Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-09

Methodists of the capital are watching
with great interest the proceedings or
the general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. which held It's mist
session in Baltimore "Wednesday. ana
which will continue to meet each week
dav throughout the next four weeks
MANY local clergymen and laymen nave
already visited the conference. ana IL Is
expected that Washington VIII De wen
represented among the visitors 10 'ne
daily gatherings
Two Washing tonians are in attendance
-. tho conference as the official delegates
from the Baltimore annual conference "
which the local churches of the oehoini
nation belong. They are Rev Ut .ahn
NJ Bristol. pastor of the Metropolitan
NJ E Church and Mai h A Haii or ", .ne
Hamline M. E. Church Or. brls.o ,r. NO
taken an active part in the business lIans
acted SO far He is also mentioned as one
of the candidates for bishop, 10 WHICH ':,i
Office il is expected, ten Ministers wiz
he elected this month. DR.. Brlstoi re,
ceived good support at the last general
convention as candidate for the bisnop-
ric. and it is expected that even laIseI
number of votes will be police Tor MN
resident bishop here, is also In attendance
at All the conference sessions. Requests
have been made by many local congIeea-
tons chat he be returned as the resiuen'
bishop.
One of the preliminary gatherings was
a banquet rendered last Monday evening
TO the general board of control OF the
Epworth League, headed by bisnoP .erIs
unions of the local conference The wash
ington chapters were represented oy
thirteen members. The delegation was
headed by Mr.. Luther L. Derrick. sx-
worth League. Rev. DR.. J. w; n. sum
walt. presiding elder of the Washington
district. was one of the visitors at the
opening session Of the conference
Wednesday.
Plans have been made by many local
pastors to have delegates to the general
conference preach in local churches to-
morrow and the Sunday following: 1t mas
been announced by Rev. c. -. Guthrie,
pastor of the Hamline M. E. Church,
9th and P streets, that two genera con-
ference delega4es will occupy the pulpit
of that church tomorrow. Rev. Edwin
]. Lockwood, pastor of St Paurs
Church n Cedal Rapids. Iowa, will
preach ct IL am. and Rev. william A.
Quayle. pastor of st. James Church. Chi
cago, at pm. Both of these clergymen,
1t Is declared. are prominently men
toned for promotion to the bishopric this
month.
At Foundry NJ E. Church tomorrow.
Rev. Lucien Clarke of Columbus. Ohio. q
former pastor of Foundry and of Hamline
churches in this city, will preach In the
morning and Rev. Charles L. Godden.
pastor Of CaIvary NJ. z. Church, New
York city. said to be the largest Metho-
dist church in the world, will occupy the
pulpit in the evening.
1t is announced that Rev DIR. T. c.
Hfff. who is In attendance at the Metho-
dist general conference at Baltimore, Will
preach at the McKendree M. e. Church:
h0fyU
10th streets. tomorrow at IL am. and
pm. DR.. Ilin is now secretary OF the
board Of home missions, with headQuar-
tiers in Philadelphia. but for thirty years.
1S10-19O1, missionary in Utah. and In
charge of Methodist work among the
Mormons, and he was the head OF the
forces Of Utah in opposition to Brigham
H. Roberts, the representative ELECT from
that state who was refused his seat be-
cause of polygamous relations.
Through election by the executive board
Of the Columbia Association of Baptist
Churches Rev. DIR. E. Hez Sven. pastor
of the Second Baptist Church; Rev 3. n.
Greene, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church,
and Mr. 8. w. Woodward will be the off,
cial delegates from Washington to the
northern Baptist convention, which con-
venes In Oklahoma City May 21-21. and
. Rev. A. K. Wright. pastor Of Centennial
attend the Southern Baptist convention.
to begin In Hot Springs, Ark. May IA. 1t
"a expected others will attend both meet
ings although they have not yet an
nounced definite intention to CO.
The work Of constructing a church edi-
fee for the Rande Heights Baptist
Church, Twining City, is soon to begin.
and it is expected the congregation VIII
first use the new building next winter
The congregation was formed last Janu-
airy and Rev. Elias Anger was elected
pastor Since that time the members
have looked forward to permanent
home, and il is declared now to be in
sight.
Rev. E. Hez Sven. pastor Of the Sec
ond Baptist Church. preached to the
town last Wednesday afternoon. regu-
lar church service Is now held at the
home each Wednesday. in charge of one
of the local pastors.
The Mems Club of Trinity Methodist
Church, 9Th and c streets southeast.
closed the season Monday evening with
an open meeting General gsls Secretary tast ny
the Philippines: Mr.. George OConnor
sang; MIR. X. N. Gitt gave several read
ings and Master George Moskey played
several violin solos Refreshments were
served and social hour followed the
formal program.
Plans have been made for holding Sc
rfeS or evanSellSt1c meetings. next week IN
the North Capitol M. E. Church, to be
conducted by Robert Downing. the actor
evangelist. 1t is announced that he will
speak tomorrow morning and evening and
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day evenings next week. Mr.. Downing is
expected to tell the story of his CONVEX
sion and of his reasons for deserving the
stage for the pulpit
Ii is announced that the Womsns In
terdenominational Missionary Union will
observe the concerted hour OF prayer"
each Monday at 1870 am in Luther Me-
mortal Chapel. The leader next Monday
morning will be Mrs. William B. Hartley
of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Rev DR.. Weston Bruner. pastor OF the
Fifth Baptist Church, returned yesterday
from Franklin. Va, where he conducted
an evangelistic campaign for three weeks.
The meetings were held in the large ar
mory and were supported by several de-
nominations. The interest in the services
grew as they were continued. and. 1t Is
declared the entire city was stirred and
many business houses were closed to per-
nit employers and employees to attend.
During the three weeks, II is stated