Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04


ster Presbyterian Church, returned tc
Washington on Friday with Mrs. Davis
and plans to occupy his pulpit to-
morrow.
The pastor and Mrs. Davis came d.
rect to the city from Niagara Falls
whence they had gone. following some
days of the vacation season In To-
ronto, Canada.
Previous to their stay in Toronto
Pastor and Mrs. Davis were at Bay
field, Ontario. where they spent large
part of August, enjoying the. fine
scenery and cool, bracing air.
Rev. Henry F. Lutz, pastor of the H
Street Christian Church. is attending a
congress on church efficiency in Ham
mond, Ind. The pulpit of the church
will be occupied tomorrow morning by
Mr.. ]. Edward Thomas. while in the
evening Mrs. John Newton Culbertson,
president of the Woman's Interdenomi-
national Missionary Union, will be the
speaker of the occasion
Special sermons on Immortality
are to be preached in the First Metho-
dist Protestant Church tomor1oW at
A. Melvin. the pastor. who will illus
trate his theme with immortelles
grown in this country from seed
gathered from plants in the Garden of
Gethsemane. This seed was secured by
Pastor Melvin during his tour of the
holy land last year with a company of
local clergy.
Rev. Charles H Butler. pastor Of the
Columbia Heights Lutheran Church.
has completed his summer vacation
and returned to the city. He will
occupy his pulpit tomorrow.
Rev. John T. Ensor Is another Co
lufnbia Heights pastor who has finished
his summer vaca lion. spent along the
coast of Maine. He plans to occupy
the pulpit of Calvary Methodist Episco-
pal Church tomorrow morning. when
he will preach on Thoughts for Labor
Day
After his vacation of five weeks.
spent largely at Ocean Grove, N. J.,
Rev. F. W. Johnson, pastor of Grace
Baptist Church, has returned to the
city. Extensive improvements have
been made to Grace Church Sunday
school during the summer.
Arrangements have been concluded
for Christian Endeavorers of the Dis
trict of Columbia to hold their annual
picnic and reunion this year at Falls
Church, Va, Labor day Ample car
service for conducting the Endeavorers
from the Virginia end of the Aqueduct
bridge to Falls Church will leave at
$3.50 pm.
Field day sports have been arranged,
to be held at the base ball park near
Crossman's Grove. There will be a
base ball match between an an-Falls
Church team and a picked team from
the Endeavorers of Washington, which
will be called at $3.50 o'clock.
After the game. running and jumping
and potato and bag races will be par
ticipated in. Entries are limited to
Endeavorers.
At about o'clock supper will be
eaten in the grove. and at 1880 a mass
meeting will be held on the lawn of
the Baptist Church. the society of this
oh rvfhh niv he hos m
wide-awake Christian Endeavor
program has been arranged, to be par
ticipated in by prominent Endeavorers
from Washington and Falls Church
The officers of the Baptist Young
Peoples Society Of Falls Church are as
follows:
Miss Louise Byrne. president: Edward
G. Fenwick. vice president; Claude Gar
rison. recording secretary; Charles r.
Fenwick, corresponding secretary; Miss
Jennie Turner, treasurer.
All Endeavorers are cordially invited
to enjoy this outing.
Rev. C. S. Abbott. vicar Of the Church
of the Good Shepherd, having returned
from camping with the boys and young
men of his parish. the regular winter
tomorrow.
Services will be held in the parish
hall until a new church is built. The
Sunday School will reopen September
in the parish hall and the main school,
as best it can, in the burned church
building. Notwithstanding the Grip
pied condition Of the parish, owing to
lack of space, a larger campaign OF
activities is planned for the coming
winter season.
To discuss plans for the second synod
of the province of Washington of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. Of which
Bishop John Gardner Murray Of Mary
land is president. the committee in
charge met Thursday afternoon at the
Diocesan House, lilo Madison avenue,
Baltimore, as guests of the bishop.
Those present were Bishop Robert A.
Gibson and Bishop Coadjutor, William
CabeN Brown of Virginia; Rev. DR..
Edward F. Goodwin of Virginia, Rev.
Frederick NJ. Kirkus of Wilmington.
Del; Canon William L. Devries Of the
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul:
Rev DR.. C. C. Bratenahl of Washington
and Mr. W. w Frazier of Philadelphia.
Much interest is being taken in the
synod. which will be held in Richmond.
Va, November l6 II and IS. The synod
comprises a group of dioceses which
together conduct general affairs. The
Washington synod is composed of the
dioceses in Maryland. Delaware. Penn.
sylvania. Virginia and the District or
Columbia. Eleven dioceses will be rep
resented at the synods by their bishops.
and each will have a delegation of four
clerical and four lay representatives:
Last year the primary SYNOD was heiO
In Pittsburgh, and with 1t the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church In this country
established a complete general organf-
cation of parishes, dioceses and synods.
There are eight synods in the United
States.
The program for the Richmond meet
ing is practically complete. 1t provides
for day to be devoted to mission
topics, one for social service and one
for the discussion Of religious educa-
ton.
At the Lincoln Park open air service
tomorrow afternoon Rev. George NJ.
Clayton. pastor of Park Road Meth
odist Protestant Church, will speak.
These services, under the auspices of
the Joint Y. NJ. c. A and interchurch
committee, will be held every Sunday
afternoon during the month OF Septem-
Der in Lincoln Park at o'clock. The
public is cordially invited to partfci-
pate.
Mr. Walter Gillian, formerly re-
ligious work director of the Y. NJ. c. A,
will be the speaker at the gospel serv-
ice to be held tomorrow evening at
o'clock in the Fort Myer Heights
Chapel
The service will be conducted by the
gospel team of the Y. NJ. c. A, which
includes Messrs. Page NICK. Etchison.
J. C. Gripp, r. R. Rich and r. r Great
house.
MI. claughton West will render a
vocal solo.
The meeting is one Of a series being
conducted in the chapel under the
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