Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-14
Tive Events Celebrated BY the Gen.
tral Presbyterian Church.
a NOTABLE PAsTORATE.
Twsntv-HVs Year. Ago the Central Church
Wa ORGANIZED and Rev DIR. Pitzer Began
Hi- Fast"rste-Frorn n small Beginning the
Church Has Fro-p-red with the Years.


god deal q interest. They propose to ceie-
brat. ~ in fact. thev have already begun what
might he termed a continued silver jubilee. The
re,rIo are proud Of their church. They are
also proud o; their pastor. to whom they are
arv5tcdlv attached. Il was appropriate that
he celebration ~ the silver anniversary OF the
church should begin with q reception oy 'ne
people 90 thor pastor ard his wife
I'VE HEcEPIIoN LAST NIGHT
III t.oL Mace last evening in the Sunday
,rbosl room. which Is a part OF the church
strnc,urs. The entire affair WAS a surprise TO
H. pitz.r who was sold merely that his pres
f-re VA fes rel at the church at q CLOCK. As
=, rfbe- rari,culars be need have no curiosity
one COMMITTEES saw that the room was
b.a-tised with plants and novers- an
other prepared n program. and OF course
hoe va committee 20 look after the refresh,
rrrrts The affair a. completed and arranged
- ,--,t -u~ce-s aud as many Of the ladies'
srrsarei n evening dress the handsome room
hal the appearance q: an evening reception,
a. 50 n a. I'r Pitzer and his wife received
IN A. fl.v came and responded TO tho
,fa-,r.. y. ortis % congratulation and good VIII
fb,. were spoken After while Dir.
james A. Y ShIell- succeeded IN checking the
hum q otyes-ation and the formal program
Ie-ar. There was Instrumental anu vocal music
ami a.lsrr--ss OF generalization from the vari-
ans. boards 81 the church and all the societies
an s-rani- alton, of the church conveying to DIR.
TIfrsr and hi wife messages Of the conhdence
AMI love " IN ShIch the members OF the Cen
-. I.ra-pv tArlau Church regarded their pastor
A. ~ Wrfa Then Rev. DR. Sunderland made
ar NJ IL. harYv little addresses. which MAS
lrtIv .rf,vrI Mr. Norman Elliott made an
5rpr1rrIa's address, at the close Of which be
r-az.--eJ % Rev. Or IitZer purse contain
lr-a sum O.. money This brought DIR. Pitzer
10 hi. feet and h. tried To tell the people how
7,r-h b. a. ?reciatcd AL they had done and all
.h.v h1i sad. This Was an end to the formal
.verrr.-- sa.i the la,lies served Refreshments,
AL ths rc-- - the evening was devoted TO social
vu'Ivmr~t
w T. y HrOoEs secretary Of the Art League
g. this citv. Who -ss unable to be present, sent
. beautiful creation Of his brush, however,
The ~hsuherd and HIS Flock" and DIR. Pitzer
Intends TO exhibit il in the church Monday
-y.riug az The public anniversary exercises.
The program IN detail was as follows: After
ri..-s and violin duet bv Mr. and Miss Elliott
fsy. Dr. BitiingJr made an opening PRAYER.
Aftsrward came greetings from the elders, rep
resented bv Ir. O.. q. Heard. the deacons by
Mr.. las. Compton and the congregation by Nr.
AAu Wool. Mss Porter then sang solo, fol-
owed by congratulations from the Sunday
s-hool bv Mr.. J. l. Enderle. its superinten-
Dent. The Christian EndeavOr was rep
,esented BY Mr.. Thos. Barr. Mr.. Jacob
Roks in behalf of the Laura PitZer
Missionary Circle and Mr. S. L. Lupton
a
address, bv the Rev. Byron Sunderland. Two
,aseis we're prominent on the platform On one
was a fine photograph OF the pastor. on the
other excellent crsyon portrait OF Miss Mary
T. Coyle. one of the founders OF the church
and it, most active member. The work of the
Young artist. Miss Jennie q. Shields, was pre-
rnted 10 the Sabbath school. in memory of
Hiss Covle to hang in the infant class ROOM
q which she was the teacher.
TIE AxxrvERs.RY SERVICES.
Tomorrow the church services will be largely
tinged with the silver glow Of the jubilee, and
IN the morning Or. Piizsr will preach an ami
rer-ary sermon sui the anniversary exer-
cl-es proper don't begin until Monday evening
Tc--.al invitations have been issued. and il is
expected that there will be a great gathering
81 those Who have been and are now associ-
atcd With the church. IL II includes every one
Who is interested in DIR. Pitzer and his work the
church VAL hardly be large enough to conts
the crowd FOR during the past twenty-five
years " Filter has made n large place for HIM
elf II the public esteem He Is man
o. F.-h hearty, generous impulses and has such
a genial. chccry nature that everybody likes
him who comes within the range Of his in
fl--ce. In addition TO being an earnest
preacher % the Word rs the Word of God he IL,
- We said % him last evening. man OF af-
fairs NelI aisptsd by nature to mingle with
wen and by his kindly sympathy influence
ELsi~ lives.
A the meeting Monday evening addresses.
swil - made ov Rev. DR. J. Y. Fair, Rev. DIR.
D. 2 Bi,tinser. Mr.. Vim. Ballantyne. Rev. DR..
J. u. Builer and Rev. Or. = NJ Newman.
oTS. ExINo AND DE. pirzER.
IL "a. expected that Gen. Thomas Ewing Of
Ohio would be present 70 preside over this
meeting bu, owing 70 important business en-
gageneuts he was unable 70 leave his home at
thIs time. Cen. Ewing couue- tion with this
church constitutes one % the interesting chap
trrs H. ~ history. When he and DR.. Pitzer
ssre young men thev attended college to-
F'her aud then their pathways in life sepa
-trd Ir. Fltzer u native of Virginia
r-d wucu the came he found
huascf On oppD-ite- with Gen. Ewing. About
tre- years after the close OF the war DR..
inter- happened % pi-s up a Warrington
uau-r aud -aw there the legal card Of his old
fr.sld. whn a. that time had law office Ia this
r.v. he wrote % him telling HIM how the war
ts.d lsftthr sou'Eern peoI lc. and although Gen.
rlsE ga a. that time member OF the Catholic
'lIrCh he wrote 20 Dr.. PItzer inviting him
o. come O. this city and telling him
uiVt h. eoHi organize "a church here.
zen. IWing offered 10 be responsible for the
N.t 20 T. hall and also q contribution To the
Fl-'Hr.a salary. tie invited Dr. PItZer Co come
tn Wa-hiugton and make HIM visit. The
r-lr arre ted tbs invitation aud when he got
b. be- found that Miss Mary T.. Coyle. a
IevIlt woman. hal been enieavorins 10 bring
tb"It ttr e. Establishment here Of n church con-
ts-tet witb the southern assembly and hal
tnr-litrt Kew. ". Hoge Of Richmond. The
stisr hat siyEe-tei Dr. Filters name in con-
asrflou with tins proposed new enterprise. DR.
llfxer fr.t Tho responsibility 81 call that came
=" h.al from two entirely independent sources
81 after .o1Siug over the held entered upon
ihe F'r4 Ehlch has resulted IN such sPlendid
vcsu4t-.
THy STORY or TIE CHURCH.
u januafF. i>iS. after consultation with
s'ersl 'hr.-ii-n people. no; more than twelve
ugnhsr. ~Ao were interested in The project
=. s-tabh-hIns rev church. il was decided to
~ pubic ssryirs-. The Arst service was held
4 laauarF 10 b. She Columbia Law building
A Sd street, between u aud streets. and DR.
Eor sas invited ta o.ilgiaie. The little con
= gsfou tlist assembled there in response 20
cHI nefe neither usalthy nor influential
the ssrr t~s people from different parts
pa ritv. drawn there bv the motive Of
sliblishlug TIE church There vas no org~ni-
u lu. uu session. mo- sabbath scha0l no
- socisty, not dollar. nor a b-ics nor a
20 ground Tor q house - vur-hip In a
. RI time tas ~tbia'h school wa organized
D ass scrc procured. n weekly lecture Vas ap-
irtrI. tau sabbath services were held and
y bog avr months th. way Was clear for the
NJ .zafiHa % a church On the last SSbbat III
Ma .-s, the church organized with
verfs.s.sen m-ml,efs aud two ruling el,iers
L's Hr. i1fzsr ~ the pastor. The new
RrgrsEatIun continued 10 occupy the Law
II Hsl.. "a fHr. LnWrNer they reRur Ted A.