Evening star., 1935-05-18
Church TO MARK
S|XT|ETH YEAR
Eastern Presbyterian to
Open Week of Special
Events Tomorrow.

The sixtieth anniversary OF the
organization of the Eastern Prespy-
terian Church will be celebrated by a
week OF special events. beginning to-
morrow at II am, when the pastor,
DR.. Alfred E. Barrows, will preach.
The music will Ne by the chorus choir,
directed by Charles w. Guest. with
Miss Nellie Sacrey, organiSt. The eve
ming service will be under the auspices
of the Mems Bible Glass. Carl Broo-
man, former Assistant Secretary OF
Agriculture, will be the speaker, and
the male chorus of the mems class,
directed by Enoch R. Burns, and Prof.
j. Colburn Beall, pianist and organist,
will have charge of the music.
Monday evening will be Fraternal
evening. The address will be made
by Rev. r. Paul Schearrer, moderator
of the Presbytery of Washington City.
Others who will extend greetings are
DR.. w. L. Darby, executive secretary
of the Federation of Churches; DR..
James D. Buhrer of the First Re
formed Church; DR.. H. M. Canter Of
the Ingram Memorial Church, DR..
James H. Taylor of the Central Pres
byterian Church and DR. Shera Mont
gomery, chaplain of the House of Rep
reSentatives. Music will be rendered
by the chorus choir.
Tuesday evening will be the HiStor-
icaI evening. Charles l.. Loughery pre-
siding The young men will present
a sketch, reproducing the early begin
ming of the church. Other historical
events will be reviewed and illustrated
by lantern slides. The song Some
time Well Understand" which was
written by DR.. Cornelius. one of the
pastors of the church, will be sung.
World Wide Friendships.
The worldwide friendships of East
ern Church will be expressed in letters
which have been received from DR..
William Chalmers Covert, moderator
of the General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church of the United States
of America; Toyohiko Kagawa of To-
kio, Japan DR.. Will Dobson, a medi-
cal missionary in China, who went to
the foreign field from the church; Dr.
Sam Higginbottom of India, and
others.
Wednesday evening, the History
Makers of Today and Tomorrow" Del
bert O. Osborne will preside. The
organizations of the church will show
their part in the church work in origi-
nal wavs.
A social will be held Thursday.
Horace C. Wilcox will preside. George
A. Myers will be the soloist. The
birthday gifts which many of the
organizations and friends are plan
ming to present will be announced.
The closing exercises will be May 26.
At IL O'Clock, Representative Jennings
Randolph of West Virginia will make
the address. The evening service will
be special musical service, when the
chorus choir will render The Holy
City" by Gaul. The quartet consists
of Miss Dorothy Reddish. soprano;
Miss Sue Hess, contralto: Eugene
Dahl, tenor, and Douglas Shaver, bass.
Organized in 1871.
The church was organized in 1871.
The Sunday school was started in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. James Hughes,
1016 H street northeast, with Fer
nando Cate as superintendent, r. H.
Leopold assistant superintendent and
B. H. Warned secretary and treasurer.
A chapel was built on Eighth street,
between F and G streets northeast,
in 1872. Joseph T. Kelly, a student
from Princeton University, accepted
an invitation to preach, each Sunday.
He later became pastor Of Fourth
Church. The church was formally Or
ganized May 19, 1875, with a mem
bership of 80. William T. Belts and
Edward H. Belts, charter members,
are still living. The present edifice at
Sixth street and Maryland avenue
northeast was begun during the pas
torate of DR.. Maxwell N. Cornelius.
The corner stone was laid April 16,
1892. 1t was completed during the
pastorate of DR.. Thomas C. Easton.
DR.. T. De Witt Talmadge preached
the sermon at the opening service.
The following pastors have served
the church: DR.. George B. Patch, Rev
S. s. Wallen, 1882-1883; Rev. Eugene
Peck, 1884-1888; Dr. T. K Noble, 1888
1889; DR.. Maxwell N. Cornelius, 1890
1893; Rev. G. r. Alden, associate from
1891 to 1893; DR.. Thomas e. Easton,
1893-1907; Rev. Charles l.. Neibel,
1908-1912. and DR.. Alfred z. Barrows,
the present pastor, since December