Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-30
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
THE CHURCHES HERE AND ElsEwHKRH.

bhE tHthtHes HIKE AND kLSkN nkNu
The revival at Memorial M. r. church @
street northeast has resulted In 100 convaN
sions. Rev. w. Hirst Reed lie pastor.
The protracted meetings held at Ryland n.
E. church for several weeks and which results1
in the conversion Of about 90 persons up to Ia
Sunday night, were suspended during the wesk,
to be resumed tomorrow.
The North Capitol NJ. Z. church North Cop
itol and X streets is now attached TO Waugh
Chapel, and is supplied by such ministers -
may be had from time to time. With no minis
ter 10 pay the congregation expect TO get out Of
debt.
- Tomorrow night in nearly IL not all. Of tho
Methodist churches In the District will follow
the time honored custom of holding watch night
services. These are usually very impressive.
Alter the sermon there is singing and prayer.
anu as the hour OF 12 approaches, on Bonded
knees, the covenant hymn is sung.
AT the coming session of the Baltimore An.
nual Conference, 10 be held In Winchester. Va,
In March, Rev. r. N. Baer, of the Metropolitan
will be one of the Washington pastors who VIII
change. Ii is not known who will succeed him,
but some correspondence has taken place look
ing to the transfer of Rev. DR. Hare of New
York, to the Metropolitan.
- The churches of East Washington will
through the Week Of Prayer" hold a union
meetings in The Church of the Reformation
Uutheran) from l2 10 p. m. This is new de-
parture. and has been inaugurated with tho
hope OF afiording an opportunity 10 more 10 OBJ
serve the week by bringing the place of meeting
nearer their homes. Heretofore the only uniok
meeting has been held in parts of the city dis
tant from Capitol Hill. The pastors of the Bap-
tist, Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian
churches in that section OF the city have slgnl-
- Rev. Hugh Brown. who has for some time
been in charge Of one of the leading colored
presbyterian congregations In New York city.
is spending the holidays with his parents on
street, in this city. MIR. Brown is a Washington
boy. and his many friends here feel very proud
over his success He graduated from Princeton
some years ago with distinguished honorW.
After devotng several years TO important minis
terial charges In the south, he went TO Europe.
where he spent two years In travel. He has re-
Gently accepted professorship in a university
In Liberia for which post he leaves to-day.
= With the close Of the year Rev. JOS. Long
king, who published In 1888 his notes on tho
Gospels, ceases the preparation OF his notes O.
the Berean Lessons for the Advocate. his duties
at the Methodist Book Concern compelling him
to relinquish this work.
- The time for holding the Baltimore confer.
ence Of tie NJ. E. Church, has. at the request 0f
the Preachers meeting at Washington and Baltt-
more, been changed from March to March 81.
At the anniversary meeting Of the Freed
mems Aid Society Of the NJ. E. Church, held @
the 21st inst at Cincinnati, reports were made
showing clio, 7a5e6 expended during the year.
A Sunday school assembly. under the an
spices of the Presbytery Of Cincinnati, was held
recently in that city. The general subject wss
The Taught" and the primary, girls, boys and
adult classes were discussed.
Encouraging reports come from Germany
as to the evangelstic work OF Mr.. Won Schleum-
bach there.
the work In the universities in England writes
The work at Cambridge and Oxford is the best
two weeks Of my life"
The week of prayer, for which the Evan
gelical Alliance has issued a program Of tho
subjects, will be from January 9TH to the l4th.
The DEGREES of the fourth synod of the
archdiocese Of New York (Catholic), held on
November 9Th and 9Th, in st. Patrick's cathe-
dral New York which was attended by 27S 0f
the clergy, have been published. The subjects
of the DEGREES are baptism, confirmation. mat
rim0ny, education, etc.
The Xaveran brothers have been I'm retreat
this week at Mt st. Joseph's college, near
Baltimore.
On Saturday last number of priests Of the
Catholic church were ordained In Baltimore By
Archbishop Gibbons, and among them wereRev.
C. Thomas. who has been appointed to assist
Rev. Father Walter at st. Patrick's church. and
Rev. j. E. Dunn to assist Father O'Sullvan 6
ST. Peters, in this city.
Rev. A. b. Leeson has been appointed to
st. MOnioa's Catholic church, on Hill street. in
Baltimore. The church will be opened about
January Is. The property was formerly occupied
by the Salvation Army, and it is now being re-
paired inside and out.
At the Catholic Church OF the Holy Family,
South Brooklyn, N. Y, on Monday High Mass
was celebrated by q recently ordained priest,
assisted by his three brothers and a cousin. The
celebrant was Rev. George NJ. Hanselman. Rev.
John w. Hanselman, chaplain of st. GATHERINGS
hospital officiating as deacon. Rev. Joseph r.
Hanselman. Of Woodstock college, Nd. sub
deacon, and Rev. James j. Hanselman assisting
In the mass and preceding the sermon. Rev.
Michael Wagner OF ST. Benedict's. Brooklyn. o
cousin Of the others, was master of ceremonies
A notable number of churches have been
Presbyterian, Episcopal, Methodist, Roman
Catholic-frequently entailing heavy losses on
those not able to bear them. In most cases, o
trifie of prudence and expense in examination
and necessary repairs or Improvements in antio-
ipation of winter, would have prevented the
disaster. Trustees well sections need to
exercise some vigilance about these days. and
the amount of insurance should always be fairly
gagged to the value of the property.-Eudnget
iSt.