Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04

| clergy of the Roman Catholic archdiocese
of Baltimore is being held this week at
st. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore.
conference was recently held in south
err Maryland by the ministers of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church who are laborirg
among the colored people of that section.
Rev. J. Fred. Heisse returned to Wash
ington yesterday from the mountains of
western Maryland near Williamsport,
where he has Leen spending his vacation
of four weeks.
Rev. Sam Small, the evangelist Of this
city. is delivering lectures at the Allegheny
Grove camp meeting, the director of which
is the Rev. Dr. NJ. F. &. Rice. formerly
, pastor Of Trinity NJ. E. Church Of this
city.
The Central Union Mission has accepted
an invitation for a band Of their work
ers to go to Warrentou next week and
| conduct a series of mission services there
Rev. Edward Marshall Mott, rector Of
the Church of the Advent, has returned
from the Warm Springs. Va. Rev. Mr..
Mott has a number of plans for active
and aggressive WORK at the Church of
the Advent, among which is the formation
of chapter of the Brotherhood OF st. An
drew.
The exterior of st. Michaels and All An
gels Church has been considerably i'm
proved by the placing of an iron railing
around the church.
Rev. DIR. A. j. Huntington has been
spending the summer at the Warm Springs
Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, minister in
charge of the Church of the Good Shep-
herd has returned from the White Sui
phur Springs and in addition to looking
after his own chapel is in charge of the
parochial affairs of Epiphany Chapel the
minister In charge there, Rev. A NJ Hill
llker being now at Mackinac.
The Colored Baptist Ministerial Union
VIII meet Monday morning at the Vermont
Avenue Baptist Church The pastor of the
Vermont Avenue Church, Rev George w
Lee, mas Just returned from three weeks
trip to North Carolina, where he has been
studying the work of his denomination In
that section.
The pastors of the local Lutheran church,
es ainiiating with the general synod are
appointed representatives of their church
on the committee which is<lo take charge
OF the matter of making ARRANGEMENTS for
the entertainment of the Maryland SYNOD
which Is to meet at the Church of the
reformation in this city In the early part
VI oe'oher. Messrs Cornelius Eckhardt
and A V. Wagner have been appointed
members OF the committee for St Marks
and the Church of the Reformation re.
spectively.
:, Rey: Richard P. Williams. rector of Trim
NY Protestant Episcopal Church, will take
a vacation of several weeks in September
me Rev F. d. Power, LII D., pastor of
the Vermont Avenue Christian Church. is
sermon tomorrow.
The congregation of the Liberty Rantis+
church, 18th street and New York avenue
Is lo3hing Tor pastor. and expects TO have
one by the list of October
A large excursion of colored Ra,,ists of
the District and vicinity, composed mainIv
OF members OF lions Church, went to
Tichmond last Saturday and returned
auesaay: These excursions are gotten up
annually by the church for the purpose nf
giving the local colored Baptists a chance
10 near their former pastors in Richmond
Key: W. j. Wright of the Third Chris
meetings this week at the Snow Hill Wnr-
cester county, Nd, Christian Church
which have been very successful
rev =: u. Bailey. president of the board
mas been elected to and has accepted tbe
once OF president of the National GosnaI
Mission Union. No'pe'
AS, AS an auxiliary to the work of the So
ciety Oh 81. vincent de Paul, an organiza-
tlon, entitled the League of the Good Sa
marian, Is now being formed. mainly
S S1 the efforts of Rev. John Gloyd Of
Downey of St Matthew's Church
rev. James Burgdorf of Michigan has
taken membership in the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church.
Inc annual meeting of the Christian Mic
slonary convention of MARYLAND DeIswar.
and the District of Columbia is to he baid
october II to II, inclusive, at Hagerstown
,be Ran we PRESIDENT OF the convention is
me rev. Dr. r. ID. Power, who has served
IN the same position twenty consecutive
years, and the secretary is Mr. I n
thompson. member of the Vermont
rev Dr. c. b. Ramsdell of the North
presbyterian Church resumed charge of
his services last Sunday "
The national Christian convention is m
meet the middle of next month. at Indian
apoils, and Washington is to be represented
by the Revs. F. D. Power and E. b. Raphy
KEY. h D. Huntley. pastor Of Trinity Al
r. Church who has been spending three
weeks, vacation at Ocean Grove. will oc-
cnpy the pulpit Sunday. At II O'clock m
he VIII make an address at the communinn
service and at 100 pm. Will preach on
The Personality and Power of the Devi1 :;
The Epworth League of Twelfth Street
ChIrch Will again resume its services in
the church. For two months this chanter
mas been conducting open-air meetings st
the corner OF 18th and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast. During tina. period IL Is EST
mated that about nine hundred persons at
tended these services
Inc meeting tomorrow evening will he-
gin at O'Clock. The theme for the even
Ing VIII be Benefits Derived From Onen-
AR Services" and will be conducted Inv
Miss NJ. E. Garrett. "'
A Proper Qualifications.