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formed at the intersection of North Caro-
Ina avenue and street and Sth street
sout beast. 1t has not yet been decided
whether or not the present edifice shall be
moved to another location and occupied by
the congregation pending the erection of
the rev edifice or a hall shall be hired for
the purpose Permission. however. has
been given by the engineers office of the
War Department to remove the present
frame building to the reservation men,
tione !. and there worship in it until the
new church is completed.
The North Carolina Avenue Methodist
Protestant Congregation had its origin
In the withdrawal of thirteen families
frcm the First Methodist Protestant Church
In 1Si2. These persons secured the present
site gud accepted the present structure.
The Arst board of trustees was j. H
Scaries, r. B. Ferguson. John S. Slater.
Thomas 3. Marche and w. B. Marche. The
church continued under the fostering care
Of the Missionary Society Of the Maryland
conference for about twelve years.
1t was originally designed to use the
frame structure for only about five years,
but circumstances combined to postpone
the building of the structure until the
present time The congregation has passed
through periods of considerable prosperity
as Wei as times of peculiar adversely but
1t has never failed to exert an influence for
good 1t is with peculiar satisfaction that
the members look forward to entering a
and handsome structure commensu-
, rate with their needs.
To Raise the Money
The church has $1,000 in hand and con-
siderable money subscribed. It Is expected
that by January 1 the funds will be In
creased to $4,000. The new structure. &C
8 ,cordlSg to present prospects. will be pushed
forward as rapidly as the weather permits
The money needed is being raised in vari-
Gus ways. 1t is expected that the largest
sum will be received from Methodist
Protestant bazaar" which the ladies OF
thesFarious Methodist Protestant churches
Of the city. namely, Congress Street, Gen.
trai, Alount Tabor and the First, are pre-
pairing to hold the first week in December
The entertaining features of the bazaar
are to be the best obtainable and altogether
the affair is to be on an extensive scale
II IS in charge of a committee of ladies,
the eli.cers OF which are as follows: Chair
man. Mrs. Coffin; secretary, Miss NJ. C..
Baker; treasurer. Mr.. c. E. Hooks.
f- The pastors who have served the charge
are as follows: Oliver Cox. 9. g. Valiant.
Jesse Shreeve. ]. NJ. Trout, P. T. Hall,
Walter Howe. w. ]. Neepier. A. ".
B. B. James. The present board of trus-
tees is: Messrs. W. B. Marche, presi-
dent: W. A Dodge, secretary; ]. r. Fergu-
son. treasurer; j. H. Searles and c. Il.
mittee are: The pastor ex-of1cio, c. e.
Hooks. chairman: w. A. Dodge. ]. r. Fer
guson. W. B. Marche. Mrs. c. c. Wiki
son and Miss NJ. J. Baden.
The project of q new church took shape
during the paStorate of Rev. David VIII
son. MD. DID. Several meetings of the
members were held and the matter dis
cussed favorably. The Maryland confer
DR.. Wilson to the North Carolina Avenue
Church. but under his successor, the Rev.
Eugene c. Makosky, who continued In
the pastorate two years, the subject was
still under discussion.
In the meantime, the need Of a new struc-
tCre became increasingly manifest, and
soon after the coming Of the present pastor
the church took decisive action, and after
the examination of plans submitted by var
tous architects, approved those prepared by
AIessrs Stutz & Pease, architects.
',s sketch of the Pastor.
Rev. Bartlett B. James, the present pas
tor, was born In Cecil county, Maryland.
His parents removing to Baltimore. he re-
ceived his early education In the public
schools OF that city. In 1883 he united
with the old st. Johns Independent Metho-
dist Church. the birthplace Of Methodist
Professionalism in Baltimore. and as well a.
Of Independent Methodism. Mr. James con-
tinued his relations with that church until
1881. when he entered Western Maryland
College to prepare for the ministry after
having been employed five or six years ir
secular pursuits. In 1891 he graduated with
degree of ABB, and In the fall of that
year he tered the Wes stminster Theolog-
zeal Seminary, remaining there one year
and receiving the degree of BID.
In the spring of 1892 he was received into
the Maryland annual conference, which
was convened at Pocomoke City, Nd. Hill
first appointment was Remip gton Avenue
Methodist Protestant Church, Baltimore
! In this appointment he continued three
years. and during this time pursued 9
1 course of graduate study at the John.
Hopkins University. Two years ago Mr.
frcm his alma mater, and in 1895 he wa,
appointed by the conference to Parksley
Va, where he only remained couple o.
months, having obtained leave to con
tfnue his studies in Baltimore At the mex
session of the conference. convened In Bal
itimore.. he received his present appoint
ment, but s.ill retains his connection will
the Johns Hopkins University, and viii