Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-06

Faith Chapel Sunday school Will ceie-
brate rally day tomorrow at 7:30 p. M,
with special exercises by the school, and
an object talk by Rev John w. Hoyt, tr.
The sessions of the school have been con-
tnued all summer and during the fall and
winter every effort is to be made by the
Sunday school board to increase the eff
cheney of the school and the interests OF
the scholars.
Mt Tabor Methodist Protestant Church,
Wisconsin avenue and 35th street north
west, which has been closed for two
months for extensive repairs and refurnish-
ing will be reopened tomorrow. Special
services have been arranged for the day.
Rev ]. NJ Sheridan of Hanesville. Md,
an ex-pastor. will preach at the Hoo
CLOCK service. In the evening Rev. DR..
F. T. Little. the president of the Mary
land annual conference. will make his last
official visit and will preach. Rev. w. d.
Litsinger father Of the pastor or, VIII oi., De
also expected to be present and take part
in the evening service.
The pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Rev. c. F. Winbigler. will commence
series of sermons on lsms tomorrow
evening The subject Sunday evening ma.o WI.
IA, "Pantheism, or Is Everything God;
October p, "Materialsm, or Is There Moth
ing but Matter in this Universe October
2s, "Spiritualism, or Do the Spirits Of the
Dead Return
Tomorrow will be rally day. at the
West Washington Baptist Sunday school,
of which John A. Phillips is superintendent.
a special program has been arranged, in
Guiding a speech from Second Assistant
Postmaster General Shellenberger.
For the past few, few weeks weeks Plymouth 5l,I nth
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has been preparing for the celebration of
its twenty-ffth anniversary. This church
was organized in October, 1881. The mem
bers of the church have been asked to
bring a silver dime for each year the
church has existed. To make the silver
offering little more certain, the pastor
had a committee to divide the church into
twenty-five circles and named the circles
after the founders of the church who have
passed away, and placed captains over
the circles.
The church is twenty-five years old. has
twenty-five circles, twenty-five officers, and
owes $500, and asks at Its celebration
tomorrow twenty-five dimes from each
member of the church. Special services
have been arranged for the anniversary.
The members of the Washington Heights
Presbyterian Church are to have Rev. F. P.
D. Hickman with them from October IS
to %, to hold missionary meetings. Mr..
Hickman is home on furlough, after eleven
years preaching in Africa. He is the pastor
of the Presbyterian Church at Bonito on
the east coast.
The session of the church recently de-
cided to take up special missionary work.
choosing Africa as the most needy field
The congregation is working actively to
make these meetings successful.
Mr.. Hickman will preach twice on Sun
day, Dist, and give stereopticon exhibit
Friday evening, showing over 100 pictures
of African life.
Rally day at First Presbyterian Sun
day school was recently celebrated with
record-breaking enrolment of 1,076. This
is the second largest Sunday school in
the city and thirty-ffth in the 5000 Pres
byterian schools in the country.
tan Presbyterian Church was at Roches-
ter, n. Y, last Tuesday to perform the
marriage ceremony of friend.
Last Monday was the fifteenth anniver
sary of his marriage He and Mrs. Evans
gave a reception in honor of the children
of the Sunday school from to I o'clock,
and later in the evening to the older men,
bers of the church.
Tomorrow is rally day at the Sunday
school of the Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church. An increase in scholars on the
rolls of all the departments over the pre-
ceding year has been made, the Bible class
for men having been organized, with Rev.
DR.. Albert Evans, the pastor, as class
leader. Announcements will be made by
Superintendent H. F. Lowe in reference to
the work of the past year.
Arrangements have been made for the
laying of the cornerstone of the new st.
Agnes Catholic Church at Glen Echo. Mont
gomery county, Md, at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. An address will be delivered by
Rev. A. P. Doyle of the Apostolic Mission
House, Brookland. The male choir of Trim
ity Church, Georgetown, will sing.
Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce of All Souls
Unitarian Church and family have returned
from extended tour in Europe. arriving
on the steamer Merton in Philadelphia Sun
day.
Epworth NJ. E. Church, South corner 7th
and A streets northeast, will hold a service
tomorrow morning at II o'clock in honor
of the elderly members of the congregation
and their friends. The service is the regu-
lar church service, with the communion
following, but the Epworth League has
planned some special features for elderly
people, many Of whom have been invited.
A sermon suitable for the occasion will be
preached by the pastor. Rev. d. L. Blake
more.
Forty hours devotion will open tomorrow
at the Church of the Nativity, Brightwood
d. c., Rev. c. o. Rosensteel pastor with
q solemn high mass which will be celebrat-
ed at 1890 am. One OF the clergy from
the Apostolic Mission House will assist
Father Rosensteel in the devotions. and
will preach d sermon Sunday evening when
benediction will be given. 1t is announced
that the masses Monday morning will be
at and . o'clock and that the devotion
am.
Rev. Thomas Elger. the prison evangelist
has been engaged to speak al the work
house at the afternoon service tomorrow.
He Is on his way 10 the Carolinas and
Georgia. At II am. he is to preach at the
Metropolitan Baptist Church and in the
evening at Gunton Temple Memorial Pres
byterian Church
st. Elizabeth's. the new Roman Catholic
Church at Colonial Beach Va. has been
completed, the finishing touches having
been made this week. and the edifce now
stands as one of the most modern ex-
amples of summer resort church. 1t was
erected through the i1strumentalty of
Washingtonians who spend their vacations
at the Beach.
Rev. David w. Coleman is the pastor of
the church. He is attached to the Rich
mond diocese. and in addition to minister
ing at st. Elizabeths, covers a circuit