Evening star., 1898-08-06
| N T HE CHU URCHES

| The board of directors of the Central
Union Mission has requested its chairman.
| Rev. p. d. Bailey, to prepare plans for or
| ganizing the Bible Training School. for
| which there has long been demand but
| which has so far been crowded out by the
! multiplicity of other duties. The plans will
| be laid before the board very soon and
| If possible, the preliminary steps will be
| taken at once, in the hope of starting the
| school early in the fall
| member of the mission has received a
| letter from ar d. L. Moody, with whose
work in the field the Central Union Mission
| is col2boring, in which Mr.. Moody says:
| Nearly every military camp in the coun-
| try is now reached to a greater or less de-
| gree by the commission. We have also
| made a begl ming in Cuba and the Philip
| pfres. Three kinds of work are being done
| ali of them with the one purpose of reach
| ing the men with the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. We are aiming to send able and ex-
! perienced ministers ard evangelsts to tn
camps to preach-men who will command
| a hearing from the soldiers. Among those
| who have already gone are Gen. o. O. How
ard, Maj. d. W. Whittle. DIR. A. C. Dixon.
| Rev. R. A. Torrey of Chicago, Dr. H NJ.
| Staten Island, Ira D. Sankey, J. H. Burke
and Ferdinand Schiverea. Each one holds
Gospel meeting every evening and four
! or five each Sunday"
number of the members of Southern
| Methodist Churches of this city were pres
| ent Sunday at the dedication of TIE new
| Grace NJ Z. Church South, Baltimore con.
ference. at Middletown. Va. The ceremon-
| les, which We're elaborate, were conducted
| in the presence of large crowd of minis
| ters and leymen. The church is one of the
| largest within the bounds of the confer
| ence. outside of the large cities and towns.
Fully 1900 people had gathered to partici
pate in the dedicatory services and witness
| the successful elimination of years of self
denial on their part Seated in the chancel
were many divines of the Baltimore con-
ference, besides ministers of other denom-
nations. Over 1000 people were unable to
obtain entrance to the church The fol-
loving ministers were present: Bishop J.
c. Cranberry of Ashland. Va; Rev. ]. S.
Ingalls,. Front Royal; Rev. ]. L. Kibler,
Shepherdstown, W. Va; Rev. H. H. Ken
nedy, Woodstock; Rev. George T. Tyler.
Marshall; Rev. Lafayette Fox, Winchester:
Rev. DR.. s. X. Cox, Winchester; Rev. j. w.
Tongue, Charlestown. w. Va; Rev. J. S.
Hopkins. Strasburg; Rev. NJ. NJ Reed. Ed
iEburg; Rev. H. l.. Hout. Ronceverte, w.
Va; Rev. A. G. Link, Cedar Cliff; Rev. W.
B. Everett, Middetown: Rev. c. d. Har-
rIss. Mount Crawford. and Rev. DIR. B. w
Bond, presiding elder of Winchester dis
trict The ceremony of dedicating the
church took place at o'clock pm. At the
morning service a collection to pay the
mainder of the debt on the church was
taken up. and over s.. 500, the amount IF
| the Indebtedness. was realized. The church
has seating capacity of 1000. The chief
attraction is the memorial windows, of
which there are twenty-five costing the
donors over 81 900. All the fixtures, includ
ing the pipe organ and pulpits. were pre-
scnted to the church. The building is light
ell Throughout by gas and heated by steam.
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az Holy Name Church. The present edifice
is being enlarged and sacristies built on
each side The addition will give twenty
eight more pews. making in all ia. The
ceiling is to be raised and arched. The
present windows will be replaced by stain
ed glass. Father Kervick announced to tho
congrega ton last Sunday that he had
tWenty-three stained glass windows TO put
in and that he relied upon the members of
the congregation to pay for them. BY
Tuesday at noon all had been taken. The
following is the list Of the new windows:
Rev. ]. ]. Dougherty, Bridget Wilson Holy
Name Commandery. Knights of St. John:
Margaret Campbell, Patrick and Bridget
Dougherty, Caspar Barker, Bernard and
Ida Geier, James and Mary Brown. a
friend, Rev. John T. Delaney, Aioysus
Geier, Division No. G. A. O. H; Mary and
Angelina Blake, Mary T. OBrien, George
and Catherine Lautner, Joseph and Eliza
beth Barker. James and Mary Mccarthy;
Thomas and Margaret Cannon. widow and
children of F. Paul Regan, and children OF
the Sunday school
A lawn party for the benefit of st. AIMS
Church was held on the grounds of the
pastoral residence Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings last. The ladies AMI
gentlemen were actively engaged for many
weeks past preparing for it. The following
are the names of those in charge of the ta-
bles: Supper table. Mrs. J. ]. Murphy. as
sisted by Miss NJ. Callagham and Miss NJ.
Murphy; confectionery table Mrs. John
Vest in charge, assisted by Mrs Shoe
ma ker. Mrs. c. H. Stohlman, Misses Mamie
and George Goodchld. NJ. Johnson Della
McGirr, Lydia Britt, Mamie and Bessie Nc
Kinley. Ida, Cora and Florence Garrity:
fancy table. Miss Cecilia Cummings in
charge, assisted by Misses Florence Kra-
mer Maggie Callagham, Agnes Cummings
Edna Lester, Agnes Morgan, Nellie Poore.
Anna Sadler. Ada Way, Jessie Poore, Nel
tie Barron Mary Bowles Lucy Arms AMI
Mrs. Ben. Paxton; fish pond. Misses Jane
Endres, Ada Poore, Clara Way. Minnie
Lester and Martha Poore. st. Pauls Drum
Corps were present.
A number of the young ladies of St Jcr-
ONES parish held a lawn fete on the
grounds of Mr.. J. A. Blupdon, Piverdale,
Md, Tuesday evening A stringed orches-
ira from Washington furnished music for
dancing. The young ladies in charge were
Misses Elizabeth Blundon. Edythe Gallant
Eva Fowler and Connie Mcfarland, assist
ed by Mesdames r. E. White Geo. E.
Reilly, Ed. Castell, Jos. Rogers Giachetti
ard Messrs. VIM Guista, Elmo Guista, ].