Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22

a1ter.
\ sunrise Easter service will be held
the Christian Endeavor societies.
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The First Baptist Sunday school has
| been devoting Sunday mornings dur
| ing the last two months to the study
of foreign missions. Brief addresses by
members of the school have been given
showing conditions in foreign lands,
and on two occasions natives of the
| Philippine Islands and China made adj
dresses A special program has been
prepared for Easter Sunday.
| The First Baptist Christian Endeavor
Society held its regular business meet
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith. All 9Th street
Plans were completed for a musica
entertainment. The New Minister" at
/ the church.
The president appointed a committee
| consisting of Messrs. Smith. McMaster,
! Dayton. Young and Robinson to NOM
mate new officers for the society
| One class of Christian Endeavorers,
consisting of Mrs. w. H. Winchcole,
! Miss Elizabeth Clark Miss Bessie NJ
Glass. W. A. Dayton. H. D. Young and
! Elgln Smith. was given diplomas and
lhrlst1an Endeavor pins Sunday night
| me society is organizing another class
| for the study of expert endeavor.
p
Al young peoples missionary rally
az Mckendree Church o1 Easter Mon
| day. at O'Clock. Misses Mich and Mel.
| chinese students from Syracuse Uni
versity. will speak
! Mrs. F. NJ. Mccoy will preside, and
/ presentatives from all the Young
! Peoples Foreign Missionary societies
| in the Methodist churches of the city
will be present. There will be music
ana refreshments.
! These Chinese students came with a
| party on special excursion from SYRIA
cuSe University.
| At the Young Women's Christian AS
soclation tesper service tomorrow at
! $50 pm. Miss Mel and Miss Mich will
| be the speakers. These two young
| chinese girls are graduates of the Ru-
| llson High School at kiukiang. China
j and have come to this country to finish
! their education
! Miss Mel came to DR.. w W. Whites
/ Ieachers Bible Training School in lel .
and graduated from there in 1915. She
is now studying music at Syracuse Uni
NersitY. Miss Miriam l.. Mich came to
this country in 1911. graduating from
the college a Albion, Mich in 1915.
and is now taking a postgraduate
! course at Syracuse University in math-
ematlcs and chemistry. Both young
women are preparing to go home this
summer to teach in the Rulison High
School
While in Washington they are the
| guests of the Womans Foreign Uni
versity Society of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. which supports the Rulison
school. There will be special Easter
music at this vesper service. and all
women are cordially invited.
The annual meeting of the congre-
cation of Westminster Presbyterian
Church was held Thursday night. and was
| the largest in attendance for many
years. The reports from all the or
CARNATIONS of the church showed an
unusually prosperous year with bal
ances in all the treasures.
| The election Of officers resulted in
Henry F. Rittinger being elected pres
ident of the congregations; Horace NJ.
Davis. secretary, and Joseph w. Nc
kericher. treasurer. Messrs. j. Frank
Stephenson. George +. Croswell and
Joseph w. Mckericher were elected
! trustees for three years. W. A. H.
Church. J. F. Stephenson and G. E.
Croswell were elected the auditing
committee. BY a unanimous rising vote
the thanks of the congregation were
given to the pastor, Rev. Y. e. Davis.
for his faithful and untiring service
during the past year.
The Mems Club of the Nineteenth
Street Baptist Church will have its
| regular monthly meeting Monday even
ing at o'clock. W. H. ]. Beckett. sec
rotary of the y NJ. &. A. 18th street
branch. will deliver an address on
| The Reward of Perseverance"
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Evangelist A. E Booth of Buffalo,
y. y, will give series of three ad
dresses in the Assembly Hall, corner
of 18th street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast. beginning tomorrow
| icxHs l<lrAr
be given Tuesday and Thursday nights.
The subject for tomorrow night is
The Theme of All Themes. the Gross
Of Christi On Tuesday and Thurs
the second coming of Christ and con-
nected events. including the millennial
age. Mr.. Booth is the author of a
| number of publicat tons.
! At Union NJ. f. Church the Sunday
| school will render the Easter program
at II O'Clock. an original service for
Easter by ]. Lincoln Hall. with an ad-
| dress by the pastor. Rev. John Mac
| Murray There also will be a recep-
| ton of new members.
| The Epworth League will have a
special Easter program at I in the
! evening. and the pastor a VIII de-
! liver the Easter sermon.
Easter will be observed tomorrow at
the Ninth Street Christian Church by a
special musical program. under direc-
| ton of Prof. Joseph Harrison and the
| large chorus choir of the church.
! At the morning service the pastor,
Rev. George A. Miller. will preach on
The Easter Spirit" At the night serv-
| ice the choir will render special music
and there will be a short sermon by tho
pastor on The mistaken Hope"
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Easter greeting cards mailed to
members and friends of the Young Peo-
pies Christian Endeavor Society OF the
F., Metropolitan Baptist Church. 9Th and A
| streets northeast. announce that Rep
| resentative c. w. Hamlin Of Missouri
| will conduct the prayer service tomor-
irow evening at 6:45 o'clock Special
music will be rendered
| The Columbia Heights Christian
| Church. located in the old post ONCE
| building on Park road. west of l4th
| street, was received into the Disciples
| Union at a meeting held at Mount
| Rainier Tuesday evening. Elder James
| l.. Wilmeth, speaker. will preach both
morning and evening tomorrow. Miss
Sadie Lewis will sing at the morning
service and Miss Belva Houck at the
evening service.
! The monthly preachers meeting of the
| Methodist ministers of the city Mon
/ day will be addressed by DR.. John
| f. Goucher, founder and for many gears
president of the Womap's College in Bal