The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-23
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
Matters of Local and General I'm.
teFeSt.

Matters OF Local. ana UeherUA Ahs
teRest.
Responsive Christmas Services were
held at the Vine-street Congregational
Church last evening.
Rev. NJ. Page. of Texas, is guest Of Rev.
l. ~ Stanger, and took part in the services
at Christ's Church yesterday.
The young ladies of the Second Presby-
terian Church netted 5000 for the Children s
Home by their recent entertainments.
The Cincinnati Baptist Church Union
has raised and expended for missions dur
ing the past eight years the sum OF $lo,ooo.
Miss Loring, the Missionary from Syria,
Yesterday addressed those in attendance at
the Seventh Presbyterian Sabbath-school,
on Broadway near Fifth street.
The annual fair, upon the proceeds of
which the Orphan Asylum at Cummlns-
vile depends for years support viii be
opened this evening at Greenwood Hall
At the First Unitarian Church yesterday,
the pastor, Rev. c. w. Wendte, in his ser
mon, celebrated the anniversary Of the
landing of the Pilgrim Fathers ON Plymoth
Rock in 1920.
Rev. Thomas Webb, pastor of Calvary
Baptisl (colored) Church, on Third street,
reports thai his church has increased from
seventy-seven to ninety-eight members dur
ing The past year.
The matter of Mr.. LOCKER being admitted
TO the Fifth Presbyterian Church, after
having been expelled from the Central
Church, was the subject of discussion by
the Cincinnati Presby terry to-day.
At the meeting of The church and con-
gregation, held in the vestry of the church.
on the corner of Sixth and Mound streets
| last evening, the subscription for the liqui-
lation of the church debt was carried up to
$4,000.
Emmanuel R. e. Church of this city, has
extended call 10 Rev. 2. B. Morgan to be-
come its rector, and he has promised to ac-
cept the call, with the underst anding, how
ever, that his work as an evangelist is not
TO be entirely abandoned.
Emmanuel Reformed Episcopal Church
was yesterday presented with beautiful
communion set and baptismal bowl by Mr..
and Mrs. H. Miller, in memory of their be-
loved daughter, Lille L. Miller, who de-
parted this life August 9lst, 1873 aged
three years. eight months and eighteen
days.
THE WEEK OF PRAYER.-The Executive
| Committee of the United States Branch o
the Evangelical Alliance suggests the fol
lowing order of topics for the Week ot
Prayer, subject to such alterations as loca
circumstances may render desirable:
Sabbath, Jan. 5th-Sermon OH Christian
Union.
Monday, Jan. th-Thanksgiving for the
blessings OF the past year, and prayer fol
their continuance.
Tuesday, Jan. 7th-Prayer for the Churcl
of Christ its ministers, its growth in grace
and S enlargement.
Wednesday, Jan. Stlr-Christian educa
lion; The family; the young; colleges, sem
inaiies of learning; Sunday and othel
schools; Christian Associations OF men anc
of young women,
Thursday, Jan. 9th-For nations, rulers
and people; for peace and religious libert!
on the earth.
Friday, Jan. 10th-The press; for bless
ing on publishers, editors, and authors; che
cause of temperance and oher social re
FORMS
Saturday, Jan. 11th-Home and foreigl
missions and the conversion of the world
On Sabbath evening January 12th, it i
suggested that public union meetings b
held for prayer, praise, and the presenta
ton of the object and work of the Evan
geical Alliance.
This order of topics will be generally fol
lowed, not only in America but in othe
Christian lands, as we'll as at mission sta
tions in all nartS of the globe.