Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-06
RECORD OF CHURCH WORK
ANIMAL REPORTS OF THE NINTH
STREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Anniversary Celebration to BE Hei"
Tomorrow-Gratifyin retrospect
and a Bright Outlook.

The Ninth Street Christian Church, on
1-ani+oI F1I. held a business meeting Thurs
dav evening last. preparatory TO lts tehth
anniversary, which will be celebrated To-
morrow. This congregation, which no"
numbers s43, has had remarkable growth.
Beginning with a nucleus of sixty-tWo, II
has had a total enrolment OF lilo oI
which TST have been received by confession
and baptism. The total collections amount
to $4,000. The lowest number OF members
received in one year was fifty-three' IN
1895; the highest was 323, in ls9z- IN ten
years thirty-ive have died. and letters have
been granted to 80. Members OF the
church have moved to twenty-four states
and two foreign countries. The Sunday
school has a total enrolment of 1,76S, and
contributed $3.50, of which SllOS was Tor
missions. and there have been 443 addltions
by baptism to the church from the school.
The Ladies' Aid Society raised Si,14I, ana
in six years made and sold 2.1}O aprons, pc
sides other work The Christian woman's
board of missions had total offerings
amounting to S42I. Reports given for the
past six months show sixty-one additions
TO the church. eleven letters granted and
two deaths; S1,501 raised for the current
expense fund and all bills paid; ninety
eight new scholars for the Sunday school
and an average attendance of 362; the home
department gained fifty-three new men,
berS; Christian EndeavOT had q gain of
sixteen new members and present enroll
ment of 11g; intermediate and Junior c. E.
societies also showed substantial gains.
The Reports Read.
The church report was read by ]. A.
Scott, who has served as clerk since the or
eanization of the congregation. and the Sun
day school report by G. W. Pratt, who has
also served in that capacity for the school
for ten years. Mr.. Pratt is also church
treasurer. Henry Brewood read the re-
port on behalf of the building fund COM
mission, Arthur Bishop for the Christian
Eindeayor Society, Mrs Florence Gates for
the Ladies' Aid Society. Mrs. Laura Nor
Tison for the c. W. Is. NJ. Miss Olive
Cooksey for the Junior Christian Endeayor
and Mrs. II. r. Harmon for the home de-
Iartment. The congregation began its
work In a little chapel located at the cor
ner Of 9th and d streets northeast, which
was built by the Vermont Avenue Chris
tian Church. Special credit was due to N
j. Hillman, who superintendent the pur-
chase Of the lot Mrs. H. H. Gilfry also
secured generous contributions for the
erection of the chapel, and Rev. T. D.
Power. who fathered the whole enterprise
E. l.. Bugbee was the first Sunday school
superintendent and has served on the Off
cial board for ten years C. b. Titus. the
first president of the Christian Endeavor
Miss Mary Folks, the first superintendent
OF the primary department, is at college
preparing for missionary work.
The present members of the official board
are J. A. Scott, G. w. Pratt Harry g.
WEIGH. George Spire, z. A. Stevens. Frank
Morrison, E L. Bugpee. Henry Brewood
W. J. Pirtle, A. w. Bowen, John A More
land. p s. Steele, w. 5. McCurdy, D. G..
Arnold and H. F. Harmon. The last four
were elected at the business meeting to
serve for three years.
A Handsome Church Home.
The house of worship IN which the con-
gregation now meets is built on the site of
the old chapel and Is one of the hand
soonest church edifces in the city 1t was
built at a cost, with furnishings, of 500 40
and was dedicated May ~, 1898. A con-
siderable debt remains, but this will be re-
duCed by an Easter Offering which will be
taken at the anniversary celebration to-
morrow The congregation is known as
the Young Peoples Church, as the youthful
element largely predominates The pastor
has married seventy-nine couples in the
past two years. The attendance at
the business session was large and
members of the congregation thor
oughly enjoyed the satisfactory re-
view of their ten years work. AS an evil
dence OF their esteem of the pastor. Rev. E.
II. Basby, who has served them from the
beginning, call was extended him for
period OF three years and a substantial in
crease was voted to his salary Mr. Chas
Haydn Chase. who has served the church
with great acceptance as organist and mu-
steal director. was also re-engaged at an in
crease of salary.
Rev. Edward b. Bagby.
The pastor of the Ninth Street Christian
Church was born in King and Queen coun-
~. Va, September %. 1865. When child
the family moved fromthe countryto Rich
mOnd. He attended the famous Aberdeen
Academy in his native county, and after
MI
ceived the degree of A. B.. and he gradu-
ated at the College of the Bible in 1857
Later he went to Yale and graduated at
the Divinity School in 1890. His first pas