Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
m Local Churches.

Evangelical churches in this city Will
observe the annual week of prayer, begin
ming tomorrow The week will be OBJ
served throughout chrstendom by union
and other services.
The practice. which originated in a call
from the mission field of India in 1858,
was taken up by the Evangelical Alliance,
and has continued with an annual OBJ
servance ever since. The alliance issues
the call and determines the list of appro-
pirate subjects, which at first were ex-
clusively missionary, but now are more
varied and comprehensive.
The week Of prayer will be observed in
the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
by services daily, except Saturday at 40
pm. following the subjects as announced;
Monday. The Church of the Living Goa;
Tuesday The Gospel of Gods Son; Wed
nesday. The Christian Ministry Thurs
day The Missions of the Church." Fri
day. christian Institutions Saturday,
The Coming of the Kingdom.
Rev. George w. King pastor of the Dunn
barton Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
of Georgetown. has prepared number OF
topic of The Model Home. These ser
mons will be given every Sunday evening
during the month of January.
The first will be given tomorrow evening,
and the subject will be Model Husbands"
The other topics and the dates on which
they will be given are as follows: January
IL, Model Wives" January 20, Model
Parents and Children" January %, Model
Masters and Servants
Rev. Edward Everett Hale. chaplain of
the United States Senate. will make his
annual visit to the Universalist parish of
Washington tomorrow. He will preach at
the Church of Our Father, 18th and l.
streets northwest, at IL am. Although a
la r..trlt oil &c
strangers are cordially welcomed to the
services of this church.
All Souls Church, corner 14th and L
streets announces that during January and
February there will be evening services,
the minister giving two courses of sermons
The first course, considering some of the
words of Jesus found amid the ruins of
the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in 1897
and 1894. will be on Some New Sayings
of Jesus, Sunday evening, January g; Sum
day evening, January 13; Sunday evening,
January 20. The services will be at S, with
music by quartet.
The roll will be called next Sunday morn
ing at the West Washington Baptist Church,
at which time it is hoped that all the
members will be able to answer present"
AT night the pastor, Rev c. p. Stealey.
will preach on the subject. The Man With
a Stick the first in a series of sermons il
Illustrating Gods of strange, unusual
means. Other subjects "A Woman
LiINcS d wan, ne JdNbOUe Oh ali ASS,
"A Woman Throws a Stone" "A Left
handed Man" "A Woman General" "A
Sudden Blaze
Rev. George A. Miller of Covington, Ky,
who was recently called to the pastorate
of the Ninth Street Christian Church of
this city, will take charge of the work and
deliver his first sermon tomorrow. Mr..
Miller comes from the largest church of the
Disciples of Christ in the state of Ken
lucky and is considered one of the best
preachers among his brotherhood
The Ninth Street Christian Church is one
of the largest among the Disciples of Christ
in the east, having a membership of over
LOO and Sunday school of more than
100. The official board of the church has
planned reception to Mr.. Miller and his
wife, to be given January 1S.
The Christmas entertainment of the Ninth
Street Christian Church, 9th and d streets
northeast, was given by the Sunday school
this week, with a cantata entitled Santa
Claus Nap. by tie primary department
under the direction of Miss Ida Billups,
superintendent of the first primary depart
ment. and Miss Georgia Maynard, assistant,
and Miss Margaret Scott superintendent of
the second primary department. Mrs. Min
ME Burgess, Mrs. Florence Betha, and Miss
Elsie Barber were assistants, and Miss Lii
liam Tucker pianist
James Z. Nichol superintendent of the
Sunday scdool, had charge of the program
and made the announcements.
The pulpit was transformed into minia-
ture brick house, surrounded with ever
green, showing the interior of a room of
home scene, on a Christmas eve, with an
old-fashioned fireplace and old arm
chair, in which santa could be caught to
take nap an lnger long enough on
awakening to treat every member of the
Sunday school also a beautifully trimmed
Christmas tree.
Eldbrooke Methodist Episcopal Sunday
school of Tenleytown, D. c., held it's Christ
mas entertainments cantata entitled Santa
Claus Is Married. Friday evening, De-
cember 2S, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Santa
was depicted as having married lady of
uncertain temper who did not fancy her
husband peddng presents through the
country, so forbade any such proceeding.
and in consequence of Santa's disobedience
of his wife's wishes, his sack thrown
into the sea. However. Santa proved him
self equal 10 the emergency, and estab-
lished himself even more firmly In the
hearts of the twentieth century boy and
girl by his inimitable foresight, for he had
put his presents in waterproof sack and
locked II with a combination lock TO which
he only knew the combination
The regular program of the cantata was
augmented by Japanese drill executed
by ten of the young ladies of the school
dressed in oriental costumes and carry
ing Japanese lanterns. Mrs Giles had
charge of the training of the children, as
sisted by Miss Lilly BURROWS.