Evening star., 1897-03-06
N THE CHURC n e S

Lent began on Wednesday. and will last
| until Easter Sunday. the 18th of April.
The season is observed by both the Catho-
| lie and Episcopal churches. while many of
the churches Of the Protestant denomina-
| tions are making preparations for special
services on Easter Sunday. The Lutheran
churches have always observed Easter and
| the other denominations are gradually in
| ciining In that direction. Services were
held in the Episcopal churches on Ash
Wednesday. and ashes distributed in the
| Catholic churches. The first of the lee
! lures on Tuesdays in Lent, under the aus
| pices of the Churchman'S League Of the
diocese Of Washington, is to take place
| next Tuesday evening at Epiphany Church.
when DR.. Satterlee. the bishop Of Wash
| ington, will deliver an address on THE
| Bible and the Church.
An enthusiastic revival was held in the
auditorium of the Central Union Mission
| last Wednesday. The mission had as yis-
| itors The Shenandoah Patriotic Legion"
and the members of this organization, to-
gether with the regular attendants. made
1 up a large audience. Mr.. George II. Ha-
| veil had charge of the music. and was sup
ported by the mission singers and the
| mission orchestra. ]. H. Ironside. super
/ fntendent of the Rescue Mission of Nor
| risto wn. N. j.. and other successful evan
gelists were present and addressed the
| meeting.
Rev. Father c. o. Rosensteel. pastor Of
| st. Johns Catholic Church. Forest Glen.
has recovered from serious illness, and
| Is In charge of his parish again.
Next Friday is the date of the anniver-
| sary Of the caronization of Saints Ignatius
| Loyola and Francis Xavier. They are the
| natrnpS of the SOCipfy of JeSnS Nnd the
| Jesuits In this city. both at st. Aloysius
| Church and at Georgetown College. are
| to have services in honor of the event.
| Both Loyola and Xavier were Spaniards,
! and the former. who was a grandee of the
palmy days of the Spanish empire found
| ed the order after his recovery from a
| wound sustained during a siege. a no.
| vena of grace to st. Francis Xavier began
at st. Aloysius Church on Thursday. and
will continue until next Friday the 12tn.
| At a recent meeting of the Baptist Min
| isters' Association (coloreO the pastor OF
Zion Baptist Church located on + street
| near 41-2 southwest, reported that the
| church. which was commenced about five
| years ago is now fully completed, inside
| and out. During the five years the congre-
CATION has raised about $4,000 with which
| to pay for the building. leaving only about
$15.OOO remaining. This Is one of the larg-
est sums Of money ever raised by col
| ored Baptist church in Washington. and
Rev. Mr.. Howard was congratulated by his
| brother ministers on his success.
| The Maryland classis of the Reformed
Church in the United States is to hold its
! annual meeting In May at Westminster.
! Carroll county. Md. and delegates will be
present representing the two churches of
| the denomination In this city, Grace Church.
Rev. A. Thomas G. Apple. pastor: and
| First Trinity Church. Rev. Gustav Facius.
pastor.
The pastor of Mt Vernon M. E. Church
| South. Rev. Isaac w. Canter. DID. is
completing his preparations for removal
| from the church and possibly from the
I city. He is compelled to leave by reason
| of rule of the Southern Methodist Church,
| which does not permit a minister to re-
| main more than four years in any cne
| charge. During his pastorate he has built
one church. that at Del Ray. and estab-
| lished a hourishing mission in West Wash
ington. The interior OF the present church,
| with the exception of the main auditorium.
| has been papered, painted and caToeted.
| and the roof of the structure has also been
repaired. Bishop Galloway. who is to
| timore conference the latter part of this
month. held at Staunton. Va. has sent
word that he expects to visit washington
next week OF the week after. and VIII
preach at Mt Vernon Church.
| Rev. Francis J. Gfimke of the Fifteenth
/, Street Presbyterian Church has entirely
recovered from his recent bicycle accident.
| The Methodist Union Is to hold its an
nual meeting and election Of officers the
| latter part of this month. A. meeting was
| held several evenings ago. at which a COM
mittee on nominations was appointed and
| who will present names for the various
offices at the annual meeting. The union
| Is discussing the advisability Of holding a
| large bazaar some time this spring. A
portion of the debt on North Capitol NJ q.
Church was assumed by the Methodist
| Union. and 1t is now engaged In efforts to
| secure the money. The union was formed
for purposes Of church extension. The
present president is Mr.. @. W. F. swart-
zell.
The following Officers have been elected
by the congregation Of the United Breth-
rem Memorial Church: General steward.
| Edward Kern; general treasurer, William
| ]. Hoffman: and class leader, Edward
Spies. The meeting at which these OH
GERS were elected has been continued and
other officers are to be selected later. The
| membership of the church Is 154, and that
of the Sabbath school. 235.
| L. p. Athschu has been selected as presi-
dent Of the Sunday School Missionary So
| ciety of Foundry NJ. E. Church.
| Rev. Herbert Scott Smith. minister in
| charge of the Protestant Episcopal Mission
of the Good Shepherd. OF H street north
| east. is preparing his first class for confir-
| nation. Bishop Satterlee Is to confirm the
class March 49,
| For three months past an experiment re-
| sembling an industrial savings bank has
| been in operation among the members of
| the Sewing School Of Epiphany Chapel.
The savings bank idea was started with the
| intention Of encouraging small savings
| among the poorer members OF the parish
|
| being now nearly a hundred depositors. A
small interest is paid on deposits and the in
| stitution in turn deposits its funds with one
| of the local banks. The treasurer of the
| bank is Mrs. John Selden.
| Susannah Wesley Band has been Or
ganized from among the younger members
Of Ryiand N. E. Church. 1t is in charge
| OF the wife Of the pastor of the church. Mrs.
| s. M. Hartsock. and meets every Sunday
| afternoon. The officers Of the band are:
President. Harry Riley: secretary and
| treasurer. Miss Mary McCauley: organist.
Joseph Carter. and pianist. st. John Hart
| sock.
The annual anniversary Of the Foreign
| Missionary Society Of the Baltimore confer
ence Is to take place to morrow evening in
| the Eutaw Street Church. Baltimore The
attendance Of representatives from WASH
| lngton Is expected to be better at the meet
| ing tomorrow evening than it was at .he
gathering of the home branch, which took
place last Thursday evening at the same
place. The latter society was addressed by
Rev DR.. Miller and by Rev. J. Lewis Hart
| sock Of New York.
The Luther League of st. Marks Church
Is TO have musical and literary enter
| tatnment the 26th of March at st. Paurs
English Lutheran Church.