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Evening star., 1915-05-15
ETH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING
Rev Alfred E. Barrows, Pastor Preach Anniversary Ser
mon II Clock Service Tomorrow, While Secretary of
State Bryan Will Be the Speaker of the Evening

THURSDAY. Young Peoples night 7;so
p.m-"On to Wonderland" illustrated
by mechanical and mystical effects.
Rev. c. H. Woolston, d. D., Philadel-
phia tadmission free to those having
bank SouvenirS).
Friday. the Retrospect and the Out
seph T. Kelly: The Survey Rev.
Douglas T. Birnie.
Sunday-1l am. sermon. A New Be
ginning" the pastor; 7:45 pm, address,
The New VISION Former Commits
sioner II. y. F. Macfarland.
The history of the Eastern Church
dates back to the spring of 1871. AT
from the Fourth Presbyterian Church
started Il Sunday school ar the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes. on Fl street
near 11th street northeast The first
officers were F. C. Cate. superintendent
r. H. T. Leopold. assistant superin-
tendent. and 3. H Warner. secretary
and treasurer.
In the spring of 1872 all the denomi-
nations united in building chapel on
Sth street between F and streets
northeast, into which the school moved.
Rev. Joseph T. Kelly. then a student
every other Sunday. He preached his
first sermon in July, 1872. and from
that time regularly supplied the pulpit
until 1875.
May ~. 1919, the Eastern FTeSDH =
terian Church was organized with a
membership of thirty three. Rev
George 3. Patch, the first pastor. was
installed in November of that year
The corner stone of the present build
ing. which was erected during the pas
torate of Rev. Maxwell n. Cornelius,
was laid April is. 1892. The first serv
ice in the new building was held April
30 1898. DR.. Cornelius died just be-
fore the completion of the new edifice.
which was formally opened by mis- sue
cessor. Rev. Thomas e. Easton. Novem
ber "a. 1888. the Rev. T. De Witt Tai
madge preaching the sermon.
The present church building is re-
garded having an unusually fine
site. being located on a triangle at the
junction of Maryland avenue. 9Th and
& streets northeast. facing Stanton
Park. The style of architecture is Ro-
manesque Gothic. built of Potomac blue
stone, with Ohio sandstone trimmings
The church has been served by the
following pastors: Rev. George B.
Patch, 1S75-1SS1: Rev. S. S. Wallen,
1SS2-1SS3: Rev. Eugene Peck, 1884
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ANNUAL CONVENTION OF DISTRICT
EPWORTH LEAGUES HELD DURING WEEK
Rev. F. NJ Mccoy Delivers Closing Address Wednesday
Evening in Anacosta NJ. E. Chdrch-Robert D. Burbank
Heads Organization appointment OF Maj K w.
Pullman as Superintendent of Police 1ndorsed.

president; Andrew Gross of Douglas
Chapter. second vice president; Miss
Florence c. Day of Calvary Chapter.
third vice president: Mr.. w. Il. VIII
hanson Of Anacostia Chapter. fourth
vice president; Mr.. w. l.. Orem OF
Chevy Chase Chapter. recording secre-
tary; Mr.. c. Wendell Shoemaker of Ell
bedrock Chapter. corresponding secre-
tnry: Mr.. Il. W. Ryce of Lincoln Road
Chapter. treasurer; Miss Ida Jury OF
the Lucy webb Hayes Training School.
Junior League superintendent. Messrs
Charles X. Hoover OF Trinity Chapter
and Robert ID. Burbank of FOUNDRY
Chapter were elected delegates to rep
rcscntthe Epworth League on the board
Of trustees OF the Anti-Saloon League
Of the District of Columbia.
Massrs n. i. Carl of Calvary. Chrls-
tophcr &. Mullady of Douglas and Mrs.
NJ. NJ Mitchell of Waugh Chapter were
elected fop/ threeSyear terms on the
hoard OF trustees of Rest Cottage. the
Epworth League social service head
quarters at Washington Grove. Mr
Lee b. Emory of Douglas was chosen
a delegate to represent Washington
district at the twenty sixth interna-
rionai convention Of the league at San
Francisco. Mr.. Allen J. Marsh OF
Waugh and DIR. y. &. Christie. I. S. A..
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'rhe fortieth anniversary of the East
..rli Presbyterian Church is to be OBJ
..ryed for one week. beginning tomor-
row morning.
The first service will be at $3.50 III
III. SUNDAY school The sgperintend-
,ut. Mr.. George II. Campbell. has ar
ranged a unique birthday celebration
for the entire school
AT IL O'Clock the pastor. Rev. Alfred
T.. Barrows. will preach the anniver-
sary sermon. His topic will be These
Forty Years.
In the evening. at 7:45 o'clock, the
address will he given by Mr.. William
Jennings Bryan, Secretary Of State
Special music has been arranged by
the organist, Miss Nellie Sacrey. for all
the services OF the week
The program for the other meetings
is as follows:
Monday, fraternal night-Greetings
Rev. John Compton Ball. pastor of Met
ropolitan Baptist Church: Rev. George
\. Miller pastor of Ninth Street Chris
tian Church; Rev. S. T. Nicholas. pastor
of Keller Memorial Lutheran Church; /;
Rev. Clarence \, Vincent, pastor OF
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church ::
Rev Randolph H. McKim, pastor Of
church of the Epiphany; Rev. James
Shera Montgomery, pastor of Metro
poIitan VI. E. Church,
Tuesday. Presbyterian Fellowship.
p.in-Greetings Rev. J. Alvin Camp
bell of United Presbyterian Church,
Hsev Andrew r. Bird of Second Pres
byterian Church tSouthern Assembly,,
Rev James D. Buhrer of First Evan
selical Reformed Church, Mr.. b. H.
" .rner. first secretary Of the Sunday
school Committee representing pres
bytery: Judge Stanton J. Peelle. vice
moderator of presbytery: Rev. Thomas
G. Clark of Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church and Rev. Joseph I. Kelly of
Fourth Presbyterian Church. Letter of
greeting from the moderator of general
assembly. Rev. Maitland Alexander;
letter of greeting from the moderator
of Baltimore SYNOD. Rev. s Beattie
Wylie.
Wednesday. anniversary social, s pm.
The homecoming night. for friends
old and new. Letters from Rev. Thomas
C. Easton and Rev. C. L. Neibel. former
pastors. Opening of the anniversary
banks.
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1883: Rev T. K Noble, 1sSs-1Sse: Rev.
Thomas C. Easton. 1S93-190.; Rev.
Charles l.. Neibel, 190S-1912: Rev. Al
fred f. Barrows. 1912.
This fortieth anniversary year. 1t is
declared. is proving banner year for
the church. The present pastor, Rev.
Alfred E. Barrows. was called from a
pastorate in Brooklyn, N. Y. and was
installed as pastor of the church De-
cember II, 1912.
Rev Barrows has led the church in
it's final effort to clear off the last
100000 of Indebtedness The church
is now anticipating the wiping out of
the last dollar of Indebtedness before
the close of the year. notwithstanding
the heavy financial burden the church
is making splendid progress.
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The new Capitol Heights (Md) Con-
gregational Church, situated on ed
street and Ellerslie avenue, has just
been completed and will be dedicated
early in June.
The building Is erected on space in
Guiding five lots. giving ample room.
which will be utilized in the summer
season for open-air meetings.
The auditorium is separated from the
Sunday school room by curtain, and
the two rooms, thrown into one, can
accommodate about 400 persons All
the seats and Sunday school chairs are
modern and the auditorium has been
covered with velvet icarpet by the La
dies. Aid Society Of the congregation
A furnace has been installed in the
basement of the church and two hand
some 5OO-candlepower nitrogent lamps
light the entire building. The church
plant is valued at $4,000
Several months ago Rev. }. q. knott
of this city was requested by the con
gregation 20 take UP work at Cap'.oi
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Its Mental Development.

II is a strong force In the line Of
intellectual attainments. It's conven-
tions. institutes. summer assemblies,
reading courses and correspondence
schools are splendid means for intel
lectual as well as spiritual develop
ment. Its literature is of a high and
elevating grade-much of it from the
pens of some Of the Sest religious
writer's of today.
Nearly a hundred religious papers
and magazines are published In many
different languages. and thousands Of
other papers and periodicals contain
Christian Endeavor news and dis
courses on the weekly prayer meeting
topics. These are all sources of re-
ligious and intellectual improvement.
An important design of the Christian
Endeavor organization is to draw the
young people of congregation to a
service in which they can participate
and in that way be trained for active
church work. There they can have
something to do. 1t is only in doing
things that growth and advancement
are made.
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It's Training Leaders.

II the opportunities of the Christian
Endeavor meetings are rightly utilized
it will not fail in training the boys and
girls to become future leaders In the
church. The young of today must in
a few years take the position of church
officers. What better preparation for
this can there be than the weekly con-
sideration Of Bible topics. conferences
on missions and the general work OF
the church which is involved in tht
Christian E,ndeavor exercises?
Not only by participation in the
weekly meetings. but through work II
the various committees. there Is train
ing for enlarged service as future Of
Ace bearers. Committee work whet
FAITHFULLY attended to is highly educa-
tional for practical achievement II
every line of endeavor.
Ine lookout committee. for Instance. is
charged with the duty of continually
seeking for new members. II this duty is
conscientiously discharged 1t means
earnestly talking to others about active
Christian work. There is no better way
TO develop Christian graces than by ire
auent discussion Of personal religion
Evening star., 1915-05-15

preceded by an inter- chapter tennis
tournament. and a dinner served to the
delegates by the members of Anacostia
Chapter, after short addresses of well
come were made by Rev. G. Leroy
White. pastor of Anacostia NJ. h.
Church, and Mr.. Ralph Williamson,
president of Anacostia Epworth
League. Among the pastors in attend
ance at the convention were DR.. w. L.
Mcdowell, district superintendent. DR.
c. c. Mclean of Douglas, Rev. J. Phelps
Hand of Trinity. Rev. J. T Ensor OF
calvary. Rev. Lucius c. Clark of Ham
line, Rev PAUL q. Wright of Brook
land, Rev Fl. {. owen of Camp Springs,
Rev J. X. Esaias of Gorsuch. Rev f. {.
Powers of Eldebrook, Rev. G. Leroy
White of Anacostia and Rev. q. F. Lut-
trell of Lincoln Road NJ. z. Church.
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CARDINAL GIBBONS ARRIVES THIS I
AFTERNOON FOR CONFIRMATION SERVICES
Plans to Confirm Large Class ST. Augustines Church
Tomorrow-Wil Be Guest Of Rev. Paul Griffith, Pastor

and he will administer the sacrament
Of confirmation to a large class fol-
lowing the solemn high mass at II
o'clock
Rev. Sigourney Fay of the Catholic
mass. Rev. James j. OConnor deacon,
and Rev. William ]. McVeigh sub
deacon.
In the sanctuary will be Rev. Paul
Griffith and Rev. Alonzo J: Olds OF ST
Augustines Church, Rev. T. {. GaVan
of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart. Rev.
~. II. Cassidy of St Stephens. Mgr,
James F. Mackin of st. Paufs. and Rev;
George A. Dougherty. vice rector OF
the Catholic University.
The cardinal will preach the sermon,
Following the services, Rev. Paul
Griffith will entertain number OF
guests at dinner in honor of Cardinal
Gibbons. who will leave late IN the
afternoon for his home in Baltimore.
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To do this the fundamental requirement
| Is faithfulness to the object and purpose
| set forth in motto and pledge-Christian
Endeavor attainment is based upon the
| fulfillment Of the obligations assumed
It's Permanence.

Its Permanence.
We believe in Christian Endeavor be-
cause we are assured that ii will last
1t has long since proved itself a
permanent organization in connection
with the churchs work This is attested
by its providentiai history. 1t meets a
great and perpetual need-the need of the
religious education Of the young. 1t does
not take the place OF the Sabbath. but
supplements it in lines of activity the
Sabbath school does not reach
1t is so organized as to be capable of
Incorporating any Improvement in the
work that it is desirable to make.
It's constitution is sufficiently broad
and comprehensive to include all kinds OF
young peoples work. ...
Its fellowship is SO generous that it
can admit and welcome cooperation
with all other young peoples religious
societies.
Its worldwide extension proves that
it is adapted to all nations.
Christian Endeavor will last.
1t is a part of the church, exists only
for it's promotion and the. church will
last forever.
Why / believe in Christian Endeavor
is because it stands for the same ideals
the church stands fora pure home
life, an honest business life. spiritual
life. a patriotic national life, joyous
social life and brotherhood with all
mankind.
Evening star., 1915-05-15

At the annual meeting of presbytery
in April the reports showed that the
Eastern Presbyterian Church for the
past year had made the largest in
crease in membership of any church
in the presbytery.
The present officers of the church
are: Rev Alfred E.. Barrows, pastor;
elders, NJ r Hyer, Dr. Thomas W. Cal
ver G. w Brooks. G. E. Blew, George
H. Winslow. William T. Hearst. Myers
Hand and William T. Belts: deacons,
John F. A1lwine, S. B. D. Rollins. DR..
Krauth and George W. c. Hollida
trustees, Lewis NJ Thayer. George
Loughery, Charles w. Reed. George H.
Campbell. Elbert Perry, Andrew Mur-
ray, H. II. Dodd. Charles F. Consaul
and Clinton F. Wing.
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the Community"
The Sunday school as a community
force will be discussed by Rev. r. w.
Coe, assistant pastor OF the First
Church of this city, and by Rev. W. ].
Richards of Baltimore. Md.
Rev. Oliver Huckel of Baltimore, Md.
will speak on The Noiceless Appeal
of the Church to the Community
The evening session will be mainly
Evening star., 1915-05-15

The Protestant Episcopal Church Will.
it is said, break all records this year IN
number of new bishops Already thus
far this year it has consecrated seven.
the last one Bishop Bliss of Vermont, a
coadjutor to Bishop Hall. and conven-
tions this spring either have chosen or
will elect seven more. besides altering
the status of one from suffragen to CO.
adjutor This number exceeds by four
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It's Christ Ideal.

Remembering that we all have gifts
differing according to the grace given to
u.s. whether prophecy or ministry or ex
bortation we learn that ii is not so much
the work we do as the spirit in which
we do 1t.
There must be some source of inspira :
ton some ideal toward which we are
striving. some bright dreams or fancies
of beautiful imagery of idea TO be trans
formed into reality. else the work of life
will be dull and dreary.
The great ideal of Christian Endeavor
is Christ The pledges and promises to
do certain things are TO aid in bringing
this ideaiity as far as possible to reality
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It's Benehcence.

Christian Endeavor seeks to promote
oeneficence and generosity. Its Tenth
Legion" embodies this spirit in con
crete form.
Many millions OF dollars have been
given 70 missionary and charitable oh
Jects by the Young Peoples Christian
and successfully carried relig GUS
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ington, D. G.. win speak ofthe ways in
which the church should lead the COM
munity, and Rev. Lewis f. Purdum Will
discuss the basis of unity for churches
in the same community.
The topic, "Congregationalism as
Adapted to Unifying the Community"
will be discussed by Dr. A. c. Garner.
Dr. c. A. Vincent the moderator of the
meeting. will talk on "EvangeliZing
Evening star., 1915-05-15

Cardinal Gibbons comes to Washing
ton this afternoon. and will be the
guest of Rev. Paul Griffith at the
rectory of ST. AuGustine's Church.
The cardinal will celebrate the
o'clock mass at the church tomorrow
morning, when the Holy Name Society
will receive holy communion in body,
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given to an address of DIR. P. P. Clax-
ton United States commissioner OF ed
ucation.
DR.. Claxton will speak on certain
phases of modern education in its bear
ing on church life and effort.
Rev. J. o. Knott. specialist In the
United States bureau of education, is
pastor of the Capitol Heights congre-
cation.
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me N Derk, To a" III
crease their mutual
q c q u q | ntance. to
train them for work
in the church and
in every way to
make them more
useful in the serv-
ice of God"
There can be no
more laudable OBJ
ject I h an t h | 8 .
Training the young
for work in the
church is 4 duty Of
49, IK,rL,-t .oor
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work for sailors, soldiers. prisoners: in
hospitals, asylums. warehouses; and
leper homes. The work being done on
these lines and also for temperance, So
cial purity and Sabbath observance,
etc, is constantly increasing.
The number of young people reach
into the millions who have been
brought into church membership
through the influence of the Society Of
Christian Endeavor.
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TOPIC:
WHY Believe in Christian Endeavorl1 Tim IA

The object OF the Young People $ So
ct.rv OF Christian Endeayor. as set
forth in It's constitution. is to promote
an earnest Christian life among ITS
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Its Principles.

The reasons for believing in Christian
Endeavor are foAInd in the principles
for which il stands, as embodied in the
voluntary obligations assumed by it's
members. which include spirituality.
loyalty. fellowship and consecrated de-
votion to the service of the Master.
Its spirituality is manifested in its
placing the Bible and prayer as the
foundation upon which all its endeav-
ors rest.
It's loyalty and fellowship are guar
anteed by its pledge and motto and by
it's insistence upon the fundamental
principles of Christianity.
These characteristics have found for
the society a welcome home in every
Christian land and denomination.
It's devotion to the cause of missions
and all philanthropic activities at home
and abroad has given 1t a generous re-
cognition in every community where
its ministry is known.
We believe in Christian Endeavor be-
cause its teachings and influence are on
the side Of good citizenship. 1t is al
ways arrayed against intemperance.
impurity and everything that tends to
lower the standard of manhood and
womanhood 1t stands for peace and
good will among men
Two of its watchwords are "Arbitra-
tion" and Cancellation" and two OF its
ideals are an international Christian
brotherhood and "A universal lam
guage for ntercommunication."
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Following the visit of Mr.. A. J. DreAel
BiddIe of Philadelphia, founder of the
Drexel Biddle Bible classes a number OF
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tance. Any movement having for Its
end the instruction and guidance of the
,sung in the activities Of the Christian
LIE Justly claims the indIsement and
support of all
of all such movements none has
reached higher standard or greater
attainment than the Young Peoples
Society of Christian EndeavOr.
1t Is recognized as a constantly in
creasing religious force in every land.
lis great power and efficiency is in the
fact that IL is AN organized effort to
lead young people to Christ and into
His church. to establish them in the
gospel faith and put them TO work in
the Lords vineyard In organization
there is strength. Christian Endeavor
..iite9prises UNITE the young people of
al the churches and denominations
and give them broader visions of the
auiye rsai church.
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It's Motto.

We believe In Christian Endeavor be
c.us@ It's cardinal belief is in Christ.
All It's vows rest upon trust In Him.
tn. Christian Endeavorer's pledge in
cuicates the daily reading ana study
az the Bible. the attendance upon the
preaching and prayer services of God =
hou.s the conso1entious performance
of dut Incumbent upon follow :
er 20 ,'r"
rg H., md heartily believe In
any ana all endeavor to do these
Things
A society With such aims and pur-
poses is 2 part Of the church. Its mot
to brin. For Christ and III. church
II stands for the principle of the church
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working for and with the society and
the society working for and with the
church.
Ii is q foundation rule in the estab-
iishment OF Christian Endeavor that
each society Is to be connected with
some one individual church. and its ef-
forts are to be directed to her up
building Its activities are under the
control of the churches of which the
societies are an integral part.
The responsibility for the usefulness
Of Christian Endeavor rests upon the
church. The ideals Of the society, as
set forth in the obligations of its cove
nant pledge, are the same as those of
the church.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19

Rest seems " have worked wonders
for Bunyan the miserable. The being
shut up as Nonconformist for twelve
years In Bedford Jail effected a cure
tnough 1t was filthy and noisome den,''
as he justly terms It, He SAYS: 81 never
knew what it was for God to stand bv
me at all times. as have found him since
came in hither"; and confesses that he
passed his time there ''in much content "
1t was at this period that he was CAV and
cheerful enough to compose the charac-
leilstic ana descriptive anagram Of his
name John Bunyan. "Nu hony in r"
indeed. he was bee full of new honey
from this date on he suffered no relanse
ne truth Is that he was we'll fed IN nv
admirins friends. and entered on his true
vocation of writing those life dramas
wien nave even to this day, enshrined
him in our hearts
IN the moral treatment of hypochon.
ariasls Bunyan is an excellent guide. is
IL not remembered how. when Christian
ana Hopeful were In the dungeon. in dole.
iul case indeed. the former suddenIv
pethought him that he had kew in his
BOSOM called Promise" with which he
picked one after another the locks that
lay between them and liberty. And
so they went up to the mountains. to he.
! .iola the gardens. and orchards, and foun-
taihs OF water. where also they drank and
washed themselves and did eat freely Of
!ne VINEYARDS. There is no key equal
10 II; 1t is somewhere in eyerybodv's
pockets but the prisoner must find II
himself and the medical adviser seldom
mas an opportunity OF helping him.
AZ all events. 1t is to be hoped that M
st u VIII come across such a miser.
All. Iii coli'ior'e .a as poor John Bunyan. He
ae"s u.s. In Grace Astounding" 81 took
an opportunity to break my mind 70 an
ancient Christian. and told him ali nv
case told him also that | was afraid
MAD n,a sinned the sin against the Ho,v
Ghost; and he told me he thought 80
LOO. 1t is all very we'll to agree with a
Nay man whims. but hypochondriac
may claim right to be reasoned with
and John Bunyan was badly used Inv tho
ancient Christian. Several other hints