Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22

four pastoral charges, of which five
Mount Vernon. Epworth. Marvin, st.
| Pauls and Calvary-are in the city. The
| total membership of the city churches Is
about 1000. the membership having about
doubled in the past twelve years.
| There will be two changes in the city
| By the rule that pastors cannot remain
longer than four years in one charge.
p W. Jefreys of ST. Pauls have been
pastors at these churches four years.
Other pastors in the district who will be
moved are Revs. J. II. Light, Fredericks-
burg: W. L: Dolly. Leesburg; B, D. Har-
rissville. These changes will occasion
others.
Action will be taken at the conference
with view to raising the proposed
$275, coo for rebuilding the Mount Vernon
edifice. The design is to have a connec-
tional church Of ample accommodation
and convenience, toward which all the
churches Of the denomination will con-
tribute. The same project is contemplated
for Trinity Church in Baltimore Raising
funds for that new enterprise has been
the special work Of Rev. DR.. j. Pretty
man. formerly at Mount Vernon.
Del Ray. Rev o. c. Beall pastor; Alex
andria. Rev. G. D. Bulla. pastor. and
tor. It is reported, have had very pros
porous year. At Alexandria about 5000
has been raised for improvements, and
last Sunday forty new members were
received into the church. The men s
meetings in the new building are nOta-
BILE success. and the senate for boys is
growing in interest.
Rev. DR.. L. V. REGISTER. the presiding
elder Of the Washington district for the
past year, will be returned.
The conference meets In Roanoke about
every fourth year on an average. Twenty
five years ago there was one Methodist
church in the city, and that part of
The Greene Memorial Church will be
used this year for the conference.
While this is not Change year, only
twenty-five ministers changing by lmita-
ton, still there will likely be many trans
fers. Bishop Gambler will be at the con-
ference a visitor
The oldest minister of the conference Is
Rev w. G. Eggleston, who is retired as
q superannuate. and lives at MiddletoWn,
Va. Mr.. Eggleston has been in the con-
ference seventy-one years, having joined
in 1897, and was an active pastor until
year or two ago. Rev DR.. s. X. Cox.
formerly pastor at Mount Vernon, comes
next, having entered the ministry in 1874.
Although nearly eightytive. DR.. Cox is
still active and in charge OF circuit in
Rockingham county. Rev. DIR. j. T. Wight
man, another former pastor Of Mount
Vernon has been sixty years in the min
istry. and is still sought after for pulpit
work.
Rev. ]. o. Knott of Covington. Va,
formerly of Epworth, has done a notable
work this year, having raised over $25 900
for the building of q church and parson-
age. and over seventy new members have
been admitted to the church.
Rev. P. w. Jeffreys of st. Paul's. Wash
ington. has had large accession to the
church and raised over 81; 900 toward the
church debt
Rev. ]. w. Smith Of Epworth has added
about sixty to the membership. and has
had SO successful a year that his return
has been unanimously requested.
The lay delegates of the Washington
district are Messrs. A. l.. Pugh of WASH
ington. J. w. Duncan of Marshall, Va.
H. X. Field Of Alexandria, G. w. Lay
cock of Hamilton. Va. Mr.. d. l.. Coon
of Washington will attend the conference
as member of the board of education