Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-14
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
THE CITY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES REVEALS
GENERAL NEws-THINGs DISCUSSED.

| THE CITY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES REVEALS
GENERAL NEws-THINGs DISCUSSED.
| On Sunday last at Hamline NJ. z. church,
In this city fifty three probationers were received
into full membership.
| Rev. Father Mageveney, assistant pastor Of
| ST. Aoysius Catholic church, commenced q
series Of lectures there at vespers Sunday eve
ming, and will continue them for some months
| on Sunday afternoons.
There is In this District society of ladies of
the Catholic faith Of which Mrs. Cen Sherman is
president and Miss Fannie whalen secretary.
known as the Tabernacle society" the object
| OF which is the furnishing OF poor parishes with
vestnents for the affairs ETC.
The funeral Of Rev. E. w. Fort. a promising
minister of the M. e. church, who died at For
estville, p. g. county, Nd, while in charge of
Forestville circuit, took place on Thursday. the
| services being conducted by Rev. Dr. j. 8.
| Deale. presiding elder, and Rev. w. T. L. weech.
r. Norris, Wilfred Downs, and w. 1. McKenney'
all Of this city, acting as pall-bearers. The in
terment was at the Congressional cemetery In
| this city.
| A recent revival at Israel colored M E.
church (near the CapitoD, resulted in a CONVEX
sions. Rev. Harry Boggs has closed q four
weeks revival at Mt. Washington NJ E. church,
near Baltimore. in which there were AZ converts
80 Of whom joined the church. There have been
| several converts at meetings at New Windsor
| (Md circuit, NJ E. Church. Ten conversions
have taken place at Union Square NJ. E. church,
| Baltimore, recently.
| - Somebody has discovered that cats are no.
where mentioned in the Bible.
| Special religious services for policemen are
| held in Manchester, England.
-"Alas that 80 many people look upon re-
Iun cI,,
| ern preacher.
GA grab-bag." says Prof Sherwin. "is the
worst thing ever hitched to q church except q
drunken Organist."
During the past century the population Of
| the United States has increased eleven-fold and
the churches have increased thirty-seven-fold.
The average salary Of Baptist ministers In
this country is said. by writer in the National
Baptist, to be about four hundred dollars per
annum.
The Churoanaa,, proposes that the coming
centennial year of the Episcopal church in this
country be observed by removing all debt from
5000 parishes.
The Independent says that "the best reason
yet advanced for having Monday washing -day,
the next day after Sunday, is because cleanli
ness Is next to goodness"
1T Is estimated that there are In the differ
teen million pupils, and million and half Of
teachers Nearly one-half of these are in the
United States.
Deacon Pilkins said to himself: Falstafr
asks What's honor?' As though 1t was hard
to tell. But let my wife sit behind another wo-
man in church and she'll tell what's on her in
less than two minutes"
- The Ne,o Jerusalem MESSENGER discusses the
miraculous: "The claim of anything to be
called miracle is simply based upon our unfa-
miliarty with the law, Of which it is the ex-
preston"
The editor OF the New York Evening Post
says: We are acquainted with minister of
moderate salary whose family consumed 1850
eggs laid by his own hens i'm one year Thus he
was enabled to live and preach the gospel.
81 think it is bad plan always to preach to
sinners at the end OF sermon. They duck
their heads when they know the shot is coming.
Give bit to the sinner just when he thinks you
are going to talk to the saints" -Sp,wqeon
woman has too long been a mere hanger
on-a camp follower of the Christian host, says
Mrs. Melissa A. Stanley, who favors a wider
Held OF work for her sex in connection with the
church
Mr.. Won Schluembach, who was successful
as an evangelist among the Germans in New
York and other American cities, is on . tour
OF evangelization among the lower classes In
Germany.
The Chinese mission in New York. in charge
OF Rev. j. Jackson, formerly q missionary to
Canton, is highly successful. In the Sunday
schools of New York and Brooklyn there are
6lO Chinese, and 40 are professors Of religion.
-"Often you may get hold of some people
with serious thought by prefacing it with q
joke. have tried to tickle an oyster until he
really thought was laughing at him. Then he
opened his mouth to laugh, and put knife
in."-Spurgeon.
- The latest Ritualistic development is that
the vicar of leading London West-end Ritual
istic church informs all who care to look at his
notice-bOards that announcements Of marri-
ages and of deaths to be prayed for should be
given to the vestry clerk"
The Churchndn, In noticing that church
in Michigan, when their minister became d.
D.. increased his salary $780, observes .'that
was proof Of their good will, but showed q
want OF familiarity with numerals-D. stands for
$500, and d. d. naturally should mean 81, 900.
The refusal Of the archbishop of Paris to
allow the body Of man killed in q duel to be
taken into any Roman Catholic church, or to let
priest conduct the funeral rites anywhere, is
regarded In Paris as an important religious
blow at dueling.
There is nothing in the Scriptures" saws
the Cer.rA Baptist, THAT can be claimed as q
foundation for the preaching of funeral ser
mons or the wearing of mourning apparel by
Christians. What justification is there for these
custOms?"
- During the century just passed the popula-
ton Of the United States has increased eleven
fold and churches have increased thirty-seven-
fold, and while hundred years ago there was
one church to every 200 Inhabitants, there is
Rev. DR.. Chamberlain says: ''There is q
tremendous upheaval going on all through In
dia at the present time, and I fear that Hindu
ism is going to fall to pieces before the Church
of Christ is ready to seize the fragments of the
ruins and build up the temple Of the Lord"
Now the vexed question is whether John
Bunyan was descended from Sc0tchmen. Ital-
ians, or Gypsies. 1t is claimed that the first
Bunyan In the British Islands was an Italian
mason who came to labor on Melrose Abbey.
In the MerOse Abbey graveyard the Oldest
tombstone has on it the name Of Bunyan.
One OF the speakers Of the recent Free
Thinkers convention took for his motto: "The
devil is dead" and New York religions iour.