Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-02
RELIGIOUS NOTES

| Ascension (P. E. church. Franklin county.
va, was consecrated by Bishop Whittle March
The General Assembly Of the southern
p ~ church WIN bold its next session
AT Staunton, Va, beginning May ID.
Bishop j. V. Mcnamara the come outer
from the Roman Catholic Church. has estab.
| nshed the independent Catholic Monthly.
| - Bishop Pinkney confirmed six persons au
! 81. Barthoiomew's church, Baltimore, Thurs
/ day night
-Rev.-J. F. Cannon. OF Leesburg. Va, has
| accepted call to the pastorate OF the Presby-
/ terrain church at Shelbyvflle. Tenn.
The death OF Rev. F. u. Goodwin, pastor
! or The Episcopal church at WytheVllle Va. IS
! ege
| - Hon. Oliver Hoyt. OF New York, has given
anolher 900 fer the wesley Monumental
! before. '-''O'
The Rev. q. S. Huntington, pastor of the
PRESBYTERIAN church Of Lake George, has been
IsCeired as candidate Tor holy orders In the
AT Marks creek. N. c.. the Presbyterlans
support their church out of the proceeds of
| cotton grown Oh little patches or land set
apart py each family for the purpose
IL Is mentioned as q rumOr in college cir
/ cles that the Rev. r. S. Storrs, D. d., I'm event
! of pl. Peabody g resignation will be called 10
q
| veisity.
An oneida Indian preacher said, in a re-
cert sermon, he was thankful that 1.-The Gre.
atoT Gid not give the Indian enough language
| TO allow him TO be profane without first learn
! Ing English"
- TEe Rev. Joshua Cowpland, jr, has re-
| signed ST. Johns Church, Pa, and accepted
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church. Point
fleasaht, west Virginia.
Rpv nr Vow f,v,-,
preached j sermon SO strongly In favor OF OBJ
serving the season OF Lent that the Piesty-
tl1dn JpuTndt pronounced his argument "un-
scriptural ana demoTalizing.'
The l,s43,000 members OF the Methodist
Episcopal church raised last year for benevo-
lent and congregational purposes. the sum OF
So, 552 Oi5, which Is about s. Tor eaCh mem Der
and prObationer.
The Methodist Episcopal mission IN Italy
reports 90, communicates, OF whom 81 are ia
Naples lGl In Rome, 100 10 pSIugia, 220 In
Florence IL In Bologna. and u ia Venice. The
increase for the year was 19s.
The Burmese Bible is so bulky that # can
not conveniently be carried about. The YER
pacular Is extremely large. Il is proposed 10
feQuce the size OF type anu produce portable
Bible like those OF many or the Indian tongues
The following verse is sung with no I'm
plous Intention in san Francisco revival meet
lngs among the sailors
ION, haul away, Lord, haul away,
and haul my soul ashore.
so cheerliy, oh, Lord cheeriiy Oh.
a long pun ana strong pull. and pull Tor
eNernorC."
hing Mtesa seems 20 be blown about by
every wind OF doctrine. Stanley the explorer,
caused him to abandon Islam for Protestant
Christianity. Later he was converted TO the
Roman Catholic faith. Then the heather went
back TO his former savage rites and human
sacrifice was rife again Last or all, he Ia said
TO DE once I1oTe M0han1me1an.
i want to protest. significantly said Felix
Adler In recent discourse. against those on
both sides who say they Know. l want 70 In
sist that the materalst makes the same mis-
take as hi9 brother dOgnlatiSt, the theolO Sian.
The matefiaiSt leads is TO matter as the
foundation OF the universe. but below that
foundation we have q sub foundation which IS
nothing. MaterialiSm, therefore, leads us 70
nothing: 1t does lead 20 nothing ia every way.
The salvation army seems to be coming
| into disrepute In England. Charles Wolschen-
croft, described as 'late captain In the saliva
ton army" has been committed 10 jaI for
three months by the Chesterfield magistrates,
Tor stealing watch and chain from a house
In Which he was staying while directing the
Operations OF the salvation forces" IN the
locality. The watch was missed from the bed
room, and. after Information had been given TO
the police, the captain was apprehended whilst
taking part In prayer meeting. lie pleaded
guilty, although at first he stoutly denied the
have also been sent to prison for robberies.
The san Francisco Bulletin has had It's
reporters out interviewing the clergymen Of
| that City On the rapid growth or materlalism
and infidelity In the Pacific coast metropolis
only aoeut one third OF The citys population, Il
| IS found. go 10 church. The other Two thirds
are set down aS skeptics, Or as In state OF
Indifference. In the interviews given IN the
article mentioned difference OF opinion seems
10 exist as TO the cause for prevailing skep-
( IL orr tta.T
man race and their habits have muca to do
with the Introduction and dissemination OF tie
principles anu results OF faateriaii3m. Another
looks upon illidelity as the product OF forma
llsm aid other isTnS natural 10 the Christian
chulch. TO the reformation inaugurated ny
Luther Is aScribed the reason Of IntidelIty by a
Catholic churchman; While Hebrew rabbi IL
Inmates that mater!aiisn is phase OF the
times. and but foTerunner OF a glorious and
beatrc future All join, however IN declaring
Ia a1e9 e0Iist ls lmpens between the BE-
Gold dead Journalism" says Mr.. Needy to
San Francisco reporter, rs what is making
I fidelity. There is too much Journalism In both
The Catholic and the Protestant churches,
Healthy Christianity Is not Journalism. The
adoption OF the principles OF Christ Is what We
go In for. AS to the Investigations OF scientists
and the ideas OF so-called philosophers. we
heed them not. We believe in revelation. JOB
/ says. who can find out GOD by searching /
| was sceptic once, when l was young; yes. I
scientific reasons for my doubtlngs. In my
| Judgment all Intelligent scepucS' are really
| ignorant sceptics. All the scientists and ma
tSr TER eouldn,t shake my oellef. The truth,
| the genuine truth, Ia what the world wants
ana II Is We. not the sceptics, who can present
| IL. Yes, II man is sceptic. let him De out
| contest IS between those who believe In a here.
| after anG those VINO DON'T
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