The Washington times., 1894-11-28
THURSDAY IN The CHURCHES
Sermons and Soag Services to Be
Given on Thanksgiving Day.
UNION PROGRAMMES ARRANGED
President and Mrs Cleveland Are Expected
to Attend the First Church-Epworth
League Mass-meeting at Hamline -
Praises and Patriotic Music to Be offered.

In accordance with the usual custom special
Thanksgiving Day services will be held in
number Of Washington churches. Sermons
appropriate to the occasion will be delivered,
andin several Of the churches special Thanks
giving song services have been arranged.
In some cases three or four churches hold
a union service, in which each of the several
pastors assist. ether churches will not hold
special services in the morning. but will
make their regular weekly prayer meeting
one of praise and thanksgiving.
As has been the custom for number of
years the congregations of the First, Assem-
bly's. Fourth, and Central Presbyterian
Churches will hold n union Thanksgiving
service in the First Church auditorium, ON
Four-and- -a-half street near c. President and
Mrs. Cleveland have attended this service
each year of their residence in Washington,
and, unless the President is prevented by i'll
ness they will probably be present tomorrow
morning. Revs. Byron Sunderland, ,iAdolus
Allen, Joseph L. Kelly. and A. W. Pitzer,
pastors Of the several churches, will assist IN
the service Dr. Pitzer will preach the special
Thanksgiving sermon. The First Church
quartette, conducted by Mr.. MacFarland, will
lead the singing, and also render several
special selections
At McKendree NJ. E. Church, on Massa-
chusetts avenue. near Ninth street northwest,
the pastor, Rev. L. L. Widerman, will preach
Thanksgiving sermon at II O'Clock. The
programme of special music is as follows:
Organ prelude, Miss Annie I. Dashlel. 30,
Be Joyful in the Lord, sung by the full
choir. with duet for tenor and bass; duet Tor
soprano and alto, and Gloria for full choir.
80, Come Let Us Sing unto the Lord, ar
ranged for full chorus with solos for So
prano, tenor, or a bass; quartet lcr mixed
voices, and Gloria for full chorus. Offer
tory-sole. Fear Not Ie, Israel" God
Be Merciful unto Us and Bless U.s. sung by
full choir. Trio for soprano, tenor, and bass
voices solo for soprano, quintette for mixed
voices duet for soprano and alto; Gloria for
full choir. Organ prelude. Miss Dashiell.
At the Hamline NJ Z. Church the pastor.
Rev. DR.. Z. S. Todd will preach q special
sermon Thanksgiving morning, his subject
being Reasons for thanksgiving as shown
by contrast between China, the Oldest ma
tion, and the United States, the youngest"
The church will be draped with appropriate
decorations setting forth the United States
religious, national, and temporal motives.
The choir will render 80 give thanks ar
ranged from Mozart and Roots" How good is
be the giyer." Patriotic hymns, such as
MY Country 'Tis of Thee - The Star
Spangled Banner" and 1.-The Battle Hymn of
the Republic viii be sung by the congrega-
tion. The offertory will be for the benefit OF
the Methodist Home for the Aged.
Three Methodist churches in the east end,
Waugh, Twelfth Street and Trinity, will hold
union service at Trinity, on Fourth street
near G. southeast Each Of the pastors will
assist in the service, and Rev. DR.. J. NJ Slar-
row, pastor OF Twelfth Street Church, will de-
liver the sermon. The music will be led by
the Trinity Church choir.
AT Dumbarton Avenue NJ. E. Church. in
the west end. there will be special Thanks
giving service at II o'clock. and the pastor,
Rev. DR.. j. B. Stitt, will preach sermon,
taking as his subject 'What do the watchmen
say?" The quartette OF DumDarton will lead
the song service when hymns OF Thanksgiv-
ing and praise are 10 be rendered.
In the Mount Zion A. NJ. E. Church, on
Twenty-ninth street Rev. d. W. Hays, d. D.,
will preach, and there will be a special collec-
ton OF money and provisions for the poor OF
Mount Zion parish.
Rev. DR.. Jenifer. pastor Of the Israel Met
ropclitan c. NJ. E. Church, has chosen for the
subject of his sermon THE Significance OF
the Recent Political Revolution.
Rev. Joel Brown, OF the Union NJ. E.
Church, on Twentieth street, near II, will
preach i'll his church at IL O'Clock, and the
donations Of the congregation will be for the
benefit of the Methodist Home Tor the Aged
Gods Dealings Toward Us as a Nation"
is the subject of Rev. Watson Cases discourse
at the Grace NJ. Z. Church. corner OF Ninth
and ? streets northwest.
Chaplain c. c. McCabe, secretary of the
Methodist mission board, will deliver the
principal address at the Epworth League
mass-meeting. which will be held at Hamline
Church, corner OF Ninth and 7 streets north
west, at 1880 tomorrow evening. This is the
final OF series OF League missionary mass
meetings and the special contribution of Dis
frfaE Tanc u L..
made at that time. Nearly every member of
the organization has pledged to contribute 80
cents to this special fund and it is thought
the sum collected here will be as large in
proportion TO the number of members as that
Of any other city or Stare League.
There will be Il special musical programme
by the choir at the Lutheran Church of the
Reformation tomorrow morning, and the
pastor, Rev. w. E. Parson, d. D., will
preach sermon appropriate to the occa-
sion.
The congregations of the New York ave-
nue. and Church of the Covenant Presby-
terian churches will hold union service at
the Church of the Covenant. Rev. DR.. Tennis
S. Hamlin preaching the sermon. Prof. G.
P. Clark will conduct the Thanksgiving song
service.
At tn he Mount Carmel Baptist Church, the
pastor, Rev. w. ?. Gibbons will preach, and
the large church choir will lead the congrega-
tional singing and render several special Sc
lections.
Rev. William A. Credit pastor of the Be-
rean Baptist Church. will deliver discourse
on the subject, characteristics of Ebed-
melech, the Ethiopian, and OF his descend
ants. There will be good singing at the
morning service by the choir and at 1880
o'clock in the evening bountiful Thanks
giving supper will be served.
At the First Baptist Church, corner of Six
teenth and o streets. the pastor, Rev. Dr.
Charles A. Stakely, will preach. The quar-
tette choir, under the leadership of Prof
Percy S. Foster, has prepared brief special
song service of Thanksgiving songs.
There will be a sunrise prayer-meeting
at the metropolitan Baptist Church, corner
Sixth and A st eets northeast. The services
will be under the supervision of the Young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor.
The members of the Gurley Memorial Pres
byterian Church, corner of Seventh street
and Florida avenue, will hold special serv-
ice at 1880 o'clock, the sermon to be de-
livered by the pastor, Rev. J. Russell YER
brycke. 1t Is expected that several selections
will be rendered by the Gurley choir.
The services at the Gunton Temple
Memorial Church have been postponed from
morning until 7:30 in the evening to take the
place of the regular prayer meeting. Similar
action has been taken by the members of the
West Street Presbyterian Church in the west
end, while the sermon at the New Church. by
Rev. Frank Sewall on the subject Christ in
our civil life" will be delivered at II o'clock
in the morning
The congregations of the First CDR New
mars and Mount Pleasant Congregational
Churches are going to unite in their Thanks
giving services and meet at the First Church.
corner of Tenth and G streets. Rev. Mr. Ross
Flshburn will preach the sermon and the fine
choir of the First Church. under the leader
ship of DR.. Bischoff, will render several
special selections.
Rev. DR.. Kent. pastor Of the Peoples
Church will ,Draoob r, O,olool- in Go,,lo,