Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03

bers of the church. Refreshments were
served by the Ladies' Aid Society.
Miss Mary A. Knapp. deaconess of the
Methodist Church of this city, will leave
Monday evening for Alton n. V. where
she will spend the next five months Tor
the benefit of her health Miss Knapp
is connected with the deaconess staff of
the Baltimore conference Of the Nj. +.
Church and for the past ten years has
served in churches in Baltimore and
Washington. During the past four years
she has had charge of the fields in and
about Gorsuch Church. and has also been
superintendent of the Junior League and
of the home department of the Sunday
school, Her home is in ,Sodus. n. Y. a
short distance from Alton. She hopes
to return to Washington in October and
resume her duties.
The month of May has particular inter
est to the children Of the Catholic faith.
1t is dedicated by the church ritual 10
the Mother of the Savior, and devotional
services are held in her honor on certain
week days, attended by both children and
adults. Each Wednesday evening of the
month is generally set aside in the local
Catholic churches for these services and
they are usually largely attended.
A picturesque side of the devotions dur
Ing the month of May is furnished by the
May professions of little boys and girls
Sunday afternoons These are usually
deferred until the latter part of the month
in order to take advantage of good wealth
err conditions. In the larger parishes
the professions are pretentious in charac-
ter, and involve not only much work on
the part OF those who have them in
charge. but an outlay on the part of the
parents of the children who take part
for new and spotless raiment.
Plans are now being made, II is stated,
Cor this years professions.
Mr. Robert L. Downing. the actor
evangelist of this city, has been conduct
ing a series of meetings at the Starr
Methodist Protestant Church i'm Balti-
more the past week.
The congregation of Grace Episcopal
Church. 9th and d streets southwest.
has elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: Wardens. DR.. G. r. Lee
Cole and Mr.. A. j. Martin; vestry}nen.
Messrs Thomas r. Riley. r. s. New
ham. Ernest H. Daniel. Charles II. Dyer
William r. Taylor and Alexander NJ
Cole: registrar and treasurer, Charles l..
Burch
AS a result of decision at the recent
session of the Baltimore annual con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church that the Congress Heights Metn-
odist Episcopal Churcn shall no longer be
Oxon Hill. Prince George county. Mo,
with which it has been associated as one
station for many years, important
changes have been made in the schedule
Church. Under the schedule just adopted
the hour for holding the Sunday scnOol
classes has been changed from the
afternoon to $50 am. each Sunday. A
church service at IL a. m. has been in
troduced. The hour of pm. has been
set for the meeting of the Junior Epworth
League and at pm. the senior depart
ment will hold it's meeting. The usual
Sunday evening service at o'clock has
been retained. The Oxon Hill Church has
been placed in the charge of Rev. Mr..
White.
Rev. William Brayshaw. the rector Of
the Esther Memorial Protestant Episco-
ing arrangements for trip abroad
which he will take in June next with
Mrs. Brayshaw. They will be absent
three months and will visit England and
the continent. Mr.. Brayshaw has been
named one of the delegates to the
Pan-Anglican convention in London IN
June and will take part in the sessions.
Albert Spencer of Westminster. Nd. is
visiting Rev H. G. Spencer, his brother.
who Is the pastor of the Congress Heights
M. E. Church.
A donation of approximately ZOO
square feet of land has. it is announced,
been made to the Esther Memorial
Protestant Episcopal Chapel, on Nichols
avenue, Congress Heights by the United
States Realty Company through Col. A.
E. Randie. The ground fronts on Esther
place and is adjacent to the chapel edi-
fee. The managers of the chapel re-
port that they have now started a move
ment to raise. a fund for the erection of
rectory on the land recently. acquired.
When the Congress Heights Methodist
Episcopal Church WAS organized num-
Der Of years ago Young Peoples So