Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-08
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

The cities and towns OF Sweden.
= The London Missionary Society recently
sent twenty missionaries to Central Africa and
Madagascar.
Association has adjourned its weekly meetings
till September.
The Reformed Episcopal church (Cunmins'
MemoriaD, Baltimore, of which Bishop Latare
is the rector, is progressing finely.
Rev. W. w. Bowdish, of the 10Th street
Methodist church, New York, has received the
degree of ID. d. from the Iowa WESLEYAN Col
lege.
- The Rev. Samuel W. Dixie of Royalton, vt.
has been offered the position of permanent sec
cetary OF the New England Divorce Reform
club.
Rev. n. NJ. Carroll, pastor of Asbury
(cOlored) NJ. E. church. has Initiated measures
looking to the erection of parsonage for that
parish.
- The Chinese Sunday school of the Mount
Vernon church, Boston, numbers no, and is in
creasing so rapidly that it is difficult to find
teachers.
- The Sunday school of the Mt. Vernon
Place NJ E. church. south, spent very eHjOya-
able day at Rockville, on Thursday, picnicing on
the Fair grounds.
- The Syrian Protestant college at Bereut
numbers 152 students, most Of them paying
their own expenses. Last year Is, us Bibles
were sold in Syria.
Rev Page Milburn, pastor of Mt. Savage
NJ f. church, native Of this city, has been
granted leave of absence on account of ill health
and is now at Washington Grove.
The $50 o'clock mass maintained at st.
Aloysius for the accommodation of students at
Gonzaga College, and well attended, will not
be resumed till vacation is over
Rev. w. F. Parker, of Indianapolis min
lister OF the Disciples. or Christian church-n
an active service of thirty years has buried but
three members of the congregations he was
serving.
The Southern Methodists of this city have
recently established Sunday-school at Odd
Fellows hall, Sth street east, which numbers
some sixty scholars, under the superintendent
of Mr.. X. w. Best.
The Tn Centenary of St Teresa will be OBJ
served in this country in October. and the Car
meita nuns of New Orleans ask that contri-
buttons be made on that occasion to enable
them to build chapel.
- The Sunday school convention of the
Baltimore conference, NJ e. church, south. will
be held in Harrisonburg, Va, on Tuesday next
continuing till Friday. 1t is expected that
BISHOP a. w. Wilson will participate.
i This weeks Baltimore Methodist contains
the formal announcement of the retirement of
Rev. J. B. Van Meter from the editorial chair of
that paper. The paper will be edited by the
publishing committee for the present. a. .'sase
-Eey. W. b. Brown, p. E. of Washington
district, Washington (colored) conference. NJ f.
church. has just completed his first round of
visitation to the 20 appointments in the District,
ana reports the churches in good condition.
u b. ElIri0up ropantlv baouaafhod c1O OnO
each to the American Board of Foreign Mis-
siOns, the Missionary Society of Connecticut,
and the Women's Christian Association of Hart
lord, and $4,000 to Mt. Holyoke Female Semi
nary.
= Rev. j. Murphy formerly of Trinity R C..
church, Georgetown, has been appointed presi-
dent OF GOnZaga college. and he will be also in
charge of the parish Rev. Father Fulton took
formal leave of the college and parish on the
LIST inst
-Rev. DR. Halls church, New York, gave
last year $50 900 for mission purposes $40 600 to
the church Board of Home Missions, So, 900 for
foreign missions, S32S, 597 for congregational
work, and to the Bible, tract and city mission
causes, 1927, 1884.
- The Chinese are helping the Methodists in
chicago. church was in debt. and an orches-
ira of converted Cinnamon volunteered e." give
the musicians refused to accept even the pay
nlent of their car-fares
The Supreme Secular Benevolent associa-
ton. OF Port Jervis, was Incorporated in Albany
last Thursday Its object is ''the doing away
with the observance Of Sunday and national
days OF thanksgiving as religious DAYS, and the
adjustment OF the use of the Bible in public
schools" > M 90
The Catholic Union having few weeks
since referred to their eighteen institutions of
learning in the state, four being colleges. the
baltimore Methodist calls attention to the work
or Methodist college in that state and notes
mat the irOteStants in the state maintain but
two colleges.
The Jackson Grove eaHp-meeting Meth
Odist Protestant near Odenton. on the B. and
Z. RR.. will commence on July 9th and con-
tinue to August 9th and it bids fair to be larger
imam ever before. For the first week the follow
ing ministers have been assigned to conduct the
services Revs. T. ID. Valiant J. r. MurravtJ
l.. Mills, {. H. Littleton, J. E. Colbourn and W.
ii. stone: second week Revs S. B. Soutber-
land, H. c. Cushing, A. ID. Melvin, F. I. Little.
W. j. Floyd and W. F. Roberts
- The present organization of the Society of
the New Jerusalam (SwedenbOrgan) dates from
April ~. 1916, there having been prior to this
date house meetings held. in which PERHAPS a
dozen joined. In a little frame house near 1st
and streets northwest the site now being
within the CAPITOL grounds) they worshipped for
several years. from 1854 to about 1859. when the
present building on North Capitol street he
tween and c, was erected. Rev Jabez Fox.
the present pastor of Massachusetts, came here
about lS45 and spent few years. but returned
again about 1854. Under his minstrations the
society has gradually grown until now it num-
bers nearly $50 communicates. The 1O1st men,
bel was colored man, w. A. l.. Campbell, who
was ordained as a minister about three wears
since, and is now engaged as a new church mis-
sienary in Texas. The church edifice on North
capltol street few years ago had added to it a
handsome stone front of blue stone and Seneca.
greatly improving its appearance
Nuisances in Street Cars.
To the Editor of the EVENING STAR
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