Evening star., 1915-01-24
Plan. to raise $1,000. 900 for imme-

Plans to raise $1.ooo,0o0 for imme-
diate emergency use in the European
war zone and adjacent territory have
been announced by the bishop of the
Episcopal diocese of Maryland and
George c. Thomas of Baltimore. This
sum is to be devoted to a combination
of missionary and relief work by
American missionaries. A committee
appointed at a recent conference of the
province of Washington, of which
Bishop Murray Is president, Is to make
a thorough canvass among the church
men OF Baltimore to raise the needed
funds.
The cathedral council, at its meeting
Wednesday in the Woodward building.
arranged for a missionary mass meet
ing, to be held early In February, and
a committee was appointed to cooper
ate with the archdeaconry in the ar
rangements. Although definite finan-
cial reports were not available concern
ing the effort to double the usual mis-
sionary offerings this year. it was
found that largely increased pledges
were being received in all the parishes
represented. and plans for an every
member canvas were progressing rap
idly.
Appropriate resolutions were passed
by the council on the recent loss of two
H. Singleton.
The Young Peoples Society of st.
Stephens Church, with a membership
of more than 200, gave a social Friday
evening in the parish hall, in the in
terests of the children of Mount Pleas
ant. Paul Daley is president of the
society.
Rev. Charles NJ. Bart, pastor of St
To-
his annual report that the debt on the
parochial school, on v street, has been
materially reduced.
Ministers in many of the city's
churches are to preach on topics con-
this morning or tonight. today having
been designated as Child Labor day
Attention of local clergymen has been
called to the day and its significance
by members of the Maryland child la
Dor commission.
The Mems Club of St. Margarets
parish Is to meet in the parish house
THURSDAY evening. Mrs. Helen Dono-
hue De Yo. soprano. is to sing several
solos solos dusins sins +, the evenings entertain
sical numbers. William H. Whitaker
is to deliver an illustrated address on
the subject. The Attitude of the Dis
lT1ct OF SOiuT1Ola OmC1alS Toward Its
Law Violators." Refreshments are to
be served. At the clubs last meeting
more than sixty-five were present.
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Bishop Thirkield and Mrs. Thirkield,
the latter being president of the Meth
odist Womans Home Missionary So
ciety. sailed yesterday for San Juan,
Porto Rico, where the bishop is to
preside at the mission conference to be
held at Utuado, Porto Rico While in
the island Bishop. Thirkield is to make
4 visitation to the Methodist churches,
schools and mission stations of Porto
Rico.
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Rev. DR.. Paul r. Hickok, pastor of
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church,
made the address Friday evening be-
fore the Bible conference now in
progress at Brookland Baptist Church.
The sessions of the conference are to
continue during the coming week, be-
ginning Tuesday night, when DR.,
Charles E. Fultz of the North Capitol
Street United Brethren Church is to
speak. Among the speakers who are
announced to address the conference
next week are DR.. John Britain Clark.
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church; G. e. Dunkum, Rev. Dr. Cove
G. johnson of Emmanuel Baptist
Church, and the Rev. H w. o. Milling
ton Of the BEookland Baptist Church.