Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17

room above. The ceilings are of hard oak.
with two handsome chandeliers in the cen-
ter The windows are OF Gothic design. with
stained glass There is a main aisle lead
/ ing to the altar and two side aisles. over
/, the vestibule a gallery has been erected.
The dedication services were in charge
| of Bishop James A. Handy. ID. D.. OF Ball
ttmore. Bishop b. w. Salter of South Caro-
| lima preached at the morning and evening
services, and Rev. II. Y. johnson OF Phil
adelphia, editor of the church paper,
preached in the afternoon. Rev. u. c. nm.
ID. D., of Hagerstown was present and
participated in the ceremonies. During the
week there were services each evening at
| which the pastors of the other churches OF
| Cumberland preached. among them beng
Rev. DR.. James Moffatt of the Presbyterian
Church, Rev. T. ]. Yost of ST Pauls Luth-
| eran Church, Rev. Jas. NJ. Ningling Of the
| Methodist Protestant Church and Rev. O.
| Herbert Richardson. D. D.. of the Centre
Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mention has heretofore been made i'm The
! Star that at conference held recently in
| Baltimore in which Rev. DIR. s NJ. New
| man of this city took part. arrangements
were made Dit was supposed for the con-
| solidation of the First Congregational and
| Associate Reformed Churches of Baltimore.
A hitch has, however, occurred in
| the proceedings because of Ihe existence
OF debt of SJO.Uo0 on the Associate Re-
formed Church. which was not known by
the members of the other church until
quite recently. The First Congregational
Church has no debt.
Rev. DR.. Thomas c. Easton has Just COM
! pleted six years as pastor Of the Eastern
| Presbyterian Church. In that time -sr9 per-
! sons have been received into the church.
In, the same period the conservation con-
| trlbuted an aggregate of Sf353021. OF
which $s,o53.S7 was applied 10 the liquida-
ton of the debt in the church.
During a three days visit to Chicago re-
| Gently Bishop Hurst received gifts amounts
ing to $4,000 for the American University.
Rev. DR.. S. L. Beler, formerly connected
with the institution in a very responsible
| position, has accepted a pastorate In a
| western conference.
One of the most interesting reports re-
| ceiVed recently in this city relative to
church matters is that of the Congrega-
/ uonal Church Building Society. which So
/ ciety is nearly fifty years old. The last
| years work is regarded as a particularly
encouraging one. Not only there gem
| erous response to the appeal for contribu-
! tons, but the number of contributing
| churches was greater by 164 than in any
preceding year. During the past twenty
| years the increase of these churches has
| been more than threefold. For the last
year the receipts were nearly $500
| Many churches which have been aided have
already returned all the money which they
| received from the society. and in some
| cases large additional amounts The par
| sonaSe loan fund now stands at SllO0.0O0,
| in addition to nearly 100000 paid back
The church building loan fund exceeds
s650o00
Much interest is felt among many church
| people in the coming to Washington in a
| few weeks of the Countess Schimmelmcn
| who is styled the royal evangelist" The
| lady travels, wherever possible in her own
| private ship. She will have the vessel stop
at Baltimore, but will come from there to
| Washington by train. The countess has
| made evangelstic tours to all parts of the
world She is a native Of Denmark and is
| said to have suffered almost unheard-of
| prosecutions at the hands of her brother
| The latter, 1t is asserted, had her impris-
| oned as an insane person, in order to keep
| her from engaging in missionary work and
| spending her money in the cause
The Sunday school building of Calvary
| Baptist Church, this city, has been pro-
| nounced after comparison with similar
| structures elsewhere, one of the most conn
| plete buildings of the kind in the world
| Its cost, including, the ground upon which
, 1t was erected was $4,000 of which Mr.
5 W. Woodward gave $4,000.
Bishop Satterlee will confirm A class ar
! st. Luke's Pc. Church, Rev. o. NJ Waller
| rector, Sunday, March is, at IL am. Dur
| Zig the four years of Mr.. Walters rector
SEP there nave been fifty-eight infants and
| thirty-four adults baptized, and forty-four
| youths and eighty-three adults confirmed
| There were also 123 communicates received.
| d total increase of go. and making the
present membership 400. There We're nine
| marriages and twenty-eight burials The
! debts paid amounted to $500 The money
collected from the congregation reached
| S11,0o0
A great mass meeting in the cause Of
| Christian missions will be held in Washing
| ton in May. 1t is understood that promi-
| nent men of all Protestant denominations
will take part, and it is also announced that
several men who are prominent in public
affairs will speak on the occasion. Among
| those who will make addresses are: Mr..
| John W. Foster, former Secretary of State;
| Mr. John Hay, Secretary of State; Mr.
George S. Edmunds. former senator from
States Supreme Court: Former President
| Harrison, Admiral Dewey, the Earl OF
Aberdeen and many others.
The membership of the Calvary School ia
| now about 1000. Under its care are Ken.
| dali chapel, with nearly $50 names on its
| rolls; Memorial chapel, with over 40 and
a Chinese Sunday school, with nearly
ninety, making a total membership Of al
most 5000.
The report of the membership of Calvary
Baptist Church shows that it is among the
| largest churches of the denomination in
the country. During the past year there
| was net gain of Sc, and the present mem
| bership is in the neighborhood of loo
| The receipts for the last fiscal year amount
ed to s51, 2S9.47, subdivided as follows: For
! current expenses of church and Kendall
| Sunday schools, s. 552.J5; for new Sunday
! school building. s22.35719; for home mis-
| sions, S61S.SI; for foreign missions. S116-9S:
| for sundry benevolent objects. s. 2l320S; for
! Columbia Baptist Association. ss45; for
Baptist Home of the District of Columbia,
$3.50: for Central Union Mission, S33505. and
for educational objects, s5,359-2i.
The annual convention of the local union
of the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip
will begin at the Western Presbyterian
Church, H street near 10Th street north
west, the 9th instant. A number of speak
ers have been engaged for the occasion,
among them being Rev. DIR. Conrad Clever
of Baltimore.
The annual Lenten lectures before the
Churchman'S League of the District of CO.
lumbia, which heretofore have been deliv-
cred in various p. E. churches in the city,
will this year be delivered in the Church Of
the Ascension, Rev. DIR. John H. Elliott,
rector. The first lecture will be given Tues
day evening, March 6, and the other four
on successive Tuesday evenings, closing the
first Tuesday in April