Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18
BAPTIST SOCIAL UNION.
A Pleasant Banquet, With Many Instruct
i've Speeches.
Calvary Baptist Church the Scene and
Many Prominent Baptists the
Partfcipants-Speech

The lecture room Of Calvary Baptist
Church was the scene Of an interesting
gathering of Baptists last evening, the &C.
casion being the second banquet given by
the Baptist Social Union of the District of
Columbia. This union is now a little more
than year old, and comprises portion Of
the membership of the different Baptist
churches in the city. Although such a
young organization, much good has been ac-
complished in promoting social relations
among the churches. The union meets
twice every month, and its meetings have
been productive in the way of promoting a
unity of thought and purpose as well as a
concert of effort. The officers of the union
are as follows: President, ]. j. Darlington,
Fifth Church; vice presidents. o. T. Mason,
First Church. F. A. Roderick, E Street
Church; secretary. D. S. Foster. Calvary
Church; treasurer. Jos. B. Bailey, Fifth
Church. Directors-S. w. Woodward, Cal
vary Church; F. S. Deland. E Street Church;
r. II. Martin, First Church; ]. R. Bradley.
Grace Church; .. A. Chambers. Calvary
Church; F. Mclean, Metropolitan Church;
w. G. Bateman, Fifth Church. Auditors
g. F. Gulick, Second Church; G. A. Muddi-
man, Kendall Chapel Church.
AT the banquet last night covers were
spread for seventy-five persons but owing
to sickness and other causes, only about
sixty persons were seated about the festive
board. President Darlington was toast
master for the occasion.
The table was decorated with palms and
cut flowers. and several musicians fur
nished music during the evening.
The Speeches.
The program included a short address by
the POSTMASTER ON Our Denominational
Work." and responses by Representative
Jno. c. c. Black of Georgia, Senator j. Ii.
Gallinger of New Hampshire, Rev. @. w.
Sanderlin, d. D., of North Carolina, Repre-
resentative Joseph Sibley of Pennsylva-
mia, Representative ]. H. Walker of Massa-
chusetts and Representative VIM. l.. Wilson
of West Virginia.
Congressman Black and Wilson were I'M
able to attend and Gen. Morgan, ex-com-
missioner of Indian affairs, made a response
in their stead. The speakers were listened
to attentively by those seated about the
table, Rev. q. w. Sanderlin causing much
laughter because of his Illustration of a
unity of purpose and thought in telling of
how, while in North Carolina he had acted
matrimonial agency.
During the remarks of Congressman Sib-
ley, who told OF how he had been reported
in the papers as Methodist exhorter, be-
cause he had quoted Scripture in Congress-
he said he thought the church had an oppor-
tunity to do missionary work such as was
never before offered. He referred to the
suffering poor and said that many of the
poor persons could be brought into the
church, If the people rendered what assist
ance they could and gave the poor ones a
practical lesson in Christianity. The re-
marks of Senator Gallinger and Congress
man Walker upon the subject of the church
work were also interesting.
Those Present.
Among those who enjoyed the banquet
were Rev. s. II. Greene. Rev. e. A. Stakely,
F. s. Deland and wife, Senator Gallinger
and wife. Rev. G. w. Sanderlin and wife,
Congressman Sibley and wife. Rev. R. R.
West. Rev. J. J. Muir, Miss Muir. Senator
George, Rev. e. NJ. p. King and wife, Percy
s. Foster and wife, :. w. Woodward and
wife, Prof. c. T. Mason, D. A. Chambers,
Geo. +. Gulick, Prof. Monroe, Prof. Lodge,
DR.. A. j. Huntington, Col Vinal, Gen. John
I. Morgan and wife, e. A. Muddiman and
wife, Mrs. ). b. Hammer, Miss Maud De
Grummond and Mr.. Hazard.