Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25

| president, Mrs Bertha Rogers: treasurer;
Mrs. A. c. Mild secretary. Miss Jesse
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entertained by Mrs. McChesney and her
| son. Mr. Frank -MeChesney. with banjo
and plano selections. after which refresh
largest attended daring die year and every
one was pleased with the result Of the
years work. "a
During Holy week. April fe, to %. inclusive.
| the clergy of st. Marks Episcopal Church
have asked the congregation to practice
special self denial c. staEing from all lux
| solutely necessary expenditures, and to
| place the sayings-in- expenditures on the
| altar at Easter day for the reduction of the
| the proposed new parish hall. now badly
needed. During the latter part of Holy
week Rev. Charles H. Hayes, professor in
| the General Theological Seminary, New
York city and formerly of the clergy stan
at st. Marks. will deliver several addresses.
Rev DR.. Devries, rector of the church, is
expecting to conduct the three hours pas
sion service on Good Friday.
A Ladies' Aid Society was recently or
ganized in the West Washington Baptist
Church and the following officers were
elected: Mrs. Ethel M. Gregory, president:
Miss Margaret Van Denburgh, vice pres
ident Mrs. Emmert, secretary; Mrs. Cora
Darcy, treasurer; Mrs. Emma Artz. chair
man of lookout committee; Mrs. Geo. e.
Truett, chairman new members commit
tee; Mrs Emmert,, chairman benevoience
committee; Mrs Apperson, chairman sun
shine committee; Miss Van Denburgh, So
cial committee; Mrs. Bessie Wilt, flower
committee; Mrs Haycock, ordinance COM
mittee. The motto for the society is "Lov-.
ing, because 1 must; giving, because I can
not keep; working for the joy of it, !.
The Ladies' Aid has held it's second
monthly meeting in the West Washington
Baptist Church. After a business meeting.
when good reports were received from all
the committee chairmen, the society was
entertained by a brief program and re-
freshments served by the social committee.
The bishop of Washington will admins
ter the rite of eonfirma ton at st. MARKS
Church tomorrow evening.
Rev D. w. Skellinger, pastor of the Sixth
Presbyterian Church, told large congrega-
ton of Presbyterians at the Assembly's
Church last night that Christian people do
not make enough stir over their religion,
and that if there were a genuine presenta-
ton of the practical truths of Christianity
in this city Washington would have the
grea test revival in its history. DR.. Skellin-
gers talk was delivered at the closing meet
ing of the series which has been held by the
presbytery of Washington during the past
two weeks.
when the principles of real religion get
into a mans life it begins to make STIR"
he said IAN application of the principles
of the religion of Christ upSetS the plans
and purposes of the upper ten and disor-
ganizes the diversions of the so-called SUBJ
merged classes. The application of these
principles causes the servant to sweep clean
behind doors and the mistress to pay her
hard-worked dressmaker on time 1t causes
the merchant to sell simple. plain American
silk for what it really is and not call it i'm
ported 1t makes men honest in all the de-
partments of life.
THE miner, when he embraces the sincere
religion of Christ gives an honest eight or
ten hours labor for eight or ten hours pay.
But there are many people who do not want
that stir and they argue strenuously against
it. Men will go wild over watered stocks,
but they cannot bear to think of a stir in
their religion. They will shout themselves
hoarse over shorts and longs but their re-
ligion must be very quiet. Women will lose
themselves in excitement over a society
function the latest gossip, but when 1t
comes to religion everything must be calm
and cool. But when the genuine religion of
Christ is presented 1t never fails to make a
stir and to cause excitement in commu-
nifty n y
The heavenly highway on which Chris
tians travel, the speaker declared, has four
attributes which make it the ideal road for
all men to travel: 1t is holy, helpful, harm
less and happy. He closed with powerful
appeal to the unconverted.