Evening star., 1894-01-20
IN THE CHURCHES.


! majority Of the churches hold to the plan
Of regular rented seats for the morning SER
vice, but in the evening the seats are free
almost everywhere. The advantages Of the
renting plan are many. and the advantages
Of the free seats are also numerous. Alto
gether the question is. as 1t always has
been. a puzzling one. However. the advo-
| Gates of free pews seem to be slowly gain
| ing ground. Every once and a while a
| church adopts this system. but no church
ever goes back from the free to the rented
| plan. Several congregations are Informally
discussing the question now, and changes
| may be looked for soon.
| The first meeting Of the Mems Society of
the Church of the Covenant Presbyterian)
was held in the chapel last night, when a
| large number of young men were present.
After few moments Of business they were
entertained by music and addresses. after
which a social time was spent by them all.
Rev. DR.. Teunis 8. Hamln spoke Of the
outlook Of the society, after which a paper
was read by Mr.. Frank G. Carpenter on "A
Talk With the Worlds Most Famous Budd-
hist" Mr.. William E. Curtis concluded
the program with an informal talk on MY
Visit to the Vatican in Search for Historical
Documents in Connection With the World 8
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church and one of the few of it's kind in the
city. The president is Mr.. John B. Wight,
and the secretary is Mr.. Allen w. Mallery.
A very successful lunch and New England
dinner for the benefit Of the Deaconess
Home was given on Tuesday and Wednes-
day of this week at Willard's Hall by the
combined efforts of various Methodist Epis-
copal churches Of the city.
Rev. Father Mackin. the pastor of St.
PauPs Roman Catholic Church, corner Of
| 10Th and streets northwest. left the city
Wednesday morning a brief visit to
Leonardtown. Md. The expenses of the fair
recently held for the benefit of this church
at Willard's Hall have all been paid and the
| finances all settled up. The net proceeds Of
the bazaar amounted to 81 9SO 65, a very good
result in view Of the hard times The peo-
pie of st. Paurs Church are very much
pleased with their new assistant pastor,
Father ]. A. Foley
A Bible training class for the coming
meetings of Moody and Sankey has been
formed by Secretary James Z. Pugh of the
Young Mems Christian Association, which
meets In their rooms on New York avenue
every Saturday evening. 1t is not confined
TO members of the association and Is de-
signed as a preparation for all young men
who wish to Join for the coming evangel-
| tstic meetings.
ernacle Congregational Church. on 9th
street near B street southwest, gave an
entertaining lecture, illustrated with ster-
eopticon views. last Sunday night on 1.-The
Pyramids of Egypt" and on last Wednes-
day evening a lecture was delivered in the
same church by Miss Dox on New
Mexico"
A concert, consisting of solos, duets, trios.
quartets and a chorus of sixty voices was
given before a large audience last Monday
night at the Mt Zion Methodist Episcopal
| Church, on 10Th street between N and o
streets northwest.
At a recent meeting Of the vestry of ST.
Johns Protestant Episcopal Church, cor
| ner OF Potomac avenue and o street, in
| Georgetown. 1t was decided to make ex-
| tensive repairs and alterations i'm the organ
| of that church, which has been in continu-
Gus service for twenty years. New auto
| matte stops and other appliances will be
put In. and the organ made a modern one
| In every respect. The cost of the entire
| work Will be about 81, 600
| Last Sunday evening the Women's Mis-
sionary Societies of the Metropolitan Pres
streets southeast. held their annual praise
meeting. They held suitable exercises and
were addressed by Rev. DIR. George c. Rey-
noids, many years missionary of the
American board at Mann, Turkey.
| Mr. James Watson. formerly the solo bass
| at the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
Church, corner of 1-2 and c streets north
west, has been engaged as leader of the
1
pal Church. Georgetown. Prof. James Caul-
| field, for many years the organist at the
Metropolitan Church, has been succeeded
| by Prof. Dale. who Is a newcomer to this
city.
Revival meetings have been in successful
progress all this week, conducted by Rev ].
| A. Taylor, pastor of the Shiloh Baptist
Church. on L street between 18th and 18th
| streets northwest.
Rev. Walter R. Graham. the pastor of the
Congress Street Methodist Protestant
| Church, on 31st street between NJ and N
streets. Georgetown, has been away from
the city, having left for Westminster. Nd,
where he preached a sermon last Sunday to
| the faculty and students of Westminster
Theological College. His place was filled at
his own church last Sunday by Rev. Mr. A.
| G. Harrison, who preached both morning
| and evening.
| The fourth quarterly meeting of the Gath
ersburg circuit Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church was held in the Epworth NJ e.
Church Of that place today. being conducted
| by Rev. DIR. Henry r. Naylor.
The Baptist Sunday School Union held a
meeting last Sunday afternoon at the Mount
| Carmel Baptist Church, corner of 4th and
| l. streets northwest. Exercises Of an inter-
| esting nature occupied the time. and solos
| were sung by Miss Belle F. Gibbons and
Miss Lula Harner.
Revival services have been held this week
at the Walker Memorial Baptist Church,
Madison street between 14th and 18th
streets northwest. by the pastor. Rev. I. W
An Epworth League has been organized at
the Methodist Episcopal Church South in
Gaithersburg. with the following officers In
charge: Mr.; Edward Monday. president,
| and Miss Lula b. Walker. vice president
reception to the members of the official
| boards of all the Methodist Episcopal
churches Of the city will be given by the
| Methodist Alliance Of the District at the
| Foundry NJ. E. Church. corner Of l4th and
G streets northwest, on Monday, the 10Th
| OF this month. The committee in charge of
| the coming reception consists of Rev. L. T.
| Wfderman. d. D., Rev. z. s. Todd, D. D.,
| Rev. c. L. Pate, Thomas Stahl and w. +.
| Roderick.
| Rev. DR.. A. G. Rogers, pastor of the
| Church Of Our Father UniversalisO, cor
ner Of 18th and L streets northwest will
continue his series of interesting and
| thoughtful Sunday evening lectures, which
have attracted so wide attention, by speak
| ing on the following topics: THE Man Who
| Dared to be Saved" on January 21; "a
| Baptism of Fire" on January %, and
| "Cloaks and Shams," on February 4. The
| mission started over on Capitol Hill by this
church Is now well under way and is pros
pering and increasing in size as rapidly as
| can be expected. The mission has not been
| run on UNCONVENTIONAL lines and is intended
| to spread the Gospel without reference to
| doctrine or creed.
The results of the week Of prayer were
so marked and so good that many of the
| churches extended their services through
| this week, as preparation to the coming
| of Moody and Sankey, and as a general
period of revival The union services in
the northeast by the Keller Memorial ULu-