Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-13

by Joseph Wheat, Peter Miller and Geo. Col
lard. Tho brethren were in q business mood
that day, for they seem to have had many
things before them for consideration, and the
| account OF the meeting contains some very
suggestive reading. The preacher had just
been appointed to the charge, and it was
deemed necessary to settle some matters con-
corning him. Resolutions were adopted which.
without any danger of misconstruction, de-
| clare their judgment on the points involved.
They were as follows:
1. Resolved That il is the opinion Of this
meeting that our stationed preacher ought not
to keep horse; the friends at the point agree
| to furnish one for him to attend there and re-
turn to Georgetown.
2. Resolved, That he attend at the point one
Sabbath in three and return on that day to
Georgetown to night preaching.
8. Resolved, That he board with Isaac Owens
at 1857 per year, to be found in washing, mend
ing, &c.
4. Resolved, The friends at the point agree
to pay one-third OF his salary and one fourth of
his boarding, making in all s6S and we hereby
agree to accept the same (board and salary to-
gether were $3.50.
attending the preacher the friends at the point
agree to pay one-third Of the expense incident
thereto.
Their care for their pastor extended even
unto death There must also have been some
class leaders who were negligent. A resolution
U
injunction of strict punctuality upon the class
leaders as to the collection and the payment Of
Class money and the quarterly subscriptions"
The manner of dealing with slaves was amatter
that they were called upon to decide. One
member gave notice that he had bought
negro woman, and requested to know what
length OF time she must serve. her age being
twenty-four or twenty-five years, price given
$40 Adjudged to serve ten years."
Such occurrences were frequent in those
do II ILL Al Al =
TO be just to all the parties in the transaction
How long the Methodists worshiped in the
Twenty Buildings is not exactly known. But
one record says ttat on account of the large in
crease in the congregation the society moved
from Greenleaf's Point to place ON New Jer-
sey avenue. and continued there for long
time. The date Of removal must have been
1907.
THE MOVE TO NEW JERSEY AVENUE.
On New Jersey avenue south of E street there
stood at the beginning Of the century the
barn Of Dudley Carroll, who was one Of the
proprietors of the land south of the Capitol.
1t was also used tobacco house. When the
growing Methodist congregation migrated from
Greenleaf's Point they rented this building
and maintained services in it for about four
years The old building had an interesting
history. Before it came into the hands of the
hethodists IL had been used for thirty years as
place of worship by the Protestant Episco-
pailans and was called Christ Church, the pre-
decessor of the present Christ Church on G
street southeast. 1t served the double
use for the Episcopalians Of. church and
school house DR.. Mccormick, after whom
the Mccormick school building OF this city
was named, was rector there at one time. After
1t had been vacated by the Christ Church con-
gregatlon 1t was secured by the Greenleaf
Point congregation and occupied by them until
1911. After this it was used a carpenter shop
by two gentlemen named Middleton (Electius
and james,. During the war with Great Britain
the boys of the neighborhood organized them
selves into company of soldiers and the
wooden guns they used were made in this place.
In 1917, while some workmen were boiling glue,
1t was burned down. A sketch of the old
building remains, having.be made in 1928
from picture III a magazine or newspaper.
Mr.. E p. Cranch Is the artist 1t is a very
quaint-looking structure. The material was
wood and the building had q hip roof.
The main entrance was on the south side.
The pulpit was opposite the door. The
school room occupied part of the building
and had Its own entrance. There was no fence
about 1t nor any trees at the time the Metho-
tiists used It. The windows were amply pro-
tected by the solid shutters that inclosed them.
The membership when this building was first
occupied was l02; when it was vacated, four
years atterward, it was 159. The church was
Increasing its strength year by year. Its pull
pit, though humble, was supplied by some OF
the strongest and most influential men in the
church.
THE PRESENT SITE PURCHASED.
Washington, from being mostly city on
paper, began more fully to work out on the
lines of the original plan. More streets were
opened and property was put upon the market
VIM Prouts property had been advertised for
sale siEce 1900. On October 5, 1910, the trustees
OF the church purchased from VIVA. Prout a lot
IN square s22 for tine sum of s227.64. Those
hrst trustees were Henry FoxalI, John Bra
shears, Electius Middleton. Ambrose White,
James Vanzauette. John A. Chambers Leonard
Mackali, John Eliason and Jacob Hoffman,
OF these trustees Henry Foxall was the best
corning him than any OF the others. He was n
local preacher in Georgetown, but had gained
en- influence in the church at large. In 1896
and again in $500 he had been a trustee of the
Chartered fund, an association to afford relief
and support to the itinerant, worn-out and
sGperannuated preachers of the Methodist
Episcopal church. He was an intimate friend
OF Bishop Asbury. who in passing through
Georgetown put up at his house q number of
.Inles, and this field OF labor undoubtedly &C.
cupled the mind Of the bishop many time as
the affairs of the church were talked over in
the home OF FoxalL Foxall was born in Eng
land IN 1160. He was converted in Dublin,
Ireland. at The age of twenty-five years; emf
grated to America in 1884 His business was
that of founder. He amassed considerable
wealth and Was a man Of great beneyolence Of
and was devoted to the philanthropic
movements of the church. He was liberal to
the missionary cause. He built and presented
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