Evening star., 1898-10-15

| DR.. A. D. Melvin is president of the confer
! ence, having been reelected at the body's
last meeting in the Lafayette Avenue
Church, Baltimore. The, church has a num-
! ber of congregations in Washington.
| The annual convention of the District w
C. T. U. will be held the Goth and 21st in
stants at the Church of Our Father, 18th
| and L streets northwest Among the busi-
ness to be transacted will be the election
of delegates to the twenty-fffth annual
convention of the National Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union which will meet
| in the Peoples Church St Paul Mimi
| November II to 16, 1898.
AS heretofore printed in The Star, the
| seventy-ninth annual convention of the
| Evangelical. Lutheran synod of Maryland
will convene in. Trinity Lutheran Church.
Rev. d. F. Garland, pastor Taneytown
Thursday next, October %, at 7:30 pm.
The officers of the synod are. President
| Rev. ]. G. Butler, d D.. of Washington
D. c.: secretary. Rev. V. Miller of Letters
| burg, Nd. and treasurer, Mr.. w H. James
| of Baltimore Nd.
The synod will open with a sermon by The
| president. The regular business session will
begin Friday morning. After devotional
| exercises. the retiring president Will read
| his report, and then will follow the election
of officers. Friday, at > pm, will follow
| the appointment of committees by the in
| coming pres dent.
| Friday evening an address will he deIiv-
! cred on Beneficiary Educa tom by Rev.
| r. S. Patterson. Saturday reports Of yari-
Gus committees will be made. together with
| the election of delegates to the general
synod. Preparatory services will also he
| held Saturday, followed by communion Sun
| day.
| Saturday evening address on Foreign
| Missions will be delivered by Rev. r., J.
| Yost of Cumberland Sunday evening will
| be the time for Hcensure and ordination
Monday night addresses will be delivered
on Church Extension by Rev H. H Web
er, and on Home Missions by Rev. j. e.
| Mauer.
| The annual congregational m Getting of the
| Keller Memorial Church, Rev. c. H. Butler,
pastor was held last Wednesday evening
| The terms of two deacons and one elder
! had expired and the election of successors
resulted as follows, with the names of
| those holding office for another year: Dea-
cons, Messrs. D. T. Batson, VIM. Sohmar,
| Jos. Royal; elders, Messrs H. Boesch L.
| A. Kalbach, JOS Manning.
! From the report of the treasurer it was
| learned that more money was contributed
in the last year for all objects than ever
before in the history of the church
! AT Easter, 1897 subscriptions were made
amounting to s1519, preparatory to the
| work of completing the main auditorium of
| the church. This was finished and dedica-
Scrptions were made amounting to 81 765. 30
| the total being $6 2S4.50.
The grand total of the financial opera
tons for the year is 81, 225. 10
| The congregation WIS organized October
| 1882, with twenty members. A Sunday
school was commenced a year previous in
| a one-room building on 9th street between
| G and Fl northeast. The congregation now
has 120 communicate members.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the +
| Street Baptist Church will be addressed by
| Miss Ella D. McLaurin of Boston, Mass,
| at the meeting tomorrow evening. After
brief service of song, Miss McLaurin will
speak on missions. The annual reunion of
| the church and congregation will occur
Friday evening.
| At the annual meeting of McKendree
Chapter, EDworth League, recently held
Mr.. F. T. Israel was elected third vice
president, which office embraces the literary
| work of the league. The members assigned
| to this department for the ensuing year are
Mr.. R. V Belt, Dr. Hugh Smith Dr. and
Mrs w. b. Beebe, Mrs. F. T. Israel, Mrs
| ]. H Wesler Misses Annie Merideth, Bes-
sic Cummns virginia Porter, Gertrude
| Phillips, Emily Scrivener and Annie Davis
| Messrs. Harry Cummins, Roy Mitchell
| Bayard Gibson and ]. E. Mitchell. This
committee is arranging a course of free
| lectures and entertainments for the year.
| The first one will be given in the lecture
! room of Mckendree NJ. E. Church, Friday
! evening, October u, at 7:30 o'clock. Mr.
| r. V. Belt, ex-assistant commissioner In
| dian affairs will deliver an address, with
| Illustrations, on the subject, North Amer
lean Indians: Status; Condition. Are They
| Being CiViliZed?'
| Plans are being made to establish a Ii
| brary in the chapter, with books devoted
| principally to missions, in connection with
| the regular reading course of the Epworth
|
| The Rev. Reginald II. Weller of the do
! cese of Fond du Lac, who spoke SO eloquent
| ly on the subjecto OF, church unity before the
| convention on Friday morning, will preach
| the sermon at the II am. service tomorrow
| al St. Stephens. Columbia Heights.
| The recognition services of the Hyatts-
| Vile Baptist Church will be held in l. o. o.
| F. Hall. Hyattsvile Tuesday evening. Oc-
| tober 1S at 1:aO o. OclOCk Rev. c. A. Stakely,
| DID, of Washington viii preach the recog-
Eftion sermon number of prominent Bap-
| lists from Washington and Baltimore are
| expected to be present and take part in the
| services
| The regular quarterly meeting of the Wo-
mems Foreign Missionary Society of the
| presbytery of Washington city will be held
| in the Sixth Presbyterian Church Tuesday
| morning, October Is, at 1890 o'clock DIR.
| Thomas Marshall, field secretary for the
| foreign board of the Presbyterian Church,
Will address the meeting.
| The Women's Home and Foreign Mission
| ary Societies Of the Gunton Temple Church.
| 14th and r streets will hold their annual
| praise meeting tomorrow at I:;'0 o'clock.
| chorus of young ladies will lead the sing
| ing. and Miss Carlotta Brockett will sing 4
| solo.
| DR.. Thomas Marshall, field secretary for
| the Presbyterian foreign board, will address
| the meeting.
| THE STUDY OF COLORS.