The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
IN THE REALM OF RELIGION
WHAT CHURCH PEOPLE
ARE SAYING AND DOING

4 service in recognition OF the birthday
of Dwight L. Moody. the evangelist, will
be held ut o'clock this afternoon in
First Congregational Church. Mr.. Moody
preached in Washington from February
to March Z, 1894, and his converts in
that series Of meetings will occupy re-
served seats at this afternoons service.
Members of the Moody choir have re-
ceived from Percy S. Foster, who is in
charge of the singing. reserved seat tick
cts for the choir gallery.
William r. Moody, son Of the evangelist
and head Of the Moody schools at North
field, Mass, will deliver the principal ad-
dress.
Hamlinc Methodist Episcopal Church is
showing marked growth under the lead
ership of Rev. Lucius c. Clerk, D. D.
Last Sunday il had the unusual expert
rnce of adding 100 members to its rolls.
Sixty of these came by letter, some of
them having been found by a house-to-
house canvass made by band of work
FRS under the lead Of the pastor; forty
came by probation. as the result of spe-
Cial services at the mission on Bladens-
burg road and in the church proper.
Other Methodist churches which have
held successful revival services since the
Ist of January arc Waugh, of which Rev.
+. NJ. Mccoy is pastor, into which church
fifteen have been recently received on
probation, with others to follow. and
Dumbarton avenue, in Georgetown, Rev.
D H Martin. pastor. where, after three
weeks of meetings, twenty members were
received on probation.
At Emmanuel Baptist Church Robert L.
MaCnei will lecture Wednesday evening,
February 10. on The Scottish Clans"
Rev John Brittan Clark. pastor Of First
Presbyterian Church. is repeating in
Washington, under the auspices OF the
Christian EndeaVOr Union. series of
lectures on The Life of Paul" which
have previously been given with great
success in Detroit and other cities. Ad-
mission 10 the lectures is free. The dates
and places of the remaining lectures in
the series are as follows:
February and 16. Mount Pleasant Con-
ErcgatiOnaI Church. Columbia road and
Fourteenth street northwest; February
=; and March and 3; Metropolitan Bap-
fist Church, Sixth and 4 streets north
east: March Ii. .. and 81. Rhode Island
avenue Methodist Protestant Church,
First street and Rhode Island avenue
northwest; April 8, Is. and -. First Pres
byterian Church. John Marshall place,
between c and D streets northwest
Inc announced SUBJECTS Oh the ltCluIGS'
in their order. are:
The First Schism in the Christian
Church. The Second Missionary Tour"
The Second Missionary Tour, Contin-
ucd,' "PauI's Second Tour. Corinth,
Paul in Ephesus," Around the Circuit
Once More" Again to Jerusalem"
''Caesarca, on the Way to Rome "On
the Way to Rome Paul in Rome
''PauTs Second Trial in Rome; Ills
Death"
The CongTegatiOnallst and Christian
World thus summarizes the work of the
commission on missions of the COnErega-
tional Church. whose meeting in Chicago
lat" in January was attended by Rev.
Ir. Jay r Stocking, pastor Of First Con-
grCEHtional Church. as secretary:
The important conference in Chicago
last week Of officials Of our home soCie
tics with members of the commission of
the national council disclosed prevailing
sentiment in favor of n somewhat radical
reorganization. According to these re-
ports, the preponderant opinion waE in
favor Of making the publishing society
separate organization and of transfer
ing the Sunday school and educational
work now allied with it to the mission
extension group. The federation of the
american Missionary Association and the