Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-12

Arrangements have been made for the
formal installation of Rev. Albert Evans.
recently of Rochester, n. Y, the new pastor
Of the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church
corner of 4th and B streets southeast, next
Friday evening. The services are under the
direction of the presbytery of Washington.
and this body will provide the minister VINO
will preach the installation sermon.
The members of the congregation OF the
Metropolitan Presby terrain Church are huch
gratifed that their choice Tell upon MI
Evans The beginning of his pastora.e mas
been such as to presage much success All
the future The minister has Expressed hi'
appreciation of the kind way IN winch NC
has been received and his certainty that
there will be harmony and co-operauon De-
tween himself and the people the church'
as IL is one Of the largest in the CITY, al
for6s II is said. good opportunity iol
PASTORAL work especially since 1t Is situated
in Southeast Washington. where churches
are fewer than in other sections.
The ladies of the church are preparing to
give reception to Mr.. Evans and MS wife
some time during the Christmas mondays
it having been considered better TO wait
until then in order to give ample tiiiie
for preparation and to eaten the hoiiua'
spirit. ,
For some time this church has been COLI
sidering the building or purchasing VI q
parsonage. At a congregauonai .nee
il was decided to leave the matter OF inses
tigstion i'm the hands of a committee co,i
nosed of several of the trustees Oh inc
church A short time before the oeLai tute
of the last pastor, Rev. Dr. Geoi se ~. -
cock IL had been about decided 10 Pun ehase
a residence near the church Tor this pun
hACane
!, change I'm pastors the question was post
vowed fnr the time 1t is understood that
now Mr. Evans has entered upon Ills WI
a parsonage will soon be PROVIDED
The Rereans, the members of cup ano
Bible class of the Ninth Street Chrls'iail
church 9th and d streets northeas. .oi
1.ouns men have issued little poohlet'
Win their compliments, which Is being us
tributed gratuitously among the printers "
the government printing office II Is 50 q,
ranged that the men can Keep III IL aii &c
curate record of their "turninS each WEEK.
"a 60. al a glance the totals and averages.
II contains twenty-eight pages ana mas pro
vision for ffty-two weeks. a year IeCo,u
al the top of each page is printed bioie
text which is expected to call 10 the niiilo
of the user the Christian Church anu inoNo
him think of a religious lie
The object of the Bereans. as stated IN 'n ne
booklet is Ito get a true UNDERSTANDING o
the teachings of the Bible and 10 Make
visit the sick and afflicted to help the unem-
nIoyad and to assist the young man 10
higher standard of Christian living; men men
motto is taken from Acts IL Al, lhey '.iie
Bereans) received the word win rea ,n., y,
of mind and searched the Scriptures oaliy:
T r. Pirtle is president of the class =. VI;
smith secretary. and Henry Bre"ooo
teacher.
The New Church 18th and Corcoran
streets has issued program Oh winter
lectures to be delivered at the churcn edch
sunday evening Already two nave oeeh
delivered beginning with SUNDAY, Noss Ven,
Der % The general topic. which Is De1ns
discussed under various subheads, Is ne
Reality of Spirit and of the Spirl'uai
World The subjects of the lectures az
Ter January will be announced latgI ny
the church authorities. The series Will IN
cIude the National Course, py ministers
from the west
Mr. Charles F. Warren of this city gave
an interesting stereopticon lecture on M esa
ico-the Country and Its People, 10 the
members of the Gurley Mems Clup ana
their friends Tuesday evening.
The lecturer having made three trips "
Mexico and travelled through nearly every
mart of the republic succeeded with the
aid OF over 125 slides in giving the large
audience a very good idea of the scenery
the architecture of the sixteenth century
and the many ways for travel one VI
Warren on his lecture. said that II was
like a good book and he was ready TO near
It all over again.
Like ancient Tyre and Babylon, John
Alexander Dowie's Zion city, according to
the latest reports is to be surrounded by
A wall Millions of brick will be used In
barrier which will keep all
strangers from the streets of Zion
The order has gone out from the general
overseer that the wall must be built. Inc
power has been given DR.. Speicher to
get the plans from architects. 1t may De
that even before Mr.. Dowie returns from
his trip around the world the great wall
will have been started. 1t is to be eighteen
feet high by one and one-half feet thick.
This trouble has taught us lesson.
said Mr. Dowie to his deacons. people
have come into our city like swarms of
wolves They have desecrated our Gus
toms they have violated our ordinances
and they have profaned our atmosphere;
During his trip around the world MI
powie will look at the great wall OF emma.
That is a pagan wall. while mine Will De
Christian" he says
There will be six openings in the wall
one on the east side, one on the west and
TWO each on the south and north.
The Minute Mems Club of Lincoln
Temple Memorial Church Congregational.
are planning for big meeting tomorrow
night in the main auditorium. The club
will have its first annual sermon preached
by the Rev. Sterling NJ Brown. One of the
members of the club will address the audi
ence setting forth the object of the forma-
tIor of the club. its aims, what 1t has ac-
and what it wishes to accomp-
lish.
Gods In His heaven,
Ans web with the world.