Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-09
RELIGIOUS NOTES

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took nIs services at parish church and chapels.
Rev. A. Broaddus, jr., now In Accomac
county. has accepted call to Morattico Bsp.
list church, Lancaster county, Va
The General Assembly Of the Southern
Presbyterian church will hold its next session
at staunton, Va, beginning May 10.
The Bishop OF London Is credited with say
Ing that the chief non-conforuliSt In his do
c6se Is the Dean Of Westminster.
The Baptists Of New York city have In
contemplation the erection OF denomina-
tional headquarters, On the plan OF fremont
Temple n Boston.
1t IS estimated that about Zoo joined the
various churches In san Francisco March g.
the fruits of the revival In that city. where
Moody and Sankey have been laborlng for
months
The Rev. VIM. c. Gray, rector of st. James
church, Bolivar. Tenn. has offered his re3tgna-
lion, TO take effect on April %. and has aecepte
an election to the Church o: the Advent, Nash
VILE, Tenn.
Rev. DR.. Edward 3. Mcguire. rector OF st
Johns and Emmanuel Episcopal churches, I'm
King George county. Va, died last week from a
cold contracted while preaching In the open air
10 an assembly Of coiored people.
Rev. a. X. Nreraer, of Emmittsbur2, Nd,
has accepted call from the Reformed church
OF Winchester. Va, and will enter upon his
duties about the 1st OF May. The charge also
Jefferson county.
AT the recent session OF the Central Penn
sylvania Methodist conference one presiding
elder condemned the holding OF large aud ex-
pensiye camp-meetings. and of closing the
gates on sunday. Another said he had re-
fused 10 attend camp. meeting whose author
tiles had refused to close its gates on the Sab
bath.
AT the recent session of the Philadelphia
Methodist conference, the candidates for elders
orders were asked whether they would wholly
abstain from the use of tobacco. Two OF
them replied: "ill try" and 'I'l endeavor to
DO So These answers were pronounced by
the Bishop as trifllng and were evidently not
satisfactory TO large portion OF the confer
enee. A long discussion followed, closing at
last with the assurance that they would alb
stain. But Notwithstanding this quite a
number voted against their reception, because
the answers were not more prompt.
The Protestant Episcopal Society for the
Increase OF the Ministry makes an appeal for
money. Ii needs Sf0, 600 between now and the
lat OF September. It Is educating about seventy
young men for ministerial work. Sixty of the
men whom this society has helped were last
year engaged In fields Of LABOR In this country,
and thirty-flVe In foreign work. The Episco-
PAL ministry Is not so closely crowded as that
OF some OF the other denominations. and there
l. more chance for q young man who enters It
aries are very small for young men who are
Beginners.
in the Columns of the Alabama BtptiSt
several brethren are shedding ink on liberal
scale In trying to settle the question as to
whether IL Is right or wrong to dance One of
these brethren declares that the particular
trouble with one OF his opponents IS that sho
does not know how TO dance. One brother
holds that the terms fashionable" and ''elite'
hold good only for this life, and that they VIII
be OF no account whatsoever In the world to
come Several brethren insist that dancing Is
right because the Scriptures do not 10 direct
say that 1t is wrong to dance because the
scriptures do not expressly sanction the trip
ping OF the light fantastic toe.
There is a little natural irritation among
some OF the older ministers In the churches at
The eagerness OF their younger brethren in the
ministry TO push them aside and occupy taeir
places This feeling fnd5 vent In letter to
the ErdpltlteT and Chronicle from which this
is an extract: 'If the younger fellows would
De fairly modest not crowd US mlddle-aged
aud aging men too hard, keep In minG that
their turn TO step down Will come In time.
then We might after awhile find grace suf1i cieat
even for this trial The law of nature and ne
ceSslty must work here, OF course. but it Weul1
De tougher to give Way to converts from other
folds than to those coming up from the very
Children Of the denomination"
Bishop simpson gave some wholesome ad-
vice to the ministers and stewards of the
Methodist churches 10 Wheeling, West Viz
ginla. last Monday evening. he said that II they
aimed 10 bring more into the folds of the
church unity OF action was needed more than
anything else. II all worked together With
Feelng or fellowship great good could be ac-
Compl1Shed. The sinners must be sought ont
aud persuaded TO give up their evil ways. IC
was not only tue respectable that were to be
looked after, but the young maa wlo were In
the saloons and those in the lower walks In
life. These must be brought into the church
DJ Kindness the church wOul1 prosper m IRE
ne thought, IL a better feeling OF socia oiltty
was cultivated. There was certain class In
the church who thought they were useless.
He advised that these ne pur TO work-es spec
Tally the young men, who must soon take the
places or the older.
The suggestion of Dr.. SonnescaeIm. a
Jewish RABBI OF st. LOIiS, thai the Reformed
Jews and the Cnitarians unite, does not meet
with the appreciation Of the Rabois OF Chicago.
one OF them, DIR. HfrSch, said TO be the most
progressive Jewish Rabbi Ia the United States
whose congregation has gone further than any
other in adopting reforms that bring them
nearer the Christian standard, Is inclined to
look upon the whole thing as hinge joke.n
he said: There Is no more probability OF the
Reformed Jews aud UnitarianS ama!gamating
than that OF the Jews and any other fragment of
the Christian church. We cannot go to them
for while, we have abandoned the old ritual
and no longer acknowledge the Talmud, We
still cling 10 our Old historic associations and
are as much jess as the most orthodox. We
nave the same rites. and We win not go out
aud cease TO be Jews as we must 10 become
Unitarials. We are not Ike then fn better "
Il growing Indifference 10 religious ser.
Ices Is noted 10 Engl land as we'll as here. The
Rev. Newman Hall says there is throughout
that country diminishing attendance on pub
lie WORSHIP. LAS q rule" he adds ''in our
large towns skilled artisans ignore our ecce-
siStical arrangements. / do not say they are
aggreSSVely hostile or oStansioly indiei: out
they are Indifferent TO our ordinary public ser
vices As g class they do nnt go 70 church. To
a large extent this Is true also among theupper
ranks or fashion, wealth and intellect" He
regrets, too, thtt a ma lOrity OF English church
gOerS content themselves with the morning
service on Sunday. leaving the churches almost
empty In the evening. His figures as ID Lon
don are as follows: London mas four millions
OF people, OF whom one ali might at one time
De at church, hut for these two millions there
Is only church accommodations for one half
and or these one million OF seats only half a
million are al any one time ocr piled"
The resignation by Rev. DE-. ). Ii. Tyng. tr.
OF the Iectorship OF the Church OF the Holy
Trinity In New ICyk Is said 10 be due to III
health; ald, indeed. Mr.. Tying has been one of
the most hard-wOTkIng OF eyangellsts. doing
enough, year IN and year out. 10 break even
such strong constitution as he inherited. He
has never truchled 10 fashionable tendencies
In the Episcopal church, but has been q
good deal OF Methodist La his free
dom Of dealing with the problems OF
human error. Hts principal distinction. indeed
has been his constant revtvalism, X that be an
allowable. phrase; he has gathered men and
women out OF the highways and ways. and
made his congregation one Of the largest and
Tying has been steadily low churchman
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