Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-04
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

thissiohs "i tne Guy, ana In TIE department OF
moral education.
The Rev. Z. D. Tawle. of New Bedford.
Mass. has announced his intention OF leaving
the Methodist ministry on account OF change
I N doctrtnai views. He has been a prominent
| sympaihizer with Dr. Thomas. OF Chicago
Thus far I I've prcsbyteries in the United
Presbyterian church have voted on the overture
repeating the prohibition Of instrumental music
The voters are counted by members. not by
! presbyteries. and Isl have voted FOR and l2s
, against the measure
The Rev. NJ J. Savage. OF Boston. has tried
TO define the indehnahie theological position Of
MI. rockingham. But the Watch Totnr says:
Altogether too much fuss is made about this
| clerical puzzle. Nobody ever knew what he be.
| leFed 10y what he said In the pulpit"
The conference year just closing has been
very successful one with the 4th street NJ. Il.
| church. Under the passionate of Rev George V.
! Leech: quite number have been converted ana
| joined the church. The board OF stewards as
usual. have settled all their expenses for the
year In full.
- The Rev. Or. W. r. Harrison. who for the
past four years and three months has been i'm
charge of the Mt. Vernon Place NE Church
South, of this city. will preach his farewell ser
mon on Sunday next. as he expects at the ses-
sion oi the conference at Fredericksburg, on the
9th oil March, to be assigned elsewhere
English papers report that Mr.. Pickering
fhipps, NJ. T. for South Northamptonshire.
While rising from family prayer on the evening
( of February |. slipped and broke his leg Con-
gressmen and members Of state legislatures
! may he comiorted that this is the first case ON
record oil such an accident. They need not be
| frightened into a neglect of either private or
! family deyotion.
| Rev. George c. Barnes. the '.mountsIn
evangelist" who FOR seven weeks has been hold
| lngrevival meetings at st. Louis has finished
his work there and leaves behind him 2 4.3 con-
! verts. nearly 1000 more than Boy Preacher Har-
| rison reckons at Cincinnati He has gone to
Bowling Green. Ky. During Mr. Barnes live
years OF revival work 23 4S9 confessions of faith
! nave been made to him.
The Right Rev. James V. Cleary. Roman
Catholic bishop OF the diocese of Kingston.
PROVINCE OF Toronto. who is now In Philadel-
phia asserts that there is not the slightest ele-
lnent of probability i'm the report published i'm a
New York paper that negotiations are pending
between the Vatican and the authorities of the
Roman Catholic church i'm Quebec with the view
Of removing the residence of the Pope from
Rome to Canada.
The American says "There is very little
sympathy between Irish and English Roman
Catholics. People more intensely English than
the 'swell'old English Roman Catholic families
DiounlS. blufuels, GprHrda,
Petres. Leghs. Erringtons. Donmers etc.-are
not TO be found. Ii is the same with Cardinal
Manning, and with Cardinal Wiseman before
him. Those prelates had outside of their faith
nothing in common with Cardinal Cullen or
Archbishop Mcliale, of Tuam."
The Glasgow Times says: "when man has
run with the devil until his joints stiffen and his
liver knots. and he runs out Of wildcat seed
and patrinOny, and then brings his old shrIy-
eflet carcass N the I ord Sil md
poses to battle for Him on clutches and with
rheumatic lniment, then il is that humanity
reaches its tether comprehension and the whole
case is given over to Him who is al! lore Mans
Idea would be TO kick him down the steps and
put the dogs after him; but the love that il
above is Infinite and knows no firing"
The Chicago Tribune says: "The trouble
with the Rev. DIR. Min is not 80 much his doc
trines, or his want of doctrines, which agnosti-
cism implies, as it is his idea that he should re-
main In church. An institution without
hymns, without prayer. without God, without
heaven, without Aei and without Immortality
is no more church than a building without an
auditorium scenery, stage. footlights, galleries,
actors, and boX-office is q theater. His place 10
outside Of church"
Few people in this country can understand
the detestation and dread in which Freemasonry
is held by a vast majority of deyout Ro-
man Catholics on the continent of Europe As
an instance of this may be cited the feeling
which is disp layed by the clerical Journals Of
France when denouncing the present cabinet az
containing at least four Freemasons. NJ. Ferry,
whose crusade against the religious orders is
regarded i'm France as "a work essentially Ma
sonic, is a member of the lodge of Alsace-I.or-
raine. The other Freemasons in the new min
istry are Mn. Tirard, De Manly and Humbert.
1t is notorious that church fairs are the
regular resorts of all the young libertines Of the
neighbOrhOod in which they are held. Nobody
can suppose that the cOrner-loungers who con.
gsegate on the sidewalk in front of church doors
on Sunday visit fairs with the intention Of help
ing the cause Of religion. They 60 Ito see the
girls who are known to be on exhibition at
these shows. They find opportunities Of talk
ing to them and putting themselves on terms Of
familiarity with them. Thus il Is easy for VIC
ious young men to break down the Just re-
strants which parents place upon their
daughters-The Neso York Free,aan's Journal.
AT the annual meeting OF the officers
and teachers of the 4th street NJ E. Sum
day school the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Joseph
Webb. superintendent; I. ID. Stahl assistant
superintendent; q. 8. Stimson, secretary;
w. r. Palmer. assistant secretary; James
Il. Davis, treasurer: J. s. Moffatt. librarian; r.
Eddie Cook, Geo. w. Dunn and Cyrus Mofiatt,
assistant librarians; George Fordham chorister.
and Miss Ella V. Walters. Organist This school
q numbe of the scholars were converted and
Joined the church. Sl60 was raised for foreign
missions. and the school room has been re-car-
peted at a cost of about S400
- The Baltimore Conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal church will hold its annual session at
the Broadway church in Baltimore on wednes-
day, March 9Th. 1t is generally conceded that
Rev. John S. Deale, of Ryland chapel, will be
made presiding elder, and that Rev. Richard
Norris. now OF Baltimore, one of the best revi-
valists i'm the conference will succeed him. Rev.
DIR. McKendree Reilly of Dunbarton street
church. Georgetown. is likely to go to a Balti-
more appointment and efforts are being made
by the DunbartOn street church to secure Rev.
j. JIG. Webster, now of Hartford avenue church,
Baltimore. as his successor. The appointment
of DIR. Reilly out of the Washington district will DO
regretted not only by the Methodists of the city
but 10y the temperance people generally, for no
has been, during his residence among us, q zeal
Gus advocate of the cause. The retiring presid-
ing elder of this district, Rev. Ii. Peyton Brown,
will, it Is thought, 90 to Baltimore, most likely
to Hartford avenue The East Washington
church will lose Rev. C. Leech as its pastor
and it is uncertain who will succeed him. The
are anxious to secure the appoint
nent of Rev. Mr.. Reed, now at Hanover street. -
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