Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03
y y IN the
Churches

a.
August, the vacation month in the
churches, being passed. pastors. and lay
men are beginning to plan for the cam
paigns Of the coming winter
Pulpits that have been supplied by out-of-
town ministers for the past five or six
weeks are now beginning to be occupied
by familiar figures. and congregations are
spreading out over the empty pews, giving
the auditoriums the prosperous and ami
mated appearance Of the past winter.
1t is hoped by all denominations to make
this winter an unusual success in church
circles, and plans and ideas are directed
to that end. Church organizations are
looking forward to increased activities
along missionary and social lines; pastors
are contemplating new series Of sermons;
official boards are scheming for financial
support. and, on the whole, the outlook Is
good.
Many of the churches discontinued the
Sunday evening services with the begin
ming of warm weather, and In most in
stances they will not be begun again until
the present month is passed. This is not
true, however, in every case. Numbers
of ladies' and young peoples organizations
begin their renewed activity tomorrow or
next week.
Rev DR.. Thomas Chalmers Eastou, pas
tor of the Eastern Presbyterian Church,
has returned from his vacation and taken
up his accustomed duties. This church is
preparing to make a special effort this
winter to regain the prosperity which was
somewhat impaired by the loss Of nearly
seventy-five members to the First PresDy-
terrain Church in the spring.
Rev. Albert Evans, pastor of the Metro
DO1itan PRESBYTERIAN Church. who was eX-
pected to return this week, is suffering from
an attack of hay fever and will remain
in New York state for several weeks longer.
Reopening exercises of the West Wash
ington Methodist Episcopal Church South
were held yesterday evening at 7:'D CLOCK
at the church Musical selections and ad-
dresses made up an enjoyable program
which was followed by a social hour: Inc
program included: Chorus by the church
choir; invocation, Rev. j. L. Pretty ian ;
vocal solo, Mighty Like a Rose. MISS
Laura Black; Introductory remarks. Kew.
j. H. White; violin SOL, 'Drdla, Mr.. 10
seph HARRISON address, Mr.. j. Holdsworth
Gordon; vocal solo, selected. MRS. Bircn.
Remarks were made, followed py viol ~
solo, Mr. Joseph Harrison; vocal solo, Il
Cannot Help Loving Thee, Dear, MISS
Laura Black; chorus, church choir.
The church has been closed for some time
for repairs.
little publication, entitled THE Mis-
sions of the Moravian Church Amongst the
Heathen" has recently been issued by
Rev ]. Taylor Hamilton, %: AMERICAN
member of the Mission board of the Mora
Wan Church. The pamphlet is an eH-
haustive catechism of the missions or ttis
denomination and contains many interest,"
ing statements. ,,-, -
some of the peculiar features of Moravlan
missions?" DR.. Hamilton says:
$50 far as the choice of fields Is concern
n n
ed from the very hrst the ,,nas ~,
has gone to the neglected. to those races or
localities which other evangelical chuIcilts
overlooked or neglected, as Tor instance, me
Eskimos the Blackfellows of AustraIla
and in the early days OF niiS Si; IN are
tentots Consequently the M0ravlans are e
in some cases ministering to Dying races
So far as methods are CONCERNED MO- ian
missions are distinguished by simple pre-,
sentation of the essentials of evangeiicai
faith. by care of individual souls ana by
the administra ton of watchful ana helplul
scriptural church discipline
r,o ornroachine visit Of the archbishop
of C,anterhury to this city has aroused con-
siderable interest in the office whlch ne
holds in the Church of England anu aus U.S.
MANY to recall the names OF famous az
hishops of Canterbury in history Inns mas
always been an important positioh Ill 'he
island empire. A.. 80 ,rors,,e
Archbishop Theodore, a native or Iarsus'
in Cilicia united in 66S all England mo
little Municipalities were united mo ollo
nation. Among the other great arcIoisilop -
of Canterbury were Archbishop DullsIa al.
C59-Ss), who, as chief minister or the hllis s,s
Of his time. completed King Alfred S Work
of welding the realm into one kihsuoll !,
Janfranc Qo7O-93), the great reorganlIel
and reformer of the Church OF Enc iali ~
under William the Conqueror ana OF MS
successor. ST. Anselm, one OF the greates.
nhilosophers and theologians of al Chrlstlail
history: Thomas a Beckett ul62-'4)' VINO
fought as strenuously as archplshop lor
the protection of the liberty of the church
from the encroachments OF the state DIS
previously he had fought as chlel mlhistel
of England for the supremacy or the state
over the church, and was martyred LOT ms
mains. his shrine in Canterbury Catheorai
ultimately becoming the most popular op-
iect of pigrmages in all England, as IS 50
familiar from Chausers Tales; stephen
Iangton. who, in 1915, led the barons In
their successful conflict for Magma Chartd.
whose first phrase affirms the freedom Oh
the Church of England, and was eAcom-
municated by the pope for so doing; Gran
mer and Matthew Parker the great arch-
hishops of the reformation period, ana
William Laud, the great statesman anu
ecclesiastic whose faithfulness 10 the
crown and the church cost him ms heau
in the troublous period of the great rebel