Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-13
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

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| The Greek Government, in giving an order
that the Bible shall be read In the public
| schools. has specified that the ancient andnot
the modern tongue shall be employed
| The Methodists are increasing rapidly In
| Sweden. During the past few months revival
| meetings have been held, generally with large
results In one place 60 new members have
| been received.
| lions Herald says that "the individual per-
sistent interest for the salvation of the SOUL and
| the gathering of the children into the Church,
is far from being as manifest In these days as
formerly"
The Methodists Of PhiIlipsburg N. j.. are
| having great revival. About 300 persons have
profeSSed sorrow for their sins. and 1t Is expected
that the total number will foot up at least 500.
! Over 1000 have signed the temperance pledge.
The Evangelical Messenger is exacting in re-
| spect to the laity. 1t says: "The people who go
| to hear sermon, without preparation to hear
Alright, are but little less guilty of wrong than
the minister who enters the pulpit to preach
without preparation"
One of the distinguished Monod family OF
Protestant pastors in Paris, the Rev. Theodore
Nonod, who was converted, it Is said, while a
country in. the spring and address Protestant
bodies on the state of the Church In France and
its needs.
The Pope has issued an encyclical letter on
the subject of divorce. In 1t he says: 1.-THE at
tempt made under various guises, by the
modern spirit of irreligion to rob the church OF
her right either to bind or loose the maria re
tie, must be resisted by the whole catholic
world"
Edward Kimball, the church debt extIn-
guisher, says: 'sThe three great financial calam-
fties of church are: 1. A fund for the support
Of preaching, so that the people need not pay.
leans and whose property the church feels at
liberty to appropriate. 8. A debt"
The following are reported to be some of
the changes made in the revised version of the
English Bible to be issued this year:"Damned"
For ''hell," the original words Gehenna and
Hades are to be substituted. Prevent" is to
be turned into Ego before" Religion" is to be
changed into worship"
The plan of having free Sunday evening
lectures on secular subjects Is warmly discussed
In Edinburg. The clergy are generally opposed
to it, thinking that the lectures will attract
Canonsgate Hall was to have been opened for
the lectures; but the opposition defeated the
project for the time being.
A church in New York raised $4,000 last
summer for certain purpose. AS the money
could not be used Immediately, the trustees in
vested it in the stock of '.st. Paul preferred"
A few days ago the church sold the stock for
$4,000. With the profits, $50, OOO new church
edif1ce is to be erected and the name 'sSt. Paul
preferred" is suggested as appropriate.
The case Of ex-Shepherd Cowley presents
peculiar complication as regards ecclesiastical
discipline. Cowley is still full and complete
priest of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He
cannot be deposed without trial, and he can
not be tried unless he is present in person. 1t
would be irregular to 60 to the pen1tentiary to
stry him, and so the probability Is that nothing
will be done with him until his term is out.
The war OF the bells has been taken into
neighborhood OF Pilgrim Congregational church,
at the corner of Ervtng and Washington ave-
nues. They failed in their attempt to get the
city council to hush the Chimes and the matter
has caused such bitter feeling in that ''swell'
portion of the City that old friends have become
enemies, and the contest will be fought to the
bitter end.
Young Brother Harrison, the revival evan
gelist, has been laboring twenty-three weeks
with the Wharton Street Methodist Church.
Philadelphia His converts are estimated at a
thousand; and although the term Of service for
which he was at first engaged has now expired,
he renews his efforts, and will push on In the
hopes of bringing In five hundred more. A
great jubilee service was held In the church a
few days ago, the exercises lasting from before
sunrise to midnight.
Tits proposed to build In certain districts on
the western frontier of Kansas churches made
OF sods- few such already exist. The walls
are OF s9ds the roots are covered with
church can be built, in size about 26x36 for an
outlay In money Of only $40, and this
has all eady been done In at least one Instance
wall Of sods, If properly built and protected
will last 100 years. Roofs of shingles and floors
OF wood are greatly to be desired, but, Of course
they add very much to the cost OF church.
Don't Puuperize your PuStor.-Pay him thu
money that is due him, and let him provide for
himself. Here Is new pastor called on specl-
fed salary-a niggardly one, perhaps, und er thy
circumstances on arrival you bagin to
carry in groceries and provisions-sugar, tea
beggar. II the man has not had all the manly
independence coddled out Of him, he cannot but
feel the humiliation. II he is entitled to these
values, why did you not put the amount in the
salary and pay it to him?-Chicago Interior.
stephen H. Tying, Jr., points out as an evi-
dence that America has leavened the Catholic
church more than the Catholic church has in
fected America, the fact, that In this country
there Is steady growth Of the ingrained Purl-
tan love OF preaching on the part of Catholic
congregations. This appetite for the sermon
has induced the church to provide more preach
1ng-by means OF missions and Paultsts and Do
mtnicans and orders without number-hera In
America than she allows anywhere else In all
her broad dominion.
"A Philadelphia paper gives an account OF
how Ritualism has been introduced into the
chapel OF Christ Church, in the western part OF
that city, and carried to such an extent that the
sexton OF Christ church had to demand the
resignation OF the two eccleStaSticS who were
placed In charge of it. 1t appears that con-
fessional had been erected, and auricular con-
fession was made condition OF admission to
the communion. The people, however were
SATISFIED with the innovation, and have asked
Christ Chuch to allow them to erect a separate
church. This request has been refused.
speaking of odd texts writer in Sunday a:
Home tells of a parson who preaching on the
types and their Signifcation took for his text
Levtticus Iii. 2 4, And he shall offer OF the sac
rtfice OF the peace Offering the fat that COW
ereth the 1nwardS and all the fat that is upon
the inwards, and the two kidneys and the fat
that Is on them, which is by the TANKS, and the
caul above the liver, with the kidneys it shall
he take away" A young clergyman who
listened to this exposition became so heart-sick
that he left the assembly, driven out by this in
discreet use OF obsolete language. And yet even
In such expositionS as these, perhaps. every
thing depends upon the man who handles the
text.
The following paragraph in a Michigan
newspaper Indicates variation from the usual
lotteTy church 1air, and suggests some refiec-
lions as to the appropriate means for raising
FUNDS 10r church purposes" The great moral
French drama entitled Married Life Will come
of Friday evening Of this week at the Baptist
church. The dramatic company have made ar
engagements whereby the net proceeds will be
given to the Baptist building fund, and 1t is
hoped that all who feel an interest In the up
building OF public improvements will be present
TO give In their mite The popularity OF this
play Is too well known to give greater praise.
AT the conclusion of this play one of the most
laughaDle and moral farceS ever played will
follow, entitled = Regular Fix The whole
exercises 10 be fnterSperSed with some choice
instrumental music. AT the close of the con-
cert exercises the friends OF the pastor are in
V1ted TO tarry and have an oyster supper and a
general good time. The elder and lady will be
f1arn tn rranl ya . rNInn F1-