The Washington times. (Washington, D.C.) 1894-1895, 1894-09-23
Notes from The Churches.

Many church members who have been away
for the summer have returned and are again
taking up their church work with renewed
vigor. Increased interest and activity is
manifested in all departments OF church work.
The attendance Mt all the services is larger.
Last Sunday the attendance at the Vermont
Avenue Christian sunday-schoo was the best
since last spring. The special feature of Sun
day school work the past week was the
homecoming social Friday evening under
the management Of the Sunday-school COM
mittee of the \. =. 5. G. Z. The EndeayoreTs,
ably assisted by other valuable workers and
many Of the smaller members OF the school
spared no effort TO make the social a com
piete success. After a short programme.
given principally by the children, refresh
ments were served.
Prof. Richard gave another talk on THE
Bible as a Textbook on Thursday evening
at o. clock. The talks are especially inter
esting and helpful. They viii be continued
each Thursday evening. Plans are being for
muiated 10 organize branch of the Sunday
Teachers Club, for the purpose OF securing Il
more systematic study OF the Sunday school
lesson and for the development of the power
to analyze and classify the scriptures in gem
eral. The Thursday evening prayer meeting
was very helpful. DR.. Power read the sun
day-school lesson for to-day. There was one
confession The church is looking forward
TO the general convention of all the Disciples
at Richmond, Va, October II TO &c. II is
thought this meeting will strengthen the Dis
ciples in the East.
In the Eastern Presbyterian Church new
paper is to be started known rs Eastern
Life. The paper is to be the organ of the
church. Rev. DIR. EastoG, the pastor, will be
the editor-in-chief; Henry Acker Dumont,
managing editor; w. II. Dobson. assistant
managing editor, and Clifford X. Bergman,
artist. A grand concert will be given for the
benefit of the church October IT, Among
the artists who have consented to be present
are Mrs. Melvin, of Baltimore; Miss Flor
ence McNeely, Alphonso Young, John New
ton, Dir. Pearman. and the quartet from DIR.
Sunderlands church.
The Gospel meetings at the Metropolitan
Baptist Church have been well attended dur
ing the past week They have been in charge
of the pastor, Gen. Smith, and Rev. Mr..
Hines, of Richmond, Va.
Dr. Shippen. pastor of All Souls Church,
Fourteenth and L streets, is out of the city on
a short vacation. During his absence his pull
phi was filed by his son. Rev. Eugene Ship
pen, who will shortly take charge of an East
ern congregation. This week DIR. Shipper
and his son will attend the convention of
Unitarian ministers, to be held at Saratoga
Mr.. Eugene Shipper will read paper before
the convention.
Rev DR.. Newman, of the First Congrega-
tional Church, will be back from his Europ-
can trip by October l. Rev. NJ. Ross Fish
burn, the assistant pastor, will then leave the
city on his vacation.
Among the ministers who returned last
week from their vacations are: Rev. Isaac w.
Canter, D. D., Mount Vernon NJ. E. Church
South; Rev. Arthur NJ. Little Takoma Pres
byterian Church; Key. Hugh Johnston, Met
ropoiitan Methodist Church, and Rev. Joseph
L. Kelly, Fourth Presbyterian Church.