Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-29
CHURCHES AND CHARITIES
Program to Be Observed in Celebration of
Thanksgiving Day.
The Usual Custom at Central Union
MissiOn-Special Services Else
vhere-A musements.

| Churches and charitable associations of
| the city have made programs for the an
nual celebration of Thanksgiving day to-
| morrow. There Will be services in all the
| church, az.
| The Central Union Mission will follow its
| custom of giving out dinners to worthy
| persons recommended for aid. Religions
| services Will also be held at the mission.
| Thanksgiving services will be held by the
| Washington Hebrew Congregation at its
| temple. on 9Th street, at = pm. Sermon by
Rev. l.. Stern. The regular choir will rem
| der appropriate music
| The board Of lady managers of the uni
| versity hospital. Columbian. trust that the
| friends and well wishers of the hospital
| will bear in mind how much happiness
| little remembrance at this time means to
| those VINO are shut eff from the enjoyment
| of this holiday season by illness and suf-
| fering, and will be grateful for any cOntri-
! buttons, whether flowers. fruit. groceries
| other substantial iainties, that may be sent
| to the hospital. 1875 II street.
| Colored Presbyterians and Congrega-
| tfonaIists will hold their union Thanksgiv-
| ing service in the Plymouth Cougrega-
J tional Church. corner nth and P streets
| northwest. at II a m. Rsv A. p. Miller. B.
| D., pastor Of Lincoln Memorial Church,
Will deliver the address his subject being
| The Black Mans Burdens"
| At the New Church, 18th and CorcOran
streets northwest. Rev Frank Seval, oes-
|
| morning service at II o'clock with sermon
| on the Good of Thankfulness.' The offer
| ing will be for a benevolent object.
| Union Services.
| There will be a union Thanksgiving ser
| vice at the Mt Carmel Baptist Church.
| 18th and /. streets northwest. under the
| auspices of the Nj. Carmel Second Third
| and Mt. Airy Baptist Churches Miles
| Tabernacle c. VI. 2. Church and churches
| of the vicinity II a The m IL
as follows: Opening hymn. Rev W P Glib
oons, Ph.D.. pastor Mt. Carmel Baptist
Church; Scripture lesson. Rev. j. W. Har-
! ris, pastor Miles Tabernacle c. NJ. L.
Church; Invocation. Rev. J. H. Lee, pastor
Third Baptist Church: anthem by choir.
Second Baptist Church. Prof. r. W. Tomp-
Johnson ID, pastor Second Baptist
Church; prayer. Rev. G. W. Lucas: an
them by choir Third Baptist Church. ben
ediction Rev. A. B. Hamm. Pastoral COM
mlttee-N. =. Gibbons, W. Bishop johnson,
j. II. Lee J. W. Harris A B. Hamm
At Foundry NJ. E. Church. corner of 14th
and G streets northwes - Thanksgiving
morning at II o'clock the quartet will rem
der the following special music: Opening
1T Is a Good Thing to Give Thanks" by
Bruche; anthem, Sing Unto the Lord With
Be MercifuI,' by shuey. Miss Gertrude
Dana, soprano; Miss Belle Carpenter. con-
tralto: Mr.. Thomas l.. Jones, tenor; Mr.
Chas. L. Hall. bass.
Choir Service.
There will be a morning with the choir
az the First Congregational Church cor
uer 10th and G streets northwest, Thanks
giving day at II o'clock. The program is as
| follows: Invocation: organ prelude; hymn
| Ell, Harvest Thanksgiving, Schulz: Fear
not ye, . Israel. tenor solo. Buck: Thanks
be to God, Elijah Mendclssohn; Judith,
| ccntralto solo. Concone offertory, All
| Praise to God, quartet. Wagner; address
| der Thanks. soprano solo. Verdi; Q Lord.
| How Manifold are Thy Works. Barnby.
| The Recessional, bass solo. De Koven;
| Thanksgiving Anthem, Let God Arise"
! Surette: benedictiOn; organ postlude.
| The following is the personnel of the
| First Congregational choir: Organist and
| conductor. DR.. John W. Bischoff; organ
| ists's assistant, Mrs. Elsie Bond Bischoff;
| librarian and secretary, Walter Allen; quar-
| tet, soprano. Mrs. Hattie Meads-Sni
| cOntraIto, Miss Edna Scott-Smith; tenor,
Mr. Douglass Gresham Miller; bass Mr.
James Walter Humphrey: chorus sopranos,
| Mrs. Elsie Bond BischoT, Miss Annie Z.
| Burlingame. Miss Mabel Faith CIafiin, Miss
| Margaret Baiddell Crawford Miss Helen
| Amelia Davis, Miss Amanda Leaman Grant,
| Miss Elizabeth Byrl Jolly. Miss Margaret
Elizabeth Lewis, Miss Cora Louise Luns-
| den Mice Adelia EstelIe Mathewson. Miss
| Mamie Moffett. Miss Mary Morgan, Mrs.
| Emma Louise Newton, Miss Grace Isabella
| Ross. Miss Helen Elizabeth Rowe, Mrs. Su-
| sic Eckert Snyder, Miss Jessie Bancroft
| W
Lena Mary Woodruff; altos, Miss Alice At
| kinson. Mrs. Libbie c. Beach, Mrs. Julia q.
| Burnett. Miss Lizzie AuriIa Caywood, Miss
| Grace Helen De Riemer, Miss Minnie Lath-
| r0p Doanc, Miss Letta 3 Fisher, Miss Zai-
| dee W. Gibson. Miss Jessie Benton r.
| Grant, Miss Lydia Richards Hughes, Miss
! Gertrude Maud Johnson, Miss Addie l-yn-
| ham. Miss Jessie MacBride Miss Nellie
| Newton, Miss Alice HeWes Peabody. Mrs.
| Elise Raymond, Miss Emily Scrivener;
| tenors Mr.. Ernst Athcarn Ressey, Mr. Da-
| vid L. Burnett. Mr.. Philip W. Coleman,
| Mr.. Louis Holmes De Reimer, Mr.. William
| Helmus, jr, Mr.. George c. Johnson, Mr.
| Thomas Howard McGiH. Mr.. George New
| ton, Mr.. David G. Proctor Mr.. James Sew
| all Raymond, Mr.. William J. Reed, Mr..
| Charles II. Wright; bassos, Mr.. Walter
! Ellwood Allen, Mr.. Arthur Wilbur Bache,
| Mr.. David Harris Clark, Mr.. Ralph Loud
| Clark. Mr.. N. Columbus Harper, Mr.. Her
| bert d. Lawson, Mr. Orlando NJ. McPher
| son Mr.. Walter H Merrill, Mr.. Charles A.
| Moore Mr.. Frank Ayres Mute, Mr. Rob
| ert Potwin, Mr.. William q. Smith, Mr.. Jas
| per E. Snow, Mr. Herbert G. Young
| The Amusements.
| All the theaters will have special NATL
| nees on Thanksgiving day, and for the
| benefit of those interested In outdoor sports
| the foot bail games will prove to be
| great attraction.
Mount Vernon will be open to visitors
| tomorrow Thanksgiving day), and the
! steamer Charles Manchester will make two
| fast trips leaving eth street wharf at 10
| rive at Washington at $40 and 5:15 pm.
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