The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
Metllcdist

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Methodist Protestant CHURCH WI eeee'
brats the fortisth anniversary se ~
crganizneion With apec1al sarvlcsG ~
the II o'clock servjce, ~ preAehee wu
b the Rev. J. w. Tr0ut. D. d, d
Phuadelphia, who b the eadese hvenG
/ former pastor Of this church. n II
platform nesting. presided 0vsr by Rev
Nicholas o. Gibson. pastor Of tbs church
FrAteFnal addresses viii b made b
the Rev. Paul h. Hickok. Rev. p. =.
Benson. and others. There win b {
Historical review Of the activities q thS
society sipoe IL beginning BY Wilbur
A. Dodge. . member Of the church. and
Q "roll-ealy conducted BY the pastor.
Concluding the days celebration. thers
chorus choir Of the church win be a.
sisted by Miss Fiosa jackson Van Riper.
soprano: Miss Lucy Graves. contTalto;
Mr.. Joseph Whittemore. tenor. and Mr..
Rowland Carter, bass. The programme
10 under the direction Of william II.
starnell. organist and choir leader.
Members Of the North Carolina Avsnus
M. p. Church living to-day who wers
charter members In is7. number sx. II
10 expected that they Will all be present.
ees~s
Mrs. Rufus Furguson. Mrs. Caroline A.
searles. Mrs. Mary e. Clements. and
Mrs. Kate C. Valiant.
Tomorrow morning in Foundry Meth
odist Episcopal Church the pastor. Rev.
w. r. Wedderspoon. d. D.. viii speak
on Life at Its Best for the Modern
Man." and in the evening on ''Doorways
to the Heart" The pastor will conduct
evangelical services each evening next
week texcept Saturday.: the topics for
Tuesday. Sin" Wednesday. Saliva
tion:" Thursday. Death" and Friday.
Eternity"
The special evangelistic services being
conducted at Hamlme Methodist Epis-
copal Church. Ninth and p Streets
Northwest, will be continued next week.
Meetings will be held each evening ex-
cepa Saturday. beginning at o'clock.
They will be preceded by separate half
hour prayer services for men and wom-
en- Is the classrooms on the ground floor.
The sermon at o'clock tomorrow
night by the pastor. Rev. Joseph N. N.
Gray. will be on "The Compassion Of
Christ" Rev. J. w. r. sumwalt. d. D..
District superintendent. will preach on
C. l. Mead, d. D.. Of the First Church
Of Baltimore. will occupy the pulpit
Tuesday. Thursday. and Friday nights.
The subject Of the sermon at the II
o'clock service tomorrow morning will
be Redemption and Social Service
DR.. Hugh Johnston. formerly pastor
Of Metropolitan Memorial Methodist
Church. will occupy his old pulpit Sun
day morning. In the evening at o'clock
DR.. Montgomery will conduct peoples
services. He ID announced to speak on
the subject, The Serpent and the Rod"
Persistent rumor that the Rev. DR.. John
W. r. Sumwait would not complete his
full term as superintendent. or presiding
elder. Of the Washington district OF the
Baltimore Conference has been going the
rounds Of the inner circle of Methodist
clergy for weeks, and within the last
week newspaper statements In Baltimore
and Washington have even gone SO far
as to name the probable change Of as,
signment. But the plain fact is that
neither Bishop Cranston nor DR.. Sum-
walt himself knows how soon. II at all.
the call In question will be acted upon.
By the new policy established at the
last General Conference. Bishop Gran
ston is not only the presiding officer Of
the Baltimore Conference. but for ten
months in the year is in charge Of the
conferences In territory contiguous to
his residence. 1t. therefore. happens
that the Pittsburg Conference comes
within his present jurisdiction. and the
matter OF DR.. Sumwalt's transfer Is de-
cidedly in the bishops hands.
DIR. SUmwalt's term of six years ex-
pires next April. He must be transfer
red to some other post at that time. un-
der the rules OF the church. Meanwhile.
the people Of the Smithfield Methodist
Episcopal Church want him as their pas
tor. and have so indicated to him and to
the bishop. The present pastor at Smith |
field, however. must be re-assigned sat |
and a suitable successor to
DR.. Sumwalt must be agreed upon !
Neither Of these problems has been set |
tied by Bishop Cranston. and the whole |
matter awaits their solution.
Meanwhile there Is every probability |
that Supt. Sumwalt will be transferred |
10 the pastorate Of the Smithfeld Meth !
odist Episcopal CHURCH Of Pittsburg in |