Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-07
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

preaching sermon on temperance. In which he
care the names of five citizens of the place who
had died OF alcoholism.
Rev. o. Ellyson resigned his charge of the
BAPTIST church at BerryvilIe, Va, Sunday last.
to come to this city. sr. Ellyson is to be agent
for missionary work of tie Columbia Baptist
association, which is composed Of Baptist
churches OF the District aud vicinity.
A Christian army has been formed in Chi
cagO, Ike the Salvation Army in England. with
q general in command, captains for exhorters,
'knee drills instead of prayer meetings.
''skiTi1ishes Ivy small parties III saloons, and
battles in q public hail.
PROF. Phelps, ia his lately published lectures
on preaching, thus raps the crying clergyman:
Tears are sometimes nothing but nervous
luxury. In a public speaker tears are
an in1rmity TO be got rid. never gift to he vain
OF His advice To weeping ciergylnen is eX-
celient "Use tonics; study mathematics: take
the fresh ait; take to the saddle"
The detection of the Rev. DR.. Newman from
the Methodist church leads the Pittsburg
Ch,-istjdri Ado0cote to give him a parting kick
"When Il man, whose mother has nursed him
tenderly. comes to the conclusion to disOwn her
because there are some things she sees ut to
withhold from him. TIE poignancy of her grief
will be somewhat dullcd by the consideration Of
the ingTatitude he manifests."
- Beccher stock seems to he declining in the
Plymouth congregation. When the Beecher-
Tilton trial was on hand, the friends Of Beecher
rallied and at the annual sale Of pews in his
church %70,319.50 was realized. The annual
sale for the current year took place on Tuesday
evening last, and the total amount realized was
SIS, 1872, with about thirty pews for which there
were no purchasers at all.
The return Of Harrison, the boy evangelist,
to Indianapolis, is not favored by the Methodist
ciergymen. 0ne minister accuses him of insn-
cerity, because he demands high wages. and
went where the greatest pecuniary inducement
was offered. Harrison replies that his dctractOrs
are simply jealous on account of his success in
saving souls, and plays for them in an emphatic
manner.
In recent discussion in London in Pres
byteran meeting on church accommodations
one Of the speakers stated he had Just returned
from America where he had worshipped in a
PRESBYTERIAN church which cost $40 900. While
i'll England they believed in good buildings,
they had not reached that perilOus eminence
yet. Br. Donald Frazer sad they ''shrank from
such q movement asthe Salvation Array" which
lowered the tone of religious thought and intro
duccd strange familiarity with the Divine Be-
ing.
-InAdeiity is said to be making rapid prog
reSs i'll Japan. says missionary: 'Infidel;ty is
vigorous and aggressive, clothed in the garb of
the highest culture. Prof Morse, for some
time a leading mind in the Imperial University
Of Toxic, was Il pronounced skeptic, exhibiting
almost the zeal of 4 ranter against the Christ
ian religion, and the prevailing sentiment at
ths seat OF learning is anything but favorable TO
evangelical faith. Intdel literature. including
'Panes Age of Reason is being translated
anu industriousy placed before the public"
Some people pride themselves on the fact
that they are able to find fault with everything.
Such persons should remember two things: l.
Fault-finding requires very little talent 2 The
taGit-fndcrs can be as easily found fault with as
anybody else, If anybody were foolish enough to
waste his time in doing it. If is said that there
Is black sheep in every family, and it is Ger
tam thar almost every church has in il a pro-
tcssi0nai iault-1inder II is suggested that the
proper way 10 deal with such people is to treat
them kindly and try to bear with them.
- Rev. DR.. John p. Newman has virtually
accepted a call to the passionate of fie Madison
avenue Congregational church. New York made
vacant 10y the resignation Of Rev. Dr. Wesley R.
Davis. formerly Of Baltimore. He will take
with INN 10 the church following of we'll
known and wealthy gentlemen. and by their
Efforts he proposes To wipe out the standing
indebtedness OF SSO, oN1. and put the church on
sound financial basis Among these gentle
men are Gen. u. ). Grant, Sheppard Knapp
thaS. y johnson ayd prominent lawyers. mer-
chants and bankers. tr. Newman was born in
Nc" 1uIh city. ttGu II "a wears OF are.
- The REV. John Jasper. OF Richmond, Va.
who las become a celebrity from his sermon de-
claTiag that the Sun do Move" received sal
AIRY Of only 500 and refuses to receive more
though his congregation lave long been anxious
to increase 1t. His great trouble is concerning
his first wife, from whom he was divorced. He
says: "She went and married another man and
had twins by him. and ever since she has been
trying to shorten my days in order tOget pos
f4,tA
zen. She's threatened my Tile three times and
she dome tried 10 XIII me once by putting poison
IN my cup. drunk it, but the doctors saved me-
She IS sill after me"
just now. writer in the The ChicGgo Adj
rance thinks the admra'iu for Buddha is cpl
denc. Almost All the reading public is asking
II 1t be- true that the principles OF Christianity
are largely borrowed from Buddhism The un-
suspicious reader, he thinks. Of Arnold's Light
ol Asia" struck with many resemblances be-
tween the life OF Buddiia and that Of Jesus il
very frequently realty to cOnfound Buddhism
with MT Arnolds picture Of il. In the writer's
own words: Mr.. Arnold has run these lerendl
through his Christian filter. and has tinctured
the whole with til. Christian ideas which ne I'M
bibcd IN the >unday-School and toned it down
to the taste Of Y est err civilization. The result
Is very different from the genuine article as the
Asiat:cs received it.
The question about a large body of poor
people WHO to not atttitt cHurcn should he kent
before the people until it il settled Practically.
this mass OF people are welcome to no public
places known 10 them except the Gar-rOoms
beeF-1aT,icnS and saloons Specially opened for
their patronage For the middle people having
moderate means. the churches have an adyan-
ta@e over the theaters. which are expensive
Shut mp to such amusements can be had
cheaply, the poor in cities ret their steady sup
ply from places where drink is dispensed Tie
churches are not literally closed to them. but
thci. mental and moral conCition practically
Sits the church doors They think the
churches too fine; the better attire of the habit
ua' "orshirprFs shames the poorly dressed
The General air Of the churches resembles the
pallQr ri a Weli-fed and WelI-clothcd citizen
This state OF mind makes outside services of
some sort u necessity. The greatest spur to
activity in This direction may well be the social
results of leaving Il vast and growing population
IN the gr0g-slIopS and the free SUNDAY shows
that nave Il drinking Tar in the place of Il pull
PITT Neihofist.
= The conservation Tomorrow at the cathe-
dril in Baltimore Of Rev. IL. Pinkncy Northrop
a bshopof North Carolina. promises to be one
ot the most notable affairs OF the kind ceebra ed
iii that city tor some time. lontifical nigh mass
will ia said at IL o'clock during which Arch
bishop Gibbons Will perform the ceremony of