The Washington herald., 1913-05-11
BAPTIST CHURCHES HERE
ACTIVE In MANY LINES

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Of music at the First Baptist Church. Sixteenth
and Streets. Rev. W. W. McMsster. pastor, MAY
II, 1918, at p. Il Waited for the Loru
CMendelssohn), double quartet; Scripture reading
prayer; a. Ave Marie Stella" cGnee,, o; Lieo y.
tSchubert) strings with organ; 1T Is Enough
from Elijah tMendeIssohn,. Mr. Moore; An.
dante tSaint-saens) Mr.. Frey; Lord God o.
Eternity (Mascheroni). Miss Noack, accompanied
BY strings; odertory. "Arie" Haydnl. string guar
tet; brief address by the pastor; Il Am Alpha
and Omega tStainer). vocal and string anare@'
Double vocal quartet-SopraDos Miss Florence
Nosck. Miss Fannie Noack: tcnors, Mr.. George
Robertshaw. Mr.. H. C. Pearson altos Miss Netue
Kluge. MIS-. y. W. Robinson bassos. Mr. Ray
mond Moore, Mr.. John Robnett- String quartet
Mrs s. " G,isack first violin; Mr.. Frank How
ard, second violin; Miss Lillian Miiovich, vioia
Mr.. George Frey. cello; Mrs. Edmund Barry
organist.
The annual rally of the Gilbert class
of the Metropolitan Church was held IN
the Sunday school room last Monday
evening After a short business meet
ing, the class adjourned for social
time during which the following pro-
gramme was rendered: Vocal solos by
Mrs. Gilbert Clark. address by Congress-
man Hamlin of Missouri. and also by
the pastor of the church. Rev. j. c. Ball,
who commended the class for what II
had accomplished in the past and sug-
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be taken up. At the close of the pro-
gramme refreshments were served.
Rev. Roger H. Williams. Of Williams
port Pa, was with the Baraca-Philathea
Union here last week and conducted a
meetingg on Wednesday evening at the
Fifth Baptist Church. A conference was
held at O'Clock. at which time plans
and methods for lettering the work were
discussed. Supper was served at this
meeting by the classes of the church.
The regular meeting followed at o'clock.
Mr.. p. II. Primm, the union chorister.
had charge of the song service, consist
ing OF several gospel hymns and the
Baraca national hymn. Rev. H. w. ..
Millington. pastor of the Brookland Bap-
fist Church, read the Scripture lesson.
and Rev. Z. Hez SVEN, pastor OF the
Centennial Baptist Church, offered the
opening prayer.
Mrs. F. Mankin, the Philathea State
secretary, spoke on THE Philathea Class
and the Sunday School THE Baraca
Glass and the Young Men" was the topic
OF a short talk by Mr.. r. NJ, Japhet. of
the Fifth Baptist Baraca class. Mr.. p.
r. Primm, OF the Brookland Baptist
Barracks in his talk on The Glasses and
Their City Union" urged the Importance
of the classes cooperating with the union
IL best results were to be obtained. The
address of the evening was delivered by
Rev. Roger II. Williams, of W1liiamsport.
Pa, who took as his subject Admiration.
Appropriation, and Association, giving
deeply spiritual and inspirational
presentation of the life of Christ and
mans relative likeness.
Advances will be made from both socie-
ties to bring about at the meeting of the
Northern Baptist Convention at Detroit
this month consolidation OF the two
women's foreign missionary societies OF
Baptists. Forty years ago two such So
cieties were formed, bearing tire same
name, save that one had the words 'of
the West added The headquarters Of
one has always been in Boston, and of the
Western in Chicago. Both have coop
Grated with the Baptist Missionary Union.
now called the Baptist Foreign Board OF
the Convention, and both have maintained
missionaries in foreign fields. chiefly in
Burma, India, China. and Japan. 1t is
claimed that amalgamation will not les
sen efficiency but will save expense and
result in an organization that will put
into foreign mission work s70O,0O a year.
The consolidation is proposed as result
of the new unity policy OF churches, in
which policy Baptists have led, and
which with them combines at this time
all missionary and most other general
UNCONVENTIONAL work
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