Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-17
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

| - The cratic and persistent Mr.. Mackonochit
continues his services in st. Adams London
despite his suspension by the Court of Arches
and all the endeayors OF the Bishop OF LondoI
| to silence him.
- Cardinal Manning has just consecrated Rev
Mr. Lacy, bishop of Middlesbrough. the first
new Romish see that has been established In
England since the hierarchy was introduced In
1850.
In Salisbury, England, there is an Episco
pal rector who says he has no time to prepare
such sermons as he would like to preach, anC
therefore is reading to his congregation a course
of the sermons of Jeremy Taylor. 1t is admitted
that these discourses are little out of style, ye
they are confessed to be both earnest and ortho
dox. The rectOrs frankneSs in admitting that
they are Jeremy Taylors instead of his own has
his own flock, but OF the other good people OF
Salisbury.
over ninety families have taken seats in
| the Church OF the Messiah, New York, since the
| Rev. Robert Collyer began his ministry there in
addition to those whom he found when he came
| His success has exceeded his most Sanguine eX.
| pectations.
| Thedeath of Bishop Haven following closely
upon that of Bishop Ames, will possibly have a
| marked affect upon the condition OF the prob
| lens which agltate the Methodist church. Both
were leaders in the conservative ranks of the
denomination and welded large influence.
| VI the surviving bishops only Foster is known
| to have tendencies in the same direction. Scott
| Is aged and infirm, and cannot take an active
part In the agitations within the body. Slinp-
| son is understood to be ready to concede most
| OF the points demanded. as the elective pre5id-
| Ing eldership and the widening of the powers OF
lay delegates to conferences. while Andrews is
| supposed to be in sympathy with him. The
| others, Merrill, Harris Peck, Wiley and Bow
| man, are not known to be especially pron1unced
| In their views. 1t is also quite likely now that
| the general conference Of this year will be eX-
pected to elect one or more new bishops. which
| will open all these questions.-(SpTiHgfeld r.
| publican.
| The supreme court of Georgia recently gave
the following decision upon church pic-nics and
| excursons:-"A church cannot, as corpora
ton, engage I'm the sale of tickets to the public
| for an excursion on board a steamer which the
| church has chartered for the occasion. Expenses
| incurred with view to profit, and profits lost
| cannot be recovered from the owners of the yes.
sci On their failure to make the stipulated voy-
| age. excursions, as matter OF trade or business
WIN me PUBLIC. are not within the means or
ends for which the church was incorporated.
The measure of damages in a suit by the church
against the owners is the amount paid as hire
for the vessel"
The Ch,u'chnaan remarks of the late Bishop
Nottingham, of Maryland, who loved simplicity
In worship and yet saw many things grow up in
his diocese contrary to his wishes, that while he
was man who alike by his tolerant SPIRIT his
Office, and his unparalleled knowledge of Catho-
licity was entitled to be the leader Of dogmatic
and ritual progress In the church, was yet re-
duced to the painful position of wheelhorse
In the rear of dancing team.
VI ILc DlDlc VIII NC luueTtSleQ IN
the following expressions frequently met with
In the holy scT1ptures:-A days journey was 80
Is miles. A Sabbath-day's Journey was about
3 of an English mile. Ezek1ers reed is said to
ches nearly. A fingers breadth is equal to one
inch. shekel is about so cents. A shekel of
gold was 1907. A talent of silver was S. $50 So
OF penny, was 10 cents. A farthing was
cents. A gerah was cents. mite was X cent
A homer contained IS gallons and pints. An
was gallon and pints. A firkin was pints.
An omer pintS. A cab was ptntS. A log was
Il pint.
The Rev. DR.. o. Il. Tiffany, of St. Paul's
Methodist Episcopal Church, in this city, has
announced that next spring he Will leave New
York to assume the pastorate Of the Broad and
Arch Streets Methodist Church in Philadelphia
We thought that the bishops made the appoint
mentS.-[N Y. Post.
The Church Of England has s12 parishes or
churches In London, against $40 ten years ago.
or these churches 400 have weekly and 43 daily
communion. Some All have Saints Day ser
vice; 245 daily service; 315 supplied choirs,
gain of 261 since 1862 27O free seats gain of l21
in ten years; SO euchar1stic vestments; 10 in
cense; So altar lights, and 43 candles on the
altar. The eastward position" is taken in 214
churches.
There is new denomination in Philadel-
phia. which calls itself '.The Methodist Church,
q name which until recently belonged to a
branch of the Methodist Protestant Church,
now happily reunited. The leader Of this new
sect, the Rev. E. w. Kirby, says that it is
neither secession nor an offshOot from any
Methodist body, though many of its members
nave been members OF the Methodist Episcopal
Gnu Church r The doctrines Of the new body are
like those OF the Methodist Episcopal Church
but its system is different. There is but one
order in the ministry recognized, that of elder
to which women are eligible equally with men,
There are 20 presiding elders and no bishops
though the president OF the annual conference
exercises the powers Of a superintendent. There
are however, classmeetings. attendance on
which is made test of membership quarterly
meetings, local preachers, eXhorterS, and so
forth, as in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In
plainness opposition to display and to fairs,
etc., Tor raising money, the new sect resembles
the Free MethCdists.
In late sermon by Rev. Dr. Robert Coll.
yer, on 1.-THE Dry-Rot in Churches, (" he said:-
" A prominent minister in Chicago short time
since preached sermon OF DR.. Parker's and
used it as his own. The papers printed both
side by side in parallel columns, and then in ex-
PLANTATION the preacher said he had so absorbed
tie idea from his reading that he had used it
without knowing the source from which it
sprang 1 do not believe the excuse, and have
only found one man who does believe it. and
yet that congregation raised his salary in re-
spouse to that excuse. That church has the dry
rot"
Rev. W. 7. Whitmarsh of Cleveland. indi-
Gates his IDEAS of "The Greed of the Future, as
foll0WS:-"What we want is simple ScriDturai
creed embracing the essentials OF Christianity
anu lueSe dlOUe, dnC the CnurCn which Is seen
thus the most closely to resemble the church of
the apostles will be the church OF the future.
Such church will gather into its fold the sim
pie ones now distracted by the babble of con-
tending SectS, The earnest Sickened by the
straw-splitting theories of theologians, and
those hungering for the bread OF life who now
have given them from many hands instead the
stone OF metaphysical discussion. In such
church the clergy will be free to devote all their
strength to the work of bringing souls from the
service OF Satan to that of Christ, released as
they Will be from the heavy task of building yp
their UNCONVENTIONAL defenseS, while they will
be more free TO welcome fresh light on the
meaning OF Gods word as they will no longer
be under the necessity OF making 1t accord with
the narrow and rigid lines OF their own sectarlan
outworkS."
- Somebody who seems to be wicked scoffer
writes to London Truth: 81 read with interest
the letter that you published from ballet girl,
whose morals were being improved by the Gu
rates. i am bachelor living In lodgings, and l
have never once been called upon by clergy
man, nor has any attempt been made to attend
to my spiritual wants. Why Is this? have
soul like ballet girl. Can it be that the body
which encloSeS that soul is not so pleasing to
the eyes OF the curateS as those which enclose
the souls OF ballet girls? Your obedient SER
want"
- The Freenldn's Journal (Catholic) gives the
following sound advice to the clergy: "The
f1ar1ng scandals of the times seem to show that