Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-23
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

York avenue Presbyterian church. and latterly
PreSpy terrain church In Buffalo. n. Y.
1t is stated that most OF the Rev. S.optord
Brooke's congregation in Liverpool will follow
him out ofthe church OF England
Mr.. Talmage says: wherever in the Bible
you find man who has more than one wife,
you find him up TO his neck 10 trouble"
The Roman Catholics Of East Baltimore
have opened a new building for lyceum. 1t
bears the name OF Carroll Hail. and cost $50, Ooo.
"A conference On disestablishment is to be
held In Edinburgh this month. Several mem
oers OF parliament are expected to take part In
II.
1t is rumored that at Harvard College
morning prayers will be abandoned at the close
the orthodox.
the Spanish government proposes to
warn" preachers who indulge In political SER
mons. lt Is well for some OF our brethren that
they do not dwell In Spain.
About this time expect casual references In
the sermons OF returned ministers LAS was
ascending VeSuviGs." or. standing one day be.
meath the dome Of ST. Peters,
A junior was heard to remark on a recent
Sunday, after Prof. - had preached an elo-
qutnt sermon: THAT was splendid sermon.
CAD! los single gestures and thirteen double"
In several Rltuallstic churches In London,
On recent Sunday, the congregations were re-
quested to pray for the repoSe OF the soul OF the
Rev c. F. Lowder, late vicar OF st. Peters, Lon
don, who was an entreme ritualist.
TIE Minnesota Methodlsts have voted at
their state conference that they will do what
they can to discontinue Sunday papers and ex-
pressed the judgment that church notices
ought not to be published In a Sunday issue.
Twelve OF the larger foreign missionary So
c'eties. OF which six are European and six
American, gained last year upward of 5000 600
In receipts over the previous year. Over
100000 of this amount represents the gain of
the American societies.
The Fesbyterians appear to have taken
special contract to convert the Mormons from
the error of their way. Sixteen women have
recently gone 10 Utah to labor as missionaries
and teachers, and the denomination nov have
80 teachers in different parts of the territory.
Sunday school children are no longer
taught to believe that Lots wife was turned
into pillar of salt; but, In the international
Bible Studies for Sunday schools, 1t Is said
that she was caught In a storm. which .'suffo-
Gated her, encrusted her, and possibly burned
her to cinder."
"A temperance preacher remarked the
other day during the session OF the Methodist
conference at Syracuse: "Mrs. Hayes Is going
out of the White House too soon. What will
follow Is not yet known. Christian men and
women should not allow wine to be introduced
there again without vigorous protest
The Suffolk West Association eastern
Massa chuSetts) has decided that positive be-
lief IN the Gndie3sneSs OF future punishment is
not absolutely necessary for admission TO the
ranks OF Congregational ministers, and that
each case must be decided not according to alb
stract principles, but according to its individual
merits.
The Christian at Work suggests that
Dean Stanleys projected visit to this country
Is to gather statistics and other Information re-
garding the working OF the Episcopal church
when ASSOCIATED from the state, which may be
useful to Mr.. Gladstone In the inevitable move
ment for the diSeStablishment of the Anglican
church now looming up.
The Passion Play" at Oberammergau has
proved unprecedently remunerative this year.
Up to the LIST OF September net profit OF about
$4,000 had been secured. Besides this. the
amount Of money spent by the tourists In the
village It Is incalcuaole, so that the promoters
OF the passion Play" have literally been re-
waTded for dlscharging what has been always
deemed duty by them with harvest OF gold.
Some OF the Baptist churches of California
refuse to meet with the San Francisco aSSo-
citation until 1t has rid itself Of the Rev. l. S.
Kailoch. The First Baptist church OF Stockton
notified the officers of the association that It
would not entertain the association, because 1t
would be in the hands Of those who sustain
Mr.. kalloch, for whose irregular practices
bility."
- Complaint is made by the Rochester En-
press (Rep.) that owing to the Methodist Epis-
copal Conference changes, Garfield viii lose In
the state OF New York about one hundred votes
OF clergymen. The Express wants relief s'by
special legislation for this large class of men,
who are at least of equal reSpecta biliLy and i'm
portance as compared with soldiers, sailors,
students ana the convictS of our jailS and peni-
ttntiaries, fol- whom special provision Is made"
-Andover Theological Seminary has de-
clded to lengthen its term OF study for prepare
ton for the ministry from three years to four.
This step Is found desirable because Of the ne
cessity Tor more thorough preparation on the
part of the young theol0gues. Skepticism and
Ii fidelity are giving the churches more t-oJble
now than fer long time hitherto, and IRE
s"nting objections Which ministers must be
able to meet, If they would do a successful
work.
The Revised Bible, now that 1T is almost
Gone, seems to find scant welcome anywhere
among religious bodies. Although it is the
work of the united scholarship OF the churches
ard has been carried on under the Initiation
and auspices OF the church OF England, the
Episcopal church convention, In session at New
York. has developed strong opposition to 1t,
and the recent Presbyterian council only
pointed to its charter provision forbfdding 1t to
adopt any revised scriptures.
"A new and scientific definition of con-
science was presented at the late Norfolk con-
ference In CampellO. says the C0ngTegdtiOndliSt,
by stranger who declined to give his name.
The gentleman said that he didn't read the
Bible much. but he opened 1t the other day and
saw the word conscience and 1t impressed him.
He had studied Latin few weeks, and though
he didn't know much about it, it had let him
into the meaning OF that word conscience.
Science, and con, TO pore over, to study; con.
science, to study science!
"A strong petition was offered In the Epis-
copal Diocesan convention. In New York, pray
ing for the abolition OF special rights to peHS in
churches. The petitioners believe that the
practice never prevalent until within few
years. of renting pewS and seats in advance
Smacks a great deal Of sharp business. They
claim that every church should belong as much
to the poor as to the rich. and that a mans
spirit. instead Of his clothes and his money,
should determine where he may sit or kneel.
The Mtchaelmas Day celebrations In the
ritualisttc churches OF London were even more
elaborate than they usually are. AT the church
OF Saints Vedast and Michael, CheapSide, a
brass cross was on the altar. and there were
two tall lighted candles and about forty un-
lighted tapeTS. Between the candleStickS We're
numerous vases OF flowers. The celebrant Was
dressed precisely as a Roman Catholic priest Is
at celebration OF mass. The choir sang ver-
Sified English translation OF the Roman Catho-
lie eucharistlc hymn, 80 SalutariS HOstia.'
The Duke OF Argyll, by recent speech at
BalIachulish, has thrown the religious world of
Scotland into ferment. The Duke stated that
Episcopalianism in Scotland is IAN exotic"
and the phrase seems to have been generally
interpreted as term OF vituperaUiOn. All the
sectS-PreSbyt Catholic and Anglican
have been WranglDg over 1t ever since. The
Bishop of Donkeld has delivered solemn
charge against It, and the controversy has
now degenerated into a dispute about the
primitive organization OF the christian church.