Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-10
fin Local Churches.

Kellar DIR. and Mrs. Power sailed Thurs
| day morning the White Star line steam
er Arabic for a tour through the Mediter-
| ranean to the Holy Land, Egypt and other
places.
Special services were held last Sunday
| night by many of the local societies r. IN
| celebration of the twenty-fifth Christian
Endeavor anniversary. At the New YORK
Avenue Presbyterian Church the meeting
| was led by Miss Nellie Theaker and was
very interesting. A large number of the
members of the society took part in the
program. The regular evening service at
the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church was
given over to the Endeavor celebration,
with William Shaw of Boston as the prin-
cipal speaker.
The Endeavorers of the First Congrega-
| tional Church celebrated the sixteenth
birthday of their own society as well as
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the move
back, presided. Seated on the platform
were this years president Miss Anna Fair
field and Ex-Presidents Albert Woods. Ar
thur Howell and Duncan Stuart. Letters
from all former presidents not present were
read by members of the prayer meeting
committee. These letters came from
Messrs. Herbert Childs, Rochester, N. Y;
William Lewis. Seattle Wash; Cassell
Severance. San francisco. CAL; Frank Sew
erance, Gaithersburg. Md; John D. Nor
gan, Summit, n. j.; Harry Duncan, Brook
lyI, ". i. EfnSt A. BeSSey, Manu. Ia,
f. l.. Edmands. Newton. Mass, and F. D.
b. ingalls,, Syracuse. N. Y Messages were
also read from the following former presi-
dents in this city who were unable to at
tend: Miss Ellen Rugg, Mrs. A. w. How
ell and Rev. NJ. Ross Fishburn. Another
feature of the meeting was the presence of
Mrs w. II. Pencil, the widow of the first
signer of the Christian Endeavor pledge in
the original society.
The decorations were appropriate. Chris
tian Endeavor flags were displayed. Pho
tographs of prominent members, copy of
every topic book used since the beginning
of the society and badges from the various
Christian Endeavor conventions formed an
interesting exhibit The attendance was
probably the largest ever known in the his
tory of the society. The arrangements for
the celebration We're made by the prayer
meeting committee. under the craftsmanship
of Mrs. Harris p. Gould.
At the Vermont Avenue Christian Church
the Christian Endeayor celebration took the
place of the regular evening church service,
and there was a large audience and an en-
joyable program. President r. e. Kinsell
presided, and the choir was made up of En-
deavorers under the direction of the En-
deavor chorister Mrs. A. l.. Williams. An
ME Heider the president of the junior So
ciety, read the Scripture lesson, and about
twenty OF the juniors sang Carey Bonner's
hymn for children, which was part of the
international festival of praise recently
given at Convention Hall.
Miss Stella Maynard gave a review of
Christian Endeavor history and principles,
and geographical reviews for different parts
of the world were presented by Misses
Ethel Miner Marguerite Hines and Ethel
Ellis and Messrs. Hugh Saum, Clarence
Spiker and E. D. Nighton. A solo was
sung by Miss Barrett, and A. W. Starratt
gave sketch of the history of the Ver-
mont Avenue Endeavor Society for the six
teen years of its existence. The president
and members gave responsive reading,
n hn oCfn Tnr- y u
closed with "A Look Forward" which was
his farewell message to the congregation
before leaving for foreign trip.
Christian Endeavor day was also observ-
ed by the Western Presbyterian Church In
both the young peoples meeting and the
evening church service. At the young peo-
pies meeting w. H. H. Smith gave a brief
talk outlining the origin of Christian En-
deavor and the organization of the society
in the Western Church. At the evening
church service, at the request of the pastor
Rev. DR. George Bailey, the Endeavorers oc-
cupied the front seats and participated in
the service by leading in responsive
Scripture reading, after which the pastor
called on several of the members to lead
In prayer. The Endeavor choir sang the
favorite hymn at many of the international
conventions, ''At the Cross" the congre-
CATION Joining IN the chorus. Mrs. ]. w.
MeMichae} also sang as a solo, "Will There
Be Any Stars in My Crown?'
Dr. Bailey preached a stirring sermon
from the text, Joel, i:3. Tell ye your chill
dren Of 1t, and let your children tell their
children. and their children another genera
uon." He likened the Christian Endeavor
movement to new crusade, and spoke in
strong terms of the good it had done He
concluded by asking If it had accomplished
so much in twenty-five years, what would
Its record be seventy-five years hence
when the one hundredth anniversary IS Gel
ebrated? The choir sang THE Glory Song"
and the service closed with the doxology.