18 7 CITY EXPERIENCES RELIGIOUS AWAKENING AS RESULT OF BIG CAMPAIGN MEALING PARTY AT DERRY U. B. Four Weeks' Campaign to Open in Big Hill Church Next Wednesday Services prepartory to a four weeks' evangelistic- campaign to reach the people of Allison Hill will be held at Derry Street United Brethren Church throughout to-morrow. The Mealing Party, headed by the Kev. William C. Mealing, of Williams port. will open the campaign next Wednesday evening, and both church and Sunday school services to-morrow will be devoted to getting ready for the big revival. Morning and evening sermons by the Rev. Dr. J. A. Lyter, pastor, will be aimed at impressing the members •if the church with the importance of l lie work just ahead. In the morning the subject will be "The Place ot Prayer in Evangelism," and in the evening H will be "The Responsibility of Christians to Win Their Friends." Under the supervision of XI. L. Carl, teacher of the big Men's Bible Class of the church, personal workers will be enlisted from the ranks of the Sunday school pupils to-morrow af ternoon. Ushers will be selected by H. W. Lindsey, head usher, and a final call for singers for an augmented choir of 125 voices will be made. The Rev. Mr. Mealing, an evangel- i ist of years of experience, has conduct- j ed many campaigns throughout Penn- j sylvania and other streets. Mrs. Meal- ; ing will have charge of the music of the campaign and Miss Virginia Can tier will conduct the young people's work. The Rev. Dr. Lyter and J. A. Sherlc will assist Mrs. Mealing in the niusi i al work, and J. K. Robinson will dis tribute the campaign literature. Miss Rhoda Desenberger will be the ac companist. LUTHERAN' Augsburg—The Rev. A. M. Stamets, pastor, will preach at 10.30, "Tares i Amongst the Wheat," and at 7.30, "The Right Use of Grace." Sunday school at 2. Zion—The Rev. S. Winfield Her man, pastor, will preach at 10.30, "The High Priest As a Type of] Christ." and at 7.30. "The Process of i Perfecting An Old Testament Saint." Sunday school at 1.45. St. Matthew's—The Rev. E. E. Sny der. pastor, will preach at 11, "An Ob ject Lesson to Juniors," and at 7.30, "Our Battle Slogan." Sunday school at 9.45. Christ—The Rev. Thomas Reisch, D. D.. pastor, will preach at 10.30, "Comforting Doctrine." and at 7.30, j "An Exception of Eternal Conse-; iiuences." Sunday school at 2. Bethlehem—The Rev. J. Bradley Markward, D. D. 10.30, "The Com mand' of Yesterday Eor the Church of To-day." 7.30, "The Fact and Mean ing of Temptation." 1.45, Sunday school. Salem, Oberlin—The Rev. Daniel E. Rupley, pastor, will preach at 10.30, "Missionary Service," an dat 7.30, "Confessing Jesus Christ." Sunday school at 9.30. Shiloh —The Rev. E. E. Snyder, pastor, will preach at 3. Sunday .school at 2. Trinity. Camp Hill—The Rev. E. D. Weigle, pastor, will preach at 10.30, "Receiving the Grace of God In Vain." 7.30, "Luther and Foreign Missions." Sunday school at 9.30. Calvary—The Rev. Edward H. Paar. I pastor, will preach at 11, "Christ'sl Victory Over the Tempter," and at I 7.30, "Christ's Agony In Gethsemane." Sunday school atllO. Memorial—The Rev. L. C. Manges, I 1). D. 10.30, "The Fellowship of HisJ Sufferings." 7.30, foreign mission serv- I ice will be held by the Sunday school, j Sunday school at 2. Messiah—The Rev. Henry W. A. j Hanson, pastor, will preach at 10.30 J and 7.30. "A Restful Gospel For a| Restless Age." Sunday school at 2. METHODIST Stevens Memorial—Dr. Clayton Al- j bert Smucker. 10.30, "Nailing It to j His Cross." Sunday school at 2. 7.30, "Slow of Heart." Fifth Street —The Rev. Edwin A.! Pyles. 10.30, Sacrament of the Lord's| Supper. 7.30, "The Greatest Thing in! the World." Sunday school at 2. Epwortli—The Rev. J. D. W. Dea \ or. pastor, will preach at 11. The Holy Communion, and at 7.30, "The] Man Without a Friend." Sunday school at 10. Asbury~-The Rev. W. H. Gaines, pastor, will preach at 11, "A Ransom For All." and at 8, "When and For Whom to Pray." West Fairview—The Rev. W. B. Bidlack, pastor, will preach at 7.30, "Wells of Salvation." Wesley Zion —T'.ie Rev. W. A. Ray. j 10.30, "The Soldier Spirit." 7.30,' "The Peace of God." Camp Curtin Memorial-*—The' Rev. A. S. Williams —10.30, song service and sermon by Dr. Hyde; 2. Sunday school; i 3.15, Men's Rally; 7.30, revival ser- i vice, sermon by Dr. Hyde. Ridge Avenue.—The Rev. William W. Hartman—lo.3o, "Strength Out of Weakness;" 7.30, sermon by the Rev. B. B. Suteliffe. Bethel —The Rev. I'. B. Leeper will preach at 10.30, "Street Training;" and at 7.30 "Glorying in the Cross of Christ;" Sunday school 1. Grace.—The Rev. Dr. John D. Fox. 10.30 "The Deferred Inheritance;" 7.30, "The Arraignment of the Sin ner;" Sunday school 12.10. PRESBYTERIAN Market Square—The Rev. George Edward Hawes, D. D.; the Rev. George Snavely Rentz. Sunday school at 9.45. The one hundred and first anniversary of the Sunday school at 10.45. Praise service of sacred folk songs, 7.30. Immanuel—The Rev. H. Everett Hallman. 10, "The Christian's Faith." Sunday school at 11.15. 7.30, "Feeding of the 5,000, or Christ As the Real Food of the Soul." Calvary—-The Rev. Frank P. Mac kenzie. 10.15, "The Arrow of Deliv erance." 7.30, "Our Devotions." Sun day school at 9. Pine Street —The Rev. Lewis Sey mour Mudge, D. D.; the Rev. J. S. Armentrout, assistant. 10.30, "Why Be Religious?" 7.30. second sermon in special series. "The Man Who Failed to Recognize Jesus." 1.40, Sunday school. Division Street —3, Sunday school. 7.30, evening service. Preacher, the Rev. J. S. Armentrout. Olivet—The Rev. Alfred L. Taxis. 10.30, "The Cry For Bread." Sunday school at 2. 7.30, "Modern Moloch." Westminster—The Rev. E. E. Cur tis. 10.30, "Mistaken Values." Sunday school at 1.45. 7.30, "The Helper." EPISCOPAL St. Stephen's—Rev. Rollin Alger Sawyer, rector. 8, holy communion; 10, Sunday school; 11, morning prayer; 7.30, "The Pilgrim's Prayer for Pardon." St. Paul's—Rev. Floyd Appleton, pastor, will preach at 11. First of a series on "Christian Weapons of War." 7.30, firs' sf a series on "Revelations, the Closing Book of the Bible." St. Andrew's—Rev. James F. Bullitt, pastor, will preach at 11 and 7;30. Sunday school, 9.45. SATURDAY EVENING, EVANGELISTS CONDUCTING CAMPAIG REV DR. E. L. HYDE, At Camp Curtln Memorial. THREE REVIVALS STIR WEST END Religious Awakening Uptown Resulting From Evangelistic Campaigns Evangelists who have been conduct ing revivals in several of the city's churches 'are preparing for a fresh week's work. Special services to-iuor row will mark the new endeavor. The Rev. Dr. E. L. Hyde, who for the last week has been conducting ser vices in Camp Curtin Memorial Church, will continue his work there for another week. Dr. Hyde will preach throe times to-morrow. The morning and evening services will be at the usual hours and the afternoon exercises will be especially for men at 3.15 o'clock. Dr. Hyde has been in evangelistic work for twenty-five years. He has known all the country's great evan gelists in his church. Dr. Hyde's style is to preach a simple sermon along ef fective lines, fashioned greatly after the old-fashioned gospel meetings. Evangelists Bodell and Maxwell will have charge of services at 10.30 o'clock in the morning, 3 o'clock In the afternoon and 7.30 in the evening at Covenant Presbyterian Church. The subjects of the sermons far the day are: "The New Life," "The Twenty-third Psalm," and "The Ques tion That Has Never Been Answered." Professor Maxwell will have charge of the music at all services. Several soloists will assist a large chorus. A praise service at 9.45 o'clock will market the beginning of the day's work in the Sixth Street United Breth ren Church by Miss t ira Palmer. At 10.30 o'clock Miss Palmer will preach on "A Crown of Righteousness." Miss Palmer will preach to men only at 3.30 o'clock on "The Man Higher Up," and at the same hour Miss Florence Saxman will preach to women in St. Matthew's Lutheran Church on "Three Great Life Truths." Miss Palmer will preach again at 7.30 o'clock. This afternoon Miss Palmer talked to about live hundred children on "Train Day." The boosters sang at the afternoon service and will 'also sing this evening, when Miss Palmer will preach on the subject, "A Victory j Won." The Palmer party will observe j Monday as "Rest" day. Tuesday even- ; ing will be observed as "railroad j meeting" night, when several hun-1 dred men are expected to march to. the church to hear Miss Palmer preach on the subject, "Popular Amusements." The P. & R. Y. M. C. A. glee club will sing special selec tions. UNITED BRETHREN* Otterbein —The Rev. S. Edwin Rupp, D. D., pastor. 10.30, "Church Pride." 7.30, "Soul-Keeping." Sunday school, 2. First—The Rev. N. L. Linebaugh, pastor, will preach at 10.30. The Rev. B. B. Sutclice, of Chicago, will preach at 7.30. "Christian Education." Sun day school, 1.45. Derry Street—The Rev. J. A. Lyter, D. D., pastor, will preach at 10.30 and 7.30. Sunday school, 2. Calvary—Lemoyne. The Rev. P. R. Koontz. 10.30 and 7.30. Sunday school, 9.30. State Street—The Rev. E. A. G. Bossier, pastor, will preach at 10.45, "The Searchlngs of God." 7.30, "The Quest After Holiness." Sunday school, 9.30. Sixth Street.—The Rev. Joseph Daughertv—Miss Sara Palmer, evan gelist, will preach at 10.30, subject, "A Crown of Righteousness," and at 7.30, subject, "From Shipyard to Ocean Bed; Sunday school, 1.45; other services, 3.30, meeting for men, "The Man Higher Up." CHURCH OF GOD. Green Street The Rev. H. S. j Hershey. 10.30, "The Believer's All Sufficiency in Christ." 2, Sunday l school; 7.30, "The River of Salvation.", Fourth Street —The Rev. Dr. Wm.! Seibert Houck, pastor, will preach at 11. "An Open Door Closed;" 7.30, "The Compassion Multitude. Sunday school, 9.45. Church of God —Nagle street. The Rev. A. 1... Kriner, pastor, will preach at 10.30 and at 7.30. Sunday school, 1.30. Penbrook—The Rev. Jay C. Forn crook, pastor, will preach at 10.30 and 7.30. "The Deluge." Sunday school, 9.30. Fourth Street—The Rev. 'William N. Yates, D. D., pastor, will preach at 10.30. "Bible Facts About Baptism." 7.30, "From Jerusalem to Jericho." Sunday school, 1.40. Pleasant View.—The Rev. George W. Harper—Sunday school, 9.45; 10.45, "Giving to God's Cause;" 7.30, "Knowing Them by Their Fruits." MISCELLANEOUS. Christian and Missionary Alliance— The Rev. W. H. Worrall, pastor, will preach at 10.30. "The Lord Know eth " 7.30, "The Lost Christ." Sun day school 9.30. Bethesda Mission—John* Fulton, superintendent. This evening Mr. R. |W. Mateer, of Los Angeles, Cal., will i speak. Mr. Mateer has been actively ! associated with mission work for many | years. Sunday evening there will be a j stirring Gospel service, in which tes timonies of redeemed men, and good | music will play an Important part. ; Services every evening during the i week at 7.45. Wednesday afternoon ftt 2.30 the Women's Bible class. Thursday night Mr. Fulton will tell his life story at the Technical High School. Gospel Hall. —10.30, "Breaking of Bread;" 1 2.30, Sunday school; 7.30, Gospel preaching. HARRISBURa TELEGRAPH ■r Hv Ma MISS SARA O. PALMER At Sixth Street United Brethren. CHICAGO MAN TO LEAD CONFERENCE Bible Students to Hold Twenty- Eighth Session Monday and Tuesday REV. H R^rTPLIFFE The twenty-eighth session of the Monthly Interdenominational Bible Conference will be held in the First Baptist Church, Second and Pine streets. Monday and Tuesday. Rev. B. B. Sut eliffe, a member of the Chicago Presby tery, also associated with the exten sion department of the Moody Bible Institute, will be the teacher. The conference sessions will be at 3.30 and 7.45 o'clock each day. The sub jects will be "The God of the Scrip tures;" "The Satan of the Scriptures;" "The Salvation of the Scriptures;" and "The Angels of the Scriptures," respect ively. The Rev. Reuben R. Torrey, the great ! evangelist, says that Ml*. .Sutclifte "is j one of the most gifted teachers of the ; word of Uod in our country." Bishop j J. M. Thorburn, of the Methodist | Church, says "he is evidently a man ' of culture, and well fitted for the ! service in which he is now engaged." ! On Sunday Dr. Sutclifte will speak in the First United Brethren Church, at 10.30 o'clock, and in the Ridge Ave nue Methodist Episcopal Church at 7.30 | o'clock Sunday evening. The Bible Con-' ferences are growing In interest and at- I tendance, and are proving to be a great help to the active workers in both the churches and Sunday schools I of the city. REFORMED St. John's —Rev. G. W. Hartman, I pastor, will preach at 10.30 "The! Temptation," and at 7.30 "Unity o£ I Worship." Sunday school, 2.00. Second —Rev. H. N. Bassler, pastor,! will preach at 10.30. The Rev. H. M. j J. Klein will preach at 7.30. Sunday j school, 1.45. St. Andrew's —Penbrook. Rev. W. j R. Hartzell, pastor, will preach at 10.4 3, "The Way of the Cross." 7.30, illustrated lecture on "Africa" by Rev. and Mrs. J. M. S. Van Blunk. Sunday school, 9.45. Fourth Rev. Homer Skyles May, pastor, will preach at 10.45. "One Thing Desired of the Dord." 7.4 5, "God's Pleading Call." Sunday school, 9.30. Salem—Rev. Ellis N. Kremer, pas tor, 11 and 7.30. Sunday school, 9.45. BAPTIST Tabernacle—The Rev. Millard Os more Pierce, pastor, will preach at 10.30. "Christian Usefulness." 7.30, service devoted to sacred music. Sun day school, 11.30. St. Paul —The Rev. E. Luther Cun ningham, pastor, will preach at 10.30. "The Seed Springing and Growing." 7.30, "The New Creature." Sunday school, 12.30. First—The Rev. W. S. Booth, pas tor. The Rev. George A. Spencer, will preach at 10.30 and 7.30. Sunday school, 11.30. Second—The Rev. Albert Josiah Greene, pastor, will preach at 10.30., "Fighting the Fire." 7.30, "Opening the Sixth Seal and Its Awful Revela tions." Sunday school, 12. REVIVAL AT MARYSVILL.E Marysville, Pa., Feb. 24.-—The Rev. S. B. Bidlack, pastor of the Marys ville Methodist Qhurch, will open re vival services in the church, Monday night and continue throughout the coming week. The Rev. H. E. Burk holder, of Shrewsburg, will assist the pastor. On Thursday evening the Rev. Dr. John D. Fox. of the Grace Methodist Church of Harrisburg, will lecture on "The Tragedy of Job." CITIZEN SHIP—FORUM SI BJECT St. Stephen's Episcopal Church choir will sing at the meeting or the People's Forum to-morrow afternoon !at 3.15 in Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church. Miss Amelia Durbin will speak on Citizenship. The Forum meetings are attracting wide atten tion and drawing large audiecnes. SYNTHETIC CI.ASS MEETS Mechantcsburg, Pa., Feb. 24.—Ijist evening the Synthetic Bible Class, taught by Dr. MclCelvey, met at the home of Mr. Gunivan, Main and Walnut streets. A short review of Genesis and Exodus was given and was followed by the main lesson in Devlti cus. Other Churches Page 2. • REV. W. A. BODELL At Covenant Presbyterian. FAREWELLS IN TWO PARISHES Rt. Rev. Mgr. M. M. Hassett and the Rev. D. J. Carey to Bid People Good-by Farewells will be said to-morrow in St. Patrick's Cathedral and St. Francis' Church. The Rt. Rev. Mon signor M. M. Hassett. rector of the Cathedral, who has been transferred to Shamokin, and the Rev. D. J. Carey, rector of St. Francis', who j succeeds to the rectorship of the Cathedral, will appear before the con gregations they have served so long for the last itme. Dr. Hassett leaves on Tuesday for his new charge at St. Edward's Church in Shamokin, after having served as rector of St. Patrick's since 1899. Work of |>r. Hassett In speaking to-day of the work of Dr. Hassett has accomplished here in those years a friend of the rector said: "To tell of the services of Dr. Hassett to his people and the city of Harris burg would make an eloquent story. Mere figures seldom tell a story, but in Dr. Hassett's case they arrest the ! attention. When he came here the Cathedral was an old and inadequate building. And that had a debt of 535,000 on it. During his first year he paid off that debt and began the erec tion of the present Cathedral, which cost over $185,000. Of this amount all has been paid but $13,000. In the meantime he built the Hassett club house at a cost of $25,000 and paid over $12,000 on it." With Dr. Hassett will go the Rev. D. P. Reardon, who has been his as sistant here. The Rev. Reardon will be succeeded as assistant rector of St. Patrick's by the Rev. M. J. O'Flynn, of St. Mary's Church, York. Rev. Carey's Splendid Record The Rev. D. J. Carey, pastor of St. Francis', who becomes rector of St. Patrick's, starts in his new Held with a record of cutting down debts and raising funds. In the five years that he has served the St. Francis' parish he has reduced an indebtedness of $23,000 to less than $5,000. The Rev. : Mr. Carey will bid his people farewell to-morrow, and next Sunday assume his place as head of the Cathedral. Father Carey's successor, the Rev. J. R. Murphy, of St. Vincent's Church, Hanover, is expected here next Thurs day. While the many transfers in the Harrisburg diocese, made this week by Bishop McDevitt, become ef fective to-morrow none of the new appointees will assume their future charges until some time next week. Market Square Observes . Its 101 st Anniversary Members of Market Square Pres byterian Sunday school will celebrate the one hundred and first anniversary of the organization of the school to morrow morning. Mrs. Kathryn S. Sabin, of Scranton, immigration sec- j retary of the Scranton Y. W. C. A., j will speak. In addition to the address by Mrs. Sabin, Other special features have been included on the program. The morning service or the church will be held at 10.45 o'clock instead of the regular hour, owing tb the Sun day school celebration. At the meet ing of the Christian Endeavor society, in the evening, Mrs. Wllma Z. Scheffer will speak of the Presbyterian Home Mission work. Her subject will be "The Home Mission Boards of My De nomination." Miss Margaret Wilson will lead the Young Women's Study class at meet ing Tuesday night. The third chapter of "Old Spain in New America," will | be studied. ! The Woman's Foreign Mossionary Society will meet Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Mrs. Dismukes as leader, to study Japan. The pastor's class will meet Friday evening at 7.30 for instruction in the confession of Christ and the principles of the Christian life. St. Stephen's Church FRONT STIIEET, MCAH PIKE REV. IIOLLIN AI.GEII SAWYER, Rector Sunday Evening, Feb. 25, 7:30 O'clock Sermon on the 6th Penitential Psalm (Ps. 130) Subject, "Tlic Pilgrim's I'rayer For Pardon." Offertory Anthem —"My Jesus As Thou Wilt"—Blair. SKATS FREE STRANGERS WELCOME Present Day Topics at Olivet Presbyterian Church Subjects: 10:30 a. m., "THE CRY FOR BREAD." 7:30 p. m., "MODERN MOLOCH." Rev. Alfred L. Taxis, Pastor Special Music at Both Services. Mrs. Criswell and Miaa Matthews Will Sing BUSY SPRING FOR S. S. ASS'N County Conference in This City March 23; State Meeting in Altoona March 14 and 15 At the February meeting of the ex-1 ecutive committee of the Dauphin County Sabbath School Association held in the office of J. W. Barker, Harrisburg. the report of work done and of proposed plans were considered by the members. The Rev. C. E. Ret tew, of Halifax, superintendent of Or ganized Adult Bible. Classes, and secondary divisions, re ported two new adult Bible classes have been organized and three new or ganizations in the secondard division —the latter being "The Winners." of the Hlghsplre United Brethren Church, a class of boys taught by C. M. Letter; "The Buds of Promise," a class of girls taught by Mrs. Charles Shoop, in the Hebron United Brethren Church of Mtllerstown, and "The Daughters of Dorcas," girls taught by Mrs. L. Banks, in the Ridge Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, of Har risburg. Mrs. Harry Motter, primary superintendent, reported three new cradle rolls were organized at the Rand Hill Lutheran, Hummelstown; ller shey Lutheran and the Redeemer Lutheran of Harrisburg reorganized. It was reported that eight more Sunday schools were using the graded lessons. C. P. Haenlen, of Hummelstown, Home Department superintendent, re ported having visited eight schools in the interest of his work. Three new departments have recently been or ganized at the Hershey Lutheran, with Ell Bomgardner as superintendent; Hoernerstown Lutheran and the St. Matthew's Lutheran of Harrisburg. Mrs. Harry Motter and the Rev. C. E. Rettew were elected delegates from Dauphin county to attend the mid winter conference of County Workers to be held in Altoona, March 14 and 15, which will be held before the State Organized Bible Class conven tion in Altoona March 15 and 16. A big Sunday school event for Dau phin county will be the conference to be held in Harrisburg on March 23 under the leadership of Marion Law rence, an expert on Sunday school work; Frank L. Brown, Superinten dent of Organzed Adult Bible classes of the World's Sun day School Association; and other men of national reputation will also be present. In eight of the twenty dis tricts of the county district conven tions have been held. The conventions in the remaining twelve districts will be held during April. The county con vention will be in Millersburg June 26 and 27. Folk Song Service at Market Square in Evening The annual folk song service of the choir of the Market Square Presby terian Church will be held to-morrow evening. The concert will be given under the direction of Mrs. Wilbur F. Harris, chorister, with Mrs. John R. I Henry, as organist. The songs to be given to-morrow have been selected as a very careful search of the many songs of the peo- I pie, used centuries ago. Se\ eral mod ern compositions will also be included in the program. The program is as follows: The choir will sing the old French song. "Naught Is So Sweet," by Eymieu (1785); "God's Hand," from the old Dutch folk song, "In Babylone," arranged by Josef Hoff man; "Praise to Our God," by Vulpius, the cantor of Weimar, late In the six teenth centurt; "Sky So Bright," from the Cologne Gesangbuch, seventeenth century; "Jesus, Thou Dear Babe Di vine," a traditional song of Haytl, and the two negro spirituals, "Dig My Grave" and "Deep River." The congregational hymns for the service will be the familiar "O God, We Praise Thee," the words of which are from a fifth century Latin hymn and the tune "Dundee" front the Scot tish Psalter, 1615, and the old hymn folk song, "Where, Oh Where Are the Hebrew Children?" After the benediction, the choir will close the service with the "Dresden Amen," seventeenth century, taken from the service of the Dresden ca thedral and used as the motif by Wag ner for the Holy Grail scene in "Par sifal." The organ numbers will be the Largo from the New World Sym phony by Dvorak; offertory. "The Soul at Heaven's Gate," an ancient spirit ual folk song of the seventeenth cen tury, arranged for organ by Frederic !C. Martin, postlude, the "St. Anne Fugue," fcy Bach. GRACE J*. E. Morning—Organ (a) "Magnificat in F," Claussmann; (b) "Ave Maria." Schubert; quartet, "Andante in F," Wely; anthem, "Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord, Yarrett; organ, "Grand Chorus In D Minor," Hainworth. Evening—Organ recital at 7.20. evening service at 7.30. (a) "Offer toire in D Minor," Bastiste; (b) "Com munion in C," Batiste; quartet, "Some Sweet Day," Doano-Page; or gan, "Berceuse in G," Kinder; anthem, "The Home of the Soul." Loud; or gan, "Fantasia in D," Andre. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE First Church of Christ, Scientist— Board of Trade Hall. Sunday, 11 a. m., 7.30 p. m. Testimonial meeting Wednesday, 8 p. m. Free Reading Rooms, Kunkel Building. 11.30 a .m. to 5 p. m., dally except Saturday, 11.30 to 9 p. m.—adv. FEBRUARY 24, 1917. U.E. CONFERENCE HEARS PROGRESS Church Extends Influence; the Rev. Heil Again Heads Har risburg District I THE REV. W. F. HEIL, Presiding Elder Harrisburg District Special to the Telegraph Philadelphia, Feb. 24. Hundreds of ministers, delegates and visiting friends attended the annual session of the East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church at this place, to-day. The Rev. B. H. Niebel, Penbrook, general secretary of the Missionary So ciety, delivered an address this after noon, on "Church Extension." The United Evangelical Church has many churches in the United States and new ones are built yearly. The denomina tion has crossed the waters and ex tends into China, where a great and prosperous missionary field is being cultivated under the direction of the Rev. Dr. C. Newton Dubs, general superintendent. There arc 30 mis sionaries working in China for the United Evangelical Church. The Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Guinter are laboring in mission fields in Ni geria, West Africa. The annual rally of the Keystone League of Christian Endrtivor and Sunday School Federation of the Con ference. will be held this evening. The Rev. Dr. L. W. Hainer, of Norristown, will deliver an address on the subject, "Doing the Will of God." John D. Kilheffer, Philadelphia, is the presi dent, and will preside. The confer ence League has 164 Senior and Jun ior branches, with a membership of 7,952. The following presiding elders were elected and stationed as follows: Har risburg district, the Rev. W. F. Heil: Reading district, the Rev. A. M. Samp sell; AUentown district, the Rev. F. E. Erdman. Bishop W. H. Foulke, D. D„ will preach the ordination sermon in Christ Church, to-morrow at 10.30 a. m., and assisted by Bishop U. F. Swengel, and the. presiding elders, the Revs. W. F. Heil, A. M. Sampsell and F. E. Erdman. will conduct the or dination service at 2.30 p. m. Former pastors of Christ Church will address the Sunday school to-morrow morn ing. Bishop U. F. Swengel will preach in Christ Church to-morrow at 7.45 p. m., and in Grace Church, West Philadelphia, at 10.30 a. m. Hlshop Fouke will preach in Trinity Church, Germantown, at 7.30 p. m. H. G. Moyer, delegate from Perkasie and member of the confer ence, is unable to attentl on account of illness. The Rev. G. D. Sweigert, a retired minister, residing at Perkasie, met with an accident recently and frac- I tured his hip. He is missed at the conference sessions, which he attend ed for many years. Bishop W. M. Stanford, D. D., of , Harrisburg, is attending the confer i ence session. What Are You MEN Thinking About? Think of the Woman Kvancellut —MISS SAIIA C. PAI.MKH, who will penk to-morrow afternoon at 3.30 o'clock In the Sixth Street l.'nlted Brethren Church on the Nuhjeet, , "The Man Higher Up" What Are You WOMEN Talking About? Tnlk about the Popular Sololnt—MlSS FItOIIKNCK 11. S \X>I \N, who will Npenk nt the name hour In the St. Mattlicw'A l.utliornu C'hur<*li, on the auoject "Three Great Life Truths" Men nnd \\ omen attentl tlienc meetings nnd then Knock If you wnnt to. MKW ItK AD WOJIKM HEAD John 3il. John 11)13-14 l MAW SI'IiCIAI.TIKS DIKING THE COMING WIOKK WW PINE STREET \-IT // PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Wjf W THIRD AND PINE STREETS Wj Sunday, February 25 Preacher, Rev. L. S. Mudge, D. D., Pastor. ? ? ||| 10:30 A.M. "Why Be Religious?" * : r ]% Is Religion a Necessity? If So, Why? ' 1:40 P.M. The Church Sunday School . |• 7:30 P. M. ri| •I "The Man Who Failed To Recognize M ■ Jesus" £ i The Seeoml In a Series of Seasonable Sermons "* " v Fifteen-minute Prelude on The Knlarged Organ . ' IWe Are MakiiiK Kvery KfTort To Have Everything •; in Connection With t)ur Services—.Music, Hymns, Sermons, Weleome, Worthy of The ljtrjfe Congregations Attending 40,000,000 ARE ON U.S. CHURCH ROLL Membership Gains Despite War; Liberal Giving; Gain of 747,000 Churches of America did not suff i financially in l'Jl6 as a result of tlw war and the increased cost of living according to the Year Book of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, edited by Dr. H. K. Carroll, which is just off the press. Congregations have given liberally to the great funds raised for the popu lations of war-afflicted Europe and Asia, and their own work, evangelistic, missionary, benevolent and education al, has been carried on with undimin ished vigor. According to Dr. Carroll's statistics the religious bodies, Catholic, Protest ant and Eastern Orthodox, had in 1916 an aggregate of more than 40,000,000 communicants or members, crossing the 40,000,000 'mark by about 17,000. The net increase of the year was 747,- 000, or about 204,000 more than the increase for 1915. In 1890 the total religious strength was 20,618,000, so that in twenty-six years following the net Increase has been 19,399,000, or ninety-four per cent., while the gain in the population of the country for the same period has been about 39,000,000, or sixty-one per cent. The churches have thus gained faster than the pop ulation. Of the gains in 1916, about 216,000 were of the Roman Catholic and some 500,000 of the Protestant bodies. Among the latter 136,000 are credited to the Methodist, 132,000 to the Bap tist and upward of 79,000 to the Pres byterian and Reformed group. Tho Episcopal Church had a gain of 27,000 and tho Lutheran bodies of 20,000. The thirty constituent bodies of the Federal Council report a total of 17,- 996,000 communicants, a gain in 1916 of about 254,000. Except for an ex traordinary revision of the returns of the Disciples of Christ, causing an ap parent loss of about 185,000, the gains of tho churches comprising the Fed eral Council would have been much tairger. Photo-Drama of j Creation Part 3 Victoria Theater Admission Free Sunday, Feb. 25 3 and 8 P. M. i>
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