Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-25


lie Church entertained the sanctuary boys
and St Pauls drum corps in the school
house Tuesday evening week. Several mu-
steal selections were rendered by the drum
corps, and a number of patriotic airs by all
present, and refreshments were served.
Cardinal Gibbons is to preach at the
| church tomorrow. the day being the feast
| OF the conversion of the patron saint OF
| the church, st. Paul
The annual meeting OF the Daughters OF
| the King, Protestant Episcopal. was held
| Thursday evening. Officers were elected
and a religious service held. By invitation
some Of the members of the Brotherhood of
| ST. Andrew were present.
The Western Presbyterian Church has
4 leased the building at the corner of Virginia
| avenue and oath street and in II will con-
| duct a mission. Chairs and other need
ed articles have been donated and a
| lady of the congregation has also pre-
| scented a piano. Services will not be held
| for two or three weeks as yet, but when the
| building Is formally opened IT is the inten-
1 ton of the pastor of the Western Church,
Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis, to hold not
| only religious exercises, but also to conduct
| an industrial school during the week, and,
| after the mission is well under way, q
| cooking school and several other new feat
| ures of church work
Rev. DIR. T. c. Easton of the Eastern
| Presbyterian Church is out again after a
| severe Illness.
"Our Parish" the church paper of Trim
| ity p Z. parish, the publication of which
was discontinued for year, is again is
| sued.
| Tomorrow is known as Christian Union
| Day" in the Universalist Church, and will
| be duly observed at the Church of Our
| Father, corner 18th and l. streets northwest.
The Gunton Temple Memorial Presby-
terrain Christian Endeavor Society has
| evolved a novel method by which 10 pre-
vent members from taking back seats
when they attend meetings. At each SER
| vice the chairs are arranged in different
| positions. sometimes in the form of cir
Gle. others in triangular square. and stll
| others in a triangle. The leader selected
for the evening takes his place at one of
| the angles, or at any point in the circle,
| and by this means IL is ten chances to one
that person intending to take rear
seat usually finds himself in the front row.
| Rev. DR.. S. NJ. Newman has under prep
aration a series of two courses of special
sermons one to be delivered at the Sunday
morning service and the other Sunday
evenings The first are to be on the nature
and mission of Congregationalism, and The
other on the early church from Christ to
| Constantine.
st. Paurs Chapter of the Brotherhood
Of st. Andrew has arranged for series
of Wednesday evening services to be held
through Lent in St Paurs Church, (which
will be addressed at different times by Wis.,
iting clergymen both of this and other
dioceses.
At the recent fourth quarterly conference
Of Ryland Methodist Church it was de-
cided unanimously to ask that the pastor,
Rev. DR.. S. NJ. Hartsock, be reappointed
by the bishop. Reports received from the
various church officers indicated that the
church and congregation are now In -four
ishing state. Officers were elected as fol-
lows: Trustees. L. C. White, H. L. Strang,
Jacob Been, J. 7, West w. T. Walker, T.
p. Stephenson, J. S. p. Green, Emory
Yount Jesse Lescellette; stewards, J. H.
Mitchell, ]. w. Stahl, ID. ]. Harper, Z. NJ.
Hall. l.. c. White. H. L. Strang, Nixon
Brewer G. E. Barber, VIM Worrel, ID, L.
Powers. F. B. Gilmore, N. C. Martin and ].
, A. b. Espey; class leaders, q. l. Hall, J.
! Been, j. H. Mitchell, H. L. Strang. Mrs. NJ.
Z. Hartsock and c. Z. Barber.
| Cardinal Satolli will open forty hours
: devotion at St Mary's Church. on sth
| street, and will celebrate a pontifical mass
tomorrow. There is to be a procession of
the children of the parish, the representa-
| tives of the societies and the clergy.
Reports have been received at headQuar-
tiers here of some new missions recently or
ganized under the auspices of the National
: | Gospel Mission Union. The work at Evans
ville Ind, inaugurated by Maj. Hilton, has
been very successful and John ID. Habbick.
| who spent some time last winter with the
local Central Union Mission, studying its
, | methods and organization, has been. made
its superintendent. For the next three
weeks Maj. Hilton will be at Laramie,
Wyo in the interests of the gospel mission
= cause.
Some interesting statistics have been
L compiled by the secretary of the local Chris
: tan Endeavor Union, giving the figures Of
4 the local membership. From these it APP
pears that there are Seventy-four societies,
with total Of 5,253 members, gain Of five
: in the number of societies. The Presby-
) terians are still in the lead, with twenty
f five societies. and a membership of Log,
| and following them arc the BaptistS, with
1,176 members and thirteen societies The
Congregationalists, the denomination in
which Christian Endeavor originated, have
e six societies and ISL members. The other
e societies are divided between the Luther
( ans. Christians and Methodist Protestant,
and three classed as miscellaneous.
Nor Stab -opic Of pt-lo
Methodist Church, has resigned her posi-
ton. Mrs. Byron. formerly organist Of the
t Church of Our Father, is to take her place
D the 1st of February.
The Central Union Mission rendered a re-
: ception 20 the pastors of the city Tuesday
5 evening of this week. The exercises in the
= auditorium began at 7:30 and lasted until
= Q, and then all present adjourned to the
e Mems and Womens Hall, where refresh
Y ments were served. Letters OF regret were
t read from Revs. S. NJ Newman, Alexander
r Mackay-Smith, w. Z. Parson, ]. G. Butler,
| Hugh J. Johnston. Teunis S. Hamlin, and
V addresses were delivered by the Revs. NJ.
:. Ross Fishburn. Wallace Radcliffe, J. b.
|. Suit, c. A. Stakely, n. c. Naylor and f. ID.
e Power. Among those on the platform be-
s sides those mentioned were Revs. Hart
t. sock, Muir, Baldwin, Lemon and Judge
:. Kiinball.
: Rev. A. F. Anderson. pastor Of Grace
| Baptist Church, is conducting a series of
d revival meetings, assisted by Rev. Mr..
d Truett.
: Andrew rendered dinner Thursday even
/. ing last to the gentlemen OF the congrega-
| ton. SiXty-five sat down to the table. The
h dinner was served in four courses, and dur
& ing the coffee and cigars a program of re-
d citations and instrumental music was rem
| dered.
= The board OF directors of the Central
z | Union Mission have fitted UP a room on the
Il first floor as a sitting room for the use OF
n people who may have a desire to drop in
s for a while and read or write letters. Books
a have been added to the equipment and also
g writing materials. On the fourth floor Mrs
G Anderson p. Lacey has furnished room
in memory of her husband. 1t is known as
/ the Lacey Memorial ROOM" and is to be
e used a bed room for those persons the
}. mission desires to entertain as its special
| guests. The equipment and plant Of the
4, free dispenSary has also received an add.
+ ton of two rooms on the first floor, to be
e used as consulting rooms. The broom fac
II tory project, which 1t was thought would
e be under way by this time, has received q
n temporary setback from the fact that the