Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-29

| is on his way TO Rome.
A new rectory, costing 100000, is to be
built for ST. Johns Episcopal church at SIAM
| ford. Conn.
Rev. Joseph Zimmerman, Of Central Africa,
celebrated mass and preached in the cathedral
OF Baltimore on Sunday last
- The Northern and Southern Presbyterlans
Of Gainesville. Texas have united, forming q
congregation Of - communicates.
Rev. G. Il. Smyth, Of the Newark On. ID
conference. has been appointed president OF the
Foo Chow Methodist College. China.
Thomas Kelly. a converted Chinaman,
| member Of the NJ. Z. church. engaged in mis-
siOnary work, died recently at Denver, Col.
- The Union Theological Seminary OPresby.
terian) is having new buildings sIected on 4th
| avenue, New York, which will cost $3.50,
- Rev. 1. Randolph Finley, o. .he NJ. f. church,
| formerly Of Baltimore died Thursday, near Ma
! con Station Orange county, North Carolina OF
! paralysis, aged - years.
- The annual retreat OF the Christian Broth
ers will commence at Rock Hill college. Mary
| land. August 10, to continue two weeks. Over
| a hundred Brothers will attend.
1t is reported that Rev Father Forhan,
assistant pastor OF St Aloysus' church here will
| shortly be transferred. and that Rev. Father
McGevney, now engaged in missionary work,
will succeed him.
D.
in 1850 left $500 900 for an institution, for the
education Of young women, near Bryn Maur,
| Pa. Three of the buildings have been erected,
but the college will not probably be opened till
| 1885.
The rector of st. Paul's church, Chestnut
Hill, Philadelphia who believes IL is bad air and
not poor sermons that make people inclined 10
! sleep in church, has had an ingenious ventilator
| placed in the church. and now expects the undi-
yided attention of his congregation.
Rev. VIII. Yeocum, appointed to the Bethel
| African ME-. church, at Providence, r. l., who
was barred out by the trustees, has succeeded In
| his suit against the trustees. obtained possess
sion and recovered judgment for his back sal
airy in the supreme court of the state.
- Rev. ]. d. Eaton, presbyterian who re-
Gently went to chihuahua. Mexico. as a mission
airy. writes that the Congregationalists occupy
that particular field. and having In less than ten
| years raised membership of 5000 he recon-
| mends that the ground be left to them.
Mr.. Spurgeon, the great Baptist preacher
Of London, has no faith In human philosophy.
He would rather. he SAYS. have one little prom
| Use in corner of the Bible than all the state
| ments and promises OF all the philosophers that
ever lived Every philosopher that ever
has existed has contradicted every other
one: that which is taught to-day will certainly
| be disproved tomorrow; and so he thinks the
history OF philosophers is, in brief, the history
| of fools.
- The Feast OF st. James was duly observed
| by st. James parish, in the northeastern Sec
| ton of the city, on Tuesday the 25th There
was celebration OF the Holy Eucharist at z q,
| m. Morning prayer was said at 10 o'clock and
| evening prayer at z, with a short address.
! After the service the members Of st. James
Guild, other parishioners and friends Of the par
ish enjoyed themselves In a social way for the
| rest Of the evening at the house Of the pastor.
The night was perfect with the waxing moon so
that it came TO be more OF lawn party than an
indoor gathering. st. James parish Is not large
in numbers as yet. but is full OF life and zeal.
Its motto is: "0we no man anything, but to
love one another"
DIR. Wentworth, in a private note to lions
Herald says: "Your Peoples church is a magni-
| fcent enterprise. and DIR. Hamilton is Just the
man to manage it, Make it mission, and keep
the right man in the right place In spite OF the
| itinerancy. III the Metropolitan in Washing
| ton had been made O. national cffapsfncy, or
! mission to heather congressman. and DIR. New
man kept there till now. he would not be con-
| gregationalizing. or McCabe shouting himself
hoarse for 10000 to paw of debt that Is in
extingushable as the fires OF Gehenna. Glad
you and DR.. Hoyt notice Bishop Scott's decease
without dressing your columns in mourning.
As a man he deserves the tribute hut IL IL o
long step toward high church prelatsm when
the bishop only is honored with inverted
rules"
The Chicago Adonnce (CongregationaD says
Of Henry Ward Beechcr's article In the August
number of the North American Repie,o on
Progress of Thought in the Church." that it
will raise the Question whether holding such
views Mr.. Beecher has any right 10 remain in
an orthodox denomination. The Adrdnce says:
THE gist of the whole matter, as Mr.. Beecher
puts it. is that skeptcism infidelity, scientific
research. Universalism and Roman Catholicism
are all right and doing noble service each In it's
own way, but that the great enemy of all peace
progress and righteousness is found in the evan
gelical churches and their ministry.
We wage no feud with the pastor of Plymouth
church, and We are not crying up crusade
against him. We do not even advise his breth-
rem and his associates to cast him out but up In
the mining camps out west when visitor stays
| after his welcome has departed. they have a dia-
| lectic way OF giving him hint: 4 hope you
don't think anybodys holdin' you, do your
Well they amt"
William Booth generassimo Of the Saliva
| ton Army, is middle-aged, gaunt, iron-gray
man. with abrupt but cordial manners. During
conversation he remains standing or even walk
ing up and down the room. His speech liz
pure, vigorous, Saxon-English. His dark. earn
est eyes have half-weary expression. caused
by overwOrk His face thin and pale, with an
aqueline nose. is compared by many with both
LOyola and Wesley. He was born i'm Noting
ham, Eng. and educated himself in the midst
of great difficulties. Early i'm life he began
preaching as a Methodist minister, and remained
at that work till he organized the now famous
| Salvation Army. He now receives and distrib-
utes, with absolute control, revenue Of ESQ.,
600 yearly; owns or rents in his own name go
buildings In various parts OF Great Britain used
| as "stations," and directs the labors Of more
| than $1,000 itinerant preachers. The crcula-
ton Of his official paper, The Ware amounts
to $4,000 copies This position he has reached
not by the aid Of but in spite Of the opposition
OF the orthodox clergy, and consequently he 10
accustomed to say sardonically =" The last en-
| envy that shall be destroyed is-the parson."
Less than five months ago q little band OF
Christian workers, led by Jennie Smith, the
railroad evangelist, and superintendent OF rail-
road work Of the Woman's National Christian
Temperance Union, left the cars at Martinsburg,
w. Va and inaugurateda series OF daily meetings
| among the employees Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. The work begun in this small
way was kept up with increasing interest and
gradually similar meetings were started in the
neighb0ring towns at the end of four months.
The results OF the work were partially estimated
as follows: Martinsburg 275 conversions; Keyser
200 conversions; Piedmont 165 conversions;
Cumberland 230 conversions; and Grafton 225
conversions. A happy sequel of this work was
witnessed on Thursday, July 20, at Harpere