Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-19
YESTERDAYS CHURCH sERvlcEA
Prominent Foreigners FILLED the Pulpits In
Many District Churches.

Prominent Foreigners Filled the Pulpits In
Many District Churches.
The presence Of the delegates to the ecu
menical conference in this city gave an added
interest to the services at the various churches
az . large number Of prominent foreigners
filed the pulpits, and all the leading churches
in Baltimore were supplied by members Of tho
conference.
Rev. T. B. Stephenson, DID,, occupied the
pulpit at Mount Vernon Place Church at the
morning service and Bishop c. D. Foss in the
evening. At the First Congregational Church
Rev. Nehemiah Curnock Of Loudon preached
in the morning and Rev. VIM. Briggs of
Toronto in the evening. The pulpit at Wesley
Chapel was filed in the morning by Bishop
Thomas Bowman and in the evening by Rev.
W. 7. Davidson of Richmond College, England.
At the Metropolitan Church Rev. VIM. j.
Dawson of Scotland preached in the morning
and Rev. b II. Messick. d. D., Of st. Louis in
the evening. At Hamline Church Rev. A.
Coke Smith Of Nashville, Tenn. preached and
in the evening number of lay delegates from
London took part In u gospel meeting.
Rev. B. II. Messick, D. D.. Of st. Louis
preached i'll the morning and Rev. D. J. Wal
Ter, ID. D., OF London in the evening at the
Church Of the Covenant. At Foundry Church
Bishop G. u. Galloway Of Atlanta preached in
the morning and Rev. John Bond OF London in
the evening.
The work of the Christian women of the
Methodist Episcopal church carried on at the
various deaconesses' homes Of the country was
the subject OF u number of interesting talks at
Wesley Chapel yesterday afternoon. Bishop ].
NJ. Waldron began the meeting and addresses
were made by Rev. Mr.. Weakley, Miss Isabella
A. Reeves, superintendent OF the New York
Home and Training School, and Miss Miner of
the Lucy Webb Hayes Home OF this city. The
principal address OF the afternoon was that by
Mrs. Meyer of the Chicago home.
A missionary meeting was held ut o'clock
yesterday afternoon at Foundry M. E. Church
under the auspices of the Wcmens Foreign
Mrs. Foss read a selection from Scripture and
addresses were made by Miss Gibson of Paris,
Rev. Mr.. Oldham and Mrs. Amanda Smith.
The largest audience that has greeted any
speaker this year at the Y. M. q. A. was
out yesterday afternoon to listen to on address
from Hon. Henry J. Farmer-Atkinson, M. p,
who has taken such q prominent and charac-
teristic part in the proceedings of the ecumeni-
cal conference. His subject was practical
Christianity" and he concluded by referring
to the proposed Y. NJ. c. A. building, and
offered to make donation for that purpose
when 1t was asked for.
Rev. David Mckinley of the Primitive Metho-
dist church OF Hartlepool, England, preached
very effective sermon in the Anacostia III. Z.
Church yesterday morning upon the Parable
Of the sower."
Hamline M. E. Church was comfortably filed
last night with a congregation that wanted to
hear from some of the lay delegates tc the
ecumenical conference. The delegates who
addressed the meeting were Messrs. John J.
Maclaren, &C, of Toronto, ]. Thorpe Taylor
B. Harrison Of Manchester. Rev E. s. Todd,
DID,, pastor of the church, had charge of the
services which were also participated in by
Rev. John Harries and Rev. John Il. Wright.