The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-07
PRESBYTERIAN.

At Fourth Presbyterian Church Rev
Dr. George L. Bitter, Of Valdosta, Ga.
VIII preach tomorrow morning. The
pastor, Rev. DR.. Joseph T. Kelly, spoke
| last Sunday morning from the pulpit
OF his son in the Presbyterian Church
at Plattsburg, N. Y.
DR.. Kelly was a speaker at the re-
cent Princeton reunion banquet which
was held in Plattsburg and over which
the president of the university. John
Grier Hibben, presided. DR.. Kelly was
! the Oldest Princeton graduate present
at the reunion and the fact that he
was one of the foremost athletes of
the university class of 1870 was re-
called when he won from the other
competing graduates at this reunion
the ong-distance runners cup.
At the tent service tomorrow even
ing at 1880 on the lawn of Fourth
Church. H.. D. Gordon will speak on
the subject, Work in the Highways
and Hedges" Good musical numbers
will be provided for this service.
There will be service. as usual. to-
morrow night in the Covenant tent in
Lamont street, between Mount Pleas
ant and Sixteenth streets. Rev. How
ard Hannaford. minister's assistant of
the Church Of the Covenant, will
preach on the subject, The Worship
OF the Unknown God" There will be
special music. Mr.. Klein will conduct
a song service from 7:45 until s
O'Clock. and Mr.. Gorbach will act as
soloist.
Supt. Exley. of the Sunday School
of Fourth Presbyterian Church, has
returned from his vacation and is al
ready engaged on plans for the fall
work of the school He has named the
committees for rally day, which will
be held early in October. The teach
ers' training class met as usual this
week, and in the absence of Homer
Edison, who was attending the min
listers conference at College Park,
Md. the work of the class was led
by Miss White. Bible students gen.
orally are invited to become members
of this class.
The quarterly meeting of the Union
Home Mission Society, of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church. was held last
evening. with A. B. Kelly. president of
the society, presiding. Short talks
were given by J. c. Gripp. Carl Reed,
and Homer Edison, outlining the work
being done in the home mission fields,
after which appropriations were made
by the society to carry on the work
for the next quarter. Along with their
other work, Fourth Church is greatly
interested in their home mission work
at Berwyn, Md.
Rev. Alfred E. Barrows. pastor OF
Eastern Presbyterian Church, is with
his family at Chautauqua Lake, n. Y,
where they will remain for the month
of August. Rev. Hubert Rex John
son, pastor of the Chevy Chase Pres
byterian Church, will occupy Mr.. Bar
rows pulpit during the month.
The Boy Scouts OF Troop No. 46.
with many of their friends, enjoyed
a watermelon chin dig at their head
quarters in the Fourth Presbyterian
Church Wednesday evening. The boys
have planned a social event for every
other week. Their next stunt will be
a we!ner bake. Troop As is growing
greatly in numbers and enthusiasm
and is working hard to become one
of the best troops in the District.
At the New York Avenue Presby-
terrain Church Rev. Herbert Booth
Smith, of Knoxville. Tenn. will preach
tomorrow on the subject. Patient En-
thusiasm." There will be no evening
preaching service. DR.. Smith will give
at next Thursday evenings midweek
service the second address in his series
on Pen Pictures from Mark"