Evening star., 1902-03-15
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! marks with pecim6ns. Mrs. B. c. Henney
sang solo and Miss Thorne presided at
! the piano. During the evening articles of
! fine embroidery from Syria were exhibited
/ by Mr.. and Miss Munion, who nave recent
| ly arrived here from that country. During
| the social hour refreshments were served
! Decision day occurs in the Eastern Pres
byterian Church the 23d of this month
| Tferc is at present a deep spiritual interest,"
| among the young in the Sunday school, and
| this Decision day is especially for children
| and young people to make u start IN re-
| lIgious life
Bishop l. w. Joyce who presided at the
| recent session of the Washington confer
! crce of the NJ L. Church. while in the
city was entertained by DR.. and Mrs. H.
+. Naylor 1919 Adams Mill road.
/ The Christian Endeavor Society and the
! Sunday school IF the First Presbyterian
| Church have secured Captain Charles II.
! Stanley, the converted comedian for two
| Illustrated entertainments. Monday and
| Tuesday nights of next week The pro-
grams regarded very satisfactory by
/ those who have heard Captain Stanley in
! similar entertainments.
| The brotherhood OF Wesley NJ Z. Church
! held a meeting Monday evening at the
church, when large audience was in at
! tendance. Major Horace l.. Piper assistant
general superintendent of the life saving
! service, gave a talk on the United States
| Life Saving Service. Its Heroism and Some
! of Its Heroes Major Piper's accounts of
| the perilous work We're thrilling. and the
| incidents he recited aroused feeling of
! admiration for the brave surfmen who man
| the lifebOatS.
Messrs. Roland r. Roderick and Harring-
| ton Barker sang pleasing solos, accompa-
| MED on the piano by Prof. Theo. l. King.
| A neighborhood meeting of the Philadel-
lrN11 1tI Ip,n, holI
| Pleasant Congregational Church Wednes-
| day. All the Congregational churches Of
/ the city were we'll represented at the meet
| ing. which was addressed by DR.. Creegan
| and Miss Bridges.
| Swedish Lutheran preaching services were
commenced in Washington a short time
| ago, with Rev. o. NJ. Anderson, pastor of
| st. Olafs Church. Baltimore in charge.
The chapel of the Luther Place Memorial
Church, at Vermont avenue and N street,
| has been kindly rendered the young congre-
cation and is used every Sunday evening.
The officers and teachers of the Sunday
school of the Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church held their annual banquet at
| the church recently. The occasion was
most successful one, more than hundred
being present. The guests We're received
! by a reception committee in the church par
lorS and after half hour of social inter
course dinner was served in a room down
| stairs. This part Of the program was in
| charge of ladies, whose children are in the
primary department of the school, and
young ladies from the senior department
acted as mattresses.
| At the conclusion of the dinner, Mr.. Her
man w. Smith, superintendent of the
school. made some introductory remarks
DR.. Charles l.. Bliss and Mrs A. D. Melvin
subsequently sang duet.
The first address of the evening was de-
lvered by Doctor Merrill E. Gates, expires
ident of Amherst College, on the subject
Teaching to Make Life Richer" DR.
Gates said that we learn from those who
are like us, and that the secret of succes ss-
full teaching of the young was found in
the ability of the teacher to view the prin-
ciples impaired from the standpoint Of the
one taught. The fact that this principle
was not thoroughly understood gave rise
to frequent encouragement on the part of
those whose duty it was to instruct the
young Parents could not understand at
times why 1t was that they could not seem
to impress upon their children certain i'm
portant life principles, but the explanation
was to be found in the fact that they could
not present these principles in such a way
that the child would understand them.
Mr.. w. W. MILAN, president of the Dis
trict of Columbia Sunday School Associa-
| tion, brought the greetings of that asso-
citation to the Mount Pleasant school. In
the course of his remarks he said the new
century presented many difficult problems,
but these could best be solved by Chris
tian civilization There were many organi-
| cations for the instruction and help of the
young, who would have the solution Of
these problems in the future but none was
more effective than the Sunday school
While not desiring to disparage any other
organization. Mr.. MILAN reminded his hear
ers that the Sunday school was here before
some Of them came. and wo I'D probably be
here after some of them had gone
Mrs. Wilbur F. Crafts, honorary president
OF the International Primary Sunday School
Teachers Association, spoke on Sunday
School Progress Mrs. Crafts said that 1t
always made her happy to be In the COM
pany Of Sunday school workers. There
could be no question, she said but that
| the Sunday schools Of the world had made
| progress, and that out Of the movement
| had grown many important religious devel-
opments such as the Bible societies Of Great
Britain and this country. and many other
| helpful organizations.
Miss May T. Davis sang solo, respond
| ing to an encore. Brief addresses on the
| topic, How to Improve Our School," were
| made by Mr.. Herman w. Smith. superin-
| teEdent; Mr.. w. ]. Bowman, superintendent
! of intermediate department.; Miss Hilda
| North, superintendent primary department.
! and Rev. H. b. Higley, DID,. of the home
| department and leader of the Bible Club
| Col. Weston Flint also spoke briefly.
| Rev NJ Ross Fishburn, pastor Of the
church. made the concluding remarks. He
| said he had three words Of congratulaton
| to speak. In the first place he congratu-
| lated the people Of the community upon the
| efficiency of the school, In the second place
! he congratulated the children who were
| members Of the school upon the privileges
/ which they enjoyed and third, he congratu-
| lated the officers and teachers Of the school
| upon the success of the work in which they
| were engaged. He spoke of the great ben
/ eft which came from such gatherings Of
| the officers and teachers, and confidently
| predicted large increase in the effective
| ness of the school because Of the coming
| together In this way Of those who were
| charged with its management After a verse
| os God Be With You Till We Meet Again
| had been sung by all present the benedic-
| ton was pronounced by Mr.. Fishburn.
| Arrangements for the banquet were in
| charge of special committee Of the teacE-
| ers. of which Mr.. James E. West was
| chairman. The arrangements for the serv-
! ing Of the dinner were directly in charge
OF Miss Hida North
Rev. William r. Turner Of ST. Michaers
| Episcopal Church addressed the meeting OF
the Girls Friendly Society at Trinity
| Church Wednesday night There was an
| exceptionally large attendance.
| DR.. F. NJ. Bristol of Metropolitan NJ E.
/ Church last Sunday night commenced a
! series Of five addresses to young men,
| These addresses will consider the young
man In relation to his books, work, money
| religion and marriage