Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-31
MANY Open Houses.
Churches and Missions
to Hold Watch Services
With Prayers and Hymns

With prayers and hymn the con-
gregations of the majority OF TIM
churches and missions of the city to-
night will watch out the old year and
the incoming of the new year. Many
of the churches will hold services at
various hours during the night until
midnight, while others will not open
services until 10 or IL o'clock.
A special program has been ar
ranged for Central Union Mission.
622 Louisiana avenue. The meetings
will start at 7:45 O'Clock ana continue
leader every hour. The first service
will be in charge Of Jackson A. VIM
ner, treasurer of the mission. Rev.
Dr. Lucius c. Clark. pastor OF HAM
line Methodist Church. will be the
speaker.
The second service will start at
9 O'Clock, in charge of Charles Ran
del At 10 o'clock Joseph Harrison
will conduct the service. A converts
rally is to start at IL o'clock and VIII
continue until midnight.
Religious services are to be held at
the mission tomorrow at noon, with
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Culbertson as
leaders, and Mrs B. H. Smart is to
sing. From ! to 2 o'clock George D.
Chase. will have charge. and Rev.
Charles A. Shreve will deliver an ad-
dress. Harlay Randel and George d.
Chase are to. sing. The o'clock
service is to be conducted by William
A. Arnold and Rev. o. J. Randel is to
speak. From to o'clock a recep-
ton will be held.
In the Catholic Churches.
In the Catholic churches services
are to be held in the early evening.
At st. Aloysius Church the choir will
sing the "Miserie" at 1880 o'clock.
Rev. Father Paul F. Commit, S. j., pas
tor of the church, will conduct the
services, and Rev. Aloysius ]. Quincy.
S. J., of Brooklyn College, N. Y. will
preach the sermon. The services will
close with the ''Te Deum."
Services will commence at 10 o'clock
in Temple Baptist Church and will be
conducted by Rev. DR.. J. J. Muir.
From II to II o'clock tonight New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church
will conduct it's usual New Year vigil.
sive service upon the appropriate
theme, which will include the Watch
mans Song"
A general church social and watch
night service will be held tonight at
9Th Street Christian Church. This
will be under the auspices Of the
different young peoples Bible classes
and the Christian Endeavor Society.
Services will begin at o'clock in
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church.
The quartet will sing and Bishop Will
liam F. Mcdowell will preach the SER
mon. The conservation service will be
conducted by the new pastor. Rev. DR..
Herbert F. Randolph.
At Grace Episcopal Church services
will begin at IL o'clock at which
there will be special music.
A praise service will start tonight
at His O'Clock under the direction Of
Rev. Bernard Braskamp at Gurley
Memorial Presbyterian Church.
At Emmanuel Baptist Church serv-
ices will commence at 10 o'clock and
will be conducted by Rev. Cove g.
Johnson.
Rev. DIR. J. franklin Bryan will have
charge of the services at North Caro-
lima Avenue NJ. ?. Church, which are
to commence at II o'clock.
Watch night services win be held
in Metropolitan Memorial n e.
Church this evening, beginning at
$3.50 O'Clock. For one hour there Will
be "a get acquainted ssrvicA. at
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