Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-21

The season of active church Work is now
ended until the cool weather of fall begins.
Nearly all of the religious societies auXil-
larry to church work have had their hnai
meetings and closed their sessions for the
year. and in a number of the churches
the evening preaching service will be dis
pensed with until the latter part of Sep
TENDER or the early part Of October. one
service each day. the Sunday school and
young peoples meeting being all that the
church members feel equal to in the no.
summer months. The members and pas
tors of the different denominations are pre-
pairing for their vacation and the attend
ance at the services is not as large as it
was few weeks since. Excursions and
picnics and garden parties make up the
social features of the church life at the
present season and are affording means
of recreation for the different congrega-
tons. being enjoyed by both old and young.
Reports from the various organizations
indicate that the past winter was a sue
cessful period for religious effort, and
greater or less numbers have been added
to the membership rolls in the various
churches. One particular feature which
has been promulgated the past year is the
organization of mems clubs in the religious
societies. and this effort has been the means
OF bringing many young men into connec-
ton with and under the influence of the
cnurches. The aggregate membership of
the mems clubs in this city is said to be
more than double what it was a year ago.
and a number of churches which had no
organiza ton for its male members especial
iy now have fiourishing organizations de-
voted exclusively to the masculine portion
of the congregation. These clubs are re-
garded as necessary adjunct to the
church work,and those who have been prin-
clpally interested in the movement are
hopeful of large and permanent results
therefrom. The work in these organiza-
tons as yet is to a large extent educational
and social, yet the moral influences sur
rounding are expected to lead to deeper re-
hgious life.
A number of prominent Sunday school
workers of the city are preparing to attend
the tenth international Sunday school con-
Fentlon, which will be held at Denver, Col.
June % to 30. This convention IS held every
three years and includes representa- tiyes
from all of the United States and terri
tories, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philippines,
the British and North American provinces
MEXICO and Cuba. Over 1000 delegates are
authorized by the call to participate in this
convention, and it is estimated that at least
LOO Will be present. This number does not
include the Sunday school workers who are
not delegates. and it is likely that several
thousand people will attend the big meet
Ing. The Sunday schools of every denomi-
nation will be represented in this conven-
ton, and 1t is said by those closely idanti-
DAY School Association that the session this
year will be one of extraordinary import
dhce as number of matters of vital in
terest will come before the meeting
The selection of a new lesson committee,
which occurs only once in six years is to
be made at this convention. Each commit
tee selt cts the lessons for a period of six
years. and, therefore. the committee
chosen at Denver will have the selection
OF the Sunday school lessons for the years
1906 to 1911, the present committee MAX
ing selections for the current years to in
clude those for 1905.
The International lessons were inaugu-
rated in 1872, and since that. time the
committee appointed by the interna-
tional association has chosen the lessons
for use In the various schools. The pres
ent committee consists of fifteen mem
bers, thirteen residing in the United States
and two in Canada, with British advisory
section of the committee living in England
The chairman is DR.. John Potts of the
Methodist Church in Toronto. Canada.
The sessions of the Denver convention
will be held In Trinity M. E. Church. Prof
+. Q. Excel of Chicago will lead the sing
ing. Among the speakers and those who
Will take part in the active work Of the
convention are DR.. A. F. Schauff1er of New
York. DR.. John Potts of Toronto, Dr. A. C.
Dixon of Boston. DR.. A. E Dunning of
Boston, ex-Secretary of Interior Hoke
Smith of Atlanta, DR.. II. NJ. Hamill of
Nashville. DIR. George C. Lorimer of Bos-
tpIi, MISS [AllUlt .. HARROW ana MIS- M. ".
Kennedy of Philadelphia, Miss FINE Muir
free Burton of Louisville and a large num-
Der of other leading primary and other
Sunday school workers of this country.
Preceding the general convention there Is
to be held western summer school for
primary and junior workers June 1926
and a conference of Sunday school field
workers June % and &c.
The Methodist churches in three districts
of Chicago have recently adopted a plan
for paying off the Indebtedness on their
church property similar to that inaugu-
rated by the Methodist churches of this
city. The plan, as has been previously
stated in The Star, consists in the forma-
ton of q committee who subscribe one-half
or one-third of the total Indebtedness, and
when each individual church secures it's
share of funds to pay off the incumbrance
according to the proposition Of the advis-
Cry committee. the balance of the indebted
ness is paid by the laymen's general or
ganization from the general fund. This
plan, 1t is said, originated in Washington
with the members of the various Baptist
churches, and has been adopted by
churches in other cities besides Chicago.
Methodist church property in the three
districts referred to in Chicago is $500 900.
The congregation Of Columbia Baptist
Church rendered a reception to Rev. ]. l..
Lodge, the new pastor of that organization.
Wednesday evening. The affair was held
in Baer's Hall, 31st and NJ streets. West
Washington, and after a social hour re-
freshments We're served. The congregation
of the church was well represented at the
reception.
The new reredos which has recently been
completed and put in place at the Church
of the Epiphany is considered a beautiful
and effective design in the Gothic style of
architecture. 1t is made of Indiana lime
stone, and is four feet high and ten feet
in length, and has been placed at the rear
of the chancel below the Holiday window.
At the base of the reredos over the holy
table Is carved representation of the last
supper beneath which on the upright sur
face is the inscription, DO This in Re
membrance of Me-" On each side Of the
holy table in niche is the figure of an
angel The completion of this design,
which serves partition. finishes the
work of remodeling and improving the
church, which was commenced twelve years
ago.
The quarterly meeting of the Womans
Home and Foreign Missionary societies of
the Washington district, Methodist Epis-
copal Church. was held Tuesday Of this
week at the Wilson Memorial Church, 18th
and G streets northeast. The morning ses-
sion, which began at 10 O. clock, was de-
yOt ed TO the home branch, and was pre-