Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-11
THE SUNDAY SERMONS.
Themes Discussed by the Washing
tom Pastors Yesterday.

Themes Discussed by the Washing.
ton Pastors Yesterday.
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage preached yes
terday morning at the First Presbyterian
Church from the text, IT answered thee in
the secret place of thunder" Psalm 81,
verse Z.
Labor and Its Relation to the Casper
was the theme Of Rev. DR.. Wallace Rad
cliHe's morning discourse at the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church. His text
was from the Acts of the Apostles and
formed part of discourse by st. Paul. In
Which that great preacher called the at
.entlon OF his audience to the fact that "Ye
,o;uis know that these hands have
mustered to my own necessities
Rev. e. o. Eldridge, DID, pastor Of
waugh NJ. E. Church. officiated Yesterday
morning at the Fifteenth Street M. r.
san His theme was the beauty of
song as a service to God, and his text was
from Job 1910: But none saith where is
night? 'o"sS III Tie
TX ReY 81: J. W; Duffy. pastor of Mount Yer.
non Place M. E. Church South. spoke YES
teroay afternoon at the Young Mems Chris
tlan Association on AN Episode in the Life
OF o. Jacob The text was from Genesis 32:24.
alu JACOB was left alone; and there
of day. '-i 'ne oieaA
MT. George j. Hesselman, president. led
the meeting of the Federation of Young
deopie Unions at All Souls Church last
evening. Those who took part in the pro-
gram besides the chairman were Miss Hot
tel, MI William Kembell, Prof Jouchan
Rrof. sidwell, Mr. Clifford Borden and Miss
henrietta Morrison. The benediction was
pronounced by Rev. z. Bradford LeavitI
pastor of All Souls Church
temperance was the subject of the
morning sermon yesterday at st. Johns
Aip nsp Cnurch by the pastor, Rev. DR..
AieNander Mackay-Smith. His text was
from Romans. 14:13: Let us not, therefore.
Juage one another any more, but judpe
TINS, rather, that no man put a stumbling
way -
The congregation of Plymouth African
Shurch observed yesterday as a rally day.
services were held from $ am until 10 n.
III. II was also the sixteenth anniversary
OF the rounding of the church. About $3.50
was raised toward paying off a debt OF
SoOo remaining on the edifice. Rev. George
W. Moore was the officiating minister in
charge. Al
Yesterday was rally day at the Sunday
school of the Union M. E. Church, Rev A.
Blelaski pastor. Nearly every member of
the school was present. An address was
made by Mr.. Alexander Ashley. Others
who took part in the exercises were the
Misses Moffat and Cobaugh, Messrs Craw-
ford, Calhoun, Ladson and Smith
President Mckinley attended service at
metropolitan M. E. Church. Rev DIR. Hugh
Johnston, pastor, delivered discourse from
the text: Goodness is profitable unto all
things 1 Timothy, AS.
The first of a series OF sermons upon the
life of st. Paul, illustrated with stereopti-
con views, was delivered by Rev. DR.. S. NJ.
Newman, pastor, at the First Congrega-
tional Church last evening.
The "Susannah Wesley Band" of Ryland
M. b. Church, Rev. DIR. S. M. Hartsock
pastor, held it's annual rally yesterday. The
band is composed of about one hundred
children, under the superintendent of Mrs.
Hartsock wife of the pastor An address
was delivered by Rev. Stowell Bryant of
st. Pauls NJ. E. Church Mrs. Thomas Ste
venson sang a solo, and there were singing
and other exercises by the band.
Rev. DR.. w. r. Stricken, pastor of Ham
line NJ. E. Church, preached yesterday
morning on Faith" His text was from
Hebrews, 11:1O: For he looked for a city
which hath a foundation whose builder and
maker is Cod
Rev. DR.. I. W. Canter of Baltimore,
former pastor of Mount Vernon Place M.
E. Church South, preached yesterday Morn
ing before his Old congregation at the
church named, on 1.-The Ideal Church"
There also rally by the Sunday
school.
1.-The Apathy of Christians was the
theme treated by Rev. DIR. William l.. Dew
ries, rector in his sermon at ST. Marks
Pro-Cathedral yesterday morning.
Bishop James A. Handy Of the A NJ. E.
Church preached yesterday morning at
Campbell Church, Hillsdale, from the texr,
THE words of the Lord endureth forever"
l Peter. lbs.