Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-16
IN THE CHURCHES

MARCH III inc auQltOrlum OF Mckendree
Church, and an interesting program has
been prepared. The topic for discussion
will be 1.-THE Grace of Giving" and the
following speakers will make short adj
dresses on the following subjects: Get
and CAIN" George w. F. Swartzell, presi-
dent of the Methodist Union; 'Gain and
Give" Prof Edward w. Williams of the
Eastern High School. and "Give and
Grow" Rev. Charles F. Pate, pastor of
North Capitol Church.
The effect of the movement for the for
nation of brotherhood Bible classes by the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew is noticeable
in more than one Episcopal church. The
class at Ascension Church now numbers
eighteen members, while classes in other
parishes are making good progress.
Monday evening. April 10. meeting
will be held at the Vermont Avenue Chris
tan Church for the organization of the
Disciples Union of the District of Column
bia. The churches represented are ex-
pected to be the Ninth Street, Rockville,
Vienna. Vermont Avenue and the South
west Mission. 80.
The total amount subscribed for the
Christian Endeavor 'g6 convention. accord
ing to reports recently received from the
societies of forty-eight churches, is S5,-
06I.10. This leaves nearly 5000 yet to be
subscribed but the finance committee have.
according to conservative estimates, fig
ured $4,000 as the aggregate amount yet
to be subscribed, which leaves only de-
ficiency of 81 200, and which will be fur
nished by the fourteen churches from
whose societies no written reports have
been received.
At 1908 w street the charity committee
Of All Souls Church are conducting a
mission During the day a kindergarten
having twenty pupils is conducted by Miss
Grace NJ HIS and In the evening a boys
club having nearly a hundred members
meets. under the direction of Miss Toor as
superintendent. A drum corps has been
organized from among the boys.
Officers have been elected by the Metro
politan NJ. E. Church Sunday school for
the ensuing year as follows: Superintend-
ent. Capt. Thos. H. Mckee; assistant SUI
perintendent, William c. Eldridge; female
superintendent, Miss L. c.. Wilson; secre-
tary, Raymond F. Crist; assistant secre-
tary, Clinton Gapen; treasurer, Geo. W.
Gray; librarian. Walter E. Wright; assist
ant librarian. Shirley A. Hall: chorister,
c. Burlew; organist, Miss Molly Mckee,
and pianist. Miss Elsie Sites
Rev. John T. Delaney, pastor of the
Church of the Holy Name, who has been
quite seriously i'll. will probably be able
before long to attend to his clerical duties
again.
At the meeting of the Presbyterian Min
isters' Association in the Church of the
Covenant. last Monday morning, Rev. D.
Wesley Skellenger of the Sixth Prssby-
terrain Church read paper on 1.-The Mod
ern City"
The second of the bi-monthly meetings
of the Brotherhood of ST. Andrew will take
place next week in Epiphany Parish Hall.
The. subject of the evening will be Non
Church Going Workingmen." and Edward
F. LOCKER secretary of the Churchman'S
League, will tell why Doesn't He Coz"
while Rev Andrew ]. Graham. D. D..
rector of ST. Marks Church, is to suggest
"Ifow Can the Brotherhood Bring Him.
The Woman's Missionary Society of st.
Paurs English Lutheran Church gave an
entertainment and social recently, and as
a result SIS was added to the treasury.
The officers of the society are: President,
Mrs. Samuel Domer; recording secretary.
Miss May Levers: corresponding secretary.
Miss Annie Eckbert: and treasurer, Mrs. A.
+. Fox.
Sunday. April the 7th, the Eastern Pres
byterian chapter of the Brotherhood of
Andrew and Philip will celebrate the first
anniversary by elaborate exercises. The
chapter is one of the largest in the Dis
trict. having over seventy members.
Messrs. Squres and Thayer are in charge
of the arrangements.
From the 21st of March to the 26th the
National Association of Christian Work
ers will hold its annual session in the Ram
fist Temple, Philadelphia. Representatives
will go from this city. and among them
will be Rev. S. NJ. Newman, D. D., of the
First Congregational Church. who Is to de-
liver an address before the association on
the work of the Brotherhood of Andrew
and Philip.
Miss Adelia Randolph has been elected
deavor Junior Society. in place of Miss
Lizzie M. Glass, who recently resigned and
went south on account of her health.
The Ninth Street Christian Church Is to
two weeks. They win be conducted by
Rev. W. ]. Cock, Christian evangelist for
the state of Maryland.
The Sunday school of Trinity P E.
Church recently elected officers as follows:
DR.. D. Percy Hickling, superintendent; R.
A. Foster. NJ. D., secretary and treasurer;
w. P. Foley. assistant superintendent, and
Miss Jennie Cuttings. organist.
Yesterday evening Rev. DR.. Hugh john
ston Of Metropolitan Church and Mrs.
Johnston were rendered reception, the
doctor having Just returned from the con-
ference. The affair was under the auspices
of the ladies' of the church and large as
semblage was present
DR.. Johnston is to give course Of SER
mons on the earlier chapters of the Bible
and modern excavations in biblical lands.
Mrs. Clara Baker-Smith, leader Of the
choir Of Immaculate Conception Church,
has been presented by her choir with
rosewood baton, tipped with gold, and hav-
ing a scroll across the center bearing an
appropriate inscription.
Sunday. the 31st of March, will be cele-
brated as roll-call day by the Sunday
propriate exercises. There are In the school
l,5OO scholars. divided into eighty-five
classes, and on the rolls are the names Of
ten members who have attended the school
Last Sunday twenty-five persons Joined
the Eastern Presbyterian Church.
Friday evening, the 18th, the Junior Ed
worth League Is to tender a reception to
the presiding elder and pastors Of the local
NJ. E. churches and to the senior league at
Metropolitan Church. Heding B. Leech,
the superintendent, has charge Of the ar
rangements
Statistics just prepared show that in the
District of Columbia Christian Endeavor
Union there are Ill societies, with grand
total Of 1884 members. The senior society
has 1900 members, representing sixty-eight
societies, while the juniors have 2,129, and
a total of forty-eight societies.
The canonization of st. Ignatius and st.
Francis Xavier was celebrated at St.
Aloysius Church by novena, which began
on the 4th ultimo, and closed last Wednes-
day, with sermon and benediction Of the
sacrament.
The Garden Memorial Visitor is the name
of small monthly being published by one
of the younger members of Garden Memo
rial Church, Anacostia. The pastor, Rev,
]. B. North, is the editor.
Good citizenship day, Sunday, March 24th,
is to be celebrated by an Endeavor mass
meeting in the afternoon, at the First Con-
gregational Church. DR.. F. E. Clark, presi-
dent of the United Society of Christian En-
deavor, is to make the principal address.
St Patrick being the patron saint of st.
Patrick's Church, the feast which will &C.
cur will be observed with great solemnity.