Evening star., 1916-12-16

II. F. Carl: chorister. E NJ. Hall; pian-
| list Miss Clare Miller: assistant pianist.
Miss Alice Fowler; pianist for beginners
department. Mrs r. H. Wolfe. president,
! temperance society. j. T. Miller
! The following declined reelection Mr..
| Edwin Williamson. superintendent for five
years: Mrs. F. w. Behrens superintend-
/ ent. primary department. for about eight
years, and F.. Il. Walker, secretary for
| fourteen years.
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! A bazaar for the benefit of st. Mar
tins Catholic Church will be given at
/ the residence of Mrs. S. ID. Davis, 4S
| Rhode Island avenue northwest, on
| Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Re-
| freshments will be served. and Tues
day from , to will be especially for
| children.
Rev. J. Franklin Bryan. pastor of
| North Carolina Avenue Methodist Prot
estant Church, recently organized a
| male adult Bible class in his church.
At the first meeting there were but
| two men present. the next meeting had
nine present. The number has con-
| tinued until now there are about forty
| members. with the number growing
| with every service. The meeting, for
| the study of the Bible, is at $3.50 am,
| on Sunday. the same hour as the regular
| SUNDAY Scnpbi.
| The following officers have been
! elected: President. K. r. Miskimon,
| secretary; A. T.. Trammelle: treasurer,
! r. l.. Colbert: teach"''. Rev. J. Franklin
| Bryan. The motto saved to Serve"
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| Metropolitan Memorial NJ. e. Sunday
school will have new Christmas en-
! tertainment this year, entitled White
! Gifts for the King"
! The celebration will be held in the
/ vestry of the church on Friday even
ing at 1880 o'clock.
! The white decorations of the room !;
| the white wrappings of the gifts; and
the white dresses of those participate
| ing, will all combine to make it a
| white Christmas" emblematic of the
pure. unselfsh love which prompts the
| gifts.
| For weeks posters decorated with
white lilies have been upon the walls
of the Sunday school room: Christmas
stories have been told by Miss Binden
Colonna. Walter Mold and others. as a
part of the opening exercises of the
| school. and the classes. from the little
ones up to the adults. have been plan
| ming their gifts.
! While appropriate music is softly
| played, the gifts will be taken to the
platform by the different classes and
! placed beneath star of electric light.
| Other features of the program will be
! music by the school. the playing of the
chimes by Prof. Johnston and Christ
| mas story.
Mrs. Colonna is chairman of the com
mittee for the entertainment. On the
! subcommittee are: Miss Holmes dec
orations: Miss Mccain. distribution of
supplies; Mr. Drewett, music: Mr. Lew
| ers. finance. and Mr.. Harvey. superin-
tendent of the school. program
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Rev. J. Franklin Bryan, pastor of
! North Carolina Avenue Methodist Prot
| estant Church, will begin course of
lectures at his church on Thursday
! evening, January 4. which will run for
several months
| The subject of the lectures will be
The Apostolic Church. or "A Study
Of the Book of Acts" There will be n
| lecture every Thursday evening, which
is the regular midweek church service.
DR.. BRYAN gave this course of lee
lures at South Baltimore Station
! Church. in Baltimore, several years
ago, which were appreciated to such
f, an extent that the attendance grew
| with almost every service.
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Missionary rally Of the organizations
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Metropolitan Memorial
Methodist Episcopal Church will be
held there tomorrow at pm.
| Miss Julia Bona1eld of Foochow,
China. will speak.
| The program. prepared by Mrs. w. S.
Dewhurst, president of the auxiliary.
Is as follows: Doxology hymn; prayer
by Rev. II. d. Mitchell; music by the
Little Light Bearers, led by Mrs. B. A.
Colonna; Scripture lesson, Mrs. f. L.
Harvey; music. by the Kings Her
aids" led by Miss Mccain: Our So
cieties." Dr. Mary Holmes. president Of
the World wide Circle: music by the
| Standard Bearers under the leadership
of Mrs. II. d. Mitchell; introduction Of
missionary. by Mrs; Mcdowell, the wife
of Bishop w. f. McDoweI; address.
Miss Julia Bonafield. Foochow, China
Our Membership" Mrs f. u. Huntley
benediction. Rev. H. d. Mitchell
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| The Y. NJ. G. A. gospel team will be
in charge OF the Sunday evening service
at the Petworth Methodist Episcopal
Church Homer J. Councillor will pre-
side. Page Nick. Etchison will deliver
| the address and the Y. II. c. A. quartet
will sing.
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William Knowles Cooper. general
secretary of the local Young Mems
Christian Association, win speak at the
Sunday afternoon meeting Of the asso-
citation i'll Trenton. n. J.
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Rev. Harry Da Mitchell. the pas
tor of Metropolitan Memorial N f..
Church. viii speak at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Sunday afternoon meeting on Giving
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sing.
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The Y. NJ c. A. evangelistic team
under the leadership of Guy G. Heniry
Will conduct the evening service IN
Bruen VI. +. Church tomorrow. The
Y. NJ. c. A. instrumental quartet VIII
furnish special music.
The usual organ recital at the Beth
iehem Chapel of the Cathedral tomor-
row will be given by Edgar Priest. in
place Of the sermon at the o'clock
service.
The cantata 1.-THE story of Rethle
choir Sunday afternoon. December "a
at O'Clock.
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Rev. Dr. Forrest J. Prettyman. chap
lain of the United States Senate. was
the principal speaker at the baltimore
Methodist preachers meeting Monday
in the Eutaw Street Methodist Epfsco-
pal Church.
:, DIR. Prettyman spoke on the reor-
ganiZation Of Methodism and pointed
with emphasis to the meeting which
viii be held in Baltimore December %
when the joint commissions OF the
Northern and Southern Methodisms will
submit plans for the reunion of the two
branches of Methodism. as instructed
by their respective general conferences
The regular monthly business meet
ings of the Marlin class of the United
Brethren Church was held at the resi-