Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23

this week. This place In Maryland near
the District line is favorite resort Tor
Washingtonians all summer long. but the
number Of persons who spend day or
few days there is greatly increased on this
occasion each year. The gatherings In tue
big tent are as large as ever. and sermons
and singing are carried on with dash.
The Jackson Grove camp meeting. Mo-
twenty-four miles from this city on the
Pennsylvania railroad. is also in full swips.
This meeting is conducted under the aus
pieces of the Methodist Protestant Church,
and should be distinguished from that at
Washington Grove, conducted by the Meth
odist Episcopal Church
The clergymen at the rectory Of st. Pat
rick's Catholic Church are now taking
turns about with a vacation. Rev. Father
VIM. Carroll one Of the assistant pastors,
resumed his duties last Sunday after
three weeks trip, which included q stay
at Grafton. w. Va, the guest OF the parents
of Father McGuigan. Father Carroll also
spent some time In Massachusetts, ana re-
| turned to Washington much refreshed IRON ron,
his journey. Rev. Father McGulgan iett
the city last Monday for visit to his nome
in West Virginia. to be gone about three
weeks Rev. DR.. Stafford has thus far not
decided on an extended vacation, Dut Is eA-
pected to take short trips to nearby wafer
the autumn season for lengthy recrea-
ton.
Dr. H. H. Settler. superintendent, submit,
ted report for the quarters attendance ana
offerings Of the Sunday school connecteo
with the Keller Memorial Lutheran Churcn,
Rev. c. H. Butler. pastor. located at tne
corner Of Maryland avenue and 9TH street
northeast last Sunday. There are sixteen
classes. together with a junior department,
Miss Lillian Wines, superintendent, anu
primary department. mrs. w. =" no msch a.
sistant The average attendance OF tne
whole school for the quarter has peen Iao,
as opposed to 1S7 for the same quarter laSl
81 81 anu ~ ,no,us,na
The offerings for the quarter. inciuding
500 60 from the birthday banks, were $l5o. 10:
giving average of s1o;S2 per Suhuay, a,d
offerings in the primary department "e'e
6S and $18.13. respectively.
Tn the absence Of Rev. ]. ]. Muir on his
summer vacation the pulpit in the Temple
Baptist Church IS being filled by suppnes'
Sunday week DR.. f. A. WOODS ol oot S.."
vile, N J., preached there. ana iast oun
day Rev ]. M. Long, retired minister OF
| the congregation, delivered the sermons III
the morning and the evening. ..,,,a
At the latter service the theme was me
world we live in The minister SPOKE y.
the different classes men resolve themselves
into The first group he termed the one
where animal desires and passions noIo
sway Some of the instincts o! TINS spicy
| he conceded were fundamentally gooa, "A
second group he said was composed OF the
men who have set up god or commerce,
| a third contented themselves Win oeIvius
| into and solving according TO lts hni.e
powers and judgment inteiiectuan aoD-
! lens; the fourth was devoted to moral con
| siderations He advised his hearers not "
belong exclusively to any OF these groups
| but to select the best from all
The sermon at the Fourth Presbyterian
| Church, Columbia Heights. last Sunday
was delivered by Rev. John Gordon d.,
| president Of Howard University. cEs
| subject was Thinking About COO
| Name" taken from Malachi ii'i''
| Most men considered worthy Of special
| remembrance by the world have peen tnose
noted for a consideration OF the suplect oI
| God The whole history of Asia, Hebrew
and Christian, mentions only the names OF
| four men who have made lasting refneln-
brance for themselves -, I Tnda a zoroaster
| of Persia and Mohammed OF Asia All OF
these are honored by the human family
| because they were men VINO thousht pre-
eminently about God.
| '.The most universally honored man was
| Abraham, honored alike by Moham-
| medans Hebrews and Christians TOT MS
continually profound thoughts upon Zoo
| while his contemporaries were deVotils
| their time to the numerous trifing cares
of life So there is not 80 much dlnerence
| between the judgments OF God ana the
| judgment Of man. for at the ias', ~ WIZ
an earth are those who have followed His
| law"
| The Home for Baptist Ministers, Lay
| men and Women colored, on Hamilton
avenue, Garfield City, D. c., has recently
| been repainted, and is now said to be ready
| for furnishing by the various churches ana
IN dn
The nineteenth anniverasy Of Mount Mo-
| riah Baptist Church, I'd street between NJ
| and N streets, was celebrated last Monday
! at Somerset Beach, Va. Many ministers Of
| the local colored Baptist churches were
| present and participated in the exercises.
Revival services are being held under a
| tent at 25th and K streets northwest, under
| the direction Of Rev. Isaac Tolfver, BID, a
Texas evangelist, and the present pastor of
| the Liberty Baptist Church, this city. The
meetings will last for week or more.
The united synod south Of the Luth-
eran Church will convene in ST. Mat
| on July q. The Virginia synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church will con-
vene in the Lutheran Church at Wood
stock on August %. and will celebrate its
organized in the Lutheran Church, and
has met in the local church every twenty
fifth year. Rev. Peter Miller of Rio, W.
Va, Is the president.
During the vacation of Rev. w E. Parson,
d. D., pastor Of the Church Of the Refor-
nation. Lutheran. on street near I'd
southeast. the pulpit will be supplied by
the following ministers: July 81. Rev
Marion J. Kline. D. D.. Baltimore. Nd. /:
August Z, Rev. E. ]. Wolf DID, LII. D.,
president Of the general synod: August IA.
Rev. Geo. Scholl. DID,, Baltimore. Md. |:
August 81, Rev. John Chester. DID,: August
% Rev. John C. Bowers A. NJ. Baltimore,
Md: September f. Rev. Luther Hess War
Ing A. M; September II. Rev. E. J. Wolf.
DID,, LID; September 10 and Is, Rev.
Geo. Scholl. DID. Rev. L. H. Waring, who
lives on a square adjoining the church. will
| respond to pastoral calls until DR.. Parson
returns.
The statement in this column last week
that Mr. Bowen would supply the pulpit
regularly was an error.
A dispatch from Round Lake. N. Y, last
night says:
The annual convention Of the second gen.
eral conference district of the Epworth
League, comprising the New York. New
Jersey, Newark and New York east confer
ences of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
and including for this convention also the
Troy, Delaware and Wilmington confer
ences, convened here today for three days