The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

PRESBYTERIAN.

A. the closing se--.1n Of the Presby-
terry of Washington, 40 be held next
Tuesday, night In the New York avenue
Church, addresses will be made by the
Hon. William J. Bryan, secretary OF
State; the Rev. DR.. !. W. Cochrdn' ol
PRESBYTERIAN Board of cduc%tion, Phila-
delphia. and by DR.. James A Worden,
of the Board Il Publication. The theme
for the evening will be Education, and
the meeting is to be open TO Presoyte-
rians generally, as well as the delegates
to presbytery.
The meeting Of presbytery will open
formally on Monday night : t 7:3o in the
Riyerdale Church, and the sermon VIII
be preached by the Rev. DIR. ]. w.
Wightman. Tuesday morning and aft
ernoon will be Civen over to routine bus
iness for the most part. In the morning
session, special memorial services in
honor Of the late DR.. Eittinger will be
held. The work Of the Rev. II. II. Allan
will also be commemorated. In the aft
ernoon a round table discussion of Chris
tian education will be held.
Dr. Charles Wood returned to his pull
pit at the Church of the Covenant last
Sunday and preached to large congrega-
tiOns morning and afternoon. A rally Of
the Covenant School last Sunday morn
ing was well attended, and plans were
iuaugurated for making the enrolment
Of the school 800. IF anybody can, We
can" has been adopted by the officers
and teachers as the watchwOrd for the
special effort.
On Wednesday morning, the society OF
the Covenant listened to a fascinating
address by Mrs. Charles Wood on
Alaska" IN which most interesting OBJ
servations of work being done by the
Presbyterians were given, based on the
visit Of DR.. and Mrs. Wood to mission
stations in Alaska during the summer
At the fall meeting OF the woman's
Missionary Society of the District. held
in the New York Avenue Church We'd
nesday morning, Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe
spoke on Aberdeen" This, too, was
charming account of DR.. and Mrs. Rad
cliffe's visit to Scotland last July, and
in the intimate view of the work and
spirit of the Church Of Scotland, was
specially interesting to Presbyterian
women.
New York Avenue Church in particu-
lar. and all Presbyterians of the District
in general, are joining in the' congratula-
tions being accorded Mr.. Thomas p.
Keene, an elder in the New York Ave
nue. Church. who last Tuesday completed
fifty years service in the Federal Govern
ment. His fellow-employes in the Inte-
rior Department honored Mr.. Keene with
tokens of their esteem, and friends OF
many years inside and outside the Pres
byterian circle have added their felicita-
tions. Mr. Keene is seventy-three years
old and is vigorous in body and mind.
In the New York Avenue Church to-
morrow evening DR.. Radcliffe proposes
to review Winston Churchill's latest book
The Inside OF the Cup" which has COM
manded so much attention this summer
because Of its supposed structures upon
the modern church in its relation TO
social wrongs.
At the Gunton-Temple Memorial Pres
byterian Church. Fourteenth and r
Streets Northwest, the Rev. c. Everest
Granger, pastor, will preach II a. m. and
s p. m. Topic of the morning sermon,
The Lighted Upper Room" Evening
sermon topic, THE Righteousness of the
Secular Life Miss Grace Burnap. late
of Boston, having been engaged for the |
season as soloist and director of music !
has begun the organization of Sunday |
evening choir. Rehearsals will be held /
Friday evenings in the church. Any who |
would like to join such a choir are invited |
to meet at the church at o'clock Fri !
day night. Miss Burnap will sing at both |
services Sunday. Her selections will be, |
Jesus Lover Of Ny Soul" by |
and "Beulah Land by |
evening, When the Mists Have |
Cleared Away" by Henshaw. At the |
regular session of the Sunday school. |
a m, Rally Day.. will be observed. |
Parents and friends are invited and /
urged to encourage the attendance of the
scholars
The annual church social given by the
people of the Eastern Presbyterian
Church Thursday evening last was a
rotable success. It afforded the one
event in the year at which real ac-
quaintances were made, old acquaintance
and all had the opportunity to
meet and become acquainted with the
pastor and his wife. Intervals of music,
recitation and song, and light refresh
ments served by the Ladies' Aid mem
bers were features of the social. About
80 were in attendance.