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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1905

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4

Fifth Baptist Choir Seeks Excellence in Devotional Song

The Fifth Baptist Church praises its Good Music Abule choir organized by the late Dr Meador and led for many years by Dr George Lilebridge. Eighteen members volunteer, devoted and untrained voices strive for excellence as the choir cultivates the voice and members commit to their duties.

Meador George Lilebridge Fiffth Baptist Church

Choir Leadership at Fifth Baptist Church Highlighted

Mrs Annie Grigsby steps into broader leadership at Fifth Baptist Church succeeding retiring directors while John W Geriend continues as long serving organist. The piece notes Lillebridge and other choir members, praise for Grigsbys conduct and a history of church music leadership under Dr Meador and Rev Weston Bruner.

Annie Grigsby Fifth Baptist Church John W. Geriend Garland George H. Lillebridge Litlebridge Grigsby Pearl Grigsby Annie Brewer Eile Harrison Vergie Thompson Mybel E. Grigsby Martha Howison Hammond Brewer Raymond Louis Lillebridge George H Lillebridge J. H. Brewer Raymond Lewis el Lewis

Vast Religious Notices Fill City Churches Schedule

An extensive list of church services fills the city, detailing pastors, service times, and Sunday schools across dozens of congregations on Northwest and Northeast streets, with sermons by visiting and local preachers. Names include Rev. George E. Meydwell, Rev. John Compton Ball, Rev. James H. Lee, Rev. G. Wilbur Shipley, Rev. W. M. Ferguson, Rev. John H. Burke, Rev. D. S Rivers, Rev. J. Clinton Dent, Rev. W. E. Parson, Rev. A. W. Pitzer, Rev. T. C. Baaston, Rev. H. Lawrence Hunk, and many others.

Metropolitan Church John Compton Ball J. B. Clayton BY. P. OU M. Cordis James N. White Rev. Dent

Church Pays Off Debt at North Capitol M Church

A $6 payment yesterday reduced the remaining debt to 4700 on the North Capitol M Church. Regular semiannual payments of 900 to 1000 have eased the burden. praise goes to William F. Reed, president of the Church Debt Association, and reconciling steward Edwin Williamson for financial progress. Pastor Rev. H B Rider is on a month long historic course at Oxford. Mrs. Reker travels in Europe with friends and will return around September 1.

North Capitol M William F. Reed Church Debt Association Edwin Williamson H. 3. Rider Oxford University Ergi Mra. Reker

Church Changes Its Name in Geovertown Baptist Move

The High Street Baptist congregation led by Rev. Theodore William has purchased a building and lot on Twenty-Auth street between G and H streets NW 914 and & to be used as a new house of worship. The church changes its name from Street Gretch to Mount Lebanon Baptist Church with services planned Sunday.

Mount Horeb Church Sixteenth Street T. Clark D. D D. J. Edwards L A. Am Clark New Bethel Church Fifteenth Street Mine Huron Streets William D. Jarvis Jarvis Lord's Bupper Rehoboth Church First Street O Streets John Richards Mary B. Wilson High Street Baptist Congregation Geovertown Theodore Wiliam Twen-y-Auth Street Gretch Mount Eabanon

Religious Services and Meetings Listed Across City Churches

A dense listing of church services and religious meetings across Washington outlines times for Sunday services Sunday school and evening sermons at multiple churches including Christ Church Washington aka Christian Endeavor 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. at various locations with pastors like Rev Claude C Jones Also noted are spiritual meetings at War Veterans Hall 719 Gath Street NW readings by Emile Nobbe and a Reformed church service at Sixth and W Streets NW led by Rev James D Buhrer Partnerships with Universalist Church of Our Father and Oriental Philosophy lectures at 1448 Q Street NW plus a talk by W H Bonney from Norfolk VA on peace and democracy Also listed are a Sunday school group at 31st Pennsylvan ia Avenue SE and a telepathy class following evenings

Wilson Memorial Church Hievanth Street I Street Edward Holmes la Mer Union Church Twentieth Street Pennsylvania Avenue Reyse Murray D. D North Capitol Church North Capitol R Etreets Ry Ivy Broeia West Street P Street Thirty-first Thirty-second W. C. Alexander Thomas Gordon Christian Endeavor New York Avenue Church New York Avenue Thirteenth Streets Wallace Radcliffe J. Z. Plunket Southern Presbyterian General Assembly First Presbyterian Church Augusta Christian Endeavor Society Westminster Church Memorial Seventh Street D and Ee Bay EH. Davia George W. McCullough Church of the Reformation Second Street W. E. Parson Luther Hess Waring Jeana Christ Zion Evangelical Church Corner Sixth Patreots C. F. Bergner Gath Streets Emile Nobbe Q Street

Is There an Eternal Heil Lecture at People's Church

Seventh-day Adventists present a Sunday evening lecture at 7 30 at the tent on the corner of Twelfth and B street southeast near Lincoln Park. Additional topics follow during the week including Christian Science Spiritualism Modern Whitecraft Gospel of Health Is Peter the Rock. Be invited to come early and secure a seat. Services also at Beacon Light Gospel Tent and First Church of Christ Scientist.

Washburn Lincoln Park Peter Rock People’s Church Tenth V Streets Lewis C. Sheafe Hvery Rabbath Beacon Light Goapel Heaven

Homeward Bound Mission Gospel Service Saturday Night

Headquarters at 19 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest hosts a gospel service Saturday night at 8 o clock. Commander James Haslem leads the service with special speaker Mr Lauterbach and A B Babbitte also on the program.

Homeward Bound Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Oelock James Haslem Sunda Sp. m. Salvation Foeting Me. Lauterbach A.B Babbite

Christian Endeavor Notes and Meetings Across Town

The Christian Endeavor topic for tomorow is First Fruit for God with references Ley xxiii 0 14 and Deut xvi d 12. Many societies continue summer meetings while some churches combine services. Calvary Baptist Endeavorers visited Fort Myer last Sunday and joined soldiers in worship led by J H J Yule. District Union meets Aug at North Carolina Ave M P Church with talks by Baltimore attendees. Georgetown Lutheran elected new officers: President James Richardson and others. Calvary Baptist Young People held an echo meeting led by Owen P Kellar with delegates reporting from the Baltimore convention. Members wore badges and carried Endeavor fans.

Christian Endeavor Calvary Baptist Endeavorera Fort Myer J. H. J. Yule Gunton-Femple Endeavour Society Church of the Covenant Christian Endeavor Union North Carolina Avenue Methodist Protestant Church North Carolina Avenue Eighth Street Ocal CG. W. Wise Maud Richardson Orgia Wenners Braver W. A. Pettis M.L. Willis Helen Beatty A. P. Beatty Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor Calvary Baptist Church Baltimore Owen P. Kellar Secretary Hay Percy §. Foster J. H. J Yule Gertrude Millard Irene Burr B. C. Getsinger Littie T. Hathaway Brally Gillman Louisa Taylor

The Legend of Music Verse and Vision Across Time

An archival poem traces music as a divine result of creation. It speaks of God asking angels about the vision and declares music born from nature and human craft. The piece elevates sound from rivers and winds to instruments and voices, framing music as eternal harmony.

Josiah's Good Reign A Reforming King

Sunday School lesson outlines Josiah son of Amon ascending Judah's throne at eight, ruling thirty one years. He destroys Baal altars and images, cleanses the land, gathers funds to repair the Lord's temple, and employs faithful workmen under supervision. The piece concludes that reform requires self-purification, patience, and shared purpose among leaders and workers.

Josiah Gilbert American Society of Religious Maxaseh Amon Judah Hinself Carter Jerusalem Eucred Dred Igrael David Solomon Manasagh Thora Tadora Bret God Tien Ife Baalim Beal Jeroboam Holy Land Joahus Semeria Assyria Jovah Simeon Naphtali Bey Baal Lord Thors Thresmeno Bhaphan Maaselah Jonh Rach

Tit of Wits in Murder Trials Move Sparks Banter

Frozy of the Kansas City Independent recalls a courtroom quip between a lawyer and a doctor. The lawyer notes doctors make mistakes, the doctor retorts that lawyers' mistakes swing in the air, while doctors' mistakes are buried six feet underground. The exchange highlights the tension between legal and medical testimony in trials.

Frozy Kansas City Independent

A Good Word Prom Harper's Weekly

In the South enslaved people who could not read or write relied on a master's family to handle letters. Aunt Chloe asked her young mistress to write to Uncle Billy, seeking a word from a suitor. The scene centers on literacy limitations and social dynamics of enslaved communities.

Harper's Weekly Chloe Bily

Catholic Church Notes from Oxon Hill to Washington area

A long list of upcoming Catholic Masses and services across many churches in the Washington area. It names pastors, service times, and related duties at St Theresa’s Anacostia St Ann’s Tennellytons St John Forest Glen St Martin’s St Mary’s St Peter’s Nativity Immaculate Conception St Matthew’s St Augustine’s and more with details on baptisms, confessions, and sodalities.

Verattos Oxon Hill St. Theresa’s Church St. Ann’s Church Tenneliytons Joseph C. Batos Bane- Macon St. John's Church Forest Glen Charlee O. Rosensteel Andrew J. Carey Church of St. Vincent de Paul South Capitol M Streets P. J. O’connell Manges Shrine of the Sacred Heart Fourteenth Street Whitney Avenue J. F. McGae James A. Smyth St. Matthew's Church Rhode Island Avenue BM Street Thomas Lee Edward J. Buckey St Mary’s Church Fifth Street Frank A.B. Wunnenhberg St. Peter’s Church Second James O'Brien J S Gallen Hugh Curley Church of the Nativity Brightwood Charles QC. Rosensteel Sisters of the Hay Cross Church of the Immaculate Conception Eighth N Streets J. D Marr Ambrose Beaver St. Stephen's Church Twenty-fifth Street Pennsylvania Avenue Cauchy Gibbon Smyth T. D. Willama Church of the Holy Comforter Fourteenth East Capitol Streets Joseph I. Maguire St Paul's Church Fifteenth James F Mackin Thomas A. Walsh James B Krug St Vincent de Paul Society Mars Cyprian’s Church Thirteenth J. R. Matthews Astor P. J. Ritchie Asses Boys' and Young Men's Sodality St. Theresas Church Anacostia Charles M. Bart Martin P. Hgan Children of Mary Siociety St. Patrick’s Church Tenth Street D J Stafford Thomas H. McGuigan William J Carrol Sodality St. Anthony’s Church Brookland Em M. Southgate A. M. Mark St Anthony's St. Vincent’s Asylum St. Dominic's Church J. A. Hinch O. B Colored Sodality The Rosary St. Joseph's Church Valentine F. Schmidt Ignatius Pealy Catholic Ladies’ Benevolent Legion St Augustine's Church Fifteenth Street M Street Paul Griffith F . Bischoff A. J. Olds Church of the Holy Trinity Thomas ¢ Harlin Samuel Cahill Alphonsus Coppens Stone Tius Loyola Georgetown College Hohnerlein St Aloysiue North Capitol Phreets Baward X. Finks J Gonzaga College J. Pittar Teague of the Sacred Heart John B Keieher Edward X. Fink Francis McGarthy J. B. Pittar Francis Keily Heater Pept Francis A. Byrne Walter I Drumm Georgetown University St. Ignatius Mitterer

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Fifth Baptist Choir Meador Rey Weston Bruner C. C. Pierce Chaplein Marine Band St. Alban's Church C. Cnr Tennallytown Trinity Church Third Richard P. Williama Edgar M. Rogers St. Agnes'Chapel Trinity Parish Fourth Street Northwest Richard P. Willlame Rev M. Mogers Holmen, Jr Ia. m Church of the Ascension Church of the Incarnation William Tayloe Snyder Church of the Advent le Droit Park Edward M. Mott St. Andrew's Church Corcoran George Calvert Carter Holy Communion St. Markie G. F. Peter St. John’s Church Sixteenth Roland Cotton Smith Chevy Chase All Saints’ Church T. S. Childs St. Paul’s Church Twenty-third Street Alfred Harding Enoch M. Thompsona Church of the Epiphany G Street R. H. McKim J. D. la Mothe J. D la Mathea Claudius FP. Smith St. Michael and All Angels Twenty-second Street John T Crowe Fort Collins, Ariz Brookland Parish St. James’ Church Massachusetts Avenue C Street Grace Church Ninth Joseph Edmund Smith Dod LE OD Lia m Epworth League Dumbarton Avenue Church George W King H. R. Naylor Asbury Church Eleventh EK Streets M W. Clair J. B. Resimond G. G. Logan Mississippi Sixteenth Streets Wiliam H Connor Oscar J. W.beott Y. P Hamling Church P Streets Carl G. Doney Gundiay-school Mount Vernon Place Winth and K Streets W. F. Locke Il A. m McKendree KE. L. Hubbard J. B. McLaughlin Philip Lederer Gorsuch Church W. L. Lynn Corger Seward Square Agnew Brest Sard G. Affleck Btone & Poole Dr. TS Son Nichol Bradburn Weaogh Church George E. Meydwell Job A. Price St. Paul's Church South Second Snd W. Jeffries Wesley Chapel Fifth Ana W. M. Ferguson J. W. Steele Witth Church Eugene K. Pendleton J. Muir A. W. Graves Sunde Charles F. Winbigher Thomas Samacn Germantown van Potter E. Hilton Juskeen Calvary Church H Streets Hev Samuel H. Greene P. Bristow Mite Sn AL Bache Ie de Rocheste Binks Cosmopolitan Temple Churen O Street Simon P. W. Drew D. D. Yastor James E. Wiley Drew Rav.eee Strother Enon Sixth Seventh Streets J. A. Loving Joshua Taylor Third Church Fifth James H. Lee Milton Berean Church Jerusalem Church Twenty-sixth George H. Harrie A. Washington Harris Christ R Street Twelfth Thirteenth Streats M. W. D. Norman Misa B. Miner Formate John Chase Norman _w Nineteenth Street Nineteenth 2Nd Streets Walter H. Brooks William Lee Brooks de Brooks Zion Church F Street William J. Howard James Emiler Howard Alexander Howard Bhilob Church L Street Seventeenth Streets J. Anderson Taylor Brookidna Joseph M. Long P. Wa Centennial Cornet A. K. Wright Pantoretiea P. m Gordie Vermont Avenue George W. Lee George W. Timus Igre C. E Meec- B Brat Audstorms Footestreat Virginia Avenue J. Larchme New York Tenth and R Streets Geriah Jam King Sun Dee. Carter Maryland Avenue Richard J. Riedel Sunsay Sabeol Ie Ebioat Tee Ostrom Eastern Church Sixth Street Thomas C. Baaston Bunday School James M. Nourse Kalorama Avenue H. Lawrence Hunk Second Church H. Waddell Pratt Worehin Gunton Temple Memorial Church G. Wilbur Shipley Suffolk John Lee Allison Faith Chapel Matrest D. A. Reed Western Church H_ street Benjamin F. Bittnger Eckington Church North Capitol and Q Streets Neal A. McAuley Wilton Junction Towa Junior Endeavor St. Mark's Church J. Laither Frantz Luther League J. Paul's Church Eleventh and Streets Northwest H. C. Hose Weat Washington Church David Bittle Floyd Keller Memorial Church Maryland Ninth Street C. H. Butler EB. J. Hopkins Grafton W. Va Nin c. H Mount Pleasant Columbia Road Fourteenth Street Northwest M. Howe J. A. Mh Son Franklin Noble Beavens First M. Newman William T. Holmes Waertown Conn P. m. Christian Endeavor Plymouth Church Seventeenth A. C. Garney H Street J. Murray Waves Nelle Spencer Miss Neilie Nere Winth Street Corney Ninth and i Streets B. B. Bagby Paston Peanhes Union of Separation Peters Wites Jobin Icc Zunghlen Newepapec Alé Horn Brockton Mass En Sunensset Christian Rainier Claude C. Jones Spiritualiem Tilile Henkle Fourth Street Wouthtgst Pirgt James D. Buhrer Divine Servicss Kim Wahres Holes Christatelphian Washington Ecclesis National Capital Bank W. H. Bonney Norfolk Straungers Universalist Church of Our Father L Streets John van Schalck F.C. U. Ford Hoa Oriental Philosophy Christian Science First Church of Christ, Scientist Berviice Croom Traders’ National Bank Woateirs Church of Christ, Scientist Reading Traders’ ‘Bank Building Christian Endeavor Notes Ang Vale End Dor Ava Ratsat Theybare Ie Yinth Catholic Church Notes Dr. Samson Thomas Smallwoot Bomson First Baptist Church Reed
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