Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-24
r ELIGIOUS NOTES.

minister had preached his farewell sermon, ad-
geo: he Is the sixth paster this church can
boast of In the last seven years.
of the $4,000 Methodist Episcopal ministers
Methodist, only eleven who have blots on their
names and three of these have been condemned
unjustly.
The Virginia Bible Society is about to COM
mence a canvass of the entire state, with a
view OF supplying every family with the Bible.
Nearly 80 active Christians will be employed
1or the work. at salary Of $25 per month and
| expenses.
When a clergyman withdraws from the
! Protestant Episcopal Church and enters an l.
/ other communion, Ii he returns he must spend
| three years as a lay communicate before he
/ can resume his ministry. An effort is to be
made to have this canon amended, as it is believ-
ed it works injustice to many and injury to the
| Church.
Mr.. Moody while In st. Louis did not fail to
| enlist himself in the cause OF the Young Mems
Christian Association. which wherever he goes
! always engages his attention. He has raised
| for the branch In that city the sum of $4,000,
| which will be used for the purchase Of the
| present edifce of the Union Methodist church
at Locust and Eleventh SITS, that church being
anxious to move into another part OF the city.
| A correspondent complains of the wine
sometimes used on sacramental occasions. He
| says: III good unfermented wine cannot be
| procured. then there would seem to be eminent
! propriety in getting fermented wine OF such
"
| their thoughts diverted from the solemn ser
| vice in which they are engaged by the un-
pleasant taste of the wretched apology for wine
often served."-Faila. Star.
christians of all den )mlnations in Ceylon
have presented to the Archbishop Of Canter-
bury petition praying for the removal of
Blsh0p COpieSt0n, who by the Introduction of
ritualiStic practices into the churches, has
brought discord into them and made himself
Objectionable to the natives. His action has
led to the entire cessation OF ordinations in con-
nection with the mission, ana he has refused
licenses to three European missionaries.
The ladies of a church in Portland, Me.
have introduced an improvement in entertain
ments. They have inveigled city photo
grapher into conspiracy with them, and ad-
vertise baby Show holding out to fond
mothers and proud fathers such enticema ntS as
these: Portraits of the loveliest babies of Port
land to be thrown on mammoth screen by
means OF stereop icon and the 'Drummond
light All sections OF this city to be represent
ed. Your baby may be there"
From the London ''Ttn,es'': young men
and women Of the present day no longer find
ritualism or its parent, tractarianism the
mould into which their theological ideas Spon-
taneously run, as those OF their parents may
nave done; Ii they think at all. or even If they
trouble of thinking, they find themselves sur.
rounded on all sides by questions Of deepest i'm.
port, to which ritualism not only affords no
answer, out which In some cases it fOrbiis
them to ask or discuss"
God help the man who has outgrown the
relish for hearty laugh. No doubt He who
made them loves to see the foxes in their gam
bols On the snow and the lambs on their new
grown legs, and loves to hear the glee of the
ii1tle children at their play and Is not dis
burden-bearing servants. Flippant.. We had
rather man would be f1ippant, as the anti
smllers term 1t, six hours day, than too sour
to laugh at ridiculous thing, or too dlgnified
to cut across lots to a pic-nic.-CAicago Alliance
(Presbg.)
The Rev. Thos. Guard, on taking charge of
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist church.
Baltimore, told his congregation that he would
make IL his rule to preach short sermons. He
did SO because the desire OF the people in this
direction had been made known to him Mr.
Guard was some years ago the pastor of the
mount vernon Pace church, and was famous
Tor the length OF his sermons. There are va
rlouS opinions as to what constitute a short
sermon, and Mr. Guard aStOniShed some of his
hearers by the announcement OF his intention
or trying to crowd all he has to say into fifty
five minutes. Some people would call this a
very long sermon. Mr. Guard says that he be-
leVes In sermons, and not in sermonettes.
In fashionable church in Twenty third
street the pastor was, last Sunday, so flooded
with notices which were handed to him with
view OF having them given out from the pulpit
That he paused In mute establishment. Then
he counted the contents of the pile and found
that there We're three times as many notices as
member. He observed that majority Of these
notices related to affairs outside OF the church
SO ne grouped those which pertained to church
matters and let the rest remain unread, He
also declared his intention of Shuttlnr down ON
notices as far as possible for the future The
evil has become one of great magnitude Some
ministers spend from five to fifteen minu ties in
making announcements many OF which are of
no particular 1mportance.-N Y. Sun.
1t seems that the theological unrest which
Is LOW visible in Presbyterian Scotland is dis
turbing the Presbyterians at the AntfDodes
Inc Presbyterian Recte,c, the organ OF he
suspension for laXity in dOctrnal matters, and
charges have been brought and investigated of
unsettling teachings. The Reriep defends Itself
and says: 1.-The theological dialect of the seven
teenth century, as 1t is embodied 10 the Vest
minister standards, does not need now and
then, to be translated into the language of the
in we cannot conduct all our fight
Ing IN that old armor. Nobody among us
breaches In the same way as the PreSbyterians
Oh the time OF the First Charles and the Com
monWeaith, north or south of the Tweed,
those good forefathers Of ours knew nothing Of
Much has lad to be altered or modified"
The first step to be taken in Germany to
provide for the restoration Of a Roman Catholic
ecclesiastical establishment Is the admission mr.
Teaonsslon, as the case may be, OF bishops to
the vacant sees. OF the twelve Sees four are at
present vacant some by death, others BY SEN
tence OF deprivation. The former IL is thought
tntfe WOuiu DC no dllflculty In fllltng once a
friendly understanding between the Curia and
the government is re-e5tablished. The only diff
Guilty lies In the readmiSSiOn of deprived pre-
lates. Before giving its assent to a new com
pact with the Curia the government will claim
some more direct proof of a friendly disposition
than has been given in the P0pes letter to the
archbishop of ColOgne-will expect communf-
cation OF SIMILAR character from the Pope ad.
dressed to itself. That done, and the sees hay-
Ing been filled, since the Curia consents to the
submission o. the names OF candidates for the
priesthood to the government previous to inSti-
tuition, no further difficulty is apprehended In
the way OF providing pastors OF the orphaned
congregations.
- Trinity church handsomely pensions its re-
tired ministers when old age or disease may
lay them aside. The Collegiate Dutch church
makes provision for its aged clergy which
though not so substantial as that made bY
Trinity, greatly mitigateS the SORROWS Of age
and the woes of disease. The Methodist min
listers, in their declining years. rely upon fund
which Is provided from the profits of the Book
Concern. This, to some extent, also relieves the
widows OF ministers. The Presbyterian church
has Board OF Relief, which helps the aged and
their widows 1t has never become popular
enough among the liberal givers to afford very
large pensions to those for whose benefit tU eX-
lists. Among the other denominations there is
not enough pecuniary help Afforded the aged or
1nfirm to warrant young men in entering the
ministry simply for the sake of being sup
ported when old The most poorly provided for
are the worn-out city missionaries in all our
large cities For find