Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-01

FAVOR or the proposition of equal lay rep
| re sentation is $3.50 against ,20S The same
| conferences last year gave 2,45S in favor
and 3S11 against, showing a remarkable
| change in favor of increasing lay represen-
tation on an equality with the ministerial.
| The lay association of the Baltimore con-
! ference, OF which the NJ E. churches in
| Washington form part, has placed in the
| hands of the presiding elders blank creden-
| tials so that the quarterly conference of
| each may elect representatives to the an
| nual session of the laymen's conference,
| which will meet in Baltimore at the same
! time the annual conference will hold its
| session in that city in March next. 1t is
| expected that every church will be repre-
| scented.
| Cardinal Gibbons will administer conir-
| nation to a large class of candidates in st.
| Patrick's Church one week from Sunday
| next
Rev. DR.. F. y. Power. pastor of the Yer
| mont Avenue Christian Church, Washing
| ton, has been selected to preside at the ma
! tional convention of Christians, which will
| open at Chattanooga. Tenn. October 13,
and continue until the Doth instant. inclu7
| sive. Nearly all the ministers of the de-
| nomination in the District of Columbia,
| Maryland and Delaware will attend. They
| will leave Washington on a special train
over the Southern railway, and will stay in
| Chattanooga until the convention closes.
| Among the noted speakers who are ex-
pected to attend the convention are Repre-
| sentative Benton McMllin of Tennessee
| and President e. V. collars of Hiram Col
| iege.
The Disciples of Christ. as they are gem
| orally known. are strongest in the Misss-
sippi valley. Its great leaders We're Barton
| w. Stone, Thomas Campbell, Alexander
| Campbell and Walter Scott. who began
| their work in 1909. Their distinctive plea
| is for the union of all of Gods people on
| the basis of Gods word the only rule of
| faith and practice-the preservation of
primitive Christianity, both in doctrine and
| ordinances having no creed except what is
| found in the New Testament
| The state convention of the Christian Mis-
| sionary Society of Maryland Delaware and
| the District of Columbia will meet in this
| city at the Ninth Street Christian Church.
| Wednesday next. 1t is anticipated that not
| less than 100 delegates will be present The
| society has membership of about IL. 600.
| Rev. DR.. Power will preside and addresses
WILL be made by number of prominent
| members
Archbishop Martinelli has returned from
! visit to Columbus, Ohio. While in that
| city he dedicated the new church of st.
| John the Baptist for the Italians. The
| dedication of the church was followed by
| pontifcal high mass, at which Archbishop
| Martinelli was the celebrant. Bishop Wat
| terson and other church dignitaries We're
! present and participated in the exercises,
| which Were attended by many organiza-
| lions. After the mass a dinner was given
| to Archbishop Martinelli and the visiting
| celrgymen In the evening the apostolic
| delegate officfated in the cathedral. after
| which there was made to him address
| of welcome. to which he made brief reply
| in English.
Rev. Charles H. Yatman who is termed
| the around the World Evangelist" be-
gan a series of meetings in Trinity NJ. E,
| Church this city Thursday night Mr..
| Yatman has for the past fifteen years
| conducted services for young people during
| the camp season at Ocean Grove, n. ]. He
| Is a native of Philadelphia, but for the
past fifteen years has gone from place to
| place in this country and abroad doing
| evangelistic work. He is now planning an
| extensive tour of the east. and will leave
| IN r. ,+ici tl,a
! Sandwich Islands, New Zealand. China,
Japan, India Egypt and southern Europe.
| Archbishop Ireland has addressed letter
| to the clergy and other members of his do
| cese on the subject If education. In the
| course of his letter he tells parents that
| they should know that better beauest
| can be given to children than a superior
| education. This IS immensely more YaluG-
| able than laureiS o. money, and the chill
| dren for whom this is provided by thought
| full parents viii ever afterward bless the
| memory of those pacents. The chief diff
| Guilty to be overcome is that many do not
| take a sufficiently high mind FL view of edu-
| cation. Either they are 50 soriid that they
| see in education nothing but means of
| making money, or they aspiring that
| in their wishes and plans for the veal of
| their children they do not gu beyond what
| has been permitted 10 themselves
The annual rally of the Sunday school of
| the First Presbyterian Church, Rev. DR..
! Talmage. pastor. will take place tomorrow
| afternoon. The meeting will be in charge
| of Superintendent A. E. Leckie, and the
| program will be as follows: Hymn, Sound
| the Battle Cry prayer, Dr. Sunderland:
| Instrumental selections. Messrs Webster,
| Wilcox and Miss Heney; address of well
come. A. E. L. Leckie; hymn, Throw Out
| the Life Line responsive reading; solo
Lizzie Leckie; address. Benefits of a Sun
| day School Training" by Rev. John E.
| Stutchell; hymn, Gather the Children In"
| recitation. Miss Alice Freeman; singing by
| the primary school; solo. Miss May PolRen-
| Dr. sunGrrlau nd rkS
| by DR.. Talmage; solo. Miss Dorothy Dali
rymple; singing, My Country, IT'S of
| Thee" benediction.
The national convention of the spiritual
| lists of America will meet in the city Octo-
| Der IS, and will continue in session for
| three days. The sessions will be occupied
! with speeches and lectures on topics OF in
| terest to spiritualists and with tests by
| mediums.
The following officers of the Keller Me-
mortal Lutheran Sunday school, Capitol
| Hill. were chosen at the annual business
| meeting last Wednesday evening: Super
intendsnt the pastor, Rev. c. H. Butler;
| assistant superintendent Mr.. G. L. Beeler;
secretary, Mr.. Clarence Bosch: assistant
| secretary, N. f. Norman: treasurer, Mr..
w. w. Keck; librarian. Mr.. Charles Stein;
! chairman of library committee, DR.. V. A
| r. Swain; organst, Miss c. b. Chase;
| first assistant, Miss Lille Bowdler; second
| assistant. Miss Edith keck. The report of
| the retiring secretary and treasurer Mr..
| w. W. Keck, showed an enrolment of
| 300, with average attendance for the
| year of 141. The offerings for all purposes
| have been s1S4.99, the average offering be-
! ing S314. The chairman of the library
committee. DR.. Swain, reported in Septem-
| Der, 1897, the library contained 1873 books.
| The number has grown by donations and
purchase so that now there are 316.
| home department, with Miss Clara Parkin-
son in charge, was organized during the
summer with encouraging beginning.
! unique protracted meeting begins We'd
| nesday night. October 5. in the Second
Baptist Church Auditorium, 4th street and
Virginia avenue southeast. Eight or more
| of the Baptist ministers of Baltimore have
| promised to assist the pastor, E. Hez
| Sven.