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

The rally day exercises held last Sun
day in the Sixth Presbyterian Church
were a great success. A delightful pro-
gram was carried out by the young peo-
pie and the audience room was filled
with members of the Sunday school and
their friends. Or. Spooner has recently
organized a Ten O'Clock Bible Class
Tor men and women. Thirty-five members
are now enrolled and 1t IS proposed to in
crease the number 10 loo before Christ
mas
Under the direction Of the pastor, DR.
Spooner, a series Of Saturday evening en-
tertainmentS is about To be inaugurated.
TIE feature Of tie first entertainment
viii be music and a lecture on Ten
Nights in 4 Bar Room" with stereopti-
con illustrations.
Rally day exercises of the Westminster
Presbyterian Sunday school Were held
October Is al ) pm. The church was
decorated with autumn leaves, flowers
and flags. \ program Of recitations and
music was given by the scholars of the
school An address was made by Rev.
5 VI Johnson, pastor of the Chevy Chase
PRESBYTERIAN Church. Sixty scholars,
reports showed had been present every
Sunday for two years, and one member
Of the school had not missed a Sunday
for sixteen years. though she lives three
miles away Ten new scholars were re
ccived at tie regular session IN the morn
lns.
A committee Of the presbytery OF Wash
!ngton city will. tomorrow, effect the or
garizatt0n OF a colored PRESBYTERIAN
church at Paramount Heights. D. G. The
new congregation will be known as the
Paramount Heights Colored Presbyterian
Church.
The committee on church extension of
the preshytery, which includes Rev DR..
George Bailey pastor Of the Western
PRESBYTERIAN Church, and Elders T. F.
Sargent and Charles f Foster. attended
preliminary meeting last Sunday after
noon and decided that the way was clear
for the formation OF the church. And
they announced that the organization will
he perfected tomorrow afternoon at 3
clock.
Rev. George bailey pastor of Western
Presbyterian Church. gave. last week the
first Of a series Of travel talks. based on
his experiences on a trip to the Holy Land
last winter. TIE subject of the first lee
rurc Was Damascus the Queen OF the
Desert" The lecture was illustrated with
SteCeopticon views and the audience filed
the church. The next talk, which will
be given about a month later. will be on
Jerusalem, the Christian Mecca
1t Is announced that Mrs. Rice /. steele.
the Bible teacher, who is giving series
OF Bible talks at the Y NJ. {. A.. will
visit the Sunday school of the First Pres
byterian Church tomorrow morning and
/, teach the regular lesson 10 the entire
school.
on account OF the interest in the Gypsy
Smith evangclistic campaign. now going
on in this city. it is expected that few OF
the local Presbyterian pastors will at
tend the annual meeting of the synod OF
Baltimore, which opens next Monday at
Salisbury. Md.
Rev. Or. Donald c. Macleod pastor OF
the First Presbyterian Church. has an
nounced that he will give series of adj
dresses. describing conditions in the Holy
Land and Egypt. which he visited last
winter The first lecture will be given
November 10, and the subject will be
Egypt. the Land of Mystery"
Announcement has been made that a