Evening star., 1895-09-07

OF the parish.
The eastern conference, which includes
Washington and Baltimore of the Lutheran
synod of Maryland would, according to the
regular order, hold Ba fall session in this
month. AS it is, however, to be held In the
Church of the Refotma ton of this city, of
which Rev. Dr. w. E. Parson is the pastor,
and who will not return home to stay until
the lst of October ON account of sickness,
the session will not take place until the
middle of next momdh DR.. Parson will
come back to officia4e at the Brock-Rake-
mann wedding Tuesday, but will leave I'M
mediately for PENNSYLVANIA, and will not
resume preaching until the 1st OF OCTOBER
He has been much benefited by his trip to
Maine and is in his usual good health again.
At a meeting Of the board Of control OF
the District Epworthr- League "Wednesday
evening, at Foundry Church, preparations
were started looking to the first mass meet
ng of the fall, which will be held at Ham
line Church on the Goth Of this month. Rev.
R. R. Dogherty, Phi. D., general third vice
president of the Epworth League OF the
United States, is to be the principal speak
er on the program, and as he is man of
note, the first mass meeting of the league
since the rest during the summer Is expect
ed to bring out large attendance.
Rev. Brother Romuald, provincial or the
province of the Christian Brothers in which
this city is located, has announced the fol-
Loving changes among the sta11 at 81.
Johns College: Rev. Brother Gabriel, for
merly of Rock Hill College, is appointed to
the place of Brother Denis Ambrose, VINO
gees to Rock Hill College: Brother
Barnaby, also Rock Hill College profess
or, is put in charge of the freshman class
at ST Johns.
Rev. Charles Alvin Smith, pastor of the
Peck Memorial Presbyterian Church. has
returned from a months vacation, which
was spent principally in the Orange noun
tains and Asbury Park While Rev. Mr..
Smith was away the services at Peck
Chapel on Sundays were kept up as usual,
znd now that the pastor Is home the rest
IF the services that the church is in the
habit of holding will be taken up again.
The interior of the chapel was thoroughly
painted and the woodwork touched up, so
that the congregation are now WorShlping
in a very attractive edifce.
In addition to small amounts to different
funds received by the American University
recently, the board has received $500 for
the general fund from Mrs: Fanny Speed
OF Louisville, Ky, through the Rev. Joseph
S. Jencks, ID. d.
All the services of ST. Patricks Church
were held last Sunday in Carroll Hall, on
street, on account of the work in pro-
preaching completion.
The work of erecting the organ was
completed last Thursday, and the mag
nillcent instrument is an ornament to the
church. 1t was built at Mendessohn, Pa,
by Carl Barckhoff. Three months were re-
qutred to construct it and three weeks to
erect it in the church The front is of
quartered oak and measures twenty-eight
feet i'll width. There are forty-three large
display pipes, ornamented in gold aid green,
to harmonize with the interior finish of the
church. 1t contains forty-siN speaking stops,
eight couplers, eighteen automatic connec-
tions and 2,3OO PIPES. The action of the
organ, including that of the couplers, is
pneumatic. The bellows is operated by an
electric motor of two-horse power. The
organ Is one of the largest in this city, and
has been pronounced by experts who have
tested it as being of very superior tone
ard quality.
Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis. pastor of the
Western Presbyterian Church, left last
week for the north. and will be absent from
the city until the middle of this month
and possibly week after. He spent the
month of August at Old Daggers Spring,
Botetourt county, Va and is now in the
Adirondack region. accompanied by Mrs.
Ennis Rev. Mr.. Ennis will give the re-
salts of his travels this summer in a series
OF OF Illustrated lectures, to be given at the
Western Church during this coming winter
The services at the church have not en-
tirely been resumed and will not be until
the regular pastor has returned. In the
meantime various cfergymen are supplyipg
the pulpit.
st. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church,
al the corner of 18th and Madison streets,
Will be fully completed and opened ior
service tomorrow, at which time the rite
OF confirmation will be performed by the
Right Rev. William Paret, bishop of Mary
land. To meet the heavy and unexpected
demands incurred in making the improve
ments ordered oy the building INSPECTOR
the vestry of the church, after consuita Con
with Bishop Paret. Dr. Addison of Trinity,
Dr.. Mackay-Smith of st. Johns and
Mr. Henry Beilew and others agreed
that 5000 shoald be borrowed and the
church property pledged for its payment
At the service tomorrow, at which the
bishop will be present an effort is to be
made to lifl much OF the dAbt as DOS
sible. and to that end the building COM
m!ttee through it's cha :rman Mr.. Daniel
Murray. stands ready to receive contrbu-
tons from local Ep:scopalians many hav-
ing already responded to call for assist
ance TEey have to raise immediatel
$500. The building committee consists of
Daniel Murray. chairman, and Messrs.
Charles Lane and ]. A. Aston, with asso-
c.ates, Richard E. Crump, architect, and
Joseph II. Gibbons, general superintendent.
OF the changes mace in July among the
all of those effected have left for their
designated stations. Rev William F. Can
non has left for ST. Francis Xavier's Col
lege, New York, where ne will be professor
of the class of first grammar; Mr. Edward
w. Raymond, S. j., for Woodstock, for
theology, and Mr.. John d. Butler S. j., for
philosophy. Mr.. Thomas j. Filming of the
university class of 95 has left for France,
where he will enter ecclesiastical semi
nary.
St. Andrews P. f. Church will enter in
TIE church season OF 1886 with an entirely
new quartet in addition to a brand-neW
church building.
Rev. John serkin, a native Armenian
Baptist preacher, was in the city last week
and addressed a large gathering at Grace
Baptist Church last Sunday. Atr. Serkin
first talked about the people of Armenia,
their habits, character and life, and .hen
proceeded to show, after this explanation,
how uniustfiable is Turkeys attitude to-
ward the unhappy country.
Rev. Oliver a. Brown, pastor of Foundry
Church, begins tomorrow a series of
special Sunday ey ening discourses for the
four remaining Sundays in September The
subject is Anxiety About Salvation" di-
vided into Anxiety About Being Saved"
;.,rhe Way to BE Saved Saved" and THE
Joys of Being Saved"
Rev. l.. I. Widerman, D. D., pastor
of Mckendree Church, has returned from
Rehoboth Beach. Del where he has been
Spending the month of August with his
family, and preached to his congregation
last Sunday. The regular church services
both weekly and on Sundays, will be re-
sumed from now on.
Two of the Epworth Leagues princI-
pal officers returned to the city this week
and were at the helm at the board of
&C ntrol meeting Wednesday night. They
were President William B. Mathews and
Secretary Frank 7. Israel. Mr.. Mathews
spent August in visiting his parents in
West Virginia, and Mr.. Israel has been
sick nearly all of August and was COM
PEELED to go away for while. but has