Evening star., 1898-10-14
MISSION ANNIVERSARY
Central Uaioa Organization to Celebrate Its
Fourteenth Bir,h5ay.
PROGRAM, % E.xr-cisea fo Be Observed
sunday NcSt-I'x l'ii'it Made in
Annual asuort.

Tr- fourteenth anniversary Of the Central
T-n.lu a-sseiau viii he c-., ,bratcd next Sun
day. Dl.yrer ii. The exercises VIII BE held
in ,As afternoon, at 3 O'Clock. in the Met
rog1,iJau Ii r.. Church, corner Of az and
& streets y .rthw-sr eni iu the evening al
the EzW Ny.,- Avenue Presbyterian Church,
commencing al 80 O'Clock. Among the
speakers aT- three who have not before
Iartl.lq lqlt-l iH mission anHiyerst tries-Rev.
Dr. Bri+;o.. I'm the afternoon. and Rev. T
Dewitt T,lmsEs AMI Rev. Wallace Rad
CLIFF. Id. i1 the evening.
The auni.'rsary program, both N the af-
ternoon suL evening, is to consist OF mis-
sion singing by the mission male quartet
and chorus under direction of Air Geo. W
H.-.-I. an address on the work OF the
mission BY the chairman Of the board, Mr..
+ d Ea-'cy, testimonies by converts Of
The Mission. and brief addresses by pas
tors TIE pastors who have engaged to
speak in the afternoon are Rev. F. NJ.
Bristol. B.b.- Rev- J J. Muir. DID: Rev.
A W. Hitzcr. i D, Rev J. +. Heisse, ID 3,
and Rev. NJ Ross Tlshburn. Those who
are l. ~pe.4E in the evening are Rev. T. De
Witt Tai.Huxs. DID. Rev 5. II. Greene,
J. d. Re- LUcisn Clark. ID: Rev. Wal
lace Radcliffe, D.D., and Rev. J. q. Butler,
DID.
Tie annual port of the board of direc-
tors fer the Tast wear shows that 2,4SO
meetings were held. with an aggregate at
tendance Of 22;i. Sfrs. There were 4,+S9 in
quiri-s and ~ VINO profcsSei conversion.
The receipts for current expenses wsre
S4.iF5.t-. and the expenses were S5,415. II.
TIE a -eIage cost Of each meeting was
s. Is Th@ receipts for the building fund
were S2.54.,.,;,. and the expenses. 81. .593.;'5
Ten branches have been maintained dur
ing a part or all of the past year, in ali of
which suod results have been obtained.
More gospel wagon meetings have been
held during the past year than during any
previous year in the history of the mission.
During the summer or for the past six
months. ten gospel wagon meetings a week
have been held. The average attendance
at these meetings has been in excess of
preceding years.
Industrial Department seif-suppo It
ing.
The Industrial deI artment has had a
steady growth since il was first organized,
FIVE years ago. 1t consists Of wood yard,
laundry, printing Office, kitchen, dining
room ANA dormitories. In the wood yard
Iaburcrs were paid nearly $1,000 last year
for saving and splitting wood. The indus
tIIaI department is entirely seIf-supporting,
and IL not only affords relief to the unem-
p!Oy-I classes. but il brings hundreds into
the gospel services
TIE last workers union meeting Of the
mission, which was held last Tuesday even
il < was regarded as one OF the most In
spring held during the past year. A re-
quest that all of the converts present stand
up brought tUrty-oIle persons to their feet-
The larger part Of these were recent con-
TertS but the Two Oldest were present, MI
Peer j.. SWe-ny and Mrs. l. Brooke. IheTe
is a pastor OF one of the churches near
Washington. il is stated. who was converted
III the mission when Il was first opened,
and this pastor has friend VINO was con-
verltd the same night, and who IS now Il
prosperous business man The converts OF
rrtf0 -
recent war. and large numbers of them
entered ihc army and navy. One well
known has been with Admiral Dewey II
Manila bay, where he engaged in the mem
O-;tbIe naval battle which resulted so sue
ceSsfUI.y. Another was on The United
States steamship Brooklyn.
The Bible Training school of the mission
opened October = with IN attendance OF
., yoIuG- m-u and women. who are prePar-
iHE themselves for special religious work
a. evangvlI-cs, Bible readers and missona-
rieS- The h.urEuau Of te board. Mr.. E u.
Bailey is president Of The school and IS in
charge of the Instruction. The faculty. in
sIruct.rs and lecturers 50 far engaged are
aS follows Air. r.. d Bailey, -Ir. Allen
Wood, Mr. J. G. Pratt. Rev J. J. Muir,
DID, Key. -. ". SKeLeuscr, ID: Rev.
R Franklin EarIray. Rev. ~. I. NOrhart
Re-. GseJ. :. Duncan, III D.: Mr.. Geo. y.
Hilton. Rev J. r. t4ei--e, ID. Mr.. Geo.
v. HaveU. Mr. A. 4. HO5-on, Mrs. F. ID.
Bailey. Miss Frances NJ. Pratt and Miss
DrGst Carroll Several other pastors and
professors ia The universities have promised
to deliver courses Of lectures it Is annoUuC-
Ell, uut definite arrangements have not yet
been made with them. The course Of study
eIui races biblical lectures. Old Testament
history. church history, English, essay writ
ing. critical Bible study biblical literature
vocal cu--ITe. instruction in nursing and
New Testament Greek.
Union Meetings.
For cvD weeks, beginning with October
y. union evauEelisjic meetings are to be
held in the mission auditorium under the
leadership of the we.l-knOwn evangelist
Geo \. Hilton. Twelve churches are To
unite ia thrs- meetings, the pastors presid-
ing in turn at the evening services and
making brief addresses eacn evening pre-
ced!ns the address Of Mr.. Hilton. Daily
noon meetings. viii be held in the mission
An afternoon Bible reading at 4:1J will be
given Is Dir. Ha.on in one of the church hes
au4 a mass meeting Will be held at . pm.
or A4rA-- space.
II Is announced that the past year has
been pa- OF 10, most prosperous in the his
been altogether satisfactory. but every line
oi work has been pushed vigorously and the
results shp" marked improvement over
preceding years.
The terms Of Office Of TWO directors Dr.
{ J. laGson and Mr.. NJ 9. Pope expire
tbs month, and The annual meeting to elect
thslr successors will be held in the mission
a. 20 pm. October il.