The Washington times., 1894-09-16


getting ready TO help bear other burdens
during the coming winter. Il also supports
a mission in the Southwestern part of the
city. of which Mr.. W. W. WiGfrea is the super
iutendeut. Il has Just helped start the Third
Church at Vienna. Va. and the Second Church.
with a membership Of 400. is an ofsh0ot.
The ladies Of the congregation are great
workers and the Ladies Aid Society stands at
the head OF all the church work This so
cIety is We'll known throughout the city
through the aprons it makes and sells for the
benefit ot the poor. Mrs. Z. W. Knowles is
the president. Mrs. j. " Whitcomb is the
president OF the Womens' Foreign Missionary
Society. The ladies all believe in temperance
and il is said :here are more white-ribbon
women IN this congregation than in any other
IN the city. 4 strong of the ". c. T. L. Is
one Of the features in the temperance work
which begins with the Band OF Hope formed
ofthe little boys and girls. The young people
have society Of Christian Endeavor with
sixty active members. The officers are: Ott-
mer c. Saum. president. Miss Opal Johnson
vice president: De Forest GRAY. recording
secretary; Miss Susanne Moore. correspond
ing secretary, and Miss Birdie Perkins, treas
urer. The society meets each Sunday even
ing at o'clock. The leader of the meeting
tonight i Miss Mablc Peterson The Junior
Christian EndeavOr Society has a member
ship Of about forty. and Miss Emma Folkes is
president
SOCIAL AND sUSDAY-sCHooI WORK.
The most striking social feature of the life
of the church are the century socials. The
membership will be divided this winter into
six clubs. Of 100 each. called centuries. and a
centurian appointed over each. It is the duty
of each century to get up an entertainment
entirely within itself and the other five cent
urles are invited to attend. DR.. Power finds
that this plan works eNcellently The mem
bers Of the church meet each other and no
one IS called on twice to provide entertain
meut.
The Sunday school has q membership of
over 800 and is one where no sleepy teachers
or scholars are permitted. Every one is
WakeneG up. Mr.. Andrew Wilson is lust
finishing his first year as superintendent and
Will be unanimously reelected. He is not
thirty years old vet. but has been an earnest
church worker all his life. The teachers
have Just finished a course of talks on PaIes-
tine. the meeting being held just before the
regular experimenting. Thursday night. The
new feature Of work is a series OF half hour
talks on the Bible as q text book by Prof J.
Fraise Richard. To these lectures the public
is invited. The other officers of the school
are: Assistant superintedents Z. q. Siggers,
Miss Mary Folk, primary department, and w.
H. Schell, adult department: secretary. c,
Leslie Reynolds: assistant secretary, j. S. Van
Arnsdaie; treasurer. Miss Eliza c. Fawcett: /:
chorister. Russell Barnes; pianist, Miss Stella
Bridge: librarian, Mss Lou S. Weightman;
assistant librarian. Frank Moore.
The teachers are: Messrs. J. G. Thompson,
j. FraIse Richard. c. ". shelton, H. C. Stier.
Asa piper. J. II. Galloway Robert Balderson.
NJ. A. Ba!linger, E.G. Siggers, II. 5. Shepard,
and Misses Hattie Mowrer. Emma Folk.
Emma Ioepper. Eliza c. Fawcett. Ella VI.
Chase, Ines Wilkes, Maud Stahlnaker. Cassell.
Mamie Clabaugh, Mary SpIrow, Mary Folk,
Belle Brown. Abbie Power. and Nettie PIPER.
Mrs. j. II. Galloway, Mrs. w. Shelton, Mrs.
H. c. Stier, and Mrs. Whitcomb are also
teachers.