Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-13

With the approach of the, summer season
the pastors of local churches have begun
to arrange for their vacations. The regu-
lar summer exchanges" will be made this
year, and it is expected that many noted
out-of-town ministers will at various
times occupy local pulpits, while their
own churches are being taken care OF by
prominent Washington preachers
Many churches are also preparing to dis
continue the evening services on Sundays
during the warm months, according to Gus
tom.
At the suggestion of the moderator OF the
general assembly of the Presbyterian
Church the four hundredth anniversary y.
the birth of John Knox will be celebrated
at the Eastern Presbyterian Church May
81 During the same week the thirty-hfth
anniversary of the organization OF the
Eastern Presbyterian Church VIII De Gee
brated with appropriate services. .he
church edice will be properly decora .;, =,
The evening of the 23d the sermon Will De
delivered by Rev. Joseph T. Kelly. d. D.'
of the Fourth Presbyterian Church.
The Mems Society of Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church South held its
last meeting of the season in the churcn
Tuesday evening The following ofncers
were elected: President. George M Moore
vice president. l. D. Arnold; secretary, n.
following were appointed as committee
chairmen: Fraternal, A. F. Harlan; enter
tainment. I. D. Arnold; spiritual, j. NJ FOL
lin; executive. r. T. Lang. The annuai out
ing will take place in June at Rockville
and any net receipts resulting Will pe
brought over to the Sunday school base pan
team.
Pastors of several of the local Lutheran
churches took prominent part In the as
cussions at the eastern conference Oh inc
Maryland Synod of this denomination, nelo
in Baltimore this week. Rev. DR. Butter,
pastor of the Lutheran Place Memorial
Church, spoke the subject OF divorce.
The sentiment of the conference on TINS
question that divorce should De gran
ed for both desertion and adultery on me
ground that the essence OF the latter Is 'le
former.
Among the Washington pastors present
were: Revs. c. H. Butler. j. Luther frantz'
w. E. Parson. J. T. Huddle and L. ii.
Waring Washington lay delegates were
also in attendance.
The National Lutheran Home for the
Aged, on the Maryland car'line. Will observe
founders day next Wednesday Ihers
will be a picnic on the grounds all day. and
lunch will be served by the ladies, the pro-
ceeds to go to the benefit of the home which
is being enlarged
Arrangements have been made for spe-
ciaI eyangelistic service al Bethany Chap
ell corner 18th and C. streets northwest 10
morrow evening. Rev. DR. FREDERICK -.
Sturgis of Boston will address the meet
ing.
Archbishop Keane of Dubuque, VINO mas
been in Washington on attendance upon .lio
board of directors and archbishops meeting
at the Catholic University of America, leit
the city for New York THURSDAY hisht.
While here he was guest at 81. Patric N >
rectory Archbishop Keane IS one OIL the
e S,ay1l n l.
man Catholic hierarchy. Here in WashlnS-
ton his friends are legion. A man OF proao
mpulses. he has brought to his lapors ooth
as priest and archbishop an ennoounS sense
of the eternal fitness OF thlnes, theieoS
Catholic and Protestant alike. during ms
priestly ministrations at ST Patricks Ro-
man Catholic Church he found time Tor not
only active prosecution of parish duties
but was an active participant IN the pFopd-
CATION of many public affairs.
1t would seem as if the projected mass
for the night workers in st. Patrlcks Ro-
man Catholic Church has failed of fruition
F,ariy announcements of such movement
stated that in order to make such an I'M
usual service possible a large attendance
and the permission of the pope would be
required The movement. it is said, was
prosecuted with diligence by those most in
terested but it has been found that, while
there is a considerable number of Cathohc
night workers in Washington, their hours
of labor are so diversified as to make an
equitable arrangement for a special service
in the interest of such clerks, saVants, etc.,
who burn the midnight Oil generously
matter hardly to be realized.
Up to a late hour no further information
relative to the condition of Rev. Father j.
d. Sterling, other than that published IN
The Star a few days since, has been re-
ceived The condition of the clergyman is
.rif
new lease of life has been abandoned. Rev
T. Gibbon Smythe. assistant pastor of ST.
Stephens Roman Catholic Church, viii! re-
turn from Norfolk today. He is a per-
sonal friend of the stricken clergyman. and
has attended him constantly in his illness.
A sensation was created in New York this
week by an attack on the institutional work
in churches at the twenty-third church con-
gress of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
where bishops from all parts of the country
were gathered. The subject of discussion
for the day was the institutional church.
and the attack was begun by Rev. Dr.
Henry l.. Myrick, Ii. D., who said:
tine church of this sort is a secular organ
iZaton with ecclesiastical ornamentatlon.
The rector of this kind of a church is a
gentleman who at first mas more than the
average intelligence and ability, but before
he has occupied the position he loses his in
telIgence They have to pattern their lives
after the precept Of that familiar metro
ra Their than after the biblical precept that
the Lord delighteth not in the legs of a
man. They are sane on every subject but
one and that is institutional work In the
church.
Rev Joseph NJ. Blanchard of Trinity
Church. Boston. agreed with DR.. Myrick,
saying that while it might appear that the
conducting of schools, kindergartens ana
other such institutions was worth while in
church, ''the real object of the church is
not to run railroads manage kitchens,
but to prepare the souls of men and women
to take up such work themselves.
Rev Edward B. Niver, bishop of Balti-
more defended the institutional work on
the ground that it made the church CEN
ter of light and hope" and educated the
masses.
A dispatch from Frederick, Md, this week
says:
The closing session of the Woman's Home
Mission Society of the Baltimore conference
NJ E. Church South was held in the Metho-
dist Church here Tuesday night after sue
cessful convention of three days. Mount
Vernon Church, Washington, and the
church at Romney w. Va, extended invi-
to the society to hold the next an
nual meeting. The choice fell to Washing
ton.
The election of officers resulted as fol-
lows:
Mrs ]. T. Williams of Romney, w. Va.
president: Mrs c. M. Hawkins of Roa no1e,
Pal nf Sh OFT