Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-09

Religious Items Gathered by the
Waysfde.

Religious Items Gathered by the
Waystde.
There will be no services in the Catholic
Church IN Ruby Hill to-day.
Mr.. Crawford feels particularly g~ratified
over the success Of his Sunday School.
The Bible class OF the Methodist Church
will meet at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
st. James choir last Sunday showed
careful training and much taste in their
selections.
The regular weekly meeting Of the min
listers OF Eureka will be held at the resi-
dence OF Mr.. Phelps tomorrow.
In three months OF his ministry, Mr..
| Ricker's congregation has increased from
six to thirty-eight members.
The Methodist Church will give a festi-
val in their church shortly after the Dom
inc party on st. Valentines.
Father Phelan. Of Austin, will celebrate
mass in the Catholic Church at half-psst
10 o'clock this morning.
A musical concert by the Presbyterian
Church is on the tapis. In such an affair
Mrs. Whitton's services will be doubly APP
! preciatcd.
The hymn books, for the Methodist Sun
| day School, that have been expected for
some weeks, have arrived and will be
used to-day.
Aplatform meeting will be held at the
Methodist Church on Sunday evening next.
1t is expected that singers from Ruby Hill
will aid in the performance.
Tho new hymn books entitled ssWelcomc
Songs" will be used at the Episcopal Sun
day School this afternoon. A few Rolls
~ uonnrp will a1ao la niyap ont
There is some talk about a colored couple
getting married, at a place not far distant,
who promise the clergyman who is fortu-
nate enough to perform the ceremony a fee
o: $40 and all expenses.
Rev. Mr.. Crawford reports favorably of
his visit to Palisade and Carlin last Tues
day and Wednesday. At the latter place he
held a communion service, and admins
tered the sacrament to six persons.
The ladies OF the Methodist, Episcopal
and Presbyterian Churches meet every
Thursday afternoon at "a o'clock, to dis
as President Of the meetings.
Mr.. Crawford, Of the Episcopal Church,
is one Of the most energetic and popular
ministers ever stationed in Eureka. He is
unrcmitting in his attentions to the wants
ol Ills COuSftShtiou WHICH has llcTcdSeu
largely since he assume charge.
There will be a platform meeting at the
Methodist Chuch at Ruby Hill this even
ing, at which Mr.. William V. Penrose will
preside. George Eggleston, A. Dunstan,
John and Peter Cox and Henry Vincent
are expected to address the meeting.
The ladies who have charge Of the DOM
inc Festival. to be given at the Opera
House on Friday evening next for the ben
eft Of the Methodist Church, are working
like beavers, and declare in rather en-
phatic terms that it shall prove a success.
The absence Of Mr.. Batcheldcr and lady
from the Presbyterian choir is a serious
detection, which causes Mrs. Wilton, Mr..
Richard, and our jolly friend Humphreys,
to exert themselves in order to keep up its
high reputation, which they have sue
ceeded in doing.
Mr.. Ricker's friends on Ruby Hill PRO-
pose giving o concert for the purpose OF
raising funds in order to build q neat and
cosy study in connection with his church.
Mr.. Dale, who acquitted himself so well in
his recitation recently. at the Sunday
School cot cert, will lend his assistance.
1t is expected that the entertainment will
be the best ever given by the church.
lie SICKNESS vi MISS Iftltd upset the
calculations Of numerous folks on Thurs
day evening. who proposed TO surprise the
pastor Of the Presbyterian Church; that is,
il that very worthy young gentleman could
be surprised, by visiting his domicile after
the same fashion that they invaded Mr..
Ricker's residence. No one was more
grievously disappointed than the s%EsTISrL's
local.
QtFkxFn FpON QI-R ryruAyCFa-
There are two Congregational churches
in st. Petersburg, Russia.
The Southern Methodists added about
so, 900 to their membership in 1873.
Rev. De Cans, late pastor Of the Third
German Church, Baltimore, has gone over
to the Catholics.
The Roman Catholics have been steadily
losing ground in Holland as to numbers,
though they nave been gaining in political,
mercantile. and scientific influence.
A Methodist minister in Essex county,
Mass, was promised a salary Of $500. by
digging clans and making shoes he earned
$500 last year, and his flock withheld that
amount from his stipend.
The Episcopal Church has taken its work
Of civilizing and Chri. tianizing the Indi-
ans out Of the hands Of its Foreign Mis-
sionary Committee aud placed It in charge
OF the Committee on Domestic Work.
The first number Of The Catholic Pres
byteridn, q monthly designed to represent
all the bodies which took part in the Pan
Presbyterian Council, has appeared. 1t is
published in Edinburgh and Now York. its
chief editor being Prof. w. g. Dlaikie. Of
Scotland.
The Southern Presbyterian Church is in
a bad way, according to its leading organ.
1t is short of means to carry on its Foreign
missionary work, and in many places finds
difficulty in maintaining pastors in
Churches, owing to lack OF money. Its
publication business is seriously crippled,
and it does not know how it can manage
its financial affairs so rs to keep on edu-
eating more candidates for the ministry.
The debt Of the Southern Methodist
Publishing House is $500. 900, and a plan
has been devised for paying it. Twelve
years ago the debt was 20. 900, but the
building which the Society now owns cost
S233, 600. The Committee appointed to
devise a plan to pay the debt has concluded
that it cannot be paid by publishing reli-
gious works, or passing around the hat"
and so concluded to issue bonds to the ex-
tent OF $500, 900. bearing interest at 4 per
cent.