Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-21

association. Reference was made to the
behe1acuons of the late Mr.. Samson who
supplemented his gifts while living by re-
mefnberins the church in his will.
An increased interest was reported from
the Maryland Avenue Church under the
impulse of the new pastor Rev. Mr. Naylor,
VINO succeeded the former pastor. Rev. S.
H. White, last January.
IN the report from the Metropolitan
Church II was stated that the church paper
paid in the way of keeping up the interest
IN the church and in advertisements, but
that the editor depended on other sources
for his livelihood. This good-natured OBJ
servation in regard to the revenue from a
church paper was appreciated evidently
from the smiles and mods that it ELECTED
from the audience.
Comfortable and attractive pews have
been put in the Queenstown Church. so the
report stated. the heating apparatus and
the sunday school room improved. a revival
was reported TO be in progress, Rev Green
Clay Smith assisting in the services
The removal Of the old church building
ana the erection of a new edifice to accom-
modate the increasing congregation was re-
ferred to in the report from the Second
Church. The services are being held in a
hall on Sth street until the new church
building is completed.
Consolidated Statistics
The consolidated statistics from the
churches for the year ended October 81 are
follows:
Membership-Received by baptism, 116;
received by experience. 2l; received by let
ter. Ill; restored. >; dismissed by letter,
121: erased, 81; excluded. 6; deceased, 60;
present number of members. 4,O36
Finance-Current expenses including
pastors salary. $50. .431. .O3 for Improvement
of church property. s23.O2S19; estimated
value of church property, SJ46, 2tj6 -:
amount of Indebtedness. mortgaged debt
$53, 100; floating debt, s6Ss.
Benevolence-For association. s2,41541; !;
home missions 81 .4213O: church extension
fund, s1.i36.O3; foreign missions. S4.354 a.: :
Bible and tract distribution, s15.71; Baptist
Home, S,7I1.95; education, $500: other be-
nevolent objects. S5,355.6O; total for all OBJ
jectS, SIS, 201 -.
Sunday school statistics-Number of off,
GERS. 100: number of teachers. 3S2; number
of scholars, 4.322; officers. church members
121: teachers, church members 1863; schol-
ars. church members. 1l62; average at
tendance. 2,S15: volumes in library, $3.50;
contributions for current expenses, 81 692. rs /;
contributions for benevolent objects.
sl.369.1S: total contributions of Sunday
school. S6,O61.21 Total contributions from
churches and schools. S9i,262.96.
Delegates Present.
The churches were represented by the
following delegates:
Anacostia-H. +. Stevenson, pastor; H.
B. FernaId f. w. Leach. John P. Wilmuth.
Carrie King and Bithia Dawson.
Calvary-S. II. Greene. pastor: Theron
Outwater. E. NJ. p. King, f. W. Bliss. J.
NJ. Gregory. F.. B. Curtis, F. H. Stickney.
a. l.. Swartout, S. 5. Everett, F. W.
Vaught ID. S. F'ister, j. F. Vinal G. J.
Drew, James II. Grant, James p. De Jar
matte Glenn T. Jones, David Haynes, War
ing r. Evans, W. D. Henry. II. II. Kimball
ii. ri. smith, John l.. Hazard. George c.
SeibOld, 4. J. Glover, G. II. I-illibridge. Mrs.
T.. II. Bristow, Mrs. S. II. Greene. Mrs. l..
K. Smith and Mrs. J. h. Stickney.
E Street,. J. Muir, pastor; A. NJ. Clapp,
]. 5. Poler. r. W. Fenwick, F. S. Deland,
K. 5. Parks, William Fletcher. c. n. Rich
erick. f. I, Fenwick, Maria f. Shuttle and
Rosa d. Sholes.
Fifth-C. c. Meador. pastor; S. NJ. Yeat-
man, j. J. Darlington, 5. Howison, r. III.
Yates, l.. c. Handy, w. F. Carter, Clinton
James. J. b. Bailey. Samuel Lee J. H.
Lewis, W. l.. Wilkerson, Clarence Cess
ford and J. W. Haple.
First-C. A. Stakely, pastor; John w.
+. Holtzman, a. J. Huntington, James c.
yelling. Percy 5. Foster, Otis T. Mason.
Robert H. Martin. George c. Samson, NJ. NJ
Thomas, Charles W. Needham, Z. II. Latch,
Hilton Jackson and Thomas A. Broadus
Gay Street W. s. o. Thomas, pastor
William II. Harvest Joseph II. Pratt. A.
Taylor King. Edwin H. Bozley. Robert
Blanche Beall and Martha Mansfield.
Grace-William c. Weeden. d. c. Foun-
tain, J: R. Bradley. Ernest E. Hancock,
Mrs. Ella NJ. Steward, Mrs. Martha C.
Weeden and Miss Mary b. Frank.
Maryland Avenue, n. c. Naylor. pastor
A. b. Keifer. Edgar Speiden, jr., w. S.
Keiser, Mrs. A. f. Forney and Mrs. A.
Naylor.
Metropolitan. Green Clay Smith. pastor
f. W. Davis. w. F. Pearson. Duncan
Thompson, Benjamin Vail. jr.. Mrs. Eliza
beth A. French, Mrs. Rachel B. Hatton.
Miss Fannie a. Lacy. Mrs. Camilla Lowell
and Miss Sara c. Wright.
Mount Tabor, q. w. Mccullough. pas
tor-Charles w. Hurley, benjamin F. King
and Mrs. Thompson.
Queenstown. Robert r. West pastor
Isaac Quackenbush, c. G. Lynch, J. l..
Sherwood, J. Il. Lord, n. B. Malone and l.
Quackenbush.
Second. f. Hez Sven. pastor-Charles w.
Dulin. -. b. Smith, Thomas c. Simpson,
Charles Allen, Charles w. Proctor, Benja-
min A. Henderson. A c. Whitney. W. A.
Lacey, NJ. z. Jones. Nehemiah RObey, r.
Milton Henderson, Charles w. COoksey, c.
A. Whitney. Fannie Oreiby, SaIlie Hallan,
Lucretia Kent, Laura McKenney, Mary
Williamson, Sarah Van Horn, Hattie Van
Horn and Clara Brice.