Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-15
GONE INTO HISTORY
Brotherhood of St. Andrews Convention a
Thing Of the Past.

The ninth annual cor vention Of the
Brotherhood % st. Andrew is now a thins
of the past, and IT came to a close as a con-
vention OF this sort appropriately should,
with religious services held yestel day in the
various churches of the city, all Of which
were largely attended and aroused a deal Of
fervor and enthusiasm. Although the con-
Nention has formally ended, the delegates
have not all left town by any means, and
a great many of them went down the river
this afternoon by steamer on a pilgrimage
10 Mount Vernon. On the return trip the
steamer will remain at Alexandria long
enough to allow the Delegates to attend y
special service at Christs Church Among
those who will take part in the service are
KEY. Clarence L. Ball, rector of Grace
Church: Rev. s. A. Wallis rector of Pobic
Church; Rev. i. Z. Phillips, rector Of
st Paufs Church; and there will be ad-
dresses by Rev. DIR. Suter, rector of Christ's
church and Mr.. Silas McBce, second vice
president OF the brotherhood.
Impressive Services.
The services under the auspices of the
brotherhood yesterday were OF. an exceed
ingly Impressive character. At o'clock in
the morning holy communion was celebrat-
ed in the various Episcopal churches
though the matority of the visiting dele.
gates attended the Church of the Epiphany
where Rt. Rev. DR.. Jackson bishop Of Ala
Dama, off1ciated as celebrant. There was a
large congregation at this church at y:3)
o CLOCK, when the anniversary sermon was
delivered by the Rt. Rev. Davis Sessums
bishop of Louisiana. The regular morning
service was held at II o'clock. and was con-
Quoted by Rev. Dr. Floyd w. Tompkins
IT,, who delivered the sermon. He was as.
sisted by Rev. DIR. McKim, Rev. Dr. Stone
ana rev. J. Thompson Cole. DIR. Tompkins
TOOK Tor MS text the Verses from Acts. chap
ter IL: When Peter was come up to Jeru-
salem, they that were Of the circumcision
contended with him, saying, thou wentest
INTO them uncircumcised, and didst eat
WIN Win, .hem. DR.. f0mpkins said that a
certain amount of Intolerance might rea-
sonably be expected from men who were
not In sympathy with the truth, but that
there was no room Tor narrow-mindedness
among those who had looked through the
open door Of revelation and had seen the
gior1es or a new thought and a new lIfe
II is hard to realize that the early Chris
tians should have been so narrow as to
become provoked when one Of their number
preached the salvation of Christ to a Roman
centurion and his family. The day for=such
Intolerance as this was long since past
SAID Or Tompkins, and his sermon through
for broader views and nobler principles
within the church Of God.
AT the AFTERNOON mass meeting at Con-
vention Hall the accommodations of that
great structure were taxed to the utmost.
and not siI &c the Moody meetings has there
been such gathering at a religious service
The exercises which brought the conven-
ton to close We're conducted by Bishop
Paret Of Maryland at the Church of the
Epiphany last evening
The subject was THE Kingdom In the
World" there being three speakers. DR..
Earth. Bishop Gilbert of Minnesota on
Not Peace. but Sword" and Bishop
Dudley Of Kentucky on THE Net Cast Into
the Sea- At the close of DR.. Dudley's ad-
dress an impressive farewell service was
held, conducted by DIR. Tompkins.