Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-19
ANNIVERSARY cELEbRArIox.
Special Services TOmOrrow by Central
Union Mfssioh.

Special Services Tomorrow by Central
Union Mission.
| The Central Union Mission win celebrate
! the seventeenth anniversary Of its history
| tomorrow by special services for which a
program of interest has been prepared. In
addition to addresses by prominent pastors
and laymen of Washington brief talks will
| be given by Mr.. s. H. Hadley; superintend-
ent of the old Jerry McAuley mission of
New York city; Rev. c.. s. Mason, for
many years superintendent of the Pacific
Mission Union of Los Angeles, Cal, and
by Mr.. Thomas 3. Ironside, for eleven
years the superintendent of the Market
street mission, Morristown. N. ]. Mrs J.
A. Fitch,of Philadelphia, the widely-known
gospel soloist, will also be at the several
services and sing.
Dr. Luther B. Wilson will preach the mis-
sion sermon at Foundry M. E. Church at
IL O'Clock am. Mr. Hadley will also speak
and Mrs. Fitch will sing at pm. plat
form meeting will be held in the -.ssion
Auditorium, at which there will be- brief
addresses by city pastors and the visitors;
testimonies by converts, and solos by Mrs.
Fitch and Mr.. p. s. Foster.
AT 1880 o'clock pm. the anniversary exer
cises will occur at Calvary Baptist Church.
The music at this service win be directed
by Mr.. P. S. Foster, with chorus and or
chestra, and solos will be rendered by Mrs.
Fitch of Philadelphia and Mr.. Foster. DR..
Greene will make address of welcome.
Mr.. Hadley of New York, evangelist of
California, and Mr. Ironside of New Jer-
sey will present greetings, and brief ad-
dresses will be made by Mr.. e. P. Seeds,
deputy auditor of the. War Department,
MT. b. h. Warner and q number of the
city pastors.
In a letter to the pastors the hoard says.
Two meetings have been held daily at the
main hall and from two to four meetings
n he al hron ahac ThQ
gospel wagon work has been prosecuted
during the past summer with the usual
vigor; the meetings have been largely at
tended and the results encouraging. Quite
large number of the pastors of the city
have assisted in these labors.
During the colder months of the year an
average of about two hundred homeless
men and women have found shelter and
refuge in the mission building daily, and
during the summer months about half that
number.
The industrial department, consisting of
wood yard, laundry, dining room and DOR
mitories has continued to demonstrate it's
usefulness and proved self-supporting, no
part Of the expense thereof being burden
to the friends of the mission.
The effort made last year to extinguish
the floating debt of the mission was entire
ly successful, every dollar of the sum hav-
ing been contributed, and during the year
another of the $3.50 second mortgage notes
has been paid, while the current expenses
have been paid in full weekly as the ac-
counts have been rendered
In addition to the prompt payment of the
ordinary bills the board was enabled,
through the generosity of the friends of the
mission and the wise management of the
industrial department., to make some great
~ need improvements, about 81 900 having
been expended upon the dormitories and
their better equipment; $3.50 upon improved
sanitary arrangements; telephone service
tnaugurated, the heating apparatus changed
and renovated, and many minor improve
ments made. l1
The board consists of the following gen.
tlemen: o. B. Brown, ]. c. Pratt, w. C.
Tyler, Sias Boyce, A. L. Swartwout, Geo.
w. Wheeler, Chas. ]: Ladson, N. A. Rob-
bins and T. A Harding.