Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1916-02-15
EVANGELISTIc CAMPAIGN.
Last Week Of Preliminary NeiEhhor-
hood Meetings. --Rev. Henry NJ.
Faulconer in the Churches.

T devoted TO the neighborhood prayer
MEETINGS. This win conclude the four
/ services which viii begin in the ser
/ weeks Of preparation for the public
i eraI churches next Monday, Feb. q.
With the progress of time the inter
/ est in these neighbborhood gatherings
has increased. There have been more
people 10 offer their homes for the
+ meetings and the number Of persons in
attendance has grown larger Now
I that the ,ast week is on. the prospect
/ is more encouraging than ever.
The public part Of the campaign will
open in the Maryland Avenue Method
ist Episcopal Church next Monday
evening under the direction Of Rev
I Henry NJ. Faulconer. Mr. A. w. Ben
nett. of Baltimore, will have. charge Of
the music. Many win remember that
! these TWO men conducted a series OF
meetings in the First Presbyterian
/ Church of this city, but a few months
/ ago They will need no introduction
70 the people of this community.
The evangelist, Mr.. Faulconer, is
i regularly engaged by the Baltimore
+ Presbytery of the Presbyterian de
/ nomination and is assigned TO his work
/ by a committee of the Presbytery. This
the hearty cooperation of ministers
committee was so much encouraged by
and members of the churches Of An
napolis in the meetings which Mr.
| Faulconer conducted for his own de-
nomination here, that they most will
/ ingly assigned him to conduct the un-
( s.g,
next Monday evening.
1t is important that the union feat
ure OF the entire campaign which is in
| progress should be kept constantly in
mind Already this has been very
! manifest in the fact that the people OF
all the churches which are co-operat-
ing have opened their homes and have
conducted and have attended the meet
| ings. The Presbyterian, Baptist and
| Methodist churches are actively engag-
ed in the work.
The public part of the Faulconer
campaign will continue for three
weeks, beginning next Monday. The
services of the first week will be held
in Maryland Avenue Methodist Epis-
copal Church beginning each evening
at o'closk Mr. Bennett viii conduct
a song service at the beginning of
each meeting Mr.. Faulconer viii
| preach every evening except Saturday.
On the Sundays of the campaign the
| ministers of the churches will preach
in their own pulpits at the morning
services. In the evenings there will be
union services, in which Mr. Faulconr
will preach all of the churches closing
except that one in which the union
service is TO be held.
The first week of the campaign will
be in the Maryland Avenue Methodist
Church, including Sunday, February
! 27. The second week will open in the
First Presbyterian Church on the fol
lowing Monday. and the third week.
which Will be the last, will be held in
the First Methodist Church.
The members of the College Avenue
Baptist Church have been co-oprating
in the work and will enter into the
public services. In the absence of q
pastor in charge of that church. the
ministers who have arranged for the
| campaign have consulted with the Off
! GERS as the plans have been developed
! 1t is expected also that the members
of Trinity Southern Methodist Church
who have taken an active part in the
neighborhood meetings, will be found
assisting in the meetings in the sew
| eTal churches of this city.
The last week of the neighborhood
meetings will begin tonight. The topic
will be "The Power of Prayer" The
I .
Hebrews, 11:16; Mark, 11:22-24. The
guiding thought of the meeting will be
Christians ought to pray now as never
/ before. The grain is ready for the
garnering. Yet all is profitless unless
we pray the workers through into vic
tory, and bringing the blessing which
I is waiting to descend. Let all Christ
4 ians pray for the success of the meet
! ings TO be held tonight and Friday
The places in which the meetings of
tonight are to be held as follows: RI.
4 r. Riley, 10 Franklin street, J. Thomas
/ Collins, leader Nellie Girault,195 Glou-
! cester street, C. c. Dorsey, leader Mrs.
I Samuel CrandeI, Market street, Will
J liam F. Childs, leader Mrs. Crutchley.
/ lis Conduit street, Harry X. Metzger,
/ leader; Harry l. Jewell. 40 Franklin
4 street, Arthur NJ. Jones, leader; II. NJ.
/ Heidler. 80 Dean street, Walter G. Nc
1 Neil. leader; ]. H. NOVEL;, 81 West
street, Asa A. Joyce, leader; Matthew
Macabee, 135 West street A. II. Wilson,
F.! leader; Harris Howes, 40 Madison
street, Joseph A. Lee, leader; John j.
Levy, % Madison street. J. B. .Rippere.
leader; James CAN'T, 339 West street
a. B. Carter, leader; Lee Sears, %
! Brewer avenue. Joseph Atwell, leader;
John A. Tayman, West street, extend
ed. r. T. Wells leader Mrs. w. e. Med
ford. 81 Prince George street, Thomas
Holiday, leader, T. T. Brown; A. r.
Shawn, 35 Carroll street, w. w. Rus
sell, leader, Charles Gates, William ].
King; Walter Clark, 153 Prince George
street, S. S. Handy. leader, j. Edward
Feldmeyer; A. c. Lamb. First street,
Eastport. Horace Williams, leader; Jas.
| Parkinson, Fifth street. Eastport. Jas.
Mayo, leader.