Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-14

a a
of the Meteorological Mission Union to be
held about the middle of February. The
convert ton is to be patterned after the one
recently held in this city, and is for the
purpose OF arousing an interest in rescue
mission work on the Pacific coast The Cos
pei Union at Los Angeles is auxiliary to the
national body
Friday evening the Presbyterian Chris
tan Endeavor Missionary Union held a
meeting at the Metropolitan Church on
Capitol Hill, at which President Howard
Wilbur Ennis presided. The feature of the
evening was addresses on the life and
toms OF India by Rev. Madhavarav Nikambe
and his wife, both being attired in native
costume
ChurcE there will be solemn hSh mass at
which Cardinal Satolli will pontifcate
Prcfessor Fanciulli leader of the Marine
Band, has composed special mass which
Will be sung by a choir of fifty voices SUM-
ported by the band
Tomorrow is to be observed as Epworth
herald day In the Methodist churches. The
Herald is the official organ of the league,
The Congregational Club is to celebrate
Forefathers day with New England din
ner next Friday. The dinner is to be served
az p. M. In the lecture room of the First
Congregational Church, and there are to
be a number of especially invited guests.
among whom will be President B. L. Whit
man OF columbian University and Represen-
tative Andrews.
The Eugene Rhodes memorial room, at
the Homeopathic Hospital has been COM
pletely htted up by the Christian Endeavor
Society of the First PRESBYTERIAN Church
and is now ready for use
Inc local Presbyterian churches are to
unite IN a week of prayer at the New York
avenue church from January 5 to II, in
clusive The services are to be held from
4:lo In the afternoon until ) O'Clock and a
con mlttee composed of Rev. Drs Rams
DELL radcliffe and Luccock are making the
arrangements.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of the
FIRST Congregational Church are preparing
TO send barrel of supplies to Rev. MIR
mas present.
The Donation Club of St Augustine's
church has presented the altar boys with
rev cas.'ocks and surphces to be worn on
festive occasions. sewing circle was also
recently organized in the parish to make
up articles of clothing for the benefit of the
| poor.
The social committee of the Christian En-
deaVor Society of Mt Vernon Church gave
social last evening in the lecture room of
| the church
Marvin NJ E. Church, Rev. William A
hammond, pastor, has concluded series of
| religious servit es, which continued for near
| ly a month.
committees for the new year of the Junior
| Christian Endeavor Union have been an
1ounced as follows: Extension committee,
Misses Randolph Foster and Weightman:
| Tally committee, Misses Stowen Dodge, Pc,
| ters, Wells and Wilson, and auditing COM
mlttee Messrs. Cockerille and Bohrer
foundation
OF Presbyterianism delivered by Rev b.
r. Bittnger at the centennial celebra ton of
| the First Ghurch by request of the Pastors
Association is to be printed and bound in
pamphlet form.
The first Sabbath of the new wear all of
the Presbyterian churches will unite in a
JOINT communion service in the Church of
the covenant at o'clock. Tomorrow all
tbe frespEteFian divineS, according to the
| action taken at meeting of the Washing
| ton presbytery held last week. will preach
| on the proper observance of the Sabbath.
President William Burdette Mathews of
! the Epworth League has appointed a nress
| committee for the distribution of the news
| OF the league to the newspapers. 1t is COM
posed OF the two secretaries, Messrs Frank
T. Israel and George S. Gibson, aid Prof c.
| NJ. Lacey Sites.
The Mission of the Good Shepherd mis-
| sion of ST. Marks P. E. Church, on H street
0rtheast, has sent word to the local coun-
| Gil of the Brotherhood of st. Andrew that
chapter is to be organized there
Rev. Father Doueherty. pastor of St
Stephens Catholic Church. gives out that
| the net result of the recent fair is $4,000
| reariy enough to pay for the entire improve
| ments recently made.
The friends of DIR. and Mrs Harding will
| be glad to know that their boy Alfred has
safely passed through the trying ordeal of
scarlet fever, which for nearly two months
| has Swallowed their household The house
| has been thoroughly fumigated by the
| board of health Alfred is ont of on,ran
| tine.
| At meeting of the Christian Endeavor
| Society of the Central Presbyterian Church
reid during this week. the resignation of
| the president, j. X. Hill, on account of his
| continued absence from the city, was ac-
cepted. and Seden NJ. Ely was elected to
| fill the vacancy.
In many city pulpits the subject of Sunday
reform Will be discussed tomorrow
| Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nex. at
| the three Summaries OF this archdiocese
| of the Catholic Church st. Mary's, Balti-
/ ant 1nIA
stock. Howard county. Md, Cardinal Glib
| bons will confer the rite of ordination upon
! large classes of candidates who are now
| undergoing preparation by spiritual re-
treat of six days for the reception of the
sacrament. Among these candidates for
the minor and the major orders of priest
| hood are Jesuits, Redemptorists and secu-
| lar students affiliated with the colleges the
| ordinations of the Redemptorists at St
| Clements, Leicester, having been purposely
| deferred from last June on account Of the
cardinals absence at Rome The late pro-
| vincial of the Redemptorists in the eastern
| province, Rev. Elias Frederick Schauer
\ Z. SIS. r.. has now control of the Leicester
Seminary, and Rev. Ferdinand Liz. c.
| SIS. r., has succeeded him as head of the
| community, with residence at St Alphon-
sus' rectory Baltimore
The national mass meeting of the Sun
day League Of America will be held to-
morrow evening in the Metropolitan NJ. e.
| Church. Senator John Sherman has been
| invited to preside. There will be prominent
| speakers.
Archbishop Gross OF Portland Ore ar
| rived in the city on Friday evening and is
| the guest Of Rev. Jas. F. Mackin of st.
Pauls Church. His brother, Very Rev.
| Mark s. Gross.'is one of the assistant pas
| tors Of st. Paufs. The archbishop will
| preach DIT st. Pauls while here
Last February Woman's National Sab
bath Alliance was organized In New York
| City, having for its aim the preservation of
our American Sabbath. The ladies who or
ganized this society were such well-known
| women as Mrs. Darwin r. James of Brook
| Ign, Mrs. Bottorne, Mrs Bishop Newman
| Mrs. Margaret Langster, Mary Lowe Dick
| enson, Mrs. Howard Duffield, Mrs. Clinton
i Is. Fiske. and many others.
They felt that women are the national
conservers of the Sabbath and can largely
| fern public opinion concerning it, and can
| entirely make its social customs They
| have the training of the children, and what
| they really believe and practice will largely
| govern the future observance of 1t. In view
of these facts the alliance was formed Its
objects are:
First. TO arouse the women of America
| to a realization of the existing peris which
| threaten the Christian Sabbath or the
| Lords day.
| SeoCnd To enlist all women in definite
/ tla,