Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-28

RELIGIOUS NOTES.
Trusting to chants-Expecting to get to
heaven by singing.-Boston Courier.
There are eighty-two Mormon churches
| In England and Ireland.
Bishop Foster, of the Methodist church
was licensed to preach at thirteen years Of age,
| and at seventeen was pastor of q church.
The English Unitarians have arranged to
publish 900 copies Of Rev. DR.. W. E. Chan
ning's works at the nominal price Of a shilling
Rev. Sheldon Jackson, Presbyterian mis-
sionary to Alaska, says that there are hum
| dreds of slaves in that territory, and that it
is no uncommon sight in Sitka to see woman
offer her own daughter for sale to any person
| who would buy her.
The Rev. Russell streeter, who died at
woodstock, VT, on sunday last was the Oldest
clergyman Of the Universalist denomination,
| and possessed the distinction OF being one OF
| the fathers Of that faith. He was eighty eight.
The sum Of money which the Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions will lose through the
failure Of the bank in Liverpool In which 1t had
funds deposited is $49, 0OO About $1,000 only OF
this sum has thus far been made up by sub
Scr1puOnS, the report that 1t had all been so
made up being untrue.
The only place in the United States where
services are held by the Sandemanian Society
| is Danbury, Conn.,, the place Of burial of Rob-
the sect. Every week the members have a
meeting at which they greet each other with a
kiss and then sit down to a dinner provided by
| steward in their employ.
| "A Vermont church choir met at the house
Of AMIR. Hunt one evening lately for practice,
and early in the evening Mr.. Hunt went to his
room, four shots from revolver being heard
| soon after and it was found that Mr.. Hunt was
| attpmOt1np suicide. The choir mist Nh a rim
per.-BOstOn Post.
| One Of the brethren in the front rank of the
Holiness fraternity writes from Charleston to
the paper of which he is editor, and thus re-
1--WE have not, in all our former experience,
seen more glorious revival than that which
has broken out in the Trinity Methodist Epis-
copal Church South, Charleston, S. c., where
| we have been labor1ng for some weeks past"
The ancient jibe against the young lady who
was only Episcopal pious" is now matched by
the story Of the interesting stranger at camp
meeting, who replied to the usual question
asked BY young apostle of the emotional
| school: "My dear young friend have you got
religion" "Oh! no, indeed, thank you. I'm
! Presbyterian
In Glasgow, which is prominently a
moving from the old places of worship Into new
ones In the suburbs. Most Of the old churches
OF Glasgow are now deserted by the rich and
fashionable, who prefer WOrShiping in the tenn
| pies they have built for themselves In the sub
urbs. 1t is just the case of London, on small
Ter scale, and great popular power is needed by
| churches In the heart Of the city.
| "A colored brother who was considered too
pompous and too voluminous in his prayer
meeting exhortations, was demonstrated with
ofeial Who admnstered the re5ske Reminded
| him OF the many sins he had committed. and
| the disgrace he had brought upon the cause Of
religion by bis frequent lapses into immortality
| brother rpSnnnApd.
| owns squar up; Ise done broke every one OBJ
| de commandments, but, Dress de Lord, Use neb-
Der lost my religion"
AS regards Napoleon's religion, Madame de
| Remusat, in her Memoirs. says: 81 cannot say
whether he was deist or an atheist. He was
ready to scoff In private at anything connected
with religion, and think that he gave too much
attention to all that happened In this world to
| care much about the other I would venture to
| say that the immortality of his name seemed to
him much more important than that OF his
| soul"
DIR. Martineau, in his latest book, "Hours Of
| Thought on Sacred Things" speaking of the
fact that, after ALL but little can be learned of
| God from the inspection OF the physical uni
verse, remarks, land that little SO doubtful and
| so cold, so analogous to our knowledge of mere
| force, so alien to the demand Of our affections
! that, though 1t might put the crown upon our
| science, it would be unworthy to tie the san
dals OF our religion"
1T seems that butter is allowed to Roman
Catholics during Lent, but that other animal
! fat is forbidden. "a f1rst-class Broadway hotel
| to our knowledge" says the Ffeensan's Journal
ps sSe s99r 1 he aaa people a
tain knowledge, at celebrated downtown res
taurant, that the 'sayory butter was 'oleomar-
could not use it on Fridays"
Sunday keeping has been recent novel
| topic, for the meridian Of France, discussed in
| the Chamber OF Deputies. 1t seems that an
old law prescribing the method of keeping the
| Tor a half-century or more to be sure, but only
Low formally abrogated, so that as French
| journal puts it, '.Frenchmen are now free TO
| work or not to work on the seventh day, as they
| please. There was quite stout defense, how
| ever, for legal Sunday keeping from number
| OF the deputies.
The Ultramontane party in the German
| Parliament object to the ringing OF church
bells by the local civil authorities. They are
| offended by the ringing OF the bells on he an
| niversary Of the battle Of Sedan. or course
they 90 not regret that the Germans won that
| it as triumph over the Roman Church bill
| has passed the Lower House, providing that it
shall II not be lawful for the civil authorities to
fire, flood and other public calamities.
No man expects to go to good concert or
good lecture, or to see good exhibition Of art
without paying for it. But when you come to
religious services great many people attend
ing the same feel Lo responsibility in paying the
expenses. The singing must be artistic, the
preaching pleasing and instructive, the temper
allure Of the house of worship delightful, or
those who are responsible will be made to feel
their neglect of duty. But when the baskets
come around for the offering, the majority OF
the hearers look insulted, or insult the service
by dropping in a three-cent piece. We believe
In the gospel to the poor, but we do not believe
In religious service for several hundred peo-
pie paid for by few.-GOIden Rule.
In memorial to their bishops, fourteen
thousand of the clergy OF the Church of Eng
land make the following statement: 1--WE, the
undersigned clergy Of England, venture re-
specially to appeal to your lordShips, as the
only members or our order in Parliament, as
such, most earnestly to support measures for
the further restriction of the trade In ntoxica-
ting liquors in this country. We are convinced
most OF US, from an intimacy with the people
extending through many years, that their con-
dition can never be greatly improved, whether
Intellectually, physically or religtously so long
as intemperance extensively prevails among
them, and that intemperance Will prevail SO
long as temptations to 1t abound on every side"
Some churches gather round man, and
therefore reflect all the moods and caprices of
the man. And when the man Is separated
from them by removal or death they show little
cohesive power. Other churches gather round
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