The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-25
METHODIST.


81, 1916. Extensive plans have been
laid for the appropriate observance of
the occasion and q fund is being Sc
cured which is to be used to erect in
Washington an equestrian statue OF
Bishop Asbury
Concerning this method of doing
honor to the bishops memory the
Christian Advocate New York;, says:
The proposal to erect a statue to
Francis Asbury in Washington has
struck a good many of the eight mil
lion Methodists as the one best way
of concentrating the centennial Of
the death of the pioneer bishop.
1t will be the only statue of Meth
odist, as such. ever erected in the
United States. The public squares
of the National Capital are we'll popu-
figures on foot and on horseback are
in the uniform of fighting men, and
reveal but a single phase in the his
tory of our land. 1t is eminently Mt
ting that the leader who, more than
any other. typifes the spread OF Chris
tian civilization over this continent
should stand with the heroes of the
sword.
cit will be an equestrian statue.
This gives it unique interest 1t makes
it representative of the circuit rider,
who lived in the saddle, and whose
saddlebags CARED not only the Bible
but all manner of civiliZing literature
from the eastern settlements to the
lonely cabins beyond the mountains
on the western waters. The time is
coming when these men, OF whom
Francis Asbury was the captain and
inspiration, will be recognized a the
true Pilgrim Fathers of the new
America, whose grandeur Asbury was
almost the first to prOphesy. The
will stand for them, as ii
will for him, their leader, and the
sculptor's directions are to make horse,
rider and equipment representative of
that glorious apostolic company.
Ministers in attendance at the 132nd
annual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. in session
this week in Alexandria. will occupy
the pulpits of Washington churches
OF this denomination tomorrow. The
churches and speakers assigned to each
are as follows:
Mount Vernon Place Church, II a.
m, J. Howard Wells; p. NJ, S. S.
Mckinney; Epworth, IL a. m. J. r.
Andrews, p. M. NJ. H. Keen; st. Paul,
II a. m, f. S. Barker, p. m. L. B..
Babbitt; Emory, II a. m, c. D. Bulla,
D. m. G. w. Richardson; Marvin, II
a. m, H. +. Hamill, p. m, S. REGISTER
Neel; Calvary, II a. m, +. L. Day, 1880
p. m, W II. Ballengee; Mount Pleasant
II a. M, J. A. Kern, p. m, c. d.
BuIla: North Carolina Avenue NJ p,
s p. m. G. I. Flory.
The ministers who are attending the
conference at Alexandria will go to-
day to Baltimore to hear the afternoon
and evening sermons of Billy" Sun
day. arrangements having been made
for them to occupy seats on the plat
form of the tabernacle"
Tomorrow evening in Foundry Meth
odist Episcopal, the quartet choir in
the regular monthly musical service,
will give the following program: An
thems, God So Loved the World"
CStanier) and "Ho. Everyone that
Thirsteth" CMartin); duet, 80 Thou
and at the offertory Mrs. Mary Sherier
Bowie will sing Hear Ye Israel
CIendclssohn). The pastors theme
will be Francis Asbury-Pioneer
Methodist Bishop"
A feature of the coming conference,
on Friday Of next week. will be the
Observance of the centennial of the
death of Bishop Asbury, on March 81
1916.
The Drama of st. Paul. will be the
subject of a lecture by Prof Samuel J.
MacW alters, of the American University
at Hamline NJ. L. Church, Ninth and
streets northeast, at the o'clock serV-
ice tomorrow night.
At the morning service at II O'Clock
Rev. LuCius G. Clark, the pastor, will
preach on The Loyal Band"
Rev. DR.. James Shera Montgomery will
close his fifth year as pastor OF the Met
rOpoitan Methodist Church tomorrow.
He will speak at the morning service on
The Abiding Realty and in the even
ing on Just a Little Bit Better"
The conference anniversary Of the
WOman's Home Missionary Society, NJ.
+. Church. will be held at Foundry
Church Wednesday. March g, at p. m.
Rev Robert NJ. Moore, D. D.. of Brook
Ign, n. Y, will give the address Dr..
Moore was formerly a pastor of Foundry
Church.
Rev J. Howard Wells former pastor,
will preach tomorrow morning at the II
o clock service at Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church, Ninth street and Mas
sachusetts avenue Dr. Wells has a large
Washington. where he served four years
In the pastorate of Mount Vernon Place.
DR.. Edward K. Hardin, the present pas
tor, has been assigned to preach at the
University of Virginia, in Charlottesville,
tomorrow morning.
At the evening service Rev. S. s. Nc
Kenney, of Texas, will preach. DR.. Nc
KennCy is field agent OF the Representa-
tive Church Commission, the body having
in charge the building of the church in
Washington representative of the entire
Southern Methodist denomination.
Tomorrow morning at II at Union NJ.
E Church, Twentieth street, south of
Pennsylvania avenue, northwest, the pas
tor. Rev. John Mac Murray, will speak
upon the subject. Jacob the Merchant
Prince" In the Sunday morning series
on THE Front Page People of the Pen
tateuch."
In the evening at s the pastor will
speak UrOn the theme, The Joy that
Was Set Before Him"
The fourth of a series of talks. by How
ard A. Banks. secretary to the Secretary
of the Navy, on the Book of Revelation,
will be given at Mount Vernon Place NJ.
f. Church, South Ninth and X streets
northwest, on Tuesday March IS, at 2:30
p. m. The public, all Bible students and
lovers of the Bible are cordially invited
to attend.
The annual sessions of the Baltimore
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal