Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-24
SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

He was born in Chester N. J.. about forty
seven years ago. He attended the public
schools of that place while a boy and later
entered a college under control of the
Dutch Reformed Church at New Brunswick,
N j., graduating from that Institution in
1882. He attended the theological semi
nary of the same college and finished the
course in 1885. The next year he entered
the ministry of the Presbyterian Church,
accepting charge at Dunellen, N. ]. He
later went to Scranton, Pa, as pastor of
Presbyterian church, and during his pas
torate there the congregation of which he
had charge erected a fine new house of
worship.
In 1894 the Sixth Church has grown nota-
bly,, both in membership and in finances.
During the present pastorate there have
been received into membership 274 persons.
During the first ten years of the church's
existence there We're received, including
charter members, 1872; during the second ten
years, 172 members; during the third de-
cade, 212; during the fourth 293, and in the
ten years from 1893 to 1903 there have been
received 81 members. The church now
has on its rolls $50 members.
The general committee in charge of the
arrangements for the ffftieth anniversary
celebration consists of the elders and trus-
tees of the church The members of other
committees are follows:
Finance-Dr. H. c. Thompson. H. Clark,
W. Ericsson. M. A. Skinner, William Scott,
W y.
John Brown.
Music-Dr. NJ. F. Thompton and H. M.
knight.
Printing-William King, A. c. Irvine and
W. W. Tuckey.
Social evening-Women's Aid Society.
Decorations-Young peoples societies.
A large sum has been raised for the bene
fit of Bells Methodist Episcopal Churcn in
lower Prince Georges county, Nd, through
two entertainments held recently. Rev.
George Buckler, Miss Mae Buckler and Miss
Lillian Koeching, all Of this CITY took mart
w. D. Pyles. Mrs. Mulloy and Mrs Robert
Padgett.
The Churchman'S League of the District
has accepted the invitation of Rev. Dr.. c.
Ernest Smith, rector of st. Thomas EMS
copal Church, to hold its series of lectures
for 1903 in that structure. The program
of speakers and subjects has not as yet
been prepared.
The Mems Club of Memorial Lutheran
Church was addressed last Monday even
ing by DR.. Thomas Featherstonhaueh who
spoke on the Life and Charac ter of John
Brown" A large number of members of
the club, with their friends listened to the
address and expressed their approval of the
lecture with enthusiastic applause Re
freshments were served at the close of the
program.
The lectures on the Bible which were in
augurated several weeks ago at the New
Church have been listened to by large
audiences on the various Sunday evenings.
Rev. DR.. John Curtis Ager of BROOKLYN
delivered the address last Sunday evening
speaking on the subject, Efforts of the
Christian Church, Ancient and Modern, to
interpret the Bible The course of lee
lures has been arranged by Rev. Dr. Frank
Sewall, pastor of the church
The local assembly of the Brotherhood of
St Andrew of the diocese of Washington
held meeting in Trinity Parish Hall last
Monday evening. After the regular bust
ness. of the evening the standing commit
tees for the ensuing year were announced
Hotels, chairman, William B. Dent; press
and printing, chairman, Bert T. Amos;
finance, chairman, Frank NJ. Evans; re-
vival and new chapters, chairman Col.
Cecil Clay; hospital, jail and special serv-
Ices, chairman, Edward F. LOCKER; new
work and opportunities, chairman, William
E. Dent; junior chapters. chairman, Will
lam B. Everett. jr.
Sixteen out of twenty-four active chap
tiers were represented at the meeting.
The eighteenth anniversary of the first
services held by the Central Union Mission
will be observed with special service to-
morrow evening at 7:20 o'clock in the audi
forum. DR.. j. P. E. Kunler late of Pitts
burg, IA, will speak. Mrs. Emma S. Shell
ton, SECRETARY of the District w c. 4, u.
will conduct the devotional exercises, and
a cornet solo will be rendered by Dr. r. A.
Swartwout of this city.
A number of the mission workers who
took part in the first meeting will be pres
ent.
The tower on the old st. Matthew's Cath
Ollie Church at 18th and Fl streets north
west has been torn down and the old lum
Der has been sold for firewood. For sew
eral years past the church edifice has been
used only as Sunday school house aud
for early mass It is proposed to sell the