Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-21
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

AT the suggestion of the Bishop Of Exeter
society has been forned in that city for the
| Promotion of Good Manners"
The Conservative Lutherans Of the General
Council have begun in Philadelphia the rubllca.
ton OF quarterly, the Lll:l.er-an Church Re-
cietr.
The Reformed Episcopal church secures a
chaplain in the army in the appointment of Rev.
William Postlethwaite to the chaplancy Of West
Point
The latest development Of rituallsm il the
pausing Of tho priest in the marriage ceremony
to bless the ring before it is piaced on the finger
of the bride.
A Jewish congregation Of Newark. Y. T..
have made decided Innovation in adopting the
fashion of removing their hats during service in
| the synagogue.
Bishop Andrews viii shortly visit Mexico Ia
| inspect the missions Of the Methodist Episcopai
church IN that country. and preside at the mis-
sion conference 10 be held in the city OF Mexico
Feb. ?
The old objection TO the celebration OF
Christmas in the Presbyterian churches Of Scot
land is gradually being removed. This year
/ references to the festival were more numerous
from Presbyterian pulrts ,han ever before
How many mcn have religion enough 70
prevent them riding on a car ticket the second
tine IL the conductor tails To take Il ups This ia
better test of fitness for admission to the
church than what one believes about the doc
tihc OF election or the perseverance of the
saints oh',1a L.ule.
A clergyman in Connecticut is preaching a
series of sermons on the behavior OF peuple In
the house of God. his first sermon was ON
''How to walk 10 church." On which a cotem-
porary suggests: lie should have begun with
| How to get up on Sunday morning."
! Ammo pranipanf
charity school in san Francisco. Cal number
ing over three hundred children. on ..Barbary
/ Coast" answering TO the Five Points in New
! York;. is Mr.. Guthrie. OF Edinburgh He IL a
partner in one of the prominent San Francisco
| firms. Like his father, he is Interested In the
| poor children.
One of Mr.. Moody's meetings in Edinburgh
was for university students. Before the meet
ing the students seemed to be I'm an unruly
mood bat as soon rs Mr. Moody appeared 81
| ience and attention was at once given and 25o
| students remained aiterthc Meeting 10 converse
| with the kNangelists aud their co-worlers in the
| inquiry-room.
| Professor Max Muller says Of Darwinian
| evolution: There is between the whole animal
| kingdom on the one side. and man. even in his
| lowest estate. on the other a barrier which no
| animal has ever crossed. and that is-language
| By no effort of understanding. by no Stretch ~
| Imagination can explain to myself how Ian
| gua@e could have grown ont OF ANYTHING which
| criminals possess. even If We granted them mil
lions OF years for that purpose"
An Elmira clergyman reports that the war
on mutilated coin has been good thing for the
contribution box. man who has tried i'm vain
to pass q hall-dnar with a hole i'm it, finally
| gives mp in despair and drops il into the Sunday
collection, To which he was formerly i'm the
habit OF contributing nothing, at most a
dime. Such coin the churches sell as bnIlion
] AVERAGE nf lao mar ant sI...r
face value. much to the advantage of foreign
missionaries and poor people at home.
- Mr.. j. Caynaugh. OF the Free Methodist
! church. writing from Richmond. Va, where he
! is holding meetings. says: This is great place
/ for respectable sinners. Some do not think q
man needs religion unless he is a drunkard or
criminal. This is great tobacco market.
Preachers take it in the pulpit with them. and
| plug is passed from pew TO pew, and each pew
has two spittoons." He further states that the
mayor has given him large hall for his meet
| ings and banker. who was once street
| preacher, has furnished him with tracts.
- Rev. DIR. Kent, pastor of the Washington
Universalist church, writes to THE STAR in re-
lation to the following paragraph in this col
umn last Saturday:
The Rev. w. H. Ryder. d. D.. probably the
ablest Universalist preacher in the United
States. has resigned his parish i'm Chicago aud
will withdraw from the ministry to study law.
He is said to be wealthy aud able To live a rest
full life if lie desires. Ii is also said that his doc
| trinal views have undergone a change
Dr. Kent says: Il am happy in being able to
make some important corrections here. which 1
! doubt not you will be equally glad TO publish.
1t was my good fortune to Toe the guest of Dr.
Ryder for a day or two last October, and to be
honored with his confidence touching some Of
| his plans for tie future. The resignation which
You report was then contemplated. though not
| fully determined upon But the doctor dis
tinctly told me that ,>iile he intended. with the
New Year. to retire permanently from the pas
tordl relation, he had no thought whatever Of
leaving the ministry. He hoped to serve the
church with voice and pen for several years
| to come. and to serve it more efficiently
than he could possibly do while bur-
dened with the cares of large parish.
As to the change Of doctrnal belief it H. sufii-
Gent to say that Or. Ryder preached the 0cca-
Sional sermon at our gens1a al convention in De-
| troit October last and that the sermon il one OF
the most pronounced and positive statements Of
the Uniyersalist faith to be found u our literx-
ture."
There IL considerable discussion i'm Metho-
dist circles as to what changes will be made
among the pastors of the District churches at
the session of the Baltimore annual conference.
which will be held i'm March. In Baltimore. In
this body the appointments are made for one
year, and formerly the rule limited the service O..
a minister i'm any one church or charge to two
years; but a few years ago this rule was modi-
fled so as to make it possible for minister to
| remain three years continuously in one ap-
pointment. Rev. b. Peyton Brown, the pre-
siding elder. will finish his term as such.
and will probably be sent to a Baltimore
church although there is some talk of George
town as his next station Rev. J. C. Hagey. Of
Union Chapel: Rev. George Y. lie ech, of 4th
street EAST Washington. and Rev. j. hcKen-
dree Reilly, Of Dunbarton street (Georgctown),
having each served three years. will necessarily
be changed, but as yet there are no Indications
where they will 60. Rev. c. ii. Richardson Of
MckeHdree: Rev. II. n. Baer. of Metropolitan;
Rev. J. W. Smith, Of Grace. 9th and streets,
and Rev. Mr.. Ryland. of Uniontown. have each
served two years I'm their charges. but may re-
main another year. Ii is thought there will be ,
change at the Metropolitan and
that minister from another con
| ference will he appointed to this church.
1t is stated that the membership are somewhat
dissatisfied because they have not received the
promised aid ia the reduction OF the church debt.
They will urge the imperative need for
this relief at the coming conference. Ii will
be remembered that to liquidate the debt Of
or S2S fine conorp,ration 40.