Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-21
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

RELIGIOUS NOTES.
The New York Daily Witness {religious) an,
month, on account of the advance in paper and
the failure Of good people to support it.
A movement is on foot In Baltimore to erec
q church In that city as memorial to the latt
Bishop Nottingham.
The observance of Lent by Christians of al
denominations is urged by the Christian Unton.
The taxation of church property is vigor-
ousiy opposed by the Observer.
in the present century only three times as
February had five Suudays-lS4, 1852 and
1sso-that is at intervals of twenty-eight years.
Extremists in the Reformed Episcopal
church hold that the OFF e Of bishop should b,
limited to ten years, after which, IL not re-
elected, each bishop should return to the ranks
OF the clergy.
DIR. H. W. Thomas of Chicago, whose the
o,ogy has been cause for much distress am oug
some of his Methodist brethren, recently said
| in answer to the question: "Wnat shall do to
be saved?" asked by a newspaper reporter,
| Man is saved by his character, Which Is
formed according to his Obedience to the Com
mandmentS."
in consequence OF the liberal leagues be-
coming the champions of tndecency, number
OF distinguished freethinkers are Withdrawing
their names and influence from these organt
cations One of them says: 81 think the best
thing to do Is for the sheep to go into retire at
| while the goats are rampant, to pul doHn or
signs, withdraw our names, an1-do no5htny."
| Nearly 1000 people were present on Christ
mas Day, at the services In the Protestant
Episcopal Cathedral, at Dublin, which Is now
supported by voluntary contributions, and the
clergyman was not a little astoniSaed to fad
the total of contributions was less than 49, or
not an average Of a cent for each person
| present. Before the congregation left the
building they had piece of the clergyman's
mind.
Dan Rice met Mr.. Moody in Chicago,
Saturday, and. going up to the Evangelist,
said: look a here, Mood, heard you was
around teln the folks as how tg wasn't con,
cold deck me on the first deal I'm gltn to
run six-pole triple. tent show next year, and
I'll sue you for SANDER, will; hope to never
see the back of my neck If 1 don't."--Ifttladel-
p1ia Telegraph. -
An archbishop and two bishops, who's, sole
crime was connection with the sect OF Old Be-
levers, have been in conf mem INT In a fortress
in the province Of Vladimir, Russia, for many
| years. The archbishop has been In prison for
tWenty-six years, and one OF the bishops for
seventeen years. The GoOs, of ST. Petersburg
| for directing attention to the case and ventur-
| ing the supposition that the prisoners had been
forgotten was deprived by the Minister Of the
Interior of the right OF publishing advertise
| mentS for month.
| "A correspondent of the M'tt0ljst gives
these instances OF Sunday-school ignorance:
'sTaking up the 'Berean' lesson leaf, where
there was reference, Titus ill: o. asked a
meant. He said that he did not know; had
never heard of Titus l asked class Of four
Apostle Paul was. Two brothers. favored with
exceptionally good teaching at home, answered
| correctly. OF the rest, one said he did not
XII anpT me o5hers Ihag aPostIe meant King
| who Adam was, and he could not tell me-. An
other OF the same class, who the Messiah was;
| he did not know"
! The revised New Testament Will be ready
| Republication now within few months. The
English university presses will first print 1t,
which company have betrayed all necessary
preliminary expenses. Neither the English nor
| the American revtSerS, however, are 10 receive
any compensation for their work. The Ameri-
can Bible society will need change in its
charter to enable it to share In the publication
cause OF the conservative objections Of some
strtcklers for the old King James version,
among whom is Bishop Coke. AS to the
changes made In the new version, DR.. Schaf
| says: ''The revision will so nearly resemble the
| present version that the mass of readers and
hearers will scarcely perceive the difference,
provements in every chapter and almost every
verse" In a few instances changes may be
made in the text on overwhelming evidence,
Italics may be omitted and new headings to
| chapters adopted.
| In this country there are 1,136 Congrega-
tional ministers without charge, and the Sc
| rious question what TO do with them, and why
are things thus. are forcing themselves into
earnest discussions. 1t is estimated that about
$50 of these ministers are not in positions to
accept any charge, and that soma OF them.
| allowance Is made there remain 900 ministers
still unemployed! Statistics Indicate, as an Off
| set, that there are 652 churches which have no
| pastors, about sixty Of which are unable, 1t Is
| supposed, to support Questioning 600 pastor
| less churches able to support pastor II they
would, and 800 churchless pastors willing to
| take charge of church If they only had a
chance. Evidently there is fault somewhere.
The Coasg1eeat iona,ist has published letters
| from several OF the pastors without charges,
some Of whom have not only failed to get
church. but are unable to support themselves
| in another way. One says he would saw wood
or do anything to earn living while the ia
| after years of study in colleges and Sem'narieS
| to tit them for ministerial work.
Rev. David Swing says of Tom Paine:
'Paine evidently held Just about the religious
opinions held by Jefferson and the leading
French and American public men of the day,
but Paine was an open-hearted, outspoken ma
ture. and If he had views about kings, and
queens, and liberty, and masonery, and christ
iantty, he must tell them to the world. He
had no powers Of concealment. 1t stands true
that he was just as eager to overthrow reli-
gion as he was to overthrow king. That he
toiled honestly at all forms OF destruction is
| hardly to be denied. He was sincere, but often
in the wrong. The public mind must come
very slowly up to new views upon some de-
a man OF piety and Of goodness, has gone be-
yond Paine in attacking the liberalism of the
Old Testament, and even Professor Smith, the
Scotch Presbyterian, has said some things
about the Old Testament ages which Thomas
Paine would have been glad to know in his
day. Paine's remark that the book OF Ruth
| is only the silly account OF a country girl who
wished to marry her cousin" is brief and
rather pleasant commentary compared with
the commentary of modern times that Ruth
and all the rest of the world of men and women
came from protoplasm, and without heaven
| OF God.
A Beers COurtship.
The following amusing and interesting ac-
| count is GiYen of the Way c0urtShin is carried