Central's Fine Choir Praised by Congregation
The Central Presbyterian Church lauds its choir and Mr Elliott for fine work. Rev Dr Pitzer led the singing staff in his first and last appearance. The church traces its 1858 founding to meetings at the old Columbian Building on Fifth Street before moving to Third and I streets NW in 187x.
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Dr. Pitzer
Central Presbyterian Church
Alexander W. Pitzer
D. D
Old Columbian Building
Fifth Street
Old Trinity Church
First Congregational Church
Central Presbyterian
Third and I Streets
Central Presbyterian Church Choir History and Leaders
The Central Presbyterian Church choir began under John C. Whitwell and Laura Coyle with an all female group that offered sweet music. Over the years precentors included John N. Munter Bruce Elliott and G Sargent Elliott, with Miss Maury Shields and Miss Anna Heard among organists and singers. The current precentor is Bruce S. Elliott, brother to the former leader, who has devoted time and energy to church music.
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Central Presbyterian Church
John C. Whitwell
Laura Coyle
Mary Coyle
Ter
Maria Speer
Maria Spee
Moss
John N. Munter
Whitwell
Maury Shields
Miss Coyle
Shields
Martin P Barr
Texas
Sarce
Letitia Eliott
Barr
James M Stewart
Minnie McCormick
Mettortmick
Twin
W. Carter
Fredericksburg
West
Washington
Pitter
Dennis
Pitzer
Rogers
Carter
Hattie Rogers
Dover
Kertucks
Anna Heard
Stockslager & Heard
Mirimony
Walter Helt
Whtle
John Ho Hunter
G Sargent Muiott
Denver
Elliott
Bruce 8
Eliott
G. Sargent Elliott
Central Presbyterian Church Chooses Amy Leavitt As Organist Leader
The Central Presbyterian Church music program thrives as Amy Leavitt, a renowned Boston-born organist, guides the choir with strong executive skill. She previously led at Church of the Incarnation and Wesley Chapel and now collaborates with Mr. Hilcott to raise musical standards with voluntary singers and devoted congregants. The choir includes sopranos Mrs. Howard Orr and Miss Kinsman, altos Miss Cowell and Mrs. Rollins, tenors Mr. James C. Buchanan, and basses Mr. George W. Kennedy and Mr. John Robinson, among others, with a history of notable members like Miss Annie Shields and Mr. Van Allen Shields.
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Amy Leavitt
Miss Leavitt
Bostenian
Washington
Church of the Incarnation
Choral Society
Central Presbyterian Church
Hilcott
Howard Orr
Kinsman
Lynn Davis
W. G Phillips
van Allen Shields
London
Sunday Church Services Episcopal and Methodist Listings
A dense calendar of Sunday services across many DC churches. Entries list church names, addresses, and clergy, with Holy Communion, morning prayers, sermons, Bible study, Sunday schools, and evening services. Notable figures include Rev. Randolph H. Mc Kim and Rev. James H W. Blake among others, with multiple locations in Georgetown and northwest southeast DC.
Religious Services Schedule in Washington Churches
A lengthy list details itineraries for Presbyterian and Baptist congregations across Washington, including times for morning and evening services, Sunday schools, midweek meetings, and special events. It notes pastors such as Rev. Ramsdell, Rev. Hyans, Rev. Thomp son, and Rev. Bruner, with church locations on Connecticut Avenue, Fourth Street, New York Avenue, and many others, inviting all to attend.
United Brethren Memorial Church Services Schedule
United Brethren Memorial Church at North Capitol and FR streets announces sermons at 11 a m on Sunday with the topic Must 7 30 p m Know the Truth. Sunday school 9 30 a m led by Rev H Cooper. Junior Christian Endeavor 3 30 p m led by Miss Bessie Crump. Senior Christian Endeavor 6 30 p m led by Miss Mary W Dulin with subject Christ the Great Physician. Mrs Emma Hays to deliver address. Class meeting Monday at 7 30 p m led by W S Ballard. Thursday 7 20 p m prayer and Bible study led by the pastor. Special address by Mrs Emma Hays.
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Wesley Chapel
W. M. Wermagen
D. D
Epworth League
Bypworth Church
D. L. Blakemore
Jule Potter
Phayer
Metropolitan Church
M Street
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Oscar J. W. Scott
Fannie Barrier- Williams
Chicago
Bradburn Memorial Church
EK Street
Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Streets
W. L. Lynn
Frank Osborn
Eckington Church
North Capitol
Q Streets
W. Tallaferro Thompson
West Washington
James B. Clayton
Temple Church
J. J. Muir
Christian Endeavor
Lincoln Temple
Eleventh
R Streets
Sterling N. Brown
Eleventh Street
Pre- Christian Endeavor Society
District of Columbia
Memorial
North Capitol and
FR Streets
William J. Houck
Rev. H. Cooper
Bessie Crump
Mary W. Dulin
Christ
Great Physician
Kern
Tallentine
Emma Hays
Young Woman's Christian Association
W. S. Ballard
Caleb Cleveland
Religious services listed for Georgetown and city churches
A dense schedule lists Holy Communion, morning prayer and sermon, and evening prayers across Grace Church at several locations, Pro-Cathedral of the Ascension, St Andrew's, and Good Shepherd with Sunday school times and Lent weekday services. Featured preachers include Rev. Pettis, Rev. Clement Brown, and Rev. W. L. Devries. All seats are free and strangers are welcome.
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St. John's Church
Georgetown
O Street
Frederick B. Howden
George G. Daland
Ward Marshall Mott
Thomas Peter
Church of the Ascension
Twelfth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Clement Brown
W. L. Devries
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Epiphany Church
Grace Church
Charles F. Sontag
George F. Dudley
St. Stephen's
Seventh-day Adventists Preach Sabbath and Speak at Lafayette
Adventists preach Sabbath at 1 a.m. at the church at Twelfth and M streets NW with a Sunday evening address by W. W. Prescott editor of the Review and Herald at Lafayette Opera House on the topic Religion in the Public Schools Is It a Menace to Religious Freedom The People's Church True Reformers building at Twelfth and U streets NW holds meetings every Sabbath at 10 a.m.
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Twelfth
M Streets
W. W. Prescott
The
Review and Herald
Lafayette Opera House
People’s Church
True Reformers
Twelfth and
U Streets Northwest
Midweek church meetings and Sunday services listed
A schedule of church activities includes midweek meetings at 11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. led by Pastor Lewis C. Shaape and Rev. Claude C. Jones, with sermons on diverse topics. Several churches list Sunday school times, youth activities, revival meetings, and special speakers, notably at Mount Rainier H Street and Universalist churches, plus a National New Thought Center event featuring Emma Gray and ongoing daily noon sessions.
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Ninth Street Church
Ninth and
D' Streets
E. B. Bagby
W. R. D. Winters
Walter Scott Priest
Columbus
Ohio
Evan
Ist
Mr. Winters
Spiritualist Society Services and Meetings Listed
The Vaucational and Religious Society of Spiritualists, incorporated 1999, holds Sunday services at 8 o clock at 516 Ninth Street NW. Fr iday tests by Mr. Terry at Spanish Veterans Hall 719 Sixth Street NW. Wonn s Hall hosts spirit reads Sundays 8 p m and Tuesday public meetings, with tests by Mr and Mrs Nobbe. First Association at Masonic Temple Ninth and F invites lectures and spirit messages. Public invited.
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Economic Educational League
Karl Marx
J. H. Barnes
David Eccles
Maccabbee Temple
Ninth Street Northwest
Vaucational and Religious Society of Spiritualists
Mason
Temple
Wonn's Hall
Sixth Street
Ap. m
Terry
Spanish Veterans' Hall
Nobbe
Price
First Association
Masonic Temple
Ninth and
F Streets
Longley
Keeler
New Church Schedule and Lectures in Northwest DC
Rev Frank Sewall will lead 11 a m service at New Church corner Sixteenth and Corcoran with Sunday school at 12 15 and an evening lecture at 7 30 on The New and Old Doctrine of Redemption by Rev Arthur Mercer of Baltimore. Weekly events include a Wednesday 7 30 p m pastor’s U P conference and a Thursday 4 45 p m prayer service address on Redemption. The New York avenue mission offers 4 p m services and hosts a free library and reading room. services are open to all and the mission emphasizes education over sectarian aims.
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St. Agnes' Chapel
New York Avenue
Fourth Street
Richard P. Williams
Edward Dolloway
Trinity
William F. Adams
Easton
Foundry Church
Sixteenth
Church Streets
Robert M. Moore
Haworth League
Dumbarton Avenue
Frank H. Havenner
Epworth League
Trinity Church
Seward Square
Fifth Street
J. A. Price
J.C. Nicholson
Hamline Church
Ninth and
P Streets
Lucien Clark
D. B
Mount Vernon Place
Corner Ninth and
K Streets
Forrest J. Prettyman
Parnday-Schoor
Sp. m
McKendree Church
Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
Kidward J. Hubbard
A. W. Rudisill
D. D
Madras
India
Church of the Covenant
Connecticut Avenue
Eighteenth Streets
Hamlin
D. C
Tar
G. North Church
N .Street
Tenth Streets
C. B. Ramsdell
Gurley Memorial Church
Florida Avenue
Sixth
Seventh Streets
J. Russell Verbrycke
Funior Christian Endeavor
Thirteenth Streets
Wallace Radcliffe
Christian Endeavor Society
Rosedale Mission
H Street
Presbytery of
Washington City
Assembly
Fifth and I Streets
Presbytery
Good Muse
Second Church
Southern Assembly
Twenty-second Street
Q Street
Massachusetts Avenue
H. Waddell Pratt
Assemblys Church
Fifth
I Streets
George P. Wilson
Ministers’ Association
Elders’ Union of the Presbytery
Grace Church
Thirteenth and Corcoran Streets
J. E. A. Doermann
A. ©. Scheff
J. B. Ringle
Eighth and
T Streets
David W. Montgomery
S.C. EL
First Church
Tenth
G Atreets Northwest
M. Newman
Il A. m
P. m
Robert Browning
Rabbi Ben Figra
J. W. Bischoff
Christian Endeavor
Plymouth Church
Seventeenth and
A. C. Garner
New Church
Corcoran
Frank Sewall
Arthur Mercer
Baltimore
U. P
New Church Mission
New York Avenue Northwest
Ree
Epiphany Church
G Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
Randolph H. McKim
Clement Brown
Church of the Ascension
Edwin B. Niver
Christ Church
Peregrine Wroth
Church of the Messiah
C R. Stetson
Church of the Good Shepherd
Washington
The
American Tract Society
Grace Reformed Church
Fifteenth
Streets
J. M Schick
Roosevelt
Justice Brewer
Society
Judson Swift
New York
First Church and Grace Church Services and Notices
A compact notice listing multiple churches in Washington with service times, pastors, Sunday schools, and meetings. First Church at Sixth and WN features morning and evening services with catechetical instruction. Grace Church at Fifteenth and 6th NW, Rev J M Schick, D D, holds 9:30 a m service and 7:30 p m service with a 9:30 a m Sunday school and Thursday prayer meeting. The People's Church in Concordia Hall hosts a talk by Alexander Kent at 11:15 on mothers' congress cooperation. Vedanta lecture by Albert J Dulin at Rauscher's Hall Sunday evening. Washington Ecclesia meets at 316 Pennsylvania Ave SE with a sermon on The Heavens Is the Lord's. First Church at Twelfth and E SE: Sunday school 9:45, sermons at 11:00 and 7:30, with The Lord's Prayer as morning series and Barren Fig Tree in the evening. All services invite attendance.
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Fourth
Streeta Southeast
Albert Hyans
Grace Church
Ninth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
William M. Nivina
Vermont Avenue Baptist Church
Vermont Avenue
Q and FR
George W. Timms
George W. Lee
D. D
Lee
Virginia
Avenue Baptist Church
First and
H Streets
Henry Lewis
Lla. m
Alex. Millbanks
Wiliam Beckam
Nashville
James D. Buhrer
Kreutz
K. Holer
Fifteenth
J. M. Schick
the People’s Church
Concordia Hall
Sixth Street
Alexander Kent
Mothers’ Congress
First
Twelfth
E Streets
J. F. Koontz
Christian Science Services at First Church of Christ Scientist
Christian Science services are held at the First Church of Christ Scientist at Fifteenth and R streets NW with mass at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Sundays, Sunday school at 10 a.m. Public is invited and seating is free. Reading room located in Traders’ National Bank building at Pennsylvania Avenue and Tenth Street NW.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Fifteenth
R Streets
Traders’ National Bank
Pennsylvania Avenue
Tenth Street
Colored Evangelical Christian Science Church
Gray's Hall
Odd Fellows’ Building
M Street
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Streets
Roland B. Hazard
Unitarian Church Services and Classes on Fourteenth Street
The Unitarian All Souls Church on Fourteenth Street Northwest lists Rev Ulysses G B Pierce as minister. Sunday: 9:45 a.m. morning service in German, 11 a.m. unity study class for adults, 4 p.m. Young People's Religious Union meeting, 7 p.m. evening service. Morning and evening services, Sunday school at 10 a.m. and a comparative study of religion. The piece notes revival fervor and referenced exhortations of Torrey and Alexander in England.
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Alexander
England
Atlantic
East Ramises
United States
Sunday Post
Unitarian
All Souls’ Church
Fourteenth Street
L Street
Ulysses G. B. Pierce
Young People’s Religious Union
Fillus
Continents
East
The
Community religious notices and lectures listed in city schedule
A collection of free lectures and services across multiple churches and halls. Topics include neglected neighbors theory of collectivism and truth applied. Events span secular and evangelical groups with free seating and cordial invitations to attend.
Christian Endeavor notes and new officers elected
The article details a Christian Endeavor session with the theme Christ the Great Physician and lists new officers of the Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society of the Church of the Covenant. It covers union meetings at Fifteenth Street Church, interdenominational plans for March 26, involvement with Fort Myer soldiers, and a Forget-Me-Not social at Montmor Avenue Church with photo guessing and refreshments.
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Christian Endeavor
Christ
Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society of the Church of the Cov
Irving Paul Taylor
Henry Tynan
Ella Din
Mildred Johnston
New Fifteenth Street Christian Church
Disel 4 Christian Endeavor Union
Dstrict
Harry 8. Welch
F. D. Power
E B Bagby
J. E B. Stuart
Emily Brownood
Ninth Street
Vermont Avenue
District Union
Owen P. Kellar
Calvary Baptist Society
Church of the Covenant
Chapain Pierce
Rmont Avenue
Christlian Church
Helen McDermot
J.M. Pickens
Epworth League Notes and Church Meetings Report
Epworth League notes cover Dumbarton Authors' Club meeting at Dumbarton Church discussing Robert L Stevenson's writings. Friday's McKendree Church program features crayonnet H M Speedon as entertainer. Other devel meetings and the 400-visitor fall service at Wesley conducted by Rev D W Skellinger are listed along with Foundry and Gaithersburg Chapter activities and the Sunday school board election results.
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Authors’ Club
Dumbarton Church
Robert L. Stevenson
McKendree Church
M. Speedon
Foundry
Robert I. Bains
Wesley
J. Morris Woodward
Douglas
Mission Stuady
Gaithersburg
M. E. Phoebus
Epworth League
D. W Skellinger
Sixth Street Presbyterian Church
Sunday School Lesson on the Slavery of Sin in John 8
The lesson outlines Jesus teaching in the temple after the incident with the adulteress, emphasizing freedom from sin as true bondage. It covers bondage denied and explained, liberty secured through Christ as son of God, and the need for spiritual truth over mere lineage, urging transformation to become true descendants of Abraham.
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J. B. Gilbert
DPD
American Society of Religious Education
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Jesus
Hin
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Fistour
Sfa
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Thoug
Abraham
Heleen
Jemue Tay
Hity
Daca
Aiair Pou
Ulus
Tnt
Ain
Jesus Neat
Beloti
Cervanis
Delyerane
Stecken
Jeus Christ
Euel Shitnis
Riya
Netrameest
Ely
Aurie
Wien
Matt
Mies
Mir Sar
Dhasus
Pawrland
Abraham Tr
Yale
Berief
Jesus W ‘Ig
Christ
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