Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-19
| N THE CHUR ES

n. IicshISt near LSeSDurg. LouuOun county.
Va. for the use of the Boys Home of this
city. The inmates of the home. about
| twenty in number. and ranging in years
from ten to fifteen. left for a three months
stay this week. accompanied by the broth
ers of the Order OF Nazareth. who are in
charge OF the home, and by a matron. The
home is under the general supervision Of
the Rev. William Tayloe Snyder as war
! den.
Officers have been elected by the Young
Peoples Society OF Christian Endeavor of
| the United Brethren Memorial Church.
Rev. John E. Fout. pastor. for six months.
as follows: President. Howard L. Morri
son: secretary. Miss Lottie Fincham:
treasurer. Caleb Cleveland: organist, Miss
Rose Lewis. and assistant organist. Miss
Bessie Crump.
Cardinal Gibbons conferred orders of the
Catholic Church at the cathedral this week
upon a large number of candidates for the
priesthood. nearly all of them graduates of
| St Marys Seminary, and several Of them
| being from this city.
Rev. n. w. HANNA. DID,. who was
elected as president of the Lutheran gen.
| eral synod. while accredited to Altoona,
Pa, should be to Washington. as Dr. Ham,
ma maintains residence here and Is only
| temporarily residing in Altoona,
The congregation of Rehoboth Baptist
Church LIST and n streets southwest, has
decided to erect a new house OF worship
during the summer. The plans. as pre-
| pared by the architect. call for editice
costing about $15,OO0 and with a seating
capacity Of about six hundred. The con-
| gregation held a large rally recently. at
which a good-sized addition was made to
the building fund. and 1t Is expected that
| work will begin within a month.
OF the six hundred shares necessary to
provide for the debt on the Eastern Pres
terrain Church. the protector of the scheme.
Mr. 3. T. Welch, ST., has secured nearly
| the entire number, and it is expected that
| henceforth the Eastern Church will be able
| to meet it's obligations without outside
Sistance
The Executive Council of the Brother
hood of Andrew and Philip have decided.
| and have notified the Western Presby
terian Junior Chapter of the organization.
| that hereafter they will be officially recog
nized a branch of the order. the same
as the senior chapters.
The recent garden party Of st. Pauls p.
E. Church. at the residence of Miss Nc
kellip. on Vermont avenue. Melted the
| guild of the church quite neat sum.
Revs. George X. Jackson and A. +. Jen-
sen recently ordained to the Protestant
Episcopal priesthood by the bishop of
Washington. DR.. Satterlee. have received
and accepted calls. respectively. TO
churches in Georgia and Florida. Rev.
Franklin Bennett, also one of this years
graduates of King Hall. has been made
assistant minister Of st. Marks Church,
Philadelphia.
The contractor who is engaged in erect
ing the Kensngton Methodist Church has
decided to increase the height OF the
church steeple. but will have the building
ready for the dedication exercises in about
| two weeks
The official board of Metropolitan NJ. f.
Church has granted Rev. Hugh Johnston.
ID, the pastor, two months leave of alb
sence, which the doctor will spend in
| travel and study abroad. The doctors
| family left Washington for their summer
home OH the Niagara river. near Niagara
Falls
The Chi Upsilons. young mems frater-
nifty of the Sixth Presbyterian Church. or
ganiZed by the pastor Rev. ID. w. Skel-
lenger. held a debate on the Cuban ques-
| ton this week.
Improvements have been completed to St
| Johns p. F. Church. consisting Of large
vestibule at the southwest corner and a
stairway leading down into 1t from the
church gallery, both of which have been
erected with the idea of furnishing an
easier and quicker exit from the gallery.
Rev. Frank T. Lea, member OF the
Vermont Avenue Christian Church and a
| graduate of Bethany College. w. Va, has
| left this country for Benguela, Angola.
Africa where he goes under the auspices
of the Phl-African League. Mr. Lea, in
addition to being a minister. is also ply
stefan and mechanic, and while in Wash
| ington recently gave talk on what he
expects to accomplish in Africa at the
| Vermont Avenue Church.
st. Paul's Union, connected with St
Pau!s Catholic Church, has closed Its
session until fall, and. though only organ
| lied about three months. has member
ship of :14- course of nine lectures has
been arranged for the fall and winter. and
a ladies' reading circle is also to be one of
the features of the union.
Word has been received in this country
of the organization of chapter of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew at Monrovia,
Liberia, Africa, and ii is thought that the
chapter has been started by the efforts of
Mr. Rolla P. Currie of this city,, who is
now in Liberia in the interest of the Ma
tional Museum. and who was for several
years the secretary of the local council of
| the Washington brotherhood of st. An
| drew.
| The local Deaconess Home has sent
one of its representatives to Center Street
| NJ. E. Church. Cumberland. TO work among
months. The pastor of Center Street
| Church Is the Rev. NJ. F. B. Rice formerly
pastor of Trinity Church of this city, and
very well known here.
The knights of ST. John, connected with
Holy Name Church. have elected the fol-
lowing officers: President. w. J. Frizzell:
| vice president. Thaddeus Baden: secretary.
Frank S. Merkling, treasurer, w A Nc
| Carthy. and directors. John j. Condor.
George J. Sager and l.. ]. MCGEE.
Langdon NJ. f. Church has been
ganized into separate charge. its first
quarterly conference being held June g. and
its first pastor being Rev. Thomas J. Clark.
The church was reopened Sunday week.
after having been frescoed and partly re-
The ladies of the Vermont Avenue Chris
tan Church sent a box filled with cloth
ing this week to the famine sufferers In
India.
The junior Christian Endeavorers of the
Ninth Street Christian Church gave
social the other evening, the proceeds of
which are to be devoted toward assisting
lame boy who came under the notice of
the society while an inmate of the Junior
Endeavor Home.
Miss Edna Fitch has been appointed Or
sanist of Trinity NJ. f.. Church by the
pastor. Rev. E. ID. Huntley.
Rev. Richard Lewis Howell, rector of St.
Margarets p f. Church, has been sick for
several weeks and the services at St. Mar
garet's are being conducted by the as
sociate rector of the parish. Rev. Thomas
S. Childs. ID. D.; Rev. Mr.. Howell will leave
shortly for his summer home in the Adj
rondacks.
The congregation of the New Church
(Swedenborgian) has contracted for the
manufacture of another memorial window
in memory Of the Rev. John Randolph
Hibbard OF Chicago. This window will
complete the series of seven chancel WIN
dows representing the Seven Churches. this
last one being typical Of the church in
Pergamus.
Rev. Sandy Alexander, the aged and we'll
Known colored Baptist minister of West
Washington. who was supposed to be al