The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-21
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
How Sunday Was Spent at the
Churches

The ladies of the First Unitarian Church
will hold fair November Goth.
The proceeds of the recent festival given
by the ladies of st. Philips Church, Cum
minsyille, amounted to $11O.
st. Xavier Church is crowded night and
morning at the mission services, conducted
by Rev. Father Weninger, S. ].
An effort is being made to secure the
Rev. DR.. Pratt, of Richmond, KY, as pas
tor of the Broadway Presbyterian Church
Mrs E. L. Sargent, the efficient organist
at Wesley Chapel, was presented by the
choir with an elegant silver cake basket
few evenings ago.
The pulpits of the different Episcopal
Churches of this city were filled yesterday
Church Congress.
The October meeting of the Sunday
school Association of the Presbytery of
Cincinnati will be held in the Presbyterian
Church, Walnut Hills, next Thursday
evening.
The pastors of the different Baptist
Churches of the city and number OF the
church members will attend the State Con-
vention to be held at Granville, commence
ing tomorrow noon.
Arrangements have been made for hold
| ing Sunday-school Teachers Institute at
the Ninth-street Baptist Church, the first
week in December, under the direction OF
Chas. Rhoads, Stale Sunday-school Super
intendent, and DR.. Stone.
Bishop Jaggar conducted very interest
ing missionary meeting at st. johns
Church last evening at which the different
congregations of the Episcopal Churches
! tlr c1ft,n
sermons were preached at the various
churches.
This is the day set apart by the 1nterna-
tional Sunday school Union for special ser
vices and prayer, and is being observed
quite generally; This evening mass meet,
ing of the Sunday schools of the city will
be held at the Vine-street Congregational
Church on Vine street, and will be ad-
dressed by several of the different pastors
and Superintendents.
The Unity Club, composed mainly of the
young people connected with the First Uni
tartan Church, of this city, elected the fol-
lowing officers at lis annual meeting: Pres-
dent, Prof. f. w. Clark; First Vice Pres-
dent Charles J. Greene; Second Vice Pres-
dent Miss Hattie Evans; Treasurer VIM
Williamson; Secretary, James Stanwood; !;
Member of Executive Committee, Stephen
Wilder.
During the present week the annual
meetings of the General, the Foreign and
the Colored Chris ian Missionary Societies,
and the Womens Board of Missions of the
same denomination, will be held in this
city. The Women's Board will have its
headquarters at the Burnet House. and the
General Convention its headquarters at the
Grand Hotel. The business of the Foreign
Missionary Society will be transacted at
the office of the Christian Standard, on Elm
street. The public meetings Of The Foreign
and General Societies will be held at the
Central Christian Church, on Ninth street,
those of the Womans Board of Missions at
the Richmond-stree Church, and those of
the colored people at Zions Church. on
Ninth street, near John.
The semi-annual meeting of the Miami
Congregational Conference will be held in
the Columbia Congregational Church Tues
day and Wednesday of this week. The
order of exercises will be as follows: Tues,
day morning, 10 o'clock, devotional exer-
cises, organization of Conference, miscellan-
e0us business; II O'clock, reports from
churches and Sunday schools. Afternoon
session, O'Clock, devotional exercises; 2:15,
"The Congregational Polity, and how it
Works." Rev. W. H. Warren; :l5, "Adap-
taton of Doctrine, Poity and Methods to
Mems Religions Needs" Rev A. Bowers;
4 o'clock, Ladies Missionary Society. Eve,
ming session. 7:30, Conference sermon, Rev
Samuel Eastman. Wednesday morning
s 80 clock devotional exercises, 8 o clock
''Recollectons of visit 10 the Holy Land, "
Rev. J. II. Young; 10 o'clock, Condition
of Church Membership" Rev. c. II. Dan
iels; l O clock, brief addresses on Christian
missiOns afternoon session 3 o'clock
'The Wasted Power in the Christian
Church." J. P. Williams; o'clock, com
munion service.