The Washington herald., 1913-05-31
PRESBYTERIAN.

Tentative plans for the building of an
extension on the Church OF the Cove
nant, involving an outlay OF approx
mately $50 200. were submitted by the
session and board Of trustees of the
church to a meeting of the congregation
last Thursday evening, and the trustees
were authorized to proceed during The
summer months with the suggested
changes and improvements.
The proposed extension provides an ex-
terror whose design harmonizes with the
present edifice, and is planned to meet
the requirements for light. ventilation,
and ample facility for exit and entrance.
Special attention has been given to the
accommodations for the Sunday school.
The front of the extension, with its
entrance from Connecticut Avenue. viii
| improve the appearance OF the building
and add to its convenience 1t provides
adequate accommodations for all classes,
enabling them to form an integral part
Of the school during part of the service,
or to secure privacy by means of rolling
partitions in the lower floor and by cur
/ tains in the gallery. 1t provides a num-
Der of units of different sizes, SO that
1 suitable accommodations can be found
/ for classes of varying membership. The
| study of the assistant minister Is to be
| moved to the room over that Of the min
ister and neither these rooms nor the
|
| In formally addressing the congTeSa-
ton on the proposal, the chairman OF the
trustees Dr. Wolcott, said:
| Meetings OF any kind-official, social,
| or religious-are now handicapped by
lack OF any accommodations for wraps,
and of inadequate toilet accommodations.
\ The kitchen and serving accommodations
| also are inadequate, so that the service
\ of a large number Of guests is difficult.
These lacks of the present building are
| especially unfortunate in view of the
modern tendency TO increase the uses of
| church buildings in all possible direc-
tons, in order that the greatest returns
may be had from expensive and we'll
located buildings. 1t is undoubtedly true
now, and will be increasingly so in fu-
| ture. that the church building will be
center for gatherings of all sorts, at
tendance upon many OF which will be ia
/ cilitated by the service of refreshments
THE tentative plans for the extension
provide fully for all these needs. In the
case of large receptions it is proposed
| to use the southeast class room a
serving room. service TO be made from
a temporary counter placed across the
| entire south end of the extension"
| The construction of a $4,000 me-
mortal church in this city was decided
| upon at the recent session in Atlanta
| of the United Presbyterian Assembly.
and measures were taken toward the
raising of the funds necessary for this
| purpose. New Castle, Pa was chosen
as the next meeting place of the as
sembly. The resolution covering the
| construction of the new building was
! presented in the report OF the home
! missions board. and was immediat ely
| adopted. DIR. S. A. NcCollus, pastor Of
the North Avenue Church. of Balti-
more, moved that the structure be
/ called the Memorial Church"
l Mr.. william n. Cromwell. superin-
| tendent of the Sabbath school and
chairman of the board of trustees OF
| the United Presbyterian Church in
I Washington, stated that certain plans
}! showing the facade of the new build
/ ing had been tentatively approved by
the assembly, but that the matter Will
| need 10 pass through the hands or
! various committees before the COM
plete plans can finally be agreed upon.
The membership of the United Pres
! byterian Church in Washington is
I eighty-fve, and there is an attendance
| of about 200 al the Sabbath school.
| Rev. James F. Garvin. missionary Of
! the Presbyterian North board Of for
eign missions, on his third furlough. after
! twenty-nine years in Chile. South Amer
I lea, is visiting for a few days his cousin,
Mrs w. II. II. Shelley. The NansemOnd,
2l4O y Street Northwest. He reports en-
couraging progress of missionary effort
| in Chile along educational and evangel-
/ istic lines. There are now seventeen or
| ganized Presbyterian churches. with 1000
members; boys institute, with 200 pu-
pills, several mixed schools of primary
and intermediate grades, a weekly re-
| ligious paper and considerable colporter-
age work done. The Methodist Episcopal
! Church also has a ioUrishing work.
AS campaign literature TO be scattered
! over the church in the interest of its
SlO,OOoO0O endowment proposition, the
! board of ministerial relief and susten-
! tatiOn has procured the republiCa ton of
! Thomas Nelson Pages exquisite story,
| The Shepherd Who Watched by Night,
which appeared in the March issue Of
| Scribners Magazine. An edition OF 800
copies in pamphlet form, with the orig
! inal illustrations included, is now run
| ming from the Scribner presses in New
York and will be mailed widely from the
| boards rooms in Philadelphia. The
pamphlet is prefaced by a letter ad
dressed from Mr.. Page to Secretary
! Foulkes, expressing the authors graft
| fcation at this use Of his story. which
| he says he wrote with profound hope
| that it would serve just such a practical
purpose as this in furthering pension
| provisions for aged ministers of the Cos
pei. Certainly few writer's have ever de-
| lineated the aged WORKOUT" minister in
such dignity of silent appeal as Mr.. Page
has given to his hero in this instance.
The service of the Central Union Mis-
! sion Gospel Wagon at the corner Of Sew
enth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Northwest tomorrow evening AT $50
| o'clock will he in charge of Rev. DR..
| Donald c. Macleod. pastor OF the First
| Presbyterian Church. The music will be
furnished by chorus choir.
| At the Gunton-Temple Memorial Pres
| byterian Church, Fourteenth and r
Streets Northwest, Rev. DIR. William J.
| johnson, of New York, will preach at II
a. m. A quartet. consisting Of Miss
| Aileen Miller, soprano; Mrs. Arthur
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