The Washington herald., 1914-11-15

.swhat Is the general condition OF Sum
dax school work In the District as
brought out during the conventtonf was
asked OF President 7. A Hostettler AZ
the closing session Of the annual con-
vention Of the District Sunday Scnoot
Association. held the past Week.
ssAu reports indicate substantial
growth,' was his reply. Thirty-two
schools have each enrolled over 500 mem
hers: one OF these Calvary BapusS
showed an average attendance Tor the
year Of $50, with total contributions OF
7,Ooa.
.sThe elementary departments are CIV
ing more time to demonstration and
manual work The adult department mas
been instrumental In creating great
deal Of enthusiasm in the, city and the
convention has developed the fact that
the schools propose to emphasize this
branch of the work. c. Clinton James
will be appointed chairman for the COM
ing year Of the adult committee, ana he
win form an organization to establish
adult classes OF men and women IN al
the schools. Teacher training classes
will also be started. One is already
meeting in Foundry NJ. E. Church and
Others will be organized in various sec
tons of the city. Charles z. Fairman Is
in charge OF this division Of the work.
The home department Of the Sunday
School Association elected new of1cers
as follows: President, Mrs. h W. Ken
drick, Calvary Baptist; secretary MIS-
F. J. Tracy, Foundry NJ E., ana treas
urer, Mrs. ]. D. MIlans, Fourth Presoy-
terian.'
Favorable comment was made concern
ing the arrangement Of the exhibits OF
the work and literature Of the olnerent
schools In previous conventions the ex-
hibits were classified by schoolse ana
Junior, intermediate, adult and home DE-
partment work were shown together,
nnder the name OF the school. This year
the classification was by departments and
the arrangement facilitated the study OF
q particular grade Of work.
Teachers and other Sunday school
workers and students learned with salts
faction of the plan Of the Public Library
TO circulate pictures which have pear
ing on the Bible lessons, in the same
manner that books are circulated
Work will be started very soon, II Is
announced, in the destruction OF the resi-
dences now standing on the site OF the
proposed national church building OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, on
the west side of Ninth street, between
Massachusetts avenue and K street. 1t
Is expected that the construction of the
new building will begin in the early
spring. A live interest in this work on
the part of the various annual conferences
is reported by Rev. E. X. Hardin, pastor
of Mount Vernon Place NJ. E. Church,
who has been assigned the duty OF pre-
senting at these gatherings the plans rel
ative to the new church
AT First CONGREGATIONAL Church the
secretary of the Y. NJ. C A, William
Knowles Cooper, is leading the Delta
class of young men in the study and
discussion of the problems presented IN
The Challenge of the City" by josiah
Strong. The class meets on Sunday
mornings at 10 o'clock
As foreshadowed in this column last
week Rev. DR.. John Roach Straton has
decided to accept the call to the First
BAPTIST Church of Norfolk, and will
begin his pastorate there before the end
Of this month During the past summer
DR.. Straton preached at Calvary and
Emmanuel Baptist churche in this city.
His home has been in Baltimore, where
he was engaged In editorial work.
As the Norfolk church has been for
some time without a pastor, the congre-
cation is anxious for DR.: Straton to take
charge as soon as possible. The church,
which is in Client, the fashionable resi-
dence section, is a handsome stone struc-
ture. with large Sunday school rooms and
a thoroughly modern equipment The
oldest Baptist congregation In the CITY,
II has a large membership. DR.. and Mrs.
Straton will reside in the parsonage,
which is located next door to the church.
At the PetwoIth Methodist Episcopal
church, Eighth and Shepherd streets
northwest, this evening at 7:SO O'CLOCK
DR.. Adam Geibel, of Philadelphia, the tai
ented and well-known composer, will con-
duct a service OF song, assisted by the
church choir under the direction Of o.
J. Randall Many who have known OF
DR.. Geibels work have not known Of his
lifelong blindness. DR.. W. A. Haggerty,
pastor OF the church, viii deliver an
address.
DR.. GeibeI will be heard in a recital
lecture in the Eastern Presbyterian
church, Sixth street and Maryland ave-
nue. northeast, on Tuesday evening next,
November II, and in the Petworth NJ. E.
church on Wednesday evening" the 18th
In this recital he illustrates his method
of composing and other remarkable tai
ent, including that Of absolute pitch,
very rare gift.
Miss Letitia Denison, who died in
Pittsburgh recently, bequeathed almost
her entire estate, estimated at 10000 to
religious and philanthropic organizations,
giving to the Presbyterian Board Of For
eign Missions, S15O.OOO; Presbyterian Board
Of Home Missions, $4,000; Young wom-
ems Christian Association Of New York,
$4,000; Young Women's Christian Asso-
ciation of Pittsburgh, 5000: Humane
Society, Of New York, $5O0OO; Humane
Society, Of Western Pennsylvania, $4,000
Three-fourths Of the residue Of the es-
tate is left to the Presbyterian Foreign
Board and ont-fourth to the Home
Board
Appropriations for missionary work
amounting to $4,000 were voted at the
meeting in Boston last week Of the gen.
eral committee OF the Methodist Epis-
copal Board Of Foreign Missions.
Bishop Robinson asked that a special
appropriation be made to help the Ger
man missionaries In Southern Asia, whose
nay, he said, had been entirely cut on
The request was referred to q commit
tee.
During the discussion. following a mo-
ton to combine the fields Of South Amer
lea and Mexico under the name Of Latin
America, Bishop Mcconnell, Of Denver,
declared he did not expect any speedy
settlement Of the trouble in Mexico, and
that the missionaries should remain
there.
In its membership the Detroit Young
Mems Christian Association Is the larg-
est association Of its kind in the entire