Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-28
| N THE CHU RCHES

The members of the NJ. E. Church in this
city and vicinity are deeply interested in
the approaching annual meeting of the Ma
tional Association of the Local Preachers
of the Church. which will convene In AL
toona, Pa, October 9, and continue its ses-
sicns until the 18th. inclusive. The ses-
| sions promise to be among the most spirit ed
In the history of the organization on &C.
count of the number of interesting ques-
| tions which will be presented for settle
ment.
The meeting will be composed of repre-
sentatives of the 1900 local preachers in
America. a body Of men honored by minor
ordination. possessing some Of the privi-
| leges Of the itinerant clergymen and form
ing formidable bulwark for Methodism
wherever the church has spread.
Among the prominent participants In the
discussions will be Revs. John r. Wright
and Richard Emmons of Washington, ID. c. !;
| Revs. James North, John G. Robinson,
Robert Dickey and John Wilmington of
Baltimore; Revs. John Mooney, c. Sher-
| wood, E. Owens and Louis Johnston of
| New York; w. L. Boswell, Hercules Atkin,
| George B. Jones, Ebenezer Adams, John
Corbett. Thomas Cherry and d. H. Kenney
| of Philadelphia; ]. Simms, Samuel Green,
William T. Hammond, d. S. Clark, Will
| liam Frances, A. Brooks, J. w. Fryer, ].
| w. Wilkerson, ]. H. Thornton, Joseph
| Denckson and Charles Foster of Whining
|
| and Rev. DR.. B. Stemen of Fort Wayne,
Ind, and Rev. H. N. Walker of Wells
| Vile, Ohio.
The points awaiting settlement are: First,
| the existing dissatisfaction concerning the
| comforting of degrees by the Taylor Uni
| versty at Upland, Ind, an institution
| owned and conducted by the national as
| ISOLATION and in connection with certain
| real estate transactions connected with the
| property ther eof; and, second, the question
| of a choice of a president to succeed the
incumbent, Rev. John R. Wright of this
| city.
| One year ago at the session of the asso-
! citation in Upland, Ind, Rev Hercules At
kin of Philadelphia submitted through the
| national secretary letter protesting
| against the comforting of degrees by the
| dean and faculty of Taylor University upon
| certain individuals not qualified mentally
| for such distinction This letter was I'M
| der discussion when the convention ad
| iourned.
committee appointed by the national
| board of the university senate will, it is
| understood, at the approaching session of
| the association offer proposition to re-
| fuse recognition to degrees conferred by
| Taylor University.
The real estate question is one purely of
disagreement In the judgment of some of
| the members of the board of directors of
| the university with the business manage
ment of certain properties by the dean of
| the college, Rev. DR.. 7. c. Reade. There
is no question in the minds of any Of the
members of the board or of the faculty
concerning DR.. Reade's motives They are
regarded as entirely pure Opinions differ
as to the wisdom of some of the transac-
tons he has made-in regard to sales of
lots, building of cottages, LOCALITIES of
titles, etc, and the majority will be given
an opportunity to express final Judgment
on the question.
The work of William and Mary parish
and St Mary's parish, P. E. Church, are
now united under the rectorship of Rev
William Brayshaw. The former has ar
ranged for repairing the rectory and the
latter has just expended about S16O in
renovatfng the chancel and making other
improvements The members of the Wo-
mems Auxiliary of the diocese of Wash
ington who will be unable to attend the
triennial meeting in San Francisco next
week have arranged for a communion serv-
ice and missionary prayers at St Marks
Pro-Cathedral October 3.
Rev. DIR. j. H. Elliott, rector of the Church
of the Ascension, is recovering his health
and will resume his official duties in the
near future. He did not feel able to go to
the general convention, and Rev r. p
Williams of Trinity has gone in his place.
The stones for the cathedral altar have on
examination, been found to be of a fine
kind of marble, susceptible of a high pol
ish, slightly gray in color and with indis-
| tinct lines.
Within the past few weeks cathedral
committees have been formed in Rhode
Island, Connecticut and New Jersey and
are actively engaged in securing funds and
I
Cathedral in this city. From Rhode Island
| alone more than $1,000 has already been
contributed. Besides this, money has been
given not only to defray all expenses con-
nected with the transportation of the altar
stones to this country from Jerusalem
but also to erect building on the cathe-
dral grounds which is to contain with
other rooms. a so-called Little Sanctuary"
In this chapel, which will hold perhaps a
hundred people, will be placed the altar in
| the rough, not polished as 1t will be when
| finally placed, and the Glastonbury Cathe-
dra. The holy communion will be cele-
brated here from time to time, as for IN
stance at the regular meetings of the
bishops guild and the cathedral committee
| Of the diocese. This little cathedral sane
| tuary and it's services will be sort of COM
plement to the peoples open air services
which have proved so markedly successful
through the summer.
Mr.. Carroll D. Wright, United States COM
| missioner of labor, has been elected presi-
dent of the national Unitarian conference,
now in session at Saratoga N. Y. The term
| is for one year. 1t is stated that there
are in attendance LOCO persons Including
$50 delegates, representing 116 churches
and organizations, out of an aggregate of
about 500 in the Unitarian denomination,
Rev. ID. E. Wiseman. pastor of the Lu
theran Church Of the Redeemer, Sth street