The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-13
Religious Notes.

Bishop JagSar spent the Sabbath at
Delaware.
During the past year $40, 900 has been con-
tributed to Christs 2. E. Church.
Sixty-two additions have been made to
the Central Christian Church during the
past year.
The Temperance societies of the city will
observe Wednesday of the present week as
day of prayer.
The annula and anniversary meetings of
the Western Tract Society will be held this
evening at Association Hall.
The Western Tract Society will hold its
annual meeting in the Y. NJ. c. A. Hall at
half-past O'clock tonight.
Rev. Sylvester Weeks, of Wesley Chapel,
has volume on the history of Cincinnati
Methodists in the course of preparation.
The Y. NJ c. A. building, corner of Elm
and Sixth streets, is to be handsomely deco
rated during the days of the Musical Festi-
val.
The rite of confirmation was not admins
tered at st. Xavier Church yesterday after
noon, owing to the Illness of Archbishop
Purcell.
DR.. Duncan, of the Ninth-street Baptist
Church, is attending the commencement
exercises of the Rochester Theological
Seminary.
A spring festival will be held at D. Field
halts' Grove on Thursday next for the BEN
eft of st. Francis dc Sales Church, East
Walnut Hills.
The Woman's Temperance Christian
Union give a strawberry festival at their
Hall, 200 Vine street, next Thursday af
ternoon and evening.
The Sunday schools connected with the
First Baptist Church and Christie Chapel
NJ. Il. Church, have decided to hold union
picnic at Hunts Grove June 10Th.
Miss Schuman's Industrial School, con-
nected with the German Baptist Church,
on Walnut street, near Liberty, will give a
public entertainment on Wednesday even
ing.
The ladies of St. Johns NJ. f. Church
will open dining and lunch rooms at 179
Elm street tomorrow, and keep them
open until the close of the Festival, Friday
night
Archbishop Purcell blessed the Church Of
Our Lady Of Help, Sedamsville, and in the
afternoon administered the rite of contirma-
ton at the Cathedral and st. Xavier S
Church,
heN. UeOrSe l.. DuSDec, pastor VI 4iillty
Church, Covington, replied to the state
ments of DR.. Morgan at the st. Johns p. E,
Church last evening He spoke by request
of the vestry OF the church.
Since the temperance meetings at Bible
Chapel on Longworth street, began, one
thousand one hundred names have
been signed to the pledge. During the
present week the meetings will be con-
Quoted by Mr. Ogden.
The anniversary at the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society was observed with ap-
propriate services at st. Paurs M. e. Church
last evening Rev. DIR. Ridgaway conducted
the meeting and DR.. Mast and DR.. Hoyt
took part in the exercises
The Womans Christian Temperance I'm
ion have elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: President Mrs d. A.
Whiteridge; Vice President, Mrs. G. w.
Rowland; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
L. NJ. Mckenzie; Treasurer, Mrs. NJ A.
Vickers.
Confirmation services will be held next
Thursday morning at st. Aloysius Orphan
Asylum. His Grace Archbishop Purcell
will leave for that institution next Wednes-
day evening, There will be a torch-light
procession the same night in honor of the
occasion