WASHINGTON, Feb.

By Farrelly, Maura Jane IN the spring of 1831, Methodist minister John Price Durbin delivered an evangelical sermon that assumed his listeners were familiar with the basic rules of science.

By ROBIN FARMER When Hasan Zarif was sentenced to life in prison in 1973, he knew he had to turn his life around.

By John F. Morrison, Philadelphia Daily News Jan. 30--THE PARISHIONERS of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church treasure the church's 213-year history and preserve it in extensive archives housed in the church museum.

Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church is one of Portsmouth's grand historic sites. This month the congregation is celebrating 150 years in the sanctuary built on North Street by slaves in 1857.