Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-18
SERIES OF UNION MEETINGS
Preparations for Evangelistic Services to Be
Held Next Week.
Pastors and People of Local Church les
to Unite in the Move
ment.

Arrangements are about completed for
the opening of a series of union evangeliS-
tic meetings in this city Wednesday, Feb
ruary 22, 1899, at 7::o o'clock in the Cal
vary Baptist Church, corner Sth and II
streets northwest, under the auspices of the
pastors of the different local churches who
through committees, have made all the ar
rangements. Two meetings will be held
daily, except Saturday, until March g. one
at 4:1J pm. in the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church, and an evening meeting
at ':3O o'clock in the Calvary Baptist
Church.
The meetings are to be conducted by Rev
j. Wilbur Chapman. d. D.. the pastor evan
gelist of Bethany Church, Philadelphia Pa
who is probably as well known as an evan
gelist throughout the world as is Dwight
l.. Moody. Recently in Pittsburg at
men s meeting 1T is said that it was neces-
sarY to deny fully 5000 men admission to
one of his meetings. although the auditor
! ium used was very large.
Music a Feature.
The preparation for these meetings has
! been thorough. For weeks a picked choir
of about 200 voices, under the leadership
or Mr. Z. l.. zimmerman, has been rehears-
ing hymns selected by DR.. Chapman The
music Of DIR. Chapmans meetings will be
no less feature than was that of the
Moody meetings. He will bring with him
| MIR. Harper Garcia Smythe of New York
| who has made for himself quite a reDuta-
ton as chorus leader and solost Mr.
| Smythe Will direct the singing
preceding the evangelistic meetings prop
| er there Will he union prayer meetings
| preparatory to DR.. Chapman's coming, held
| in eleven churches in different parts of
| the city Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
| day evenings of next week at 7:3O o'clock
| In each of the churches selected the pas
tors and members of the churches in that
| noighborhood will unite in service. The
topic for the meeting Monday will be HUI
initiation and Confession Tuesday
Prayer for the Presence of the Holy
! Spirit Wednesday, "Consecration.'
Churches Selected
| Following is a list of the churches Sc
| lected as meeting places for the prepara-
tory union prayer meetings, and showing
what churches will unite in the services:
| In Marvin NJ. E. Church South, 10th and B
| streets southwest-Co-operatin churches:
! Westminster Presbyterian. Sixth Presby-
| terrain; Kendall Baptist, ST Marks Luth-
] eran. Ryland NJ. E.. Faith Chapel Presby-
! terrain, Gorsuch NJ. E.. Third Christian. St
Johns Lutheran, Fifth Baptist, St. Johns
| Nj. p.
In Eastern Presbyterian Church, 9th and
| { streets northeast-Co-operating churches:
/ Metropolitan Baptist, Ninth Street Chris
! tian, Keller Memorial Lutheran, Fifth Con-
| gregational, Douglas NJ. e. Maryland Ave-
nue. Baptist, Waugh M. E, Epworth NJ. E.
| South.
| In Mt. Vernon Place NJ. e Church South
9th and X streets northwest-Co-operating
! churches; North Presbyterian, First Con-
| gregational, Calvary Baptist, New York
! Avenue Presbyterian, Foundry NJ. F.. St
Pauls Lutheran, Fourth Presbyterian. Nc
| kendree NJ. T., Fletcher Chapel, Bethany
| Chapel Friends
! In Metropolitan Presbyterian Church 4th
| and streets southeast-Co-operatin
| churches: Reformation Lutheran, Trinity
| NJ. E., First NJ. P, North Carolina Avenue
| N. P, Twelfth Street M E. Peoples Tab
ernacle. Grace Baptist, Second Baptist
In Congress Street NJ P. Church, 31st
| between NJ and y streets-Co-operating
| churches: West Street Presbyterian, Peck
| Memorial Presbyterian West Washington
| Lutheran, Mt. Tabor NJ. P, Dumbarton
avenue NJ F., Gay Street Baptist, West
! Washington NJ. f. South
| In f Street Baptist Church. e near 9th
| street northwest-Co-operatin churches.
| Central Presbyterian, Assemblys Presbyter-
ian ian, FIRST Presbyterian, Metropolitan NJ E.,
Wesley Chapel NJ. f.
| In Union NJ. Z. Church, Goth street near
pennsylvania avenue northwest-Co-operat-
ing churches: Western Presbyterian Con-
Cordia Lutheran.
In Luther Place Memorial Church 1ttb
| street and Vermont avenue northwestern
| operating churches Covenant PRESBYTERIAN
| First baptist. Gunton Temple Presbyterian,
Hamline NJ F., Grace NJ E. Central nj p
Grace Reformed, Vermont Avenue Chris,
tian. ST. PauIs NJ. f.
| In Memorial United Brethren Church.
North Capitol and r streets northwestern
operating churches: Eckineton Presbyter-
! ian Gurley Presbyterian. lions Lutheran.
North Capitol Street NJ. E.
| In Anacostia Baptist Church. corner JEFF
| ferson and Fillmore streets-Co-operating
! churches: Garden Memorial Presbvterian'
| Anacostia NJ E.
| In Mt. Pleasant CONGREGATIONAL Church
| Columbia road near 14th street northwest