Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-22

NEW HOME OF WESLEYAN PENTEcosTAL CONGREGATION

In it's new home at 301-319 ID street.
the Wesleyan PenteCostal Congregation is
now we'll settled. The building which is
now being used for divine worship was
formerly the home OF Vaudeville Carlisle
and the scene of many festivities. The
main floor has been altered so as to make
large auditorium. the capacity o. which
is about 300 The remainder of the floor
is used for a pastors study The Two
upper floors of the editice arc rented to
members of the congregation for living
rooms. In the basement is a printing
plant. from which is issued the church
pamphlet The fol NAL dedication of the
new home took place last Sunday.
AS the need for larger quarters devei-
opes. Rev. H. &. Hosley. the pastor, says
a large addition will be built in the rear.
When that is done, the rooms on the SlrSt
floor now utilized for the church service
will be used by Sunday school classes.
The local church was organized eight
years ago. 1t is Methodist in doctrine and
CONGREGATIONAL in government Rev. ii.
B. HoSley. the present pastor. has Deen
in charge during the past five years and
during that time the membership has been
increased to about 300 Previous to the
dedication last Sunday. the compensation
used rooms in the Academy Theater
building for its services
With special services tomorrow at II.
3 and s O'Clock. the celebration of the
congregation of the Bethany Baptist
Church on the opening o. its new meeting
house at I'd street and Rhode Island
avenue will be concluded. Rev. DR.. j.
j. Muir, pastor of the Temple Baptist
Church. will preach in the morning. and
Rev Samuel II. Greene. pastor of CAL
vary Baptist Church. will give the clos
ing address of the celebration at the even
ing service.
Ministers from many other denomina-
tions of the city will present the consrat-
ulations of their churches at the after
noon meeting and it is expected that
many members of other cOnsregat' ons
will be present. Among the pastors who
will make brief addresses are Rev. +. NJ.
Mott of the Episcopal Church of the Ad-
vent. Rev. E. A. Hannah Of ST: Martins
Catholic Church. Rev. =. w. Jeffries of
ST. Paul's NJ. E. Church South. Rev l. O..
Baker of the Lutheran Church o. the
Atonement. Rev. W. j. Houck OF the
United Brethren Church Rev. w T..
Thompson of the lexington Presby terrain
Church. Rev. J. NJ. Gill of the Rhode Is
land Avenue NJ. p Church. Rev. ]. r.
Verbrycke of Gurley Memorial Presby-
terrain Church. and Rev.-F. d. Power of
the Vermont Avenue Christian Church.
Special music will be rendered. it is an
nounced, by the Rooster trio.
1t is announced that Rev j. X Fraser
Charleston. S. c.. will conduct Il series of
special evangelistic services at the Wash
ington Heights PRESBYTERIAN Church, Kali
Drama avenue and Columbia road. every
evening next week, beginning Tuesday
evening.
A memorial mass for dead members of
the local Knights of Columbus OrganiZa
tons was held in the Church of the I'm
maculate Conception at 10 o'clock this
morning. The program for the service in
cluded a sermon by Rev William d. Noon.
Plans have been made ror the third as
sembly of Auxiliary No. of the Amer
lean Society of Religious Education to be
held at the Israel c. NJ. Il. Church, 1st
and b streets southwest. tomorrow after
noon at o'clock. The object of the
meeting. stated in tine announcements,
1. Ito stimulate church members to make
daily study OF the Holy Scriptures under
the direction of their respective pastors.
The program includes addresses by Rev.
John w. Smith. pastor of Israel G. NJ f..
Church; Rev. S. N. Brown pastor 90 the
Lincoln Memorial Temple Congregational
Church: Rev. w. A. Ray. pastor of the
METROPOLITAN Wesley Zion Church: Rev.
". j. Howard of Zion Baptist: Rev. l.. NJ
Beckett. a. NJ. f. Methodist: Rev. d. f.
Wiseman. Lutheran: Rev J. l. Loving.
Baptist; Rev. ]. Milton Waldron, Bap-
fist.
Rev. +. NJ Mott. pastor of the Church
Oh Tue ADVENT. entertainer the members
of his congregation at reception and
supper at his home last Tuesday even
ing.
The children OF the Sunday school of the
Church of the Advent are planning to
hold unique entertainment next Tues
day evening in the parish hall II will be
complimentary to their friends. Each
class is trying to Guido the other in con-
tributing features.
DO Men Love Women was the sub
ject of an interesting address delivered
by Rev. +. HeZ Sven. pastor of the Sec
ond Baptist Church, at the Union NJ. f.
Church last night.
The Mems Society of the J'niversalist
Church spent profitable evening at the
home of Mr.. j. William Lee on MARYLAND
avenue last Tuesday. The principal tea-
ture was an address by Mr. +. l.. Lamp
son. reading clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives. who told "reminiscences of
Speakers Reed. Henderson and Cannon
After a short Introductory talk the speak
err of the evening vent on to tell how
much Mr. Reed. well his predeces-
sor Henry Clay, had done TO make more
secure representative government and the
proper control OF the business by the
maiority O: the House. Mr.. Clay's most
memorable work in this direction was in
procuring the adoption of the rule for the
previous question. thus enabling the
House to do its will with the measures
before it, Mr. Reeds success in doing
away with the fiction of no quorum
when there was House substantially fu'
of members, was described. Many incl
dents were told OF the Speakers ready
wit and his wonderful self-poise.