Evening star., 1895-04-13
lied. and st. Stephens Chapter, No. 1112,
Brotherhood of st. Andrew. is one of the
latest branches chartered by that order.
IN THE CHURCHES.


latest branches chartered by that order.
IN THE CHURCHES.
A new organ was recently erected In
Ryland M. E. Church. and now 1t has been
decided to remove the old and rather rick
ETY. parsonage, just south of the church,
and build two new houses, one to be used
as parsonage and the other to rent. Work
will commence in the summer, when the
pastor, Rev. s. NJ. Hartsock, leaves for
his vacation.
The young people of Kendall Church are
studying Christian culture, and next We'd
nesday evening they are to have q SYM
postum. on which occasion Rev. DR.. j. J.
Muir is to deliver an address on incidents
in the Life of Luther"
$7.361.53 is now the amount subscribed
for the great C. E. convention in '96. The
hall committee, of which Mr.. w. A. H.
Church has recently been appointed chair
man, is already at work examining plans
for the four buildings needed In the au-
ditorium efforts will be made to secure
BILE. the seats will be arranged something
like an amphitheater. in order that the
10000 hearers may be as near as possible to
the speakers.
With the opening of the new Episcopal
church year, which begins Easter Monday
by the election of church officers, St. MI
chaeIs and All Angels, at the corner of
ed street and Virginia avenue northwest,
will start out as an independent parish,
having recently received the fee simple of
the land and buildings from St. Johns
Church, of which parish 1t was a part.
st. Michaers was founded with fifteen
communicates as a mission three AID
half years ago, and now 1t has compare
lively large congregation. with a boy choir,
a st. Andrews Brotherhood chapter, Wo-
mans Auxiliary and altar and choir chap
fPrC ia Pnu he
An interesting feature of the Sunday
school Of the Central Presbyterian Church
Is class of Greeks, under the direction of
member of the c. E. Society Of that
church.
At the quarterly conference meeting of
Metropolitan NJ. E. Church recently the
pastor, Rev. Hugh Johnston, was empow-
cred to appoint an assistant to aid him in
Circle, and 1t Is understood that DR.. john
ston will select Rev. ]. H. McCarty to fill
the position. Prof. c. M. L. Sites is or
ganizing Sunday school and an Epworth
League will also be shortly started.
A subscription to the Hall of History of
the American University of 10000 has just
been received from Il lady Of this CITY.
whose name has not been made public The
total fund is over 100000.
The Young Mems League of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church has organized,
with E. g. Siggers as president: Robert
vice president; G. W. Stose, sec
retary; Russell Barnes treasurer and
Frank Sunny, Parker Trent and Andrew
wilson as members of the executive COM
mittee, which also includes the officers, ex-
officio. Committees have been appointed
as follows: Finance committee-W. r.
Cragg, Howard Barnes, Wilford Thompson
Visiting committee-J. G. Thompson j. s.
Van Arsdale. viii Jones. Program COM
Barnes. Ottmer Saum, r.
A. Balderson. c; L. Reynolds. Reception
Forest Gray. Perry Hahn. Will schell
Press committee-W. B. Stokes, NJ A.
Carleton, c. W. Shelton.
A new post office recently established In
Schuylkill county. Pa, has been called
"Domer," after the pastor Of st. Paul's
English Lutheran Church of this city, Rev.
Samuel Doner.
Yesterday evening Rev. A. G. Rogers, D.
D.. of the Church Of Our Father closed a
series Of passion week lectures.
Sunday, March 81, was a great day all
around at Calvary Baptist Church. In the
morning, after stirring sermon by the
pastor, DR.. Greene, the sum of $4,O64 was
by the congregation for the
afternoon the Sunday school had a roll
call, and the following, who were members
of the school in 1863, responded to their
names: Mrs. Mary E. Evans, Mrs H. G.
Jacobs. Mrs; J. X: stickney. Mrs. F. H.
and Messrs. D. A. Chambers, B. T. Evans
s. B. Evans, w. E. Evans, David Haynes,
S. NJ. Plumley, w. H. Slater and F. H.
l,S1 u.
Four years ago the 9Th of this month the
Ninth Street Christian Church was found
ed. and since then the congregation has
grown from nucleus of eighty-fve, until
1t now numbers AT. debt of 81, 800. which
has been provided for, was contracted a
year or SO ago by the congregation, and a
gallery was added the full length of the
structure.
May %. "a and 25 the State Congrega-
tional Association of New Jersey. embrac-
ing also Maryland and the District of CO.
lumbia, will hold its annual meeting in
Baltimore. Delegates will be present from
this city.
The location of the Children's Endeayor
Country Home has been changed from Vi
emma, Va, to Falls Church, and the Rev.
P. S. Steele and wife of the former place
will be in charge. rally of the juniors
will take place on the 18th of next month
in the New York Avenue Church, at which
time the roll Of societies will be called and
amounts contributed by each will be re-
ported.
Rev F. D. Power of the Vermont Avenue
Church is preaching a series of
twelve sermons on Gods Unwritten
Word"
The recent improvement and enlarge
ment of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian
Rev. F. j. Grimke, pastor has re-
suited in large increase in the church at
tendance. 1t is possible that steps will be
taken to greatly increase the scope of the
church work in several different directions.
Half a century ago McKendree NJ E.
Church was organized in this city. Its
Rev. w. G. Eggleston. preached
at the morning service in the church Sun
day a week ago.
Owing to the overcrowded space in the
lecture room of st. Paul's Lutheran Church
the organization of the Sunday school will
be changed as follows: The entire senior
department. is to be transferred to the audi
torium, the primary class will remain
where it is and the juniors will occupy the
lecture room
Rev. w. ]. Cooke. state evangelist Of the
Disciples Church, has for the past two
weeks been conducting series of revival
services at the Ninth Street Christian
Church.
A Junior Epworth League has been or
ganized at the Metropolitan NJ. E. Church.
under the superin tendency of Miss Frances
E. Taylor. Though the youngest in the
District league, 1t is not the smallest in
The good citizenship committee of the
District Endeavor Union. A. s. Taylor,
hartman, has decided to actively cooper
lte with the Anti-saloon League in its war
ganst the liquor traffic.