorrow?lo.3o A. M.?3.15 P. M.?7.30. P. M.?Tomorrow

At the morning service the party will sing and the Rev. Dr JohnRoyal Harris?of Pittsburgh?is to preach. In the afternoon, at 3.15o'clock, a Grand Sacred Concert is to be given by the Welsh Singersand a thrilling address describing the sinking of the Lusitania bvllis. a Williams, the Famous Harltone of the company. Ben Davies theEminent Welsh Tenor, will appear on the program. A silver offeringwill lie received for the party at the close of the afternoon meeting

111. Sunday evening address by Dr. Clayton Albert Smucker on "THEPOISONED WELLS OF HEREDITY '?A Father and Son Week sermonin to be given choral accompaniment by tko FAMOUS ROYALWELSH SINGING PARTY.

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You are invited to attend all services. The best scat In the houseis yours if you roach it first. Church Doors Open All Day.

Dr. Robert Bagnell, pastor of Grace jMethodist Church, has announced theGrace Church Drive For the King-dom from February 10 to March 3.Services will be held every night ex- icept Saturday, beginning at 7.45o clock and ending shortly after it|o clock. Tho Sunday evening serv- !ices Will start at 7.30 and will bea series on "Is Christianity Facing a

orld crisis?" and Dr. Bagnell. inthese sermons, will discuss the "Out-J?? ,? Rel 'Bi°n When the War IsOver. The four Sunday eveningspecial sermon topics are as follows:"is Christianity Facing a World,Crisis?"? February 10, "The NewOpportunity of Christianity GrowingOut of the War;" February 17. "TheElements of Menace Which Will BeMade More Serious by the Results ofthe War:" February 24. "Will the< hureh ITave the Vision and Cour-age to Make the Necessary Readjust-n-.ents?" March 3, "Will the Churchand the World Give God the Rightof Way?"

The services during the weekdays,which begin at 7.45 and close short-ly after- 9 o'clock, will be conductedin a straightforward, simple way andnothing will be done that will beembarrassing to anyone who wantsto hear the questions of the religiouslife discussed In a reasonable way.The first fifteen minutes will be de-voted to a song service and the goodold Methodist Hymnal will be used.There will be a large chorus choir ofmore than 100 voices in charge ofthe singing, under the direction ofJohn W. Phillips, and there will bespecial musical features every even-ing.

Campaign on Business flailsDr. Bagnell will preach short, di-

rect sermons telling of the vitalproblems of life. This campaign liasbeen organized in a businesslikemanner. Committees have been ap-

pointed to handle every phase of thecity's life and efforts are being madeby the chairmen of the various com-mittees to reach as many of thePeople of Ilarrisburg who are notchurch members as it is possible todo. There are more than 600 peo-ple working on active committeesand women's conferences are beingheld almost daily in various districtsof the city. There have been severalbusinessmen's lurfrheons and a com-mittee of ninety-seven, having chargeof the young people's work, havealso been exceedingly active. Dr.Bagnell feels that in these stirringtimes, with the entire membership Inactive service and unceasingly usingthe power of prayer that God hasgiven us, that the members of GraceChurch will not fail if they givethemselves wholly to God and thiswork and If the attitude ot everyone Is "Lord what wilt Thou haveme to do?" Grace Church has beenstirred with the preparations for thiscampaign as never before and itlooks as if she is going to do greatthings for the Kingdom. Sunday.March 3, will be the last Sunday of

the Grace Church Drive For theKingdom and will tie membershipday. All efforts will be concentratedon this day to win to the church allwho are won to Christ, to recoverlost lotters and to welcome to theirfellowship all who have no otherchurch home.

The Epworth League will hold anespecially important meeting at 6.30

o'clock in the lecture room of thechurch to-morrow evening. CharlesW. 8011, president of the IlarrisburgDistrict Epworth League, havecharge of the meeting and -*lll makean address on "What will\the Ep-worthians Gain in the Grace ChurchDrive For the Kingdom?" Special

solos will be a feature of the serv-

ice.

LUTHERANAugsburg?The Rev. A. M. Stam-

ets. 10.30, "The Glory of the Lordin His Congregation"; 7.30, "TheChristian a Changed Man"; 2.00,Sunday school.

Zion?The Rev. S. Wtnfleld Her-man. 10.30, "The Spiritual Vic-tory"; 7.30, "The Christian's BestService"; 1.45, Sunday school.

Christ ?The Rev. Thomas .ielsehD. D. 10.30, "Message to theChurch ?Her Cause of Stumbling";

7.30, "The Four Square Christ";2.00, Sunday school.

Trinity?The Rev. R. I. Meiseti-helder. 10.30, "Preparatory Serv-ice"; 7.30, "Communion"; 2.00, Sun-day school.

Memorial ?The Rev. L. C. Manges,

D. D. 10.30, "The Word of SureProphecy"; 7.30, "Wild Waves andthe Master's Voice"; 2.00, .Sunday

school.Redeemer ?The Rev. M. E. Shafer.

10.30, "Peter Brought by HisBrother"; 7.30, "Lincoln."

Messiah ?The Rev. Henry W. A.Hanson. 10.30, "The Teachings ofJesus ?Concerning Men"; 7.30 "TheTragedy of Greatness ?In the Lifeof David"; 2.00, Sunday school.

Bethlehem ?The Rev. J. BradleyMurkward. 10.30, "Three NecessaryForces in Life"; 7.30, "AbrahamLincoln, the Great Democrat"; 1.45,Sunday school.

Holy Communion ?The Rev. JohnHarvey Miller. 10.45, "Our LentenPrayer"; 7.30, "The World and theWar"; 9.30 Sunday school.

Trinity, Camp Hill?The Rev. Dr.E. D. Weigle. 10.30, "Blind Bartt-meoua"; 7.30, "Honor Due Parents";9.30, Sunday school.

Salem, Oberlin ?The Rev. DanielE. Ruplejv 10.30, "Always Abound-ing in the Work of the Lord"; 7.30,"All Things to Be Done to Edify-ing"; 9.30, Sunday school.

Calvary?The Rev. Edward H.Paar. 11.00, Glorious Changes InStore For Christians"; 7.30. "Christthe Vim"; 10.00, Sunday school.

CHURCH OF GODMaclay Street?Tito Dr. William

S. Houck. 11.00, "The Carpenter'sSon and I"; 7.30, "Behold the Man";9.45, Sunday school.

\ Fourth Street?The Rev. William; N*. Yates, D. D. 10.30, "Our First

I Problem"; 7.30. "Making Pennsyl-vania Dry": 1.40, Sunday school.. Nagle?The Rev. Elmer E. Kauff-man. 10.30, "Strong Points In Job'sCharacter"; 7.30, "The Unpardon-able Sin"; 1.30 Sunday school.

Pleasant View?The Rev. GeorgeW. Harper. 9.45, Sunday school;10.45, "The Influence of the Man-hood of Lincoln": 7.30, "The v\itherand Son Working Together."

Penbrook?The Rev. J. C. Forn-crook. 10.30. "Our Educational In-terests": 7.30, teachers traininggraduating exercises.

Camp Hill?The Rev. Charles O.Houston. 10.30. "God's AdoptingLove": 7.30, "Will a Man Rob God?"9.30, Sunday school.

PLAN TO RAISEBIG CHURCH SUM

Lutherans From Central and jEastern Synods to Meet

in Zion Church

On Monday afternoon at 1 o'clockthere will be representative Lu-therans from the Central and East-ern districts of Pennsylvania pros- 'ent to consummate the plans for the !drive for $175,000 to be raised by 'the Lutherans of Pennsylvania to iequip our chaplains and to provide Icamp pastors at home and abroad, j

The pastor, the Rev. S. WintieldHerman, will preach at both serv-ices to-morrow. The morning themewill be "The Spiritual Victory," andthe evening theme, "The Christian'sBest Service." The men's praverhour is held at 10 o'clock and thesenior catechetical hour at 6.30. Alldepartments of the Sunday schoolwill convene at 1.45.

On Thursday evening. at 5.30 thepastors and laymen of the churches

| of Dauphin county will meet at theY. M. C. A. to arrange for the greatdrive (rom February 18-25. The pa-triotic prayer service will be held onMonday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mem-bers of tho Lutheran Woman'sLeague of Gettysburg College willmeet at Messiah Church on Tuesdayat 2.30 and the Lutheran Red Crossunit will meet at Bethlehem onWednesday from 10-4. Zion will ob.serve Lent by holding Lonten serv-ice on Monday and Wednesdayevenings each week. Special series

I of themes will be presented at both< Sunday and midweek services.I The Woman's Home and ForeignMissionary Society will meet onWednesday afternoon. The Y. P.Missionary Society will meet with

I Miss Schmidt, 2034 Green street, on; Saturday evening. The regular mis-

I slonary program of the Children'sM. and W. Band will be held on Sat-

I urday afternoon. The Lutheran |Brotherhood Central will meet in

, Rev. Mr. Russell to Preach.at St. Matthew's LutheranThe Rev. Walter Russell, who has

been conducting services for the last

week at the Hethcsda Mission, willpreach at the morning service at the

St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. Inaddition to this special sermon! Mrs.

John Fulton, wife of the superin-

tendent of the Bethesda Mission, willsing several vocal ? selections.

The Rev. Mr. Russell Is a resident

of Oalt Park, 111., and recently con-

ducted services at the Christ Lu-

theran Church.

. Zion on Thursday evening in thomen's room. The memorial service

I for itfte late Prof. Edwin* J. Deceveej will bo held In Zion on Thursday

! evening. The anthems and solos toi be rendered by the leading vocalistsof Harrisburg arc of his composition.

' The fbremost organists of the citywill be at the .organ. This service

| promises to be one of the most beati-! tlful over rendered in our city. Thejpublic is invited to be present and

| to pay their tribute of respect toone who was so deeply interested Inthe musical and general activities ofthe city.

CHURCH OF THE BRETHRENHummel Street?The Rev. Wil-

liam K Conner 11.30, "Missions";I 7.30.- "Missionary Program"; 9.45,] Sunday school.

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! j//FRESB IIURCII \\! \ff/ Third and Pine Streets '

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' "> Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D.3 | f The Noted Evangelist

' Moderator of The General Assembly. I | M ill Spenk On

"WAR WORK IN THE CAMPS"

I 7.30 P. M.! Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D. 3

; ?, j Will .Preach.A WARM WELCOME TO YOU ]

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| GRACE CHURCH i |rv ? _C 11 Drive tor ft |

I the Kingdom Jl II BEGINNING FEBRUARY 10 JE| |

FOR A PERIOD OF THREE WEEKS jß?' 1Services every night except Saturday, beginning at 7.45 o'clock \ j

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I Grace Methodist Episcopal Church| STATE STREET NEAR THIRD STREET

The Pastor, REV. ROBERT BAGNELL, D. D., will preach short, direct sermons dealing with llieW vital problems of life.

H The first fifteen minutes will be devoted co a song service. There will be a large choruschoir of one hundred voices, under the direction of Prof. John \V. Phillips

jp And there will be special musical features every evening. p

1 -THE SUNDAY EVENINGS OF THE "DRIVE" Jj "Is Christianity Facing a World Crisis?" JI A Series of Sermons 1

When gFEBRUARY 10. "The New Opportunity of Christianity Growing \u25a0

W d&Sto 'Wi Out of the War." -1\u25a0 MFEBRUA ®Y I - "The Elements of Menace Which Will Be MadeBk JMB More Serious by the Results of the War."

FEBRUARY 24. "Will the Church Have the Vision and Courage 1i to Make the Necessary Readjustments?"

"Will the Church and the World Give God the Right j|VCn^ erv^ces 7 '30 O'clock

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