Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-11
IN THE URCHES

by different pastors have excited unusual
interest and are listened to by large con-
gregations.
Rev. Richard Henry Poynter OF Bedford
and Elston, England who is sometimes
called the second John Bunyan." will
speak at the O'Clock meeting tomorrow
afternoon at the Young Mems Christian
Association. Mr.. Poynter is regarded as
an authority on everything relating to. the
life of Bunyan.
The ladies of St Thomas p. +. Church
have organized a guild and will carry on
various branches of church work.
Rev. George S. Duncan. Ph.D.. Of tho
lexington Presbyterian Church will begin
Sunday evening a series of four sermons on
the practical teaching of the Book OF
Jonah.
A r. Sevren. ESQ.,, OF the civil service
commission will deliver a public lecture In
the lexington Presbyterian Church on
Banks and Banking" December IL. The
Bible Class Club connected with that
church. taught by III. G. Kimball. will have
an Evening with Sir Walter Scott" De-
cember Is.
The following have been selected by the
local council of the Brotherhood of St
Andrew as officers for the ensuing term:
President, Mr. Frank NJ. Evans oil St
Thomas Church, vice president. Col. Cecil
Clay, st. Andrews; corresponding secre-
tary and treasurer. Mr.. r. p. Currie OF
Ascension; recording secretary, Mr.. A. s.
Bayles Of St Thomas. Executive council:
Messrs. J. IL. Gordon of Christ Church,
Georgetown; A. X. Paris OF Epiphany;
Mr.. George Salter of St. Johns. Washing
ton. and Richard Hamilton of the Pro-
Cathedral, st. Marks.
The committee having charge of the Sc
lection of place of meeting for the next
annual national convention Of the Brother
hood OF st. Andrew has decided that IL will
be held elsewhere than in Washington not
withstanding the fact that a previous con-
vention Of the brotherhood, which was held
here. was unusually well attended. As
heretofore stated i'm The Star. the great
triennial convention of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church OF America will meet in
Washington next fall.
Mother Mary Joseph Hermanna. mother
general Of the Order of School Sisters OF
Notre Dame. the headquarters OF which
are ut Munich. Bavaria is expected to
visit this city soon. She is now making
a tour OF inspection to all the converts OF
the order in America. Mother Mary ar
rived in New York about two weeks ago.
accompanied by Sister Mary Sanctna of
the mother house at Munich, and Sister
Mary Gisela, director of novices of Eng
land.
Mother Mary is now in Philadelphia,
where she will remain a week, when she
will go to Baltimore and after staying
there short time WILL it is expected,
scjourn for a few days with friends in
Washington.
After concluding her vacation. which will
terminate in this city, she will begin ner
visitation OF the entire country. winch ID
divided into three provinces: The eastern.
mother house in Baltimore: the southern.
mother house in St Louis, and the western.
mother house in Milwaukee. Mother Mary
will spend about one year in visiting the
converts of the three districts.
The order of which Mother Mary is the
head is one of the largest of the female
orders i'm the Catholic Church. The rnem-
bers of the order devote their lives in
teaching in convent schools.
An afternoon service VIII take place To-
morrow at the Church of the Covenant.
Rev. DIR. Teunis S. Hamlin, pastor. The
program will be: Organ prelude. invitation
to worship: hymn; responsive reading:
hymn; Scripture lesson; prayer; ny am; rec
itation of Apostles Greed; offying; solo;
sermon: solo: prayer and rened-ction-
Rev. Page Milburn, pastor of North cap
itol NJ +. Church. has gone south for
brief vacation.
Mr.. A. o. Latham has been elected
member of the official board of Mchendree
NJ. Z. Church. vice Mr.. Zephaniah jones'
who was killed by being run over by a
bicyclist a few months ago. Most OF the
other officers of the church have been re-
elected for another year.
The members of the E Street Baptist
Church Rev j. ]. Muir, pastor, have sue
ceeded in reducing the mortgage debt on
their edifice by 81 900 during the fiscal year
Just closed. The Christian Ende;tvor So
ciety is preparing to hold its anniversary.
DR. Muir is preaching series OF sermons,
entitled, respectively, The Sealess World,
1.-The Nightlass Realm" The Tireless
State" 1.-The Sinless Condition. The TEN.
pleIess City" THE Deathless Existence"
and The Countless Throng.
Officers of Wesley NJ. +. Chapel Sunday
school, Rev. J. Fred. Heisse, pastor. have
been elected for the ensuing year, as fol-
lows: Superintendent Mr.. William Redin
Woodward; assistants, Mr.. John s. Bar
ker, Mr.. ]. Walter Duval, Miss Jennie Bar
ker, Miss Edith Mckee, Miss Carrie Strat-
ton and Mrs. William Redin woodward;
1Ixrvur ta.-
ant. Fred Mckee; treasurer A n. Hitler;
lib arian Mr.. Thomas p. Woodward.
The senior school of Wesley Church will
have its Christmas services the morning OF
the 18th at 1890 o'clock. The committee
in charge is composed of Messrs. William
Redip Woodward, Frank Woodward and
Fred. Mckee. Miss Jennie Barker and Miss
Edith Mckee. The intermediate and
have their annual Christmas festival some
afternoon during the holidays. A series
of sermons will be preached during the
remaining Sundays Of December, as fol,
christmas Sermon No. l." christmas
Sermon No 2" Evening. "Toilers for
Bread" and Practical Religion The last
Sunday evening of this year there will be
"A Festival of Music" by the choir, with
an address by the pastor.
Miss Jessie A. Ackerman of the w. c. T.
u, who spoke Tuesday last at a meeting
at the Columbian University mas, since
miles; has been around the world; held 1.417
meetings, delivered $40 lectures and AT in
formal addresses. She spoke for temper
ance and purity on forty-one steamers and
vessels of war, and in Isl pupits. She
visited 1,140 Sunday schools and 176 day
schools; tied the white ribbon on 900
women and girls, and received 10000
pledges of men. She wrote 5.9i9 letters and
40 newspaper articles, besides DO letters
to home papers; printed GO,000 leaflets and
1000 manuals, and was seven years en-
ployed on her first white ribbon mission.
officers for the Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Sunday school, Rev. NJ. Ross Fish
burn, pastor, have been elected to serve for
the ensuing year, as follows: Superintend-
ent. w. j. Bowman: assistant +. s. Peck;
superintendent of primary department Miss
Jennie Appleby; treasurer John b. Sleman,
jr.; librarian, Paul Z. Sleman; choristcr.
Clarence EXley; pianist, Miss Clara Young;
secretary, Miss Imogene lexis.
The bazaar held recently by the ladies Of
the Mt. Pleasant church resulted in net
gain to the treasury CT over $500. which
will be devoted to the fund for completing
the furnishing Of the supper room and
kitchen of the church.
Rev. DIR. s. Domer, pastor of St. Pauls
Lutheran Church, will preach an appro-
pirate sermon before the members OF
Anchor Lodge. Independent Order of Amer
lean Mechanics, at his church tomorrow