Evening star., 1896-07-18

OF permanent national organizer.
Miss Z. V. White, superintendent of tn
Church. is now taking a trip in Europe
The work Of the department is being car
ried on by her assistants.
The West Washington Mission of Noun
vernon Methodist Episcopal Church Sou,
Is now thoroughly organized. Services ar
being conducted morning and evening b.
the Rev j. w. Beall. who is assistant 4
Church
The Chautauqua Circle Of Hamlne NJ. J.
church has stopped Its sessions for til
summer. During the past year they follow
ed the regular Chautauqua reading course
and, besides, took up a number of tn
standard authors.
Christ Evangelical English Luthera
Shufch las established n mission on tn
Bunker H.ll road. Rev. c. c. Morhard
pastor or Christ Church is conducting Sc
vices there regularly every Sunday aftei
noon. In connection with the mission
Sunday school has been established whi,
numbers about thirty
The Lutheran Ministers Association IA
discontinued its sessions, not TO meet aga
until early IT the fall. Officers, vho W
serve through next year. hive been elec,r
as follows: Rev. DIR. W. F. Parson. pre-
dent: Rev. Charles ii. Butler. secretary az
treasurer. The as ISOLATION, which was co,
templating establishing Lutheran m.
sion in Mount Pleasant. has decided not L
do anything in the matter until early !
the fall.
The work which is being done to the
M Z. A building is nearly all complete,
except that the burned portion in the re-
yet remains to be torn down. A bicyc
room has been fitted up ir the basemen
and the rest of the space there is to be o
cupied during the winter by portion
the educational department. A new fe:
ture in connection with the equipment ,
this department is that the students
hereafter have the advantage of work.E
under electric lights. All the old teache;
have agreed to come back next wear Tt
Epworth League Is to establish headqua;
ters in the building, and it is also expecto
that the Christian Endeavor Union W
locate there
The Rev. John W. Butler, ID. d., pres!,
ing elder rf the Mexico conference of Il
Methodist Church, has presented a RAJ
and intereSting volume to the library 4
the American University through B.shu
Hurst 1t is bound in velluin, is well DriiI,
ed In fine type on excellent paper al
dated 1115 Ii is the second edition {
The Constitution of the Royal and Po
tifical University of Mexico" and Is ded
Gated to Don Carlos III. Another rag
book presented to the university is Fig.
D!scourses Dy Rev Spencer Cowper ID. ID.
presented by Rev. Dr. Ridgway of the Ba
timore conference. The chief interest {
the volume lies in the fact that II has Il.
autograph OF the poet William Cowper o
the inside of the front binding. The al
'iAoi 10 o'iuS'Shood ~ Dtth utputA
Of the poet
Wesley Grove camp meeting is to opc
next Friday, and viii continue thirtee
days A lumber of local members of tn
Southern Methodist Church are expecte
to be present, among them being Presidin
Elder Ru nsey Smithson and Rev DIR. /. "
Canter.
Rev. A. Homrighaus. pastor of Zic
Lutheran Church, expects to leave the L.
of August, accompanied by his family l.
SDoDd a vacation i'm the MI al of ~ ~
rett county, in western Maryland. He Wi
be gone about month, but during his alb
sence the church services will be kept up
The Sunday schools of Christ Luthera,
Church ard of the Brookland Luthera'
Mission gave joint picnic to Lords Grov
on the Burker Hill road this week Tues
day last the Young Peoples Society of tn
church went on a bus party to Great Falls
Next Monday evening the Brotherhood o
st. Andrew IN the diocese of Washin gtol
is to hold the fourth of its b:-monthly mas.
meetings at Christ Church, Rockville Tn
entire brotherhood will go out in body
and they will he entertained at supper b,
the Rockville chapter. There are to be tw,
addresses On the following topics: "Wha
Are he Responsibilities of Brotherhood
Men Toward the Boys in Boys Chapters: -
by Mr.. w NJ. Davis of st. Johns Chapter
Georgetown, followed by an address o
Work foi Boys" by Mr.Wiliiam NJ Lang
tree of st. Stephens Chapter. II is expect
ed that er ough members of the brother
hood will go out to fill two special cars.
The Sunday school Of Trinity German
Lutheran Church, recently started has or
ganized, with the following officers an
teachers: Superintendent. Mr.. l.. Luprec ht
teacher of the Bible class. the pastor o
the church, Rev. @. Koen'g: lady teachers
the Misses c. Reisinger Schlerf. Graf an,
Fey, ard Nessrs Ebele and Bagelmanr
The parcel ial school has closed its ses
sions. The school building has been fires
coed and painted inside and out
Rev. H. r. Naylor, pastor of the McKen
dree Methodist Church. with his family, i
'rt at Ke-sington for the summer
The vested choir of St Paul's Protestan
Episcopal Church is TO take a vacation dur
ing the month of August. The music how
ever. at th' church VIII rot he discontin
ued then. but will be rendered by a guild o
tho par'Sh. the Chapter of Praise"
During the three months absence of Rev
DIR. Newman, the pastor OF the First Con
gregational Church. the pulpit will be fill
ed by Prof, Isaac Clark, DID, of Howar'
University.
Thursday evening the building commit
tee of Trinity NJ L. Church awarded tn
contract for the erection of the new churcl
building at the corner Of 9Th and c stree:
southeast to Nessrs. Espey & Been for TIL
sum OF $iS,hD. 1t is expected that tn
work of tearing down the old frame BULL
inss on the site of the new church vii
commence the first of next week.
AT the platform meeting held Sunda,
night the delegate to the Harrisburg Ep
worth League convention. T. Il. Stahl
made an interesting report of the proceed
ings of the convention. He was followe,
by Mr.. f. w. Williams, secretary of tn
dent of the District Epworth League. Solo
were sung by Mrs. ella Sniiiin. Mrs
Blanche Gordon and Miss Kate Espey.
At the Sunday evening services at tn
Metropolitan NJ. f. Church, Az and {
streets northwest. the pastor. Rev. Hug
Johnston D.D is preachinr a course o