Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-19
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

1t Is said that nearly half of the strength
of the Presbyterian church in the United States
Is in the states OF Pennsylvania and New York
- Some men. when they go TO church. never
think OF studying the frescoing on the ceiling of
the edifce until the collection plate is being
passed around
"A Chinese sailor said in prayer meeting,
"ihe more pray. the more forget to swear"
Another man arose and said. The more pray
The more forget To grumble."
The Lucy Hayes Mission Band is the
name of a society organized in Paramount,
Ohio. few weeks ago consisting of young
misses under fifteen years ofage.
Bishop Simpson has left Philadelphia for
tour of the southern NJ. f. conferences. He
will preside at the opening ofthe conference to
be held in Gainesville. Ga.
In his charge to the clergy of the Bristol
Arehdeaconry. Bishop Ellicott. of Gloucester
AMI Bristol. said he had not observed in MS do
cese any distinct increase either in infidelity or
Indifference, not even in the great towns.
The English Liberation Society has issued
a circular which states that in the opinion of
the executive committee the present is an ans
piciouS time to press the question of disestab-
nsnment. so that it may come up for legislation
Prof Christlieb. who visited Scotland re-
Gently To lecture, said in one of his addresses
that the accounts published in regard to the in
ndeiity and ratlOnalism of Germany have been
exaggerated He said about 20 per cent of the
Clergy preach the Gospel more or less fully.
The war over the affairs of the American
Bible Society has begun in good earnest. The
Connecticut bret hren who have attacked the old
society say that they mean business. and that
that they can prove all they charge. The man
ayers denounce the charges as unjustifiable and
proceeding from malice.
The archbishop of York had shy at the
ntuasts in talking against '.Secularism' in the
recent church congress- ''Shame upon u.s." he
cried. IF with foes closing i'm upon us. instead
distributing the map and the routes and divid-
Ing the commands. studying the color
Of the uniform and the lace upon the Jacket
The California churches have a peculiar
evil to contend with in the cultivation of the
grape for the purpose of making wine and
brandy and the Congregational association at
Los Angeles. recently passed a resolution to
the effect that such business was demoralzing
and recommending church members to abstain
from il.
Bishop Littlejohn. of Long Island has ap-
pointed committee of the American Church
Building Fund Commission, which was establish
ed by the last general convention of the EpiscO-
pal church. The committee expects to create
a fund of Il 100000 by October 1888, i'm which
year the centennial anniversary of the American
Church will occur.
The Methodist ministers of Montreal have
adopted resolutions denOuncing DR.. Burns, of
that city, for his expressed sympathy for Dr.
Thomas, of Chicago. The resolutions state
that DIR. Burns does not represent the views of
the Methodist church of Canada. and that the
Church has no sympathy with DIR. Thomas. The
excitement touching the hereSy case seems
to be increasing.
Professor Huxley. even makes a plea for
the retention of the Bible in our public schools
He says: ''There still remains i'm this old litera-
ture vast residuum of moral GRANDEUR" and
reviewing his impressions of the Bible which he
read when child. he declares that child five
or six years Old left to itself. may be deeply in
terested i'm the " ord Of God and draw sound
moral substance from it.
- Bishop Wiley will preside over the Balti-
more conference. NJ. E. church. which meets in
Baltimore March Sth. and over the Washington
conference. which meets in Baltimore March g.
Bishop Simpson will preside over the Virginia
conference, which meets at Manassas. Va,
March y. Bishop Foster will preside over the
South Carolina conference, which meets at
6partanburg January II, and over the North
Carolina conference, which meets at Laurinburg
January 20.
- The New York Evening Post philosophers
On the dismissal of the North American Rerie,o
from the publishing house of the Appletons and
remarks. when a real believer like Judge
Jerry Black and an Old-fashiOned atheist like
Bob ingersoll are pitted against each other
the fray is sure to be hot and il is only natural
that no one should fare worse i'm it than the
person who gets up the match and undertakes
70 NIX the rules under which it is fought"
The Presbyterian church in the south feels
the need of more ministers. At the ninety
fourth annual session of the Presbyterian SYNOD
Of Virginia. resolutions We're adopted stating
that the south ought to have an increase of
fifty fcentiates annually. and requesting
pastors. elders and parents to instruct the
consciences of Christian young men i'm regard
to the claims of the ministry" The increase in
the ministry in the south was stated to be ONLY
about six each year.
- Ritualists and Anti-Ritualists are having a
lively time at Manchester Eng. The other day
COMMUNICATE in Ritualistic church there
was convicted Of indecent conduct i'm that in
stead OF consuming the wafer given to him at
the communion table. he stuck it on the cover
OF his prayer-boOk, where he gleefully showed
1t afterwards He will try to have his revenge
for the conviction. however. as he will prose-
cute the clergyman for mutilatin9 the PRAYER
book mentioned by scraping Off the wafer with
ms penknife The cause of religion is not
likely to be helped much by this sort of thing
Now that Sankey has so immensely popu-
larized a particular class OF gospel song and
melody. it is considered the correct thing in
many highly respectable quarters to give this
class of neurological and musical aids smart
Lloyd, of New York. contributes his effort:
use very sparingly the modern trash known
under the now generic name of Moody and
Sankey hymns. There are i'm the whole colec-
ton perhaps a dozen hymns and tunes which
are worth preserving. but the mass both i'm
words and music. is whipped syllabub with bad
eggs at that. Rowland Hill said he did not see
why the devil should have all the good tunes:
but there are some tunes i'm our modern revival
hymnals We would be willing to give to that in
dividual or any other who would promise to
burn them The effect upon the spiritual life of
constant use of the wretched doggerel and
rolicking melodies of these books is hold,
bad- weak. ehervescing. unhealthy emotion
alism Is fostered, instead Of earnest, intelligent
robust piety."
Under the head Rome without the
Pope" The Pal Mall Gdzete Of a recent issue
discusses the rumors that the Pope is about TO
leave Rome. 1t seems certain, The Gazette says.
that these rumors are not the mere gossip of
Roman Catholic religious circles. Their foun-
dation appears to be certain conversations of