Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23

was 100 years ago. It numbers about 2,CO0
are to be seen the Epworth rectory and
Epworth Church, still in the hands of the
Church Of England. the living" being
one in which the Wesley boys were reared,
and the church, though changed some with
in, remains much as 1t was when Samuel
Wesley ministered there and Susanna. with
her nineteen children, Joined in the service.
THE rectory Is the scene of Wesley's
rescue from the flames. and stands today
different house from the one he was born
| in, because Of the fire which so nearly prov
ed his destruction. Here he was rescued
when a boy but six years old. The rectory
was the scene of that wonderful system of
training which the Wesley children passed
through, their mother unconsciously train
ing both the founder and hymn writer of
the great Methodist Church, while she did
the best she could to make 1900 a year suf
flee to supply her unusually large family.
AT London one may see the house in
which Wesley passed the closing days of
his life. 1t adjoins the church he built
City Road Chapel. The room in which he
died is connected with a small apartment
where Wesley spent an hour of prayer each
morning. In the City Road churchyard.
side and DR.. Watson, the theologian, at
his head. the yellow monument of John
Wesley stands. Just across the street Is the
Bun Hill Fields burial ground, in which
Susanna Wesley, the mother of Methodism,
is buried
The forty-second annual meeting of the
National Association of Local Preachers.
of which Rev. John r. Wright of this city
is president, will be held in the South Bal
timore Station Methodist Episcopal Church,
on William street near Montgomery street,
Baltimore, Md, Rev. H. S. France, DID,
pastor, October I to 10. A cordial invita-
ton is extended all local preachers to at
tend and participate in the proceedings,
which will be of an interesting character
Any duly accredited local preacher may
become member of the association by the
payment of one dollar annually.
Miss Jennie Smith, Who is known from
the Atlantic to the Pacific as the railroad
evangelist, has removed to Washington and
vii! make this city her home for the flu
ture. SISTER Jennie as she is usually
called will, 1t is understood, engage in
church work. and series of meetings. to
be conducted by her. it is stated, has been
already arranged for.
The choir of ST. Mary's Catholic Church
will render the following music tomorrow:
High mass at 1890 8. M. Asperges Me DOM
inc, M. kolross; Mass in Z fiat A Gull
n.ant; offertory, tmotette) Ad Te Clamat
Anma Nostra, Notwithstanding; YES
per service at pm. psalms, Domino Ad
Adjuvandum. Dixit Dominus and I.audate
Donnum, Vespers No. 2, L. Marco Mag
niiicat No. 2 f. Mario: Salve Regina alto
solo), d. Buck; Salutaris (tenor solo and
quarteu, Bohm-W eigand; Tantum Ergo in
d, P. Riga; Laudate Domnum, Gregorian.
Organist and director, Mr.. William Wal
decker.
The feast of st. Matthew will be cele-
brated tomorrow at st. Matthew's Church
with solemn high mass at II o'clock. Yes
pers will be at o'clock. The following
program will be rendered under the direc-
ton of Miss Glennan: Asperges Me- La,
Hache; kyrfe, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Ag-
nus Del, Haydn, No. 3; Benedictus, Kali
Woda; Neni Creator, quartet. Balls; offer
tory. Ave Maria, Silas, Mrs. Wllmarth, Miss
Lackey and chorus In the afternoon
Marcos psalms and Magnificat will be
sung; offertory, Ave Maria Silas; .SaIve
Regina. Miliard; Salutaris Tosti, Miss
Whitaker; Tantum Ergo. Mi'lard, Mr.. Mel
Vile Hensey; Laudate, Gregorian. The
choir will be as. follows: Sopranos, Miss
Emily Donath, Madames Hugh La Grange,
Walter Wilnarth. Misses Hannah Wade
Edna Bishop, Blanche Wood. Katie Ayl-
mer, Margaret Aylmer, Isabel Sinclair,
Lackey, Anna Fleming. Rosalie Holbery,
Madame Holberg. Mrs. A. l.. Sinclair, Miss
Eldred, Mrs. Earl Earnshaw: tenors,
Messrs. w. w. Gibson, Michael Peters r
II. Maxwell Melville Hensey; bassos
Messrs. Charles Goodchi,d, w. Silas Sheets,
John Arendes, Robert Howard, Henry Mar
tin, a l.. Sinclair; organist, Miss Jennie
Glennan.
Rev. L. 3. Maxwell, field worker of the
International Sunday School Association
among the colored people in the south,
will be the guest of the Sunday Schoo,
Union of the District of Columbia tornor-
row and will address the Sunday school
workers of the District at the Metropolitan
A. NJ. r. Zion Church, d street between
"a ana Sd streets southwest, at 3 pm.