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is rapidly recovering, and DR.. Hartsock
will remove, with Mrs. Hartsock and the
family, the latter part of this month to
his country home near Laurel, Md.
The Reformed Chassis of Maryland is to
meet next Wednesday. May 10 at West
minister Carroll county, Nd. The minis
terial delegate from the District of Column
bia is Rev. A. Thomas G. Apple of Grace
Church.
ters of the diocese of Washington took
place on Tuesday at the Church of the
Epiphany. The annual address was de-
ivered by the bishop of Washington, DIR.
Satterlee.
The eastern district of the Lutheran
synod of Missouri began its annual ses-
sion this week at Emmanuel Church, Bal
timore, and will continue in session through
the first three days of next week.
The debt incurred by the people of St.
Pauls P. e. Church for the Improvements
to the church made two years ago, and
amounting to about $500, was nearly ex
tinguished by the collection taken up on
Easter Sunday and subscriptions received
since then. the total being about $500.
Mount Vernon Chapter and Marvin Chap
ter of the Southern Methodist Brother
hood are to meet in debate next Wednes-
day evening. The debaters are: Mount
Vernon-Messrs. J. Z. Baird w. S. Stamp
er and w. ]. H. Robinson, and from Mar
win, Messrs. ]. c. Patterson, S. w. Wood
and S. Roche.
y new feature in the work of Trinity
Chapter of the Brotherhood of st. Andrew
was inaugurated yesterday evening by
social gathering of the men of the parish.
These meetings are to be held once
month. after the regular meeting of the
chapter in the parish hall.
The southern Methodist ministers resid-
ing In Washington are to resume their
weekly meetings next Monday. The pre-
siding elder of Washington district of Bal
timore conference, NJ. E. Church South,
Rev: James Hill Boyd, has decided to re-
side in Alexandria.
The treasurer of the diocese of Washing
ton has received $4,000 in cash as the por-
tfon of the legacy falling to 1t from the
legacy to the old diocese Of Maryland of
Mrs. f. Spaight Keerl of Baltimore. Thirty
five thousand more will be received by the
diocese under the will of the late Evers-
field F. Keerl, and discussion of how this
money is to be used will probably take
place at the annual meeting of the Wash
ington diocesan convention next Wednes-
day at st. Paurs Church The convention
is to be preceded by q service. and then
after the reading of the bishops annual
address the delegates will settle down to
business, which, however, in the main is
not Of great Importance. Every parish In
the diocese will be represented by its min
listers and by one lay representative for
every ministerial delegate, the representa-
ton of both orders thereby being equal
The pastor Of Ryland NJ. E. Church. Rev.
S. NJ Hartsock, DID,, is to preach a spe-
cial sermon tomorrow morning by invita-
ton to the members Of Council No. of
the A. P. A, who will attend his church in
a body.
The annual closing exercises of the
Deaconess Home and Training School
are to be held Eext Wednesday evening at
Wesley NJ E. Church.
The First Congregational Church has
voted to establish a fund for necessary re-
pairs including carpet, etc, and for the
payment of the bonded debt of 5000. The
whole amount needed is $4,000, but the re-
pairs are not to be made until the money
is raised A committee has been appointed
to take charge of the matter, composed as
follows Messrs. c. B. Ball, c. B. Bayly,
A. A. Buck. P. c. Claflin. P. ". Coleman,
L. A. Conner, H. K. Fulton, Q. NJ. McPher-
son, ]. d. Morgan and J. S. Topham.
The Twelfth Street Epworth League will
observe Anniversary day by appropriate ex-
ercises. There will be a sunrise prayer
meeting at am. At II am the pastor
will preach a sermon to Epworth Leaguers,
and at pm. an anniversary service of a
very interesting character will be held.
Services will be held for the last time in
the old Trinity NJ. e. Church on 4th street
southeast tomorrow, when the pastor, DR..
E. d. Huntley; will occupy the pulpit morn
ing and evening. The work of arranging
the furniture in the new church at 5th and
c streets southeast is about completed, and
the dedication exercises will be held Sun
day, May %. 1t is expected that Bishop
John F. Hurst will preach in the morning.
and the Rev. DR.. Hubbard of Baltimore
will be present at the morning and after
HooH services, anu tne presiding elQer, Dr.
Luther B. Wilson, will preach in the even
ing.
The regular quarterly meeting of The Wo-
mans Foreign Missionary Society of the
presbytery Of Washington city will be held
In the Western Presbyterian Church, 10Th
and H streets, Tuesday morning, May 49,
at 1890 o'clock. Mrs. U. s. G. Jones of In
dia, one of the missionaries supported by
this presbytery, will be present, and will
address the meeting. A report Of the twen-
ty-seventh annual meeting of the Womans
Foreign Missionary Society, which was
held in Altoona, Pa. April Is and 70, will
also be given.