Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-21
Additional Pledges.

was secured and at night this amount
vas increased to S1.5OO.
| Rev. +. Mcnefee. president of Washing
| ton College; Rev. Abner X. Wright of
| Centennial Baptist Church. this city; Rev.
| Frank Middleton of Barwyn and Rev.
| X X. Redel. former pastor of the Hy-
| attsvilIc church, were among the visitors.
| Rev. Joseph r. Wood, Rev s Ward
| RICHTER, Rev. c. II. Buchanan and Rev
| A. w. Bolt, local clargymen assisted
| Pastor MaCEwe9 in the evening service.
The sermon delivered by Rev. DR.. E. B.
| Hatcher of Baltimore from the text Il
| lay down my life in order that | may take
| t up was an exposition of the rela-
| zion between the laying down of the old
and the taking up of the new by the Lord
Jesus Christ, and of the ways in which
| man can initiate his Master in works of
| self-sacrifiCe and love
| The music was a special feature of both
| services. 1t included several choice an
thems in which were specitl parts by
Iadson and Mr. w. r. Ballard. a solo by
| Mrs. r. w. Conklin and song by the
Sunday school under the leadership of
Dr. c. j. Ladson. supported by the Sun
| day school orchestra
Historical Sketch.
The history of the church and Sunday
school, as given by Mrs. Davis, embraced
The following facts:
ITO Rev. G. S. Williams, former pas
tor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church of
Washington, d. G., is due the work of
bringing the Baptists of Hyattsville to-
gether- In the fall of 1897 he visited our
village several times with that end in
view. On some of these visits he was
accompanied by Rev. b. F. Rattray, a
member of his church. who rendered his
services In the work here. Arrangements
were made with the Methodist Church
South whereby DR.. Rattray was to
rlrn r oil
first service being held January 9, 1898.
and we continued to worship in this man
ner until July 1. 1888. when Magruders
Hall, over the store of the Shepherd
company was rented and occupied until
June l. 1899, at which time Wells Hall.
adjoining the present Odd Fellows Hail.
on the east side of Maryland avenue. be-
came the church home until the occu-
pancy OF the present church building No
vember 10, 1901. The lot on which the
church stands was purchased in Febru-
| airy, 1899 at a total cost of $452 which
amount was raised by the members and
their friends during the years 1899 and
1900, and this in addition to their regu-
lar contributions for current expenses.
The contract for the building of the
church was let July s. 1901, for the sum
OF 81 40. When the church was dedi-
Gated November 10. 1901 that amount to-
gether with the amount necessary to p,Ir-
chase the furnishings. had been raised
with the exception of $1,000, for which
mortgage was given. This mortgage
Was AS. paid in full by January 1. 1906.
The church. as a body, was organized
August 10. 1898. eleven members being
present and six subsequently being receive
ed as constituent members making seven
teen in all. But two of that number are
sun members, four of them having been
called up higher. The church was recog-
nized by the Baptists of Washington DC
tober Is. 1888, Rev. j. J. Muir being mod
orator and Rev. A. F. Anderson clerk Of
the meeting. The sermon was preached
by Rev. Charles A. Stakely and the
charge to the church given by Rev. The
ron Outwater. nine churches of the CO.
/ lumbia Baptist Association being repre-
sented. The church was admitted as a
member of the Columbia association at its
| meeting held with the Metropolitan
| Church November 21-24 1898, and we
have been a mission of that association
| since that time. Our success has been
| made possible by the assistance we have
received from that association as a BODY
| and from great many of its individual
! members, both in word and deed
The pastors of the church and their
| periods of service have been as follows:
Rev. b. F. Rattray. from its inception
| to April 30, 1900; Rev j. w. Rawles
July /. 1900 to June I. 1903; Rev r. r.
Riedel. September ~. 1903, to January IL.
| 1901; Rev. A. A. Hobson, April f. 1904 to
March l, 1906. and our present pastor,
Rev. E. Fl. MacEwen, from October 8,
When Church Was Dedicated.
AT the time of the dedication of the
church, November 10. 1901. we had thirty
two members. Just one-half of those
thirty-two are members at present
The first revival services held by the
church were in December, 1901, and re-
suited in nine of our young people uniting
with the church. The first baptism oc-
CURED December 13 1901. The total pres
cnt membership is 49,
The Sunday school was organized No
vember g. 1898. with six officers and
teachers and twelve scholars Charles
| Hardin being its first superintendent He
served as such until October. 1860. when
| Charles p. Crump the assistant became
superintendent and served the balance OF
| that year. II. f. Davis was elected to
| that office January l. 1901 and served
until December 81, 1903. when Henry A
Lyon was elected. He served for about
six months. when II. l.. Hall was elected
as his successor, and he filed the posi-
| ton until the LIST OF September last at
| which time ]. b. S. Norton was elected.
Sunday School Statistics.
"At the time of the dedication of the
church. November 10. 1901, there were
$ officers and % scholars with an aver
age attendance OF 20; three years later.
| November 10. 1904, the membership of
/
October 81. 1906. we reported II officers
and teachers and 1Oi scholars, total 11S,
with an average attendance of 9S for the
| year. In connection with our Sunday
| school work. l believe we can all say
| that the success achieved has been due
| in d very great measure to the earnest
efforts of w l.. Hall and his wife The
| latter has been for number of years the
superintendent of our kindergarten de-
| partment.
THE necessity for increased facilities for
| our Sunday school was realized by the Of
| icers of the church and school more than
a year ago. but the first meeting looking
| TO action was held February 10 last, at
which time the pastor was requested to
appoint two committees one to prepare
tentative plans for submission TO the
church and the other to investigate and
report upon ways and means for raising
the necessary funds.
| 'At a meeting held May IL the bids
received were announced and the
trustees We're authorized to enter
into a contract with Mr., H. J.
Moffatt at his bid of 81 800, at which