Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-01-06
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
ITEMS OF A RELIGIOUS NATURE, BUT OF
GENERAL INTEREST.

Yesterday the application was made
for a charter for the Carroll Club, the
new Catholic organization. The sue
cess of the project is already assured.
The different ward committees are
meeting with success in their efforts to
secure stock subscriptions, and the ag
gregate will reach sum which will be
sufficient to defray the cost of purchas-
ing a site and erecting a suitable
building. The plans Of the pro-
jectors have been changed some.
what, and it is now hardly probably
that temporary quarters will be fitted
up. At the Cathedral circular letters
were distributed Sunday morning, out
lining the plans and objects Of the club,
and asking for stock subscriptions.
When the charter arrives general
meeting will be called, and permanent
organization effected.
The programme for the week Of pray
er in the First Presbyterian Church is
as follows: Monday, 7:3O p.
M; topic, What We Need
TO be Soul Winners" Tuesday
evening, THE Holy Spirit and the Con-
version of Souls" Wednesday evening,
Foreign Missions and the Conversion
Of Souls" Thursday evening, Home
Missions and the Conversion Of Souls
Friday evening, Prayer for the Conver-
sion OF Souls in Families, Sabbath
Schools and Institutions Of learning"
DR.. w. II. Crawford, President of AL
legheny College, at Meadvllle, Pa, will
lecture at the Young Mems Christian
Association next Friday evening. This
will be the third 10 the Association lee
ture course. "Savonarola" will be the
subject. A special from Chautauqua to
the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette last
summer contained the following: "Dr.
w. H. Crawford, President Of Allegheny
College, delivered most eloquent and
scholarly lecture on 'Ssvonarola, which
has been pronounced the finest effort OF
the Chautauqua platform this season. "
The ladies' Of the Home Missionary
Society of the Zane Street NJ. e. Church,
at a meeting held Thursday afternoon,
at the home OF Mrs. MCGOWAN, on Six
teenth street, elected the following
named officers to serve the ensuing
term: President, Mrs. j. j. Plant; First
Vice President, Mrs. Walt; Second Vice
President, Mrs. Wright; Third Vice
President, Mrs Mccullough; Secretary,
Mrs. MCGOWAN; Treasurer, Mrs. Rose.
The organization will give a social and
entertainment on the evening OF the
3lst inst
A large audience at the Fourth
Street NJ. f. Church last night, listened
TO an admirable lecture by DR.. w. Il,
Davidson, on the subject, In and
About Shakespeare Home" The talk
was illustrated with series of splendid
stersopticon views showing the birth
place and many familiar scenes in the
life of the immortal bard of Avon. Tbs
lecture was given under the auspices OF
the Union Epworth League OF Wheel
ing and vicinity.
AS stated exclusively in the Register
the congregation Of the First Baptist
Church decided to employ lady from
the Missionary Training School in Chi
cago to look after the Sabbath and mis-
sion schools in this city. Miss Ella
Webb. of Kansas City, has arrived and
will begin work Immediately. she viii
divide her time between this city AND
Parkersburg.
There will be a gospel Temperance
meeting held by the ladies' OF the w. u
T. U. at the Hearne Tabernacle SUNDAY
at D. M, conducted by the President
OF the Wheeling Union, Mrs. Jennie r
Sisson. Singing by Miss Kate Land
Evarvone. especially young men, invit'