Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-26

ference. The gulf mission conference HAS
been made an annual conference, mission
work among the Chinese on the Pacific
coast has been reorganized and the ALASKAN
mission has been reconstructed.
The contributions to the missionary So
ciety from conference collections alone dur
ing 10OO-O3 amounted to $5,01555S.22; dur
ing the previous quadrennium, "a. 449, $50. %.
making an increase of $566, O2S.l6. The totai
income of the society during the same per
iod was So, 793, 527.13 (from all sources, In
GLIDING special gifts, etc.,; during the pre-
yious uuadrennium 1t was 50, 16O, 4S9.5S, an
increase of 1888, O27.GO.
The contributions of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society from 1896-90 were ST.
22S $50; from 10000 these amounted TO
81 ,S14 ,O56, an increase of 1886, 467. The aux
iliaries increased in number during the IouI
years from 6,375 to S,264, and the total
membership from 156, 150 to 217,09S, an IN
crease of 1850 auxiliaries and 6O334 mem
bers. The contributions of the Womans
Home Missionary Society last quadrennium
were $780, 475, and during the quadrennium
jus tclosing 81 ,21O,313, an increase OF $4IO,-
S3S There were 261S organizations in 1879,
in 1908 there were $40, and during the four
years the membership increased from
IS, 46S to 1928, an increase of 30 organ
izations and Al, 785 members.
The Methodist Episcopal Church during
1SO6-99 gave to home and foreign missions
through the Missionary Society and Its two
auxiliary womens societies the sum OF
81, 100, 563; during 10000 1t gave $S,SlI,S9o,
an increase of 81, 695 1888, or % per cent.
The past years have witnessed, 1t Is
stated, most notable missionary awaken
ing throughout the church. The emergency
of three years ago was the occasion of the
creation of the "open door emergency COM
mission" which, indeed, was none other
than the missionary society at work in a
specialized way to meet this emergency
The Cleveland convention in 1907 and It's
train of successors in more restricted fields
have provided notable public presentations
of the cause of missions, while the demand
for information which these conventions
provoked has, 1t is said, been met by
more varied and better adapted literature
than was before available
Arrangements have been made for the
annual Sunday school missionary celebra-
ton at Union Methodist Episcopal Church,
to be held Sunday night. The largest show
ing In attendance upon the school during
the conference year which is just closing
was made Sunday last. On the following
Sunday, being Easter, the school will rem
der an elaborate program of music, and
the choir, under the direction of Prof. e.
H. Booth, precentor, will furnish special
anthems morning and evening. Mr.. Booth
has had signal success in presenting va
ried assortment of choice music during his
leadership. Mr.. E. S. Wescott of Wescott
& Wilcox is superintendent, Miss Elsie
Roche and Miss Florence White pianists
and Mr.. Jesse Crawford musical director.
Under the management of Mr.. w. L. Stu
ard, the missionary society in the Sunday
to conference.
Judge Arson S. Taylor, for thirty-three
years successfully the secretary of the
Sunday school, will represent the lay ele-
ment of the church in the lay convention
at the seat of the conference in Baltimore
next week.
1t is regarded as an assured fact among
the members of the Methodist Episcopal
churches at Oxon Bill, Prince Georges
county, Md, and at Congress Heights. both
of which are under the jurisdiction of one
minister, that Rev. William L. Orem will
be the pastor assigned there during the
coming year by the Baltin ore conference
Mr.. Orem was formerly in charge of the
Methodist Oh Tch at Forestville, Prince
Georges county, Md, and is now at Ten
leytown. His appointment has been re-
quested by the official boards or the
churches, and as far as the sentiment OF
those having to do with the appointment
goes there is said to be no objection to
carrying out the wishes of the members
of the congregations interested. The pres
ent pastor, Rev. S. Carlyle Schaffer, will
retire from active work in this section. and
will it is stated, go to another conference.
AS partial result of the recent series Of
preaching services held in the Temple
Baptist Church, corner Of 10th and
streets northwest, by the pastor, Rev. j. j.
Muir, D. D., and Rev. Wesley Bruner, D.
D., pastor of Calvary Baptist Church of
Richmond. Va, nine believers will tomor-
row make pubic PROFESSION OF their IditH
and receive the rite Of baptism.
BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW.
Notices have been issued for a meeting OF
the Junior Local Assembly of the Brother
hood of st. Andrew for next Monday even
ing in the Sunday school room of the Pro-
Cathedral Church of the Ascension. The
addresses will be on the topics of "The
49, lsg Dow
in the Day School,"
The Brotherhood chapter Of Grace Church,
southwest, has reported the following Off
GERS elected for the fiscal year ending No
yember 80, 1901: Director, Mr.. William B.
Everett, jr; secretary, Mr.. William H.
Goldsmith; treasurer, Mr.. L. E. Duvall.
The last of the weekly Lenten services
conducted under the auspices of St. PauIs
Brotherhood Chapter at st. IauPs Church,
ODD street and Washington circle. will be
held next Wednesday evening at o'clock.
The Rev. Edward s. Dunlap of st. John
Church, Lafayette square, Will preach the
sermon.
The local assembly of the Washington
Brotherhood chapters met last Monday
evening at St. Johns parish hall. Seven
teen chapters were represented. A vote of
thanks was rendered the committee in
charge of the business mems services held
during the Lenten season at Epiphany
Church The Rev DR.. William M. Pettis,
rector of Grace Church, Georgetown. de-
livered an address on 1.-THE Brotherhood
Man and Personal Service" Dr. Pettis was
followed by Mr.. Edwin H. Brown, jr., of
Centerville, Md, president OF the Tri,Dio-
cesar brotherhood Assembly, who spoke
in the interest of the next annual conven-
ton, to be held at Annapolis, Md, May u
and % next.