Evening star., 1909-07-18

The congregation of the New YORK
Ayenue PRESBYTERIAN. Church will hear
Rev. DR.. John Graham of Philadelpnia
this morning and the two succeeding
SUNDAYS In the absence of the pastor
DR.. Wallace Radcliffe. Dr. drahanl :
nastor of the East Park Presbyterian
Church OF Philadelphia. He will be the
Guest of members Of the church In WASH
ington during the two weeks, peg s
today and will conduct the mloWeeh
PRAYER service the 22d and 18th.
Services in Alleys
Beginning today. open-air evangehsti'
services will be held in seven OF the
alleys in the northwest section Suhuas
afternoons and Monday. Tuesday ano
Friday nights during the summer ano
fall months by the alley SUNDAY sshoo
workers in Shiloh and other churcnes
under the direction Of Rev. DR.. ]. Mil
ton Waldron.
DIR. Van Schaick Leases Home
Rev. and Mrs. John Van Schaick, Jr,
have been spending a few days In WASH
inpton. engaged. in hunting a house TOT
occupancy In the fall. They have just
taken lease Of the Admiral Sicard
house, in Highland terrace, 14l7 Massa-
chusetts avenue and left yesterday Ioi
their summer home, The Sedges, near
Seabright, N. j.
Priests Are Busy
Many of the priests of the Apostolic
Mission House at Broekland are busy in
distant parishes this summer. Rev. ID.
r. Mountain is at Govanstown. Md.
where he has charge of st. Mary's
a M. "A
Femme. who is spending the summer In
Europe Father Mountain expects 10 oe
placed at the head of the Buffalo band OF
missionaries next fali
Rev, A. Z. Zimmerman and Rev. Jonn
RYAN are organizing the first parish OF
the missionaries of the Sacred Heart IN
the west at Ottumwa. Iowa. Kew. Joseph
Glenn is. in Richmond with the priests OF
the Josephite parish. Rev. Austin FIem-
ing is assistant priest at st. Paul
Church in Jersey City. Rev. c. M. O. Brien
has gone to Springfield. Mass, and ex,
poets to begin work with the SprngneIo
apostolate this fall. Rev. John A. Dough-
erty has been made the pastor OF parish
Rev j. NJ. Brady, who was ordained 70
the priesthood about month ago Dy
Bishop O'Gorman at Sioux rams, AT !he
completion of his course at the mission
house at Brookland. is organizing the dlo-
cesan missionary band at kimball, .. -.
He is assisting Rev. Patrick Monaghan.
Rey Father Price is engaged in con-
ducting summer missionary meetings IN
South Carolina, and Kew. I. u ndyoeh
is in Concordia, Kan.
Gipsy Smith Is Home
Washingtonians who heard Gipsy smith,
the evangelist, during his campaign mere
last fall have been much interested In the
reception given him upon his return TO
England, his native land, short time
ago. The reception was held in West
minister Chapel in London and was at
tended by thousands.
Gipsy Smith told his audience that dur
ing his stay in America he delivered 6OO
addresses and. that he found Americans
anxious to hear the gospel and very re-
sponsive to its appeals.
Choosing DR.. Bischoffs Successor
The choice Of successor to DR.. j. w.
Bischoff who for upward of thirty-five
years was the organist at the First Con-
gregational Church at 10th and g streets.
is the task given to a committee recent
ly appointed by the officers OF the con-
gregation. The committee is headed by
the pastor, Dr. Samuel H. woodrow, and
includes in it's membership Prof. A. N.
Skinner, Mrs Julia A. Bodfish, Mrs. Elsie
Bond Bischoff and Ray 8. Gehr.
The task is recognized as big one
and the committee Will make haste SLOW
ly. Many applications for the position
by organists Of repute have been made,
but the committee has not yet taken any
steps to learn the relative merits or the
candidates. 1t is not expected that a
definite selection will be made until ran,
as the organ is to be overhauled during
the summer and will not be ready for use
again for several months.
At Central Union Mission
1t is announced that the Rev. DR.. J..
Henning Nelms, pastor of the Church of
the Ascension, 10Th and Massachusetts
avenue, will deliver an address at
the Central Union Mission tomorrow
evening. Rev. and Mrs. John Newton
Culberton will also take part in the meet
ing.
Reformed Church Reunion
Washington was we'll represented at the
twentieth annual reunion of members of
the Reformed Church OF Maryland, vir-
ginia. West Virginia southern Pennsyl-
vania and the District of Columbia, held
at Pen-Mar Park. near Hagerstown. Md.
Thursday. e. Cornman of this city was
one of the committee Of arrangements
for the gathering.
A huge throng attended the services.
The large tabernacle. which has a capac-
ity Of about 5000 was packed and many
were standing outside when the exercises
began with Rev. DIR. j. A. Hoffheins OF
Martinsburg, w. Va, presiding. Dr.
Hoffheins Is chairman Of the board ofadl"