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


and successful servant" trt We'll done. good
and faithful servant. y GofGoR.
Tie Salvation Array. cn the 18th OF MAY.
bought the Pcrtsbur;. United Presbyterian
church. Ycancl. at Il 80 ate. keen .ccnpeti-
tion on behalf Of the Established church
The MoEaTiaas OF the United States are
making arrangements to Gel 'hrate the 15nth an
niverSary of their commencement CT foreign
missionary operations, By u jubilee on the 2lst
OF August.
The bishops of tine Methodist Episcopal
church have issued 6 circular letter to all the
denomination. recommending that the c:lurch...
get cut of debt so that no more Of the Lords
precious money be sunk in payin. interest
a meeting OF the vesirymen 0i the church ii
the Evangelist. of Pennsylvania. has been helt
for the purpose Of preftrring charges against
the pastor. who. il Is claimed is Introducing the
eonfessiona! and other High Church practices.
The old plan of the American Bible Society
to give Bible to every family that is not sup
piled with ere. worked we'll generation
ago that the managers of the society are about
to do their work over again, and on ar-eer
scale.
The Methodist Episcopal churches. north
and south. unite in centenary conference
which will be held in Baltimore December -.
1854, TO celebrate the famous christmas Con
ference, which was held in that city december
%, 1854
The London Christian World giving an &C
count of the address of the moderator of the
English Presbyterian synod. says: He refuses
in the name of the church of which he is modera-
tor. to be tempted into 'semi-secular semi
sacred SenSatiOnalism'
The Methodist says: sit is a curious fact that
of the religious bodies of the country. the two
the farthest removed from each other i'm all
their church life and ecclesiastical poty-thc
Baptists aud the EpiscOpalians show
the largest relative increase"
The lei>urely way in which missionary work
goes on is not because OF want of means in the
hands Of the people 1t is the result of poor
understanding of personal responsibility.
Hardly any man realizes what he ought to do to
bring about what he SO earnestly prays for
THited Presbyterian.
Every really successful teacher has plan
OF the lesson in mind when teaching. No good
work can be done Sunday after Sunday that is
not pretty we'll outlined beforehand. There is
no such thing as Off-hand inspiration i'm
teaching. to be relied upon. Inspiration is
Gods blessing on hard study.-S. s. Times.
- 1t is customary in some localities to teach
children to think of text as they drop their
money into the contribution box A certain
little girl at Sunday school, recently, saw the
missionary box approaching. and began to search
In her memory fur text. She hesitatcd fer
few moments dropped the dime in the box and
exclaimed triumphdnty "A f'col and his money
are soon parted"--Batt On. " Times.
The New York OjSe1-rtT says: 'Protestants
do not sufficiently utilize their large and costly
houses of public worship. Many of them are
open only twice in a week. a3d then only for
two services of one and a half hours each That
would Ice only one hundred and fifty-six hours
out Of eight Thousand seven hundred and sixty
hours in year. During all those long hours
except for wedding. funeral. or occasional
service. the building stands closed. Is there no
use to which Christians might put their churches
during these days and months? Perhaps the
tine Will come when Christians of the whole
world will find il in their minds to offer daily
sacritice of their hearts in the house of Cod
Tomorrow will be the first anniversary of
the day when President Garfield was shot 1t
Is the day selected for laying the cornerstone
of the Memorial Christian Church, on Vermont
avenue, between and q streets northwest by
the congregation OF which President Garfield
was member. The exercises will! be berIln at
6oclock pm. and be conducted according 10 the
following program Hyrnn:readine of Scriptures
Rev. j. q. Butler; prayer. Rev. II. ID. Clark Paca
street Christian Church. Baltimore: hynn: re-
marks aud LAYING of the stone 10y the pastor:
hymn. ariel; address. Rev Il. A. Hinstae. Pres
ldent Hiram College: hymn: address Hon A. H.
PettibOne. OF Tenn; hymn; address, Hon. A. s
Willis. of Ky; hymn. America: benediction Rev
W. H. Schell, pastor Christian Church, Rock
vile. Nd
Rev. F. Leop Petsch. c. s. s. R.. who died
In Boston on June 20, was a native of Moravia
and came to Baltimore in 1SiS. begin
ming his labOrs at St AlphOnsus' church in
that city, He next went to Buffalo Rochester
and New York. leaving the last-named CITY i'm
1859 and returning to Baltimore where he was
appointed rector Of st. AlphonSGs holding that
position for three years. In 1862 he was rector
Rf ~ Il.
New York. and in 1868 was transferred in the
same capacity TO the NOvitiate at AnnapOlis
In 1850 he was removed to Pittsburg and re-
turned again to Baltimore in 1871 as rector of
St AlphOnsas. When Rev. F. Gross was made
Dlshop ana appointed to the see of Savannah in
1873 Rev. Mr. Petsch was called to take his
place "a superior of the house at Boston, and
labored there until his death.
OF Sunday excursions the Christian at Work
says I'VE nethe: Justify nor condemn: to his
Master every one stands or falls We leave
these AID all such matters where they properly
rest. with the individual conscience of each.
while expressing the opinion that no Christian
man who can get his vacation at other times
Will put church and Sunday-schOol behind him.
and make the Lords dav Gav of pastime and
recreation IL adds: The Christian public is
10 no small extent responsible fer this tendency
TO make sunday a day of recreation. They are
responsible To the extent that they work their
employees too hard. requiring of them six full
days service, and this Of Il character which in
the severity Of its eXdctiOns and the cOnfine-
ment and continuous application which il de-
mands Is very different from the light pastoral
work OF the Jews when the fourth command
nent was handed down to them amid the thun-
behring's of Sinai
President Robinson. of Brown University.
severely raps the regular preacher of time
worn sermons He says: How preacher
can stand up before an audience and proceed to
read as message TO living men sermon which
ne wrote thirty, twenty or even ten years ago,
1 Cannot understand. When written the SER
El"n. C0uhtlesS was real transcript of the
writer's thoughts. convictions and emotions
But during the rush of intervening wears What
changes. II there has been soul within him.
have passed over his spirit? To write that SER
mon Eow would be simply impossible And vet
ne tries 70 put himself into it and in that gulse
ne presents himself 10 any audience of thinking
people. An old coat that ne wore twenty years
ago might bc aired and the dust whipped out of
IT. and he present himself in il with much more
prOprIcty than in that old sermon. No treat
ment Of the sermon can relieve it of its smell
of age Like an old bouquet OF flowers lis
once delicate fragrance has sunk into a sieken-
ing Odor."