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

terrain Church, will charge the people in
their duties to thelr new pastor.
1t is expected that many members Of
other Presbyterian churches in the Dis
trict will join with the Chevy Chase con-
gregation in attending the ceremonies.
CHURCH EXTENSION
At the semi-annual meeting of the pres
bytery of Washington city. held at Neels-
vile Tuesday, new standing commit
tee was authorized. to be known as the
committee ON church extension.
Moderator Cummings appointed as its
members Rev. George Bailey. pastor of
the Western Presbyterian Church; Rev.
Wallace Radcliffe. pastor of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church; Rev.
T. E. Davis. pastor Of Westminster
Church, and Charles E. Foster and
Theodore F. Sargent.
The presbytery also authorized the or
ganizatiOn or new colored Presbyterian
church at Paramount Heights, D. c. A
. cOlored preacher has been conducting
services in the colored settlement for sew
eral months, and he asked permission to
formally organize his congregation.
A plan for contributing 30 cents per
member for synOdical aid for weak
churches was also Endorsed by the pres
bytery. DR.. j. G. Hammer of Manassas
presented the needs of the work and the
Endorsement followed.
The intermediate meeting of the pres
bytery, it was announced. will be held
December Z at the Northminster Pres
byterian Church. and the next stated
meeting. to be held in April of next year,
will convene in the Sixth Presbyterian
Church.
Members of the several large Sunday
school classes of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church are reassembling
for the winter. Last Sunday the sessions
of Mrs. Radcliffe's class of young women,
and of the ClaughtOn class, taught by c.
B. Bailey, were resumed, and tomorrow
the class taught by Justice Harlan of the
United States Supreme Court will meet
for the first time since the summer vaca-
ton.
New York Avenue Church will be re-
sumed next Sunday evening.
Large audiences have filled the First
Baptist Church for several Sundays past
to hear the sermons of the pastor. Rev.
G. F. Winbigler, on psychological SUBJ
jects. He has announced that another
sermon in the series will be given tomor-
row evening. the subject being ION the
Heights"
Announcement has been made that the
Washington and Alexandria branch of
the Home Missionary Society of the Meth
odist Protestant Church will meet at
Congress Street NJ. p. Church. On 31st
street. near NJ street. in Georgetown, next
Monday. The evening meeting will be
addressed by Rev. n. ]. Scarito and Mrs.
John C%bertson.
"Children's Day for Home Missions
was celebrated last Sunday evening at
100 o'clock at the II Street Christian
Church. on H street near AZ street south
west. with an appropriate musical and
literary program. The program included
an invocation by Rev. William G. Dram,
pastor of the church; singing by the
~ ScrinflrQ
reading. recitations. patriotic song and
drill. and dialogues. and was concluded by
the singing of America
The most striking feature OF the exer-
cises was the flag drill. conducted by
Ernest A. Ziegler, superintendent of the
Sunday school. in which children in all
OF the grades took part. The primary
department, under Mrs Mclean. and the
classes of Mrs. w. G.. Gram Mrs. Noans
and Miss Douglas also took prominent
parts in the program. Mr.. William Hall
read the letter of President Roosevelt to
the worlds fifth Sunday school conven-
ton. Miss Mabel Thrift and Mrs E. A
Zeigler were the accompanies of the
evening.
Oficers of the Washington City Bible
Society are making efforts to assist the
parent organization. the American Bible
Society of New York, to raise half a
million dollars to secure n like amount
from Mrs. Russell Sage. She has offered
zation, on the condition that its friends
throughout the entire country contribute
as much. The local branch hopes to
contribute it's proportion and at the same
time to build up its local membership.
A letter. outlining these aims, has been
sent to friends of the local society. Re-
gardins the Washington branch. this let
ter says:
Eighty years ago this society was or
gauized Its first president was Mr..
Matthew ST. Clair Clarke. John Coyle,
secretary. and Michael Nourse, treasurer.
It's nurpose is the distribution of the
Holy Scriptures in the homes of all the
people, as well as in hospitals, jails. asy-
Iums and other similar or charitable In
stitutions and in doing so 1t is the ally
of the churches in all of their mission
work and deserves and should have the
hearty support and cordial cooperation OF
all Christian and God-fearing people
While largely successful IN its aims In the
past years, yet the work of the society is
by no means completed There are many
families now living in our Capital city who
are without the Bible, and this need