The Washington herald., 1911-03-18
BAPTIST CHURCHES.

The Baptist Minister'S Conference Of
Washington will entertain the Baptist
Minister'S Conference Of Baltimore al a
luncheon in the Fifth Baptist Church.
this city Monday. April 10. The speaker
will be Rev. Peter Ainslcc, and his sub
jeCt will bo "City EvangcIization.
Joint conference Of the Washington and
Baltimore Baptist preachers are held
twice a year and are pleasant and prof
llab Bile occasion"
At the Fifth Baptist Church on Sunday
evening Pastor John Z. Briggs will
preach tho second in tn" series Of ser
mons on Family problems. and how to
solve them in tho light of the Scriptures. -
Subject. The perils Of our young wo-
men" This is to he followed by Duties
OF husbands and fathers wives and
mothers" and Tho rights OF children.
Both the main Sunday school and the
one at Fifth BAPTIST chapel arc at high
water mark. Last Sunday there were
present nm at both schools. New pupils
come each Sunday. Their" is much en-
thusiasm over a Trip to Palestine"
Expansion is tho order Of tho day.
The work of evangelism continues at
Fifth Baptist Church in an extraordinary
and marked degree. New members come
both by letter and for baptism each Sun
day. Three adults were baptized last
Sunday night and three other adults
came for baptism. They came without
anv high pressure. The Spirit OF God is
at work on the hearts and ConsClences
of the people.
Grace Baptist Church is rapidly re-
ducing it's Indebtedness. A few weeks
ago they paid 1900 of Of its mortgage
Indebtedness. leaving only 5000 more.
OF this s. 45n was pledged last Sunday
to be paid during the next few months
Pastor Pinkham. of the Emmanuel
Church. starts a two-weeks series of
meetings with Grace, beginning Monday
next
On Sunday evening. at 7:4S o'clock. a
special musical service will be given un-
der the direction of W H. Starnell at
the West Washington Baptist Church.
The choir is made UP of forty-five voices
and contains some Of the best soIoists
in the city. Among the prominent soloists
are Miss Gertrude Reuter-, soprano; Miss
Marion Mccoy alto: Mr.. Mitchell and
Mr.. Bowie, tenors, and Mr.. Waters and
Mr.. Crilly, bassos.
In addition to the anthem there will be
a solo by Miss Mccoy, entitled % Holy
Father"
Mr.. Bowie will sing BE Thou Faithful"
Miss Reuter- and Mr.. Waters will sing
aduet. "A Song of Praise
Another feature OF the services will be |
a quartet by Miss Reuter-. Miss Mccoy, |
Mr. Bowie, and Mr.. Waters.
How a Washington woman prepared |
for burglars" will be explained Sun
day night by E. Hez Sven before the |
Capitol Baptist Church. meeting in the |
Temple, 423 street |
northwest.
The Philathea Glass. of Temple Baptist |
Bible School, celebrated its first ami |
March Is. 1911, at s o'clock. in
the church parlors. A violin duet by |
Misses Jess BIoomer and Leila Speer was
well received and encored Reports of the
class were read by Miss Queen, secretary,
and Miss Lillian f. Burkett, treasurer.
The teacher, Miss Nina Urner. gave
and inspiring history of
the development and work of the class.
A vocal solo by Miss Murray, violin |
1uet by Miss Mccarthy and Mr.. Esper
Urner. a vocal solo by Mrs. Arthur Dunn,
and a violin duet by the Misses Jess
Bloomer and Leila Speer completed the
programme Light refreshments were