Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-06
IN THE CHURCHES.

M and Half streets southeast. This chapel
Is Mission of Christ Church, Navy Yard.
ST. Matthews, las the mission is known, occu-
pies a building that has only recently been
built. The organization of the congrega-
ton has been fully perfected. a Sunday
school has been established. vigorous
chapter of the Brotherhood of st. Andrew
chartered. and, in addition, a good choir
end a "Chancel Chapter of young ladies'
have been formed. The rector. Rev. J. NJ.
E. Mckee, formerly of st. Johns Chapel, Is
preparing a good-sized class for confirma-
ton. The service will be held in the chapel
on the evening of the 18th instant.
Rev. John Althoff. secretary to Arch
bishop Gross of Oregon, was visitor In
Washington last week. as the guest of Rev.
Father Mackin of St. Paurs Church For
the past sixteen years Father Althoff has
teen missionary priest in Alaska.
The various chapters Of the Epworth
League have been divided for the purpose
of securing uniform assemblages at the
triple mass meeting. to be held Friday
evening next at Douglas. Gorsuch and Fiji
teenth Street churches. The following
chapters will meet at Douglas Church:
Waugh. North Capitol. Trinity. Twelfth
Street. Epworth. Fletcher. Gaithersburg.
Kensington, Clarksburg, Hyattstown and
ttlll. AL GOrSuCn Cnurcn, MelFO-
politan. McKendree, Wesley. Ryland and
Anacostia. and at Fifteenth Street Church,
Foundry. Hamline. Grace. Union. Dunn
barton, Tennalytown aid Bethesda.
Miles Memorial Church celebrated its Sec
ond quarterly meeting last Sunday by spe-
cial services. Rev. DR.. Fox preached in
the morning, Rev. ]. b. Washington at 3
o'clock in the afternoon, and Bishop Isaac
Lane of Jackson. Tenn. in the evening
Large audiences were present at all the
services.
In most of the Lutheran churches In the
city passion week will be observed begin
ming tomorrow with Palm Sunday and con-
tinuina Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings and Friday morning.
Among the churches that will hold these
services are the Luther Memorial st.
Paurs English Lutheran and st. Marks.
The next regular mass meeting of the
Christian Endeavorers will take place on
the evening of the 10Th instant, at the
First Baptist Church. The meeting will be
under the auspices Of the union music COM
mittee. Among the selections on the pro-
gram will be hymns from the new song
book, and the experiment of having all
persons singing the same part sit together
will be tried.
A social science club is Il new feature of
the work of Epiphany Chapel. The aim of
the club is to bring together men and wo-
men of every interest, occupation and view
for the careful study of ethical and eco
Eomical principles. The meetings are being
held in the library of the mission house,
23O 18th street northwest. on the second
Wednesday evening of each month.
Tomorrow the Redemptorist Fathers are
to open a mission in St. Cyprian's Church.
that is to last two weeks. and meetings for
women will be held during holy week.
while the week following Is to be given
UP to the men.
For nearly a month past Bishop Williams
of the A. NJ E. Church has been conduct
Ing series of revival meetings at Miles
Memorial Church, on Sd street northwest
AS a result, number of names have been
added to the register of the church's COM
muncants.
Foundry Church last Tuesday evening. on
Misplaced Man." has resulted In round
number of dollars added to the treasury
of the Epworth League.
Friday evening a week ago the regular
monthly social of the Luther Memorial
Church was held at the residence of Miss
Urner. II was well attended, and in the
latter part of the evening refreshments
were served
The spring meeting of the Washington
pr esbytery on Monday at the Gunton Tenn
pie Memorial Church. corner of 18th and r
streets northwest. will be of special import
ance this year from the fact that the pres
bytery as body has been called upon by
the general assembly to give its opinion in
regard to the proposed union of all branches
of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States. The offshoots and the parent stem, to-
gethe1, number seven, with a grand total
of 1.27s332 communicates. In addition to
the decision of this question, two ministers
and two elders are to be chosen as COM
missioners to the general assembly. which
meets In May at Pittsburg. The session
will begin Monday evening, when DR.. VIM.
C. Alexander. the retiring moderator. is to
deliver the opening sermon. The sessions
will continue all day Tuesday.
. Waugh Chapter of the Epworth League
has formed a look out committee, the mem
bers of which wear a badge indicative of
their office. and has also invented an Ep-
worth handgrip.
May 9th and 7th the open air workers
of the United States will meet in conven-
ton at the Central Union Mission building
on Louisiana avenue.
The sewing school of Trinity p. E. Church
has closed it's work for the winter. During
a period of three or four months large
amount of clothing has been made and
Dist ibuted to needy persons.
The young people of the Assembly Pres
byterian Church are preparing for but
terhy social" to be given in a week or SO.
St. Stephens P. E. Church, Mt. Pleasant,
will make it's appearance for the first time.
Tuesday evening of this week the Mems
League of the First Presbyterian Church
had the pleasure Of listening to address
from Carroll D. Wright, the commissioner
of labor. After the lecture refreshments
were served.
Mems meetings of a social character
have been recently instituted at Epiphany
Chapel, and are held every Tuesday even
ing in the mission house. A library, sup
piled with an abundance of reading matter
for the use of members. has been provided,
music and other entertainments fur
nished, and an average of a hundred men
ere present at the meetings. A short serv-
ice closes the evening.
The new mission wagon now being built
for the Central Union Mission is expected
to be used on the first Sunday in May.
The occasion of It's christening will be
made ST ecial event. Though its dimen-
sions are the same as the old one. it's seat
ing capacity will be Increased, and it will
tcld thirty-five people.
"Barnabas and Hermas" was the title Of
the last In the series of Sunday evening
sermons ending last Sunday, and delivered
by Rev. S. NJ. Newman, d. D., of the First
Congregational Church. These discourses
have been rich in historical information
concerning the early church.
Rev. E. b. Bagby of the Ninth Street
Christian Church has a novel plan to pro-
pose. 1t is the formation of a Ministerial
Bicycle League, and it is proposed to all
local ministers who ride wheels to go on a
run some Monday morning and have din
ner in the country. If the trip proves en-
joyable the league will be established
Recent improvements to the Central
Union Mission building on Louisiana
avenue comprise the extension of the fire
escape to the dormitory on the sixth floor.
The wood work has been painted and the