Evening star., 1897-02-27
N THE CHURCHES

The congregation Of the United Brethren
Church, corner Of North Capitol and r
streets. is making preparations to have
the reports of the work done during
the past year presented to the Maryland
annual conference, March 10. at Walkers
Vile, Md. The Maryland conference takes
in the District of Columbia and all of the
state of Maryland except the city Of Bal
timore. 1t embraces 1900 members. The
session is important this year from the fact
that questions discussed at the state con-
ference will foreshadow those at the gen.
eral conference of the United States at To-
Iedo, Ohio, May 10. Among the questions
to be discussed will be that of enlarging
the boundaries of the Maryland conference
SO as to include the city Of Baltimore. The
Washington congregation is looking for
ward to this quadrennial meeting of the
general body with good deal of interest,
principally because its pastor. Rev. John
E. Fout, Is one of the delegates represent
ing the Maryland conference, the others
being Revs. G. ]. Roudabush and NJ. l..
Martin. and Harvey Thomas lay delegate.
The bishops of the United Brethren Church
are elected every four years, but it is not
thought that there yill be any changes this
session. Another question discussed will
elders.
Bishop Holt Of Iowa is to preside at the
maryland conference, but the different
bishops take turns in presiding at the quad
rennial meeting. The delegates who have
at the meeting week after next are as fol-
lows: The pastor, Rev. ]. L. Fout, and L.
L. Smith and Caleb Cleveland.
Arrangements have been made for a
union prayer meeting Wednesday evening
the night before Inauguration, at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church. 1t Is
called "a union patriotic prayer meeting"
and to it are invited members of all de-
nominations. The theme of the meeting
will be prayers for the incoming adminis-
tration. The presiding officer is to be Rev.
DIR. Wallace Radcliffe, and it is expected
that, among others, Justice Brewer will
speak.
Rev. Richard Lewis Howell, rector of St.
Margarets Episcopal Church. has returned
from Asheville. N. c., where he went sew
eral weeks ago to recover from the effects
of an attack Of the grip. Mr.. Howell has
not yet completely regained his strength,
but is considerably improved. The SER
vices at st. Margaret's in the absence of
the rector have been in charge of the Rev.
Mr.. Williams, assistant minister Of St.
Paul's, Rock Creek parish.
All the portions of the handsome new
altar ordered in Italy for ST. Peters
Church, corner of I'd and c streets south
east, described in The Star some weeks ago,
have arrived, and are being placed in ISL
ton. The altar. which is quite an expensive
one, was secured as a memorial of the
golden jubilee of the parish. which occurs
this year. The original church, standing
until a few years ago, was erected on
ground given by Daniel Carroll of Duding-
ton. The celebration of the jubilee has
been postponed to some time after Easter,
when the new altar is to be formally
blessed in the presence of a distinguished
gathering of church dgnitares.
Officers have been elected by the Chris
tfan Endeavor Society of the United Breth-
on rial NhIrr foil
Miss Annie Annand vice president, Edw.
Kern; recording secretary, Miss Mary
Duiin; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Wash
ington Topham; treasurer Caleb Cleveland
and organist, Miss Addie Spies. The pastor
of the church has been sick for nearly
month, and has only just recovered.
meeting of the Presbyterian Ministers
Association took place Monday at the
Church of the Covenant. The feature of
the meeting was an address by Rev. DR..
George N. Luccock of the Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church on "A Muddled Min
ister." DR.. Luccock gave some very good
advice as to what ministers should do in
emergencies.
Bishop Newman of Oakland. Cal. former
ly pastor of Metropolitan NJ. E. Church, is
expected to arrive here the first of next
week as the guest of Mr. M G. Emery. He
Is to preach at Metropolitan Church Sun
day, March T. The bishop at the request
of the president of Cornell University, de-
livered a special sermon at Ithaca last Sun
day.
New officers were recently elected by the
sunday school of Metropolitan Church, as
follows: Superintendent, w. C. Eldridge:
assistant superintendents, Evert L. Harvey
and Miss Wilson; secretary, Clinton Gapen;
treasurer. George w. Gray; librarian, Wal
ter e. Wright; organist: Miss Mollie Nc
kee; superintendents, of the intermediate
department, Mrs. Woodburn; of the pri-
mary department, Miss Purnell, and of the
Chinese Sunday school, Miss Sallie Sum-
mers.
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prominent topic of discussion in Protes-
tant Episcopal Church circles throughout
the country. Rev. DIR. Lamb financial
agent of the committee having charge of
the matter, Is travelling from city to city
gathering funds for the purpose and with
this end in view has been, talking to the
congregations of several Washington
churches.
tol NJ. E. Church Monday evening. Tith-
ing cards representing IS each, which had
been distributed to members of the church
and Sunday school, with the object of
were turned in. The program for the even
ing included music by the choir and ad-
dresses from heads of different depart
ments Of the church and concluded with
refreshments.
Rev. Father NJ. P. Sullivan pastor of
ST. Theresa's Catholic Church, has for
some weeks past been preparing a large
class of children for confirmation. Car
dlnal Gibbons Is to confirm this class to-
morrow.
The Home Missionary Society of North
Capitol Church has elected the following
officers for the ensuing conference year:
President, Mrs. Charles L. Pate; vice presi-
dent. Mrs. ]. l. King; secretary, Miss Liz
zie King. and treasurer, Mrs. William b.
Creecy.
Mrs. Mabel L. Conklin, secretary of the
purity department CT the National Women's
Christian Temperance Union, organized
White Cross Society last Sunday at the
United Brethren Memorial Church. The
society, which is limited to gentlemen, was
oragniZed with sixteen charter members.
After the act of organization the follow
ing officers were selected: President, L. l..
Smith: corresponding secretary, Washing
ton Topham; recording secretary, Albert
Browning, and treasurer, George Ford.
The pastor of Metropolitan Methodist
Church, Rev. Hugh Johnston. DID,, has
just concluded very interesting series of
ten Sunday morning discourses on THE
Lords Prayer
Rev. DIR. Isaac w. Canter of Mt Vernon
Church returned today from near Arundel
on-the-Bay, where he has been spending
a vacation of two weeks granted by his
cong regation.
At a recent meeting of the executive
committee of the Southern Methodist
Brotherhood it was decided to take active
steps at the coming meeting Of the Balti-
more conference at Staunton, Va, toward
the extension of the brotherhood thrOugh-