Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-23

Not being able to get rid OF their pastor,
an ex.Methodist brother, whose preaching
one hundred an nifty members of Brooklyn
Baptist chur0A have Withdrawn In body.
Before taking their departure they assured
away With but thew ray
couldn't live on any longer 'unolessed, I'M
helped and unhappy"
The following handbln was lately dis.
tributod in London as call to prayer-meet-
Ing: Important Notica-Express Trains from
Earth to Heaven. Tickets free; available at
Green, every Sunday at and $50 O'Clock and
every Evening during the Week. Pass on
through the Wicket Gate OF Repentance; turn
to the right You cannot mistake, as the
Carriages are all First Class and not any
Smoking compartments"
in the case OF the Manchester Memorial
church In Philadelphia, 1t has been decided by
the court that seventeen Presbyterians constl-
tute sufficiently respectable number" to
warrant their organization Into church, and
their receipt OF the $4,000 bequeathed by the
late millionaire, Manchester, for the purpose of
making such church enthusiastically and
this matter has been proracted one, and has
called forth at considerable expense some Of
the talent of the Philadelphia bar.
- Bishop P1nkney, OF the Protestant Episco
pal church, during Lent confirmed the follow.
ing number OF persons at the Baltimore
CCnu.cnes named: 81. Pauls Courcn, 81; Grace
Church, 30; Emmanuel Church, SO; Christ
Church, %; Church OF the Messiah, 50; Mt.
calvary, 49, Church OF st. Mary the Virgin, 60;
Ilenshsw Memorial Church, 81; Church OF Sc.
John the Baptist. 10; Chapel OF the Good Shep-
herd, s; ST Matthew's Church, 10.
The following Catholic dignitarIes will be
present at the conservation OF Bishop elect
Janssens, which takes place at st. Peters Ca
theGral, Richmond. Va, next Sunday week:
Archbishop Gibbons, Bishop Becker OF vii
Gross Of Savannah, Bishop Kahn Of wheeling,
Bishop Keane OF Richmond, and Monsigneur
Sston. prothonotary apostolic OF Newark, N: J.
Bishops Becker and Keane. assistants.
"A Few evidence OF the favor which Howard
University Is finding with the Christian public
appears In the gift just made, by Mrs. Hannah
s. Leland, who lives near Philadelphia, Pres
byterian lady. OF fre thousand dollars, as
theological students In that Institution, the
preference being given to those preparing for
missionary work In Africa. Benevolent friends
endow fully this central, national university
Chicago Adr0nre.
The following clerical changes In the
Catholic diocese OF Richmond have been made:
Father Van de Vyver has entered on the dis.
charge OF his duties as successor to Bishop
JaDssens; Father Hasty, OF Lynchburg, has
T, moval Of Father Van de Vyver; Father Nc
keefry, OF Norfolk. assumes pastoral charge OF
the church at Martinsburg, and Father O'Rsilly
OF HarpeI's Ferry; Father Goodwin takes
Father McKeefrys place as assistant at Nor
folk, ard Father Mccarthy Father Hasty's as
assistant at Lynchburg.
The application OF Ella G.. Schneider against
tie Rev. j. G. Schneider. a Presbyterian clergy
H. an, for divorce, was denied in Brooklyn on
Tuesday. She charged that she once found the
embrotype OF woman in her husbands trunk,
and commenting upon 1t satd WHAT large
Lose she has" When MI: Schneider seized the
thirgs OF the woman love-" Other charges
were that be frequently brought Mmberger
cheese into the house, and that he once beat
her With pair OF wet flannel pantalOOnS and
threatened to hit her on the head with chair
"A revolution has taken place in the congre-
CATION OF st. Timothy's church In Philadelphia,
resulting from the recent election OF vestry-
men. The ticket OF the high church party was
defeated, and In consequence Rev. Wilberforce
past sent in his resignation. When his friends
found how the election was going, they. under
pIetence Of removing the Easter decorations
ard other ornaments leaving only On old J pias
Is ole and green calico curtain. The small room
used by the pastor as confessional was also
win obtain another rector as soon as possible,
ed the ritualistic members will withdraw from
the congregation.
ALI doctrina1 controversies are to be ex-
Guided from the great Methodist Ecumenical
conference, which meets In London next Sap
ttmeer. Some Of the brethren wanted to dis
cuss the sense In which the conference would
It gard the 1fty-tnree sermons Of John Wesley
AID his notes on the New Testament. and the
doctTinsi standards that are p published. The he
discussion or these points would keep the Con-
ference or Council In session until Christmas,
unless lt should happen TO result IN the split
ti'g CT the body into fragments before that
tine.
English churchmen are asking where the
curates OF the future are to come from, II
seems to be agreed that 1t is becoming more
ard more difficult to find them. and that when
found they are not always what had been de-
sired. Various reasons are assigned for the
fact. There Is, 1t Is believed. growing re-
lGctance On the part OF young man who go to
the universities TO take orders, and this re-
ictance is traced by come to disgust at the
pronounced character OF party disputes in the
church, by others TO the unsettled state of
mems minds In general on theological
questions. Yet other authorities Will nave 1t
that clerical pay Is too low to attract good
men.
Some preachers lament that there are no
such reyiyals nowadays as there were in the
time OF Whitefleld and John Wesley, or even
In that OF Peter Cartwright and his stalwart
sermons sinners were literally snaitten to tho
ground, while believers leaped and shouted for
JOY. or fell into frances and had wonderful vIs.
iOIo 10 tcl1 Vi WHICH tuCy C6it16 OUT OF tnom.
The Rev. Dr.. Dorchester Of Massachusetts has
no sympathy with this feeling. The violent
and abnormal physical demonstrations attend
ing those old-tlm REVEALS were harmful, he
says and Wesley and the wiser men always de-
plGrPd them Moreover, he Is satisfied that
there are fewer cases OF outbreaktng sin among
church members now than there were then.
with less quarreling; and higher spirltu Atty.
Mr.. q. L. White, at the last monthly
meeting of the Rhode Island Universalists.
seconded plea for aid from the stru yglinp So
ciety In Washington, ID. C. He said he had
been member for ten years. and described
some OF the disadvantages under which the
society there had lapored. He said that as sis-
tarce onght to be rendered By the denomina-
tion at large; ]. Because strong, earnest
vigorous society was already established in
Washington, which made the movement GER
tain to succeed. g. Because the members OF
the parish at the National Capital are not able
to build church themselves of such q CHAR
ac:er as they and the Universallsts OF the
country think that they ought to have there.
8. Because that parish Is already doing every.
thing IN its power. 4. Because Washington is
more favorable than any other point in tbs
country for reaching people Of culture and In
dependence OF thought; and 5, because as