Evening star., 1898-11-04
SEVENTEEN ANNIVERSARY
Interesting Event in History Of the Meth
odist Protestant Church.
Celebration in All the Churches of
the ominatiOn-COngress Street
Church Program.

The SEVENTEEN anniversary of the Meth
odst Protestant Church will be celebrated
by all the churches of that denomination
in this city Sunday, November 13, with ap-
propriate services. Not only will the cele-
bration occur in all Of the churches in the
District, but in Maryland as WELL this city
being a part Of the Maryland conference.
While every one of the Methodist Protest
ant churches will observe the anniversary
special services will be held at the Con-
gress Street NJ. p Church in Georgetown,
one of the first churches of the denomna-
ton, which came into existence in 1928.
Rev. w. S. Hammond, D. D., is the pres
ent pastor of the church, and is regarded
as one of the ablest historians In the faith
Services celebrating the occasion will he
held at the church in the morning, after
noon and evening. Out of the original
slsners of the papers creating the Congress
Street Church there is only one survivor
Mrs. Mary Angel of Southeast Washington
VINO is now ninety years of age, yet whose
recoliecuons of the event are still vivid.
She was just a voting member of the
church when she signed the paper, and be-
ing one of the youngest has survived all
OF the other signers
City Churches to Combine,
The afternoon services in the church Will
be held at 2:3O o'clock, and it will De
Protestant churches in the city. Short adj
dresses will be delivered by many OF ne
prominent divines, as well as bv lavmen
who have been connected with the church
during its existence. A general invitation
to all who have ever been connected win
the church or Sunday school is extended for
these services.
The program for the occasion will con-
slst OF an organ prelude and the singing
OF the doxology. After divine Invocation
IN IIliannksglving n hymn by Rev. J. r. Ward,
d. d., will be delivered. Dr. Ward was a
member OF the Maryland conference from
lS41 to 1S47, and president of the Western
Maryland College from 1867 to 1886, and of
from 1896 to 1897 After PRAYER by the
pastor, Rev. DR.. w. S. Hammond. seIec-
tions from the Psalms, the Gloria PatrIa
and an anthem by the choir will follow in
order.
Anniversary Address.
An address on THE Origin and Growth
of the Maryland Annual Conference and
the Methodist Protestant Church will be
delivered. followed by an anniversary
hymn. composed by Rev D. Truman.
member of the Ohio conference of the M
+. Church. Another address, on 1.-THE In
sttutions of the Church." will precede a
hymn. The third address will be on the
Protestant Church. Truth Abiaes." a
hymn. by Rev. Thomas H. Stockton, DID.
will be sung by all. An address by DR..
Hammond, the singing of another hymn.
9rd prayer and benediction will close the
exercises. The names of the speakers for
the occasion have not as yet been an
nounced.
The Methodist Protestant Church is one
of the smaller branches of MethoGism in
the United States, and. in common with
all the others, looks to England and to
John Wesley as It's home and founder.
Methodlsm IN England was not begun as
new church, nor would Mr.. Wesley ever
admit the possibility of its becoming SUCH
1t was primarily a revival of spiritual re-
igion In the Church of England under the
fostering care of John Wesley a,resularly
ordained minister of that church