Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-08
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

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church south, isresiding with his mother-in-law,
Mrs. r X. Billing, Gil street
The Protestant Episcopal church has started
| a church paper I'm Baltimore known as the Mary
tond Chtrchnada.
-Messrs Moody and saakey have received
an invitation TO spend q year In London IN.
evangelistic work.
OF the 90 converts in the colored NJ. 2.
church at Towsontown. Nd. last eall IS win be
| received into full membership tomorrow.
- At the recent session Of the Central Penn
sylvania Conference. Mt Lock Haven. Rev. J. w
Bel was allowed TO withdraw under charges
- Mrs. Bishop Andrews is confined TO her
house by injuries received from fall during her
recent visit to Mexico.
- Rev. Or. Blodgett. for IS years a missionary
to China under the Congregational board, is in
the city.
- Rev. DR.. Newman, Of New York, has not
fully recovered from his illness yet and his ply
stefan has advised him to GO to Atlantic City.
| The condition Of Bishop Bowman, OF the
NJ. f. Church. who has been sick In St. Louis, Is
| reported 20 be precarious.
| - The Dunbarton street congregation gave
| reception to their new pastor, Rev. J.J. G. Web
ster. on Monday night last
- Easter this year, o writer In Notes and
Queries states. will be kept on the anniversary
! OF the day on which the resurrection actually oc-
| CURED.
- Bishop whipple, Of the Episcopal church.
has announced his intention Of licensing two
lady readers in the parish OF Glencoe, Mimi,
because of the inability to secure men for the
| work.
The Morayians number In this country
1857 communicates gain OF 1876 during the
| hrst year. Twenty-Five were excluded and 943
dropped" during the year.
| With the appreciation Of the archbishop OF
York, England, 400 members of the Salvation
| Army recently partook OF the communion In the
parish church at York.
| - At Hamline NJ. f. church Rev. John Maui
gle) ''the Sailor Boy is conducting meetings,
and within the past four weeks p have been
added to the church.
= When Rev. DR.. Newman was the pastor OF
the Metropolitan Me. church here special SER
vices were held on Good Fridays. This year
| the congregation have observed the week by
holding evening meetings.
- Rev. w. Hirst Reed, recently appointed to
North Capitol and Memorial NJ Y. churches,
has taken no the subject of reducing the debt
on the nrst-named church, with prospects Of
success.
The Sunday school of Metropolitan ME-.
church has recently reelected the old officers
A. T. Lacy, superintendent, and John L. Doty,
assistant. 1t now numbers 800, including
| ledCueTS anu sCnOlars-
Rev. H. A. cleveland, well remembered here
as the former pastor Of Foundry church, who
was some years ago transferred to Springfield.
Mass, and then to Boston. has been recently
transferred to the Philadelphia conference and
stationed i'm Reading, Pa.
1t lie regarded as almost certain that the
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, which NEE Is In Nashville In May,
Will take some action with reference 10 organic
I'M with ha &bAl,. E..k.x -.
A church was organized in Chicago two
weeks ago by company Of socialists, who call
themselves ''Self-savers." The church viii well
come persons of any creed or no creed, and will
seek to reconstruct society on socialstic basis.
- Rev. George c. Min, the Chicago agnostic,
thinks of going to New York to form an asso-
citation, Of which he Is to be the center, some
what akin to the society for ethical culture pre-
| sided over by Prof. Felix Adler. Ader's society
Is SO numerous as to indicate that q similar
organization might be formed to advantage.
- Rev. W. c. Webb, who was some years ago
stationed at the Alexandria M. Z. church, and
recently pastor OF Ames church, New Orleans
has been transferred to the Philadelphia confer
ence, and stationed at Grace church in that city.
| Mr. Webb Is the sor-in-law OF Mr. Harmon, Of
the firm OF Davis q Harmon, Of Alexandra.
- The New Jersey Association Of the Congre-
gational Church. embracing all the churches Of
that denomination In that state and south of it,
Will meet at the First Congregational Church In
this city Grew. DR.. Rankin's) on the 18th inst.
| There will be about 200 ministers and delegates
present. and the sessions will be continued on
the 18th and 10th. On the Dist an excursion
will be made to Mt. Vernon.
- The Preachers Association of the N. r.
Church organized last Monday by electing Rev.
MILFORD Downs, Of Waugh chapel, president;
Rev. w. |. Mckinney, of Wesley, and Rev. N.
Al Carroll, OF Asbury, vice presidents; and Rev.
w. f. Ward. secretary and treasurer. The guess
| ton for discussion at the meeting on Monday In.
Whether the employment of cvangelists ID help
full or detrimental to the interests Of the church,
- The statistics of the Baltimore conference
H. E. church, recently held in Baltimore, show
o membership of 81, 428. and :. 500 on trial The
| Maryland conference Of the Methodist Protestant
church has about Is, 900 members. The Virginia
conference OF the NJ. e. church reported 6.561.
The washington conference Of the N. E. church
(colored), reported %. ss7 fun members s.oS9
| practitioners, 267 churches-valued at $500, 900
ana ~ psrsonages, valued at $30, 900.
| DIR. Robinson, In his Yale lectures on
preaching, says there Is diminished church at
tendance and ascrbes the falling OF to various
causes, among which are the general skepticlsm
| respecting the authenticity and inspiration of
the Bible; the existence Of cheap literature and
published sermons the attractions of natural
scenery. the Sunday school, and imported con-
| tinental customs.
| henry ward Beecher denies that he intends
to retire from the ministry when he is 20 years
old. which he will be on June "a. 1883. He said
yesterday that his father LYMAN Beecher, con-
tinued to preach until he was over 80, and he
| would like to do the same. His health was never
better than it is now. He had said that he
didn't care to live beyond so, but he might
change his mind as he neared that point.
| A great stir has arisen over the election OF
the Rev. DIR. Newman Smyth to the chair Of
! theology at Andover DIR Smith ia eousidorod
| by some to be too broad and loose on predesti-
nation, original sin, probation after death. and
everlasting punishment. His published sermons
are now undergoing a severe Overhauling by the
adherents OF the old theology, and the discus
sion among the friends of Andoyer is very
lively.
The new choir (quartette) at st. Paul's
English Luthern church, (Rev. DIR. Domer's) or-
ganized as it is for the purpose of leading the
congregational singing, has become one OF the
most appreciated adjuncts of the church, and the
membership and attendants there speak
In hiyh terfns of their services Mica nolis M