Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12
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Communicates. eight of which are in New
York. two In Brooklyn. four in Philadelphia,
two in Washington and one each in Boston,
Denver Chicago. Detroit, Minneapolis. Jersey
City and Providence. The two churches in
washington having over 1000 members are
the Church Of the Epiphany.o which DIR. r.
H. McKim is the rector, with a membership
OF 2.0e9. and st. Johns Church. Of which
DR.. Alexander Mackay-Smith is the rector.
with a membership Of 1,1s1. Furthermore,
the figures show that the Epiphany Church
Is. In point Of membership, the second
largest Episcopal In the country, its men,
bership being exceeded only by st. Georges
church, OF which DR.. Rainsford is the
rector, in New York, which has 3,1S5 COM
municants
Inc whole number of members in the
Episcopal Church is 573. 093, and the number
added during the year 1893 was AZ, 900 per-
sops. The total amount Of money given in
the Episcopal Church last year for all OBJ
JeSts was $13.310.S13.
Inc selection of new pastor to fill the
pulpit of the Metropolitan Presbyterian
church. corner of 4th and b streets south
east, made vacant by the withdrawal Of Dr.
Sohn chester this spring. will probably soon
pe made. For the past month various can
didates have been heard There are one or
Two more persons to be given a trial before
the church will make q choice, but probably
Wlthm three weeks, or possibly earlier,
CONGREGATIONAL meeting will be held for the
selection of q pastor. The committee. of
which Mr.. s. d. Luckett is the chairman,
wnich has been arranging for the hearing
OF candidates will act as nominating COM
mittee at the meeting. They may nominate
one man or more than one, as they see fit
unanimous vote, although extremely de-
slrable, viii not be required to extend a call.
MRS. Johnston, the wife Of Rev. Hugh
MOI CT Of
Methodist Episcopal Church, corner OF 4 IL
and G streets northwest, left the city re-
Gently to join DR.. Johnston in Canada,
where he has been sick for some time. Dr.
johnston has been in London, Ontario, since
his sickness, but was to leave for Toronto
with his wife, II he was able, upon her ar
rival He Is still in a very weak condition
but his recovery is considered only matter
OF time. Mrs. Johnston was expected to re-
turn to the city this week, but Dr. Johnston
Will not be sble to come on until the LIST of
June at the earliest.
Rev. w. B. Buggs the president of the
Bapdst Theological Seminary in Rama
patam, India. while in the city last week
Churches.
The Baptist ministers' conference met
iast MONDAY morning at the Calvary Bap-
list Church. according to their regular Gus
tom OF meeting together on the first Mon
DAY OF every month. Nothing Of particular
importanee came before the meeting. but
present, showing that the work OF the
winter had been closed with excellent re-
suits. and the outlook for the coming
months was unusually bright.
The annual May procession of the Sunday
school OF the Trinity Roman Catholic
Church in Georgetown will be held on Sum
day, May 81, at o'clock in the evening
The Sunday school, which has a member
ship OF nearly GOO, will be divided into two
sections, the whole being in charge of the
superintendent Of the school, Mr.. Joseph
McGirr The May procession of the Sunday
s S OF st; Aloysius Church. corner of
North Capitol and / streets, will be held on
the afternoon Of the same Sunday.
The organ In the old Christ Church at
alexandria Is being fitted up with a water
motor.
St Marks Lutheran Church. corner of
18th and streets southwest, of which Rev.
w. H. Gotwald Is the pastor, will celebrate
Whitsuntide tomorrow with special services
curing the day. Special music and other
features have been arranged for the day
This church always makes a point of the
special observance of the various church
days and festivals throughout the year.
The steeple Of the Epiphany Protestant
Episcopal Church, on G street between 18th
and 14th streets, has been repaired and re-
painted, while the cross surrounding 1t has
also been regilded. The front Of the church
will all be reprinted.
The observance Of the feast of Pentecost
or Whitsunday tomorrow at the Immac-
ulate Conception Church will be celebrated
by repeating the Easter music. consisting of
the sixteenth mass of Haydn. The choir is
under the direction of Mrs. Clara B. Smith
and will be accompanied by fine orchestra.
At offertory Miss A. l.. Miller will sing
Jubilate Dec.
The gospel meeting of the Young Mems
Christian Association, 1909 New York ave-
nue., on Sunday, at 430 in the afternoon,
will be made interesting by the second ad-
dress on Danger Signals in the series of
four by the Rev. Isaac w. Canter pastor of
Mount Vernon
The topic for tomorrow will be the Danger
of Irreverence." The topics for the next
two Sundays will be the Danger of Evil
Habits and the Danger of DELAY in Re-
1gion.' In addition to the regular service
a good deal of interest is manifested in the
fact that tomorrow will witness the compile
ton of seven years of service Of the general
secretary, James Z. Pugh, and a large num-
Der of his personal friends, both In and out
of the association, will take advantage of
the occasion to greet him.
The Presbyterian Ministers Association
of the city held their last meeting of the
season at the Arlington Hotel ON Monday
morning last. This organization is union
between the various Presbyterian ministers
of the city, mainly for social purposes 1t
has been meeting every other Monday
morning through the winter and has had
papers read before ii and taken up various
subjects for discussion from time to time.
The association will commence its meetings
again next fall, but will discontinue them
frcm now on throughout the summer. The
president of the association Is DR.. Benjamin
F. Bittinger, the pastor of the Westminster
Church, and the secretary is Rev. Charles
Alvin Smith. the pastor of the Peck Me-
mortal Church in Georgetown.
The Universalist Club is the name of a
new organization recently formed in this
city, with the purpose of doing a large work
and stretching out it's labors into broad
field. Its organizers realize that there is
large class of people who hesitate to con-
meet themselves with any sect principally
because they are not sufficiently well
grounded in their belief. or because they
cannot or do not wish to subscribe In full
to the faith of any one creed. The Uni
versalist Club was organized for these on
April ID. 1t is a non-sectarian and demo-
cratic organization and now has about
eighty members. 1t is intended to work
especially among young people. The club
will hold public meetings once month and
the following persons will appear in the
rear future at its meetings: Miss A. E.
Schmidt, Rev. c. E. Nash of Brooklyn, Don
c. Seitz of the New York World, Rev. c. II.
Eaton of New York and others. The OFF,
GERS of the organization are: Rev. A. G.
Rogers, d. D., president; Messrs. Jay Ban
croft and Charles r. Smith, F. Rider, Mrs.
Howard Sherman, Mrs. Charles w. Fits
and Miss Carrie Jordan, vice presidents;
Miss Elizabeth Hills, treasurer, and Mr.. II.
f. Williams, secretary.
Rev. DR.. d. j. Stafford, newly appointed
assistant rector to st. Patrick's Roman
Catholic Church in this city, has arrived,
and will preach in the church for the first
time at IL o'clock mass tomorrow morning.
Father Stafford Is from Baltimore, and is
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