Evening star., 1908-01-18

brokerage House in New York. but dur
ing that time he was prominently ldenti-
fed a layman with one of the large
New York parishes. He has been rector
of Trinity Church for the past twelve
years. coming here from a parish in
Montgomery Ala. During his incum-
bency at Trinity Church. it is said. the
number of communicates has grown from
eight hundred to over twelve hundred
and largely Through his efforts, 1t is
claimed the parish has been practically
cleared of an Indebtedness Of over twenty
thousand dollars.
Plans have been made to form new
Presbyteriap Church in the District. to be
located al Chevy Chase. and Sunday
January 26. 1t is expected. the organiza-
tion will be perfected by the election OF
officers. Several weeks ago. the Washing
ton Presbytery decided. in response to the
requests OF Presbyterians living in the
vicinity of Chevy Chase near the District
ing new church there Services have
since been" held at Chevy Chase Sunday
afternoons preliminary to the step, and
already a lot has been secured upon
which to build the new editice.
Arrangements have been made for
re reception in the parlors of the First Pres
byterian Church. on John Marshall place,
January 90 in honor of Rev. Donald Z.
Macleod, the pastor of the church. and
his wife. DR.. and Mrs. Macleod expect
to leave February for a trip to the
Holy Land. and the reception is to en-
able the members of the congregation to
bid them bon voyage"
Rev. E Hez Sven. pastor of the Second
baptist Church. gave lecture on
bright Spots before the Eureka Chap
ter OF the Royal Arch Masons In the
Northeast Temple Wednesday evening.
je haf
of the Washington Glorious. the members
OF which are the Episcopal clergymen OF
the District. will be held next Tuesday at
o'clock at the home of Rev. Richard +
Williams, rector of Trinity Episcopal
Church. The feature of the meeting Will
be an address by Rev George Harlan on
the claims Of the George Washington Uni
versity to. local interest and support.
The Busy Workers of First NJ. P.
Sunday school gave social recently
at their hall. 654 / street southeast
Games were enjoyed during the evening
present were: Misses Gertie Stantsberry.
Edna Christie. Violet Hewitt. Mary
Loman, Nola Hunt, Pauline Miller. Beu-
lsh McDaniels. Annie Bacon, Margretta
Nokes and Mae Campbell.
Rev Charles NJ Bart, pastor of ST.
.Teresa's Church. Anacostia, has assumed
his duties as chaplain at the Govern
rlent Hospital for the Insane. and will
continue to conduct the religious exer-
Rev. Charles o. Isaac. tho pastor of the
Anacostia NJ +. Church. has been lead
ing the services during the past two
months.
Members and friends of the Mems So
cisi Club of the Emmanuel Protestant
Episcopal Church in Anacostia enjoyed
a banquet In the parish hall of the
church, on Washington street Wednes-
day.|eyening. Three large tables, hand
soneIy decorated. accommodated ninety
or more guests.
Mr. William Scantlebury. the director
of@the church choir. acted as the master
of ceremonies and introduced the several
speakers. The program commenced with
piano solo by Mrs. William Scantlebury
and a violin solo by Master Bradley. Rev.
willard G.. Davenport. rector of the
Emmanuel P. Z. Church. made the in
froductory address. The principal speak
er Of the evening was Rev. George f..
hitehouse. pastor of the Emmanuel Bap-
tist Church of this city, and he pointed
out that the vision of mankind doing
good could become reality through the
deeds done In the world. In TINS con-
nection he mentioned the good works OF
the late Father Stafford. Mr. Whtehouse
was followed by Rev. William Brayshaw,
the rector of The Esther Memorial Protes-
tant Episcopal Chapel of Congress
Heights. who spoke along similar lines.
Rev. George Davenport. the son of the
rector of Emmanuel p. +. Church now
of Danbury. Conn. next made an address
full OF llumor. and he promised to con-
tinue his remarks before the young men
OF the parish tomorrow evening. The
program was closed with piano solo by
Master Samuel Frazier.
The Epworth League of Metropolita an
NJ f. Church held its monthly business
meeting and social Monday evening The
business meeting was largely attended
During the session II was reported that
five vesper services and a meeting at the
Peoples Mission had been conducted by
the chapter, lis calls had been made by
the.mercy and help committee. and S43I
pledged this year for missionary work In
India. Seven applications for member
ship were received
At the conclusion of the business meet
ing unique and very successful enter
tainment called Lights and Shadows
was given in the church parlors Some
Of the popular advertisements were de-
picted. after which some time was spent
with Ben King. the Kentucky poet A
number OF selected readings We're given
which were effectively illustrated by
means Of the shadow pictures. The sew
cra, numbers of the program were in
terspersed with music. The size anc
enthusiasm of the audience testified te
the proficiency of the social department
The annual election of officers of the
Sunday school Of the Congress Heights
Methodist Episcopal Church. held Mon
day evening last, at the residence o.
Rey H. c. Spencer, the pastor, resulted