Evening star., 1897-02-06
IN, THE CHURCHES

ing made for the first International conven-
ton Of the order, to be held this year at
Buffalo. The committee In charge has de-
cided upon the dates as follows: Wednes-
day. Thursday, Friday. Saturday and Sum-
day, October 13 to II. All the services will
be held in ST. Paurs Church, while the
business sessions are to take place in the
Buffalo Music Hall. Among the well-known
persons who will represent other countries
are the Earl of Nesson, Lord Hugh Cecil,
the Lord Bishop of Rochester. and Rev.
Canon Gore. The delegation which went
from Washington last year numbered
about twenty-five, but the delegation to
Buffalo Is expected to be more than twice
that number.
Messrs. L. d. Lorentz and Allen Wood
were recently ordained deacons Of the Cen
trail Presby terian Church, Rey. A. w.
Pitzer, D. d. pastor. The Laura Pitzer
Missionary Society Of the church held a
meeting Wednesday evening. at which sew
eral papers of interest were read.
number of the choirs of the local
churches are already turning their atten-
tion toward the I-enten season. Mr.. NJ J.
ScanlOn of the choir of Holy Trinity Cath
oiic Church has in training about seventy
coys, who will do most of the chanting.
Several other Catholic churches are con-
templating using vested choirs for minor
services.
REV. Alexander NJ. RlCn, late minister IN
charge of Trinity Protestant Episcopal
Church. left Washington this week. but re-
turns in time to conduct his first COM
muniOn at the service at Trinity tomorrow.
Mr.. Rich leaves for his new charge next
week. The Sundays which intervene before
the new rector, Rev. Richard =. Williams.
arrives are to be in charge of various min
listers. The ladies of the Dorcas Society
and of the congregation have presented Mr.
Rich with Wade Mecum.
The Central Union Mission authorities
are arranging to have the various police
stations of the city visited each Sabbath.
Six Of the nine are already being visited,
ard the rest will soon be. The visitors, who
are ladies, read the Bible and pray with
the prisoners, distribute literature and at
tend to little errands for them. This is the
first time in Washington that the prison-
ers who are compelled to remain In the
stations over Sunday have been looked af-
Ter thoroughly, though the sixth pre-
cinct has been attended to in this manner
for some months by Trinity Chapter of the
Brotherhood of ST. Andrew
At the fourth quarterly conference OF
Fletcher Methodist Church, recently held,
a resolution was passed unanimously re-
Rev. DR.. Luther B. Wilson, and of the pas
tor of the church, Rev. Charles o. Cook.
Officers were elected for the ensuing year
as follows: District steward, NJ. Birckhead;
Henry Croggon. William NJ. Chase. John T.
Lacey. NJ. E. Fowler, d. Buchanan, James
Allen, NJ. Birckhead. Mrs. NJ. C. Moore.
Mrs. A. V. Allen and Mrs. E. Allpress;
trustees, NJ. Birckhead, Henry Croggon.
John Yost, Charles Collision, William Daw
son.
A series of Sunday evening discourses on
practical topics. under the leading head OF
phases of Our City Life" has just been
closed by Rev w. G. Cassard pastor of
TIE Twelfth Street NJ. F.. Church. The
to pic last Sunday evening was Fixing Re-
sponsibility."
Last week the father of Rev. Father Fut-
terer acting pastor of st. Mary, Mother of
God, Church, died at his home in Mattoon,
Ill. Father Futterer was present al his
fathers bedside. The parish, in the alb
sence of the pastor, has been in charge of
Rev. II. C. Nagengast.
The annual meeting of the Methodist
Union of the District of Columbia is to
take place the last Monday in this month
at Wesley Church. The union is now max
ing an effort to pay off a fourth of its
debt amounting to five hundred dollars,
and has nearly accomplished it. 1t is con-
temriated holding bazaar some time in
April, with which to raise the rest OF the
two-thouSand-dollar debt
The local council of the Brotherhood of
St Andrew, in the diocese of Washington,
has arranged for meeting to take place
at the Pro-Cathedral Church of st. Mark
Monday, March l. This is to be entitled
quiet day" and will be conducted by
Bishop Satterlee. The meeting, which will
consist of prayer, meditation and short
talks. Is to begin at o'clock in the after
noon. and with an intermisslon for lunch,
which will be furnished by .he ladies OF
the Pro-Cathedral. will last until about o.
These quiet days" were originated by the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew. and row form
a prominent feature of all conventions of
the order.
At the last convention of the American
Baptist Home Missionary Society com
mittee was appointed to prepare estimates
on the work to be done during the coming
which tad n he
coming convention of the org aniZation in
May. This committee met last Thursday
afternoon at Columbian University and
prepared the report. The committee con-
sists of seven members from various parts
of the Union. those from this city being
Rev. Drs. Samuel H. Greene and B. l..
whitman. The committee considered the
pI opposed removal of Wayland Seminary.
The officers of Trinity German Lutheran
Church have requested the president Of the
Missouri synod, to which organization the
church belongs, to furnish tham with the
names of several ministers who would he
suitable as successors to the pastor of the
church, Rev. George Koenig, who re-
Gently died in Brooklyn. At the morning
service Sunday, the 14th, there is to he
memorial service in memory of the late mas
tor. which is to be conducted by the Rev.
Mr.. kuhne of Baltimore, VINO inducted
Mr.. Koenig into office
The young men of st. Thomas and ST.
Margaret's Protestant EPISCOPAL churches
are uniting in organizing a Bible clas-.
which Is to be taught by the assistant rec
tor Of the former church. Rev W. c.
Ware. Fhe claSs Is to meet for the first
time next Tuesday evening at St Thomas
number of the local Methodist pastors
attended the Methodist bazaar which closed
last week in Baltimore From the bazaar
about Sl0OO was realized, and 1t is now
proposed to have something similar in this
city.
Rev. ]. H. NJ. Lemon, formerly pastor of
Gorsuch NJ. r. Church, and now attached
to Metropolitan Church. has been quite sick
for some days past. He is somewhat i'm
proved this week.
The lyceum connected with the Sunday
school of the Second Baptist Church, Rev
w. Bishop johnson, recently elected the
following officers to serve during the ensu-
Ing year: President, Prof. Jesse Lawson:
first vice president, William T. Casey; sec
ord vice president, W. c. Martini secretary.
Miss Hattie Drew; assistant secretary Miss
Almira Crutchfield, and treasurer, Miss NJ
Broadus.
The educationl board of the national Bap-
tist convention tcoloredD Is to meet in this
city the 9TH of next month at the Second
Baptist Church. Among those who will
represent Washington will be Rev. Drs. ]
Anderson Taylor. Walter Brooks, w. Bish-
op johnson, George w. Lee, W. A. Credit
ard Revs. Champ, Howard johnson, War
Ing and Loving
Class No. Of the Sunday school of the
Church OF the Reformation gave a concert
on Wednesday evening for the benefit of
the church debt fund. 1t was under the
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