Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-09
RALLY SERVICES HELD
RENEWAL OF INTEREST IN WORK
OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

The beginning or the season OF feneWeo
labors, signalzed by the return Of Sunday
school pupils and grown folks" from their
summer vacations, was celebrated in many
| of the local churches yesterday. Similar
| rally day" services have been held In the
| churches since the beginning of September.
| The selection of so late date as yesterday
was due to the wish to have all of the
| members present, even those who were de-
| layed in reaching their homes. The serv-
| ices were characterized pyf Especial musical
programs and addresses by the pastors and
! others They were in most instances in
| charge of the Sunday schools.
An unusually large number was present
at the rally services al the Mount Pleasant
| Congregational Church yesterday morning.
| The pastor Rev. NJ. Ross Fishburn and
prominent workers of the Sunday school
| delivered addresses. Encouraging reports
| from the officers of the school were re-
| ceived. Superintendent James E. West pre-
| sided and made the opening remarks. The
school has total membership of about
| $50 about TOO Of whom are in the regular
| departments. Over 500 of these were in
attendance. The primary and kindergarten
| departments, taught by Miss Marion 0.
| Speaks and Miss Clarabel Weigel, have
| 1917 enrolled Fifteen minutes of the service
was occupied by Rotations and songs by
| members of these departments A feature
| of the exercises was an address by Lyman
| L. Pierce, general secretary of the local
Y. M. c. A., on Knockers and Rioters"
| Friday, October Is, at 1880 O'Clock, the in
| termediate and senior departments will
| have rally day social. Saturday next
| at 2 pm, the kindergarten and primary
| departments have their social.
Chinese School.
An interesting service was the rally of the
| Chinese Sunday school of the Metropolitan
Methodist Episcopal Church. The China
| men. who are just learning to read the
| English language. and, in many cases, to
speak it. repeated several verses of Scrip
| ture A simple program was carried out
under the direction of Miss Sallie Somers
| The mission school comprises about fifty
| Cinnamon. each OF whom has teacher.
| There is also one teacher Cor about fffeen
| Greeks who belong to the school.
| The Congress Street Methodist Protestant
| Church observed rally day yesterday. The
| pastor, Rev. T. o. Grouse. took promi-
nent part in the services. Remarks were
made by Rev. w. A. Grouse. father Of the
pastor, and words Of greeting were deliv-
| cred by ex-Superintendents of the Sunday
1 School ]. D. Cathell, 7. W. Grimes and H.
| George w. Graves. Mr.. Crouse's text was.
THAT we may all be fellow-helpers to the
| truth"
| william E. Andrews, auditor for the
| Treasury Department, addressed the Sun
| day school OF the Temple Baptist Church at
| the rally services held there The pastor,
| Rev. J. J. Muir, also spoke. Superintendent
/ Rhodes had charge of the celebration.
| Mr.. Andrews, in his address, took as his
| theme: "Will There Be Any Stars in My
| Crown stating that the thought had been
| suggested by hymn which the school had
| sung just previous to his beginning to
4 speak. He referred to President Roose-
Welt as the worlds peacemaker and paid
a high tribute to his work OF sacrifice and
devotion for humanity, dwelling particular
| ly upon his attitude in connection with the
Il late peace conference He then presented
Christ the universal peacemaker between
man and God. He spoke of the concourse
of people which gathered recently upon
| the return of the President to Washing
i ton, to which he referred as a rally round
the President, and urged all present to rally
| round the pastor of the CHURCH, the SUI
perintendent of the Sunday school, and
| particularly, the cross of Jesus Christ. This
| rally day was considered one OF the most
/ successful In the history of the school
In the evening the Christian Endeavor
| Society held its rally. and Friday evening
of the present week the church congrega-
ton will hold its annual reunion, to which
the public is most cordially invited. An
attractive program has been arranged, and
refreshments will be served.
Bapdsmal Service.
The baptism OF several infants was fea-
ture OF the rally at the Eastern Presby-
terrain Church yesterday morning. The au-
ditorium was beautifully decorated with
palms and flowers, which gave very
4 pleasing appearance, together with the new
Interior decorations. Superintendent NJ. T..
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