Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-03
IN THE CHU RICH E S

yearly meeting of the religious Society Of
Friends was held this week in Baltimore.
The Baltimore yearly meeting takes in the
District of Columbia, western shore of
Maryland and the adjoining counties Of
Pennsylvania and Virginia. Besides the
regular sessions of the association, meet
ings for worship We're held at the ancient
meeting house, corner of Fayette and Ais
quith streets. This house was built in 1852,
and has been used continuously by the So
ciety since that date. 1t is said that relig-
ious services have been held there regularly,
with one intermission during this period.
The yearly meetings Of the society We're
held in this home from 17S5 to 1905, when
the meeting house on Lombard street was
built. This was used for the yearly meet
ings until 1889, when a house on Park ave-
nue. was erected. All the sessions Of the
yearly meeting are held by the men and
committees. The women have an equal
share in the work and voice In all matters
coming before the body.
The southeast branch of the Central Union
Mission, which was organized in May last,
but which held open-air services only dur
ing the summer, has found quarters at the
corner of Sth and E streets southeast, and
last Sunday afternoon a dedicatory service
was held from the gospel wagon. a large
audience gathering to listen to the exer-
Der of the board. assigned to the southeast
branch, was in charge of the service. Brief
remarks were made by Messrs. Robbins,
Young and Proctor, and Misses Hattie
Craft, May Netting and Shultz.
Cardinal Gibbons has appointed Rev.
Father Foley Of st. Paul's Church chap
lain Of the nuns of the Perpetual Adorat ton.
the spiritual director of the work for poor
churches, formerly known as the Taberna-
Gle Society. All the religious exercises of
the association will be held in the chapel of
the convent 1415 street. On the first
Friday of each month the sacrament will be
exposed from am. to 4:30 pm. The mass
will be offered for living and deceased men,
bers. AT 4:3O benediction will be given and
a short meditation or conference held The
members of the association will form the
guard of honor during the day.
The officers of the association are organ
ling choir, and the music will be of a
high order. The mass in the chapel on
All Souls day, November 2, was offered
for the deceased members and was followed
by the exposition of the sacrament.
The work for poor churches was resumed
that day. The work rooms are on the sec
ond floor, and will be open daily, Saturdays
excepted, from $50 am. to 4:30 pm. All
are invited to assist in the making of vest
ments, as some forty applications from
poor churches are now on file
Methodist Episcopal pastors throughout
the country have been requested to observe
date as Good Literature day." preach a
sermon on good literature and present the
subject in the Sunday school and the meet
ing of the Epworth League. The purpose
of the observance is to awaken greater in
terest, on the part of adults and young
people. in good papers and good books
1t is argued that in these days of public
schools every one can read, and such is
the desire to read that every one will read
something. Those who do not have access
n no q nd hon Il
inferior ones, if not positively bad ones, of
which the supply seems to be superabund-
ant and omnipresent. The Importance of
good literature in the house is appreciated
by few, even parents whose time and
thought are occupied with business, home
affairs and the various duties of life. A
bountiful supply of attractive papers and
books would in all homes provide agreeable
relaxation for the fathers and mothers,
who would sometimes, by a brief glance
find relief from the WEAKNESS and worry
of active life. Young people are not con-
tented to sit silently and rest or commune
with their own thoughts, as their elders
may do. They must find occupation for
their active brains or they will not remain
contentedly at home If not provided with
entertaining papers and books they will
seek society elsewhere, and thus begins the
breaking of home ties before they have
reached the years when they are prepared
for or should begin the battle of life.
The American Bible Society officials say
that statements made in some quarters
concerning the financial condition of the
organization and Its reasons for Offering
the Bible House In New York for sale are
wholly without foundation. 1t is declared
on the highest authority that the society s
work is enlargng rather than contracting.
1t has but recently opened agencies in
Cuba Porto Rico and Manila. It's agencies
in Siam and Central America have been
opened within the last ten years. 1t circu-
IL, l,,1c
Of the Bible or portions Of the Bible In
China alone. The average issues for the
last twenty years have been about 100000
a year. There have been fluctuations from
year to year. Last year the issues were L.
406. S01 copies Its receipts vary from year
to year. owing to the uncertainty of the
amount received from legacies.
The society, 1t Is further declared, is not
in financial straits, and its appropriations
for foreign work have never exceeded those
of the last few years. The work Of the So
cety will, it is believed, continue, as in the
past, to receive the liberal support of the
churches. Its only reasons for considering
the possible sale of the Bible House are
business reasons connected with the value
Of the property and the desirability Of its
location for commercial purposes. AS the
society does not make any profit on its
publications 1t is not in any way in the
competitive trade. Its sole object is benev-
olent. 1t gives to peoples Of all nations
correct, well-made and inexpensive copies
of the Bible at the mere cost of production
1t also makes large free grants to the poor
and needy in this and many other lands.
According to the statement of a we'll
known local minister, there are now more
than LOCO Christian Endeavor Societies
among the 1900 congregations in the gen.
eral synod. There are also, it was said by
the same preacher, 1853 Endeavor societies
in Germany.
Three years ago the Disciples of Christ
in this city, as elsewhere, added an edu-
cational element to Christian Endeavor
among them. That enterprise, it is stated,
has been eminently successful. There are
three lines of study-the English Bible, the
plea and history of the disciples and world
wide missions. According to a new sched-
ule the remainder of this month, next
month and also December will be devoted
exclusively to Bible study. Later three
months will be given to each of the other
studies.
Delegates from this section who attend
ed the recent sessions Of the tenth inter-
national conference of the railroad depart
ment of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation. held in Philadelphia, express the
opinion that the convention was a remark