Evening star., 1896-11-14
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Last evening the annual ,Seunion and so
| cial Of the Mount Pleasant congregational
Church, Rev. M. Ross .lFishburn, pastor,
| took place in the lecture room of the
church. Tomorrow the tenth anniversary
| of the organization of the! church will be
celebrated by special services. At the
morning service the pastors is to preach a
sermon appropriate to the occasion. The
| Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
| was organized with membership Of nine
| teen, ten years ago, when Mount Pleasant
| was an Isolated village Rev. Charles H.
| Small was called to take charge of the new
| congregation, and faithfully ministered to
Its needs for eight years: For the first five
| years the church rented d hall for services,
but in 1891 the title to the Hall property,
| py gl1t and purchase, was vested in the
trustees OF the society," In the summer of
E;ns+ lSsl Nd.os Mr. Small received call from the
Flrst congregational Church, Hudson. Ohio,
| ana the Rev. NJ. Ross Fishburn, then as
| sistant pastor of the First Congregational
| Church OF thls city, was called to take his
| piace. Last July ground was broken for a
new cuuIch' ana excavations have been
completed and the foundation walls erected
| for the building
AT recent meeting of the Christian Eli
| oeavor society OF the Sixth Presbyterian
Cnurch, MI Isaac Pullman was unani-
mously elected president. The pastor Rev.
y. w. Skellenger, and Mrs. Skelenger ten
uereo tnelr second reception to members of
lne congregation and their friends at the
parsonage last Wednesday evening.
The Woman's Presbyterial Society of
Wasnlhgton Is preparing a Christmas box
lor the Laura sunderland School at Con-
cord' N. C. Books and clothing will be the
principal contents of the box
The board of directors of the Central
ohlon Mission have engaged Miss May
Carr1gan as an additional missionary, and
Also % 10 represent the Woman's Band Of the
a,,r.
take steps to make the woman's dormitory
OF the Mission more comfortable and home
| like.
Methodists in Washington and Baltimore
are greatiy interested in the celebration
| to be held in the First Church of the latter
city Iuesday evening, November "a 1t is
IN commemoration of the origin of the
Lovely Lane Meeting House, which was
t oMe nrst Methodist church in this vicinity.
ihe site or the church is now occupied by
the Merchants Club on German street be-
tween calvert and Light Tuesday morn
ing q handsome memorial tablet Is to be
un.eNeu. among the speakers who will he
present at the evening meeting are the Rev
); M. Buckley, d. D., representing the
Northern Methodist Church; e. e. Hoss,
y. -, OF Louisville, KY, representing the
nou.hern St. m Methodist Church. and John
Iotts, D. d., Of Toronto Canada Canadian
Methodism. 1t is expected that a large
number or Methodists, botn clergy and lay,
OF thls city will go over to Baltimore to
attend the services
There have been spec,a, rev,y., ser,io.s
at hyland M. f. Church this week Among
those VINO have assisted the pastor Rev
5. M: Hartsoek, d. D., in conducting the
9vi,. visices Ihis week are the Revs. l.. B..
wilson, ID. D.; S. L. Bryant W w. Van
Arsdale and c. l.. Pate. Last evening was
devoted 10 an experience meeting.
The ladies of the Central PRESBYTERIAN
thurch have volunteered to make fifty
night shirts for the use of the f,.ntr.I
Union Mission in its lodging department
feV Or. Stearns took charge OF his Bible
class last Friday afternoon.
Rev. Thomas Chalmers Easton. D. D.. is
preaching special series of Sunday even
ing sermons to young people 1T the Eastern
Presbyterian Church.
The Catholic bishop elect of Wilmington
DEL which recent Associated Press dis
patch announced to be the Rev c. F.
Thomas of Baltimore, is very well known
in this city. He was at one time assistant
pastor at st. Patrick's Church. and later
went 10 81. stephens Church, from which
he was transferred 20 the Baltimore Cathe-
dral
The rector of ST. Johns Church. Rev. DR.
Alexander Mackay- Smith, has decided to
start Bible class for men, which he will
teach himself. The first meeting of the
class Is to be held in the parish hall Tues
day evening, November a. and thereafter
weekly DR.. Mackay Smith has interested
the brotherhood chapter of the parish in
the class. and they, with a number of other
men. will form nucleus for a large enroll
ment.
The. second annual convention of the Ma
tional Gospel Mission Union, which has its
headquarters in this city, is 10 be held in
Chicago on Wednesday next and continu-
iEg through Thursday and FRIDAY The
sessions are to be held in the First Congre-
gatonal Church Of that city, and among
those who will represent the local Central
Union Mission are Revs. L. -. Bailey and
J. f. Gilbert and Major George w. Hilton
The convention has for it's object to discuss
alfStf H.
United States. DR.. Gilbert is to deliver an
address Friday on The Word and the
Work"
At meeting of the Methodist Ministers.
Association Monday morning committee
was appointed to cooperate with the other
ministerial associations on the subject of
Sunday newspapers. The committee named
consists of Revs. Alexander Beaski, Stow
ell l.. Bryant and Charles l.. Pate
Well-known visitors this week in Wash
ington We're the Pevs. DR.. Huntley and
Dashiell. both of whom were former mas
tors of local Methodist churches
quartet choir has been organized at tho
Western Presbyterian Church. Rev. How
ard Wilbur Ennis, pastor. 1t is composed
as follows: Soprano. Miss May Adele
Levers; contralto. Miss Emma Branden-
burg; tenor Amos w. II. Ferris and bari
tone and director of the choir, Robert G.
Sutton. The organist is Mr.. Harry G. kim
ball.
The Kings Daughters of the Nineteenth
n.
ment Monday evening at the residence Of
Mrs. Laura Queen. The pastor of the
church, Rev. Walter II. Brooks, d. D.. is
preaching series of Sunday evening SER.
mons on temperance.
Tuesday evening of this week the En-
worth League chapter of the Metropolitan
M. E. Church had an evening with Daniel
Webster" Various members of the chan.
ter gave sketches of his life and readings
from his works. but the most interesting
OF all were some personal "reminiscences
from Mr.. Matthew G. Emery.
A Chapel Aid Society has been organized
at Epiphany Chapel. The method Of work
is through committees. and there are or
ganized sick. sewing hospitality chancel
and Sunshine Circle committees. The mem
bership Is now about forty, and at a recent
meeting the following officers were elected.
President, Mrs. J. H. Ford; vice president
Mrs. ]. G. Averill: secretary, Miss Clara
Dowell, and treasurer, Miss Rose Bronaugh
Next Monday morning the Methods;