Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15

Activities and Plans of Various CONGREGATIONS.
Local Presbytery to Receive DR.. Wood
News of Pew and Pulpit.
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To receive into membership Rev. DIR.
Charles Wood, the new pastor of the
Church of the Covenant special meet
ing of the presbytery of Washington city
has been called. to be held Friday, Feb
ruary 81.
AT the same time arrangements will be
made for the formal installation Of DR..
Wood The ceremonies are expected to
be impressive and to attract many prom
inent Presbyterian clergymen.
Mission work among the colored ma
tives of South Africa far from civilization
will be described by Mrs. Spencer Wal
ton Of England at the Fourth Presbyten-
an Church Tuesday evening. Mrs. Walton
has been associated with DR.. Andrew
Murray in the African work.
the Luther Place Memorial Church and
Will be known as the Memorial Boys
Club. 1t is composed of the older boys
and young men of the church. At the first
meeting thirteen boys gave their names
for enrolment and the roll book at the
close Of the next meeting showed total
enrolment of nineteen. The officers elect
ed to serve for three months were as fol-
y. II.
tdents, f. Besson and L. krentZlin; sec
rotary and treasurer. p. Sherwood; cor
responding secretary. ]. F. Moore. The
club plans to meet every Saturday even
ing at 1870 o'clock at the church, n street
and Vermont avenue.
At its last meeting the boys were sur
prised by the sudden appearance of the
members of the Junior and intermediate
societies Of Christian Endeavor. The
evening was pleasurably spent with games
Ia H.
ments by the Juniors.
Rev Dr. L. NJ Roper. who has been
conducting evangelistic meetings in the
Fifth Baptist Church, spoke before the
weekly gathering of Baptist preachers
at Calvary Church Monday on the de-
nominational evangelistic work.
The congregation of Columbia Baptist
Church is still without a pastor.
The mercy and help department of
Trinity Chapter. Epworth League. is do
southeast section Of the city. The chair
man of the committee is Mrs. James E.
Griffith of 321 G street southeast.
In his capacity as provisional Bishop
of Panama, Ri. Rev. Henry Y. Satter-
lee. Bishop of Washington. was In New
York during the past week attending
meeting of the board of missions Of the
church mission work were talked over.
Bishop Satterlee was given the power
Of Bishop Of the diocese of Panama at
the last general conference of the
rection Archdeacon Henry B. Bryan Is
engaged in pioneer work on the 18TH
Rev. Charles ). Curtis, who has been
rector Of the Episcopal Church ct Fair
Plain. Md. will take up work in Christ
Church at Accokeek, Md. in the local
parish he has charge of the services at
the chapels at the Indian Head govern
ment reservation and at Pamunkey, Va.
Announcement has been made that
the Washington Glorious. the members
Of which are the Episcopal clergymen
of the city. will meet next Tuesday at
talk by the bishop Is announced for the
meeting. his subject being Spiritual
leadership: Its Definition and Applica-
ton to the Clergy. theoretically and
Practically"
Rt. Rev Henry Y. Satterlee. Bishop Of
Washington. will probably spend much
OF next summer in Europe, when he
will attend the Lambeth conference. He
will leave here about June and will
be at the Lambeth missionary congress.
to be held in London June 1923. At
that conference the bishops of the An
and the missionaries are expected to be
in attendance.
Later in June the bishop will attend
the Lambeth pan-Anglican conference
years.
In connection with his visit TO Eng
land Bishop Satterlee has been invited
to preach at several large churches He
has accepted invitations to give SER
mons at the Litchfield, Birmingham and
other cathedrals.
1t is expected that large congrega-
ton will attend the services at the
Church Of the Covenant Sunday, Febru-
airy %. when Rev Dr.. Charles Wood.
recently called to the pastorate Of the
church. will make his first appearance
in the pulpit since the call was extend
ed to him.
No arrangements for his formal in
stallation have been made. 1t Is thought
this will be done at an early meeting of
the presbytery Of Washington city.
A lively discussion was the feature OF
the regular monthly meeting of the Men s
Club of Saint Paurs English Lutheran
church nth and II streets northwest
held in the lecture room of the church
last Tuesday evening. The debate was
around the question whether devices con-
tanning an element OF chance should De
used in raising money for church pur-
poses The members of the club were
divided into two sides. and the judges
were selected from among the visitors.
Notwithstanding the arguments advanced
by those on the negative the judges were
unanimously Of the opinion that such de-
vices should not be used for raising
money for the church.
Rev j. A. BuxOn, pastor OF the Memo
aist Protestant Church of Galestown. Md.
and Rev. W. s. Sites. minister of the
Methodist Protestant Church of Preston.
Md. were present as the guests of the
club.
In addition to a debate at future meet
lngs of the club 1t was decided to have
fffteen-minute talk on the current
events of the preceding month and Mr..
H. L. Stevenson was selected to give
such talk at the next meeting of the
club, March II.
The Mems Club of st. Luke's Protestant
Episcopal Church held public meeting
Wednesday evening in the parish hall.
18th street between and Church streets.
Ralph w. Tyler. auditor for the Navy
Department. delivered an address, taking
as his subject The Dependency of Men
tai and Maual Labor" Justice X. +.
Terrell. Messrs. John II. Paynter and
Eugene Brooks made short addresses
large audience was present. including
number Of ladies. Mr.. William H. Car
ter. jr., baritone soloist. furnished music
during evening assisted by Miss Lulu