National Affairs: God’s

On the corner of 13th and Irving Streets, Washington, D. C., stands a small meeting house of light buff brick with concrete steps and opaque glass windows. By combining Sunday-school room with auditorium, the church will seat 400. It is the Irving Street Friends Orthodox Church. At present there is no “experienced speaker*,” but one will be found by March 10, 1929. Beginning on Sunday, and for at least four years after, the President of the U. S. will be numbered among its congregation.

A Washington official, recently passing the Irving Street Church, impressed with the fact that President-Elect Hoover will attend it, remarked to a member of its pastoral committee: “So this is Mr. Hoovers church.”

“No,” replied the Friend, “it is God’s church.”

*Say the Friends: “We do not set anyone apart whose special duty it is to supply the spoken word in our meetings. . . . the experienced speaker should be watchful not to speak at undue length.”—(The Book of Discipline.) The committee of overseers has the responsibility of insuring at each meeting the presence of some person of whose inner urge to vocal ministry it is reasonably sure.