Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-20
CHRISTIAN WORKERS
The Record of the Year in the Dis
trict Congregational Churches.
CHURCH CONFERENCE In BALTIMORE
Gratifying Progress Reported and
the Active Operations Carried on
BY EARNEST MEN AND WOMEN

The Washington conference and the coun-
Gil of Congregational churches called to in
stall Rev. Edward Tallmadge Root pas
tor of the Second Congregational Church of
Baltimore convened at that church this
morning.
The churches represented were as fol-
lows: Church at Falls Church, Va, Rev. J.
II. Jenkins. pastor; church at Herndon Va.
Rev. ]. X. Mason; Tabernacle Church,
Washington, Rev. CT. j. Jones; Mt. Pleas
ant Church. Rev. G. II. Small; Fifth Con-
grega tional Church, Washington; Lincoln
Memorial Church. Washington, Rev. Z. A.
Johnson; Plymouth Church, Washington
Rev. 5. VI. Brown; Peoples Church, Wash
ington. Rev. j. II. Daily; First Congrega-
tional Church. Baltimore; Canton Congre-
sational Church, Baltimore. Rev. T. NJ.
Beadenkof; church at Frostburg, Nd. :;
Hawiey Memorial Church, Chairman Pa,
Rev. A. Reoch; Associate Reform Church.
Baltimore, Rev. e. Cation; NJ p Church,
Pocomoke City, Md, Rev. Hugh Elderdice;
Dwight Place Church, New Haven, Conn,
Rev. j. +. Twitchell. ID. D.; ST. Petri Ger
man Evangelical Lutheran Church. Balti-
more, Rev. Vim. Batz.
Among the distinguished visitors present
were the following: Rev. VIM. Kincaid, ID.
D., secretary Congregational Home Mis-
sionary Society of New York; Rev T. w
Jones, D. D., district secretary Congrega-
uondl Home Missionary Society, Philadel-
phia; Rev. George Alexander ID. D., New
York; Rev. j. l.. Rankin, d. D., LID,
Howard University. Washington: Prof j.
l. Ewell, Howard University, Washington
Rev. Isaac Clark, Howard University,
Washington; Prof. J. w. Chickering Deaf
Mute College. Kendall Green, Washington
Rev Robert Thompson. Yale Divinity
mour. Washington; Prof. c. H. Griffin,
dean of Johns Hopkins University, Balt-
more.
The Washington Churches.
The morning session of the council was
devoted TO the examination of Rev E.
Tallmadge Root At the afternoon session
reports Were presented as follows: For
Maryland churches, L. H. Latham: for
District OF Columbia churches, G. A. L.
Merriheld; for Virginia churches. A. r.
Eastman.
the condition of the Congregational
churches in the District OF Columbia was
an important and instructive document. 1t
" aS follows:
The statistics for the First Congrega-
tional Church of Washington for the year
are briefly as follows: Additions during the
year. l2i; members deceased, dismissed and
dropped, SO; net gain, is; mem bers January
4, 1924, 9i5.
The auxiliary societies are as follows:
Ladies Aid Society-President Mrs John
IWeedale; vice presidents, Mrs e Youngs
ana MIS-: j. b. Johnson: secretary, Mrs
Aired Wood; treasurer, Mrs Daniel Fraser
Homan.s Foreign Missionary Society-Pres-
ldent, Mrs j. II. Plat; vice president. Mrs
>. II. Clark; secretary, Mrs. NJ. w. Lothrop
Clrcie-President. Mrs. Fred. Squires; vice
president. Mrs. NJ. Ross Fishburn: secre-
tary. Julia NJ. Pond; treasurer Ellen NJ
Rugg Ladies Home Missionary Society
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dents. Mrs. j. L. Ewell and Mrs. William
Lamond; secretary. Mrs. George p. WHIT
tIesey; treasurer. Mrs. C. z. Hughes
loung Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor-President, Alice B. Johnson; vice
president Clifford r. Bradbury; correspond
ing secretary. Frank Is. Severance; record
ing secretary, Bertha g. Davis: treasurer,
Jennie L.. Rugg. Junior Young People's
Society Of Christian Endeavor~President
Harry H. Platt; vice president, Susie Gard
ner secretary, Alice Clearfeld; treasurer
DemPster smith, jr Newman Loyal Tenn
perance Observation-Disclosures, Mrs Alfred
wood; president, John Reed: financial sec
rotary. Walter Allen; secretary, lydia
Hughes brotherhood of Andrew and Phil
n up, Rev, NJ Ross Fishburn; vice
presidents. c. V. Ball. H. NJ. Kintz; cores
ponding secretary, Percy w. Gibbon; re-
cording secretary, DR.. H. S. Goodall; treas
9rer. H. NJ Kingsley. Sunday school
L. A Conner jr., H. NJ. Kintz; secretary,
Arthur NJ. Hood; treasurer Wilbur Hawk.
hurst: librarians, Walter f. Allen and Mark
Hopkins. Sunday school statistics-Scholnrs
January l. in 1898, 457; received during 1893
16l; dropped during the year, 1O4; scholars
January l, 1894, 514; net gain, 81 Total
benevolences by the church and auxiliary
societies for the year 1899, 81, 1872 IL: total
expenses for 1898, s11.Si1: total benevolences
and expenses for that year. s17,623.11
Model Large Church.
These are cold facts; but cold facts often
represent warm work, and lots of il is done
IN fbe E'irSt