Evening journal., 1902-02-26
NOTES OF THE CHURCHES

The pastors class OF Goodman
NJ. e. Sunday School will give mis-
sionary social on Thursday evening.
February q. in the home OF Mrs. James
Wilson. corner of Pennsylvania avenue
and DUPONT street No admission will
be charged. Friends Of the church are
cordially invited
LIN West Presbyterian Church on
next Tuesday evening. an invitation
concert will be given by the Sinfonla
Concert Company, OF philadelphia.
Miss Louise De Ginther will be the
vocal and Miss Viola f. Moffit the
piano soloist. Il will be under the au-
spices of the trustees
The song recital given by Miss
Belle Wales In First Unitarian Church
last night was a delightful affair. and
there was goodly attendance, In
spite of the heavy rain storm She
was assisted by Miss Margaret Pyle,
violinist,- aud Miss Cause. pianist.
The Rev. Eernest Lyons, OF Balu-
more, Md, will lecture in Ezlon
Church, Ninth and French streets. to-
night His subject viii be Condition.
Not Color
LIN the home OF the Rev. w. IA.
Logan yesterday afternoon, the mem
bers of the Committee on Supplies OF
uhe Preahytery OF New Castle met TO
consider the formal reply of Bishop
Coleman 10 the protest OF the commit
tee against the use of the old Presby-
lterian Church In Stanton. SOME of the
lmembers expressed. it Is said. the opin-
ION that the Bishop evaded The main
Question raised by the committee In
his formal reply The committee says
that it took action because OF the pro-
test made by Presbyterians i'm and
labOut Stanton. The sexton OF the
lchurdh, he members of the committee
say, rented the building TO the Epipsco-
lpalians though the church Is under the
ldlrect control OF the committee. The
4 Rev DR. w. III. Logan is moderator OF
It's session. and he did not know uhat
, THE edihce had been rented.
n The letter OF the committee was not
t, lmade public, but II Is understood that
: the committee declared It did not wish
to prOlong the controversy. and that II
. Bishop Coleman. or any ether person in
authority should apply to the commit
tee for the use OF the church I'm Stan
ton. permission would be granted.
y LIN First Presbyterian Church.
e Market street below Tenth. the annual
g. convention OF the Sunday schools OF
n Wilmington came 10 a successful close
d Last night Despite the severe rainstorn,
ie the convention was marked by a large
g- atendancei and marked interest was
H. manifested in the topics under discus
sion.
y When the afternoon session con
re vened. "The Sunday School and It's
le Best Method Of Work" came up for a
a. wide discussion After the subject was
Y talked over for the spare time allotted
e the election of officers took place. and
ID resulted as follows
President. the Rev J. w. Easley;
vice-president, the Rev. George IL
Irul; recording secretary, /. Elmer
Perry; statistical secretary, Dr. +. w.
Lang; treasurer, Mrs. M. r. Lincoln.
The following Executive COMMITTEES
n was chosen; w. II. Morris, Mrs. c. H.
s lCantwell. w. K Crosby, ID. McHenry
: n. w Bard. c. +. Davidson. r. w
h Brown. Ruel S. Isumis. w. III. Whit
k mack. John r. Hudson. Mrs. Francis
!. Vincent Miss Clara Clark and w. ID.
, King.
Miss Clara MurgatrOyd and l. Elmer
: Perry were named as an Entertainments
Committee for the State Convention.
; ITO be held In Grace Church on April
d 20 and 30 and May l.
8 Professor George w. Twitmyer 'open-
{ ed the next subject for conference
{ which was Methods of Teaching. .
e Topics relative to the Bible in the class
a versus lesson, value of class and of
desk reviews and obtaining honna
study Of the lesson were discussed un-
der this head. Following this. the
Rev. f. +. Briggs. of Second Baptist
8 Church. led a conference on Methods
of Securing Decisions for Christ"
q The feature of the evening session
: was the talk of Dr. Lang, the statisti-
: cal secretary. By means OF blackboard
he showed the percentage of children
+ that attend Sunday schools. and also
g the percentage of school children nro-
4 Tossing Christianity.
|. The Rev. J. W. Easley followed with
|. a talk on The Sunday School Worker
! Face 10 Face With His Duty"
. The closing address was made by
! Ithe Rev. John Shape. who talked ON
! The Sunday School Workers Conse-
d lcration"
CO.. Great interest is manifested in
church circles in the address to be
, made by the Rev Cyrus Townsend
, Brady in Trinity P. E. Church tonight
, "A presidential social will be held
IN Lower Brandywine Presbyterian
Church this evening.
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