Evening star., 1902-08-09
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glance at the reports from the various
summer resorts reveals the fact that Wash
ington church people are well represented
in the crowds of transient visitors, both at
the seashore and in the mountains. and
this accounts for the small congregations
that greet the preachers who appear in the
Washington pulpits Sundays to proclaim
the gospel At this time of the year most
of the regular pastors are absent from the
city on their vacations, and several of the
pulpits are being supplied either Sunday
morning or evening by ministers from other
cities or by assistant pastors.
That a great many of the ministers are
absent from the city was evidenced one
day this week when a local undertaken
was commissioned to secure a preacher OF
a certain denomination to conduct a burial
service. The denomination in other sea-
sons of the year is well represented in
Washington-in fact, it is one of the larg-
est in point of members in the District.
The gentleman said he drove 10 the resi-
denceS of a great many ministers of this
particular denomination and was met with
the information from the servants that
Rev. Mr. So-and-SO was out of the city on
his vacation, or else the house was closed
up and he could get no response at all to
his ring on the door bell. Finally, how
ever, he was successful in securing an out
of-town preacher who was acting in the
place of one of the pastors of the denomi-
nation referred to, and the funeral ser
vice was carried out in due form according
to the request of the friends of the de-
ceased.
The absence of the ministers from the
city has also occasioned some little confu-
sion and inconvenience among several
young couples who have desired to wed
and who, in securing their licenses, gave
the name of some preacher who, unknown
to them, was out of the city on his annual
leave In some cases the ceremony had to
be postponed and in others the name of
another minister had to be substituted be-
fore the marriage could take place
The return OF out-of-tOwn residents will
begin in about month, and after that
time there will be noticed an increased
activity in the ranks of the Christian
workers in the city.
The annual camp meeting of the Wash
ington district Methodist Episcopal Church
began at Washington Grove Md, last
Tuesday evening. Rev. DIR. H. r. Naylor,
presiding elder of Washington district has
the supervision of the meeting. a great
many local Methodist preachers and men,
bers of that denomination from this city
are attending the sessions. The camp meet
ing will continue until August IA and
preaching services Will be held each day.
The Woman's Home and Foreign Mission
ary Societies of the Methodist Church will
hold a session of three days beginning i'm
mediately after the adjournment of the
camp meeting
Rev. Dr. Thomas Chalmers Eastoa, pas
tor of the Eastern Presbyterian Church
who was seriously i'll for several months
past, had sufficiently regained his health
last Wednesday to permit him TO start on
a trip for the Pacific coast. He was ac-
companied by his daughter. From Wash
ington they went direct to Toronto and
from that place they will journey west
ward over the Canadian Pacific railway.
The itinerary has been arranged so that
DR.. Easton may cover a good portion of
the trip by the steamers on the great lakes. |
Many stop overs have been provided for, |
so that the journey may be made by easy
stages, which will be necessary because of
DIR. Eastons condition.
DR.. Easton's attending physician thought |
best that his patient should have complete |
change of surroundings. This was consid- |
cred the course to insure DR.. Easton's COM |
plete recovery. 1t is believed he will be |
able to resume his duties in the pulpit in |
the early fall.
During the current month there will be |
held at East Mortified, Mass, the TWEEN |
tieth general conference for Christian Work. |
ers, an organization which has developed |
under the direction Of the late Dwight L. 1
Moody and Is continued now under the |
guidance Of his son, w. r. Moody. One |
of the most attractive of the features on /
the program will be a series OF lectures |
on the minor prophets to be delivered by |
the Rev. G. Campbell Morgan. 1t is prob |
able that several religious bodies of Wash |
ington will be represented at the confer |
ences.
The choir Of the First Methodist Protest
ant Church enjoyed an excursion TO Great /
Falls last Tuesday evening. This excursion /
had been planned for Wednesday evening, /
July 80, but on account of the heavy rain /
t was postponed.
A number of colored young people in the
ocal churches left Tuesday morning on the
special excursion train to Atlanta, Ga, to
attend the Negro Young Peoples Christian |
and Educational congress- which began in
hat city August 9, and will adj journ Mon
lay, August IL. The reports from this con-
sress characterize 1t as one of the largest |
IF its kind ever held in this or any other
country.
The official announcement of the sale of