Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-06

maintain this nunhEras the minimum at
tendance.
To do this an annaSf sum of s14o,o 600 will
be required. During the past two years the
G fSia3 h indian h bursah aided by generous
in meeting the expensss entailed by educat-
Der. Since June 3o,s 1900. all government
ana mas 3, been NV wlth NJ and in oonse-
the charity of meApbars of the Catholic
Church. For the preseat fiscal year the re-
CURED sum sa has soa beef secured with the ex-
closed. 81
In the beginning tie Catholic Indian MS
sion schools depended7 upon contributions
the government contributed toward their
support. After 1870 larger appropriations
were made. and the contract system came
into vogue. Encouraged by the Indian de-
partment's friendly attitude, the Catholic
Church erected a large number of schools
and in this way invested about 81 800, 600,
which vast outlay will. it is said, pe of no
benefit either to the Indians or the church
unless a reasonable portion of the support
which the government has withdrawn is
supplied by Catholic generosity
According to the latest report there are in
this country 212023 Indians, of which num-
Der more than 100000 are Catholic. At one
time there were $500 Indian children in
Catholic schools and at no time have there
peeh Recommendations Tor more than 4,o0o
The Baptists of WASHINGTON have been
asked to help the Missionary Union in
carrying on the work of the organization
in China and Japan. For forty years"
say Secretaries Mabie and Barbour, in q
letter on the subject, eve had been doing
valuable but too limited work on the
edge of China and the tive treaty ports,
SWrow and Ningpo. and their environs.
But with the wider openings in that great
empire We in 1892 sent eight missionaries
to the western province of 81 Chuan and
have established three stations there. A
year or So later we, began work in Han
yang. adjoining Hankow-that great in
terror city. the Chicago of China locating
there two missionaries. These advances
REQUIRE an annual expenditure of about
$4,000 per year, besides the cost of hous-
ing the missionaries for the most part in
native buildings refitted for our purposes"
Regarding the work in Japan, it is stated
that the theological seminary at Yoko-
mama has been strengthened by the cree
ton of two modern buildings and additions
have been made to the number of teachers.
These two schools are among the best of
thelr KIND in Japan for training up a body
OF native workers. Their maintenance in
$4,000
referring to- the work in the Philippine
Islands, 1t is declared that after the fall
OF Manila lit was decided, in the light of
the wisest UNCONVENTIONAL counsels we
could secure, that we should enter the
philippine Islands. We waited a year be-
fore acting and then sent out Mr.. Lund
OF our spanish mission, with native Of
the Nlsayan people, who had been con-
verified to our views in Spain to open the
work: They have been joined by the first
baptiSt missionary sent from this coun-
try-Mr: Z. w. Briggs-and he already re-
ports the most promising conditions for
the success of the mission 1t will require
ABOUT $4,000 this year to support shelter
and even scantily eouIn these three ,,orl,
erS.'
Inc annual meeting of the Congregational
churches t;f of the District of Columbia, north
ern Virginia, New Jersey Philadelnhia and
Baltimore will be held in the Associate
Congregational Church Baltimore, Dad
18th and 18TH instants
Inc board of managers of deaconess work
IN the NJ E. churches of Washington and
vicinity at it's last meeting decided to es-
tabllsh mission settlement work among the
colored people of the northeastern section
OF the city, on Trinidad avenue. A free
kindergarten has been conducted there for
several weeks. Miss Elizabeth McGinness
graduate of the 80. class of the training
school, has been placed, in charge, and she
VIII i've IN the mission building. The Ep
worth Leagues of the Washington district
have assumed the support for another year
OF a free bed in the mems ward at Sibley
Hospital
Foundry Church iEpworth League about
year ago presented to the hospital for
the use of the nurses a substantial leather
bag fitted up with the necessary appliances
for the dressing of wounds and care of
sick In homes. This bag goes with the
district sdeaconess on her rounds and makes
an average of about 250 calls per month.
While most of these calls are on very poor
people, request occasionally comes from
some sufferer who is in comfortable
home and surrounded by loved ones, but
who needs the care of a skilled nurse for
short time each day. gift of $50 was
cd OF hn tn1 1< IT..
appreciation of the care of the district
nurse deaconess to one who, after much
suffering, died.
attsville, Md, which has been under con-
struction for some time past, will, it is ex-
pected, be completed by July /, and on the
first Sunday in that month the edifice will
be dedicated, free Of debt. The new build
ing is Of brick, 80 feet by 30 feet in dimen-
sions, and when finished will present
pleasing architectural appearance. The
windows and doors have stone stills, and
there will be pilasters on the side, back and
front. The site for the church was donated
by Mr.. L. D. Wine in 1884 and is valued at
$500. Ever since that year the congregation
has been anxious to build new church
upon it. but the way has not seemed entire
ly clear until now. The furniture for the
pulpit has been donated by Rev. Dr. Luther
B. Wilson of Washington.
The congregation has for many years,
burg, which they sold to the African NJ E
Church congregation. The Bladensburg
church was founded almost one hundred
years ago, and until 1859 or 1860 the con-
gregation worshiped in a structure which
about fort" wears ago was sold to the Maui
domains, a eolored organization. For many
years the Bladensburg circuit extended from
the line between Maryland and the District
Of Columbia to the Severn river at Annap-
oils, and the services of six preachers were
required to minister to the people. In 1859
the corner stone of the building recently
parted with was laid, and this will be re-
moved to the new structure.
For probably the ensuing year at least
the Johnson Avenue Church will be attach
ed to circuit composed of Langdon and
Hyattsvile, one pastor having charge Of
both.
Bishop Hurst expresses the opinion that
the truth of the records in the Bible have
been confirmed In q remarkable manner
by the recent excavations in Egypt and
Mesopotamia, as a result Of which more
than 1900 tablets We're unearthed. MANY
of the dark places In the Old Testament
which have concealed themselves from the
student of Bible history, says the bishop,
have now come out into the full and clear