The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-04
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
what the Churches Are Doing i'll
the city.

the Clty.
| Elder Challen was dangerously ill during
the past week, but was better yesterday.
The Board of Directors of the Y. M. C. A.
meet at o'clock this afternoon for organi-
zatiOn.
Rev. DR.. Thomas s. Yocum, former rec
tor of Christ Church. preached to his old
charge yesterday morning.
Rev. D. ]. Starr addressed the young men
of the York-street NJ. e. Church yesterday
on the Conditions of Success"
The young people of the First Presbv-
terian Church will meet in the lecture room
this evening to organize a young folks social
and literary club.
The new quartette choir of the st. Pauls
P. E. Church introduced solos from the
grand ora orio OF The Messiah" in the
services yesterday.
Rev. Franklin S. Fitch yesterday morn
ing preached to good congregation, his first
sermon as pastor of the Seventh h-street Con-
gregational Church.
Bishop Jaggar, Rev. Dr. Paterson and
Rev. Franklin S. Fitch will be present and
deliver addresses at the y. NJ. G. A. ami
versary tomorrow night.
The Sunday school Teachers Society of
the Second Presbyterian Church will give a
reception to Miss Marie Van in the vestry
of the church tomorrow evening.
A concert for the benefit of the Young
Peoples Missionary Union has been ar
ranged by the Cincinnati Musical Institute,
and will come off early in December.
The Colored Baptists are making an effort
to get the Executive Board of their Conven-
ton to move the office of the National Mon
itor from Brooklyn, N. Y, to this city.
The Y. M. c. A. have distributed blanks
among the Churches for the purpose of OBJ
tanning statistical information relating to
them, with which table of reference will
be made.
Rev. Father Baumeister, of Alexandria,
took charge of ST. Stephens Church as head
pastor yesterday, and Rev. Father Hall, a
newly ordained priest, took charge of the
Alexandria Church.
Rev. Charles Wendte delivered an inter
esting lecture TO large audience at the
First Unitarian Church, last evening, on
the subject, "What is the Matter With Our
Cincinnati ChurchesT
Rev. Repce Powell of Delaware, o., who
is past seventy years of age, and for over
fifty years has been an active, earnest
preacher occupied the pulpit of the Welsh
Congregational Church on Lawrence street
yesterday.
The Rev. DIR. J. w. Patterson, Rev. VIM.
f. Troy and Rev. DR.. w. Brooks, President,
Treasurer and Secretary, respectively, of
the Consolidated American Baptist Mission
ary Convention, are in the city, the guests
of Mr.. Samuel Troy, ST.
The Young Peoples Missionary Union
will celebrate its first anniversary at the
Lincoln Park Presby byterian Church Tuesday
evening, November 10th. when, in addition
to the devotional exercises and yearly re-
ports. an interesting musical and literary
programme will be rendered.
The International Committee of Ameri-
can Young Mems Christian Associations,
representing membership of one hundred
thousand, have issued a call for the observ,
ance of the second Sunday of November,
and the week following, as q season of
thanksgiving and of special prayer for
J young men and work in their behalf.
About five thousand people gathered
yes erday to witness the imposing ceremo-
MES connected with the dedication of the
new addition of sixty acres which has
been made to St. Mary's Cemetery. The
exercises, which consisted for the most part
/ in the blessing of the bell, the vault the
cross, and the statues, were conducted by
Archbishop Purcell. assisted by Father
Windhorst and occupied the greater por
ton of the afternoon.