Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24

Activities and Plans of Various Congregations
Double Anniversary to Be Celebrated
Notes of Both Pew and Pulpit

missionary meeting will he held under the
auspices Of the junior department of the
Nomans Auxiliary If the diocese Of
WashlnEton next Wednesday at 80
r IN. in Epiphany Sunday schoo. ROOM
on g street between 18th and 18th streets
Miss Lindley Of the Church Missions
House. New York. will speak Of chill
dren's missionary work and mission study
classes for young people This meeting
5 open 10 all persons interested III these
subjects.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
Ci"ty Of the preSbytery Of Washington
city held its annual autumn meeting i'll
the First Presbyterian Church Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock. The opening de
votinns were conducted by Mrs. Iiinnear
Of kensinSton Reports were read ty the
recording secretary. Mrs. Frank G. Will
kns: the corresponding secretary, Miss
Mary +. Smith: tie secretary Of ltera-
ture, Miss Marietta Little. and the treas
urcr. Mrs j. A. Travis The latter stated
that the contributions during the last
quarter for work on the foreign field
amounted to S.a19.a After the reading
Of number Of letters from missionaries
whom the society IS supporting Mrs 5.
y. l.uckett spoke of the recent depart
ar" of Miss Blanche Essick OF the Metro
p"lltan Church To the Korean field.
Mrs. Radcliffe. the president. announced
,hat Miss Mary baltimore. who has been
in Washington during the past year
would start on the afternoon train for
Foochow. China. AS Miss baltimore was
led to the platform the audience burst
into the Doxology in gratitude for these
two earnest women going from this pres
bytery to teach in distant lands.
Mrs. y. +. Wiber gave an interesting
review of the new mission study book
The Nearer and Farther East" The
meeting was concluded with the benediC-
ton by the pastor of the church, Rev.
Donald Macleod
1t under the auspices of the Wom-
ans Foreign Missionary Society of the
presbytery of Washington city that the
moving pictures were exhibited in Column
bia Theater recently. This exhibit was
one of the most popular features during
the summer at Silver Bay. Northfield
and Chautauqua. and an enthusiastic au
dicnce made up largely of young people
and children, filled the theater Friday.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
will entertain next week the Philadelphia
branch of the woman's board of foreign
missions and the New Jersey Home MIS-
Sionary Union OF the Congregational
churches at its annual meeting. About
sixty delegates are expected, representing
all churches from New Jersey to Florida.
There will be a general reception to the
delegates in the church parlorS Tuesday
evening. Wednesday will be foreign mis-
sions' day, with addresses and reports
from the recent meeting of the American
board at Brooklyn. and Thursday will be
given TO reading reports on home mis-
sions. A special feature will be an illus
trated lecture by Mr.. w. II. IL. Smith of
this city on THE Triumphs of the Cross
at Home and Abroad Wednesday
evening at the church, Columbia road and
18th street, stereopticon slides. represent
ing the various phases of missionary en-
terprise will show the actual work of the
churches in reaching the outlying sections
Of this and foreign lands.
1t is announced that Mr. L. Hubert
Jones' acting general secretary of the
Associated Charities. will speak at the
meeting of the Woman's Interdenomina-
tional Union next Monday at 1870 am.
in the Luther Memorial Church, 14th and
n streets.