Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16

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Gus reports win be received. Thursday
evening Rev. W. II. Marshall will preach
the educational sermon.
Among other business matters to be dis
posed OF at the session Friday morning Will
be the election Of ministerial and lay dele
gates to the general conference of the
church. The Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary Societies will hold rally Fri
day afternoon, with Mrs Mary J. Small
presiding, and in the evening the Church
Extension rally will take place. with Rev.
w. H. Coffey as the principal speaker. A
reception to the bishop and delegates will
be rendered at Union Wesley Church on
this evening".
Various matters of interest to the church
will receive the greater share of attention
from the delegates at Saturdays sessions.
Among other things, the subject of tenn
perance and the course of studies for min
isterial students win be discussed.
At the morning session of the conference
Sunday the ordination Of elders will take
place, and in the afternoon the deacons
will be ordained. A memorial service will
also be held in the afternoon. The visiting
ministers in attendance on the conference
will occupy the pulpits of the various col
ored Methodist churches of the city Sunday
morning and evening.
The sessions of the closing day. Monday,
May 25, will be devoted to hearing reports
and to unfinished business of the confer
enees. An outing will be taken down the
final session the appointment of pastors to
the various charges will be announced by
the presiding bishop. after which adjourn
ment will take place.
The delegates to the conference will be
entertained during the session by local
ministers and members of the denomina-
ton. 1t is expected that several hundred
ministers and laymen will be in attendance.
The marble pedestal and limestone cap
hhoy
England, and designed the cornerstone
of the proposed Washington Protestant
Episcopal Cathedral. to be located at st.
Adams, arrived in the city Thursday and
We're taken to the proposed site on that
day. The stones are dressed and carved
according to the ancient ideas of ecclesi-
astical sculpture. and were presented to the
cathedral authorities by Sir Charles Strick-
land, through Rev. A. P. Loxley. On the
face side of the pedestal is inscribed, 1.-The
Book of Remembrance" while the inscrip-
ton on the face side of the cap reads,
"Hilda stone from Whitby Abbey England
presented to the Washington Cathedral by
Sir Charles Strickland. through Rev A. P.
Loxley. A. d. 1900" On the top of the cap
is the following: "Hilda Abess Of Whitby,
A. (cross) D. ESQ.,"
Rev. DR.. w. E. Parson, pastor of the
Lutheran Church of the Reformation. has
been appointed on several committees of
of the Lutheran Church. which will be held
in Baltimore. beginning June next. DR..
Parson Is chairman of the committee on
delegates to the Anti-Sa1oon League chair
man of the committee on ecclesiastical law
and forms and a member of the committee
on official church paper.
The Mems Club of the Gurley Memorial
Presbyterian Church, at It'll street and
Florida avenue northwest, held it's closing
social of the season in the Sunday school
room last Tuesday evening. Miss Lena G..
Sheppard opened the entertainment with
the solo "Springtime," and Mr. w. " Price
recited several selections which greatly
pleased the audience. Mr.. jeremiah Pitt
man recited a number of poems by James
Whitcomb Riley entitled Country We'd
ding ION the Banks of Deer Creek and
'Old Sweetheart of Mine" REGULATIONS
were also given by Mr. w. s. Burns The
program closed with solo by Miss Shep-
hard.
The attendance was unusually large and
those VINO participated in the program were
encored repeatedly. Following the enter
tainment, refreshments were served and So
ciability reigned for the remainder of the
evening. Mr.. ]. B. Chase president of the
club, announced that it's annual outing to
Chesapeake Beach will be held Tuesday,
June Q.
An entertainment was held last night at
the chapel of Gunton Temple Presbyterian
Church for the benefit of the Gunton Tenn
pie Athletic Club. The following program
was rendered: Violin solo, Mr.. r. w. Con-
well: recitation. Miss Pretty; piano solo,
medley of patriotic songs. Mr. Gee; flag
drill, conducted by Mrs Dickinson of the
First Baptist Church; vocal solo, Mr. AL
fred B. Leet; play entitled 'Uncle's WILL y
by Miss Jameson Mr.. Robert Test, Mr..
Snyder; vocal solo, Mr.. Geo. A Provost:
tableaux. The Base Ball Team" Re
freshments were server.
Storrs Glass Club of the Fifth Conere-
gational Sunday school celebrated its third
anniversary with banquet Wednesday
evening. at the residence of Mr. and Mrs
S. L. Walton. S24 l street northeast The
parlorS and banquet room were handsomely
decorated with flags and bunting. palms
cut flowers and potted plants. The class
colors were everywhere in evidence and in
the banquet room the purple and yellow
hung in graceful folds from ceiling and
chandeliers. A handsome engraving of
Richard Saltar Storrs, d. D.. occupied a
conspicuous position
At the plate of each guest, as a souvenir
of the occasion was placed carnation tied
with a bow of purple and yellow ribbon
For two hours merriment enlivened the
feast and the boys testified to their appre-
citation of the good things provided
After the banquet President Kahler who
acted as POSTMASTER, introduced the speak
ers. who responded to the following toasts:
Richard S. Storrs,' Roy Tremain; Mon
uments." K. III. Louis; "Storrs Glass. Past
Present and Future" Arthur Robb; THE
Ladies'" w. A. Simonds: Aud Lang
Syne," Harry Miller The address of the
evening was delivered by Prof. NJ. B. Ride
out of the Washington Y. NJ. c. A., who
took for the subject of his stirring talk
THE Spirit of Service
AT the conclusion of the program the as
sembled guests were photographed by the
class photographer. The success of this
delightful event in the history of the club
is attributed to the excellent work of the
committee on arrangements, H. F. Entrikin,