Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-09
CHURCH DEDICATION
Foundry Methodist Episcopal
House Of Worship.
SERIES OF SERVICES
ELABORATE PROGRAM AND DR..
NAYLOR TO PRESIDE.
Senator Dillingham;, Commissioner
Addresses-Bishop to ofhciate.

The handsome new Foundry Methodist
Episcopal Church edifice. at the corner OF
10th and Madison streets northwest. is to
be formally dedicated tomorrow afternoon
at $50 o'clock. stated in The Star some
time ago. Besides the dedicatory service
proper there will be a series of meetings
differing in character and lasting from to-
morrow morning until the following Sunday
evening. including every day but Saturday.
On these occasions various features OF the
dedication will be celebrated.
There will be three services tomorrow. At
those in the morning and evening, at 1880
O'Clock and o'clock. respectively. fine mu-
steal programs will be rendered. The morn
ing sermon will be preached by Bishop John
w. Hamilton. d. D.. Ill. D., and that in the
evening by Rev. ]. Z. Adams, D. D., of
Brooklyn N Y.
Rev Henry r. Naylor. presiding elder of
the Washington district, will preside al the
dedicatory exercises at $50 pm. when an
elaborate program will be followed. Admis-
sion to this service will be by card only.
Among those who will make addresses are
Senator VIM. P. Dillingham; of Vermont and
Commissioner Mcfarland of the District
of Columbia. The dedication itself will fall
to Bishop Hamilton.
At the close of the evening service the or
,:r OF the Discipline for the Conservation
of Deaconesses" will be observed Bishop
hamilton officiating. The candidates for
consec:ation Miss Florence F. Frost.
Miss Clara Bell Keyhoe. Miss Jean NJ. Pat
terson. Miss Janet F.. Kemp, Miss Elizabeth
Morton and Miss Bertha Sanford.
The meetings throughout the week will be
held In the evening and prominent clergy
men and others from this city and different
parts OF the country will be present and
take part. The pastors of the V, ious Meth
odist Episcopal churches of Washington will
tender tt, greetings and good wishes OF
their congregations to the members of
a moo mo GdaN- ,,i,,ev
while the following evening a similar inter-
denominational meeting will be held.
The Church Officers.
The officers of the Foundry Church are al
follows:
Trustees-President. Addison NJ. Smith.
19O3-19O6; secretary. James L. Ewin. 1903
1905; treasurer. Irving o. Ball, 19O3-l9OG;
Theodore A. Harding. 1903-19O6 Thomas e.
Sewell. 19O3-l915: Joseph +. Birch jr., 1901
1907: David T. Cissell. 1903 1905: Adds b.
Browne. loo4-1907: Mason N. Richardson,
1gOi-lgOT.
Stewards-Louis p. Altschu. Louis F..
Breuninger, Richard W. Hickman Willis +.
Roe Henry E. Stauffer. Frank w. Bolgiano.
William y. Eicheiberger. Lyman II. Pierce
Edward b. Rosa. Benjamin H. Stinemetz
Francis A. Wilson: James L. Ewin. record
Ing steward; Alfred c. True. district stew
ard.
Glass leaders-George Watkins, Mrs. j.
Ellen Foster. j. Richard Riggles
Exhorter, Henry d. Gordon; Sunday
Harding: president Epworth League Chap
ter. Mr. Stacy II. Briant; affiliated member
Rev Charles II. Mytinger; deaconess Miss
Jean NJ. Paterson; organist, Herman l..
Amiss "
Quartet chor-Miss Elizabeth wahly. So
prano: Mrs William r. Reed contralto; Mr..
Howard Butterworth. tenor: Mr.. IL. d.
Lawson. basso. director
The Committees.
The following committees have had
charge of selecting the site for and erect
Ing the new building and of the arrange
ments To- its dedication.
Site committee--Luther B. Wilson. ID. D..
Chairman ex ofilcio: Jas. l.. Ewin secre-
tary; Benjamin HI. Stinemstz Irving O. BaII.
Theodore A. Harding Edward +. sImpson.
Melville Lindsay and Thos. l.. SeweIl
Building committee-Luther b. Wilson
ID. ID. chairman ex officio. 1929; Rev Rob
ert NJ Moore. chairman ex officio. 1904
JAMES l.. Ewin. secretary; Louis e. Breu-
ninger. treasurer; Irving O. Ball. David L.
Cissell. Theodore A. Harding Thos f..
Sewell and J. Richard Riggles
Dedicatory committee-Rev Robert M.
Moore chairman ex officlo; Jas. l.. Ewin,
secretary; Adds Il. Browne Irving o Rail-
Willis F. Roe. Theodore A. Harding All.
fred c. True and Richard W. Hickman
Origin of Church Name.
The Foxall-Foundry tablet. erected In the
main vestioule OF the new church. gives in a
few words the explanation of the historic
name OF the Foundry Methodist Episcopal
Society and of it's places of worship.
The story of the origin of the name. &C.
cording to one account. which is believed to
be authentic, is in substance as follows:
Mr.. Foxall. having removed his iron foun-
dry from Philadelphia to- Georgetown at the
of off a
at the time of tine war of 1872 in the manu-
facture Of drilled cannon. the first of the
kind. for the United States government.
This fact was of course known in London,
and one Of the properties listed to be de-
stroyed should the British troops reach
Washington was FoxalPs foundry. The
British did reach Washington and burned
the Capitol and other buildings; but they did