Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24

Invitations have been sent out to the
Methodist clergy and laymen of this city
and vicinity by the congregation of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of Kensing-
ton to attend the formal dedication of their
new house of worship tomorrow. The pro-
81 am for the exercises is follows: Ser
vices at II am. and preaching by the Rev.
Henry r. Naylor, D. D., pastor of McKen-
dree NJ: E. Church: dedicatory sermon at 3
pm. by the Rev. Luther B. Wilson. d. D..
presiding elder of Washington district of
the Methodist Episcopal Church; and in
the evening preaching by the Rev. ]. st.
Clair Neal until recently presiding elder
OF West Baltimore district. The choir.
augmented by soloists from several of
the local church choirs has prepared
special music for the occasion and will
be present at each of the services. A
number of the members of the congrega-
ton have invited their brother Methodists
from the city to spend the day with them
and attend the dedication. and these, to-
Gether with the other visitors, the minis
tiers present and the pastor, Rev. Robert
N. Moore, and his flock, will be more than
sufficient to fill the new church.
st. Paurs Church was originally a por-
ton of Sligo charge, but it outgrew its pa
rent and was erected into a separate sta
ton several years ago. 1t was supplied
first by local preachers, then by supernu-
| meraries, and finally by regular ministers
in active service, the present one being
a native of Montgomery county, and was
educated at Dickinson College, Carlisle.
Pa. Since entering the Baltimore confer
ence he has had three charges, including
St. Paurs. all in Montgomery county. AT
the last session of the Baltimore confer
ence a decided effort made to secure
him at HagerstoWn, favorably is he
thought of by the Methodists, but his pres
ent congregation, by dnt of urging and
limiting that they would not build the bad
ly Eeeded new church under another pas
tor, succeeded in having him reappointed
for the fourth year. His congregation has
grown wonderfully in his three years pas
torate, and is of the strong suburban
churches. Several of its prominent men,
ters were members at the very beginning
and are still actively connected with IT
among whom may be mentioned Messrs.
w. II. Wheatly. George Duvall, ]. F. Stock
and DR.. Dietrich.
The new church is in the northern por-
ton of kenSington, on the south side of
the railroad, and faces south. 1t is of stone
brick and wood, the latter forming the ma
terial for the major portion. A tower
heavily buttressed with brick at the base,
fourteen feet square, and rising I'D to a
considerable height, Surmounted by an
open pelfry, forms the main feature of the
exterior. The main entrance to the ediice
IS through this tower, though there are
two other entrances. Over all there is a
nigh, gabled roof, shingled and tinted
green, ana having just below the front ga
bic handsome rose window. The front
and major portion of the interior is occu-
pied by the main auditorium, with the pull
PIT platform at one side, and the peys ar
ranged in two aisles, running straigh.
across the church. At the farther end, and
separated from the auditorium by sliding
glass partitions, is the Sunday school room.
but the two can easily be thrown into one
at any time by means of the partition
thereby giving the church a total seating
capacity of four hundred. The usual equip
ments of a church complete the building
above, while underneath there is a cellar,
in which the heating apparatus is located
The plans for the building were prepared
by Architect c. L. Harding who also SUI
perviSed the construction