Evening star., 1898-03-18

parior and front corridor. which Is % feet
inches by ~ feet. with a serving room
directly under the reading room above.
Adjoining the serving room to the rear
there is a kitchen, I3 feet inches nv N
feet, which Is supplied with every modern
convenience. There are also In the base
ment boiler room and toilet room and
Also coal cellar The rear portion of IN.
basement contains an amusement hall, as
feet long by ts feet wide. directly under the
auditorium above.
The handsome stained glass windows.
sixty in all, are said to be among the
finest OF the kind in the District. Eleven
OF these are memorials. including Hof-
mans Boy Jesus" Christ at the Door,
and Christ In Gethsemans." and Piock-
horsts Christ. the Good Shepherd" and
Christ Blessing Little Children" Only a
litue over half OF the building as above de-.
scribed has been entirely completed
The cost OF the building and the ground
as II now stands. Is about x3a Oo0 The es-
timated cost when the building shall be
The Wsrk Begun.
Ground was broken for the new church
July .. 1896. during the great Christian
Endeavor convention, and the ceremonies
incident to the event were participated I'm
by prominent visiting Congregational cler-,
gymen. notably Rev. DR.. Francis E. Clark
OF Boston. president of the United Christian
Eudeavor societies: Rev. DIR. W. H Towers
OF Manchester: England. and Rev DR. Jas
l. Hiil OF Salem. Mass. Owing to the un-
usual nnancfal conditions which prevailed
Tor many months following it was found to
be impossible to undertake the erection OF
the church under the general plan adopted,
but the trustees determined to go lust as
far as they could with the work and use
paid in.
Proceeding upon this line the excavations
were made and the foundations laid, when
work was suspended until about three
weeks ago, when loan of $4,000 for ten
years. without interest, being secured from
the congregational Building Society OF New
YORK. the construction of the edifice was
resumed.
The Mount Pleasant Congregational
church was organized November 2 1856,
with membership OF nineteen
Rev. Charles II. Small who had iuse
graduated from the Divinity School, New
haven, was called to take charge of the
new compensation and faithfully ministered
70 its needs for eight years. During this
period and to the present time services
nave been held I'm building originally
erected as a public hall. For the first five
years the church rented this hall for its
regular services, but in 1891 by rift and
purchase the stock of, the hall association
was secured by the church and the title 10
society.
The Pastor Called.
In the summer of '9I Mr.. Small received
call to the First Congregational Church
OF Hudson. Ohio. and the Rev. NJ Ross
Fishburn, then assistant pastor OF the First
Congregational Church OF this city. was
called to take his place
Rev. III. Ross Fishburn. NJ A., b. d.. IA
thlrty years of age, a native of Ontario
canada, where hts father was settled as
pastor of a Lutheran church.
In 1879 his Parents returned to pennsyI-
vania. their native state. and there he re-
ceived his early education. He was gradu-
ated from the Fitting School of Thiei COL
lege In 1883. at Pennsylvania College Get
tysburg, IL 1881, and at the Divinity school
| of Yale University in 1891. The summer
vacations during his divinity course were
spent in the west, where he was engaged
IN IN home missionary work While in Two
Rivers, Wis. he assisted in the organization
Of the cnly church in that city m which
English is preached
During the closing year at Yale Mr.. Fish
burn received a call to the pastorate of the
lCtngregational Church at Roxbury, Conn.,,
which he accepted. He was ordained at the
RoAbury Church in September 1891 From
Roybury he came to Washington in lx1
10 accept the assistant pastorate of the
FIRST congregational Church. For two and
one-h half years he remained with the First
Church. having entire charge of the church
during twelve months of that time In Oc-
tober. 1888. Mr.. Fishburn was married to
| Miss Emma n. Hummel of Harrisburg,
| Pa. Mrs. Fishburn is well known In Chris
ton Endeavor circles. having served an
| chairman of the Junior rally committee at
| the time of the 80 convention.
| In November. 1894. Mr.. FYshburn accepted
| a call to the Mt. Pleasant pastorate-1 His
ministry there has been attended with in
| crea sing success. All of the organizations
Of the church which he found on taking
up the work have developed i'm numbers
and influence, while other important socfe-
ties and committees have been formed.
During his pastorate of three years ls2
persons have been added to the member
ship of the church, which now numbers
23S. Almost $4,000 has been raised for all
purposes. end nearly s.. SO of this amount
| has been devoted to missionary and char
liable work.
-t The Omcera.
The officers of the church and society
are: --7--
Oficers OF the church-Deacons. B. r.
Davis. e. 8. Peck, ]. B. Sleman. ID. 3.
CARL George Redway and w. J. Bowman:
deaconesses Mrs. N. E. Young. Mrs. r. l..
Campbell; staEding committee, the above
named officers and DR.. Arthur Harrington
and L. s. Emery; clerk. Paul f. Sleman;
treasurer, w. ID. Quinter. '--,sa....
ofhcers of the society-President, Ellis
Spear: trustees N. e Young, r. l.. Camp
bell. l.. s. Emery, T. &. Dulin; secretary.
Capt. II. H. Parmenter; treasurer. Geo. q.
Rose. jr.; financial secretary. VIM. II. Rom
eville.
| Building committee-D. 8. CARL. +. Z.
Dulin and NJ. Ross Fishburn.