Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13
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church which is to be erected at Elkridge
Landing. Md, by Mr.. c. ID. Kenny OF this
city. as n memorial TO his brother VIII he
laid May l.. and Il is expected the cerc-
monies will be elaborate. Bishop Alfred A.
Curtis. the vicar general of the archdiocese
of Baltimore, Will. II is understood. ofiic.ate
In the place of Cardinal Gibbons. who, it is
expected, VIII at that time be on his way
to Europe. II is proposed TO run special
trains both from Washington and Baltimore
TO Elkridge, and large numbers OF persons
and several societies are expected to Ie
present. As the ceremonies will take place
in the afternoon. large number OF priests
will also attend
The new church will be constructed OF
stone and will be one OF the most attractive
in the diocese outside of the critics OF Wash
ington and Baltimore. II will cost more
than $4,000. Arrangements are being made
for the conservation of the church as soon
as IL is completed, there will be no debt
upon the property.
Members of the Methodist Protestant
churches In Washington are much gratiaed
at the report of the workings and manage
ment of the Western Maryland College as
stated by President Thomas II. Lewis this
being the favorite institution OF the denom-
ination In the United States. DR. Lewis
states that OF the ninety-one ministerial
members Of the Maryland conference re-
eeived during the last twenty years. whose
names are still on the roll sixty have come
from the halls of the Western Maryland
College. Besides these. he SAYS the stu
dents are in hundreds Of homes and church.
es in various states making their Influence
felt and doing their work under the inspira-
ton received at the college.
Besides these Indirect benefits Or Lewis
went on to say, IL is to be remembered that
the college has made direct contributions
to the church OF no mean proportions. II
has always given free tuition TO children OF
Methodist Protestant. ministers. aud dur
ing the last fifteen years IL has included In
this benefit all young men preparing for
the ministry. 1t has reduced the cost 81
board to the same class and brought still
further down the charge for board to sem
mary students, mating possible the low
rates shared in that institution. Last year
fifty students shared I'm these benefits. and
the total money contribution to the church
in this way by the college was not less
than $500. which is about an average
These facts will indicate in a measure tho
relation of the college to the conference.
But, on the other hand, said DR. Lewis IL
cannot be said that the reciprocating ac-
tivity of the conference to the college has
been equally great. The financial assist
ance received from the conference, ms
never been large and during the last If
teen years ii has ceased altogether
The attention of the Baptists of Wash
ington has been invited to the needs OF
the Baptist Ministers Home Society whose
headquarters are In New York. The ap-
peal states, in part:
THE number of dependents I'm the home
must vary each year. but suppose there
are within Its walls fifty ministers and
their wives tfor she who has no salary IS
at least entitled to food and shelter. when
she can serve a parish no longer) and in
Guiding widows. in all one hundred persons
to be provided for. At even 81 per week
the amount would be $500, or sl5SpO per
year. Then the cost Of rent clothing
sickness, superintendent and minor con-
ungencies must duplicate that sum. or
neceSsitate an annual income OF over $40
900 Any school boy would tell us that it
would require an endowment of SGD0 oeO or
over half million, to raise this sum not
to mention the probable increase of de-
mands in the future.
1t is obvious that all the churches must
be asked to contribute and that there must
De endowments to raise this money. The
demand is permanent. The conditions are
living and imperative. Men must have food
ana shelter. The society is Incorporated
ana its business is managed by eighteen
trustees and a superintendent.
In the Spanish war, when American
soldiers died for want of proper food medi-
cine and attendance, the whole nation was
indignant. The Baptist denomination does
not intend to permit a single veteran of
the Gloss to lack for subsistence"
At recent meeting of the Protestant
Episcopal archdeaconry of the diocese of
Washington the chief business considered
was the work of the Diocesan Prisoners Aid
association. which is conducted at the cost
or about $50 month. The statement was
made that "a devoted layman gives his
whole time to visiting the jails and the
courts. He has the fun confidence Of the
Police Court judges. and frequently youths
are turned over to him instead of being
committed to the custody Of jailers This
layman works entirely without salary. and
w V1fxrts
home shelter and Christian influences I'm
their own house to these poor misguided
young men and boys: this hospitality is
also at his own cost The money raised
goes chiefly to sending the young men to
their homes in other cities and TO pro-
viding them with necessaries."
The archdeacon, DR.. A. Mackay-Smith
who has given very close attention to this
work, commended II in the highest terms
and said this iayman. Mr.. Charles A. Mas
sic Of st. James parish deserves every
commendation and also a salary to enable
him to labor on yet larger scale. DR..
Mackay-Smith asked for financial assist
ance in this work. and his remarks were
warmly approved by Bishop Satterlee.
Bishop Hurst has gone to Saratoga
Springs, n. Y. to preside over the Troy
NJ E. conference, which will be in session
there part of next week. This COM
pletes the list of conferences over which
the bishop was selected to preside at the
last semi-annual meeting of the board OF
after the adjournment of the Troy con-
ference, and it is expected he viii remain
in Washington until the latter part of the
month. when he will go to Portland Me-
to attend the regular meeting of the board,
at which time the several bishops will be
assigned to the various conferences over
which they are to preside next fall and
winter.
Although the United Brethren Church Is
not very strong. numerically speaking I'm
the District of Columbia, The membership
generally is taking great interest In the
coming centennial OF the formal founding
of the denomination. which is to be held in
Frederick. Md, beginning May and con-
tinuing for two or three weeks. Extensive
preparations are being made for the event
The first general conference met near
Frederick September p. 1900 at the home
or Peter Kemp, near the Rocky Springs
school house. to which place a pilgrimage
will be made by the visiting delegates and
ministers. There were meetings and con-
ferences before this date but IL was at
this one that the name of the church was
adopted and its first bishops elected.
The coming conference, which will be held
in the City Opera House in Frederick. will
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