Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-26
RELIGIOUS NOTES

Ex.Lieut Gov. Davis, of Mississippi has
become Methodist minister.
-MessrsI Moody and Sankey Will begin work
next month at New Orleans.
Four Chicago Presbyterian pulpits are now
vacant, and three more will soon be-
Gen. Sam Cary has turned evangelist, and
hopes to rival Moody. His present field of labor
Is Tennessee.
"A younger son of Lord Munster, near
blood relation to Queen Victoria, has joined the
Catholic church.
| paragraphs, the chapters and verses not being
| indicated except In the margin.
Rev. Michael McAleer pastor OF st. Column
| bias Church, N. Y. and the oldest Catholic
| priest In the Diocese of New York, died We'd
nesday.
The many friends OF j. G. s. Richardson,
OF this city, Will be pleased to know that he was
| lately ordained as deacon Of the Presbyterian
Church at Cheyenne, Wy.
| Lutheran conference In the west has de-
cided, after much discussion, that member
| ought not to be disciplined for sin committed
while he is drunk. though he might be held to
| answer for "beastly drunkenness"
! Rev. George II. Pool formerly Of the Fourth
| Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Wh) re-
Gently died Of small pox ia a hospital on Long
| Island and was buried In Potter'S field, left
| property estimated in value at least half mil
/ 4 NJ
| county, w. Va.
! The Michigan. avenue Baptist Society, of
Chicago, whose church was Quilted by fire re.
| Gently, held meeting Wednesday and decided
| TO dlsband the organization and sell the church
| property. The pastor, the Rev. DR.. Topper.
investigation into the charges and insinuation
| to the effect that he was connected with a
| plot to burn the church. The resignation was
| accepted. Resolutions OF confidence In his in
adopted, and 1t was announced that no inves.
| tlgatlon would be made unless he reiterated
| his request.
The Rev. James B. AvIretS, Of Silver Spring
| Parish, Montgomery county, Md, has been
| called to an important work In the Diocese OF
Mississippi, and is strongly urged by the vener-
able Bishop Green to accept the.position. The
Baltimore Church Ne,1s, commenting upon the
call. says Mr.. 'Avirett cannot be spared from
the diocese that "if ever rector was success
ful as priest, pastor aid missionary, Mr. AvIrett
has been and Is During his ten years work In his
present charge, the number Of communicates
has more than qaadrupled. the diocesan assess
ments have doubled, the church property has
increased 100 per cent, there is no debt on
church, rectOry or school house, and to. day the
ago."
AT the annual meeting of the Methodist
Episcopal ministers OF the Springfield (Mass.)
district last Tuesday, DR.. Ella discouraged the
establishment Of faith homes and hospitals. al
ne did not believe that cures by miracles could
oe reduced to a science, or that God would give
ton The Rev Frederic Woods went TT so fa "a
to say that he thought It would be lust "a
well to ask the Lord for fortune of $50 900. as
ioT SICK man TO pray for restoration to health.
lay nan rose toward the close Of the meeting
ana said to the ministers that he had been
comforted In the past by their preaching. but
what they had said that afternoon about the
uselessness OF prayer and the real source Of re.
suits which he had been In the habit OF regard
Ing as answers TO prayer had greatly shaken his
faith.
Rev Hyatt Smith, elected to Congress as
an independent candidate from Brooklyn, New
York, is said to be preacher Of great plain
ness OF speech; bis initiative faculty is of high
ORDER, and he Is frequently dramatic as
preacher. His wit Is 1rrepressible, and his
pungent sayings send smiles ripping over his
congregation almost continuously. For the
last fourteen years he has been pastor OF the
Lee Avenue Baptist Church, East Division.
Brooklyn, where his refusal to adhere to the
pTactlce OF close communion provoked such a
controversy IN the Long Island Baptist Asso-
ci.tion few years ago. BIS church was
dropped from the list ofthe Association, and fG
Is now Independent Of all sects, although it
ship from other churches. During his attend
alice In Congress he intends to return from
Washington each Saturday to preach In his
own pulpit on Sunday.
The dtsproportion OF the men to theSkomen
Zton's Herald, is very considerable There are
no statistics, that am aware of, upon this sub.
Ject, but 1t is within the truth to say that at
least tWo-th1rdS OF the members of The church
are women en- glance at almost any Sabbath
Congregation will disclose q prepOnderence of
female Worshipers. A visit TO one OF the social
services or weekday gatherings OF the church
VI reveal the same singular clrcumst ance
OCCASIONALLY we come across a Christian man
o has an unconvefted wife; but such In
ST Ices are few In comparison with those ca seq
%hrre godly woman has al unoelievtng
husband. If we were to take the churches
r'sat through the country. we should propaDiy
II "a that not more than One-tenLh of their 20 m
b.ro are men IN The prime OF life The other
n!nl- u ntbS are Ufomen, men VINO have pa ssed
tier meridian, and youths who have not
reached their maturity. 1t Is also TO be OBJ
served that IN almost every community tae
majority OF the energetic, enterpr5tng business
M u are not avowed and active Christians; and
nlney are ldent1ned with the church at ali, IL Is
usually only In the most superficial way. Not
long since Christian gentle man, residing in
one OF our prominent Massachusetts ciItes,
went over with us the list OF men doing bust
ness on It's principal street, indicating at each
Christian or not; and the result was surprising,
not to say startling. There were scarcely as
many righteous men found as would have
saved ancient Sodon; and from what we know
of other towns and Cities we can hardly regard
this as an exceptional case.
Advance copies of the Revised Version of
the New Testament have been distributed
among English newspapers, and the following
comparisons are made from extracts printed In
the London Record:
REVISED VERSION. COMMON VERSION.
MATTHEW 3: 9-l3.- MATTHEW &: 9-13.-
Our Father which art In Our Father which art In
heaven, HallOWed be thy heaven HalloWed be thy
name. Thy kingdom name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy " Ill be done come. Thy Will be done
as in heaven, 80 Onearth. In EARTH as IL is In
Give US this day our heaven. Give us this
daily bread And for day our daily bread.
give us our debts, as we And forgive US our
also have forgiven our debts as we forgive our
debtors. And lead Us iebtors, and lead us not
not into temptation Into temptation, but de.
but deliver us from the liver us from evil.
evil one.
MARK s: SO, 37.-Fol MARX s: So. s7.-For
What doth 1t profit E What shall it profit
man. to gain the whole nan, II he shall gain the
world, and forfeit his whole world, and lose
life: For what should lis own soul? Or what
a Ian give In exchange hall man give In ex-
for his life? ;hange for his soul?
LUXE 16: s, 9.-F0r LUKE IS: 8, 9.-FOr
the sons OF this world the children OF this
are for their own gen world are in their gen.
Grafton wiser than liberation wiser than the
soDs of light. And 1Ichildren OF light And
say unto you. Make to say unto you, Make to
yourselves friends by yourselves friends Of
means of the mammon the mammon of un-
Of unrtghteOuSneSs righteousness; that,
that, when it shall fail, when ye fall they may
they may receive youreceive you into ever
into the eternal taber lasting habitations.