Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
CHURCH NOTES.

CHURCH NOTES.
Salem. Va. which he characterizes as
| the promised land Of the elect" and the
Canaan Of the SOUTH is to occupy the
pulpit of Central Presbyterian Church
(southern assembly today at IL o'clock.
He organized the congregation in 1868
and is now pastor emeritus.
DR.. Pitzer was president Of the WASH
ington Bible Society while a resident OF
Washington. and continues as honorary
president.
| Rev. DIR. Samuel II. Greene pastor Of
Calvary Baptist Church. who has been i'll
for two weeks with grip. is somewhat
improved. il is stated.
Keller Memorial Lutheran Sunday
school had sixty-six scholars during 1915
who made perfect records of attendance.
of these twenty-five were members OF the
adult department.
The superintendent Of the school, which
recently occupied its new home. is DR..
II. H. Settler. The pastor of the church
is Rev L. w. Nicholas. an enthusiastic
worker for the success of the school.
At the Fourth Presbyterian Church
this evening W. II. II. Smith will de-
liver his fourth lecture on The Life OF
Christ" speaking on The Growing OPP
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the Paralytic to the Miracles of the King
dom" The lecture will be illustrated
with colored slides. interspersed with IL
Illustrated songs.
This morning at $50 O'Clock Miss
Mlnna Frickey. deaconess will address
the Dumbarton Avenue NJ. f. Sunday
school.
At II O'Clock DIR. ID. H. Martin. the
pastor will speak on The Methodist
-
+. Huston will speak to the Epworth
League on Our Duty to Our Church"
At O'Clock the Dumbarton Avenue
cnureh choir ..r,S, will give Adam Geibers
VIII be Soprano. Mrs. Mcknight alto,
Miss Laura Wade: tenor, William Adrian:
basso, ]. II. Oliver.
For some months the members of the
lChristian Endeayor Society of the Park
Road Methodist Protestant Church have
oeen divided into two sides, the Red
and Blue, and a contest has been on to
secure new members. the losing side to
PROVIDE banquet for the side secur-
ing the most pledges of persons for
membership in the society.
| ms banquet was held Friday evening
at the church, 18th and Park road. the
Red side being the hosts. The deco
ratlons were red, as were also the ia
vors, which consisted of small can
dlestick with tiny red candle
| me pastor, Rev. q. NJ Clayton, was
named as toastmaster, but. after an
address. turned the duties of this Office
over to the superintendent of the Sun
day school, L. B. Myers. Addresses
were made by the president of the c.
f. Society. Z. w. Thompson; the vice
president. Miss Grace Atkinson: Sec
rotary Miss Helen Deakins. Treasurer
Charles Chew and the pianist, Miss
| Edith Chew.
The captain of the Reds. Miss Hazel
| aodo in, irI che
thanked those who co-operated with
her. and while she marshaled the losing
forces she hoped that henceforth they
all would be on one side.
| DIR. Leo w. Solbach, president of the
Bible class, made an address on 10y
atty" in which he expressed the opinion
| that the word loyal was one of the
grandest words in the English Ian
guage, and trusted that each one who
had taken the c. f. pledge would re-
main loyal.
Others who spoke were Miss Clara
Follin. Mrs. A. w. Lawson. A. w. Law
son, Miss Sybil Hall, Mrs. w. A. MIL
Ter and Samuel Barrow. who was presi
dent of the Park Road C. E. Society in
1914. Forty-six new names were add
ed to the membership.
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The vesper service at the Young
Women's Christian Association today at
1870 O'Clock will be entirely in charge OF
the girls belonging to the schools OF
Washington. The president of the coun-
ell of these clubs. Irene Daniel, from
| Western, will preside.
| The order of service which will be
used, is one suggested for school girls
| associations or clubs. Solos will be
sung by Miss Mary Bean, from Eastern,
and Miss Dorothy Boyd. from Central.
and Miss Freda Backman will play the
| hymns.
Miss Dorothy Wilson, from Technical.
the vice president of the council. will
read the Scripture. and Miss Margaret
Sturgeon. also from Technical. will
make the prayer. The subject for the
afternoon will be Service" and one
girl from each Friendship Club will
talk on different phases of it. as fol-
lows: Service to the Home" Miss
Grace Ely. Technical: Service to the
School, Miss Mildred werntz. Central:
Girls Personal Relationship" Miss
Elsie Jarvis. Eastern: Service to the
Community" representative from Bust
ness; Service to the Church." Miss Ar
line Baker, Western.
Members of the clubs will act as ush-
ers and lead the singing. The pro-
gram was arranged by chairmen of the
| program committee of each club.
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The 132d session of the Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Annual Confer
ence will meet in Foundry Church.
March 29-April 4. and will be presided
over by Bishop Earl Cranston.
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William NJ. Levin, former president
| of the District Bar Association. and a
prominent laynan of the Episcopal
Church, is to teach the Sunday school
lesson to the Vaughn class of men at
Calvary Baptist Sunday School this
morning.
Mr.. levin was a friend and admirer
of the late Francis w. Vaughn. and
made an address at the unwilling of his
portrait in the classroom about two
| years ago.
| The Castle" is the name of new
publica ton issued under the editorship
of Rev. George Waring of the chaplain
! corps. L. :. A., at the United States dis
cip1inary barracks, Governors Island
y. Y. The purpose of the publication
is TO promote prison progress practi-
cally. a thing which it probably will
do in spite of its alliterative motto.
Rev. Waring, it is said. is one of the
best known chaplains in the service.
and formerly was a priest OF the do
cese of Dubuque, Iowa.
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A new campaign is to be inaugurated
in Gunton-Temple Memorial Presbyte-
rian Church, in which it is hoped to
get every member of the church and
/ conservation. in depa rtmenf of