The Washington herald., 1912-02-10
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The closing quarterly conference of. the
year of Hamline Methodist Fniscons
Church was held last Monday evening,
Rev. ]. W. r. SumwaIt, d. D.. Dis
trict superintendent, presiding. Reports
for the year were submitted by the mas
tor Rev. Joseph NJ NJ. Gray, showing the
work accomplished along the various lines
OF activity. The membership was given
as iS~ The membership of the Sunday
school was reported as 81
The pastor stated he had made 7o7
calls upon the membership, and had writ
ten l,3i0 pastoral letters.
The work of the societies was reported
as very satisfactory throughout the year
The benevolent collections were not com
plete, as final report will be made at
the adjourned meeting OF the conference
March . next BY unanimous vote OF
the conference, Dr. Gray was requested
TO serve another year, and a committee
was appointed TO wait upon the presiding
bishop at the annual conference, which
VIII be held in Baltimore, March q. to
request his return. Similar request was
made for the return OF Dr. SumwaIt as
District superintendent.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing conference year: Trustees.
Q. w. F. Swartzell, Z. d. Godfrey, F. p.
Nash, ]. W. Davis. o. NJ. Bryant, II. B.
MOulton, Thomas Humphrey, sr., Arthur
Cowsill, c. H. Schooley; stewards. J. n.
Benton, E l. Booraem. J. c. Athey, II,
III. Hough, l. F. Hunt. H. c. James. ]. L.
Nuber, II. A Hall, z. r. Rochester, L.
Z. White. ]. r. Wright, c. r. Cleaves,
T. W. Stanton. Waldo Clark, J. H. Muir
head, f. S. Brashears, L. T. Robson.
W. c. Curry, NJ. L. Eichelberger, Fred
Van Dyne; recording steward. II. c.
James; District steward, J. L. Nuber;
trter of appeals, o. NJ. Bryant; dele
gates of the Methodist Union and City
Church Extension Society, G. w. F.
Swartzel, f. / Booraem, and J. l..
Nuber.
The following committee assignments
were made: Foreign missions, G. w. F.
Swartzell, Z. I. Booraem. IL. A Hayens,
Z. S. Brashears. H. A. Jeffers. Mrs T
H Martin. Mrs. II. B. Moulton, Miss
Annie X SWEET, Miss Annie S. Tichenor
Mrs. Oscar Towner, Miss Ada NJ. Will
Jams; home missions, E. /. BOoraem. G.
r. Cleaves, NJ. l.. Eichelberger. Thomas
Humphrey, ST., H P. Illman. w. II.
Richardson, E S. Brashears. Mrs. J. W.
Davis, Miss Abbie c. Graves, Mrs. Nellie
NJ. jenkins, Miss Ida E. Miner, Mrs. c.
l. Roach, and Miss NJ. Adelia Scott.
Next Monday evening the anniversary
of the birth of Abraham Lincoln will be
Hayes National Training School for Mis-
will be delivered by the Rev. James S.
Montgomery, d. D., pastor of the Met
ropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church.
The public is cordially invited.
The eight-day campaign Of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement inl
Washington will be on tomorrow. The
services in Hamline Methodist Episcopal
Church will be in keeping with the very
Important features of this movement
At II o'clock in the morning the pastor,
Rev. Joseph N. NJ. Gray, viii preach on |
The vision of God in Hfe,- and at the
evening service at s o'clock win have for
his theme the second of the series on
modern men entitled "A working religion
for modern men"
At Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church |
on Sunday evening the pastor, Rev. w. |
r. Wedderspoon, D. D., will preach on |
the theme, ''Deathless devotion" Illus |
trated by Charles Dickens David Cop
perield.
Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Epis- |
copal Sunday school viii hold temper
ance medal contest on Sunday, February 1
Il, at 9;45 a. m. Six members Of the
school = Misses Julia Berg, Marjorie
Brown, Florence Read, and Katherine
and Messrs. Theodore Law
ton and Leo ]. Miller-will recite. A sill
yer medal will be awarded the best ef-
fort and silk badges presented the two
honorable mention. Mrs w.
T. Cathon and Miss Lillian Chenowekh
viii sing. Mrs. +. p. Wilson will give a
ten-minute talk on THE big stick" The
primary and junior departments Of the
school will be represented on the pro-
yramme. This promises to be a very
interesting service, and all interested are
cordially invited to be present.
A programme has been arranged by
Mrs. John NJ. Sylvester. director of music
It the Petworth NJ. E. Church, Eighth
md Shepherd streets, for Friday evening.
Is The occasion Is the third
number of the lecture course given by
he church. Some OF the best local talent
las been secured for the concert, and
aermon Metcalf. accompanied on the
,iano by Miss Louie Dale Leeds. will
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