Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-10

Church and Rev. Hugh Stevenson Of the
Bethany Baptist Church.
By the use of many chairs in the aisles
the people who thronged the church were
seated. and DIR. Bruner announced the open
Ing OF the services. and the hymn Jesus,
Lover of My Soul" one of the late pastor S
faFor1te hymns, was sung. Following that
Rev. Mr.. Ball read Psalm xiv as the Scrip
ture lesson.
The Addresses.
DR.. Willingham was the first speaker. He
first mentioned his strict honesty, declaring
that there was no sham about DR.. Meador.
He had his own opinions. the speaker said,
and he stood by them to the end. And be-
sides his honesty of purpose, his fidelity to
his home was another characteristic.
>"Give me the man who knows how to
treat his wife andhis family, for he Is the
righteous man. declared the speaker.
Such man was Dr. Meador'
Fidelity to his church was another char
acteristic, and in this connection the
speaker told of the trials and drawbacks
of the early days of the church, when there
were few members, no meeting house and
d civil war in the country. BY his fidelity,
the speaker recalled he raised the church
to its present proportions in the handsome
new edifice and with two pastors, one at
home and one in China.
How he loved Virginia. exclaimed the
speaker, in telling Of another trait. And
more important than the rest" said DR..
W1lllngham, was MS 0Qellty TO MS GOQ.
In that he remained steadfast.'
In closing, DIR. Willingham spoke Of a
memorial which he thought DR.. Meador
would have liked-a Meador memorial
chapel in China.
Following the unwilling ceremonies, which
came next, DR.. Green was introduced. He
spoke of DIR. Meador as pastor and said
that he was man of love-he loved his
work and his people. He had confronted
many a sorrowing household and united
many beating hearts in wedlock during his
life. His success, he said, was DIT, to his
love of his work as a pastor.
DR.. Sven. in opening his remarks, stated
that he did not regard this as funeral
occasion, but a time for rejoicing, be-
cause a good man has accomplished his
work and his work has been crowned. He
characteristic of him was his patient cheer
fulness, he said. Give me the man that
does his duty; but give me also the man
wEo rejoices in his duty and sings while
doing it, said the speaker. He told Of
DR.. Meador's start with a Sunda.' school
on what was known as 1.-The Island and
of his uphill work in getting the present
prosperous church started. His sense of
humor was also commented upon by DR..
Sven. II knew him as the truest Chris
tian gentleman" he concluded.
Concluding Exercises.
DR.. Muir was the last speaker. He gave
personal "reminiscences of DR.. Meador and
he stated that, in looking for the memorial
to Dr. Meador's work, he looked not at the
tablet not at the church edifice, but into
the faces and lives of his congregation.
He recalled the tragic incident of DR..
Meadors death. at the conclusion of a
funeral service just two years ago. After
announcing DIR. Bruner will now speak to
you DR.. Meador stepped back, the speaker
said his head fell upon his breast ar he
never spoke again. He Thought that in
those last words DR.. Meador expressed his
wishes regarding his successor.
Dr. Bruner spoke briefly, simply stating
that he hoped DIR. Meador's life would be
repeated in the lives of the members of
his congregation and in his own life. Rev.
Hugh Stevenson pronounced the benedic-
ton.
The music of the evening was in charge
of William J. Palmer.
Church History.
The Fifth Baptist Church, situated at the
northwest corner of 61 and E streets
southwest, was dedicated Sunday, Novem-
Der is, 1862. The building is of gray brick
and Indiana limestone. and occupies space
of rs feet in width and us feet long. The
auditorium proper is 76 feet by 65 feet.
The records Of the church show that "a