Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-02
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

ayers OF the jackson Grove Csmp-M ee.ing
Association took place Thursday. a.
me po, ssmp g1sunass T on the B.lam,rs
B. Marche, of washington. '' DC secre5srs,
Jas Newman. treasurer; Rev. E. j. Drink
house. ID, Rev. T. J. Murray, Rev. ].
DurII the day the sites for tents were soid.
the price being SO per site. On each site the
managers erect secure double tent With
uoaruea MOOR. me camp meeting Will be held
OF August.
The Rational Dress Society," Is the latest
effort OF some OF the Christian women OF E lg-
land to Institute a revolution In feminine ap-
parel.
Although Ohio has furnished tina nation
with so many statesmen, there are within Its
bounds half million children VINO do not % 10
sunday shcool.
| The Free Church Assembly OF scotland co.,
sisted OF 73S members, yet the body was not
considered unwieldy. The contributions OF the
Church to religious objects last year amounted
| TO - 100000.
- Rev. Sanford Richardson, disabled mis-
S'onary from Turkey. COW at ST. Johnsoury
| VI, has had his waiting CHI amber connected by
nlepnone with the church al the Instance OF
| Kind friends.
| The yearly meeting OF Friends In England
reports ID 9Sl members gain the past year OF
| le6 The rapid decline OF the last half century
| stepped few years ago and nova small an
| nual increase Is reported.
Bishops Simpson and Peek have arrived IN
England On their way TO the Ecumenical On
! Ference Bishop Peck Will make a trIp through
reland and Scotland before beginning his
| abors On the continent.
! The Supreme Court of New Hampshire has
decided in the case of the Franklin Stsest Goa
gregational Church against the city of Man
! chester, that the constitution does not exemot
| church property from taxation.
The Cincinnati Cdth0 &c TeleoraDb makes
stIong plea for the performance OF N lrrage cere-
| monies In the morning, according to the Eng
| fish rule, rather than In the afternoon or even
! iIg, as Is customary In most parts OF this
country.
"A committee has been appointed BIZ the
Welsh bishops to consider the eXpedlency of
revising the Welsh translation OF the New Te--
| lament, taking as a basis the Greek text
/ adopted by the English revlserS. The Welsh
version low In use was translated from the
| King James English text
The organization OF the Emmanuel Baptist
| church. Chicago, with DR.. Lorimer as pastor
has been completed. 1t begins with 2S5 mem
bers, mostly on letters OF dismissal from the
First DR.. Lorimer, it Will be rememb cred Is
| the dlyDe charged with stealing or absorb
| Ing other ministers sermons.
| There Is just now an interesting discussion
IN England as TO whether the late NJ. LittrG
the French litterateur a well kaown Positivlst.
really received clerical baptIsra at the hands
or priest In the last SIX months OF his lite
| The scenes at the grave between PoslIylsts
| and priests caused great scandal
The International Convention of the Young
Mems Christian Association will be held IN Elk
| eter Hall, London, from July 80 to August 6
| Inclusive The American delegates are ex-
| p cted 70 sail July is. The associations 10 the
| United States and CanaIa now number ABOUT
| 1000 and have l00, 600 members.
| Mr.. Moody. the evangelist, proposes to
gather about him, at Northheld, NJ ass. 10 the
mouth OF August, thos. who are interested In
Bible study. Only few hours eaca day will
| be ven TO these meetings Mr.. VI yOdy ex-
| poets that DR.. Andrew Bonar, OF elias :og,
| Scotland, will be with him u take charge OF
| the meetings.
AT the annual reunion of the Methodist
Episcopal church, Baltimore, Thursday, at tn
Wesley Grove camp ground, Mr.. T. J. Magru-
| der president OF Wesley Grove Camp meet.
| tEg Association, proposed that the only debt
Which rested upon the association should be
| removed. and that $ 500 be taken In stock for
| this purpose. In about thirty minutes the ca
| tire amount was subscribed
- Mrs. Murray Mitchell, who has been visit
ing the English Presbyterian missionaries at
Annoy, China, writes: 81 am very sorry to say
that binding the foot Is as common and I'm.
reratlve fashion as ever. IL is not connected
|
| slfiS are supposed not to be marrag ca ole
| unless 1t Is compiled with. Even among Jhe
Christians 1t Is hard TO get 1t dispens I'd with
The position of the Reformed Dutch
church as to secret societies is def nitey st ate1
In resolutions used at the recent meeting of
The general synod. 1t Is a Very simple aud IN
| a. sailable one The church Will 10 no wise
assume responsibility for Free Masonry nor
| encourage secret societies. Neither Will 1t be
| drawn INTO sweeping Condemnation of tn .
| ms har.n All IN pf
| such organizations to be necessarily ia com
patible VIII Clristian profession. any more
! lhan membership In Stock eXchange.
| Grace church, In Broadway, presents not
only an elaborate aud costly specimen OF eccle-
i s,astical architecture but one of the prettiest
bits OF landscape gardening to be seen In CO l.
nectlon with any city church The pcase-
worthy ingenuity and taste displayed ia the
laying out OF this not very large piece Of
ground may well serve as an incentive TO other
churches to make their grounds neat and ele-
CANT. This Is matter which is much neg
lected both In city and country. In the city 1t
| narrow patch OF territory alongside OF a sane
toary or In front OF IT can be made beautiful
A translation should be window of glass
through which the reader may look on the
Word just as 1t Is This result. We believe the
revisers have aimed at Thirty eight of the
nist scholars In England and America have
given their instituted labor to this end. We
| R lieve that they have done a good WORK: they
| nave not gone as far as we could wish; they
| have been too much hampered by fear OF array
| Ing against them the Talmages OF the Old
GRID and the New; but they have made an ad.
| vance toward complete and faithful transla-
ton, for which We are sincerely grateful They
| can afford TO estimate the censureS OF Dr. Tai
| mage at just what they are WORTH critically
and morally.-7he National Baptist.
"A pleasant attrac ton Is offered for the
month OF August to those who are fond of
Bible study as carried on by MI. Moody and
his associates. Moody Will spend the month az
his nome In Northfleld, having as his special
assistant the Rev. Andrew Bonar, D. D. OF
Glasgow, who has great reputation as an ex-
FOUNDER OF the Bible. He Is brother of the
cele Drated hymn writer, Dr. Horatlus Bonar,
While neither DR.. B0nar nor Mr.. Moody EN-.
brace the complete doctrines of those who are
known as ''PerfectiOnists,' - many OF those who
affiliate With the holiness wing" of the Meth
odists Will naturally resort 10 this series OF
meetings.. There will be no formal erganiza-
| ton OF q convention or conference in connec.
iien With these meetings, but the sessions will
be free TO all who come.
Some curious questions were discussed at
the annual convention of the Dunkards in Ash
| lard, Ohio. In the course of the meeting
paper was read In which a request was made
that rule be adopted by the church "deDounc
Ing the wearing OF plain hats BY the sisters"
and even ''makiDg such wearing OF hats for
lion