The Washington herald., 1915-09-11

The Washington District Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church South, will
be held next week at Emory Church
on Georgia avenue. of which Rev. z
l.. Woolf is pastor. The opening ser
mon will be preached Tuesday even.
ing. September ii, at o'clock. after
which the conference will be organ.
lied. Sessions will continue in the
morning. afternoon, and evening OF
September Is and Is. The following
committee on examination has been ap.
pointed by the presiding elder. Rev
H. NJ. Canter: DR.. E. L. Woolf. Rev
F. N. Richardson. and Rev. w. l.
Smith. Reports of the activities OF
the churches included in Washington
district will be received and quarterly
conference records will be presented
for examination.
The Baltimore Conference Epworth
League NJ. Z. Church South. will hold
its first annual conference in this city
on October Is and Il. The place of
meeting will be Mount Vernon Place
Church.. and the Epworth League
Chapter of that church has appointed
as committee to provide for the enter
tainment of delegates G. P. Ashbury.
Mrs. A. E. Martin, and Miss Julia Z.
Irby.
The eighteenth annual meeting of
the Epworth League Union. of the
Southern Methodist Church. of this
city. will be held at Epworth Church
on the afternoon and evening of Fri
day. October l.
]. o. Tolbert. president of the Wash
ington City Union of Epworth Leagues,
led the devotional service at Mount Ver-
non Place Church last Sunday evening.
The topic of the service was An Even
ing of Favorite Hymns.
Rev. E: X Hardin. pastor of Mount
Vernon Place Church. and Rev. +. J.
Prettyman. pastor OF Mount Pleasant
NJ. r. Church South, were speakers this
week at the conference of the Baltimore
district Epworth League of the Southern
Methodist Church. whose convention was
held in Baltimore from Tuesday to Thurs
day.
Rev E. L. Woolf. pastor of Emory
Methodist Episcopal Church South, will
return to Washington on Monday in time
| for the district conference. which con-
venes at that church on Tuesday even
ing.
Rev. D. L. Blackmore pastor of st.
Paul Southern Methodist Church. at
| ltllutu lIllS week lnt hpOTeuclu
conference at Woodstock, Va. represent
ing the board of missions of the Balti-
more conference Rev. Mr.. Blackmore
will return to the city today and will oc-
cupy his pulpit tomorrow.
The annual meeting of the Womans
Missionary Society. Washington district
NJ. Z. Church South. will be held at
Hyattsville, Md, Sunday and Monday.
| Santemhar Mrs
inson. of Mount Vernon Place Church.
this city, is district secretary and pre-
siding officer.
| Mrs. K. W. MacDonell. of Nashville
Tenn. administrative secretary. home de-
partment Woman's Missionary Council,
will be one of the speakers Mrs. l. J.
Copeland. of Baltimore. Md, president of
Baltimore Conference Missionary Society,
will also be present.
Many Southern Methodist women of
Washington City and vicinity will at
tend.
Epworth League rally day will be OBJ
served by the several leagues in Wash
ington by series of joint meetings which
have been arranged by the district off,
GERS and chapter presidents. In order to
allow. the visiting leagues to return to
their own churches for the regular serv-
ice the meetings will begin at $50 and
will be over by 40. The city has been
divided into several sections, and the
rally meeting will be held in a centrally
located church in each section.
The leagues of East Washington will
meet at Trinity NJ. E. Church. Fifth and
Seward square southeast, at $50 p. m,
with Robert D. Burbank. District presi-
dent, as presiding officer. Brief addresses
by Rev. G. Leroy White. pastor of Ana
y o,,l Ea,, -,
Hand. pastor of Trinity Church, will be
included in the program. President David
H. Davenport. of Trinity chapter. has
arranged special musical features, includ-
ing several anthems by the Trinity Ep-
worth League Chorus Choir L. n. Fouts,
director, and selections by Moody's Or
chestra. Every church in East Wash
ington Plans to send delegations to the
meeting.
Leagues of the central section. which
includes Metropolitan. McKendree, Ham,
line, Wesley. Calvary. Iowa Avenue and
several suburban churches. will hold their
joint rally service at McKendree NJ. f.
Church. Massachusetts, avenue, between |
Ninth and Tenth streets northwest, at
$50 p. m, with Ashby Jump, the District
first vice president. as the presiding off, |
Ger. The feature of the meeting a Nc |
Kendree Church will be a brief address !
on personal evangelism by Kew. Dr. |
Francis NJ Mccoy. pastor Of Waugh NJ
f. Church. and dean OF the facultry at
the recent institute of the local leagues
at Mountain Lake Park. Charles Kin
sela, institute chorister, will lead the
congregational singing at this meeting.
President W. H. B. Leitch. of McKen-
dree chapter. has issued a cordial invita-
tion to all Methodists in the central part
of the city to attend the rally at McKen-
dree.
An Epworth League mass meeting will
be held at Foundry NJ. E. Church, Six
teenth and Church streets northwest. with
Rev. L. Morgan Chambers, D. D., pastor
of McKendree NJ. E. Church, as the prin-
cipal speaker. The meeting has been ar
ranged by President Courtney L. Brad
ley. of Foundry Chapter. who will pre-
side Andrew Gross, District second vice
president. will represent the District Ep-
worth League at this meeting.
Leagues in the vicinity of Tennallytown
will gather at Eldebrook NJ. E. Church,
Tennallytown, D. c., where Mai.
Pullman, superintendent of police. isl
scheduled to make the principal address. |
The meeting was arranged by C. Eli Per-
~ nresfdenf NJ Eldebrook Chantar apd