Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-13
ITO EXTEND REuIGION HERE
SUBJECT DISCUSSED BY THE
CONGREGATIONAL CLUB.
Addresses Delivered to Gathering in
Banquet Hall Of the 7. N.
G, A. Building.

The Congregational CLUB OF the LIS
trict of Columbia met last night in the
banquet hall OF the Y.M.C.A. and Elk
tension of Religion in Washington" was
discussed.
Miss Sayre of the Young Women s
Christian Association in an address as
serted that the home and school and
church are fundamental agencies of a
right social life. but that the average
young man and woman in great city
were likely to be short on social life.
short on spiritual life and long on self
investment. The problem. as she sees It,.
Is to build up the shorts and cut down
the longs.
Washington Y. NJ. c. A.
General Secretary Cooper spoke on the
Young Mems Christian Association. The
Washington Young Mems Christian Asso-
ciation." he said. had a membership of
3.4OO and was the most cosmopolitan club
in the country. there being represented in
its membership every state and territory
and twenty-six different countries. He
declared that every argument which APP
piled in leading the people of Washington
to erect the beautiful building of the
Y.M.C.A. applied with equal force to a
new building for the young women.
Rev. J. w. Frizzell, pastor of the In
gram Memorial Church, on Capitol Hill.
discussed the extension of congregational
ism. THE church began with laymen."
he declared. Our hope for the future is
in the laymen. The church must adjust
itself to meet modern conditions. In
Washington Congregationalists occupy a
strategic position. Other denominations
are spending millions here. 1t is the
gateway to the south. and the time is
now ripe for Congregat!onalism to enter
the south. The south needs it's free
dom, variety and initiative"
Some of the Guests.
Among the guests were Justice and
Mrs. David J. Brewer, DR.. and Mrs. S.
H. Woodrow. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Fritz
zell. Rev. and Mrs. NJ. Ross Fishburn,
Mr.. and Mrs. o. NJ. Mcpherson. Miss
Florence NJ. Brown, Mr.. William Knowles
Cooper. Mr.. Ludema Sayre. DR.. NJ. G.
Miss Helen a. Skinner. Miss Olea NJ.
Wood, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Wood. Mr.
Myron ]. Jones. DIR. and Mrs Stuart G.
Johnson, Miss Mary Howard, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. o. Howard. Mr.. A. S. Perham.
DR.. and Mrs. J. H. Washburn. Mrs. A.
G. Knapp, Mrs A. w. Barber, Mrs. Hilda
Ulrickson. Mr.. N. o. Ulrickson. Mr.. and
Mrs. H. G. Potter, Miss Potter. Mr.. and
Mrs. d. G. Marsh. Mr.. and Mrs. Electur
A. Pratt. Mr.. Edwin NJ. Bliss, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sarah E. Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Browning. Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Chatfield,
Miss Emily s. Cook, Miss M. N. Hooper.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Whitney, Miss Flora
G. Whitney, Mr.. r. A. Charles, Mr.. G. d.
Copp. Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Caywood. Mrs
A. NJ. Raub, Mr.. G. P. Whittlesey. DIR.
Eleanor J. Pond. Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk
Holmes. Mr.. w. A. Hyde, Mr.. p. c. Chat
lin. Miss S. A. Baldwin, Rev. and Mrs.
w. E. De Riemer.
Mrs. r. l.. Townshend, Capt. Fred l.
Dean, Mr.. o. II. Oldroyd, Miss Lydia
Burklin, Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome F. john
son. Mr.. and Mrs. George Newton. Mr..
Walter Allen. Miss E. S. Hinton. Mr..
and Mrs. Walter E. Allen. Mr.. E. l..
Racks. Mr.. John L. Swell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles c. Lamborn. Miss Florence ].
King. Mr.. F. D. Gray, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
w. Woodruff. Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Dillon.
Mr.. NJ. B. Hundley. Mr.. d. H. Shurman.
Mrs F. F. Bleakmore. Mrs. n. E. Mat
w. McMorris. Miss Minnie E. Seeds. Mr..
E. p. Seeds. Mrs A. E. Saegart. Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert P. Eastman. Chaplain J. H.
Bradford. Miss A. s. Hughes. Mrs. T. w.
Hughes. Mrs. Isaac Clark, Mr.. Charles
K. Wead. Mr.. Irving P. Tade. Miss Re-
becca Calendine. Mr.. Bard Williams. Miss
Nancy NJ Rakeshaw. Mr.. F. w. Sweeney
Miss Harriet Williams. Mr.. E. ]. Calen-
dine, Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Landergren,
Mr.. Franklin Noble Mrs. Mason Frank
lin Noble Mrs. Frederick r. Dudley. Miss
Juliet s. Prime. Mr.. and Mrs. H. T.
Chatfield, Miss Mary H. G. Gordon. Mr..
J. W. Chickering. Miss Ellen Gordon.
Mr.. Wallace G. Fowler, Miss Francis f.
Chickering. Mr.. NJ. W. Baldwin, Miss E.
A. Conkey and Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. T.
Moomaw.