The Washington times., 1914-01-05
TODAY BEGINS WEEK
OF PRAYER SERVICES
Nearly Every Denomination to
Be Represented in Special
Ceremonies in Churches.

Today begins a week OF prayer that
will be observed throughout Christen-
6cm. Practically every denomination in
this city has completed arrangements
sor the greatest series of services ever
attempted here in connection with this
event.
Its origin was the appeal of the mis-
siOnaries in India, in 1855, that the Chris
tan world consecrate the first week in
each year TO prayer for missions. The
Evangelical Alliance has announced the
following subjects: Monday, Comics
sion and Thanksgiving" Tuesday, The
ClGTch;" Wednesday, Nations and
Their Rulers" Thursday, Foreign Mis-
siOns," and Friday. Home Missions"
Tie first of the meetings is scheduled
for this afternoon at o'clock, at the
church of the Epiphany. with services
each afternoon thereafter throughout the
eek at the same hour. Seventeen de-
nominations Will participate in these
meetings, as well as the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union and other
organizations. The Rev. DR.. Randolph
II. McKim, rector, conducts today's
meeting.
Services Are Daily.
IN the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church services will be held daily, eX-
cept Thursday, at 4:45 o'clock. On
THURSDAY It VIII be at in the evening.
At Columbia Heights a series Of union
meetings will be held. in which all OF
me churches of that section will join.
The first of them will be this evening
al s O'Clock, in st. stephens parish hall,
Uhc7 the opening address will be deliv-
Jred by the Rev. George +. Dudley.
Tuesday evening the meeting will be !
~ the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Of !
which the Rev. Dr. Joseph 7. Kelly is |
Tastor Wednesday evening the corSre- |
cations will meet at Emmanuel Baptist |
church Thursday, Dr. Vincent will |
open the Mt Pleasant Congregational |
Church for the meeting. The closing |
meeting on Friday will be held at Cal |
vary Church, of which DR.. EnsOr is |
pastor.
other congregations attending these |
gatherings will include the Central |
Presbyterian. Mt Pleasant branches OF
The Christian Church. Methodist Church
South, and Methodist Protestant; the
Park Road Lutheran, founded by the !
Rev. c. II. Butler; the Friends Church,
the Rev l. c. Clark; United Brethren,
DIR. Campbell, and the Gurley Memorial,
the Rev. Bernard Braskamp. The Rev.
i. J. Prettyman, chaplain of the Sen
ate, will be among the speakers.
Ten Churches To Unite.
In the southwest section of the city
union services have also been arranged
by ten Of the Protestant churches To-
Gated in that district. There it viii
take the form of a great evangelical
campaign to last four weeks.
The first OF the meetings will take
place tonight at Ryland NJ. E. Church,
of which the Rev. E. G. Gallagher is
pastor. In addition to this church the
main services OF the campaign, lasting
a week in each church, will ge held at
the Sixth Presbyterian, the Rev. a.
Spooner, pastor; the Fifth Baptist, the !
Rev Jonn Z. Briggs, pastor, and the !
Gorsuch NJ. L. Church, the Rev. W. J.
Meeks. pastor.
Three great mass meetings for men
will be held, as follows: January j, |
at 5 p. m, St Marks Lutheran Church.
the Rev. J. A. Wade; January is. at !
the same hour, Fifth Baptist Church: I
January y. at $50 o'clock in the after /
noon. Westminster Presbyterian Church, /
the Rev. Titus L. David.
s"ries Of childTens meetings will |
also he held each Friday afternoon.
beginning at $50 o'clock. The first will
be At Epiphany Chapel, under the Rev.
{. +. Edwards. and thereafter in turn
in Kendall Baptist Church. the Fifth
Baptist Church. and Westminster Pres
byterian Church.
One meeting for women will be held :
ct time and place to be hereafter
announced. Under the direction of the
Rev. 9. Z. Gallagher a chorus of the
combined chOirs Of the ten churches
has been formed 10 furnish muslc.