The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-19
PRESBYTERIAN.

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The young people OF the Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church, Fourth and B
Streets Southeast. will present the Gay
rusans Legacy" on Friday evening.
May 2 In the church. number OF
those. who performed year ago will be
seen in the present cast
Annual reports Of the Central Pres
byterian Church. at Third and I Streets
Northwest, show that this church has
given. during the past year. over $1,000
for foreign missions and about s., 400 for
home missions. These gifts are In ad-
dition to the maintenance Of q chapel, at
Sixteenth and Irving Streets Northwest
The striking fact about these amounts In
that they represent voluntary giving and
constant hberality on the part Of the
congregation. No so-cailed modern
methods are used in connection with the
finances of this church.
1t Is matter of profound gratitude
throughout the entire Southern Presby
terrain Church that the debt of $50, 900
resting upon the foreign mission COM
mittee of the church, and representing
an accumulation of indebtedness for sew
eral years past, has been wiped out by
the lberality of the entire church, and
the secretary Of foreign missions reports
all debts and dues paid up to April J."
The Central Church rejoices that ii has
had some small part in this matter.
Dayton Presbyterians suffered immense
setbacks in the loss of property and in
the decentralization of their work. Park
Church was destroyed by fire; Third
Street Church, known as q mother Of
churches, Dr. Campbell pastor. was food
ed to the depth OF twelve feet, the audi
forum being chaotic mass Of debris.
First Church, like Third Street, in the
heart of the downtown district, was par
TALLY submerged. as was its mission in
North Dayton. Fourth. Memorial, ana
Patterson churches being on higher
ground, escaped. No services can be held
In the affected buildings for weeks. 1t
Is hoped, however, that the work may
| be reorganized in temporary quarters II.
a short time, and start made on the
reconstruction of the buildings. Presby-
terians promise that the work now inter-
rupted will be resumed ultimately upon q
larger scale than ever before.
At the conclusion Of the prayer service,
held at the lexington Presbyterian
Church. North Capitol and Q Streets.
Thursday evening last, reports were
made by the heads of the various boards
and organizations of the church, sum-
marizing their operations during the Year
| flying, disclosing the church's activities
| in fourishing condition along all the
lines Of church work. The trustees re-
ported that with a payment they will
shortly make the church's Indebtedness
| will have been reduced $3.50 during the
last nine months The pastor, DR.. Henry
| +. Brundage, made grateful acknowledge
ment of the increase in his salary re-
Gently voted by the congregation, espe-
cially of the spirit which prompted IL.
In the Northminster Presbyterian
Church last Sunday ordination and in
stallation of deacons followed the sermon
by the pastor. At the last Congrega
tional meeting a number of new officers
were elected, so that the church now
has a full complement. The officers OF
the church are: Elders. DR.. NJ. c. Ben
nett, DR.. Joseph Began, L. c. William
son, William Countryman, and William
Gibson; deacons. George ]. Davis, Joseph
III. Fiske, j f. Paul. William ]. Arm
strong. and William Stuart; trustees, Ed
| ward 5. Bailey, president; M. C. Ben
nett. C. B. Chamberlin. J. f. N. Ingalls,.
Walter S. Perry. Harry NJ. Wells and
Harry p. Wilkins.
The Presbytery OF the Potomac met in
| the Franklin Street Church, Baltimore,
| Tuesday last and adjourned on Thurs
| DAY afternoon MT. W. W. WdEWlCh,
an elder in the Central Presbyterian
Church, this city, was elected moderator
The reports from the various churches
1 in the Presbytery were very encouraging
! The announcement was made that the
| debt resting upon the foreign mission
committees of the entire church, and
amounting to $4,000. had been paid. The
| Presbytery of the Potomac gave to this
| work of foreign missions over 200. The
| Central Presbyterian Church, Of this city,
| gave as its part of the contribution over
| 81 900, the largest amount given by this
| congregation in several years. The Gen.
| trail Church Is thus helping to support
| two missionaries on the foreign field,
| and two missionaries in the home field.
| An interesting address will be delivered
| by MIR. James w, Erwin, Of San Fran
| cisco, on the subject, Through the Sun
! nv Southland to CALIFORNIA; Golden
Gate at the First Presbyterian Church
| in Four-and-a-half Street. Monday even
| ing, April q, at o'clock. The address
| will be under the auspices Of the District
of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union.
At the Gunton-Temple Memorial Pres
byterian Church, Fourteenth and r
Streets Northwest, the sermon will be
preached at the morning service by Rev.
Everard w. Snow, pastor of the Second
Congregational Church, of Winsted.
Conn. Mr.. Snow is child of the Gunton- |
Temple Church, and il a son Of Elder
and Mrs. Snow. Quartet music will be
rendered at this service. At the evening |
service DIR. Granger. the pastor. will
preach on the topic, Lost! Lost! LOST" |
Miss Grace Rails will sing.
Rev. DR.. Hubert Rex Johnson, pastor |
of the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, |
was elected moderator OF the Presbytery |
of Washington for the current year.
The following were elected to serve on |
the moderator's advisory council: Rev. |
Paul R. Hickok, Elder Stanton ]. Peelle. |
Rev. DR.. Donald c. Macleod. Elder H. |
X. Simpson, Rev. DIR. James T. Marshall, ]
and DR.. Daniel Mcfarland.
Commissioners to the General Assem- |
bly,, to be held in Atlanta, Ga. the latter |
part of May, were elected as follows: |
Rev. Paul r. Hickok. of the Metropoli- |
tan Presbyterian Church; Rev. DR..
Henry RUNNER, of the Kensington |
Presbyterian Church: Edward Tarring, |
of the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, and T. c. Newton of the WASH
ington Heights Presbyterian Church.
At the II o'clock morning service in
the Church of the Covenant. Rev. DR..
Charles Wood will preach. The $3.50
o'clock musical service. led by the dou-
BILE sextet, will be followed with SER
mon by Dr. Wood on Belief and Con-