Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-06-22
IN THE URCHES

Rev. Alexander NJ. Rich has been engaged
as an assistant of Trinity P. f. parish. He
is the son of the late Archdeacon Rich,
president of Hannah More Academy. Nd. -.
He is about twenty-eight years of age. and
has just completed a course of study at
the New York Theological Seminary, though
he has not yet taken full orders. The first
assistant is Rev. f. B. Johnston, D. D.,
formerly assistant in st. Thomas parish.
Mt. Vernon NJ. e. Church South Is con-
templating making improvements in the
ediflce in few weeks, and a committee
has been appointed to look into the matter,
composed of F. A. Sitter, chairman, and
Samuel Weaver and B. w. Hough The re-
pairs Will consist in painting, recarpeting.
refrescoing and a general overhauling
The Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor of Calvary Baptist Church has
recently added to its various branches a
| UNCONVENTIONAL committee, which has as its
| special work the cultivation among the
| young people of an interest in, and knowl-
| edge OF, the fundamental principles upon
| which the Baptist denomination rests.
| Eight hundred dollars of the 81, 500 debt
resting on the Keller Memorial Lutheran
Church was recently paid. Keller Church
| has never been completely finished, though
| 1t has been in use for some time. When the
| debt is paid it is the intention of the con-
| sresation to finish the edifice in a style
| that VIII make II one of the finest churches
| in the northeast
| Mr.. G. w. Lawrence director of the choir
| OF the Mount Vernon NJ. f. Church, has
| rendered his resigna ton, to take effect the
| 1st of September. After that the services
of the present chorus choir, which now
| numbers fifteen, will be dispensed with,
| and an organist and precentor are to lead
! the congregational singing.
| At the suggestion of the official board of
| the Metropolitan NJ. E. Church, the ED
worth League Chapter and the pastor have
| arranged union service for Sunday even
| mgs during the summer. This will be in
| the shape of a service of song, followed by
| the regular league service, and concluded
by short sermon
| The Lutheran Ministers Association has
| elected officers for the ensuing year, as fol-
| lows, viz: President, Rev. Samuel Domer,
| u. D., and secretary and treasurer, Rev.
| Charles H. Butler. The offices of secretary
! and treasurer have heretofore been sepa-
| rate, but this year it was deemed advisable
| to combine the two. The meetings of the
association have been discontinued for the
| summer, but will begin again in Septem-
4 Der.
TIE congrega ton of Calvary Baptist
| Church are now worshiping in the main
auditorium of the Sunday school house,
made in the church.
Rev. DR.. Domer escorted party of del
| egateS at the recent meeting of the general
| synod at Hagerstown down to Mount YER
| non Monday morning. In the party were
Rev. DR.. Ort, LID, president of Witten-
! berg College, and the Revs. A c. Miller
| and Greenawald, also of Ohio.
|
clergymen in the country have signed cir
| cular letter for the benefit of those who
are in doubt as to which course to pursue,
| stating that it is perfectly allowable for
members of the Baptist Young Peoples
| Union to be members of the Christian En-
| deavor societies. and wee versa.
| The young people of the Garden Memo
| rial Presbyterian Church have undertaken
| to provide new organ for the church, and
| are busily engaged in raising the necessary
| money.
Mr.. ]. A. Dummett, travelling secretary
| of the Pacific section of the Young Men S
| Christian Association, is engaged in visit
| ing the associations in the eastern states,
| and arrived in this city the last part Of
| tniS week. He will deliver an address at
the association tomorrow afternoon.
| Officers have been elected by the West
| ern Presbyterian Chapter of the Brother
| hood of Andrew and Philip as follows:
/ President Howard Clements; vice, Hugh
Dougherty. and secretary, James B: Lack
| ey, who takes the office of secretary in
| preference to that of trea sUrer, the two
| being formerly combined Fred. j. White
! head was selected for the latter position.
| The next mass meeting of the Brother
hood of st. Andrew is to take place in Trim
| ity Parish Hall on Monday evening, the
| 10Th of next month. The subjects COR the
evening will be as follows: The Brother
| hood in the Country" discussed probably
! by Rev. Frank Stringfellow of Arlington,
| Nelson county, Va, and The Chapter
| Meeting-How to Secure ar Average At
| tendance"
MI Ramachandrayya, the Brahmn, who
| recently gave several lectures at the Luther
| Place Memorial Church, was presented
| with a handsome gold watch last week by
| members of the congregation of that
| chorch. The pastor, Rev. J. G.. Butler, u.
| D., made the presentation speech, in the
| course of which he complmented Mr.. Ra-
| machandrayya on the success which has
| attended his efforts in presenting to the
! people of the United States the necessity
| for greater work in India.
! Rev. w. G. Ware has received and ac-
Cepted a call to the assistant pastorate of
| st. Thomas p. E. Church Rev. Mr.. Ware
| comes from Germantown, Pa, and has al
| ready made a favorable impression on the
people in his new field of labor, having
preached to them several Sundays.
| The teachers and scholars of the First
Baptist Church Sunday school held their
annual outing today at Marshall Hall A
large number went down on the steamer,
and a pleasant day was spent by all.
| The Y. p. S. c. E. of the Peck Memorial
| Church raised money to send a delegate to
the Boston convention by giving an enter
tainment last week, at which Mrs. Jarley's
| wax works were presented. This Will be
the first time that this socity has ever been
| represented by delegate at a Christian
| Endeavor convention.
| Washington Grove camp meeting is to be
held from the both to Both of August. On
| one afternoon the Womens Home Mission
| Society will have charge, on another the
| Foreign Missionary Society and on a third
| afternoon there will be an evangelistic SER
vice in charge of the Women's Christian
| Temperance Union. The first day of the
camp has been set apart Epworth
| League day.
| Rev. DR.. Todd, the pastor of Hamline NJ.
| E. Church, will remain in the city and &C.
| cupy his pulpit during July and August.
| His home is at the lexington Hotel
The members of the Hamllne NJ. E.
| Church are preparing an interesting pro-
| gram for its thirtieth anniversary. This
church was organized July .. 1865. in Union
| League Hall. No 49, 9th street northwest,
| by a few members from the Mckendree
| Church. Special services will be held Sun
! day, June 30, and Tuesday, July 2, in COM
| memoration of it's thirtieth birthday. Min
listers from abroad and all the old living
| pastors will be present at these services.
| BETHESDA.