Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-01
each evening except Saturday during the

Souin. heF. j. W. Duhey. pastor. to serve
Tor the ensuing term. will he installed to-
morrow evening follows; President. MIR.
A. J.. pieterick: vice president. Miss II. l..
Pattisou. corresponding secretary. Miss +.
r. Adams: recording secretary. Mr.. w. L.
Smith, treasurer Mr.. A. s.. Johnson; sup
erlntendent Junior Society. Miss Sadie Ilar-
baugh; pianist. Miss Sallic Mason
Union services. beginning at 40 pm.
will he held In the churches OF Georgetown
during the week OF prayer. as follows:
Monday. in the Lutheran Church. to be led
by Rev. Stanley Billhemer; Tuesday. In
Congress Street NJ. L. Church. TO he led by
Rev. w. s. Hammond. ID. D.: Wednesday.
I'm the Baptist Church. to be led by Rev
w. 8. o. Thomas: Thursday in tho West
street Presbyterian Church. to be led by
Rev. W. G. Alexander n. D.. and Friday.
In West Street Presbyterian Church, to loo
led by Rev. J. II. Stitt u. ID.
The Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor OF the West Street Presbyterian
Church recently elected the following off,
GERS: President, Mr., John c. Lewis: vice
president. MIR. w. l.. Moulton: recording
and corresponding secretary. Miss Martha
Berry: treasurer. Mr. II. 7. Waddy. A. the
next regular meeting of the society. which
will be held Sunday evening. the pastor,
Rev. w. G. Alexander. ID. ID, will lead. and
the new officers Will he indicted into office
with appropriate services.
Row. DIR. Stafford will preach at the II
o'clock mass at st. patricks Catholic
Church tomorrow.
The quarterly meeting OF the Woman's
Home Missionary Society will be held I'm
Hamlinc Church "Wednesday next at 1:13
pm. at which time interesting reports OF
the work will be given. Mrs. Dr. Boiler.
lately returned from Alaska. is still too III
to attend. but will. through Mrs w. q. Nc
Dowoll. give very interesting facts OF the
work done by our Womans Home Mission
airy Society there. Mrs. DIR. Gilbert aud
Mrs. Clara Roach will give a few points In
connection with the work. az presented ut
tn. general executive meeting In Baltimore.
Mrs. ID. II. Street. as district secretary.
will give a few items of the work done by
the district auxiliarics. II Will be stated by
her that four large mission schools ana
kndergartens for tho poor are doing great
good under the direction of the deacon
esses. the work being supported by tn"
Washington auxiliarl"s. Much dcstitution
has been relieved by tn" dcaconosses and
nurses.
The 215 children in the mission schools
and kird"rgartcn were supplied with candy
and artiClcg of cluthing nj Christmas. u
is the intention of Rev. pr STRICKEN To
give n lecture IN aid of this work at Ham
line Church January =. lSN 'hr Snh'"',
of the lecture will Ice "I'ndcr the Surface.
and it will be illustrated with views from u
Stor"oI tico1.
The t,nworth League of IIamlin" Church
gave dinner Christmas day to The pra-
coness' Home. and the Foundry Ep~oith
League gave n Christmas dinner to the
Methodist Home of the AEcd.
Rev L"sli" Moore. pastor or tn" 'hur'h
of our Father. Will begin SUNDAY evening
the preaching of series of S"rm"nS. en-
titled respectively. MAN and God. The
Man without "A Country. Patsy pono-
van. the Story of Inbrli'f. quo N!",s.
the story of Faith" January and ="
and February ~ there will hc mass
r,etings in the church AZ the irSt
there will lac considered proposed fedora
ton of young peoples societies OF WASH
invton Several speakers an" "Neprt"d 10
make addresses. TIE occasion of ia" sec
will h, Young People 2
Day.'' 'Japlr AMI tnivo rsnlism' viii hr
the them. at the third meeting, and an al
dress will bc made 10y Rev. liid"z" n"shi-
mura Of JaEaE.
l'he chrigtuas music rendered last sun
day by the choir cr tn" Vermont Avenue
Christian Church will b" repeated t"nnr-
Tow. Tho church is giving weekly Soclals'
Every Friday evening the pcoI'l" com" to-
gcthrr and enjoy she inequalities Of some
one of the different organizations In tn"
church. The social ON TIA" last evening in
the old year was given 10y the elders OF IN"
church and MAS followed by u watch night
meeting The church is looking forward
with interest to "a series OF Sp"rinl '"sr'l
meetings during the month of February.
They will lac conducted by Rev. H. b. Tyler.
d. D.. of New York.
The pastor f. engaged in preaching u
special series Of scrmons on The Holy
Spirit Sunday evenings. They are being
largely attended.
The Fifteenth Street NJ. T.. Church Ia
about to suffer the loss of one of its most
faithful workers. Mrs. II. \. Giilcnwator.
who il now and has been for three years
president of tho Ladies' Aid Spi"iy. Mrs.
CLEARWATER will leave in u Few days Tor her
girhood home in Wayne county. Pa. where
she will remain indefinitely to care for her
aged parents. her father being "ighty-Six
and her mother eighty. During her alb
scnce The Church Ali Society will lac under
the leadership: of Mrs. Bckford. 1917 18th
street.
Last Sunday there was communion at
the Eastern Presbyterian Church. and
twenty new members were received Tues
day evening the 18th. the Sunday school
held it's Christmas festivities In the church
auditorium. The musical exercises. rrsscn-
tati"n of gifts ana addresses were thor
oughly enjoyed. The pastor. br. Edston.
closed n y,ar of marked prosperity.
A choir, with Mrs. Hobart Brooks Ms
leading soprano. has been organized at
North Prcshy terrain Church. Rev. Dr Rams
dell. pastor. During the week of prayer
special services win be held in the church
each evening. commencing ut ." o'clock.
There Will he "A sol. mn high mass at 81.
Jcscrhs Church Sunday. Rev. Dennis Me
CormiCk. lately ordained. viii Ice the cele-
braut of the mass. with Rev. V. +. Schmitt
deacon and Mr.. Geo Harrington subdcacon.
The sermon will be preached by Rev.
Father kervick OF the Holy Name parish.
In accordance with the custom which has
prevailed for many years at Luther Me
mortal Church, Rev. Dr. j. q. Butler. pas
tor will bold special service at tho be
ginning OF tho new year, sunday morning
next. commencing at 1880 O'Clock Dr
Butler will preach. In the evening a meet
ing will he held. at which the topic will bc
Review and Resolve
Reports Of the various church agcncics
will he given. and an outlook into the fu-
ture taken Sunday evening These com
Prise the following organizations: Sunday
school. Senior and Junior Christian En-
deavor Societies. Woman. Home and For
eign Missionary Society. Woman's League
Kings Daughters. Lutheran Free Inhrru-
airy. 1t is expected that the pastors of the
Keller Memorial and Church of our Re-
deemer will send or make brief reports of
their work.
The Memorial Church has recently re-
ceived the services OF deaconcss Sister
keturah Smith. from the mother house I'm
Baltimore. and she will tell of the dcacon-
ess mission and work.
service In English. I'm memory of DR.
David Day, late missionary of the general
synod. who laid down his life on the altar
OF the Mumlenberg mission in Africa on
the 18th Of December. 1897 will he held I'm
st. Johns Lutheran ChJrch Sunday even
ing at 7:3O O'clock
The week of prayer VIII he observed I'm
the Fourth Presby terrain Church by even
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