Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-09-23
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

- INC Rev. WIN. II. BROOKS, Oh dHIupntoau, -.
l., Is accused of having three wives.
Rev. DR.. Charles Adams, of the NJ. E. church,
is spending his vacation in New Hampshire.
Rev. Father Mccarthy, of the Church of the
Immaculate Conception, is improving in health.
At the Valley Institute, Washington cir
cult, Holster conference, there have been 60
conversions.
II The Rev. W. n. Scott, president of Ohio
University, Methodist Episcopal, is on trial at
Athens, in that state, for alleged heresy.
Rev. DR.. J. D. Parker, Presbyterian), APP
pointed post chaplain q. 8. Army, has been or
dered to San Antonio, Texas.
- Rev. G. H. Howard, EpiscopaD, of Fond
du Lac, Wis.,, has accepted the call to the assist
ant rectorship of st. Luke's, Baltimore
Mr.. D. Lathrop, the well known Sunday
school publisher, and his wife, ''Margrett Sid
ney'), spent last Sunday at the Metropolitan NJ.
E. Sunday school.
- The Metropolitan NJ. e. congregation, of
this city. is full again. the pastor and many Of
the absentees during the warm weather having
returned
Last Sunday Rev. John Foley at the House
Of the Coed Shepherd In Baltimore received
four novices into the Sisterhood Of Charity on
making their vows.
The corner stone of the new Catholic church
OF the Holy Infancy at South Bethlehem, Pa,
was laid last Sunday in the presence of about
5000 persons.
Rev. W. Gibson, Wesleyen missionary at
Paris, during August engaged in evangelistic
work along the French coast holding meetings
on sloop chartered for the purpose.
The discussion of the question as to the best
manner OF promoting and conducting revfvals
was resumed in the NJ. E. preachers meeting at
the Foundry church on Monday last
- The 25th annual meeting of the National
Local Preachers Association of the NJ. E.church,
will be held at Parkersburg. West Virginia, on
Saturday, October 21st, continuing till the
Gath.
"A bitter war against church rates is going
on in some parts of England. At Coventry
there is regular conflict going on between tn 3
people and the vicar.
The Rev. DR.. Rhodes of ST. Louis has re-
Gently preached sermon on the prevalence Of
suicides, in which he says that as the cause is
inndeiity and pess mism, so the remedy is faith
IN this life and the life beyond.
Rev. Page Milburn a native of this city,
who mas been absent from his appointment, Mt.
Savage (Md) NJ. E. church, some months on &C
count OF Illness has recovered sufficiently to re-
sG-Revlvals in city churches during the sum-
mer are not common. but the First Baptist
church in New Haven has been ENJOYING one
twenty converts have been baptised, and more
are awaiting baptism.
On Sunday last the new Southern Metho-
dist church near Patuxent, on the B. & P. R. R..
was dedicated. 1t is quite neat little frame
chapel, situated about $50 yards south of the
station. :,
- A London correspondent Of the Chicago
Times says brewer confessed to him that the
salvation army has diminished his receipts
Slo0OO In one year through their work among
the lower Classes.
= The dearth of revival news indeed to some
extent the entire absence of such news in many
oi the renglOus papers, is commented on by
some OF them as unlocked for after so many
camp meetings had been held during the sea-
son.
The american Hebre,c says: at has been
asked why we Hebrews have no camp meetings
We do not need them, for the September holy-
DAYS, as appointed by our religious calendar. are
sumclent to bring all sons and daughters of Is
rael together for worship"
The second Sunday In each month is the
communion Sunday of the Catholics at Soldiers
home, and the services are in charge of Rev.
Father Edelin,, of ST. Dominics. These SER
vices are well attended, and the music by vol
unteers is often of high order
st. Paurs N. E. church, Cincinnati. Rev.
Dr. L. W. Joyce, pastor, last year raised s6S. 500
SO 800 for the Wesleyan college in that city. $50.
COO Tor the indebtedness of the church and
Sio,oOo 1or pastors salary, repairing and re-
furnishing the church.
The Wesleyan Christian Adoocate, noting
the addition OF i 200 members to the two Geor-
ga conferences, NJ. E. church, south, this year,
says: This Is marvellous year in Georgia-the
most ABUNDANT crops and most gracious reyi-
val OF religion. We have never before seen the
two together.
- heV Father TeWes, who was appointed to
assist at ST. Mary's Catholic church i'm this CITY
just before the death Of Rev. Matthias Alio
some months ago, and succeeded Father Alio in
the Passionate. has made quite reputation in
that section OF the city, and under his ministra-
IONS the congregation has kept up well and the
sunday school and parochial schools are pros
porous. fO"
- The Baltimore Methodist of this week in
noticing " Whispers of Peace" paper published
at southampton, N. Y. by Rev. s. H. Platt ..to
encourage expectation of physical bealine in
answer to the prayer Of faith" Saws Mr.. Platt ia
Methodist minister who some wears ago an
nounced himself as cured Of infammatOrv rhen.
matlsm by the prayer of faith" but the cure
failed. 0
Rev. DR.. France, the pastor of the 4th-street
NJ. E. church, who has served during his min
istry quite number of churches. remarked a
few days ago that the Sunday school of the 4th-
street church raised money more systematically
and with more ease than at any of the charges
ne mad ever held, and in view of the fact that
there were but few wealthy members of the con
gregation 1t was somewhat astonishing.
The Rev. George c. Capron of Boston was
recently elected by the Congregational council
Tor erroneous views about probation after
death. Last Sunday he preached a sermon in
the congregational church at Wayland. Mass.
In which he strongly asserted his belief in
probation after death. and supported his nos,.
tion by arguments from the Bible and church
history.
- The Examiner says that the PRAYER meet
Ing has its Oscar Wilde as well as the drawing
room. 1t pictures this genius Of the PRAYER
meeting as the crank who goes from one nraver
meeting to another and offers his not very prac.
tical or edifying remarks generally advancing
some theory more novel than important. and
riding his peculiar hobby to the great snnoyance
OF those who have to see him show off its paces.
The Methodist Episcopal church In Freder-
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