Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-28
AMONG THE WORSHlPERS
President Mckinley Attends Service at the
Metropolitan Church.
DIR. JOhnstOn's Jubilee SermOn-Dr
Which Prominent Pastors Spoke.

President Mckinley attended the service
at Metropolitan NJ. e. Church yesterday
morning, walking to and from the house of
worship. He walked down Pennsylvania
avenue rapidly, but was a few minutes
late, reaching the church in the midst of
the opening prayer. He took a seat near
the door, afterward walking to the Presi-
dents pew. The church was crowded.
Rev. DR.. Johnston preached a jubilee
sermon. Sixty Years a Queen" 1t was
an historical review filled with anecdote
illustrating the virtues of Queen Victoria.
His text was from Psalm 45:9, his theme
being that beauty and spotlesshess OF soul
mel es beauty of rament fitting and ap-
propriate.
Upon the conclusion of DR.. Johnston
sermon Bishop Hurst added a few words
Of tribute to the queen. hymn to the air
of God Save the Queen" was sung as the
close of the service.
Rev: DR.. E. d. Huntley of Trinity NJ. L.
Church, southeast, preached yesterday from
Acts xvii, 26-2T: And He hath made of one
blood all nations of men for to dwell on all
the face of the earth, and hath determined
the time before appointed and the bounds
OF the habitation- He referred to the
single tax and ventured the statement that
the time will come when there will be a
resurrection and the people will rise up and
claim some of the bread acres of the land
made by God for their use The tramp.
tramp, tramp of American workmen walk
ihS the streets of American cities begging
Ior Work was disgrace, he said, and some
thing would have to be done to bring re-
iief This relief he was of the opinion could
be mad by the shutting out of all inmi-
grants for period of at least twenty-five
years: He did not favor the present re-
strlctlon on immigration, but believed IT
should be stopped entirely for Twenty-Five
years for 1t would take at least that time
lor the country to digest the heterogeneous
country. AZ wv
Key Richard P. Williams spoke at Trim
Iy +. r. Church last evening on the New
Testiment parable of the feast to which
the guests had been hidden but s-aya triy-
ial excuses fer the mona ppearance at the
last moment 60 INV
what Constitutes Christianity?" was
the subject of Rev. Dr. Alexander kent al
the Peoples Church Yesterday morning
Ihe pulpit of the Church of the Incarna
tiofl yesterday was occupied by Mar Elijah
OF me Assyrian Church. Mar Elijah is a
been student for the last four wears at
TIE Genera! Theological Seminary in New
FORK city. He will finish his studies next
S fIair. ana return to become a deacon in the
foly Cathoilc Church at Or1omiah
The Present Condition of the Assvr;an
Church was his subject
fontlncal high mass was celabra ted YES
teruay morning at st. Aloysius' Church in
comnemoration of the feast of ST Allows
Ius. patron saint of the church Mgr Mar
tlneiii. the apostolic delegate celebrated the
mass. assisted by Father Mckinney. as
deacon; Father Conway, subdeacon ard
Father Gillespie. assistant priest Eev
Eugene A. Hannah of St PauTs Catholic
church preached the panegyric of the
saint He took for his text the words,
May he be happy, may he be loved by
God, may he be most good and most great.
and may he ever live for the benefit of
men, -
Rev. l.. B. Wilson occupied the pulpit at
Foundry NJ f. Church yesterday, VIXEN
ne preached from the text found in John
III: And we beheld His glory, 1t was
a thoughtful sermon, showing great ia
miliarity with scriptural history