Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-11-20
CHURCH WINDOW
TO Be REDED|cA.TtD
Win Be Marked By Special
Services at Trinity
Tomorrow
RESET ATCosT OF $500
Rev. DR.. Collier of American Cnivcr-
sity and VIM. Knowles Cooper to
Speak at Night Services

With special services tomorrow
morning and evening the large win
dow in the front of Trinity NJ. +
Church will be dedicated. This window
recently was reseat at cost of $1,000
The program wills open with an adj
dress to the members Of the Sunday
school at $50 o'clock by Rev. DR.. D.
II. Martin, pastor.
At the II o'clock service Rev
Frank w. Collier. Phi. D., S. T. D., OF
the American University, Washing,
ton, will preach.
). AT 7.30 O'Clock in the evening Wal
liam Knowles Cooper. general secre-
tary of the T. NJ. c. a. will deliver
an address. Both of these speakers
are widely known because of their
educational and evangelistic work. At
both morning and evening services
the choir will render special music
consisting Of anthems and vocal and
instrumental solos. The public is cor.
daily invited to attend these SER
vices.
The church has issued beautiful.
program Of the order of exercises
which contains half tone Illustrations
Of the exterior and interior OF the
cd;fic the latter showing the hand
same pipe organ.
Historical Sketch
Mcthodism began in Alexandria, Va
in I774, or two years before the sign
ing of tae Declaration Of 1ndepena-
ence. Thus we see that Methodtsm IN
Alexandria is older than the United
States Government. The Methodist
historian, Stevens. says: "ln the year
l774 John Littlejohn was one OF
twelve Methodsts who formed the
first society in Alexandria on the 20
tomac." Alexandria first appeared IN
the Conference Minutes in 1871, with
Ezekiel Cooper as preacher. William
Waters. the first native itincrant
Methodist preacher, was once pastor
Of The Alexandria church. At his
death he left the parsonage the fol-
lowing items: John Wes!ey's print
books and book case. bed quilt, boil
stcps and pillows, one silver ladlc. SIN
table spoons, one tea spoon and elght
day clock. The clock was presented
10 Goucher College in 1880, where 1t
NAV now be seen. Bishop Beverly
Wauc:a and Bishop A. W. Wilson be-
ean their ministry in this church
George G. Cooklnan, chaplain of the
u. s. Senate in 1889, and who LOST
his life when the Inflated steamer
president" went down, was pastor
at the time of his death.
This Church is the mother OF three
other churches in Alexandria, the NJ
F Church South, the Methodist Pro'
cstant and the Free Methodist. The
first cdificc in which this congrega
ton worshipped was located on Soutf
ROYAL street. The second structure
WAS built in 1903 in which building
the congregation now worships. Al
tcrations were made in 1884 giving
The church its present form. In re-
cent wears extensive improvements
Including the installation of the beau
f.ful pipe organ, have been made a
= cost Of several Thousand dollars
The occasion of this present program
is the re-dedication of the large WIN
dow in the front of the chureh "his'
has been reset in new frame at al
expense of $500.
This church has always been knoWl
as an cvangelistic church. In lso'
Bishop Asbury held revival her
and $50 people were converted lnou
sands have found salvation at the al
tar of this old church. and today I'M
good work continues with renewed III
tercst.