The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-07
Presbyterian

A meeting OF the congregation of Cur
| ley Memorial Presbyterian Church, TO
consider an offer recently made for the
church property. has been called for
next Thursday evening. The offer comes
| from a portion OF the colored congrega-
| ton of Vermont Avenue Baptist Church.
Rev. DR.. j. r. Verbrycke has returned
from his vacation, and will preach to-
morrow morning at Gurley Church on
The ExiIed Disciple" Evening services
are not to be resumed until October.
Rev DR.. A. ". Spooner. OF Sixth
Church. returned on Wednesday with his
family from his summer vacation, which
was spent at Wildwood. n. j. One week
OF DR.. Spooner's time was given to the
evangelistic committee of Philadelphia
in the tent meetings and other engage
ments took him TO the Log College As
sembly at Huntsville. Pa. and to the
Disciples Chautauqua at Bethany Beach,
Del. DR.. Spooner will use as the subject
of his sermon tomorrow morning The
Growing Purpose OF the Gospel Min
istry."
Rev. c. Everest Granger, pastor Of
Gunton-Temple Presbyterian Church, will
return to his pulpit on September Is To-
morrow morning Rev. F. J. Lukens, of
Central Union Mission. will preach.
At Eastern Presbyterian Church Rev.
T. R. Mordy, of Auburn. N Y, will
tional meeting will probably be called
in the near future to consider the can
didates for the pastorate, whose names
will be presented by the session.
Rev George G. Stewart. D. D.. LII. D..
president of the Auburn Theological
Seminary, at Auburn. n. Y, will supply
for DR.. Radcliffe at the New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church tomorrow and
on the following Sunday.
Rev William D. Moss. who goes next
week to enter upon his new charge at
Chapel Hill, n. c., with the beginning
Of the years work at the university,
will preach his last sermon at the Wash
ington Heights Church tomorrow morn
ing.
The annual winona Bible conference at
winona Lake. Ind, closed last Sunday
after ten days OF Bible instruction, SER
mons and philosophical lectures. Will
lam Jennings Bryan, who has promised
to take the presidency of Winona, made
a hurried trip to the grounds to speak at
the IL o'clock service Sunday to an audi
ence which crowded the auditorium DR..
W. A. Sunday preached to another vast
audience in his customary unique way.
AS this was DR.. Sundays only talk this
season, he met with a warm reception
from his old friends. Bishop Edwin H.
Hughes, Methodist, OF San Francisco,
preached the closing sermon.
Bishop Hughes also preached wednes-
day evening. August %, on the duty of
being kind and sympathetic to the for
eigners. He pointed out that there was
not a nation from which immigrants
came to whom We did not owe a debt
for many contributions to the worlds
progress.
DR.. Wallace Radcliffe attended the ses-
sion Of the General Assembly's executive
commission, and remained for the con-
ference. It was at Winona Lake in 1888
that DR.. Radcliffe was made moderator
of the General Assembly.
In the course Of an address at a Pres
byterian rally, DR.. Radcliffe Is reported
to have said: IF were pope OF the Pres
byterian Church ] would compel 1t to go
back to psalm singing. I would have all
the children in our Sunday schools chant
the Psalms Of David instead OF many Of
the fiddling hymns Of to-day"
The Bible work Of the conference was
in the hands Of Moody Bible Institute. Of