Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-14

Washington's delegation at the first in
ternational convention of the young peo-
pies missionary movement, held in Pitts
burg Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
was strong in numbers and the represent
atives have returned with enthusiastic
accounts of the various sessions.
1t was convention for young people
and several of the local societies of young
people sent delegates. From the CHRIS
tan E,ndeavor Union Miss Flora l.. +.
Johnson. superintendent of the mission
airy department. and Miss Nina Crner.
representative of the Junior department,
were sent From the Washington Dis
trict Epworth League the delegates were
Miss Anna Tilton, second vice president.
and Miss Alice Hunter, superintendent OF
the Junior League. Calvary Baptist
Christian Endeavor Society was repre-
scented by Miss Irma Brashears and the
Sunday school of the same church d!
Miss Julia Stickney.
Miss Florence Brown. secretary of the
y. w. C. \. here; Miss Elise kettlsr
OF the Lutheran Church and Miss Alice
Meynes of the Baptist denomination We're
also among the party from the capital
An announcement of special interest to
local church members, made before the
convention on the opening day. was that
worlds Sunday school convention In TINS
city June and s, 1910. This convention
will represent 260Oo.OO0 persons in more
than fifty countries.
One of the features of the convention
was the exhibition of three miles of NOV
ing pictures. illustrating the missionary
fields of the world. Rev. Charles T..
Guthrie pastor Of Hamline M. r. Cchurcn,
is making efforts to have these pictures
shown here at the meeting of the Balti-
more conference of the NJ Z. Church in
April.
As last tribute to Rev. Charles Alvin
Smith. the late pastor of Peck Memoria,
Chapel 2Sth and NJ streets, memorial
service has been arranged to be heid IN
the church tomorrow evening at I4o
o'clock The several branches of the
work which he built up will be outlined.
The organized classes of the Sunday
school of the West Washington Baptist
Church have decided to carry out an
active evangelistic campaign and plans
for special meetings have been adopted
Rev Dr. John Roach Straton OF Baltl-
more IL is announced, will conduct spe-
cial services in the church for five nights
beginning March % Rev. c. T. Stealey
will assist at the meetings.
"The Oratory of Jesus" was the subject
of an address by Mr.. ]. B. Clayton before
the weekly conference of the Baptist
ministers of the District Monday.
Mrs w. p Thirkield of this city was
one of the speakers at the meetings held
in connection with the New Jersey con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
in Millville, n. J.. during the past week
She made plea for the heather IN
America in an address at the twenty
second anniversary of the Woman's Home
Missionary Society held in connection
with the conference Wednesday after
noon.
officers of the Gorsuch Young People
Social Circle of the Gorsuch NJ E. Church
were elected at the annual meeting re
Gently as follows: Eugene CogsWeli.
president: Ernest II. Pullman. treasurer,
and Miss Ivy Simpson, secretary.
The announcement that Rev. William
r. Turner associate rector of All SAINTS
Church of Chevy Chase and former rector
of the parish of St. Michael and All
Angels of this city. is to become rector
of the Memorial Church of st. Paul. In
Overlook, a suburb of Philadelphia, mas
caused many expressions of regret among
the friends of the rector and Mrs. Tur-
ner here Mr.. Turner will take up his
new duties Easter week.
The church in which he will preach Is
a perfect reproduction of a 18th century