Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-26
RELIGIOUS NOTES

- Inc TuleTS OF tno AQFenti5CS III aliOllS Al
have forbidden life insurance.
Good Friday will be q day OF fasting and
| prayer In Connecticut this year. as II mas been
| for nearly one hundred years
| Rev. Meade N. woods, OF Norfolk, Va, has
| accepted the call Of the Presby terlan church
| at Galveston, Texas.
The Pope has appealed to the Russian gov
eminent for amnesty for the Catholic bi shops
| and priests exiled TO Siberia.
The next Episcopal church congress is to
meet in Providence. r. l., by Invitation of
Bishop Clarke, On Tuesday, october 25.
Henry Ward Beecher has failed in his
attempt to build up revival In his church and
10 now sorry he gave up his lecture engage
mentS
The Rev. ". NJ. Thayer says that man
who drinks wine Is thereby prejudiced to such
the Bible.
Dean Church's memorial asking for toler-
alton for ritualism In the Church of England
mas received the signatures of no fewer than
3,55S clergymen.
Although Emperor Dom Pedro Of Brazil Is
Catholic, he is such 8 believer In missions
that he offers to pay the expenses OF Protestant
missionaries to his country.
Thomas Harrison, the "boy preacher" has
closed his fifteen weeks revival at the Metho-
dist church In Meriden, during which time 1926
have Joined that church and $50 have knelt In
prayer. "
"A Reformed Episcopal church is to be
organized In Scranton, Pa. About fitty persons
have signed the prescribed declaration of prIn-
ciples, and 81. 500 have been subscribed for the
maintenance OF the church.
"A queer prayer Is reported as having been
made oy Unitarian minister at the tnstal,a
ton Of bis successor: $50, God we pray thee to
save our young brother from the heartache,
ache." o'''- ~'n'
An Old Scotch lady gave pointed reply to
minister who knew he had Offended her. and
who expressed surprise that she should come
SO regularly TO hear him preach. Said She
gospel
-Forty-fve years ago the Rev. Leonard
WOODS, DID,, OF Andover, wrote that he could
remember the time when he could count up
forty Incorporate ministers at no great dis
lance from his home. Ministers who suffer
themselves 10 fall under the power OF fntoyIca
ting drinks are now very scarce.
Rev. Mr.. Estlin, OF Wilmington. Delaware
has responded TO the letter of the vestry of
Christ Reformed Episcopal church, Cumber-
land. Nd. In which Call to The pastorate Of
the cnurch was extended him, asking for time
IL which to consider the matter. 1t is Thought
probable that he Will accept.
The committee appointed by the Methodist
Episcopal church conference at Pottsviile. Pa.
totTy charges of immortality against Rev. Thos.
Kelly, OF Philadelphia, reported on Tuesday
morning that they find the charges not s,1S-
tanned, but censured him for imprudent con
duct, ana In view OF what he has suffered rec
onmend that MS character be passed, which
was done.
The strange assertion Is now made that
the celebrated hymn beginning, II would not
live Away ask not to stay" was written not
by the Rev. DR.. Muhlenberg, who was ALWAYS
supposed 70 oe It's author but by dtssipated
printer In Litch1eld Conn. Ward, who is now
dead, Is said to have boasted that he set this
hymn In type as he composed 1t, without first
committing 1t TO manuscript. The general be-
lief Is that DR.. Muhlenoerg wrote IL about the
year 1924.
Bishop Enlcott is very severe In his iu1s-
ment Of the junior clergy OF the English Church.
:" Instead OF surviving to become meek. Christian
scholars their ambition, If they read at all. ia
to be what they call 'liturgiologists'-
oglsts, however, who could not write down from
n1eIaoy, IN properly accented Greek, that
blessed prayer which is the model Of all Mtur.
gical access to Almighty God" He solemnly
PLEADS in the name OF Almighty God that the
clergy should study more OF the Scriptures In
their original tongue.
Men have great deal of respect for the
clergyman On account Of his Office. 1 do not
want any such offici0us respect. do not want
any OF that feeling for the par5on a5 sort OF
emDodiment OF cold ecclesiastical form alItie5-
Tor Instance, that kind of respect for the cIer
gymen tnat VIII check a man from swearing In
minister present." Never beg my pardon for
swearing; II you don't care about OFFENDING
500, you need not trouble yourself about OF,
tending me.-Chapin.
Since the adoption Of bags In the place of
the Old collection plates In England. many
ciergymen have complained that the amount
or bronze money received at offercories has
materially Increased, especially among the
ficher congregations. 4 Tell-knoWn divine
"a Liverpool, the other day, took efTa:Luai
steps TO counteract the evil. Choosing for his
text the passage, Alexander, the COOPER.
smith, hath cone re much harm" he told his
hearers their duty In plain terms. AZ the
close OF the sermon the effect OF Lola F1rntIy
was Clearly observable.
The sore Calamity. says correspondent OF
the Observer, which recently befen one OF the
leading Baptist churches OF Chicago Is likely to
result ii the di50andinG OF the congregation
Inc large and beautiful a1idce OF the M ichigan
avenue church. which cost Sl20, 600, was con
sumed by fire, leaving the housaless c0ngre.
gaLlon WITH an encumDrance OF mortgage de bt
10 the amount OF $4,000. Nothing coild better
Illustrate the fatal polIcy-now too common
congregation have already taken steps TO give
up their separate organization and Unite with
some other church Or churches
Bishop Jaggar, of Cincinnati is very severe
On church fairs and the social entertainments
which are held for the purpose OF raising
money IOf reHSi0u5 and benevolent causes, His
Lenten pastoral letter tntimate5 that the
social entertainment is apt TO degenerate into
dancing parties, which dlssipaLe spirituality
ano Destroy the influence OF the church. The
oishOp says that these methods have so lowered
the STANDARD OF charity that young people In
the churches VIII not do any work for Christ
unless IL Is served up with some such excite
ment as dance, a sale, or a show. He says
That The necessity for these Objectionable
means o. raising money generally arises from
the pressure or debt which ought not to
exist, OF else from the desire for such luxurie5
as fancy cnoir5 or SNOWY church furniture,
which are not needed.
Prof. Swing, or Chicago In a sermon on
''Dissolytng Doctrines last Sunday, said:
What would be The present conditions of nor
ais II the pulpit were now stubpornly preach
Ing 10 the people the exact doctrines OF the
MLeenth anc sixteenth centuries? Would not
We now see empty churches, clergy not
respected, literature full OF atheism and a
fashionable life as full OF vice as IL was when
ITS emblernS were Louis XIV. aad Nine. de
Aalntenon? Then GOgmas were derided by
the educated-a results not seen In our day, for
Whiie thouS 3ndS may not accept the doctrines
OF liberal Christianity, they may become TOO
grand and too useful To be made reason OF
laughter. hen We keep in mind all these
EIopapie explanations aud apologies we cannot
put CONFESS tnat the modern diSsolyIrc OF old
ideaS Is one that Is bringing not the decay OF a
tuLho, cut the lie OF resurrection"
What IS = Cold,
To enjoy HE, one must be In good health.ana