Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-24
IN THE CHURCHES

At the recent annual meeting Of the con-
| gregation of the Ninth Street Christian
Church, Rev. e. B. Bagby, pastor. the
following were elected to membership on
the official board of the church: G. w.
Pratt, ]. A. Runyan. F. NJ. Bradley and
]. A. Scott. The congregation held a meet
ing on Wednesday evening of this week for
the purpose of passing on the plans for the
new church submitted by the building COM
mittee. The plans had been previously
| examined by various Of the church bodies,
| SO that most Of the congregation were
| familiar with them before the meeting,
| and consequently the committees report
was adopted with very little discussion.
The new church is to occupy the present
location, at the southwest corner Of 9th
and d streets northeast, will cost about
/ $4,000 and will include several novelties in
! the line of church construction, besides
all the regular features.
| A vocal, piano and organ recital was
| given Tuesday evening at METROPOLITAN NJ
E. Church. Several pleasing solos were
! rendered on the piano by Miss Irene Cur
| ney OF Toronto. niece Of the pastor of the
church, Rev: DR.. Hugh Johnston. and Miss
Elizabeth Pierce of Boston and Mr.. Hern-
don Morsell of this city, vocal solos. The
| others who participated were Mrs. Laura
Aeh johnson, soprano; Miss Mckee, ac-
| SOhpdiuSl, James w aISOn, DaSSO, ana
Mr.. Wilbur F. Dales, organist.
| A mission began last Sunday at St.
Dcmfnic's Church, South Washington and
Is to last two weeks, this week being for wo-
| men and the next week for men, A spe-
| cial mission for children, of whom there
are many in the parish is to begin next
week. The mission is in charge of three
fathers of the Dominican Order. who are
| as follows: Very Rev. c. H. McKenna, O..
p; Rev. E. P. De Cantillon and Rev. j. T..
| Keelty.
| Officers have been elected by the con-
| gregation of st. Marks Lutheran Church
as follows: Elders, Messrs. J. H. Kuehling
| and Cornelius Eckhardt; deacons, G. B.
| Eppley. l. B. Dodson, John Hoffman, F.
| w. Leonhardt. and treasurer, A. w. Noack.
| reports delivered by the superintendent of
| the Sabbath school, Daniel N. Knapp; by
the treasurer. and by the president Of the
| Luther League, Mr.. Eckhardt, all show
| that the condition of the church and it's
| organizations Is encouraging.
Recent guests Of Father Caughy of St.
| Stephens Church were Revs. Reardon and
| keegh.
Next Monday evening the Young Wo-
| mems 'Y'' of the First Conversational
Church is to hold business meeting and
social at the residence of Mrs. Perham, on
Westminster street. The feature of tbs
| meeting is to be parliamentary drill by
E. w. Cahill.
| Rev. Hugh Johnston of Metropolitan
Church is to begin series of Sunday
| evening sermons tomorrow on Truth IN
False 1sms." with the following topics:
| AgEosticism," "Secularism," Spiritual
| ISM" "Universalism" and Responsibility
| for Belief
1t has been decided to formally install
| the new pastor Of Trinity German Luther
| an Church. Rev. Mr.. Schroeder of Port
Richmond, Staten Island, into office on the
second Sunday in May. the 9th.
The Ladies Home Missionary Society of
the First Congregational Church held an
unusually large meeting on Tuesday in
the church parlors. when the members
| sionary. Miss Anna Hoddesh who is a Bo-
hemian worker among the Slovaks at
Bra6 dock. Pa.
Sunday before last the pastor of the As
Geo. o. Little. notified his congregation
that on Easter Sunday he would call for
enough money to pay the church debt,
amounting to twelve thousand dollars. and
| accordingly last Sunday the collection was
| taken for this purpose, with the result
| that the amount was raised
The contractor who is erecting the new
house of worship for Ebenezer NJ E.
Church has the foundation above ground,
| and 1t is expected that the corner stone will
soCn be laid.
The Methodist Ministers Association de-
voted Its session on Monday morning TO
discussing the "Advsa bility of taking up
collections for benevolences by means Of
secretaries of the church organizations"
The lecture room Of Hamline Methodist
Church has lately been recarpeted and
frescoed. as have also the halls of the
| cnurch both upstairs and down. The cost
OF these improvements and the more ex-
tenslVe ones OF some months ago is to
be met by collection to be taken up Sun
day week, at which 1t is expected that
seventeen hundred dollars will be raised.
Rev. NJ. w. HANNA DID, well known
here among the Lutheran churches and
who still calls Washington his home is
now engaged in erecting fine new house
of worship for the First Lutheran Church
Of Altoona, Pa. He took charge of the
church about year ago, when 1t was in
considerable trouble as the result of a
split In the congregation. and has since
succeeded In rehabiitating the congrega-
ton. and will dedicate the new church the
first part of June. DR.. HANNA has re-
fused to remain at Altoona permanently,
and in a short time will return to reside
again in this city.
The church extension board of the gen.
eral synod Lutherans has granted st.
Marks Church in South Washington, Rev.
John c. Bowers, pastor, donation of
At the congregational meeting of the
Eastern Presbyterian Church the following
elders, deacons and trustees were elected:
Elders-Messrs David Aiken, B. T. WEIGH
ST., E. w. Downs, Robert E. Harvey, Chas
E. Mclaughlin, Chas E. Morgan, ]. C.
Mccullough and Thomas Steward; dea-
eons-Messrs. King, Drane, E. Q. Gunson.
F. B. Buckingham, D. X. Sargent. William
c. Cole and trustees-Messrs. G. B. Hop
kins. John W. Shedd, August o. Bostrum
Kettler. Center, Blair. R. o. Dupuy. c. K.
bergman ana Jay u. Smltn. An appeal
was distributed in all the Presbyterian
churches last Sunday asking for aid for
the Eastern Presbyterian in its present
straits. mention of which was made in The
Star several weeks ago. The Eastern
Church has arranged plan and appointed
committees to carry it out whereby
future emergencies of this character may
be averted. The committee in charge
of raising the 81, 800 needed is succeeding
fairly well, but Is very likely to have
a hard struggle before the entire amount
Is secured.
Presiding Elder Wilson of Washington
district Of the Methodist Church held the
first quarterly conference of Waugh
Church on Monday evening. The reports
presented showed that during the past
year 5000 had been raised from all
sources and that the church membership
has increased until 1t is about 700. The
Sunday school has outgrown the lecture
room, and a portion Of 1t has been placed
in charge of Charles Young in the audi
torium above, the whole being under the
SUPPLEMENTARY of Maj. 8. H. Walker.
Rev. Albert NJ. Hilliker, minister in
charge of Epiphany P. E. Chapel 18th and
c streets southwest left on Monday even
ting for a two weeks trip to Warren, Pa,
in order to secure rest after the labors of
Lent. The services and parish work at