Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-21
DIM local Churches
Rev. DR.. Smith to Conduct Mission in St. Thomas
Church--Lenten Club at Shrine of Sacred
Heart--Specia1 Meetings at Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church.

| the sanctuary is headed by Mrs. Mabelle
| Crown: committee on chldren's instruc-
| ton. Rev. Father Eckenrode. who also
| heads the committee on the census OF
| the parish and the league The club
will have its first formal meeting after
the o'clock mass Ash Wednesday. Mem
bers will meet at am. every Wednes-
day during Lent.
Emanuel Movement" Sermon.
At the Grace Baptist Church. 9th and
South Carolina avenue southeast today
at II o'clock the pastor, Rev. F. w. john
son. will preach on the Emanuel Move
ment.' The evening subject will be 1.-The
Place of Goodness in the Successful
Life
Peoples Mission Service.
There will be special services at the
Peoples Mission tonight at 7:45. Frank
l.. Middleton will be the speaker of the
evening, with George W. Havell presid-
ing. The mission orchestra, under the
leadership of DR.. Benjamin Madert, will
be present and have part on the pro-
gram.
bright Spots"
lecture on Bright Spots" was deliv-
cred to the Mems Club of the Metropoli-
tan Presbyterian Church Wednesday
night by Rev. E. Hez. Sven, pastor Of
the Second Baptist Church.
Reception at Ascension Church.
A reception to DR.. and Mrs. Nelms was
held in the Sunday school room Of the
Church of the Ascension Friday evening.
This reception was given by the vestry
and Mems Club. The main feature was
the presentation to the Rev. DR.. helms
-1.< l~,, L.
bers of the Mems Club. The presentation
speech was made by a. NJ. Poynton.
Pastor Given Purse.
Several clubs of the Berean Baptist
Church. nth and v streets northwest,
presented the pastor. Rev. D. F. Rivers.
with a purse of s53 Friday evening. The
preacher has been with the church for
eleven years. and his pastorate has been
highly successful. The presentation was
made by Melendez King. Rev. Mr.. Rivers
made an appropriate response.
Good Work Of Bible Glass.
The mems Bible class of Shiloh Baptist
Church is doing good work among the
eolored men of Washington in. the way
of getting them to study the Scriptures
and to attend preaching services. On last
Sunday night about 22J men were out to
Shiloh to hear special sermon. This
was the beginning of a series of sermons
which the class has arranged to have
Rev. DIR. Waldron preach to men.
Bishop to Be at st. Paul's.
Bishop Harding hopes to have at st.
Paufs similar service during Lent that
Bishop Satterlee had at the Church of
the Ascension. in which he especially ad-
dressed himself to the comu,Inica nfs of
the diocese. Bishop Harding will begin
this on Ash Wednesday, at o'clock, in
st. Paufs Church.
Churchman'S League Services.
The subject of the Churchman's League
Lenten lectures this year will be the
Origin and the Development Of Our
Church" They are to be delivered at the
Church of the Ascension. Massachusetts,
avenue and 18th street, every Tuesday,
beginning at o'clock in the evening.
The opening service will be short The
speakers and subjects are as follows:
March 2. THE British Church." Rt.
Rev. Alfred Harding, Bishop of Washing
ton.
March 8. The Conversational the Anglo
Saxons," the Rev. Randolph H. McKim,
rector of Epiphany parish.
March 16, History of Magma Charta
and Subsequent Legislation Of English
Parliament Concerning the Roman See,'
Rev. William A. Barr, rector of ST.
Paul's parish. Lynchburg. Va.
March %. 1.-The True Relation of Henry
VIII to the English Reformation" Rev
c. Ernest Smith, rector OF st. Thomas
parish.
March 30, Fundamental Principles Of
the English Reformation" Rt. Rev. Fred
erick Joseph Kinsman. Bishop of Della
ware.