Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-04
DISTRICT ENOEAvORERS VISIT
GUESTS OF SOCIETY AT Der
WYNN, MD.
Optimistic Address Made by Paste,
D. A. Reed-G. j. p. Barger
Made Superintendent.

More than one hundred members of the
Christian Endeavor Union of the District
| Of Columbia went to Berwyn. Nd, last
night on gaily decorated electric cars,
where they were entertained by the So
ciety of the Berwyn Presbyterian Church.
The party left the city about 5 o'clock
and on arrival was taken Immediately to
the house Of worship. Supper was served
in the gymnasium. A meeting of the So
ciety was later held in the auditorium.
A. w. Stewart. president of the union.
presided over the meeting. An address OF
welcome from Berwyn Society was de-
| livered by F. L. Middleton. Responses
| were made by Mr.. and Mrs. Starratt OF
| the Berwyn Society.
Rev. D. A. Reed, pastor of the church
| was in charge of the devotional exercises
During the business session G. j. P. Bar
ger was appointed superintendent of the
press department, to succeed L. F. Ruon.
The address of the evening was delivered
by F. NJ. Bradley.
The Riverdale Presbyterian Orchestra Of
seven pieces, under the direction of Dr..
S. NJ Mcmillan. furnished instrumental
music. and the singing was led by Her
mon c.. Metcalf of the Gurley Presby-
terrain Society.
appointment of assistants in the various
departments of the union, as follows:
Extension-Frank McChesney. superin-
tendent: Mrs. Joseph Clark, Congress
Street Methodist Protestant: l.. c. Quincy,
Lincoln Temple Congregational; W. A.
Dayton, jr., First Baptist: r. E. Dew.
Vermont Avenue Christian; B. c. Get
singer, Calvary Baptist; w. 4. Hyde,
First Congregational; Miss Naude NJ.
Keck. Keller Memorial Lutheran; R. E.
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Louie Dale Leeds. St: Pauls English
Lutheran: j. NJ McCauley. Congress
Heights Methodist Episcopal: H. c. Met
calf Gurley Memorial Presbyterian: R.
w. Prince. Central Presbyterian; J. r.
Seller. North Carolina Avenue Methodist
Protestant; Miss Addie r. Spies, United
Brethren.
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Missionary-Miss Grace Bowman, Ninth
Street Christian: Miss Irma Brashears.
Calvary Baptist: Miss L. Cameron. Mount
Tabor Methodist Protestant; Miss Isabella
Campbell, Covenant Presbyterian; d. G.
Davis. Mount Pleasant Congregational: Miss
F. L. P. Johnson, First Congregational;
Mrs R. E kinsell, Fifteenth Street Chris
tian; Miss Alice Meynes. Temple Baptist;
Miss Clara c. Parkinson, Keller Memorial
Lutheran; w. a. Smell. Garden Memorial
Presbyterian; Miss jeanette Wagner. Ref
ormation Lutheran; Miss Ella Walsh
North Carolina Avenue Methodist Protest
ant.
Music-Miss Mabel Dill. Covenant Pres
byterian; Miss Monette Hallam. Calvary
Baptist: Miss Florence King, First Con-
gregational: Miss Bessie Monaghan. st.
Paul's English Lutheran; Mrs. Price.
Temple Baptist: Mrs. Edward Tarring.
New York Avenue Presbyterian.
Citizenship-W. E. Brooks, Rhode Island
Avenue Methodist Protestant; c. L.
Chandler. Gunton Temple Presbyterian;
Rev. L. H. Copp. West Street Presbyte-
rian; William Elwood. Ninth Street Chris
tian: r. S. Gehr First Congregational:
o. p Keller. Calvary Baptist: G. Loehler.
Luther Place Memorial Lutheran; J. r.
Moss, Shiloh Baptist; ]. NJ. Pickens, Yer
mont Avenue Christian.
F. NJ. Bradley delivered an address on
Sunshine in Christian Activities" saying,
in part:
Are you a sunshiny Christian? If not
you don't love my God Get out of your
mind and life the thought. that He is
God waiting to fay you If you do wrong
Young people will not come into the
church if they believe it is going to rob
them of their brightness. They are
right. Too many old people around the
church carry long faces.
Live on Sunshine street. Have a mag
nifcent ideal, Frances E. Willard lived
up to her ideal and hers is the only
woman's statue in the Hall of Statuary
at the Capitol. Bismarck said. Well
have a united Germany and he brought
il to pass.
Il have friend who greets me with,
.Good-morning. Mr.. Sublime Optimist
Il am always. well, always happy. al
WAYS optimistic This is my Fathers
world and l live in it. Just think good
things all the time. Create your ideal
and strive for il