Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03


AT the annual meeting of the members Of
.ne tirst Presbyterian Church and congress
| CATION, held recently officers for the en-.
| SUNG year were elected as follows: J. r.
| LOW, president; Allan c. Clough. clerkt
1narIes L. Du Bots. treasurer: Alfred shaw,
| w. n Fletcher and Allan c. Clough, trust
| tees for three years. A COMMITTEES on ways
| and means was appointed. consisting Of
Messrs. White, chairman: Sargent. Cough,
| Fenntng, Newell. Fletcher Money. Mrs
| Mann, Mrs. Du Bots, Mrs To,nan Mrs
| White, Miss Bailey. Miss Galbreath, Miss
| Mullican and Miss Duguid The reporfs OF
| lhe various societies, it was stated. showed
| flying. s'A'-
| 1t Is expected that the Gospel car. "GIad
| TJdings." which is owned by the Baptlsc
| Home Missionary Society: will be in WASH
| ington during the ensuing week The car
IS In charge of Rev. C. II. Rust and his
| WIFE both of whom are missionaries who
make TIER headquarters in Minneapolis
Mlnn. they have been engaged in their
present work six years. The Baptist
| Shurcn is the only one which maintains
Gospel cars. There are now five in service.
ana sixth is being built by the young men
OF the denomination.
/ Gospel cars are used principally In Mn
| nesota, Texas. California Mississippi and
| Kansas. The missionaries travel in their
| cars TO towns where there are no churches
or where there are large Industries employ
| ing number of men, such as mining CEN
| ters The cars are about eighty-five feet
| long and arranged with two compartments
one of which is used as a living room by the
| missionaries. and the other for a chapel.
| The chapel will seat lbs people and Will
hold when crowded about IT'S people.
Bishop Satterlee has accepted an invita-
! tlon TO make an address at the home OF
| Mrs. Robert Garrett in Baltimore. We'd
| nesday afternoon next, at which time. IL IL
| understood he will meet number of prom
| Trent members of the Episcopal Church IN
| that city and explain his plans for building
the proposed Episcopal Cathedral here.
| Rev. Clarence Bispham, formerly rector
| OF ST. Michael and All Angels p. E.
| church, this city. but more recently one
| OF the curates at Trinity Episcopal Church,
| New Haven, Conn. has resigned his posi-
| England shortly. Mr.. Bispham has had
| charge of the musical service at Trinity,
| and, 1t is said, has been very successful IN
training the boy choir. He is a cousin of
a son-in-law of Commodore Casey of the
| United States navy.
Rev. z. Lawrence Hunt, pastor Of West
minister Presbyterian Church. will tomorrow
sunday evening inausurate series of sa-
| cred musicales, one to be given the first
| Sunday evening of each month.
The Brotherhood. of st. Andrew of st.
Andrews Church has arranged a service Of
] song and an address by a prominent lay
man for each Friday evening in Lent at 8
O'Clock at the parish hall, Corcoran and
| 14th streets northwest. March the sub
ject will be The Christian Man in Pro-
| fessional and Business LIFE speaker, John
| g. Capers. March 10, subject THE Chris
| tian Mans Duty to the Laboring Masses"
| speaker, Senator Marion Butler. North Car
DINA. March p, subject, THE Difference
| Between Roman and Teutonc Civilization
| as Manifested by Expansion" speaker TO
| be announced later March 80, subject,
| The Moral Question Involved In Trusts
| speaker. Gen. w. w. Dudley. April 6. sub
| ject. THE Nations Obligation and Danger
| in Regard to Public Charities" speaker
Judge Fred c. Bryan of Ohio. Good FRI
day evening Stainer's The Crucifixion''
will be sung by st. Andrews choir.
Much interest is felt here among church
people in a movement started in New
York which has for its object federative
action among the churches and Christian
workers throughout the United States. A
conference, composed of prominent minis
tiers and other church workers, has already
been held in reference to the matter, at
which ii was stated that this was a propo-
siton for the application to Christian work
of the principles underlying the great in
dustriat organizations of our time.
Inc conference was composed of work
ing pastors Of New York. Pennsylvania
and New Eng together with prominent
laymen, all the evangelical denominations.
being represented. Western men for the
most part sent letters expressing hearty
sympathy with the purpose of the gath
ering.
A circular issued under the authority of
the conference says:
las result of its elaboration and OF
the facts and forces there brought into
requisition, the conference formed the opin-
ion that a certain form of federative &C.
ton was both desirable and possible. 1t
therefore appointed a committee to pro-
mote such federation and to report TO
another conference, n year hence a more
definite plan of national organization The
idea which finally crystallized was that of
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Christian work the two sound principles
underlying business trusts, the prevention
of unnecessary duplication of forces and
cooperation for the better service of the
community. In this proposition there is no
question of unity, it being clearly recog-
n.zed that this is the dream of idealsts
Neither is there any question of uniformity,
it being frankly conceded that the conces-
sions required for this were such as no
self-respecting persons could make.
THE desire of this conference is simply
to secure a consolidation of business inter
ests on the part of the churches This is
demanded in the first place on the ground
of economy. The duplication of churches
in small communities, to the detriment both
OF The community and the highest interests
or the denomination represented, is too
common q fact to need comment. This has
been avoided in Maine by an interdenomi-
national commission. Now the conference
proposes to promote the formation of other
state declarations until these shall be able
to constitute a national federation of all
vent the unnecessary duplication of mis-
sionary efforts in all fields, ct home and
abroad A proposition of this sort involves
the giving up of nothing. 1t is a qucs-
ton really of self-interest long ago adopt
ed by business men,
Rev. DR.. Beyschlag. prominent Luther
an minister in Germany. has reached This
city on mission which contcmplates in
teresting Protestant preachers and laymen
in a movement to build a memorial church
q narr ant to Irat 1eso H.
a little town on the Rhine, near Worms
where the reformation actually started,
The bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church have issued an appeal to the mem
bers OF the denomination throughout the
United States asking them to set apart the
days from March % to April J. Inclusive
as season of fasting and prayer.
In part the appeal says: To-day our
Methodism confronts a serious situation
Our statistics for the last year show a de-
crease in the number of our members
Year before last our advance was checked
Last year our advance column was forced
back little.
There are now unhappiIy many Meth