Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14
A PASTOR HONORED
GATHERING IN COMPLIMENT TO
REV. DIR. c. C. MEADoR.
Forty-Seventh Anniversary OF HIS
Passionate Celebrated-Happy Ad-
dresses by Many Ministers.

Members of the Fifth Baptist Church at
61a and E streets southwest. and many Bap-
list ministers and laymen of other local
churches gathered in the auditorium OF the
Fifth Church last evening to celebrate the
forty-seventh anniversary of its organiza-
ton and of the pastorate Of Rev. Z. Z.
Meador d. D.. and the forty-eighth anniver-
sary of the founding of the Sunday school.
Or. Meador ceased performing the regular
duties of his office July l. but since that
time he has been given salary OF $l,1O,
having been chosen pastor emeritus. 1t
was partly in further appreciation OF his
long and valuable services that the exer-
cises were held last evening.
The program began at pm, ana
throughout was interspersed with music by
the church choir. The scripture lesson was
read by Rev. George Geren pastor pro tenn
Mr.. s NJ. Ieatman, who was the presiding
officer. read an historical sketch OF the
church. following which Rev. DR.. Greene
of Calvary Baptist Church. spoke in behalf
of the Baptist Ministers Association, bring
ing greetir IS to the congregation ana pas
tor.
Rev DR.. Muir of the Temple Baptist
Church also brought greetings His church
was formerly the f Street Baptist Church,
out of which grew the present F1fth ChuIch'
and it was thought fitting that it should be
prominently represented at the meeting
Rev Or. b. F. Bittenger. formerly pastor
of the Westminster Memorial presbyterian
Church on 18th street near r. southwest,
who has long been personal friend OF
DR. Meador. made a brief address, as dld
also Rev. William II. Nevins of Grace Bap-
fist
Letters of congratulation were read from
Rev DR. Butler of the Luther Place Memo
rial Rev DR.. PitZer of the Central Pres
byterian, and Father Stafford OF ST. Fat
rickS Catholic Church, all OF Wnom are
out of the city.
DR. Meador responded briefly and feeling
~ to everything that was said of him and
his church. He said the expected to spend
the remainder of his life with the people
with whom he had worked for nearly fifty
years
The New Pastor.
Rev Dr. Weston Bruner, the recently
elected pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church,
has presented his resignation to the congre-
CATION of the Calvary Baptist Church Of
Richmond, Va, and is expected to take
charge of the active work here September
10 He will receive salary that is smaller
than he is getting from the Richmond con-
gTegation, but this fact will not deter him
from taking up the new duties. He believes
the field for Christian work is better in the
section of Washington in which the Fifth
Church is located than it is in the place he
Is about to leave.
The people of the local church have never
had DR.. Bruner preach for them. and are
taking him entirely on his record, which Is
regarded unusually good. Previous to
taking up the Richmond charge he spent
four years pastor of the Lee Street Bap-
fist Church of Baltimore. and had what is
regarded remarkable success there. He
has been in Richmond year and half, in
which time he has seen 40 additions to the
membership of his church and a debt Of
$4,000 paid He is a native of Kentucky and
a. graduate of Georgetown College of that
state, and also of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. He is
about thirty-three years of age, and has
especially distinguished himself as an evan
gelist Last winter he preached for two
weeks at the Temple Baptist Church of this
CITY. and succeeded in adding large num-
Der to the rolls.