Evening star., 1902-03-01

terian Church Sunday evening. The meet
| ing aroused considerable interest in the
work presented and Miss sorabjis re-
| marks were given close attention.
! Celeridge's Ancient Mariner was the
subject of DR.. S. NJ. Newman's lecture at
the First Congregational Church Wednes-
day night. This is the second of the series
| of six evenings with great poets, and the
interest in the lectures is rapidly in
creasing.
The ST. Joseph's Union. a Catholic or
ganZation. of which Miss Mary Helen NC
Carthy is president. is planning fine con-
| cert to be given about the 1st of April for
the benefit of the summer home of St
AIMS Infant Asylum.
| DR.. ]. c. Nicholson. pastor of Trinity M
E. Church. goes to Baltimore tomorrow to
attend the twentieth century convocation
| of the Harlem Park NJ. Z. Church in that
city. DR.. Nicholson was pastor of the
| Harlem Park Church before coming to
| this city. and will deliver a sermon there
| Sunday evening. The exercises will in
clude sermon by Bishop 1. W. Joyce in
| the morning and one by DR.. Frank NJ.
| Bristol in the afternoon.
| A meeting was held recently at Vermont
| Avenue Christian Church relative to the
| establishment of a publication to be the
| official organ of the Christian Church in the
| publication represented Virginia. Maryland
| and the District Of Columbia Among those
| present were: Rev. B. A. Abbott, chairman
of Baltimore; Rev. J. A Hopkins of Rock
Vile, Md: Rev. p. a. Cane of Richmond,
| Rev. W. f. McCauley of Fredericksburg,
| Va: Rev. DR.. F. d. Power. Rev. w. J.
| Wright, Rev. d. A. Motley of Washington
| and Rev. Frank Talmadge of Pittsburg,
| Pa. The board of publication decided to
| issue a religious weekly, representing the
| Disciples of Christ on the Pacific coast.
| and selected Rev. Talmadge as publisher.
| Rev. Abbott. who is pastor of the Harlem
| Avenue Christian Church. Baltimore viii
| be editor-in-chef. The paper will probably
| be issued III Baltimore, and it is hoped to
| begln the publication early in April. There
| are about 30 600 members of the Christian
| Church in the section where the paper is
| intended to circulate
| Mr.. Davis, who was formerly co-laborer
| with the late Dwight L. Moody, led the Ep-
| worth League devotional meeting at Dunn
| barton Church Sunday evening Mr.. Davis
| IS an interesting speaker and the meeting
| was an inspiring one.
Rev. NJ. Ross Fishburn of Mt. Pleasant
| congregational Church preached a special
| sermon last Sunday night to the 1st Regi-
| ment of the Minutemen of Washington. his
subject being Worthy of the Uniform You
| Wear"
| The Epworth League of Anacostia M. E.
| Church gave a social Tuesday evening at
the home of Mr.. ]. T. Simpson for the
| benefit of the mercy and help department
| of the league. A large crowd attended in
| spite of the disagreeable weather, and an
| enjoyable program of rectations and music
| enlivened the evening. Refreshments were
| served at the conclusion of the program.
The District Baptist Young Peoples
| Union held a meeting last night at the
| Metropolitan Baptist Church. Mr.. L. La
| Pelle, district president, presided over l.ie
| exercises.
Rsv. F. T. Tagg, D. D, editor of the
Methodist Protestant preached at the
| North Carolina Avenue NJ. E. Church last
Sunday morning and evening
The Young Peoples Christian Endeavor
| Society of the West Street Presbyterian
| Church gave an interesting entertainment
| in the chapel last Saturday evening. The
proceeds of the affair were turned into the
| treasury for the benefit of the flower COM
| mittee.
| IAN Echo of Washington's Birthday" was
| the title of the special sermon preached
| last Sunday morning by DR.. w. E. Parson
| at the Lutheran Church of the Reformd-
| ton.
| The choir Of st. Stephens aCtholic Church
| recently received from Rome the manu-
script of Capacci's 'ChriStus Factus Est"
which will be sung by a choir Of twenty
male voices. This beautiful composition
| has never been sung in this country
| Two very Interesting illustrated travel
| lectures were given Monday and Tuesday
evenings at the First Baptist Church by
| Clarence A. Barbour. ID, of Rochester,
| n. Y. The subject Monday evening was
| Naples. Pompeii and Capri" and that of
| Tuesday evening was Munich. Dresden and
| Berlin" The audiences were large at both
| lectures.
| Rev. Angus Crawford. ID, dean of the
| Virginia Theological Seminary, addressed
| a meeting of the Girls Friendly Society at
| Trinity Episcopal Church Wednesday even
| ing.
| The Central Methodist Episcopal Church
was incorporated Wednesday. This church
| is located on 9TH street between M and n
| northwest and will be within the jurisdic-
| ton of the Washington district. The in
| corporators named are Andrew 0. Nash,
| Charles Spriggs, Charles f. Davis, William
| X. Jones, James r. Chambers, Henson
| Brooks, John Sykes, Armistead Randall and
| Ewel l.. Conway.
| The Christian Endeayor Society of the
| Ninth Street Christian Church has inaugu-
| rated a series of lectures to be given in
! the church during the next two months
| The course was opened last night with an
| / lustrated stereopticon lecture on "The
Land o Cakes by DIR. Frederick D. Pow
ers. pastor of the Vermont Avenue Chris
| tlan Church. The discourse and views were
both excellent. and the large audience was
| highly entertained. Mr. Murray operated
| the lantern. Rev. Thomas c. Easton DID,,
of the Eastern Presbyterian Church intro
| &.
| The choir of Keller Memorial Lutheran
| Church participated in a surprise party
| given to MIR. w. c. Suter, a former mem
ber of the choir, at his home, No. 8 9Th
street southeast, last Tuesday night. The.
evening was spent very pleasantly with
music, games and refreshments.
| The senior and junior choirs of st. Pat
| ricks Catholic Church are both having re-
| hearsals twice week The senior choir is
preparing GounOd's mass for ST. Patrick's
| day, and a new mass for Easter.
| The Ladies' Aid Society of Gunton-Tem-
| pie Memorial Presbyterian Church gave a
| stocking Social in the chapel of the
| church last evening. The invitations sent
| out consisted of neat little folder on
which was printed rhyme. a small stock
| ing being pinned to the invitation. Those
| attending were requested to put into the
| stocking two pennies to represent each
| number of their shoes. If the gentleman
| or lady wore No. los, he or she was to paw
| 20 cents. Coffee. chocolate and cake were
| served. The program was follows:
| Song. Mrs. Muir: reading, Mr.. Whitaker;
| either solo, Miss Henkel; song. Miss Eaton;
recitation, Mary Blufort Smith.
| Rev. DIR. j. Huston Eccleston prea ched
| the evening Christ EniSSonal