Evening star., 1905-11-11
INTEREST MANIFESTED
REVIEW OF THE WORK OF PAST
SIX YEARS.
Program Of Exercises-Meeting to Be
Held at Metropolitan Methodist
Episcopal Church.

| spring men and women to lead better and
nobler lives will be celebrated tomorrow
| night at the Metropolitan Methodist Epis-
copal Church, corner Of c street and John
Marshall place northwest The occasion will
| mark the sixth anniversary of the People s
| Mission, which is located at 910 Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest; and a most inter
! esting program has been prepared by the
committee in charge of the event.
Much interest Is being manifested In the
celebration by the people of Washington
and large attendance is expected. This
mission has been referred to as spiritual
lighthouse In the business center of the
city, with the surg1ng tide of humanity
passing and repassing It's open doors, espe-
cially during the candlelight hours, when
young men and women are lured by music
and tinsel and other devices into places of
sin. The records of the Peoples Mission
show that many young men and women who
were in this passing hurly-burly of human
ity, bent sinful so-called pleasures, were
attracted by the beacon in the little light
house on the avenue, and by the sound OF
the joyous gospel songs and words of hope
that fioated out upon the night air. and that
they paused and entered the little mission
auditorium. Once inside the atmosphere of
morality and Christianity, their nobler ma
lures asserted themselves and they were re-
deemed from sin and made good, God-fear-
ing citizens
Large List of Benefciaries.
The record of men and women thus turn
ed from waywardness to righteousness
through the influence of the Peoples MIS-
sion is long one. Some of these are now
holding positions of responsibility and trust
in this community, whereas their former
lives were misspent and they had been
derelictS on the great sea of life. Speakers
will tell of these wonderful transformations
at the meeting tomorrow evening, while the
redeemed ones will themselves give teSt-
monies descriptive of their experiences on
both sides of the line which divides right
from wrong.
Mr.. Thomas c. Noyes, chairman of the
board of trustees of the Peoples Mission,
will preside at the celebration, and Mr..
George w. Havell, one of the evangelists,
will be musical director.
The program will be as follows:
Sacred concert by orchestra; congrega.-
tional singing from The Evangelist; Scrip
ture reading. Luke xv:1-24; prayer; congre-
gational singing; address of welcome. Rev.
F. NJ. Bristol solo, Mrs. Thomas c. Noyes:
appeal by the chairman; address, Rev. J. B.
Clayton: solo, Mr.. B. A Lineback: testimo-
MES; male quartet, G. w. Haveu, ]. 2. Nc
Michael; short addresses: duet, DR.. ]. w.
and Mrs. McMichael; Doxology; benedic-
ton.
Not the least interesting feature of the
of the officers of the Mission.
Mr.. McMichael's Statement.
Mr.. w. C. McNfichael, evangelist of the
Peoples Mission, said TO a Star reporter
today:
Our mission has nothing better to offer
men which transforms lives than the plain
gospel OF Jesus Christ. Services are held
every night in the year. A simple plain
Scripture lesson is presented and practical
ly applied to everyday life in such earn
cstness as to carry conviction with it. and
it is this power and force which influences
men to become good.
This work sustains a branch near the
11th street wharf, which has been in prog
ress even longer than the main work on
PENNSYLVANIA avenue The last year 1t had
a varied experience, but now it Is in a
most encouraging condition, and the out
look for the coming year is that great
work will result therefrom.
Fully understanding the misleading in
nuence of figures in this character of
work the Peoples Mission does not deal
with them, but knows of results sufficiently
to be thankful to the Almighty for His
favor and blessings bestowed
Hall Changes Hands.
Mr. McMichael also said that the build
ing occupied by the Peoples Mission has
recently changed hands, and that the man
ayers of the mission were unable to get
possession of it. This has somewhat en-
barrassed the work at the main hall. But.
he added, there is a prospect of securing a
| location even better than the present one.
The announcement was made today that
Rev. e. D. Bailey, one of the founders of
| the Peoples Mission, will come over from
| his field of Christian work in New York to
participate in the anniversary exercises to-
| morrow evening at the Metropolitan NJ. T..
| Church.
The Peoples Mission was organized dur
! ing the summer of 1899, said one of the
! workers, ''at which tine services We're be-
| ing conducted at Gospel Hall, near the
| 11th street wharf and also for a part of
| the time gospel herdic meetings on Pennsyl-
| vania avenue. On the approach of cold
| weather it became necessary to secure a
| place more favorably located than Gospel
Hall. A kind Providence opened the way
| and a most excellent place was secured at
| 90 Pennsylvania avenue, where we have
| been up to the present time.
| THE people who organized it have heen
| active in mission work in this city for lie
past twenty years and when other avenues
| of activity were closed to them instead of
| relaxing their efforts they redoubled them.
! The results have amply justified the course
| pursued"