Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-30
RELIGIOUS NOTES.


conclud.c 80, Tuesday morning; Haydn's I'M
perial Ne, being sung at the commencement,
and HigE Mass being celebrated at the close.
REV. Thomas Harrison, the noted re7L
valist has :4sumed his lab0r5 10 Philadelphia
AT the SC = VI. E. church.
-Awag suggests that a suitable opening for
many cbo-rs would BE-, GOA, Lord. have mercy
on us mi liable singers"
THE revival OF Carlist uitramontanism In
Spain Is said TO be assisted b. the arrival of
hundreds 0. Je5uit5 ana frfar5 from France.
The New York Sun advises the Universal
lists TO dtband. the opposition to their
peculiar 'e1-t having practically Gied ou5 In
the orthCd churches
An eccentric but pious man has built
house on posts forty feet high In Piymoton,
oregon, II C!der that he "may I've nearer
heaven"
The Ce- trail Methodist, a southern paper
declares that it VIII not exchange with any
paper in the south thai '.habltuaIiy abuses the
north, TO WIN any paper in the north which
naoitually ABUSES the south"
The company appointed to revise the autho
, 20 vt 5d, OF the Oid Testament had On
Uf Proverbs as far as the twelfth chapter
when they met early this month.
The I7f'9sTlfent makes fun of the Ns,c
Pork 0jSeTrer for saying that Bishop
WnittiDghain OF Maryland is in atJen lance at
the Epf cG.'al General Convention, and C Ais
attention e the fact that the good Bi5h)p has
been dean for more than year.
The H,tc York Observer SAYS that minis
tiers are O deadheads, and that they do not
ask for d"y Il 'ad tickets on railroads oc steam
boats. II adds that If free passes are offered
Them it IS because agents believe 1t viii pay to
offer then. 1t Is, therefore. purely matter of
taste Whether TO accept them or not"
Dear Stanley is in favor OF permitting
Noncont0.Ei'5ts under certain restrictions, to
Use path churches for their own religious
with any 70 -Ilar service. he has aScertalned
that 1t y.vtd not be Illegal to do this, and he
tried IL Iu Ntstminster Abbey.
-7he Jrlcisis Advance, published In Chicago.
Is argnir with great carr eStLess for "new
departure ia respect to Sunday services 1t
urges Tie necessity Of adjusting the methods of
worship a of religious instruction In the
Jewish s! nagCgue, especially In this country
10 the Circumstances OF the time. To maintain
The strict observance of the Last Day of the
week Is fUuAd 10 be next TO impossible 1t says
The encyclical letter of Pope Leo XIII of the
10th of Sept, contains the following decree
I'VE OTGdin therefore, that on the 5th day of
The month or July, fixed by Plus IN OF happy
m mory, there be Inserted In the calendar OF
the Roman aLd Universal Church, and annually
ly celebrated. the feast OF ST Cyril. and st.
MethOdy. Ih the ONCE OF the Double Minor
Eite, AMI The Mass proper, which the Sacred
Congregal,1 n the Rites has approved"
The Ri:i mod Religious Herald re,ates
the following incident: A Virginia Baptist
preacher, & f-w Sundays ago, aft r asking two
of his Church members to lead In prayer, and
seeing them shake their heads. said: well,
OrpInI6D, VIII you Two SlG az tnc uJ0TS WIN
your canes and keep the dogs OUT while l
preach?" And they did so.
Moody and Sankey are now on their way to
the Pacific slope. When they returned from
i Topei n 1913 they were invited TO go 10
day. o. u ii way out they will stop In Salt
Lake City aat perhays Cheyenne. They expect
TO reach S:n Francisco by the LIST OF November.
them to go there. and they may do so
during the Latter part of the winter.
Every 1ne knows that Charles Kingsley
was mol eiven TO carrying church starch into
he was guest Of Massachusetts, Episcopal
clergynaa who wore his pllpiC manners to
table an -Htoned his grace before meat as Ii
IL were Tie lJany In the morning as the
The caDo called out, with most churchly
jnton,ns. Dear Brother So-So-I have lost my
razor strtp-What is poor fellow to do?"
the recent complaint OF DR.. Morris in the
Episcop convention that young men were not
f)rtheon.i 3 10 carry on church missions at the
west, i Sa1Zed by the Catholic Repielr to |
emphaS:ze ~ Importance OF a cel.biLe clergy. |
Rev D.. Norris ought not TO marvel says the |
Rerielc. - tie dearth OF missionaries since 1t |
can haT,-. b. expected that man with 4 fam-
lily, or ftia1ly In prospective, Will long to |
transplant himself INTO remote section where |
his chilcT"G r1;n fair chance OF growing up In |
almost .inal wildness. To ask d man |
S1us encnn red would be as cruel as TO insist |
that MINISTER. with wife and children, |
should visit pa. ishioner dying OF the small |
FOX.
1T Is a common observation 10 regard to the |
Episcopal general convention that there was
less OF n cid party divisions, as between
than was ever known before but In its stead an
increased desire TO Oend the whole energies or
the church In the direction OF practiaal work.
The latent Unitarian element, II so It may be
called. manifested itself IN mild EFFORT to
amend the Litsny so as TO have the word
"'Trinity omitted. but It was unsuccessful \
remarkable departure from precedent was vlsi-
BILE In the fact that nothing was said about
ritualism from which 1t may be reasonably
inferred that that element Is no longer ID the
Category OF the things that disturb our paace.'
Bishop Da Hamel, Of Ottawa, in Canada
Is oppoS 1T the sending OF Romtn Catholic |
children Protestant schools. and carries nis |
parents vno patronize such schools with the
refusal OF he sacrament. The report on ed |
ucati0n recently read before our Episcopal |
Convention exhibited Ike hostility 70 all |
schools which teach other than its own re- |
ng1ous dO-m3S- 1t even went further, and |
frOwned OF the practice OF sending the sons OF
EpiScop2liaIs to colleges where no religion Is |
taught AMI ur ed the establishment or a hall |
for the teaching OF the, doctrines OF the EpiS- |
copaliaG5 III connection with universities not |
alreadJ Under me control or their clurch. |
The aim u tie church. according to the report, |
should D. 10 have children Instructed oaIy at |
Episcopaitan schools. 1t will De SEEN therefore, |
that The Canadian Roman Catholic Bishop and |
our Eplsc0P2iianS occupy Substantially the |
same grOGrd on this school question. Each |
ClurCh ' lS!it-S 10 cOlJr0l the euucaslC1 or us /
young. L. sun.
The abr OF using isolated bits o; Scripture |
as texts for sermons without regard to the con- |
texts bad IL makes the Bible ccerely "a |
nddle Oh which any tune can be played" aud |
has done more than anything else to make |
the whole matter OF preaching Contemplate in |
the eyes OF many persons A gross example OF |
this perVersion OF language Is noted In a |
Brooklyn paper. where sunday discourse TO |
'.BOy5 IL Blue is reported-the text being six |
words from EZekielS account OF the evil con- |
duct OF Iwo sisters. Their Darann0urS were |
f'clotLed In blue, desirable young NEIL" The
context Is hot designed for public reading. |
The discourse was '.roundy applauded."
Perhaps, II The whole passage had been quoted, |
the PUr rAiG would have not been acceptable. |
The curse OF Revelation upon him who takes |
from. or us 70, the Word OF God, should not |
De forgotten The use OF motto texts is |
Legitimate where there Is a striking congruity |
fitness a-.3 beauty; but. then, the preacher |
should state that the words are taken out of |
their primary relationship, aud used By ac-
eominocajisn. The frequent use OF motto
texts, eye.., IS perilous. and the perverton of
1angua5c. Illustrated IN the text referred to
kEZekial -: 81, IS tneXcuSible--I'itiid Times.
The soften Sunday has been attacked In It's
stronghOt / On the 18th of october a meeting
OF the ''S';:.7ay Society" was held In the Royal
Hotel iGGIrgh, the Rev. Glasse, minis
Ter OF OtI Grey !rtarS parish church, presiding.