The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-29
RELIGIOUS NOTES
OF INTEREST to Our Church t,osr,.

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A special meeting of the M. e. Church
City Mission Association will be held at st.
Paul Church this evening.
Rev. DR.. Hecht, recently President of st.
Mary's Seminary, has accepted call for q
Professorship in Cleveland, 0.
A musical and literary entertainment
will be given tomorrow evening at the
Orchard-street Presby terian Chu rch, be-
tween Main and Sycamore.
AtS st. Johns Catholic Church the forty
hours devotion was inaugurated yesterday
and will close tomorrow night. Masses
will be celebrated at and 7 o'clock a. m
In the evenings sermons will be preached
at 7 o'clock. ..
The opening of the st. Lucas Church
Fair takes place this evening at Greenwood
Hall. The Central Committee in charge of
| the Fair is composed as follows: President,
| George Cronymus; Treasurer, M. Schofer;
Secretary, Rev. P. G. Gerber.
At the meeting OF the Methodist Minis
ters this morning resolution was adopted
| requesting the Association which meets at
st. PauPs Church this evening to memorial
ize the coming Conference in reference to
better system OF home missionary work.
The March meeting of the Sunday
school Association of the Cincinnati Pres
by terry will be held in the Mt. Auburn
Presbyterian Church this evening. Rev.
DR.. Skinner will deliver an address on the
'Person of Christ" and Rev. 9. Fl. Fuller
ton will lead in the discussion of the
question "How to make our teaching like
the great teacher"
Bishop Haven has issued a call for a
meeting on Thursday, May g. of the Com
mittee on Education of the ensuing Gen.
eral Conference and members of the Fac
ulties and Boards of Trust of all the schools
of the Methodist Episcopal Church and
others, ministers and lavmen, particularly
interested in education, who may be in
Cincinnati at that time
Fully four thousand people were present
at the religious services at the Music Ha II
Pratt was upon the subject of the
Resurrection. Owing to the oc
lcupancy of the hall by th,
Widows Home Festival there viii be NJ
services next Sunday, but they will be re
sumed the following week. A full force 0
ushers has been organized, which will here
after lessen the commotion during tn
opening exercises
At tile Union Bethel Church last evening
twelve persons were received into the mem
bershipon experience. two were received
by letter, five infants were bap
tiZed and seven names were
proposed for membership. Tht
congregation was the largest that has con
vened in the church for some time and al
unusual amount of interest in the exer
cises was manifest. In the morning Rev
Mr.. Lee preached sermon upon the sub
! ject of the Resurrection.
Easter was more generally observed yes
terday at the churches than it has been fo
many years. At all The Catholic and Epis
copal Churches and at many OF the Meth
odist and other Protestant Churches ther
were large congregations elaborate fora
decorations, choice music and sermon
upon the subject Of the Resurrection.
! is seldom that such extensive floral ant
other decorations are witnessed il
our churches, and the music of yes
terday was Of an exceptionally high order
both as regards the selections and the man
ner in which they were rendered. Yester
day being also the general review day TO
the Sabbath-schools following the interna
tional series OF lessons special exercises
consisting of music and short addresse
upon the lessons of the quarter, were con
Quoted in most of the schools.