Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-20

Hall next Tuesday. The youngsters of
the school have arranged to have base
ball game to decide the championship of
the Sunday school.
The Sabbath schools of the First Fifth
and Mount Pleasant Congregations
churches held their joint annual Sunday
school outing yesterday at Glen Echo.
In the afternoon there was d program.
conslsting of music. tambourine and other
drills and determinations. rendered in the
represented.
The family of Rev. DR.. Hugh Johnston.
pastor of the Metropolitan Met hodi st
| church, have left for their summer home
on the Niagara river near Niagara Falls
Last Sunday, at the close of the morning
service, DR.. Johnston was taken seriously
Ill with an affection of his throat He
was quite I'll the early part of this week
Dut Is now improving. He expects 10
join his family in two or three weeks for
his summer vacation.
Inc Christian Endeavor and Ladies' Aid
Society of the kellar Memorial Lutheran
Inurch gave lawn party at the residence
OF Mrs. Miller, on II street northeast Mon
day evening.
The last social until September or Octo-
Der of the EpwOrth League of the Fiji
teenth Street Methodist .Ep!scopal Church
was held at the residence of F. S. Metcaif.
the president of the society last evening
nough this is the close of the social work
or the chapter for the year still the reIix-
iouS services are to he continued every
Sunday evening
The Mission Band of the Sixth Presby-
terrain Church gave an entertainment in
aid of its treasury Wednesday evening in
the lecture room of the church The first
portion of the program consisted of music
anu recitation, and the cantata of Red
Rldlng Hood was presented The enter
.aihhieht was gotten up under the SUPER
vision of the president of the mission ba nd
Miss Lulu McDade 49,. -
Extensive improvements fa,ibeing made
on Luther Memorial Church The churc h
mas been painted and the roof repaired
while the Sunday school room and the
church parlor have been retouched and re-
carpeted. The committee Of ladies who are
managing the finances are as follows;
Mesdames w. H. Fiackel. Randolph Cal
iahan, Sterner, E. +. SGhreinsr, Alexander
Scott, ]. G. Butler and the Misses Hartnoc
Henderson and I&eiffert -
Kew. D. Wesley Skellenger, pastor of the
sixth Presbyterian Church. is preaching a
series of illustrated Sunday evening SER
mons on THE Millennium
MI W. H. H. Smith, who has taught the
sunday teachers class. which meets on
saturday evenings at the Young Mems
CHRISTIAN Association, for some time past
mas felt obliged to give up this duty until
the 1st OF August. Secretary W. n MuIter
IS teaching the class in the absence of Mr.,
Smith "
Rev DR.. A. W. Pitzer. who was selected
to represent Washington at the meeting of
Worlds Evangelical Alliance in England
this summer. has decided not to 20 on ac-
count of the health of members of his
family. ~
The last meeting of the Methodist Minis
ters Association for the summer was held
Monday morning at Foundry Church The
features of the meeting were talks by two
Armenian brethren, Messrs NJ. Gablachoff
ana r: Iaminosian. They have been edu-
Gated IN theology in this country, and will
soon leave for the east as missionaries
Inc next meeting Of the Ministers Asso-
CATION will not take place until Septem.
ber
The annual Sunday school picnic NJ cnn.
ton Temple Memorial Presbyterian Church
was held at Marshall Hall today. The an.
perintendent Of the Sunday school is Mr.
George A Provost
A number Of officers of Washington Dis
trict Epworth League went to Oxon Hill
Nd, thursday evening week to institute q
new chapter there, among the party beinr
secretary F. I. Israel and Superintendent
OF the Junior League H. B. Leech The
latter Is also junior pastor Of Forrestyille
circuit, In which Oxon Hill Church ia To-
Gated The officers OF the Oxon Hill chan.
Ter are as follows: President, w. NJ. wal
TER yer; n i; vice president: R. w. Beall: sec
tnlro vice president, Mrs. R. W, BeaIl
fourth vice president, Miss Sallie Paine
secretary. Mr.. Burt Clark, and treasurer
=. ialpott. league has recently beer
formed at Forrestville in the same circnit
Rev. DR.. S. NJ. Hartsock and family has,.
IeIt Ior their summer home near Laurel
VI. Hartsock will, however, come In RI.
city each week and conduct the Snn6o ,
services at Ryland,
Ihe afternoon meeting at the Y M = A
tomorrow afternoon is to be addressed h,
| Rev. DR.. F. D. Power W
MISS Matte V. Wade has been engaged a,
member OF the quartet choir Of fhe Z
Street Baptist during the absence Of NJ
Carrie Kidwell Stuart, who is now On he,
vacation - az" vi hel
| improvements are now being uada =,
vermont Avenue Christian Church and u,iI
De completed within q week or fen dow.
Ihey consist of painting the outside NJ ~.
| cnurch and the steeple, fire scoin1 the wall,
ana vanishing the woodwork Of the Snn
DAY school room and the main auditorium,
A commodious kitchen has been hniIt :,
| the basement "uie IL
| The Young Mems Christian Assoc,at,o,
! .eceh.y sent out number of circular let
| tiers to friends Of the association n ~
District asking for contributions to the c,,r
| rent expenses fund.- The circular has me,
| with very favorable response and near RI,
| $5oO about equally divided between ca.f
| ana pledges. has been turned in Workmey
are busy repairing the new building. INT Il
! Is not expected. as was first thought tina
| the building will be ready for occupancv h,
| the time the Christian Endeavor conven
| ton meets.
The trustees of the E Street Baptis
| Church are having the interior of tn,
] church touched up. A new carpet Ia to b,
| placed on the floor Of the Sunday schoo
| room and new curtains hung at the win
dows. The plan dividing the CONGREGATION
| Into ten committees, each one Of which 1,
| to give entertainments for the benefit of tn,
building fund, Is working well.