Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
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Mission has just entered upon the eighth
year of its existence. At the exercises of
the seventh anniversary a few evenings
since Miss Lula Simmons, who assisted in
the organization of the mission in 1892, was
present and made some remarks. When the
mission was organized seven years ago
there was not, SO far as is known, single
white Protestant church between 4th street
southeast and Az street southwest and
Pennsylvania avenue and the river. Soon
after the first meeting Mr. E. F. Smith
opened his parlor for the meetings. A few
weeks afterward Kitchen Sunday school,
was started in Mr. C. w. Bohannon's
kitchen. Not long afterward the band of
workers was reinforced by Mr.. w. L.
Bruen, Miss Inch and some others. Mr.
Bruen proposed to pay for a chapel If the
ground was furnished. The proposal was
accepted, and the chapel erected. 1t was
dedicated when finished and from that time
to the present the work of each week has
been one session of the Sunday school and
from two to four or more mission meetings
The active work at the present time is
sustained by Misses Lizzie and Martha
Brinkey, Mrs. Spring and Mr. Della of the
NJ. E. Church, Mrs. Bladen of the M p
Church, Mr.. Goodson of the NJ. E. Church
South, Mrs. Wynkoop and Miss Kidd or
the Presby terrain Church, Mrs. Swain of the
Baptist Church. Mrs. Meter, Miss Meter,
Mrs Schrott Mr. Cooper and Mr.. Leon
hardt of the Lutheran Church and few
others.
1t is understood that Rev. Fathers T. H.
Cummings and r. ]. Gearty of Sligo, Ire
land, who have received permission Tor the
purpose from Cardinal Gibbons, will soon
visit Washington and solicit funds with
which to found new church in the diocese
of EIphin Ireland. The reverend gentle
men named arrived in Philadelphia little
more than two months ago, ana II IS their
intention to visit most of the large cities III
-,,if tod tot hafn
The proposed church is to be erected in
the town of Roscofhmon, where the Cath
olics have beene worshiping in dilapidated
court house for the last sixty years Inc
County Roscommon was one OF the most
fertile and prosperous In the western paIt
of Ireland forty or fifty years ago. 1t IS
now devoted to the raising of 1--we stock LOT
the English market, In the earlier half OF
this century it is said, the landlords Oh the
county, thinking that cattle grazing Would
be more profitable than farming, conVerleu
thousands of acres of fertile land into pas
turage for cattle and sheep Although up
ward of forty new parochial churches nale
been erected In the diocese in the pas.
thirty wears a 8 we'll as fine new catneurd
and several schools and converts, TINS IS
the first time an appeal has been mace fof
outside assistance 60 -..,r
Mr. Cummings is a native of Sligo. He
was educated at the diocesan college or
that place and afterward went to the irish
College at Paris. He completed ms course
at the Great National College at MaynoeIh'
and was stationed by his superior IN diller-
ent parts of the field, and atterWard as
signed to missionary work at Strokeseo"n,
Castlereagh and RoscQmmon He Is no"
president of the preparatory college Oh the
diocese. Mr.. Gearty is native or strokes
town and was also ordained at Maynooth,
and is now attached to the Sligo cathedral.
A resolution which has already been
adoDted by more ;lan forty NJ. h. confer
ences will be brought before the Baltimore
its next meeting In
this city, 1t is to the effect that 80 far as
practicable we (Methodists) Will make
special effort to have our congregations
and Sunday schools observe the Fourth OF
July of each year as day consecrated to
the promotion of the temperance reform;
that we will especially seek to interest our
children and young people in this move
ment; that, with song, music, speeches and
various services in our churches, public
halls or groves, we will strive to promote
the proper and Christian celebration of the
birthday of the nation in the cultivation of
sound temperance revival. and, finally,
that we invite the cooperation of all re-
Iipious bodies, temperance organizations,
young peoples societies of whatever name,
and ali churches. Sunday schools pastors
patriots and philanthropists in this effort
to save our nation from the curse of drink
The Baptists of Washington seem to be
unanimously in hopes that Rev. E. T. Null
Inns D. D., of Boston, who was recently
elected president of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary at Louisville, KY.
will accept the honor. DR.. Mullins Is well
known here, having been for long time
pastor of Lee Street Baptist Church, Balti-
more, during which period he was a fire.
quent visitor to this city.
It is stated that Mr.. D. L. Moody has
decided to establish several additional Bible
schools to accommodate those who cannot
leave their homes to go to existing ones.
One Of the new schools is to be located IN
Washington, and others in St. Louis, St.
Paul Indianapolis Detroit and Pittsburg,
respectively, and perhaps some other
places. Rev. Alexander Patterson and the
instructors and seniors in the Chicago in
stitute will go to the places named and con-
duct classes, it being held that more
persons can be reached by sending instruct
ors to them than by asking them to go to
Chicago and Northf1eld. There Is to be no
charge for those who attend the school.
According to information received in
Washington the American Congregational
band contemplates building two additional
ships to supplement the service of the
Morning Star and to operate them in CO.
operation with the Hawaiian Evangelicals,
who are practically Congregationalists. In
the task of extending Christianity to the
Caroline and Iadrone Islands the Sand
witch Islands are to- be used as base, and
the Hawaiian CongregationaliSt are to
enter into active service. A new and bet
ter system of communication between these
islands is under consideration, to consist
either of cables orIfast steamers.
Mrs. Clinton Smith. president of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union of the
District of Columbia. expects to attend the
coming national annual convention of the
W. c. T. U. at Seattle Washington state.
During the convention arrangements will
probably be made for the unwilling of the
Statue to Frances Willard, which is soon to
be erected in statuary hall of the Capitol
1t is stated -thatsa gentleman who does
not wish his name to be known has ex-
pressed a willingness to provide site In
this city for a memorial building to Miss
Willard, If some one else will donate the
funds for the edifce itself, which, it is
thought, should be of marble The ladies
Of the local Woman's Christian Temperance
Union hope to be able to avail themselves
of the offer They are said to be of the
opinion that the site should be somewhere
on high ground, but not to be particularly
CONSPICUOUS. 1t is not intended that the
building should be large one.
The synod of Baltimore. with which the
Presbyterian churches in Washington are
affiliated, has officially commended the
twentieth century movement--the scheme
to bring into the Sunday schools Of the de-
nomination at least half a million of schol-
airs before the beginning of the ecclesiastf-
cal year, April L. 1890 Nineteen synods, in