Evening star., 1898-11-12

the evening of sIanuary 8, 1o29, in the Bap-
t1st meeting house. now the Second Church.
Kew. A. McCdne OF Baltimore addressed
them on the prfHciplas of the new organtza-
tlon, ana thosA present drew up paper
settlng forth their reasons for withdrawing
from the mother church, and adjourned to
NEE, meet at the residence of Thos. Wheat, Jam
In this number weEe Rev. John B. Fergu-
son, well-kpowne local minister; Ma
thaniel Brady ., subsequently, an alderman;
Wheeline Wtsm peiden aaeesmara afterWard 1ven
Il Grant. wsRnean @ saies sriekaser; nsy W. sse sex
smlsn Saasnb Who In few years & was minister
James Sloan, Walter Evans, Henry AUX
member Of the first Methodist Society at
lumber business; Peter NJ. Pearson, then a
master bricklaSer aid afterward assessor
OF internal revenue, and for many years a
member Of the city councils; John W: and
Brady, Mary Wheat. Sarah Boyce, Ma
hala Wilson, Mary f. Wheat. Sarah Fer
guson Ann Coilard, Maria Evans. Marion
smith: Ann '.afker, Mary Smith, Julia
Radcliffe. Ann Peonaid and Mary Green.
At the meeting January the conventions
articles articles w We're accented, the name of the
classes formed and leaders elected
A second withdrawal from the parent
church took place, and there were a num-
ber of accessions. among them Col. VIM
Doughty, who had commanded a rife COM
pany at Biadensburg in the war of 1872, a
contractor and craftsman in the navy,
and one of the leading citizens of the Dis
trict, residing at the corner of 9th street
and Pennsylvania avenue and Capt. VIM
Aiken, a well-known contractor for the
navy.
Stewards Chosen.
AT the same place, January IL, the male
har
Brady was elected a steward, and the de-
sire was expressed that he act as an ex-
horter. The same month Messrs. Speida n
aud Collard We're elected assistant stew
ards, and Mr.. Sexsmith was elected an eX-
horter. Mr.. Brady was authorized to pur-
chase Becks school house, on G. and 9th
streets and subscriptions were called for.
February o Mr.. Brady reported that he
had complied with the resolution, and COM
mittees were appointed to solicit suhscrip-
TORS and fit the building up. Mr. Colard
was elected delegate to the conferancH,
and, with Mr.. Ferguson as the local minis
ter he attended it, and Rev. j. Hanson
was appointed to the charge.
The early records show that the member
ship was Jealous and in earnest, ard very
strict; that violations of duty Christians
subjected the tnfractors to dis cipline; that
the quarterly meetings were regularly held,
with the usual love feasts, and at the lat
ter there was a strictness as 20 admis
sions Mr.. Sexsmith was on the recon-
mendation Of the quarterly conference, aI,
mitted to the ranks of the itin 9rary in 1890,
and for some time the doors of All I'll, .ir
meetings We're opened to members of the
mother church.
Mt. Olive, "the school house church." was
the religious home for the little congresa-
ton for over a dozen years, during which
there was much struggling to maintain ex-
tstence. Here, however, they worsnipad,
and the colored people of that section were
allowed accommodations in one end of
the building
A Pastors Petition.
On the register in the early days one of
the pastors wrote: Our prospects this
year apparently are very gloomy. On, that
the Great Head of the church would favor
US with the refreshing showers of His
grace, and VISIT this part of our little zion
with a glorious revival of religion. Lord,