Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
K E N DALI CHAPEL
The Purchase of the Tabernacle Church
Property.
The Proposed improvements Which
VIII Provide for the Enlarged
Work of This Enterprise.

Inc purchase OF In0 CnuTCn properly
known as the Tabernacle Church. near the
corner of 9th and B streets southwest. by
the representatives of the Kendall Chapel.
branch of the Calvary Baptist Church,
has been mentioned in The Star. The new
owners. after certain improvements are
completed. will occupy this property for
church purposes. The history of the enter
prise which has thus reached what is be-
heved to be an important period In its
career is one full Of interest.
In the year 1866 several of the earnest
workers from Calvary Baptist Church or
ganized a Sunday school in the vicinity Of
the north end of the Long bridge. After
several months Of hard work and earnest,
faithful teaching, the question came up as
to whether the work could be continued, on
account OF a lack of funds. At this juno
ture of affairs the late Amos Kendall
offered to furnish the necessary funds to
carry on the work, provided Calvary Bap-
list Church would furnish the workers.
The church accepted the trust. A neat
chapel was built on the corner of Is 1-2
and ID streets southwest, and endowed by
Mr.. Kendall with 5000. This chapel was
occupied by what has since been known as
Kendall Chapel Sunday school,
In this chapel for twenty-five years the
Sunday school held it's sessions. In 1855
the church came to feel that an advance
step must be taken. Rev. Theron Out
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take charge of the work. He began his la
bors In April of that same year. Preach
ing services were held and regular
prayer meeting established. After eight
months OF earnest work. on November IS,
1883. branch church of Calvary Baptist
was organized. with twenty-five members.
The Sunday school was changed from af-
ternoon to morning, and, while the change
IN the hour reduced the numbers, still the
school has grown so that 1t now is nearly
as large as WHEN IL was held in the after
noon, and vastly more efficient. During
the past six years the membership of the
nearly 300.
The Purchase Made.
For some time past there has been a
need of a better house of worship, in a
more eligible location, the railroad having
SO encroached upon the present location as
to make it unsuitable for church pur-
poses. A committee was appointed from
the branch church to confer with a like
committee from the home church, to take
into consideration the purchase of a lot in
a suitable location.
These committees having learned that
the property known as the Tabernacle
Church, on 9th street near southwest,
was to be sold. determined to purchase that
desirable property. When this property
was put up for sale Monday last the COM
mittee hid it off for about the amount of
the claims upon the property in the name
of the Calvary Baptist Church Extension
Society. The location is nearly all that
could be desired. 1t is expected that the
proposed improvements will be completed
and the building will be occupied by spring
or early summer.
The success of this enterprise is due to
the devotion and sacrifice Of all the earnest
workers who have wrought in this field
for the past twenty-eight years. Some
have taught, some have given of their
means and all have aided by their prayers
and sympathy.
Proposed improvements.
In order to have necessary room for the
large Sunday school 1t is the intention to
build a Sunday school house 40x75 feet
across the end of the lot. This new addi-
ton will have all the latest improvements,
with modern facilities for such work. The
addition will contain three floors, two of
which will open into the main auditorium
which now has seating capacity of six
hundred in amphitheater style. With the
proposed improvements there will be room
for twice this number as it is intended to
have the Sunday school house a part of
the church audience room whenever de-
sired.
The officers of Kendall Chapel are Rev.
Theron Outwater, pastor; Theophilus
Bray, clerk; Chas. A. Muddinan, treas
urer: Glenn I. Jones, A. p. Rider, ]. E.
Talbot and j. II. Grant, deacCns
The business affairs of the church are in
the hands of an executive committee COM
posed of Jas. H. Grant G. T. Jones and C.
A. Muddiman, who apprised the members
last Wednesday at the annual meeting of
this purchase and received their thanks
Appreciation was also expressed for the
hearty help Ind co-opera ton of Calvary
Baptist Church in this valuable property
at so reasonable price, the entire outlay
for ground and improvements being about
$4,000.