The Washington bee., 1907-05-11

Wopds were filled with wholesome in
strucnon 10 the new congregation and
its pastor. At the close of the sermon
fine collection was lifted. Excellent
music was rendered by the new choir
Of the church. At the close of the
service, the pastor made many presenta-
tions from the members OF the church.
From Mr.. and Mrs W. A. Rose, a fine
organ, from Trustee Rufus DeIany a
! fine pulpit stand, from Mrs. NJ Curtis
fine communion table a magnificent
pulpit Bible from Mrs. Fry. from Mrs
Fannie Taylor, Mrs Laura Delany and
-yo other sisters a fine pulpit cover;
g magnificent communion service was
presented some time ago; fifty singing
books were from Mrs. Williams and
many other small tokens OF appreciation
from other members. The service was
made more glorious by the singing Of
canary birds At o'clock again the
auditorium was filled to overhowing.
and the pastor, DR.. ]. A Taylor, occu-
pied the pulpit His text was, In the
name OF our God we will set up our
banner" 20 Psalm, 9TH verse.
He commenced by saying the Church
Of God has been compelled to wage war
against the kingdom Of the world and
the Prince of Darkness since the fall
Of man and this contest Will be carried
on until all the enemies Of Gods Church
shall have been destroyed and the king
dom of this world shall become the
kingdom of our Lord and His Christ,
His was a great sermon and as he
drew the picture Of the struggle through
which the little church had come all
seemed moved to tears.
The service closed with another fine
collection and all repaired to their homes
declaring that It was one Of the most
enjoyable days that they had spent in
the history of their lives. The following
program was carried out during the
week and will end tomorrow evening
with communion:
At g P. NJ, preaching by the pastor
Monday, May 9, at 8 P. NJ, preaching
by Rev Corrothers.
Tuesday, May !, at P. NJ, preaching
by Rev. G. H, Harris, pastor Of Jeru-
salem Baptist Church.
Wednesday, May 8, at 8 P. NJ, preach
ing by Rev. J. l. Loving, DID, pastor of
Enon Baptist Church.
Thursday, May O. at 8 P. NJ, preach
ing by Rev. A. Sayles, pastor of Provi-
dence Baptist Church.
Friday, May 10, at P NJ, preaching
by Rev. w. A. Jones, pastor of Rock
Greek Baptist Church.
Sunday May u, at Q A. NJ, Sunday
school; an address.
At II A. NJ, preaching by Rev. A. J,
Tyler, pastor of Mt Airy Baptist Church
At 3 P NJ, preaching by Rev, I. Toll
liver, ID, pastor of Liberty Baptist
Church.
AT 8 P. NJ, Communion.
The new church presents a beautiful
appearance. The ladies' committee de
serves great credit for what has been
done and Rev. J. Anderson Taylor ought
TO fe-. congratulated on his triumph.
The services on last Sunday were at
tended " some Of the leading people in
the city and in the evening over a hun
dred were turned away because the seat
ing and standing capacity of the church
was filled.
The pulpit was beautifully decorated
with palms and pot flowers. On the
walls and on both side of the pulpit
hung several canary birds whose singing
reminded one OF the approach of spring
Too much cannot be said of the many
working clubs connected with the new
church. These clubs have worked day
and night to accomplish what has been
done. They have been loyal and patri-
otto to their pastor. 1t was surprising
when one Of the most bitter opponents
Of Rev. Taylor in Shiloh. accompanied
by his wife, asked permission to join
Trinity and to be forgiven for what
, he had done About twenty new mem
bers joined last Sunday, severalof whom
were from Shiloh Rev. Taylor is in
hopes of increasing his membership to
one thousand by the last of the year.
Rev Taylor will leave the city to al
tend the National Baptist Convention
next week