Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21

y
odist bazaar Is as successful as anticipated.
number of the deaconesses have been
working among the congregations of
churches In Maryland. and one of them is
row at Cumberland assisting the pastor
OF Trinity Church, Rev. Martin Rice, DID,,
well known here as former pastor OF
Dumbarton Church.
The health of the rector of St. Margaret's
P. E. Church, Rev. Richard Lewis Howell,
is reported to be all right again. Rev. Mr..
Howell left the city sick in the latter part
OF June for his summer home up in the
Adirondacks, and his pulpit has been filled
by the associate rector. the archdeacon of
Washington, Rev. Thomas Spencer Childs,
DID.
The contractor in charge of the work of
erecting the new St. Thomas P. E. Church
has had wcrkmen engaged on the edifice
this summer, with the result that the ex-
terror is practically completed. If suffi-
c1ept funds are raised by the congregation
In the fall steps may be taken toward COM
pleting the interior, which is to be equally
as handsome as the outside.
Kew. Dr. Hugh Johnston Of Metropolitan
M E. Church has sailed from England fos
home, but is to go to his summer home at
Observation-Disclosures and not to return for
severa! weeks as yet. The Epworth League
Is looking after the evening services dur
ing the pastors absence, and various of
the local ministers. including Revs Henry
Baker and j. H. NJ. Lemon, have prea ched
in the morning.
The trustees Of Rehoboth Baptist Church.
located in Southwest Washington, are try
ing to make financial arrangements by
which they will be able to start their pro-
posed house Of worship. Plans have been
prepared by the architect, Edward Wolff
for a handsome structure, but If the build
ing Is erected it will be put up as plainly as
possible, reserving the decoration for time
when the congregation has more means
than at present.
The boys of the Brothers of Nazareth
Home, on 10th street. are at country
place near Leesburg, Va, but their studies
are not neglected. When the party comes
back to Washington 1t is probable that the
accommodations of the home will be en-
iarged to receive more inmates.
1t was expected that the corner stone of
the Ninth Street Christian Church would
have been laid before this, but the officers
OF the congregation are waiting until the
scattered members of the congregation are
home again The contractor Is rushing
work on the building in order that services
| may be held in the lecture room before 1t
gets too cold to use the tent in which they
are now worshiping. Pastor Bagby, to-
gether with Rev. DR.. Power of the YER
| mont Avenue Church, has returned from
Iappahannock. Va. where they attended
the sessions Of the Tidewater district of
the Christian Church.
The Junior Brotherhood of Andrew snd
Philip of the Western Presbyterian Church
has discontinued most of its regular work
and meetings, though the athletic branch
of the brotherhood exercises, consisting
mainly of base ball team, has only just
under the SUPPLEMENTARY of Mr.. john w.
Matson, a young member of the church.
who Is studying at Columbian University
! with the intention of entering the Pres
byterian ministry.
The pastor of Ryland NJ E. Church, Rev.
DR.. Hartsock. and his family are still out
at their country place, though they expect
soon to move into the city. This is Dr.
Hartsocks last year at Ryland Church, he
having served the full term of five years
allowed by the Methodist discipline by the
time the next conference meets.
Rev. Z. Val-Spinosa, assistant to the Rev.
Richard P. Williams of Trinity P. E
Church. is spending the month of August
in st. Mary's county, Nd, where he was
formerly stationed.
For the past two Sundays the pastors
of Kendall and Gay Street Baptist church.
es, Revs. Theron Outwater and w. S. o.
Thomas, have exchanged pulpits. The for
mer, Rev. Mr.. Outwater. left this week for
vacation of two weeks, accompanied by
his family, to be spent in the upper part of
Maryland. during which time the services
at Kendall Church are to be in charge of
the Rev. E. W. Bliss.
Rev. Joseph T. Kelly of the Fourth Pres
byterian Church is up in Maine, near Port
land, where he will remain for the next
three weeks. Rev. Mr.. Kelly was present
part of this month and took part In several
of the exercises. Rev. B. n. Stewart of
Arkansas City, Kan, is preaching at the
Fourth Church until the return of the min
lister.
The warm Gather has not interfered in
the slightest with the opera lions of the
Methodist bazaar committee, while on the
contrary there have been several gather
ings of the general committee and all the
chairmen and members of the more i'm
portant subcommittee have been definitely
announced. Several weeks ago Mrs. D. B.
Street of Hamlne Church started a ia
dies auxiliary" and is enrolling members
with the object of securing one hundred
Ladies from the various Methodist church.
es. During this and the next two months
the members of the auxiliary are and will
b, busily engaged in making fancy articles,
each lady having agreed to become respon-
sible for the making of ten fancy articles.
The mountains have a decided charm for
the pastor of the Luther Memorial Church,
Rev. J. G. Butler, DID,. and he is accor J.
ingly spending his vacation, which en-
braces the latter half of this month, with
Mrs. Butler up at Mountain Lake Park.
On the way home the doctor intends to
visit at Harper's Ferry for few days
Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis of the West
ern Presbyterian Church returned home
from Asheville yesterday, and is to- preach
at his church tomorrow. Next week he
expects to leave for a trip of three or four
weeks. taking in Boston, Montreal, Nova
Scotia and Long Branch, at the latter place
OF which Mrs. Ennis has been spending
the summer. Mr.. Ennis is to spend a good
deal Of time studying this winter, as he Is
to. come up for the master of arts degree
at his alma mater. Rutgers College, next
spring.
Plans have been prepared by which the
capacity of the National Lutheran Home
for the Aged at Ivy City may be doubled.
II the design is carried out, and it is prob
able that 1t will be, the home will be able
to accommodate about fifteen people. The
plans provide for well-ventilated large.
single bed rooms, a commodouS dining hall
and other necessary improvements.
The improvements to st. Theresa's Cath
Ollie Church are about completed, and
Father Sullivan expects to celebrate his
first macs in the rebuilt edifice the first
Sunday in September
Rev. Albert NJ. Hilliker, minister in
charge of EPIPHANY Protestant Episcopal
Chapel, is to leave Monday week for Mack
iEac, and does not expect to return to
Washington until about the first of Octo-
Der. Mr.. Hilliker Is sufferer from hay
fever, but he usually escapes most of its
unpleesantness by going north. During
the absence of their minister the people of
the congregation will be looked after by
the Rev. Herbert Scott Smith of the Chapel
of the Good Shepherd, who returned few
days ago from the Virginia White Sulphur
Springs.
The executive committee of the Sunday
School Union of the District of Columbia
Is making preparations for one of the most
important works 1t has ever yet under
taken. The union has decided to make a
hOuSe-tO- house canvass of Washington on