Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
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CT Churches

WIN the IL Q CLOCK morning service TO-
morrow will begin the reopening celebration
of the Luther Place Memorial Church,
Thomas Circle. The celebration will end
with special services the following Sunday
The program for the week was given in full
in The Star last Tuesday. ,4'
Special music of a high class will be rem
dered by the choir at the three services to-
morrow. At the morning service the full
choir will sing Lloyd's 'Te Deum' and
"Sing Alleluia Forth" by Dudley Buck.
For an offertory Mr.. Roland r. Rodrick,
director, win sing Fear Not Ye, Oh,
Israeli by Buck. The full choir will sing
at the afternoon service Concones GLORIA
in Excelsis,'' Miss Edith Stowell, soprano
soloist. will render My Redeemer and My
Lord by Buck, and Suits Redemption
will be sung by Mr.. Thomas L. Jones, tenor
soloist. In the evening Messrs. Rodrick
and Jones will give Abts duet, "In the
Cross of Christ Glory" and the full choir
will render God of Israel" by Rossini
and Shely's "Hark, Hark. My Soul
The quartet of the Memorial choir is COM
L: E. Hoover, contralto: Mr.. Thomas L.
Jones, tenor, and Mr.. Roland r. Rodrick
bass. The choir is well balanced, its mem
bers being young and earnest workers, with
good voices. The sopranos are Miss Eva
Bright, Miss Harriet FinckeI, Miss Irene
Leech and Miss Rosa Lerch; contraltos
Miss Cora Bright, Miss Gertrude EberIy and
Mrs. Thomas l. Jones; tenors, Mr. Martin
l.. Fries and Mr.. Klein; bassos, Mr.. Zach
Haley, Mr.. H. f. Lerch, jr., and Mr.. Otto
Smith.
Paul Whitney Fishbaugh will preside at
the organ TOMORROW in the absence of the
regular organist Miss Ella Butler
AS result of the special revival serv-
ices which were held at the Fifth BAPTIST
Church from January 1 to %, inclusive,
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the church. At 3 o'clock tomorrow after
noon Rev. DR.. Bruner, the pastor will
baptiZe number of ladies who have been
received into the membership of the
church, and he will also perform the rite
Of baptism at the beginning of the night
service. DR.. Bruner will preach his fourth
sermon in the series, morning and even
ing, Friday night, February 3, when the
regular quarterly business meeting. of the
church will be held followed by a recep-
ton to the members who have recently
Joined.
Arrangements have been made for a
lecture on Some Impressions of a sum
mer Vacation in Europe" by Rev. DIR.
Donald c. Mcleod, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, John Marshall Mace
Friday evening next in the church lee,
ture room. A short musical program will
be rendered by Mrs. DayeIle WeIch. Mr.
and Mrs. Dana Holland and Mr.. W. D.
Mcfarland.
At All Souls Unitarian Church tomorrow
evening DR.. T.. c. Foote of John Hopkins
University will deliver a lecture in place
of the usual sermon. His subject will be
Some Results and Methods of Critical
Bible Study DIR. Foote conducts the
courses in English Bible at the university.
He VIII explain the nature and grounds
of the change which is taking place among
scholars relative to9the Bible and Hebrew
history, especially in Old Testament times
DIR. Foote is himself an Episcopalian. but
represents the scholarship and thought
which is not peculiar to any denomination
Evangelists J. K. Snyder and John NJ
Baker Of Baltimore will tomorrow begin
about three weeks in Ryland NJ e. Church.
corner 10th and d streets southwest. Rev
Mr.. Snyder is said to be attractive in his
personal appearance. very forceful in his
energetic in his methods, and eminentjy
successful in his special line of work, maxi
ing good lively singing special feature
of his meetings. He conducted revival
services in Ryland and Wesley Chapel a
few years ago. when many were Influenced
to Joint these churches Mr.. Baker is a
lay evangelist, being at the head Of a large
paper firm in Baltimore. He gives his
time on Sundays and evenings during the
week, never accepting any compensation
for his services He is the recording stew
ard of the South Baltimore M. E. Church
and through his efforts has made the Sun
day school of that station one Of the larg-
est in Baltimore.
Less than two years ago young normal
school graduate from Pennsylvania, who
had recently gone out as Methodist mis-
sionary to the Malay peninsula, was sent to
Borneo by Bishop Warne, missionary
bis.,op for southern Asia. The event that
determined the sending of q Methodist mis-
sionary to the island at that time was the
emigration from the Fnkien province,
south China, of many hundreds of Chinese
to Borneo, among these being several