Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-10

fectly. he thought there would be little
need OF police courts, Jails and warehouses;.
The Presbyterian Committee on creed re-
VISION, winch was appointed at the last
meeting OF the general assembly. will hold
anoehe e. meeting in December. by which
time II Is hoped all the presbyteries will
nave taken acton upon the questions sent
down to them by the special committee. At
a recent meeting of the presbytery of Bal
timore that body decided to postpone action
on the questions of the spec;al committee
until the December meeting. when action
Will also be taken upon the eight important
overtures sent down by the general assem-
bly,.
Thus far the presby+eries which desire a
change as compared with those that do not,
are two to one This + larger proportion
than there was ten ye&rs ago, although the
question did not at that time come before
presbyteries In quite the same way it does
now. The conservative leaders relying
on the fact that their side is united, while
the oVerWhelming majority for change Is
divided into three parties-those who want
a new creed, those who want the old con-
fession revised, and those who think sup
Elemental statement should be promulgated
Rev. NJ. Ross Fishburn. pastor of Mount
Pleasant congregational Church. began
Nine Sunday Evenings With the Deca-
iosue me theme of the first discourse
was The First and Second Command
ments." and this is to be followed success
The Fourth Commandment THE Fifth
Commandment THE Sixth Command
ment." The Seventh Commandment"
The Eighth Commandment, THE Ninth
commandment, and The Tenth Com
mandment
The eastern conference of the German
Lutheran Church. which includes the Dis
trlct of Columbia, viii meet Monday, the
18th instant, in Baltimore, 1t is expected
that the business of the body will not oc-
cupy more than one day.
Bishop Hurst is absent from the city
attending the annual meetings of several
of the leading societies of the NJ. Il. Church.
The meeting of the church extension COM
mittee was held this week in Brooklyn.
n. Y; that of the Freedmen's aid commit
tee will be. held in Newark, n. j., begin
ming Monday next, and that of the mis-
sonary committee in New York beginning
Wednesday next. Bishop Hurst was also
present at the semi-annual conference of
bishops held few days ago in Trenton,
n. J.
The missionary secretaries of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church have asked the
Method:StS of Washington to send them
special contributions for the relief of Chi
nese Christians who have suffered at the
hands Of the Boxers. 1t is stated that these
people are in extreme restitution. Their
homes and property have been destroyed;
many of them have been ruthleSsiy MUIR
dered, and many others have sustained seri-
Gus personal injury.
Rev. DR.. A H Ames, superintendent of
the National Training School for Deacon
esses, has returned from Chicago, where he
went to attend the annual meeting OF the
WOman'S Home Missionary Society. MISS
Anna Conner of the school has beer ap-
pointed superintendent and assistant super
ntendent, respectively of the new -oWa
Methodist Hospital, to be opened this
month at Des MOines.
A copy of a complete list of Protestant
missionaries killed in China from the be-
ginning of the Boxer movement, when was
furnished to the American Bible Society,
has been received in Washington, and is
as follows:
Amer cans kilIed-Men. 2: married women,
1; single women. 6: children. 3. Total. ID
British killed--Mend 10; married women,
.; single women. 4; children, I. Total. 80
Known dead-Men II; married women. 8;
single women, IL; children, Ii. Total, H.
Dead or missing-Nfen. G6: married wo-
men, IL; single women, -; children, 3D.
Total IT'S.
This city is fast becoming the headquar-
ters of Catholicism in the United States.
The great monastery Of the order of st.
Francis, which for about year has been
occupied by several hundred monks, Is now
the headquarters of the greatest lore gn
missionary agency of the Catholic Church,
the Franciscan Brotherhood. All its mis-
sionary work for the continents of America.
Asia and Africa is directed from mere. i1e-
sides this. as is well known. the apostolic
legation is located here. There are a so
here the Georgetown University, more than
a century old, and the Catholic University,
destined to be one of the greatest Gathcuc
Institutions in the world.
Washington Presbyterans will be repre-
scented at the fifth biennial convention of
the PRESBYTERIAN chapters Of the Brother
hood of Andrew and Philip, which viii be
held in Carlisle Pa. 10th to 10Th instant.
Rev. DR.. G. 7. Wilson, pastor of the AS
sambly Presbyterian Church. is of the
speakers. and Rev. Gerhart A. Wilson, pas
tor of the Western Presbyterian Church, is
among the delegates from this vicinity who
will attend.
Among the subjects to be discussed dur
ing the convention will be THE Spirit by
DR.. G. p. Wilson of this city; THE Broth |
erhood's Service to the Local Church." by
MeSSrs. William +. Stonebridge Jasper T. |
Gc win and John Froschel of New rork
an. ). Mitchell Pugh of Philadelphia; "rhe |
Training of the Laity for Service" by Rev. |
]. Garland Hammer of Newark. N. j.. son |
of Rev. DR.. Hammer of Manassas Va:
personal Work-The Layman as a Soul |
Winner Mr.. William K. Moody of North |
field, Mass, ana Rev. Albert f. Keigwin |
of Newark n. j.; also speeches on oIner |
topics by other prominent ministers from
various sections of the country. |
The present officers of the brotherhood |
are: President Rev. John Balloon Shaw, |
D. D.. New York, n Y; vice president, |
T.. u
ditor, S. Mitchell Pugh. West Philadelphia,
Pa; neutrality-suspicious., William F. Stone |
bridge, New York, N. Y Members of coun- |
Gil: w. f. Maris. Pottstown, Pa; Rev. J. |
Garland Hammer, jr., Newark, N. d.; Rev.
Andrew N. Hagerty, Carlisle Pa; Andrew |
p. Haig, Philadelphia. Pa; H. C. Cara.
Pa; James H. Baxter Troy.
Albany, N. Y; Harry G. kinda, Wash,
ington. D. G.; George Kugler Philadelphia.
IA; E. V. Titus. Brooklyn, N Y.
An address on How to Make a Better
Wcrld' will be delivered at New York Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church. Tuesday even
ing next. by Rev. Dr. Charles NJ. Sheldon
OF topeka, Kan. Mr. II. b. F.. Mcfarland.
president of the board of District Comnis
5ioners will preside at the meeting.
DR.. Sheldon. during month of Nov ember
IS filling appointments made for him nv tbe |
United Society of Christian Endeavor. and
his visit to this city is under the auspices
Of the District C. +. Union. Besides sneak
rg in this city. DR.. Sheldon's tour Includes
Baltimore Richmond, Charleston, Augusta.
Atlanta, Philadelphia and many other cities
IS a rule appearing but one time in each