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an address in the affirmative, and ever
since then there have been a number of
these denominational rallies held on the
EndeavOr lines.
The National Gospel Mission Union, an
organization instituted in this city last
spring. is making arrangements to hold the
hrst convention of the association in Wash
ington about the middle of October. though
the exact date has not yet been decided
already corresponded with Mrs. White
more of the Door of Hope Mission, New
York city; with S. H. Hadley of the Water
Klopsch, proprietor OF the Christian Her
! aid; Mr.. R. ]. Reed of Chicago, and others.
The persons just mentioned have given
their Endorsement of the movement, and
have consented to take part in the pro-
ceedings OF the convention. The Silver
Lake Quartet, a well known musical Or
ganization. has been engaged for three.
It is proposed TO have the first day in.
clude all local charitable and missionary Or
ganizations, each organization having time
allotted to 1t for statement of Its work
In this part of the program the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, the Y. NJ. c.
A., Christian Endeavor, Epworth League
and others will be invited to take part.
Such assurances have been received from
abroad that the convention is expected TO
be great success, and result in a great
II crease in the membership of the union.
1t Is patterned after the Christian workers
conventions, and arrangements for it are in
charge Of the local members of the board
of directors of the Central Union Mission.
The last Sunday of this month will be
Church Sunday school as rallying day. A
pl gram of special exercises will be pre-
sented, participated in by the Christian En-
! deavor Society, the Sabbath school and the
other societies of the church.
Rev. Charles L. Pate returned last week
| fl Cm Washington Grove, where he has been
| enjoying cottage life since the 1st of June
Mr.. Pate preached a number Of times at the
orad a1G af fnft
| Lake Park during the exercises in August
there. During the summer several changes
have been made to the interior arrange
| rent Of the North Capitol Sunday school
room. Partitions have been placed in the
northwest and southwest corners of the
room, and in these smaller rooms thus
formed the ladies' Bible class and the mems
Bible class nave been located. The classes
of the school that formerly occupied this
| section of the lecture room have been
moved up into the main auditorium Of the
| church.
| Presiding Elder Luther B. Wilson of this
district of the NJ. Z. Church conference is
| now at Ocean Grove, with his family. Or.
| Wilson left the 1st of September. and is ex-
pected back by the first of next week. This
is the first rest that he has taken this year,
though he was up at Mountain Lake Park
for q few days in August.
Rev. Samuel H. Greene, D. d. pastor of
! Calvary Baptist Church, is expected to
| resume his pulpit the first Sunday in Octo-
Der, though he will return from Europe
sCoDer than then, but will pass couple of
weeks at his old home in Vermont Rev.
MIR. Bliss of this city will fill the pulpit to-
morrow at Calvary, and the remaining two
Sundays President Whitman of Columbian
University will deliver the sermon. Work
is still progressing steadily forward on the
extensive improvements to the church, but
they will not be finished as soon as was ex-
pected, 1t being the hope of the congrega-
ton to hold the first service the first Sun
day in October. The organ arrived this
hut h<c
for some time as yet. The whole structure
will not be fully completed until about the
last of october, but when 1t Is, none of its
regular worshipers will be able to recog-
nize the interior, so improved in every way,
as it will be.
Ths opening session Of the Baptist Min
istcrs' Association Is to be held Monday
morning in the Sunday school house of
Calvary Church. The meeting will be de-
voted to the outlining of work for the WIN
ter, and after that the sessions are to be
held every Monday morning at Calvary
Church. Rev. A. F. Anderson, who is sec
Grace Church. arrived home week or
two ago. and is at his post again.
The parish school of ST. Cyprian's Church
opaled Monday Of this week with an in
creased attendance over that of last year.
Another class of a higher grade has been
added to the school. The patronal feast
of the parish is to be celebrated Sunday
week by solemn high mass, at which the
Rev. George w. Devine of St. Johns
Church. Baltimore. is expected to preach.
The Fifteenth Street Methodist Episco-
pal Church, or, at least, the old church
building. is demolished and work was
started this week on the excavation. AS
it is necessary to level the former hign
terrace several feet lower, it is not ex-
pected that the contractor will be ready
for the corner stone laying before three
weeks yet.
Bishop John F. Hurst. chancellor of the
American University. opened the Detroit
conference of the M. e. Church this week
at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Incidentally
put in some strong words In behalf Of the
university. Next week he will preside at
the Michigan conference at Albion, and will
soon afterward return to his home in this
city. AS result Of his earnest effort, the
Swedish NJ Il. conference, which was in
session at Chicago recently, and was ad-
dressed by the bishop. has sent in sub
scription of about four hundred dollars to-
ward the university fund. DIR. s. L. Bell
er, the vice chancellor. is travelling with
similar purpose through the western
states. and will return to Washington the
second week in October.
The Sabbath school Of North Capitol NJ
e. Church row has the musical portion of
its exercises considerably improved by an
orchestra of eight pieces, recently organ
lied. The chorister Is DR.. ]. T. Hens
ley. and the orchestra is made up of a
bass viol, two cornets, three violins,
flute and tenor horn. In addition to the
pieces, the school possesses an organ and
a piano.
Sunday, October g. will be celebrated as
Rally day" by the Sabbath school of Cali
vary Church. The rally Is to be divided
into three parts as follows: The first part
will be the rally proper; the second, a re-
ception to DR.. Greene on the part of the
Sunday school scholars, and the third and
last, an effort to raise five hundred dol
lars for the benefit of the library. Enyel-
opes have been distributed for this
latter purpose, and when their contents
are all gathered in. a thousand new books
will be purchased, If possible. The library,
the way 1t stands now, contains nearly two
thousand volumes. but the number is re-
garded as insufficient. 1t is the ultimate
intention of the church authorities to es-
tablish a reading room in the church build
ing adjoining, and this project will be car
| ried forward just as soon as possible
The. officers Of Wesley NJ. E. Church
are about to put in new carpet on the
lecture room of the structure. New chan
deliers. with white light burners, will also be
provided. The pastor of the congregation,
Rev. c. w. Baldwin, NJ. A, is contemplat-
ing series Of Sunday evening sermons
on Pilgrims Progress" illustrated by
stereopticcn.
Dr. Baldwin, president of the Mountain
Lake Park Association, is back in Wash
ington, after having been away about three
weeks. and in .discoursng about the i'm
provements made at this great Methodist
| camp ground during the last year said
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