The Washington herald., 1911-03-04
BAPTIST CHURCHES.

DATllOl LII OhG HEOs
Last Sunday was the annual missionary
subscription Sunday for Calvary Baptist
Church. DIR. Greene, the pastor, had as
usual announced ethe offering and h. 1
laid some emphasis upon the need r.r
enlarging gifts to the cause of missions.
The trustees of the ch6rch arranged to
incorporate. an added feature for the pur-
poses of permanent Improvements in
the church edifice, and altogether the
gifts for the year aggregated $4,000, of
which $4,000 was for the various mission
causes of the Baptist denominations.
This is the largest gift which Calvary
Baptist has made in this direction in any
single year.
Grace Baptist Church in this city is
carrying on a contest with manuel Sun
day school and last Sunday the record
showed that Grace was leading, having
AS to 3A for Immanuel; 55 IN the Baraca,
Y in the Philathea, and IS in the Hazard
class. Rev. II. s. Pinkhan, of Emmanuel
church, has arranged to conduct a series
of revival me etings beginning the 10th
of March, and continuing two weeks.
Superintendent Brown. of the Mountain
Schools of North Carolina, addressed the
Thursday evening prayer service.
At the Emmanuel BAPTIST Church the
pastor. Rev. II. S. Pinkham, has an
nounced a series of sermons for Sunday
evenings in March on Messages from
women of the Bible for women of to-
day" Tomorrow evening his topic is
The woman who was chosen for the
highest honor-Mary, the mother of
Jesus" In the Sunday school contest
fn-
manuel there has been the utmost good
feeling, and that result has been decided
ly beneficial to both schools Emmanuel
school registered the largest attendance
in its history. On Monday, the 18th of
March, Emmanuel church is to have the
Mountain. Ash male-voice choir of
Wales England. for a concert. The or
ganization is to sing before President
Taft on the 18th.
The Mems League of the Fifth Baptist
Church will hold it's monthly meeting
next Wednesday evening at the church.
It will be an ''at home" evening, when
our local talent will participate Recita-
tons, songs, and jokes will be the order
of the evening.
The Laymen's League of the First
Baptist Church, Sixteenth and o streets
northwest, announces a lecture by F. H
Newell, director of the Reclamation Serv-
ice, for Wednesday evening, March s,
at O'Clock, in the. church parlors Mr..
Newell speaks on Home making in the
arid West" illustrated with lantern
slides Percy S. Foster will render num-
bers in an organ prelude from to Sis.
DR.. George c. Sampson is president of
the league and Ralph Warren secretary.
At the First Baptist Church, Sixteenth
and o streets northwest, Rev. W. W.
McMaster, minister, Rev. w. E. Brown
superintendent OF the Mountain School
and mission work. of the Southern con-
vention, will speak at the morning serv-
ice. Mr.. Brown mas been in the city for
the past week, speaking at the various
churches. His message is full of in
spiration and power. One comes away
from hearing him with a deeper SYM
pathy for this great work and a new
vision of its Importance and resultant
blessing to the kingdom. The pastor will
preach on Sunday evening on Loves
service, and at the close the orCii-
nance of baptism will be administered.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of the
Fifth Church will observe the week Of
prayer for home missions next week
by services at the church, according to
the calendar issued, on Monday, Tuesday.
and Friday evenings, and on Wednesday
afternoon. Tuesday evening Miss Edith
Campbell Crane, of Baltimore. corre-
spending secretary of the w. NJ. L. of
the Southern Baptist Convention, will
be the speaker Of the evening.
Rev. Richard S. Owens. who for the
past three and a half years has been
pastor of the Maryland Avenue Baptist
Church of Washington, formally an
nounced to his members and congrega-
ton at the weekly prayer Thursday even
ing that he had decided to accept the
call to the Baptist Church of Waynes-
boro, Va. Mr.. Owens for the past year
has not been enjoying the best of health,
and upon the advice of his physicians he
removed his residence to Poolesville, Md,
in the hope of recuperating his strength
sufficiently to be able to return to Wash
ington within a few months. His hopes
in this direction did not, however, ma
terialiZe, and ii is with great regret that
he is obliged to leave the Capital for a
climate more congenial, and where the
prospects are brighter for his complete
restoration to health. He handed in his
resignation Thursday, which was reluc-
tantly accepted by the church. Mr.. Owens
was held in the highest esteem by all
who knew him. His service as pastor |
of Maryland Avenue Baptist Church re-
suited in the doubling of the membership |
during his pastorate. He was one of the |
of the Baptist ministers in this |
city as well as one of the most enter |
prising. He leaves Washington to enter |
upon his new duties at Waynesboro, Va, !
on April 1.