Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-01

SuStlneS Cnurch. The nrSt week Is to be
for women and the next for men.
Rev. W. c. H. Luebkert, former pastor of
Trinity Lutheran Church, has preached his
Farewell sermon, and the services at the
church are now being conducted by the
Rev. c. c. Morhardt.
Plasterers have begun work on the main
auditorium of the Fifteenth Street NJ. E.
Church. 1t is not expected, however that
the edifice will be ready for dedication be-
fore the 1st Of April. Since the article
which last appeared IN The Star announcing
the opening of the lecture room and giving
description of the building, the con-
gregation has received donations of four
memorial windows. They will be placed in
the three large openings in the front Of
the church on the auditorium floor, each of
which is nearly fifteen feet high, and in the
smaller ones above these. The memorial
in the center will be typical of Faith in the
person of Christ, the one on the right that
OF Hope, with an open Bible in her hand
and the corresponding one on the other side
a hgure of Charity, bearing an anchor. The
small memorial above will not contain any
figures, but will be simply a jeweled
window, with possibly an Inscription at its
base The. donor Of tho windows is Miss
H. V. Reeder, and they are memorials of
her father and other relatives. 1t is pro-
posed to make an opening IN the wall at
the back of the pulpit, end il this is done
Mr.. ktmmeil, the builder. will place there
memorial glass. The other windows have
been filled for the present with plain rib
bed glass.
For purposes Of facilitating the parish
Work OF the new Episcopal st. Matthew'S
Snurch the rector In charge, Rev J. NJ E.
Mckee, has organized all the young peo-
pie OF his congregation into working chap
!ers. They are as follows: Chancel Chap
ter, Tor young ladies; St. Andrews Brother
hood, for young men; ST. Andrews Cadets
the boys; the Chiidren's Friendly League
Ior httie girls, and now chapter of Daugh-
ters OF the King is in contemplation.
stations OF the cross were blessed at ST
Matthew's Catholic Church on Rhode Is
land avenue, last week. They are of stone
WORK, ana are among the handsomest in
me CITY. Madame Bonaparte is the donor
" OK on the chapel of st. Anthony of Padua
mas been stopped temporarily. The walls
are now above ground, ard some of the
stone work is in place.
AT the metropolitan A. NJ E. Church Ia At
tuesday evening before the Bethel Literary
association there was a SYMPOSIUM on
impressions Made by the Atlanta Expo-
sition. Among the speakers were Rev
prs. Alexander Crummell, John T. Jenifer,
George Lee and Miss Alice Gray and
others.
Last Sunday at the morning service the
annual statement of st. Cyprians parish
was read to the congregation. The total
receipts during the year were $3.50 and
OF this amount nearly 5000 has been paid
on the church debt, not including interest
There are eight beneficial societies con-
nected with the parish, and they have a
total capital of $1,000. In the early part of
April the mission given by the Redemp-
torist Fathers last fall will be renewed.
During the past three Sundays there
nave been special services and baptisms at
the Second Baptist Church, of which Rev
f. l1eZ Sven is pastor. The services were
conducted by the Revs. w. S. o. Thomas,
Theron Outwater and n. c. Naylor
The Sunday School Missionary Society of
the Fifteenth Street NJ. E. Church have
elected officers as follows: President, Mrs.
NJ. A. Morrow; secretary, Miss Ruth Brls-
coe, and treasurer, Miss Jennie Knorr The
Sunday school is now in it's new quarters.
and in consequence Of the greater facilities
a number of new scholars have been
placed in classes.
Wednesday evening the first meeting of
the Association of Christian Churches of
Washington and vicinity met at the Ninth
Street Church. Addresses were made by
Rev. DR.. Power, Rev. e. B. Bagby and
others. Plans were discussed In regard to
local church extension, but it was decided
best to confine all such help to those
churches or missions already established
The Southwest Mission, which is under the
control of the Vermont Avenue Church,
has just started building fund. and is
planning number of ways to increase it.
1t will purchase a lot first of all, and
it has suitable site in view. AS stated
in The Star the Ninth Street Church is
also planning to erect a new and larger
church edifice.
The various vice presidents of the local
District Epworth League are planning
work for the year. The third vice presi-
dents of the various chapters met Wednes-
day night at the home Of the District vice