Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
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kind Of work pursued by the Central Union
Mission. has received and accepted an iavi-
tation to become a member of the board
| OF directors, succeeding Percy 8. Foster,
resigned.
News has been received here of the death
of the Rev. A. J. Bender. a member of
the Baltimore Methodist Episcopal confer
ence, and former pastor of Gorsuch and
Fletcher churches CT this city.
Sodality Of the Blessed Virgin has been
established by Father Lee at ST. Mat
thew's Church.
The Jesuit fathers of Georgetown are
l e, n the most pert spending their vacation
The officers of the Willing Hearts Circle
OF Kings Daughters OF Waugh Church
Tor the ensuing year are as follows: Lead
er. Miss Ada NJ. Jeffrey: vice leader. Miss
Josephine Fatten; secretary. Miss Grace
Fatten, and treasurer, Miss Fannie Har-
radon.
Rev Eugene Hannah, assistant pastor of
81; PauTs Catholic Church, left the first of
this week for the shrine of ST Ann do
Beaupre. Canada, and will be away about
three weeks.
Al the annual meeting of the Baltimore
southern Methodist Conference SUNDAY
school Union, Mr.. W.. W. MILAN of MI.
vernon Church of this city was elected
+ secretary of the conference union and Mr.
"A. l.. Dletrick Of Mt. Vernon Church, vice
u.
approval or the conference board the fu-
ture conventions of the Sunday school
union ana OF the conference EDworth
League will be held jointly
Rev. DR.. Samuel H. Greene is to leave
On monday for the north. stopping on his
way at the summer home of Mr. s. w.
w Woodward, in Rhode Island, and then
spending the balance of the srmnoar ~ rs.
Old home, in Vermont
me senate of the Young Mems Christian
sAssoclatlon has elected the following Off
GERS; resident, George II. Davis; vice
President, Ed A. Beekman: secretary n
A keelr G, jr.: sergeant-at-arms. Charles
L: Smell and reading clerk, Morris p.
Evans; The meetings hereafter are to be
heid Friday evenings.
retreat for the sisters of tho tJo,,,
Cross ended the first of This week II vs.
uhGer the direction of Rev. Father KEN
nedy, dominican, prior of St Joseph's
SonFent, Somerset, Ohio.
The District of Columbia SUNDAY Scboo,
Union is completing arrangements for their
bouse-to-house canvass, which they intend
TO carry on in the fall
neanany college Bethany. w. Va, has
Soiiierreo Inc degree of doctor Of laws ON
rev. r. u Power, pastor of the Vermont
avenue christian Church. who is a grad
l ate of the institution
Kew. j. McLain Brown missionary eyan
gelist of the Methodist Protestant Sbnroh
Is IN washington this week, and has been
invited 10 address the Young Mems Chris
IA, .,ah ASSOCIATION tomorrow afternoon at
Kew. John l.. Walsh pastor of Dong
iis Memorial Methodist EPISCOPAL Church.
IL preaching series of Sunday sermons To
young people several being along the lines
Oh American citizenship
me Central Presbyterian Church mas
succeeded IN locating its projected mission
IN China in the province of Hoonan
~. lar from the city of Su-Chien. The
,ii ss Is IN charge of the Rev Hugh w
mite, and Central Church has engaged
three native helpers to assist him.
p hex. Dr: byron Sunderland of the First
daes vera .eriaa church is visiting ex-Presi-
cent Cleveland at the latter's SUMMER
IIomc, but Will later leave for the CatskiJls
ne services ct the First Church will he
u, charge Of the Rev. J. W. Wightman, ex-
president of Wilson College Johannesburg
Pa, who has become a member of the
pfesbytery of Washington CITY
ST Joseph's Union has sent ont twantv
Iltt!e ones OF St AIMS Asylum to its new
summer home at Berwyn, Md When mors
beds are secured more children will he
taken out. A We
The pastor Of the Maryland Avenue Ban
tlst church, Rev. N. c. Naylor, has moved
out to Washington Grove with his fam
lily for the summer
tomorrow evening a band of workers of
the central Union Mission are to take
charge OF the services of the Central Pres
p!terian Church, Rev. A. W. Pitzer ID ID
pastor, and give an exposition of their new,
~ organized Bible reading work.
Inc Washington City Bible Society has
gwen the Salvation Army a number of
Bibles for their work in Southeast wash
ington. W "''
Rev j. Russell Verbrycke of the Gurley
memorial Presbyterian Church, with his
lainiiy, IS IN the Blue Ridge mountains, and
Will be gone for six weeks
The improvements to ST. Teresa's Church
are rapidly drawing to a close. and
1t Is expected that the first mass win be
celebrated by the pastor, Father NJ p Sui
livaE, the first Sunday in Senfemher
Rev. A. F. Anderson, pastor of Grace
baptist Church, has finished a series or
sunday evening illustrated lectures on the
farabisS and left this week for Hills
poro, Va, where he will remain for the
next TWO weeks. During his absence tbe
Suhday school is to have charge of the
morning exercises and the Christian En-
oeaVor society the evening services
Rev. Philip III. Prescott assistant minis
yer at 81 PaUFs Episcopal Church is at
his summer home at Narragarsett Pier.
ihe oIncers OF Concordia German Evan
gehcal Lutheran Church have voted to
Keep open the Sabbath school during the
summer for the first time In many years.
ne Mthodist preachers meeting was held
lasI MONDAY at kensington at the home
OF Kew. Dr. Henry r. Naylor. who after
ward entertained the ministers present at
luncheon. 80
Division No of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians has elected the Rev Joseph A.
foley OF st. PauPs Church chaplain Of the
division ~
A retreat is being held this week at
Georgetown College, at which there are
present most of the secular clergy Of the
city and diocese of Richmond
Rev. DIR. Luther E. Wilson will spend to-
morrow and the first of next week I'm
southern Maryland holding quarterly con-
ferenoes and preaching at several churches
The vested choir of Ascension Church ia
to take vacation during the month of Au-
gust, but music will be continued by q tenn
porary choir, which will be in charge of
Miss Harvey, as organist, and Mr. D. Am
men Yeatman, the baritone.
The committee of the vestry of St Mi
chael and All Angels Protestant Episcopal
Church have accepted plans for a parish
hall to adjoin the church on the south and
directly connected with it. Rev. Dr.
Mackay Smith agreed TO give the parish
sum of money on condition that they raised
a certain amount themselves. The rector
Rev. William r. Turner, has succeeded in
securing much more than was called for
and consequently the work OF building will
commence as soon as Rev. DR.. Mackay-
Smith is heard from
Prof. Kelly Miller Of Howard University
addressed the Colored Baptist Ministers
Association a meeting On Monday MORN
Ing. at the Vermont Avenue Church, on
Higher Education of the Ministry"
At the Metropolitan Baptist Church, OF
which Rev. Robert Johnson is pastor there
f0 % h. L.