Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05
IN THE CHURCHES


Southland was elected to fill this vacancy.
The organ Is being presided over by Miss
Ebert. Mr.. Southland has strengthened the
choir by adding the boys of the school of
the Brothers of Nazareth, 3416 NJ street.
and now the choristers number in the
neighborhood of twenty-five. There has
been a noticeable improvement in the mu-
sic of late in the Incarnation, and the re-
suit is to be seen partly in the increased
Sunday morning audiences. The rector.
Rev. William Tayioe Snyder, Ia devoting
considerable portion of his time to build
ing up the chapter of the Brotherhood of
St. Andrew.
The national committee of the Luther
League of America are making arrange
ments for the second annual convention of
the organization, which is to be held in
Chicago from the 18th OF November next
to the 10th, inclusive. 1t is expected that
at this second convention a decided growth
In the organization will be reported. The
order was formed by banding together
Lutheran young peoples societies which
had existed for long time all over the
United States as separate organizations.
Rev. Albert Homrighaus of Zion Luth-
eran Church has returned from the noun
tains of western Maryland, in the neigh
borhood of Grantsyille, where he. with his
family, has been spending his vacation.
The services at Zion Church have been
continued all summer, under the direction
of Rev. Mr. Jaeckel.
diocese OF Washington will hold the fifth of
Its bf-monthly mass meetings in a little
over two weeks from the present date at
Grace Church, In South Washington. AT
TINS meeting the coming convention of the
brotherhood to be held at Pittsburg early
next month will be thoroughly discussed
and final arrangements In regard to the
trip or washington delegates perfected 1t
IL expected this year that larger number
will attend than went to Louisville last
year Mr.. John F. Paret has acted as
chairman Of the committee on TRANSPORTS
ton, and has secured from the railroad
a rate OF one and one-third for the round
Trip. There Will be appointed at this meet
ing committee to carry on the work of
VISITATION Of the chapters during the next
o"o nloftns- Inc committee. which is now
completing its labCrs. is composed of
Messrs. John F. Paret, W. P Gibbons
James F. Aston and R. Preston SheaIey,
an or the executive committee and Mr.
George w. Evans of st. Thomas Chapter
Rev DIR. Mackay Smith, the rector of ST
johns Church. Is expected to return soon
from mis- summer home at York Cliffs
at ST. Johns Church.
Guriey Memorial Presbyterian Church
VIII welcome home tomorrow its pastor
Rev j. Russell Verbrycke who has lust
IG.urned from a trip to the Chesapeake
MI. Nerbrycke spent the early portion Of
his vacation in Virginia and was accom-
panied by his wife
The Lutheran Ministers Association will
sessions are to be held every Monday
morning at st. Paui's English Lutheran
church. The new officers who will preside
over the affairs of the association are:
Key. W. E. ParSon. D. D.. president. Rev
T. H. Butler, secretary and treasurer. The
association has before ii for deliberation
number OF important matters in the
local church extension line
Twelfth Street Methodist Church under
the leadership of its new pastor Rev W
u Cassard, has carried on active work
TINS PAST summer. Mr.. Cassard di-
V.ded all the stay-at-home members
hands. and each Sunday afternoon these
bands would go out just before the
church services and hold Simultaneous
meetings all over the southeast section of
Washington This has resulted In we'll
organized and enthusiastic congregation
with which TO bsgin the winters work.
Several members have i'll view the building
of new church. or DIT least the reconstrli,e-
ton OF the Old edifce.
Miss Annie Wing, who has charge of the
Chautauqua Circle of Ham,iGe Methodist
Church. expects to resume the work of the
Chautauqua course very soon.
The GuntOn Temple Memorial Christian
EndeIvorers are conducting a. portion OF
the services of the 1ith street branch o.
the Central Union Mission. The directors
OF the mission have !urin., tia. last six
months thoroughly tested this plan OF p,ac-
Ing Christian EEGeav1r Societies in charge
of portions OF the services al the branch
missions. and they find the pan working
very satisfactorily. there being already
nearly a dozen societies working among the
various branches.
Rev. W. G.. Ware. the assistant minister
of ST. Thomas Episcopal Church. corner
of 18th and Madison streets northwest.
has been conducting the services at the
church during the absence of DIR. Aspn-
wall. and has decided row not 10 take
any extended vacation. though he went off
on several short trips to nearby resorts
during the summer. The work on the new
church is progressing very satisfactorily.
DIR. Aspinwill will return from Shelter
Island. where he has been spending the
summer. In about fifteen days. Another
Episcopal clergyman who will arrive in
Washington with a few days Is the Rev.
Mr.. Prescott, who is at his cottage at
Narragansett Pier.
Monday week the Baptist Ministers AS
ISOLATION is to resume it's sessions after
an interim OF three months. The new pres!
dent of the association is the Rev. Theron
Outwatsr. pastor of Kendall Church. The
meetings to be held weekly at Calvary
Sunday school house, and at each enc there
will be an address from some select Ell
speaker. The committee having this mat
ter in charge consists of Revs. G.. S. Will
liams. H T. Stevenson and W. S. o.
Thomas.
DR.. Hugh Johnston. pastor of Metropoli-
tan Methodist Episcopal Church Will re-
turn by the middle of this month from his
summer home on the Niagara river. He
will Immediately resume his Sunday even
Ing 51ScourSeS on the harmony of the Cos
pels. having the following topics yet to be
treated: Miracles and Parallels THE
Transformation and "Raphaers Picture"
General Secretary w. y. Multer of the
Y. NJ. g. A. returned this week after a
months absence from Washington, which
he spent up in the mountains along the
Lehigh valley. Mr.. Multer was accom-
panied by his family. During his absence
affairs at the Y. NJ. c. A. were looked after
by the assistant secretary, Mr.. Herman p.
Metcalf.
Rev. DR.. j. f. Gilbert secretary of the
American Society of Religious Education
with headquarters IN this city has returned
from Mountain Lake Park. where he COM
menced last Sunday week biblical as
sembly- DR. Gilbert inaueurated four of
these assemblies during the past summer
at the following places: Nashville, Tenn
Ocean Grove, n. j.: Asheville N c., and
Mountain Lake Park, Md. During this
coming fall and winter the society will
probably hold at least two congresses, SIM
liar to the one that was held In this CITY
last April The official organ of the society
has been changed from a bi-monthly to a
monthly publication.
A retreat for clergymen of the archdio-
cese of baltimore began Monday of this
week at ST. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore
Nearly all of the local Catholic churches
have one of their priests in attendance this
week at the retreat.
Rev s. l.. Beiler, vice chancellor of tho
American University, left Tuesday to no
absent from Washington ahout n r,op+b