Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-12
RELIGIOUS NOTES.


a st. Louis paper saws: sswhen n Chlcaro
preacher wants new church all his own. and
big congregation. he has himself convicted Of
Bishop Quinlan of Mobile. accom,a,,o, n,
Rev. Father Baasen. V. G.. Of ,roiac,,oa,.
fm-, mas gone to Rome to pay his visit od Ls,a,
taa Apososoy1na. A 1>''S
- The new Catholic Theological Seminary IN.
.ne arcndiocese OF Boston, 60 be built al Brigh-
ton. VIII contain rooms for two hundred stud-
ents and viii cost about S3OO0OO
"A disrespectfnl theological student In Shi-
ION baptist seminary wrote an essay on The
Emcacy OF Baptism in Oilcloth Suit For
this he was turned out of the seminary.
The Lutherans are very strong in Missouri.
They have go ministers. SIS congregations and
PA preaching stations" Last year Is -s5
children were baptised and $3.50 were con-
| frmed.
| Father Conway, pastor Of St. Patricks
Church. Chicago, has been appointed vicor Gen.
eral of the Archdiocese of Chicago His last act
before leaving his church was To present il with
$4,000. 'A
Queen Victoria has sent a donation Of
Si.ooo IN aid of new movement now in pro-
gress Tor completing the capital fund for the
augmentation of smaller liyings of the Church
OF Scotland. VI
| - Mr. Gladstone about a wear ago translated
the hymn Rock Of Ages into Latin verse. On
various parts of the continent this version has
peen accepted as genuine revival OF a fayorite
| orthodox anthem.
- DIR. John Hall, Of the Fifth Avenue presby-
terrain Church, New York city. has not yet signi-
fled his determination in regard to the Chancel-
| lorship of the university OF New York which has
| been offered TO him.
DIR. II. II. Jessup. of Beirut. Syria. reports
that unusual crowds have been attending ser
vice in the Greek Church, and that it Is the
| preaching of Mr.. Moody's sermons obtained
from the Beirut press. that has caused the STIR
" Within year George Muller has received
Tor his orphan houses at Bristol. England and
/ several missionary objects the extraordinary
sum OF Sl6i.5o0. Nothing was laid aside 10
meet emergencies. 1t was all spent exccpt a
| balance of $4,000.
The Rev. J. S. Ostrander, who was promi-
nent in the Sunday school work of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, has become a Congrega-
tonalist, and Joined the Manhattan Association.
Mr. ostrander has acquired fame as a lecturer
and an object lesson expounder
- The Presbyterian says: "How long can the
church exist without growth by conversions is a
| question OF intense practicaness In the pres
ence OF the facts revealed by the statistics OF
| late years? Our spiritual condition seems to
correspond with the drought Of the past sum
mer."
In couple OF hundred years from this. II
the Bible is again revised to suit the times the
passage in the parable Of the ten virgins. which
reads thus: .'Give US of your oil. for our LAMPS
have gone out will be changed to: Give Us
| OF your electric light, for our circuit is tempo
| rarily broken"
- The Methodist Recorder is Of opinion that N
| it were possible for some protesting Christians
| to get to Heaven with their present tempers
and dispositions they would pick quarrel with
the angels or resurrect some old gr1ldge with
the gl0rlned s;ints and create ''unpleasantness
| as i'm Oden times
= Mr.. Sturgeon, who has very peculiar and
pointed way of putting things recently said:-
doubts about the fundamentals OF the Gospel
! exist i'm certain churches. am told to a large
extent. My dear friends, where there il a warm
hearted church you do not hear of them They
do not come near; 1t is too hot never saw q
hy alight on red-hOt plate"
The Congregational jubilee gathering re-
Gently closed at Manchester, Eng, appears to
have been full Of interest, and to have left only
pleasantest membranes. About $3.50 600
was raised for the jubilee fund.- and according
to the Non-cOnfOrmist the denomination have
caught little of the Methodist ''feryor and
passion" and have entered upon new epoch
GA Presbyterian takes water is the way
In which the New York Herald announces that
the Rev. A. b. Simpson, pastor of the Thirteenth
street Presbyterian church. of that city. has been
immersed and has withdrawn from the Presby-
terrain church. Mr.. Simpson will probably en-
gage IN mission work with Mr.. Judson in the
neglected portions OF the city. In view OF his
change OF church relations the Baptist Minis
tiers conference have invited him to its fellow
ship.
- The international convention OF the Young
Mems Christian Associations at Cleveland last
June set apart the second Sabbath in November
and the week following (November IS l9) as a
season OF special prayer for young men, and for
Christian work in their behalf. A similar RECON-
mendation was made by the worlds convention
OF the Young Mems Christian Associations in
London in August last. 1t is also recommended
that prayer be made for the Young Mems Christ
Ian Association as an agency designed for and
reaching young men. There has been remark
able growth In these organizations i'm the past
few years There are now 30 Young men en-
ployed as general secretaries giving all their
time to association work. a growth from 8 i'm
1866 and ia i'm 1873 and 161 in 1890 The value
OF property has increased from $50 600 i'm 1866 to
nearly s.. 600 900 in 1881, and the number of as.
sOciatOns reporting from 50 in 1866 to nearly SO
in 1881.
At the closing session Of the missionary
committees Of the Methodist Episcopal church,
held in New York, the following appropriations
for conferences were made: Holston. S. 900.
Kentucky, 5000; Lexington. G., 200; Little
Rock, 5000; Louisiana, s. 600; Mississippi,
$1,000; Missouri, 5000; North Carolina, S.. zoo:
Savannah. %, $50; South Carolina. sc, 500: ST.
Louis, 1000; Tennessee, % 600; Texas, So, 700;
Virginia, 5000; Washington. $1,000 West
Texas, "a 600; West Virginia, IS 600; California,
5000; Colorado, g. 400; Columbia River s.. 600;
Detroit, $500; East Maine, $1,000; Kansas,
S., 500, and for the colored work, S2.0OO; Ne
braska 81 200. North Nebraska SO 300. Nevada
-, 800; Northwest Iowa, e, 500; Oregon. So 500
Southern California, 81. 500, and for the Next
can work in that state, $500. South Kansas
received s.. 800; Vermont, $1,000; West Wis
consin, =. 500; Wisconsin, 81. 600, and Southern
Illinois, 5000. For miscellaneous expenses
S7S, 900 was appropriated.
Something New in the Wind.
From the Liverpool Mail
The opponents Of the crinolette have taken
advantage OF the outcry against this insidious
pioneer of the crinolne to bring forward the