Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-27
fin Local Churches.

The Sunday school of the Metropolitan
PRESBYTERIAN Church. 18th and streets
southeast. is engaged in very lively MEM
bership contest wEieh bids fair to increase
the membership of the school by one nun
dred and fifty or more. The school has
been divided equally one side being known
as the Reds and the other as the blues.
The captain Of the Reds is Miss Ethel
Ingram and Mr.. G. c. Shinn is a. the head
of the Blues Both are urging their re-
spective adherents to bring in the most
new members by next Sunday, when the
contest will close. At the present time the
rival sides are running neck and neck
Last Sunday the Reds" had fifty and the
Blues forty-nine new members to tAer
credit
one of the most interesting features Oh
the contest is the formation OF a new men
class known as the Albert Evans Blole
Class This class, organized by Dr. Evans
pastor Of the church. three weeks ago, az
ready has enrolled some Twenty-Five or thlr-
ty members.
The Northwest w. c. T. L. held its
monthly meeting in Gunton Chapel last
Thursday at +. m. The meeting Wa
opened by prayers for the secretary, MRS.
CLEARWATER. who IS ill. Mrs. Pickens acted
as secretary pro TEN. Mrs. Perkins was
elected financial secretary. After reports
were heard from the correspondents
tary and treasurer Mrs. Robinson spoke
of the debt f-S1g,OCO on the home at o.
9th street and said a strenuous euort
would be made to cancel it by April Mrs
HUMPHREYS Of New York spoke.
The Calvary Baptist Church of this city
shows a total addition to its membership
for the wear 1903 of 15S G3 of whom were
received by baptism. This is a net gain of
81 The present membership IS 1,G3G. The
treasUreT's report shows a healthy tinan-
cial condition. The receipts for the year
were: Church receipts, $19.t2lT0; from vari-
Gus OrganizatiO within the church, $S,314.-
60; making total receipts for the year 1903
SGT, s96.76 This was an increase of more
than $1,000 over the receipts of the previous
year
At the annual election of the church the
following men were elected trustees:
S. W. Woodward, Julian c. Dowell and W.
W. Everett The following were chosen as
deacons: n. S. Faucet, j. II. Robinson, DR..
+. \. Swartout and w. w. Everett
An adjourned annual meeting of the
Elders Union of the presbytery of Wash
ingtcn was held in the chapel Of Gunton-
Temple Memorial Church. on 14th street,
last evening After devotional services,
conducted by Mr.. w. II. H. Smith, the pres
ident, Mr.. o. Il. Brown, assumed the chair,
and after the reading Of the minutes of
the previous meeting several amendments
TO the constitution and bylaws were adopt
ed for the better working of the associa-
ton.
The election of officers resulted as fol-
lows: Mr.. Theodore F. Sargent, First
Church, president; Mr.. r. l.. Ewing Metro
politan Church. vice president; Capt. w.
NJ Somerville, Washington Heights, secre-
tary; Mr.. w. NJ. Terrell, Warner Memorial,
treasurer: executive committee, Judge Stan
ton j. Peelle. Church of the Covenant; Mr..
w. H. H. Smith, Western Church; Mr..
Lawrence OMaIley, West Street; Benja-
min f. Crockett. Gunton-Temple; o. b.
Brown, Assembly's; Mr.. George B. Brown,
New York Avenue; C. II. Darlington,
North; A. b Garden, Garden Memorial;
Irwin B. Linton. lexington; Samuel +.
Rynex, Fourth Church.
President o. B. Brown duly installed his
successor. who made an address of accept
ance. and invited the union to hold its next
meeting, on the 21st of February, in the
lecture room of the First Church, on John
Marshall place.
Beginning next Wednesday evening, Jan
nary 81. special revival meetings will be
held in Hamline NJ. +. Church, 9TH and L
streets northwest, lasting three weeks.
These meetings will be conducted by Kew.
DIR / w Mahood of Sioux City, Iowa DIR.
Nabood comes to Washington for the first
time having confined his labors to the cen
tral and far western states. On the racine
coast he has held large and succesSlui
meetings in the principal cities Eacn %
the evening services Will begin at Ioo
O'Clock, preceded by song service me me
homes of the residents of many squares
rom "a TO 14th and from n to streets
have been carefully canvassed and II Is
exnected many persons will avail them
selves of the privilege of attending the