Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-01
IN THE HURCH e S

young mems association OF the Southern
| Methodist Church, modelled somewhat on
| the lines of the Brotherhood Of st. Andrew
| and the Brotherhood of Andrew and Phillip.
For some years past there have been two
| organizations of young men at Mt. Vernon
| Church and st Marvin Church calling them
| selves Young Mems Christian societies, and
| these two are now arranging a plan of fed
| GRAFTON which it is hoped to extend through
| out the Southern Methodist Church. Each
| society will hereafter be known as a chapter
| and there will be a governing body of all
| the chapters. For the purpose of preparing
| a plan Of organization and drawing up a
constitution the two societies mentioned
have appointed joint committee, which is
| row at work under the direction of w. w.
| MILAN of Mt. Vernon Church as temporary
chairman.
Last Sunday evening the first meeting of
| the Womens Home Missionary Society of
| North Capitol Church was held since the
election of new officers. The president,
| Mrs. Charles l.. Pate, presided. and the
program included a Scripture reading by
| Miss Belding Of the Deaconess Home,
and addresses by Mrs. s. l.. Beier. national
secretary Of the bureau of Alaska work,
Mrs Mr.: Clara Roach and Rev: Charles L.
| Pate, and instrumental music from Mrs.
| Ada ODER Leach and quartet of students
| from the training school.
The congregational style of singing in
last spring has been dispensed with, and a
| quartet has been secured. This is COM
| posed of the following singers: Mrs. F. A.
Gardner, soprano; Miss Blanche Yewell,
| alto; Melville Hensey, tenor, and bass,
Prof. N. Dushane edward, who also is the
| director of the choir. The quartet is as
| sisted by chorus of ladies and gentlemen
| Percy s. Foster is the organist.
Five new rooms have been added to the
present equipment of the womens dormi-
tories OF the Central Union Mission. Each
| room is being fitted up with single iron
| cots, wash stand and a chair The
board of directors have applicants for more
accommodations even with these additional
rooms, but will not lay out any more money
| IN this direction just at present. The sys-
| tenn of heating is being extended to all
parts of the building as fast as the state
| of the funds will warrant.
The young people of the Metropolitan
Baptist Church gave reception to their
| heW pastor, Rev. Granville S. Williams
| last evening. There was a musical and
| literary program presented, but the event
| OF the evening was prize drawing con-
test on a blackboard which resulted in a
great deal of amusement
Rev. George Taylor, the new pastor of
| Miles Memorial African NJ E. Church, on
30 street northwest, has assumed the duties
| of his charge. Mr.. Taylor finds a consider
| able debt on the church incurred in making
| repairs and improvements to the edifice
last fall year ago, and he is now taking
steps to tighten part of the load al least
was collected for this purpose.
This week the social committee of the
Christian Endeavor Society of the Ninth
Street Christian Church held a novel So
and was participated IN by young men and
young ladies in summer costume Every
body brought lunch as at g. genuine picnic
The next mass meeting of the District
| Epwcrth League is to be held Eext Friday
| evening week at Waugh Church, under the
| direction of the spiritual department. The
| speaker of the evening is to be Rev. DR..
| Hugh Johnston Of Metropolitan Church,
who is to talk about THE Ideal Epworth-
ian." 1t is expected that Presiding Elder
Wilson will also make an address
Philip johnson, financial agent of Beth
any College, Christian Church, was recent
| ly in the city. Rev. DIR. F. D. Power, pas
| tor Of Vermont Avenue Christian Church,
| has offered to be one Of hundred
alumni to raise thousand dollars within
year for the increase of the endowment
| of the college.
| Wednesday evening of this week Rev.
| DR.. J. T. Jenifer of the Metropolitan A. NJ
| E. Church delivered an address to the
| Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
| deavor.
The Chapter of St Cecilia, which en-
| braces the choir of St. Matthew's Protest
| ant Episcopal Church. is locking forward
with expectancy to Easter, When it is to
receive the gift of pipe organ from the
vestry Of the mother church, Christ
Church, East Washington.
|
| proposed new Ninth Street Christian
| Church received a considerable addition
| About three hundred dollars in cash was
| turned in and over a thousand dollars in
| subscriptions.
| The Crown and Cross Mission of Phila-
delphia, which is a member of the Ma
| tional Gospel Mission Union, is taking steps
| to build a Gospel wagon on the plan of
| the local one. AS a surety that it will fill
| all requirements they have awarded the
| contract to the firm in this city who built
| the wagon IN use here.
| AS result of revival services ait Marvin
| NJ. E. Church the rolls of the congregation
have been increased by more than forty
| names.
Sunday school officers of Fifteenth Street
| NJ. E. Church have been elected as follows
| Superintendent, Rev. Harry Farmer; as
| sistant superintendent, F. ]. Metcalf; sec-
| rotary. E. r. S. Croggon; treasurer, Mrs
| NJ G.. Robertson, and librarians, H. c. York
| and NJ. g. Robertson.
Yesterday evening the Sunday School
| Missionary Society of Foundry Church
| gave an entertainment for the benefit of its
| missionary fund. The first part of the
evening was devoted to the rendition of q
| musical program and then the audience
patronized a bazaar, which was held In the
| lecture room.
Tomorrow a mission conducted by tn,
Paulist Fathers is to be opened at st. Au