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contractor. and he was pointed out to
him. What is your claim" he asked
| the contractor Seventeen hundred dol
lars and costs" promptly answered the
| man. What will you take in settle
ment?' asked Mr.. Gould. IN settle for
S1.JD ami donate the balance" MIR Gould
| TOOK out several bills Of large denoniaa-
/ ton. gave them TO the contractor and
took his receipt in full with the Cancelled
| lien. Just then an old man stepped out
| OF the curious crowd and said: Stranger.
what are you going to do with the claim
you've just bought Mr.. Gould asked
| MIN why We'll said he II am
steward Of this church. and all of the
inambers and Sunday school scholars are
/ in the church with the presiding elder and
/ pastor on their knees. praying God to
| come TO our help and save the church :.
Without a word Mr.. Gould handed him
the receipt and cane led lien. and turning,
walked rapidly back to his train The
steward entered the church and told the
waiting people what God had done for
them. and with tears o. Thanksgiving
they sung the doXougy upon their knees
and FASTENED out to find taeir benefactor
but Ills train had gone and only !; cloud
of dust OF the faraway prairie showed
where he was.
Young man OF brilliant mind but =
skeptic caused great trouble 70 his Chris
tiAn friends. often showing his opposition
to religion by making disturbance III re-
iiglous meetings. Al last two young
NhI-st.dIls agreed 10 spend the night in
prayer for him. The next morning the
two met Did you pray all nighfo'
asked one Of the other No" was The
reply. about o'clock ! felt that my
prayer Was answered and ] lay down and
Went TO sleep. That evening al the
prayer meeting the young skeptic arosa 4
and asked to be prayed for, saying that
the night before about = O'clock. he
awoke and il seemed to him that q light
shone about him: IN the center Of 1t were
the words: Fool, to give so much and
get SO little. He suddenly began TO
wonder If there was a God and He had
sent His spirit to show him what fool
he had been. He felt that he had greatly
sinned. but that God in His mercy had
laid His hand upon him and henceforth
ne would give his life 20 Christ's service
More things wrought 10y PRAYER
Than this world dreams of. Wherefore ct thy
voice
Rise Ike fountain for night aud day.
Fer what better than sheep goats.
That nourish blind life Within the brain.
II. knowing God. they lift not those hands OF
prayer
Both for themselves and those who call them
friends:
For I'll" whole round Garth s every
Bound by gold chains about the fect ~ God.
Alfred T,nn. son
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was always daWn'ng on my fathers face;
il was u reflection from the Divine Pres
ence. in the consciousness of which he
lived. Never, in temple or cathedral. on
mountain or in glen, can | hope to fee
that the Lord God is more near more
than under that humble cottage roof of
thatch and Oakea wattles. Though every
thing else in religion were by some un-
thinkable catastrophe to be swept out of
memory or blotted from my understand
, ing my soul would wander nack to those
early scenes. and shut itself up once
again in that sanctuary closet. and hear
ing still the echoes of those cries to God.
would hurl back all doubt with the vic
torious appeal. He walked with God
does not wonder 50 much at the great
strong character that was unGaunted by
cannibais or fire or tempest. for nurtured
in an atmosphere Of prayer how could
the son have been aught but brave and
Christlse"
Applied Truth
There il a story told Of Jay Gould which
well Illustrates Matthew 1S:19co. Mr.. Gould
and another railroad nagnate We're de
tanned for a fcW hours in a small W wzst-
ern town, and while waiting for their
train to move on took a walk about the
town. They came To a crowd gathered
about the steps q II small church: Eff
teen hundred dollars.' the aurtioneer was
CRYING. Fifteen hundred dollars. Am
offered more?" Mr.. Gould asked a Texan
nsar him what the sale was for. 'Pard,'
said the ranger. this is a knockout for
the parson You see the parson built
this church. but the tin petered out and
now the wood butcher Is selling the whole
crowd out for his coin.
Mr., Gould asked the auctioneer FOR the
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ODen-Air MEETINGS.

The Ha:niine Church Epwortit l.east.e
open air services tomorrow evening viii ne
held at sth and . streets northwest :: ode
Island avenue and Columbia street Iowa
Circle, at the engine house n I; st..et
near 10th street northwest. AMI 1T The
church, nth and + streets rorinN".t. The
Est Of speakers at the various meetings
will include: Messrs W B. Roe IL ster, j.
| Moody, l.. White, w Freeman. +. ).
Brashears. III. A. Havens A. Cowsil and
w. II. Keen.
All OF the services viii bt. held a.
o'clock. with the exception - tnc one
al tn" church, which will begin at 10
o clock.
The leaders at the Narioas services will
include: j. q. Wilson. ". l.. Evans J. T..
Nuher. q. W. Acorn and n. VI. Thocnc.
The precentors and Organ!sts VII be:
Messrs. NJ. l.. i.icheibcrger j. " =.
Young, j. \. y. Riley and A. +. Walds.
and the Misses HesSi" L"rk. :. oiivia
Moore, Mrs. j. \. Winner aa,l ". Z.
Bishop.
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Metropolitan. =; Bradhuru Memoriai. -
HamlIre. =. and AnacnS ia. :.
Methodist Episcopal South-Nount tle'tS-
ant, 3: Marvin, =: Calvary. =: Mount Yer
non Place. :. and St Paurs J.
Methodist Protestant-First, >. Congress
Street, ). and North Carolina Avenue. ..
Reformed-Grace. ?.
United Brethren-Memorial 3.
Presbyterian-Ecking l: Balls on. :
Bethany Chapel. 3: Faith Chapel, :; Nes'
Street. 2; Eastern, 2; Garden Memorial.
3; Gunton- Temple Memorial. ,: Western
/: Hermon. 1: Northminster. i; taiis
Church, 5: Chevy Chase, 3; Gurley Memo
rial, 3: Warner Memorial. 3. New YORK
Avenue, 5: Sixth =. and Fourth. 3.
Many of the pastors OF the q naI
churches are on vacations. and within the
next two or three weeks are expected "a
name the Sundays on which they VIII
present the subject.
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IL i.
- ONE years ago a shrewd observer
of men and things wrote a poem
which contained this stanza:
- Sin in the abstract is alus unpopular and
never gifts pitied.
Bekase it's sin that's never committed:
Bnt when you're denounctn pertickler sins.
Why, then. you're kfckin' the peoples own shins
Nothing truer than that can be found in
the Bible No sinner, however glaring
or daring may. be his sins, will object to
a general denunciation of sin. But when
you pass from the general to the specific.
when you point the finger at the sinner
and say, as Nathan said to David. Thou
art the man" GI SAM. 12:D. then you
arouse all his anger and all his energies
will be exerted to accomplish one of two
things: If possible, he will either silence
or Danish the preacher So went 1t at
Ephesus toward the close of Pauls min
istry In that city. Our lesson shows how
the gospel antagonizes an unrighteous
business and sinful pleasures.
1t is not always the highest eulogy that
can be pronounced upon preacher when
ii i said of him that he is popular
preacher While sin is in the world. the
gospel viii! be a disturber. That is its
purpose If sin is Haunting it's sinfulness
before the public eye. corrupting society,
degrading the standard of right, WrecknE
homes. breaking hearts and leaving ev-
eryWhere its trail of v-retcEedness and
ruin. the gospel will be one Of denuncia-
ton. II will know no compromise. Its
demand is and ever must be first pure
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CAMPAIGN FOR MISSIONS
CHURCH MEETINGS IN NOVEM-
BER TO AID WORK.
To Be Held in Connection With Ses-
sions of Laymen's Missionary
Convention.

connection with the national cam
pagn for missions. which will be
opened In this city November IL by
u the Laymens Missionary Movement,
practically all of the churches of
Washington will conduct services in the
interest of missions on three Sundays of
November. The pastors of the city
churches will present the history and
meaning of missions November Z. the
speakers who have been appointed by tIc
managers of the campaign will talk Of
the effect of missions in the United States
and foreign countries November Ii, and
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mlSS1Ou IN the fdli.
The Vincentian fathers from the Col
lege of St. Vincent de Paul at German
town. Pa, viii conduct mission in the
TALL at tae Church of the Nativity. Bri ght-
WOOD. The opening services will be held
sunday. Ocloheg =. Rev. Father Bischof
5 the pastor of the Nativity parish.
On Camping Trip.
+. p. Gates, vice president of the Dis
trict of Columbia Christian Endeavor
Cnon, is out of the city on a fifteen-day
camping trip on the Potomac river.
Church Picnic.
Members of the Randle Highlands
Baptist Church, together with many
OF their friends. gave an outing Thurs
day at the Bradbury Heights Pleasure
Park. Rev. Elias Anger. pastor of the
church and Samuel Utz were In charge,
and did all In their power 10 make. the
affair the thorough success IT turned out
to be. The use of the park was given
to the pcnickers by Robert +. bradbury.
vice president of the Randle Highlands
Citizens \ Association.
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partment. which was inauGurated feW
years ago and has grown to its present
proportions from a very small beginning
II is repaired that from September ID
l9tS, 73S Eames of young men moving
from one city to another were gwen
to the head Office OF the organization. ano
of ;hat number 2o4 have been reportei
as having been actually connected,
through the efforts of the parties TO
whom the names were forwarded, with
churches in their new locations.
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closed 4 mission ut Focatello. Idaho,
which al times taxed the capacity al ti,e
largest auditorium il the place lie n4s
assisted by Rev. AlNali B3rap. 4 recent
graduate OF the Apostolic Mission House.
Chevy Chase Pres5yterians' Pastor.
Rev Dr. Hubert Ron johnson OF tn,a
city Will be installed pastor ~ 40,
Chevy Chase Presbyterian congreLs.
tion tomorrow afternoon. THE meeting
will be held in the library building -
Chevy Chase. where the congrrga ion
has been worshiping for some tine
past, at $50 O'Clock.
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n >)mied Arpiies 4monq the Noung 4eoples Sot|etes

the coming year will be interested 10
learn that Rev Christopher Moss. Of Lam
aster, Pa, who was one of the most pop
ular speakers at the Young Peoples Mis-
sionary conference at Silver Bay. y. y.
last month will visit Washington early
in September.
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Topic: Two Prayer Lessons.
Matthew. 6:5,6; 18:19,2O.

And when thou prayest
thou shalt not be as the
hypocrites are, for: they love
TO pray standing in the syna-
gogues and in the corners OF
the streets. that they may be
seen OF men. Verify, | say
unto you. they have their re-
ward.
But thou. when thou pray
est. enter into thy closet.
and when thou hast shut
thy door pray TO thy Father,
which is in secret: and thy
Father. which seeth III Sc
crct. shall reward thee
openly.
Again | say unto you
that il two OF YOU shall
agree on earth as touching
anything that hey shall
ask it shall be done for them
OF My Father which is in
heaven.
For where two or three
are gathered together in My
name there am | in the
midst OF them.
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with tie National Brotherhood Conven-
ton. To- be held here in October, viii be d
genuine New England clam dinner. TO
ne given at Boyden Heights, d suburb VI
the convention city, the Monday follow
ing the close of the gathering. Provi-
dence is noted for its New England
clam dinners, and the brotherhood meD
OF that city claim that the reputation will
be upheld in this respect.
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First Presbyterian Church Service.

Rev. DR.. Donald c. Macleod, pastor oi
the First Presbyterian Church VINO re-
turned some days ago from his vacation.
spent along the Pacific coast, yellow
stone Park ard other points in the north-
west. will preach tomorrow morning on
the Attractions of God In the even
ing q special song service Will be held.
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Rev. c. P. Wiles Returns.

Rev. e. y. Wiles, superintendent Of
the citizenship department; o the Dis
trict Union, returned this week from his
vacation. During his absence. the en-
deavor society Of his church. Keller Ne
mortal Lutheran. held its meetings at the
hour Of the usual ::Ir6at' evening church
service.
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Endeavorers' Excursion.

The officers of the District Union at a
meeting held during the week. discussed
plans for the excursion of District en-
deavorers to Falls Church. Va. Labor
day 1t is planned to start from 12th
street and Pennsylvania avenue at =
O'Clock. and several special cars will be
engaged for endeavorers and their friends.
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REV. j. ". bIjRThER HERE
FORMER WASHINGTON CLERGY
Nan VISITING FRIENDS.
Will Preach at United Brethren
Church Tomorrow Morning
and Evening.

- EV. o. w. BTRTNER, pastor Of
the First ConErega gational
N Church of Ansonia, Conn. and
u ~ former pastor of the Inteel
Brethren Church at North
,-apitcl and K streets. is in the city for
several days, meeting old friends. He Is
INC guest of Washington Topham, one
IL the officers of the United Brethren
Church
Rev. Burtner was pastor Of the local
church from May, 1901, to October To-
1904. voluntarily resigning the pastor
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EyenSOng.

The open-;tiI evenSong al the Cathedral !
ground Mount 81. Alban tomorrow af-
ternoou AT oclo k will be conducted by
Rev. John Y. quinn, ass stant rector Of
the Church Of the Ascension
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Church of the Covenant.

At the special summer services which
are being held in the Church of the Cove
nant Sunday mornings during this month
Rev. James NJ. Henry, the minister Of
Peck Memorial Chapel, is preaching. Mr.
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The ,monthly outing of the Christian
Endeavor Society OF st. Paurs English
Lutheran Church this month was a boat
ride, and was enjoyed by a party Of
thirty-five.
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CHAPTER for st. Monica's.

Efforts are being made for the oreanl-
zation OF senior brotherhood chapter at
ST. Monica's Chapel, corner of ID and
F streets southwest. Rev. J. C.. Van Loo
is in charge.
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DR.. Hill Of Springfield. O.. Here.

Rev. John Clark Hill. pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church of Springfield
Ohio, viii preach 1t the New York Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church tomorrow morn
ing and on the following Sunday He viii
also have charge Of the midweek service
Thursday evening at o'clock The reg
ular Sunday morning pablic worship and
uidweck service of prayer are continued
in this church throughout The summer
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Christian Endeavor.
Gunton-Temple Presbyterian.

Several members OF the Gunton-
Temple Society went to Camp Good
Will Sunday afternoon and con-
Quoted an endeavor meeting, using the
junior topic What Are You Sowing?"
The little folks of the camp We're very at
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Calvary Baptist Camp.

"Komfit" and care Free are the
names Of two cams on the Virginia
side of the Potomac Just below Great
Falls. which are occupied by endeavor-
ers from Calvary Baptist society.
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of this city, will take prominent part In
the meetings.
The Rrotherhoods Of which there are
now organizations in most of the princi-
pal bodies. the federations of mems cluhs,
the Young Mems Christian Associations.
the Laymen's Missionary Movement aud
the Church T.aymen's Union are all 10
have men there. The chief aim is to see
how overlapping of work can be prevent
ed in the cities. This duplication has be-
come serious, especially In the larger
cities In the east. Half a score organiza-
tions are doing the same work or trying
to do II.
An important part Of the program VIII
relate to missions Laymen In most Pro-
estant bodies are taking new interest in
missions. not at home only. but in all the
world. One set of men Will be there to
tell of plans for fifty mass meetings in as
many cities this coming fall and winter.
describing it as an educational plan. An
other set of men will be there to declare
that education is not effected in such
wholesale fashion, and that mass meet
inSs as means Of helping missions are
failures for the most part. The claim
viii BE- made that organization must be
perfected in tie parishes.
Gov. Hughes Of New ork, PrcSidenc
Capen Of the American board, General
Secretary Carleton Of the brotherhood OF
st. Andrew. Judge Se'den i. Spencer OF
st. Louis. and men OF that stamp arc ~
comprise tine speakers. : federation of
workers among boys will be effected. il
is said.
Father Doyle in San Francisco.
Rev. \. T. Doyle. rector of the Apostolic
Mission House at Bi'uokland. il conducting
two-ueCk mission af fin p,uItst Church
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U NUSUAl CONFERENCE
CHRISTIAN LAYMEN MEET AT
SILVER BAY. N. Y.
Sessions Begin Today and VIII
Continue for Eight
Days.

a CONFERENCE OF Christian lay
~ men Of a sort never before held
- began At Silver Bay, on Lake
George today. and will cor
tnua eight days. So great is
tue interest ID i that the plan 10 limit
ii te ono hundred men had TO be Will
drawn. and limit Of one hundred and
tHcnty-tive made instead. The meeting i
composed of lenders in work among
men and BOYS in practically all Protestant
bodies. Harry ". ARNOLD, international
secretary of the Y. II. C. A., and formerly
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st. Paul Lutheran.

tentive and seemed very much interest
ed in the meeting.
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has been summerng in the British Isles,
expects to return to Washington August
-. He will occupy his pulpit the first
Sunday in September. Together with
Mrs. Davis the pastor has had splsn-
Gid summer vacation. he writes friends
here. Dur ny the past month he has oc-
cuped the pulpit of the Rutland Square
Presby terian. Church in Dublin. and dur
ing the week days has made many trips
to the country districts of The Emerald
Isle
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Ministers for Industrial School.

a mass meeting was held "Wednesday y
afternoon al Washington Park 10 con-
slider the building of Il colored industrial
and agricultural school in the District
Rev George w. Lee pres 'ded. The speak
ers were Rev. Bishop Johnson, who spoke
on the Need of the Industrial School for
tine District of Columbia: DR.. Emory w
Williams of South Carolina on the I'm
portance Of United Action; DR. l. n.
Ross the Needs OF the Hour. and
Thomas l.. Jones OF What of the Future
Of our Boys aAd Girls?
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Covenant Tent Service.

At the musical service at the Covenant
tent tomorrow evening a section from the
Engineer Band will play. This service
begins al 1:sn. and at oclock there will
be the regular evening service. with a
sermon by the Rev. Tyler Dennett' The
subject will be "A Fair Question. The
tent is situated at Monroe and 16th
streets one square west from the' 1ith
street car line and two squares from the
end of the Mount Pleasant line.
Pastor Davis to Return Soon.
Rev Titus y. Davis, pastor OF the
ltsStruipSter Pres yterian (Tturrh whn
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Feast of St. Jane.

JILL feast Of 81. Jane de ChautaI Is
,stns ommemor&ted today in all Of the
.sitatlou converts St Jane. together
nth ST Francis de Sa cs. organic q tire
der of Visitation Sisters IN 1910 in
ance. At the Georgetown convent the
'bration viii be deferred until next
on account OF the fact that the
el i being renovated. Prayers viii
eld. At the convent on Connecticut
ue the feast VIII be celebrated by
exposition Of the blessed sacrament.
lemn beneficion will be given at 4
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dication of Clarendon Church
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Ohio Minister at Luther Church
Father Schilling.

Rev Godfrey Schiling, .. +. NJ. IS
expected at the Franciscan Monastery.
In Brooktand. where lie will be the guest
of the Rev Bede Oldegecring, Q. +. NJ
Father Godfrey WAS in charge OF the
Franciscan Monastery until about six
wears ago whom Father Bede was made
comnfssary of the Holy Land. He has
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Providence Convention.

One of the attractive features offered
by the Providence people in connection
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Mission in the Fall.

just finished the erection of a ma agnificent
ediiice-St. Joseph's. at Cairo. Egypt.
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September =. \ number of colored min.
listers of this city are scheduled to ad-
dress the gatherings.
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"Follow Up" Department.
One of the very active departments OF
the brotherhood is the follow up de-
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Rev. Christopher Moss Coming Here
Christian Endeavor societies proposing
to conduct mission study classes durin g
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Emmanuel CHAPTER officers.

Tie brotherhood Chapter of Emmanuel
Church. Anacostla. has elected the fol-
lowing officers: Director. n. X. Harnish
secretary, Franklin S. Gicker; treasurer,
Edward F. Wood.
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Clarendon, Va. will be begun tomorrow
morning. when Rev W. II. Ballengcc.
pastor OF Calvary NJ E. Chu~ch South
Of this city, and also in charge OF the
work at Clarendon, will make an ad-
dress. Rev. w y. Tudor and q. r.
Eive> will also deliver addresses. The
j. I.iacip4l injecting s,ilI he held Monday
- lsning when Eev. Forrest j. Pretty
man. prnaidiu. ..lder Of the Washing
ton district Of Methodist Episcopal
churches South, will make the address
of the occasion.
Ohio Minister at Luther Church.
Rev Lloyd C. Douglas OF Lancaster,
Ohio. will occupy the pulpit Of the Luther
Place Memorial Church. Thomas Circle,
tomorrow morning. He will also address
the Christian Endeavor Society session
a the church tomorrow evening
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Brotherhood of St. Andrew.
Colonial Beach Services.

Religious services at Colonial Beach.
Va in the Union Chapel. held under the
auspices of the brotherhood chapters Of
Washington, will tomorrow morning be
I'm charge of DR.. A. T. Gregory of Christ
Church Chapter, Georgetown.
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Camp Meeting at Good Hope.

The coiored camp meeting at Good
Hope y. G.. which has been in progress
for several weeks, will be continued until
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dication Of Clarendon Church.

he dedicatory exercises of the new
thodist Episcopal Church Sou'h at
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Father Doyle in San Francisco.
Rev. ~ T. Doyle. rector of the Apostolic
Mission House Al Biuoilland il conducting
a two-weck mission at the Paui:st Church
III San Francisco. Father Doyle recently
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-19
TOOONATE MILLIONS
TO MISSION CAUSE

The Congregational Brotherhood has
joined the missionary societies I'm a
proposal TO raise the amount of money
to be given by the CONGREGATIONAL
churches OF the United States during
the next year for missionary purposes
to two millions of dollars
John B. Sleman, jr., Of this city. who
has just returned from a meeting Of the
Brotherhood held In Minneapolis. as
sisted in the launching of the Iaymen-s
missionary movement i'm Buffalo last
Saturday evening
There viii be seveuty-lve meetings
held in various sections Of the country
under the auspices OF lie movement
The executive committee held a meeting
this afternoon I'm the offices OF the
United states Trust Company. when the
program for the big convention TO be
held in this CRY November IL TO "a was
outlined There viii be 225 delegates 20
the convention, and % local churches
have Joined in the movement. President
Taft viii be one of the principal speak
ers at the opening meeting.