Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-23
DR.. SPOONER At CAMP MEETING
WASHINGTON CHURCH'S PAS
TOR DELIVERS SERMON.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WASHINGTON GROVE. Md.
July 90, 1909.
Rev Arthur W. Spooner, pastor of the
Sixth Presbyterian Church of Washing
ton, evangelist at the recent camp meeting
here was in charge of the midweek
service in Assembly Hall last evening.
During the service a number of testi-
monies of the successful labors of the
minister in the camp work were given.
A vote of thanks to the Sixth Church for
sparing the services of its pastor was
unanimously adopted.
Dr. Spooner preached a brief sermon
on the Fellowship of Christ. With
Mrs. Spooner and their children. the
minister returned to Washington today.
An imaginary visit through Europe and
the far east, in which the old temples and
mosques and the religions they stand for
were examined, was taken by the large
crowd which attended the chatauqua
event of Tuesday evening. \ lecture by
Prof. Oscar Phelps Austin. mo-
ton pictures and many colored stereopti
con views illustrated the journey.
Religions and Statistics.
Prof Austin said the claimed status of
the larger religions OF the world today
is 5oO,0O0OOO Buddhists, :27. 100000 Chris
tans. 150O0o.OcO Mohammedans and 40
oUOuD FetishiSts or devil wOrshipers.
Describing religion as necessity of the
human existence, the speaker told of 1t
from the early Druid forms down to the
present. He discoursed on the various
customs and ceremonies.
All the most magnificent temples and
cathedrals were shown on the canvas.
Strange religious professions and cere-
monies of India, Japan and other lands
were shown in the motion form. Many of
the pictures were beautifully colored.
Miss Isabel NJ. Pechine, reader and i'm
personator. will give recital in the
Auditorium next Saturday evening.
Lambert F. Bergman, chief clerk of
the Post Office Department, returned to
Washington last night after visit here
of several weeks for his health.
Mrs. BENJAMIN f. WEIGH of Philadel-
phia. with her two children. is visiting
her mother, Mrs. F. j. Foster in Grove
avenue.
At the opening meeting of the Current
Event Club here this evening the SUBJ
iect 10 be discussed will be the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition. A. II. Hitler
will make the principal address.
Prize for Children.
DR.. D. Elmer Wiber. chairman of the
chautauuua committee, has announced
that prize will be given the child in
the grove who discovers misspelled
word which will be inserted in one of
the public notices on the Grove avenue
bulletin board during the chautauqua
season. The lucky little one will have as
a reward the amount of his or her season
ticket refunded.
II is expected that keen competition will
result Several tots were observed early
this morning studying the s!gnboard. with
knotted brows
Miss Alice Martin of Washington is
guest of Miss Helen Merriam.
a tournament for the tennis champion
ship of the grove. in singles and doubtless
will be held on the Athletic Association
courts here in August.
Miss Mae De Shields has returned to
the grove after a visit of several days
with friends in Washington.
w. III. II. Smith has recovered from
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