Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-04
retary of the board of foreign missions OF

rotary Of the board Of foreign missions OF
the Presbyterian Church
City missions and rescue work will have
their representatives at the conference in
the persons Of 8. H. Hadley of the Jerry
McAuley Mission, New York, who will
sneak at the Silver Bay conference, and
the Pacific Garden Missions Chicago who
will represent the work at Winona Lake.
The Christian Scientists Of Washington
are concentrating themselves upon the
prceress of their cause during the past year
and all are looking forward to increased
growth In The future. Since moving into
its church edifice, corner 18th and r streets
northwest, the First Church congregation
has nearly doubled in attendance and both
morning and evening services are increas-
ing all the time The Second Church. hold
ing services at Robinson's Hall, 14th street
near street northwest. also reports in
creased interest and attendance at both
Sunday morning and Wednesday evening
services.
The Sunday sermons are Identical in oil
Christian Science churches, being Scrip
tural selections, interpreted by correlative
passages from Mrs. Eddy's book, Science
and Health" read, without comment by
two readers" a man and a woman, the
whole forming discourse upon the subject
given in the lesson quarterly. These lesson
sermons are studied during the week by
the people and listened to Sunday and at
the evening service (Which is a repetition OF
the morning one). The same persons attend
and profess interest IN hearing 1t read
again.
nature Of experience or testimonial meet
ings and here are told demonstrations over
sickness, accident, poverty and all the var.
GUS forms of discord that seem to anect
services cannot fail to be impressed by
the practical and matter-of-fact manner In
which these demonstrations" as they are
generally called, are recounted, and the
NJ he lSor Ia
by their positiveness Of the truth OF the
matter. They believe these healings are
in demonstration of a divine principle-nat-
ural. not miraculous, and hence are the
heritage of all who learn this principle
and endeavor to mold their lives thereto.
The two churches in Washington have
just perfected arrangements to conSondate
their two reading rooms and the joint room
will hereafter be in the Traders National
Bank building, corner of pennsylvania
avenue and 10th street. This move is re-
garded with great satisfaction by all con-
cerned az a long step in the progress OF
the cause in the city.
Rev. E. Hez Sven is delivering a series
OF sermons on Love and Marriage sun
day evenings at the Second Baptist Church,
4th street and Virginia avenue southeast.
The pastor of the First Baptist Church,
Rev. c. F. Winbigler, has arranged to be-
gin series Of sermons on Gods Plan ana
Purposes in Relation to the History OF Man
and His Conditions tomorrow evening.
The feast of Corpus Christi will be cele-
brated at st. Patrick's Church tomorrow.
There will be solemn high mass at IL
o'clock, followed by procession OF the
blessed sacrament in which the children
and men of the congregation will take part
The members of the conference OF st. VIM
cent de Paul will act as q committee In the
ryanagement of the procession. Rev. d.
Stafford will preach the sermon.
The novena to the Sacred Heart, which is
now in progress, will end on the feast or
the Sacred Heart, June 10. Services Will be
held every evening at I 30 until the feast.
A connection in the fundamentals of
grammar was held at st. Vincents Acad-
envy during the week between the senior
and junior classes. The two sides were de-
clared equal in merit.
The girls school will close on June q and
the boys school on June %.