Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-28
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING
Colored Organization Elects Officers and
Transacts Business.
Closing Exercises of Church Meeting
Last NiHht-Those Taking
Part Today.

The Sunday school convention of the Po-
tomac district of the Baltimore annual con-
ference of the A NJ. E. Church assembled
at 1890 O'Clock this morning In Browns
Memorial Church. corner of 18th and 2
streets northeast. The delegates of various
churches In the district were present, as fol-
lows:
st. Paul-Misses NJ. Lucas. NJ. Thompson
and Melvina Belle
Metropolitan-S. E. McElroy. E H Hun
ter, Richard Turner. Mrs. Bessie Anderson
Misses Addie Hall, Emma Patterson. Cor
inne Martin and Julia r. Bush.
Grace-Mrs. Julia A. Gross.
Brown Memorial. A. Briscoe and Car
RE Evans.
Shorter's Mission-Geo. Jacobs
Dent Chapel-Robert s. Gully.
Ebenezer-Mrs. NJ. E. Ferguson and Miss
Lottie Cresoe.
Campbell-Bertfe Dale
Patuxent-Bessie Lear
Mount Moriah, Midas. E Howard, Geo.
Thomas and Rebecca Bishop.
Comparatively T. Queen.
T B-Thomas j. Hawkins Mrs Lou
Use Hamilton.
Sandy spring-Rev. VIM. H Manokoo
Garfield-James z. Young, Anna Wilson.
The Exercises.
Services were held throughout the day
and will be continued this evening and to-
morrow. The session this morning was
opened with devotional exercises, conducted
by Rev. r. T. Queen of Camp Parole and
Rev. ]. r. Nelson of Patuxent, Nd. An
address of welcome was made by Miss EN-
ma Patterson in behalf of Rev James A.
Briscoe, pastor of Brown Memorial Church,
which was responded to by Rev Lewis S.
Flagg. pastor of Ebenezer Church of this
city. Miss Minnie Lucas, the District sec
for q h.
ton, and Mrs Julia Gross of Benning ID.
G., read paper on The Teachers Life, -
which was followed by an interesting dis
cuSSion.
Officers Elected.
On motion of Rev. James A Briscoe Miss
Emma Patterson of Metropolitan Church
was elected secretary, and on motion of DIR.
VIM. III. Conner Mr.. George Thomas of An
napolis, Md, was elected assistant secreta-
ry. Rev. John Offer Custis of Benning. d.
c., was chosen reporter for city and state
papers, and Rev. l.. S. Flagg reporter for
religious and southern papers. Rev. S. T.
Tice was made chairman of the committee
on credentials. The morning session was
closed by a benediction by Rev. w. H.
Manokoo.
The afternoon session was begun at 2:3O
o clock with devotional exercises conducted
by Rev. n. w. Brown of Patuxent Md
Papers We're read by Mrs. Louisa Hamilton
of L Is, Md, on order and System in the
touiiudy SCIoOI, Dy James NJ. Boston of
West River, Md, on THE Superintendent
and Teacher and by Miss Addie Hall of
Metropolitan Sunday school on How to
Train Children to Give" There was an in
teresung discussion of all the papers by
the delegates. Rev. /. S. Lee of Bladens-
burg, Md, pronounced the benediction
The convention will be in session this
evening and tomorrow morning.
Closing the Conference.
The Potomac district of the Baltimore
annual conference of the A. NJ. E. Church
adjourned sine die last night. after Rev.
Geo. w. Brodie had pronounced the bene-
diction.
Yesterday the conference was surprised
by visit from Bishop James A Handy.
who spoke Interestingly to the delegates
regarding the work of their church
In the evening devotional exercises were
led by Rev. r. 7. Queen, after which an
essay on THE Requirements of the Sab
bath School, was read by Rev. l. S. Flagg,
the chairman of the school committee A
report on the financial condition of the as
ISOLATION was read by Rev. r. w. Worthan,
chairman of the financial committee. The
collections amounted to S4159, the net
balance of receipts over expenditures being
81. II. Rev. l.. S. Flagg presented a reso-
luton Of thanks to Rev. ]. A. Briscoe and
to the congregation of the Brown Memorial
Church for the kindness shown the confer
ence in allowing the use Of their church as
a meeting place