The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-10
METHODIST.

| The congregation Of the Mount
| Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church
South, has secured a fine site for iti
new church on the west side of Six.
teenth STREET, near Lamont. and plans
| to begin the construction of a chapel
on this site before the close of the
summer The preliminary structure
more than $4,000 is now in hand. 1,
is hoped the congregation can move
| to the new quarters by the first of the
year.
In Foundry Methodist Episcopal
Church tomorrow evening, Rev. Dr. W
| r. Wedderspoon will continue the
series of services on Heroes" the
subject being Bishop Matthew Simp-
son." This series dealing with events
| in the history of Methodism, will be
concluded on Sunday evening. July is.
| When the subject will be Bishop
Charles C. McCabe."
DR.. II. Townsend Weaver will conduct
| the morning service tomorrow 1t the
| Douglas Memorial M. L. Church During
the summer months the evening service
begins at Z and continues for one hour
Tomorrow Edward Boss and Bayne
Brown will have charge OF the service
for one-half hour for the Epwofth
League and DR.. c. c. Mclean, pastor
of the church. will conduct the remainder
Of the service
The first eXamina ton of the teachers
| training class of Douglas Sunday school
was taken by sixteen young men and
women. The examination was conducted
by Mr. Fairman. The class has discon-
tinued it's work for the summer months,
but the pupils of the class are substitute
ing in the school.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Sunday school board was held on Thurs
day and was conducted by DIR. Mclean
in the absence of the superintendent, 3.
NJ. Croft. Reports were received from
the treasurer and secretary and from
Chiidren's Day and excursion commit
tees. All reports indicated that the
school is progressing we'll Delegates
have been chosen to represent the school
and the various organizations Of the
church at the mass meeting to be he'd
Monday, July L..
DIR. Mclean is now giving a series of
Thursday night meetings on PRAYER
Meetings of the Bible" On next Thurs
day evening the regular monthly bugi-
ness meeting OF the Epworth League will
be held after prayer meeting.
The pastor of the Mount Pleasant N.
e. Church South, Rev. DR.. F. ]. Pretty
man, is engaged in the delivery on Sun
day evenings of a special series Of illus-
trated sermons, which are given on the
lawn adjoining the present home of this
church on Park road. His subject for
tomorrow evening will be THE Sacred
Places in Jerusalem" and he will COM
pare the traditions of the Holy City with
the results of the discoveries there of
modern scholarship. Special music viii
be provided for this service On the fol-
lowing Sunday evening. July is. DR.. Pref
tyman's subject will be Footprints Of
Jesus.
The Bolgiano class of Foundry Meth
odist Episcopal Church Sunday school has
elected the following officers for the Sun
day school year of 19l5-lsl6: President
Newton NJ. PERKINS; vice president.
Homer A. Whitehorn; secretary, James
A. Edgar; treasurer, Roy Q. Carver;
librarian. c. F. Blakely.
The class at its regular session tomor- |
row morning will be addressed by Miles |
z. Shand, chief clerk OF the Department
of State. On the following Sunday, July |
IS, Judge William +. Norris, of the De- |
partment of Justice. will speak, and on |
July Is the general secretary of the Y. NJ. |
c. A. William Knowles Cooper. will be /!
the speaker
THE God of the Summertime" is the |
subject of the sermon for tomorrow /
by Rev. DR.. James Shera Mont |
pastor of the Metropolitan Meth
Odist Episcopal Church. Dr. Montgomery /
has returned from Ocean Grove. n. j.,
where he delivered on last Monday .he
annual Fourth of July grafton, for which
his subject was THE Higher American
sm."
Bishop f. D. Mouzon. Of Dallas. Tex.
who preached in Washington last Sun
lay. sailed on Thursday for Brazil. where
ne has direction of the mission work of
he Methodist Episcopal Church South
While in Washington he addressed the
Monday meeting of the Methodist
Preachers Association ana was the guest
If honor on Wednesday evening at re-